CTMH The Jubilee Crew

My goal this year was to create some submissions to magazine card calls. I did it! But I did not get selected...oh well! I'll keep trying. In the meantime, that means I can share this fun Christmas card with you! The cute critters are from Close To My Heart's stamp and thin cut set, The …

CTMH Serenity

I love going back through some of my older stamp sets that I haven't used in a while. This Close To My Heart Serenity stamp set has a matching thin cut die and it's beautiful in any color you choose. It's still available in the Online Only section! Featured here is a card I created …

CTMH From Me to You Christmas Tags

Last month I participated in a Tag Swap (thank you Madde for the idea!) and it was so much fun! I drew names for partner swaps and I can now share what I sent my partner. Many of my tags featured Close To My Heart products but it was still fun to dig around my …

Woodblock Wednesday

Last month I was late to the "party" but not this month! Surprise, surprise!! Right now, my coffee table is strewn with half started projects, lots of tags (I'm having a lot of fun making these) and my paper mittens for my yearly swap. But I managed to dig out this Santas and Stars block …

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 …

Annual Mitten Swap

Last night I held my annual Mitten Swap (we use a retired Amuse Studio die) with a group of friends.  This year was so much fun since we did a  hors d'oeuvres style potluck, enjoyed some wine and had a tag swap too! Here is a group shot of all the mittens - it's such fun mix …

Welcome to my NEW weekly challenge!

Don't do a double take -- you are in the RIGHT place! With the closing of Amuse Studio I have officially joined Close to My Heart (as of Dec 3!) and that meant shaking things up around here... new blog look (still a work in progress!) new challenge name!   In fact, congratulations to KT Fit …