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!

A Cute Dinosaur "Best Wishes" Card

Today's card is a cute Best Wishes Dinosaur Card I created using the Something Fierce Collection. 




The card features the following items:


Something Fierce Paper Collection




Something Fierce Complements 



and the sentiment "Best Wishes" from the January 2019 Stamp of the Month stamp set "Card Captions".





The cute little Dinosaur sticker was perfect to add to the sentiment.





I distressed the layers with Pewter ink, and I even stamped a few cute little stars on the matching envelope in Sapphire ink.

Thank you for stopping by!

Seasonal Expressions CTMH New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to the January 2019 

Close to my Heart 

Seasonal Expressions New Product  

Blog Hop!

There are 15 other amazingly talented Close to my Heart Consultants sharing their artwork with you for this month's Blog Hop. 

Should you get lost along the way, all participant's links can be found here. 

If you are coming from Debi's Blog, you are on the right track.

This month's Blog Hop showcases the new Close to my Heart products that were just released in the Seasonal Expressions 1 catalog.

The card base and envelope are from our White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack.
The first layer of the card is black cardstock.
The second layer is the blue patterned paper from the Something Fierce Collection.

The green patterned paper, also from the same collection is layered with black cardstock as well. 

I used a small piece of the zip strip as an accent from the same collection. 

I added a few loops of Silver Embellishing Thread to give not only some glam, but extra dimension as well. 

I used Archival Black Exclusive Ink to stamp the "Celebrate" from our Years of Sweetness Stamp Set that just released on Jan 1st. 
I stamped the sentiment on a sticker strip from the Something Fierce Complements pack, then mounted it onto the blue patterned paper and then black cardstock.
The Complements pack includes coordinating stickers and printed die-cuts.

The Years of Sweetness stamp set features 15 different stamps, and the Stamp images outlined in red coordinate with the Cricut® Artbooking Digital Collection (not included).

For a bit of texture, I used the Clear Shimmer Brush and added some sparkle to the "Celebrate" sentiment. 

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