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A Card of Encouragement For A Dear Friend

Happy Thursday!

I hope you all have had an awesome week so far. 

Today's card was created to send to a friend who needs a little encouragement. 

I love to send cards to brighten the day of those dear to me. 

Today's card was created using the Pretty in Plaits Digital Image from All Dressed Up.

I colored in the Digital Image with Copic Markers.

I used the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog Bingo Board to help inspire my design. 

Patterned Paper, Digi Stamp, Fave Color + A Sentiment

I chose Patterned Papers from the Something Fierce Collection by Close to my Heart. 

There are 6 different double sided patterned papers to choose from. 

I chose the Pink Pin Stripe, with the Star Zip Strip, and the Pinkish Red Watercolor sheet. 

The sentiment "Something Fierce" is a chipboard piece from the Something Fierce Complements Set. 

This set includes both stickers and chipboard pieces. 

For a little extra flare, I added a strip of Lemon Cardstock, yellow is one of my favorite colors. 

Green and Yellow are equally my favorite. 

I included green in the floral set on her hat. 

The complements sheets are huge, 6 x 8 sized.

I chose to distress all of the edges of the card with Pewter Exclusive Ink by Close to my Heart.

The inside of the card is a simple White Daisy Panel layer distressed with Pewter Exclusive Ink. 

I hope you enjoyed my card, please feel free to leave me a comment below!

Easy Two Page Scrapbooking Layout Using Cricut Design Space and CTMH Art...

Quick and Easy Two Page Scrapbooking Layout Featuring 

the Close to my Heart 

Cricut Cartridge Artbooking.

Please contact me with any questions you may have!

Heartfelt Sentiments Card For a Friend

Today's card, is on the edge of clean and simple, yet it was a lot of fun to put together.

The card features, the February Stamp of the Month set "Heartfelt Sentiments"! 

Only $5 when you place an order of $50 or more! 

While you are shopping the President's Day Sale, be sure to add one of these to your shopping cart for only $5!

I used Lagoon Exclusive ink for the sentiment banner and leaves.

Glacier Exclusive ink for a few leaves.

Pewter Exclusive ink for the distressed edges.

I cut out a few of the leaves and popped them up on 3-D Foam Tape for a little added dimension.

I used a few Silver Glitter Gems to add a little sparkles!

I added just a few little stamped images to the matching envelope. 

Thank you for stopping by today!

24-hour President's Day Flash Sale Starts Tomorrow!

Our 24-hour President's Day Flash Sale 

is part of our 35-year celebration here with 

Close to my Heart!

This sale will include a variety of current and retired items at 20%, 30%, or even 50% off! 

The sale starts at 5pm EST on February 18 and will end at 4:59pm EST on Tuesday, February 19. 

All of the flash sale deals will only be available while supplies last, so you'll want 

to visit the sale early!

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Feeling Blue Thinking of You Card

Happy Sunday!

Today's card was one I created for the Feeling Blue Challenge from Pile It On! 
I chose to use various shades of blue to fit that theme. 

This Challenge is sponsored by All Dressed Up

The card was created using the "Amore" Digital Image.

The digital image was colored with Copic Markers.

All of the layers of cardstock are from Close to my Heart. 
The card base is Peacock cardstock.
The overlay is Carolina cardstock, distressed with Lagoon Exclusive Ink. 

I cut the overlay from the Cricut Cartridge Edge to Edge.
The Digital Image is layered with two pieces of Glacier cardstock. 
I just turned one to the lighter shade. 
I distressed several layers of the cardstock with Glacier Exclusive In k from Close to my Heart.

Since the Digital Image had it's own sentiment, I didn't add an additional one, however to highlight it, I added two banner strips behind it. 
The white banner strip is distressed with Glacier Exclusive ink. 

For a little added bling, I added a few Silver Glitter Gems from Close to my Heart.

The inside of the card is a layer of White Daisy cardstock also distressed with Glacier Exclusive Ink. 

I entered my card into the following challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog- Pink or Blue 

Crafting From The Heart- #234 Anything Goes 

A Bit More Time To Craft- #86 Anything Goes 

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog- February #2 Anything Goes 

Magic Moments With Corrosive Challenge Blog- February #2 Anything Goes 

Love to Craft Challenge Blog- February Anything Goes 

Pearly Sparkles Challenge Blog- #37 It's A Love Thing

Lovely Layers - CTMH Technique Blog Hop

I love creating cards that mimic a monochromatic look. 

While shades of purple is not always my favorite combination, they sure are pretty all together. 

I chose three shades; Pansy, Thistle and Eggplant. 

I chose these colors of cardstock to highlight the "Lovely Layers" technique for this month's Blog Hop. 

I used one of our newest stamp sets "Dandelion Wishes" for the adorable flower and the "Birthday Wishes" sentiment. 

There are also 15 other Close to my Heart Consultants sharing there amazing artwork with you, so please be sure to make your way around the entire Blog Hop. 
You are going to love what you see!

