Coffee Lover Blog Hop continues!

This week kicks off Teacher Appreciation at our school and there are always a few specialists and staff members that get overlooked. So, I had some extra Starbucks gift cards and it's perfect timing with the Spring Summer Coffee Lovers blog hop going on... Did you know I'm a Super Sponsor? You can have a …

CTMH Freshly Baked Digital Art

A while back, and over the Valentine's Day week, Stacy sent me some happy mail! The most amazing happy mail!! If you missed it, check out my post here. In addition to what I shared then; Stacy included these two handmade beautiful cards. The snowman is from our days together with The Angel Company -- …

CTMH Sending Good Vibes & Eat Chocolate!

The perfect pairing of stamp sets, right?!? Ha Ha! These are two current Close To My Heart stamp sets from their Jan - Mar catalog. Eat Chocolate has a matching thin cut die set and if you want it, don't wait too long. CTMH's cute mailbox set with thin cut dies is already out of …

CTMH A Little Hello

How often do you send happy mail? How often do you receive happy mail? How does it make you feel to get a non-bill and non-advertisement in your mailbox?!?! I was thrilled to receive this card from Pam because it features Close To My Heart's A Little Hello stamp set. A simple message to let …

CTMH Frosty Days & Coffee Helps

Whoa!! This card came together so fast! Today is the last day to get your hands on Close To My Heart's Frosty Days, January SOTM. I love all of the critters but since I'm partial to coffee, I love this big bear holding a mug. Normally I have been paper piecing this stamp set but …

CTMH More Sending Good Vibes

I've continued to make more of these Sending Good Vibes cards and they are actually going into the mail! woo hoo! Sometimes, I admit, that I make cards and never send them. Especially if they are seasonal, I just feel like I can send a fall card in the winter. oh well. Here I've used …

CTMH Frosty Days Stitched Swirl Background

Have you tried paper piecing? It might be a technique that you forget about ... until you have a perfect stamp set for it! Check out Close To My Heart's new stamp of the month, Frosty Days. The animals are adorable and are perfect for this! I dug through my Mix-In paper scraps and found …

CTMH Sending Good Vibes

Did you miss me? I was out sick with the dreaded Covid (after trying to carefully take care of my darling husband) and too wiped out to even blog. But I'm back and I'm Sending Good Vibes your way! This is a fun new sentiment stamp set that you can find in Close To My …

CTMH Whole Latte Love

I hadn't planned on making a third card for the Fall | Winter Coffee Lover's blog hop but ... today my co-teachers and I were treated to Starbucks by one of our kind parents! What a nice treat, especially as we headed out to a cold and windy recess. I whipped up this card to …

CTMH One Star One Night One Child

What a beautiful stamp set this is! I love all three stamp images included in Close To My Heart's One Star One Night One Child stamp set. If you missed out on November's Stamp of the Month the sentiment in this set could be used in so many of the card examples posted with the …