Have a Splendid Day!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American Friends!  Wishing you a wonderful day of family and food :-)

I have a fun card design to share with you today -- this is a 'swing card' cut with the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.    I made two identical cards, one using the 'front' of the paper and the other using the 'back'.   I think I like the floral one better - but they are both pretty!

All elements of the card were cut with the Artiste cartridge including the inside panel, the sentiment pieces on the front, the card itself, and the bow.  

I was inspired by this card.  

Linking up to the following challenges:
Created with Love - Falling for Fall
Shopping our Stash - Leaves
Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

Materials Used:
CTMH patterned paper - Flirty
CTMH cardstock - Ponderosa Pine, Colonial White
CTMH "Harvest Happiness" stamp set
CTMH "Perfect Fit - Frames" stamp set
CTMH Pewter bigger brads

Have a splendid day!!

La Belle Vie Purse & Matching Cards

A fun little Cricut project to share with you today.  

Don't you love this purse?  And it is so easy to make.  The purse shape is found in the new Cricut Artiste cartridge from CTMH & I cut it at 4.5".    The bow is also found on Artiste and it was cut at 1.5".  Neither shape requires any adhesive to assemble!  The purse is held together using slits and folds and the bow folds easily and is held together using the center brad.  

I also added to a little simple set of 3x3 notecards inside the purse - - I think this would make a nice little gift idea.  

Thanks to Roxybonds Scrappin' for the project inspiration.

Materials Used:

CTMH Patterned Paper: La Belle Vie

CTMH Brads:  Metal Assortment

Bow is made with Blush Cardstock

Card front & inside panels are made with Cashmere Cardstock

Just Blooms Flutter paper shapes

Bitty Sparkles

Card Sentiments : 4 My Friend Stamp Set

Black Ink for distressing & stamping

Have a great start to your week :-)

You Rock card with CTMH Dakota & La Belle Vie

** Be sure to check out my Blog Candy giveaway post HERE **

Never would have thought to combine the new Dakota and La Belle Vie paper packs, but on this card we made at the recent CTMH Convention - it totally works!  

Materials Used:
Doilies cut with CTMH Cricut Artiste cartridge
Dakota paper pack (wood grain paper)
La Belle Vie paper pack (pink pattern paper)
Flirty Raspberry cardstock - available in the Flirty Paper Pack
Colonial White cardstock
Pun Fun acrylic stamp set
Approved acrylic stamp set
Slate dye-based ink
Harvest Bakers Twine
Slate Mini Medley accent pack
Colonial White bulk card base & envelope
Foam Tape, Glue Dots

For You - A simple Dreamin' Card!

I love the versatility of this card - it would really work for any occasion!  This stamp set is super versatile too! In addition to/instead of the leaves - you can also stamp flowers or berries on your wreath. Love it!! You'll be seeing more of this stamp set in my Christmas card workshops this year for sure!

Materials Used (all Close to My Heart):
Dreamin' Level 2 Paper Pack
Desert Sand Cardstock
Colonial White Cardstock
Remarkable Wreath stamp set
Twill ribbon
Ink: Crystal Blue, Goldrush, Cocoa

Pair-A-Phrase Artwork

Only a few more days to get the AWESOME Pair-A-Phrase double stamp set!   Free with every order over $82 Cdn! 

Here are a few more cards I've made using this stamp set.  Both were inspired by the artwork on our promotional flyer for the stamps!

Materials Used (all Close to My Heart):
Pair-A-Phrase Stamp Set (September 2011 Promotion)
Grown With Love Stamp Set (retired)
Elemental Level 2 Paper Pack
Cardstock: Colonial White, Desert Sand, Chocolate
Opaque Mocha Pearls
Foam Tape

Here are all the images in the stamp set:

If you'd like to see more artwork using this stamp set - be sure to check out the Close to My Heart corporate facebook page - they've been sharing new ideas every day this month!

You're my Inspiration

So many challenges, so little time!  This card was inspired by the Clean & Simple Stamping sketch #156 and also by the Heart 2 Heart "Die Cuts" challenge!

Materials Used (all Close to My Heart):
Roxie Level 2 Paper Pack
Rosy Regards Stamp Set
Cocoa Ribbon Rounds
Cocoa Cardstock

Quick post today -- getting back into the fall routine with my kids is killing me!!!  I'm exhausted!

CTMH's Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for September - Limited Edition

Welcome to the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for September. This month we are featuring the stamp set "LIMITED EDITION".

Along this month's Stamp of the Month hop you'll find dozens of fabulous creations using this stamp set - all brought to you by a very talented group of CTMH Consultants! If you've come here from Melissa's Blog, you are on the right path. If this is your first stop on the hop, that will work too (just keep hopping till you get back here again).

To continue along the hop, just follow the link at the end of each post to go to the next site. We hope that following the hop will give you lots of inspiration and ideas for using this month's versatile stamp set, along with the many other great CTMH products you'll see in each post!

My creation for you today is a 6x6 square card.  The pattern is this week's sketch over at Mojo Monday.  As soon as I saw the challenge this week - I knew it would be perfect for the great tags in this Stamp of the Month set.  Tags are obviously great on layouts for journalling spots and accents, but they are also great embellishments for cards!

Materials Used (all Close to My Heart):
September 2011 Stamp of the Month - "Limited Edition"
Pair-a-Phrase stamp set - September 2011 promotional set
Typeset Level 2 Paper Pack
Milepost Shapes
Black Grosgrain
Wings Level 2 Assortment - Juniper pleated ribbon
Black Ink, Vineyard Berry Ink, Juniper Ink
Bamboo & Black Cardstock
Foam Tape
Tag shapes cut with the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

The "Limited Edition" stamp set is available from your consultant from September 1st to 30th! You can purchase it for the great low price of $19.95 or get it for just $5.50Cdn with every CTMH order of $55 or more placed in the month of September!

Thanks for stopping in!! To continue on the hop, visit SHEILA's BLOG to see what she has created for you!

Happy Mail!

There is nothing that can brighten your day like receiving handwritten cards or letters in the mail!   I opened my mailbox this week to find this BEAUTIFUL card from my "Great-Grandma" CTMH upline Pam Klassen.  Pam is three 'levels' above me & the last in the family tree before you get directly to corporate!  So glad to be a part of her "Greenhearts" team!

 The card was created using an exclusive stamp set we received at last year's Close to My Heart convention in Washington, DC.    Love it!

Thanks so much for the card and for brightening my day Pam!!

Dream

Happy Monday everyone! Only two more days until summer holidays officially begins - my daughter's last day of school is tomorrow.  Not sure if that is good or bad.   While I'm looking forward to fun summer activities, family time and warm weather, etc., having both kiddos home for 2 whole months means a lot less time for me and a whole lot of sibling fighting - so that I'm not looking forward to!!  But, we'll make the best of it!

I have a card to share with you today!

The card design is "Right Design" from the CTMH Wishes Card book.

Materials Used (all CTMH):
Wings Level 2 Paper Pack (available to order only until July 31st!! It is retiring when the new Idea Book comes out!)
Wings Level 2 Assorted Ribbon
Find Your Style stamp set (January 2011 SOTM)
Dreams Come True stamp set
Licorice opaques
Foam Tape
Cardstock: Sweet Leaf
Ink: Vineyard Berry, Black