If you are coming from Michelle Loncar's Blog, you are on the right track. 
Should you get lost along the way, all participant's links can be found here. 

For this card I started out with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 Eggplant cardstock card base. 

I used a layer of White Daisy cardstock. 
Then a layer of Pansy cardstock.
Then another layer White Daisy cardstock, in which the Dandelion is stamped on.
All of the layers of cardstock were distressed with Thistle Exclusive Ink.

Then a strip of Thistle cardstock under a piece of White Daisy with the sentiment stamped in Black and Thistle Exclusive Ink. 
I popped the sentiment up on some of our 3-D Foam Tape. 

The inside of the card has a layer of White Daisy cardstock, that has been distressed with Thistle Exclusive Ink.

Finally, I added just a few Silver Glitter Gems for embellishments.

Thank you so much for stopping by, before heading over to Michelle John's Blog, please consider leaving a comment and enjoy the rest of the creative talents in this month's Blog Hop! 

Adorable "Girly" Card

I Hope you all are having a pleasant Valentine's Day! 

Today's card is featured over at the Creatalicious Challenge Blog.

Creatalicious Challenges are always anything goes but have an optional

theme, this time the theme is "girly".

This Challenge is sponsored by Colour of Love.

The card was created using the "Rory's Christmas Penguin" digital image from Color of Love.

I had so much fun creating this card, because penguins just make me happy. 

The digital image was colored with Copic Markers.

All of the layers of cardstock are from my stash. 

I distressed several layers of the cardstock with Sapphire Exclusives Ink from Close to my Heart.

The "Thankful" sentiment is from the retired October Stamp of the Month stamp set from Close to my Heart, stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

I used 3-D Foam Tape, to pop the sentiment up. 

For a little added bling, I added a few Silver Glitter Gems from Close to my Heart.
(Girly)

The inside of the card is a layer of cardstock also distressed with Sapphire Exclusive Ink. 

I entered my card into the following challenges:

Crafting From The Heart- #234 Anything Goes 

A Bit More Time To Craft- #86 Anything Goes 

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog- February #2 Anything Goes 

Magic Moments With Corrosive Challenge Blog- February #2 Anything Goes 

Love to Craft Challenge Blog- February Anything Goes 

Cardmaking Techniques in Love Blossoms Workshop

An adorable card kit available while supplies last...

There are 4 different options available!

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Valentine's Day Card...

Today's card is one I created for Valentine's Day inspiration using the 

Valentine Owen digital stamp

from Paper Nest Dolls. 

The sentiment "You're Sweet" is from the One Scoop At A Time Stamp Set by Close to my Heart. This stamp set is part of one of the Workshops Your Way Cardmaking Kits. 

All of the layers of cardstock are from Close to my Heart. 

For some added dimension, I used Light Gray Ribbon from Close to my Heart.

For some bling, I added Silver Glitter Gems from Close to my Heart.

 I entered my card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments- #220 Challenge Valentines + A Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp- Monday Challenge Add Some Read

Uniko Studio- Challenge #51 Anything Goes Optional Love

Kat Scrappiness Blog- February Challenge Hearts

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed today's card!

Valentine's Day Card For My Husband...

Today's card was created to gear up for Valentine's Day in less than two short weeks. 

While my husband and I don't do anything super fancy, we do usually exchange small gifts and go out to dinner. 

Here is the card, I created for him:

As you can see, I went with a monochromatic theme compiled of various shades of pink.

I used the typewriter and the Heart Stamp from the "My Type of Note" Stamp Set. 

This stamp set was released at the end of last summer. It is still available to purchase!

I used it in a previous post here>.
I colored in the typewriter image with a few of my favorite pink Copic markers.

The "love you" sentiment stamped in Black ink, is from last month's Stamp of the Month stamp set "Card Captions". 

I know many of you picked it up for just $5. Awesome deal or what?

For the card base, I used Raspberry cardstock. 

I also added a few layers of Ballerina and Pixie cardstock to the mix. 

I used several pieces of patterned paper from the
I Heart Us Paper Packet (pink dots) and Something Fierce Paper Packet (pink pin stripes). 

These are some of our newest collections that came out January 1st. 

I added some Silver Glitter Gems for a bit of sparkle and dimension.

I added some Smoothie ink, to distress the edges of all of the layers.

On the inside of the card, I have a simple White Panel that has also been distressed,
to write my message on.

I entered my card into the following Challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog- #151 Pretty In Pink 

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper- February 2019 Challenge

Simon Says Stamp- Monday Challenge Love Is In The Air

Simon Says Stamp- Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Uniko Studio- Challenge #51 Anything Goes Optional Love

Addicted To Stamps And More- Challenge #326 Anything Goes

Kat Scrappiness Blog- February Challenge Hearts

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge Blog- Challenge #60 Anything Goes

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog-Challenge #415 Anything Goes

I hope you enjoyed today's card, please consider leaving me a comment below!

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