Cute Little Fox Thank You Card Made With Cricut Design Space

I've always been a huge Cricut fan, and over time the types of projects I've created has vastly improved. 

I've morphed from just a few shapes, page elements, titles, etc. to full blown scrapbooking layouts and cards. 

Here is one of those cards:

Of course I did make a few modifications to the original Design Space File by Cricut from the exclusive
Close to my Heart Cartridge Artiste.

Here is my shared and modified version of the Design Space File.

The Close to my Heart cardstock colors I used were Almond, Toffee, Mint, White Daisy and Espresso.

The sentiment "Thanks" is from the January 2019 Stamp of the Month stamp set "Card Captions". 

This stamp set is only $5 when you purchase $50 or more from my online store. 

I love that there is still space on the inside for a handwritten message. 

I chose to embellish the inside top corner of the card with a few stamped images for some added flare. 

The entire card is distressed with Toffee ink for some added dimension.

I submitted my card to the following challenges:

Pile It On Challenge Blog - #150 Land Animals and/or Sea/Water Animals

Simon Says Stamp-Wednesday Challenge Clean And Simple

Kat Scrappiness Blog-January Card Challenge Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge Blog- #117 Anything Goes

Crafters Castle- January Challenge #13 Anything Goes with Optional Fun Technique (Distressing)

A Quick Thank You Card Featuring the January 2019 Stamp of the Month "Card Captions"

 Today's card was created to send a quick Thank You, to one of my awesome hostesses. 

This card features a color combination of Clover, Sapphire and Canary.

The card base is Clover cardstock.

Then a layer of Sapphire cardstock.

Then a layer of Canary cardstock 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 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

Here is a close-up of the sentiment "Thank You", stamped from the 

January Stamp of the Month set "Card Captions".  

This 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!

Perfect for any level of Cardmaker!

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

One Last Thank You Card For The Year!

I'm so excited with amount of layouts and cards I have been able to get accomplished the last few days. 

Time, like many people, is something I struggle with. 

I often look for great and easy sketches to work with, to give me inspiration and even motivation. 

Today's card was inspired by #302 at CAS(E) This Sketch! 

This creation uses the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set. 

With an awesome color combination of three main colors, Emerald, Mint, and Toffee. 

My card base is made of Emerald cardstock.

I then layered a piece of Toffee cardstock.

I took two pieces of Oh What Fun Patterned Paper, layered them with Emerald cardstock and offset them on the card. 

While the Oh What Fun Patterned Paper Packet is sold out, many of you may have purchased it. 

It's so versatile and really can be used for more than Christmas photos. 

I used the "Thank You" sentiment from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set as well.

I stamped the sentiment in Toffee on the strip of Mint cardstock. 

Then mounted the sentiment on a piece of Emerald cardstock.

I distressed many of the edges of the layers with Toffee ink. 

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

Grateful Heart Butterfly Card

As the year winds down, so does another great catalog from Close to my Heart. 

The 2018 Holiday Expressions catalog ends on December 31st, in just a few days. 

This catalog was certainly one of my favorite. 

I purchased at least 1 packet of every patterned paper we offered, and some I purchase 3 or more. 

The Grateful Heart collection was certainly one of my favorites. 

This particular card uses the Grateful Heart Cardmaking Stamp Set from that collection. 

I have used this stamp set before many times, it is definitely one of my go to sets for just about any occasion. 

This time around, I needed to create a Thank You card to send to one of my community partners at my daily grind. 

I was so excited to work with them a few weeks ago and couldn't wait to make them a handmade card. 

So this is what I came up with to send to them...

The black paper with the diamond patterned came from the Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet. 

I loved this paper pack, because all of the cute black and white papers, went so well with other colors, things that weren't even Halloween or scary themed. 

I layered the black paper with a piece of Smoothie cardstock. 

Then a smaller strip of Canary cardstock.

I punched out a circle from the same paper, flipped it over and used the dotted side as an accent piece underneath the Butterfly. 

The Butterfly was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, then colored with 4 Copic Colors. 

Then I popped the Butterfly up on some of our 3-D Foam Tape.

Our 3-D Foam Tape comes in 2 different thicknesses and different widths. 

The regular 3-D Foam Tape, what I used, is Double-sided, 2 mm tall; with 2 rolls per package, ⅜" and ¼" widths, 75" per roll.

