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!

Quick and Easy "Thanks" Card Using the January 2019 Stamp of the Month Stamp Set "Card Captions "

A Quick and Easy Card Using the January 2019 Stamp of the Month Set, "Card Captions".

This card features a color combination of Kraft, Ballerina and Mint.

The card base is Kraft cardstock.

Then a layer of Mint cardstock.

Then a layer of Ballerina cardstock.

Here is a close-up of the sentiment "Thanks", stamped on White Daisy cardstock from the 

January Stamp of the Month set "Card Captions". 

Here is a close-up of the Ballerina layer that has been stamped with the small flower from the January Stamp of the Month set "Card Captions". 

All of the layers were distressed in Pewter Ink, to include the inside of the card.

The "Card Captions" set is only $5 when you purchase an order of $50 or more from my 

Close to my Heart Online Store.

This set has 26 stamps included in the set. 

A Great Value for only $5!


Here is the process video I created for the making the card:

(Please note the White cardstock in the video is White Daisy, not Whisper White).

Thank you for stopping by today, please let me know if you have any questions at all.

Hello Friend Card

Since the weather has been so rainy here lately I have stayed in a bit more. 

This has been great since it has given me a bit more time to craft. 

I have been working on layouts and cards most of the weekend, between laundry and watching movies with my kids. 

Today's card I am sharing, is another creation using the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set. 

If you haven't noticed yet, this set was definitely my favorite of the entire 

2018 Holiday Expressions catalog.

You have a few more days before this catalog technically ends, and the stamp sets become while supplies last. 

This card uses a color combination of three main colors, Heather, Raspberry and Ballerina. 

My card base is made of Heather cardstock.

I then layered a piece of Raspberry cardstock.

I stamped a layer of Heather, but used the lighter side of the cardstock. 

I used the little sprig from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set, and stamped randomly using Pewter ink. 

I used the "Hello Friend" sentiment from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set as well.

I stamped the sentiment in Pewter on the strip of Ballerina cardstock.

I distressed all of the edges of the layers with Pewter ink. 

The inside of the card, just has a white panel, that is also distressed with Pewter ink.

I hope you enjoyed today's card, please let me know if you have any questions at all.