It’s that time of year–time for back to school! In fact, today was the first day of school for my kids! Close To My Heart’s August Stamp of the Month, School Year, is the perfect stamp set for the start of school, end of school and everything in between! For this card, I stamped the … Read more First Day of School
Today is Tuesday…which means it’s another new week of 50% off deals with CTMH’s Warehouse Sale! The items this week are all perfect Halloween crafting companions. There’s this super adorable Monstrous Halloween Stamp Set and coordinating die set for only $13.48! Crazy! I love this set and have used it so much. And since it … Read more 50% off Halloween Crafting Supplies
Making a handmade card doesn’t have to be hard or time-consuming. Especially when you can utilize products that can make the process a whole lot faster and easier. If you’re not familiar with Close To My Heart’s product line called Complements, let me introduce you to them today. Complements are a wonderful tool for cardmaking … Read more Easy Handmade Cards with CTMH’s Complements
Today we are going to learn how to do a fun (and beautiful!) Salt Watercolor Technique.
First, let’s start with the supplies you’ll need:
STEP 1:
You will want to start by doing a wet wash on your watercolor paper. Simply wet your paintbrush and apply a coat of water to your paper.
Close To My Heart’s July Stamp of the Month–Storybook Alphabet is a fun, whimsical alphabet set. It’s perfect to stamp and leave as is, or to grab your markers, colored pencils or even watercolor paints and have fun coloring the letters in for maximum impact! My card today was quick and easy to put together–the … Read more Storybook Alphabet Dream Card
Today’s card is one from our Spring Fling Event. It’s a fun way to present a gift card. Plus, it has a fun look with the twist fold! We used a couple of techniques with this card aside from the fun fold. I took 3 sponge daubers to apply the ink to create the multi-colored … Read more Summer Twist Fold Gift Card Holder
In celebration of today, I wanted to share this 4th of July card I created. I combined patterned papers from CTMH’s No Worries and Jack Paper Collections and used the Fourth of July Stamp. I really like how it turned out! I especially like my layered star I created with the Basic Star Thin Cuts … Read more Happy 4th of July!
It’s here–CTMH’s Annual Convention! In celebration of all the excitement of today, I wanted to share this fun shaker card I created using one of the Pocket Cards in the Prickly Pear Paper Pack. It’s totally the right sentiment for today! And I love the different look I created with the shaker component–I used some … Read more Let’s Fiesta Shaker Card
Abner Doubleday, who invented the game of baseball, was born on June 26th, 1819. To mark the occasion, I created this card. Of course, I meant to share it yesterday when it was actually the day of his birth. But life happens as it does for all of us. So, I guess it’s a little … Read more Happy Birthday, Abner Doubleday (Baseball-Themed Birthday Card)!
Today’s card is a spectacular one! It’s one I received back from Jen L. in the card swap I participated in. It has a nice simple design but with lots of great depth and texture added to it. And what could be better than a birthday card!?! Perhaps a birthday card with a super fun … Read more Let’s Party Birthday Card
Life is meant to be lived…go out and enjoy your weekend! Supplies used: No Worries Scrapbooking Stamp Set (D1718) Lagoon Stamp Pad Peacock Stamp Pad Colonial White Cardstock (1388) No Worries Paper Pack (X7220B) No Worries Coordinating Cardstock (X7220D) Blue Burlap Ribbon (Z3325) Bitty Sparkles (Z1263) Wood Slats Embossing Folder (Z3248)
Today I thought I’d share another card created with CTMH’s Keep Dreaming Stamp Set to contrast the one I shared just a couple days ago. This card is one created by Rita. I love the simplicity of the card design. The only difficult part of this card is the fussy cutting. For some people fussy … Read more Keep Dreaming Floral Card
It’s official! Today is the First Day of Summer. We’ve had some really HOT days here already, so to me, it already seems like summer is here. Plus, once school ends, I think both parents and kids (and teachers!) alike, feel as though summer has officially begun. Today I wanted to share 2 fun summer … Read more Perfect 1st Day of Summer Card
Today’s card mixes a fun criss-cross pocket card with shadow stamping. I created this card for a card swap I was participating in. It required that I use a technique (something simple that could be easily duplicated) as well as to use the Keep Dreaming Stamp Set. The Keep Dreaming Stamp Set is really pretty … Read more Never Stop Dreaming Card
Today’s card is another created with Close To My Heart’s June Stamp of the Month—Hello Foxy. While a bit cutesy, this stamp set definitely is versatile! A couple of fun things I really liked about this card and wanted to point out are: 1.) While the wreath in this stamp set isn’t specifically designed … Read more Thankful for You Card