Today’s card is a fun one. It has just the right amount of technique to it as well as simplicity in it’s design. This particular card is one I received from Jamie B. in our holiday card swap. I love that she embossed the spider webs. It gives it so much more dimension while still … Read more October 31st Halloween Card
September is National Stamping Month and Close To My Heart is celebrating by offering a gorgeous Slider Card Kit. The From the Heart Card Kit includes the supplies to create 12 fabulous interactive cards. Plus, when you purchase the kit, you save 20% off the retail price! Want more card bases? No problem, you can … Read more National Stamping Month Celebration
It’s finally arrived! Close To My Heart’s holiday collection is here! The *NEW* Holiday Expressions Catalog is full of crafty goodness for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall, Christmas and more. I made this fun Santa Circle Accordion Card with the *NEW* Little Saint Nick Stamp and the *NEW* Ho, Ho, Ho Stamp. I kept mainly to 3 … Read more CTMH Holiday Collection
It’s the last few days for Close To My Heart’s Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog. This means if you haven’t finished checking off the items on your wish list…now is the time! Items in the Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog will be available through Thursday, August 31st. To shop for CTMH products in either the Annual Inspirations … Read more Final Days of CTMH’s Seasonal Expressions Products
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
Today marks the start of CTMH’s Annual Convention–well, actually, today is Leadership Day and Day 1 of Convention begins tomorrow. But even if you’re not attending Leadership (which I am & am so excited to be doing so!), you’re traveling to get to Convention and the excitement is surely building. Many CTMH Consultants will … Read more Quick & Easy Goody Bags
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