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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February 2019 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Heartfelt Sentiments

Welcome to the February 2019 

Close to my Heart 

Stamp of the Month 

"Heartfelt Sentiments"

Blog Hop!

There are 22 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 Jean's Blog, you are on the right track.

This month's Blog Hop showcases the February Stamp of the Month that begins today.

Each month, when you spend $50 retail or more, you have the opportunity to add on the "Stamp Of The Month" set for only $5!

This is a great way to maximize your money and build your supplies! 

Here is my featured 6 x 6 card I made using 

the Stamp of the Month 

"Heartfelt Sentiments".

The card base from White Daisy cardstock was cut at 6 x 12 and scored at 6 inches. 

The first layer of the card is Pewter cardstock.

The second layer is the sugarplum patterned paper from the Feels Like Home Collection.

I stamped the Heart Happy Image in Black Ink, and colored it in.

I distressed all of the edges of the card with Pewter Ink. 

I added a piece of Light Gray Ribbon to give some extra dimension as well. 
The Ribbon is on sale right now for only $1.50, stock up!

Lastly, I added some Silver Glitter Gems to the card for a little bling!

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

Beautiful Spring Card

I don't know about your neck of the woods, but here, it has been way too cold for my liking.

The last couple of nights it has been in the low 30's and during the day it hasn't been much better.

I need to see Spring soon.

For the holiday I stayed in and spent my day crafting, and whipped up this cute Spring themed card, in hopes it gets warmer soon.

The white card base is from Close to my Heart.

Then I distressed a layer of Sapphire cardstock with Sapphire ink.

Then added a distressed layer of Carolina cardstock with Sapphire ink.

Then I took a layer of Canary cardstock and distressed it with Saffron ink.

Then finally added a piece of distressed patterned paper from the Grateful Heart Paper Packet from the 2018 Holiday Expressions from Close to my Heart.

The adorable girl digital stamp is Peekaboo Butterfly from Digital Stamps 4 Joy.

I colored her in with water color pencils.

The "Just Because" sentiment is from the 

2019 January Stamp of the Month stamp set 

"Card Captions".

It is stamped in Tuxedo Memento Ink on White Daisy cardstock.

I distressed it with Saffron ink and layered it on a piece of Carolina cardstock.

For my embellishments I added Gold Flecked Gems from Close to my Heart 

and some White Mulberry Flowers from my stash. 

I was able to add some color to them with Sapphire ink, Canary ink and Saffron ink. 

They already had the cute little gems in the middle of them.

I entered my card into the following challenges:

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge- #84 Anything Goes

The Creative Crafters- #12 Anything Goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog- #30 January Anything Goes

I hope you enjoyed my card, thank you for stopping by.

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 Simple Get Well Soon Card

A dear friend of mine is in the hospital under less than ideal conditions. 

I knew I wanted to make a card, but needed some inspiration.

I came across Color Challenge #326 on the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge Blog. 

The Challenge was to create a black and white card, with just a splash of color. 

I ended up choosing Close to my Heart’s Thistle as my splash of color. 

The sentiment “Get Well Soon” is from the January 2019 Stamp of the Month stamp set

 “Card Captions”.

The set is only $5 with any $50 purchase from my online store. 

I used the little heart symbol to create a stamped background.

 I distressed the inside of the card to give the stark white some dimension.

I distressed the inside and the edges of the layers with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink.

I also created a simple pattern on the left side of the card, by scoring three straight lines.

Thank you for stopping by!