Who’s ready for some inspiration with Wildly Flowering? This beautiful paper collection from Stampin’ Up is one of my favorites in the Annual Catalog. It’s also one of the papers that are on sale this month. So it seems only right to show you some inspiring projects created with this paper collection. These are the … Read more Inspiration with Wildly Flowering
Are you ready to learn how to create quick & easy cards with Ephemera Packs from Stampin’ Up? For my “Together on Tuesday” video this week on my SunnyDay Memories Facebook Page, I shared all about the *NEW* Ephemera Packs from Stampin’ Up. These gems are perfect for quick crafting. Whether it’s for cardmaking, scrapbooking, … Read more Quick & Easy Cards with Ephemera Packs
One of the *NEW* stamp sets in Close To My Heart’s Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book is called New Baby. It is absolutely adorable!! I made this fun tri-fold card using this stamp set along with the *NEW* Tommy Paper Collection and a little help from our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Love the sentiment in this … Read more New Baby Card
While the Chalkboard Technique is best done with a solid image stamp, I gave it a go with CTMH’s Stamp of the Month—Live Out Loud. Not too bad of a result, huh? I then used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and cut out a circle (then cut in half to create the scalloped edge) and … Read more A Live Out Loud Chalkboard Technique Card
I hope you had a great 4th of July! Here’s a card I made by braiding paper to create the very trendy Chevron pattern. This will be one of the projects my Stamp Club makes this month. Other supplies used: Cricut Art Philosophy Collection Token Alphabet Stamp Set Superhero Paper Collection Color-Ready Seam Binding Sparkles
Father’s Day is this Sunday. What will you be getting your dad? There’s the traditional themes…beer, grill items, sports gear, etc. Why not incorporate your favorite hobby into this special day for your dad?! You could make him a handmade card! You can make it as simple or as elaborate as you like. Remember…it’s the … Read more How To Incorporate Paper Crafting Into Father’s Day!
One of the newer and very popular benefits of Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix stamps is the fact that many of them coordinate with Cricut Art Philosophy shapes giving you lots of creative possibilities! Cut the shape on your Cricut machine, stamp the image on the shape, and attach to your project. In CTMH’s … Read more My Acrylix Stamps: Part IV
Another fabulous feature of Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix stamps is the ability to sponge on multiple inks for a single-impression, multi-color image. Since the stamps, as well as the blocks are clear, you can see exactly how much color you have in the different areas of your stamp–for perfect color distribution (as shown … Read more My Acrylix Stamps: Part III
I {heart} Close To My Heart’s May Stamp of the Month–Friendship Bouquet. It’s simple sketch style of sunflowers is perfect for using your Waterbrush or Blending Pen with CTMH’s Watercolor Pencils (which is what I’ve done here.) Not sure how to create a watercolor look? Check out my article HERE.
Today’s card features a masking technique (using a negative image cut from CTMH’s Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge) along with cutting a flower shape out of one of the *NEW* Dotty for You Patterns. It makes for a very simple card but yet very striking, don’t you think? Be sure to check back Monday for some great tips on coordinating … Read more Dotty for You with Cricut Art Philosophy
Today’s project with the upcoming Dotty for You Papers features the fun combination of yellow, grey and black. I’m really loving this color combo! See you tomorrow for another sample with the *NEW* Dotty for You Papers!
Today’s project features some of the Smoothie colored patterns from CTMH’s Dotty for You Paper Packet. I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and stamp set to finish off the card.
Today’s project is a card that features many of the dotty patterns found in CTMH’s Dotty for You Special. Plus, it has the super cute rainbow butterfly pattern, too! So cute, don’t you think? See you tomorrow for another featured pattern from the Dotty for You Paper Pack.
Close To My Heart’s April Stamp of the Month “You Are…” has a lot of fun possibilities to it (backgrounds, sentiments, border strips and more!) And here is a card I created using it:
If you have any children in your life, it’s probably safe to say you’ve seen the resurgence of the popularity of superheroes. Superheroes have made a big comeback recently (or maybe they’ve always maintained a popularity but recent movies and such are making them more prominent in the market!) and can be found almost everywhere. … Read more A Super Powers Card for Your Superhero