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.
Discover how to combine Close To My Heart stamp images to create a fancy border design using the My Acrylix The Best Things Stamp Set. Your borders will be so bloomin’ cute!
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 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
This month at Stamp Club, one of the projects we created was an easel card. I love the stamp set we used on it…A Tree. But you know what’s even better? One of the gals was so inspired by making an easel card for the first time that she went home and created not just … Read more An Easel Card
It’s no secret that I love Close To My Heart products. But you know what else I love? I love it when people share their creations with me! First of all, it shows they are using the products they are purchasing (and not just collecting them–you know it happens!!) Secondly, it provides such great inspiration … Read more Sharing CTMH Inspiration
We’re quickly approaching the end of February, which means it’s almost time to say good-bye to another Stamp of the Month—Thoughtful Tidings. So I thought I’d share a couple more card ideas using this stamp set. It’s a great set because it has several images that coordinates with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I made … Read more A Few Thoughtful Tidings
Here in Northern California we have been spoiled with some exceptionally nice weather this week. Today was so gorgeous that I was inspired to create something. My inspiration actually came from a sugar cookie my son received this past Valentine’s Day. I used CTMH‘s Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to create 2 hearts cut at 3-3/4″. … Read more Spring Beauty
The more I use CTMH’s Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…the more I LOVE it! I made this card by cutting out the cupcake image in both our Kraft Cardstock and our now retired Mayberry papers. Then I used the Art Philosophy Celebration Stamp Set included in the Cricut Collection to stamp both cupcakes and did a … Read more Celebrating Cricut Art Philosophy
While it’s not an official holiday,“Send a Card to a Friend” Day is on the calendar. And it’s a fun idea so why not celebrate it, right? Here’s a card I created with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Thoughtful Tidings (which coordinates beautifully with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!). I also used a bunch of other *NEW* products… … Read more Send a Card to a Friend Day
I’ve been making so many new projects with all the fabulous *NEW* CTMH Spring/Summer products and I’m just dying to start sharing it all with you! Since it’s less than a week now until it’s debut, I guess it’d be okay to share a little sneak peek, right? Here is a birthday card I created … Read more Happy Birthday Sneak Peek!
I received this gorgeous snowflake card (made from our Art Philosophy cartridge) from my friend Chris last weekend. I couldn’t resist sharing it with everyone…it’s simply beautiful, right? What I especially love is that for months she has commented on how much she likes the card shown in CTMH’s Autumn/Winter Idea Book on page … Read more In Love with Snowflakes and Art Philosophy