The thin 3-D Foam Tape, is Double-sided, 1mm tall; with 2 rolls per package, ⅜" and ¼" widths, 75" per roll.

I love this stuff!

I distressed all of the edges of the cardstock and the circle with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

I stamped the sentiment, "Thank You" with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink as well. 

While we no longer carry the Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, I still use it and have several in my personal collection. 

I love using them for Comic coloring specifically. 

I hope you enjoyed today's card. 

If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. 

A Cute Card For Pile It On! Challenge #149 Shaped Cards and/or Add a Charm

Today's card was created for this month's Pile It On! Challenge Shaped Cards.

Pile It On! is sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs for this challenge.

I used their Bundle of Hearts Digital Stamp.

I colored the image with Copic Sketch markers.

I kept the card relatively simple this time, with just a few layers. 

The card base was cut with the Cricut Explore Air 2.

The base is Kraft paper from Close to my Heart.

The circle layer behind the image is the lighter shade of Ruby cardstock.

I added a strip of Red Shimmer Trim, for a little sparkle.

The "Grateful" sentiment is from the Grateful Heart Stamp Set by Close to my Heart 

and is stamped in Pewter Ink. 

I entered the card into the following challenges:

Creative Moments- #158 Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door- Challenge for the Week of December 11

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog- #410 Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams- Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge- #442 Anything Goes 

Aud Sentiments- #218 Anything Goes and a Sentiment

Thankful... with a New Card

There have been so many changes in my life in the last few months, especially the last few weeks. 

All wonderful things career and personal wise! 

I'm thankful for my experiences from 2017, and look forward to what 2018 holds...

I recently created a new card, using all Close to my Heart products, which is sometimes rare for me, once I love so many designers and products!

Here I used papers from the Cats, & Bats Paper Pack,  Silver & Gold Paper Pack, and the gold paper from the Happy Day Cardmaking Kit. 

For the sentiment, I used the Happy Day Cardmaking Kit. 

I stamped the image in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. 

The white & gold ribbon I used as an embellishment is also included in the Cardmaking Kit. 

The ribbon is also sold separately. 

This card was entered into a few challenges:

Pile It On! Challenge Blog- #138 Thank you/ Black & White with a Pop of Color

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge -Add A Sentiment

Daring Cardmakers-Black, White, Pop!

Sparkles Monthly Challenges- Thank You

Little Miss Muffet Challenges- Anything Goes

Polkadoodles-Anything Goes 

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge -Week 3 Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner- #157 Anything Goes 

Love To Scrap - #105 Anything Goes

Classic Design Team-#21 Open Challenge

A New Year Thank You Card

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

This week's card is a simple 6 x 6 sized, yet cute little Thank you card. 

The printed digital image is "Winter Flamingos" by Sasayaki Glitter Digital Stamps.

I colored the image in with ShinHan Touch Twin Markers from Close to my Heart.

All Cardstock and Patterned Paper is from the Close to my Heart product line. 

The "Thanks" is from the set "Feel So Blessed" stamp set from Close to my Heart. 

This set is retired, but many of my readers have it in their collection!

I also submitted this card to a few challenges:

Pile It On Challenge Blog-#138 Thank You

Colour Crazy Craft Challenge- Week 1 Anything Goes 

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog-#105 Anything Goes 

Crafting By Designs -Anything Goes January Edition 

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #156 Anything Goes 

Some fun with a few retired items...

So tonight, I pull out a few retired stamp sets from a while back, and created this cute little card...

For this card, I kept things rather simple. 

The hearts, are three different sized hearts from the retired "Whooo's Your Valentine" Stamp Set. 

I stamped each heart using the Lagoon Mini Pigment Ink Pad, on white cardstock. This Mini Ink Pad is from the Adventure color family. Some of the hearts are stamped off once, some stamped off twice. 

Then I used my Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp "Thank You" from the retired "Courage" stamp set. 

Then I trimmed the cardstock down to about 4 x 5 1/4 inches. I mounted the white cardstock on a piece of dark gray cardstock that is folded to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch card. 

Lastly, I just added a few Rhinestone Clear Sparkles to give it a little extra flare. 

If you have these sets in your collection, be sure to pull them out and give them some love. 

I also chose to enter this card into a few challenges:

Jo's Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge #198 Anything Goes 

Not Just Cards Challenge Blog # 46 Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More #251 Anything Goes

Love To Scrap Challenge Blog #99 Mid Month Inspiration