Purple, Purple, Purple

A Purple Christmas

With Thistle, Pansy, and Eggplant at Color My Heart

Using scraps for candles makes easy cards for Christmas.

If you missed the color challenge this week at Color My Heart

a new challenge will be posted on Friday. Come play.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Thistle, Pansy, Eggplant. White Daisy

Stamps: Season of Magic

Ink: Eggplant

Embellishments: Gold Glitter paper, Ribbon from stash, punched twigs

Christmas Wishes

From City Sidewalks

The blues and greens from City Sidewalks and the

sketch from Atlantic Hearts make this a fun

 and easy Christmas card.

Now it's your turn to make a fun and easy card to share

at Atlantic Hearts.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: City Sidewalks

Cardstock: Peacock, White Daisy

Stamps: Season Of Magic

Ink: Willow, Peacock

Embellishments: Enamel Blue Dots

Sea Glass

And the Fundamentals

The Color of the year, Sea Glass, blends with the new

Fundamental papers. Then Heart 2 Heart says "Show us your Sea Glass."

Sea Glass with Whimsy

Sea Glass with Adventure

Sea Glass with Enchantment

Sea Glass with Uptown and Memo

Sea Glass with Rustic Home

Now it's your turn to show us your Sea Glass at Heart 2 Heart

CTMH Supplies:

Fundamentals: Whimsy, Adventure, Enchantment, Rustic Home, Uptown, Memo

Cardstock: Sea Glass, White Daisy

Stamps: Create Kindness

Ink: black

Color Pencils

Sea Glass Glitter Paper

EEK...Spooky

Eat & Drink with the Critters

Share some Halloween fun with a card inspired by 

Freshly Made Sketches

Jeepers Creepers paper pack, the Monstrous Halloween

stamp set, and this sketch from Freshly Made Sketches make 

a fun Halloween card for that special trick or treater. 

Have some fun. Make a Halloween card.

P.S. This stamp set works for Birthdays, too.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Jeepers Creepers

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Monstrous Halloween

Ink: Black, Willow, Pansy

Embellishments: Jeepers Creepers Assortment

Snowman in the Corner

With a Snowflake in the Other Corner

And a Merry Christmas in the middle.

A super fun sketch this week at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.

Lots of possibilities with corner filled excitement and a sentiment in

 the center. I've been playing with my snowman this week and I wanted

 to continue with him in this sketch. I added the poinsettias for the flowers.

Use this fun sketch for some fun creating.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: City Sidewalks

Cardstock: White Daisy, Crystal Blue

Stamps: Cozy Christmas

Ink: Crystal Blue, Sorbet, Black, Pomegranate, Chocolate, Saddle, Pixie, Willow

Embellishments: Opaques, Snowflake Thin Cut

Celebrate National Stamping Month

And Double Your Kindness Cards

Create MORE with your Create Kindness Kit cards. By cutting up each 3X3 card

you can use them as B & T paper to create double the cards.

Cut each card in half. Then cut 1 1/4'" squares. Cut 1 1/4" squares

of complimentary CS. Layer your squares behind your sentiment.

Cut your 3 X 3 card in half. Cut a 2" square of complimentary CS.

Layer your squares and add your sentiment.

Cut a 3" square of complimentary CS. Cut a 2" square from

your 3 X 3 Card.. Layer the squares and add your sentiment.

Cut two 1 1/2" squares from a complimentary CS. Cut your 3 X 3 card 

into 1 1/4" squares. Layer all squares and add your sentiment.

Voila! Eight cards from 4 cards. You will need one sheet

of  White Daisy to make eight 3 X 3 card bases.

Be sure to share your projects at Heart 2 Heart and Happy Stamping all Month.

Color Dare #210

Eggplant, Peacock, Fern, & Desert Sand

Using the stamp set Season of Magic to stamp the basic wreath in

Desert Sand. Then adding the rich colors of Peacock and Eggplant

with a touch of Fern for the leaves makes this a finished card

for the Color My Heart color challenge.

This week's sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch is just perfect

for this stamp set with the wreath and the Cricut cut sentiment.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Swan Lake

Cardstock: Colonial White, Peacock, Fern

Stamps: Season of Magic

Ink: Desert Sand, Peacock, Eggplant

Random Stamping

National Stamping Month

Happy STAMPtember all month. National Stamping Month is 

a great time to just play with your stamps and create just to relax.

Random stamping is a fun way to play and create your own personal

background and texture papers with your own choice of colors and stamps.

I used the stamp sets With You  and Shower Flowers for my CTMH stamping 

project at Heart 2 Heart and my random stamped project to share at

 Between the Folds. This stamp set is extra fun because it uses two step stamping 

for the flowers and the flowers are also cut on the Cricut Flower Market cartridge. 

I am also including a short tutorial for random stamping with a pop.

Cut a piece of White Daisy for your random stamping. Stamp one flower on it.

Stamp a second flower in a triangle format around the first flower.

Add leaves to each flower with first and second generation stamping.

Fill in the empty spaces with the small stamps from Shower Flowers.

Stamp your sentiment and mount on coordinating CS.

With this stamp set you can pop up the first stamped flower

by stamping the two step flower on the cricut cut out and popping it up.

Have fun in STAMPtember all month. Come back and share at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

Cardstock: Poppy, Goldrush, White Daisy

Stamps: With You, Shower Flowers

Ink: Goldrush, Poppy, Fern, Glacier

Warmest Wishes

With Oh Deer

and a sketch from Atlantic Hearts

One of the new paper packs in the newly released Holiday

Expressions is Oh Deer, a paper pack with vintage colors.

The pine cones in the stamp set Perfectly Pines along with the soft 

wood colors give an outdoor woodsy look to the card. 

The weekly sketches at Atlantic Hearts are a good place

to be inspired to create hand stamped cards. Check it out.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Oh Deer

Cardstock: White Daisy, Kraft, Sea Glass, Cocoa

Stamps: Perfectly Pine, Season of Magic

Ink: Desert Sand, Cocoa

Freshly Made Sketch 253

Oh Deer

A new paper pack from the Holiday Expressions features 

basic colors of browns, grays, and a touch of soft greens.

The outdoor rustic look with the pine cones from Perfectly Pine

stamp set and the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches make this 

a fun holiday card. 

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Oh Deer

Cardstock: White Daisy, Cocoa, Sea Glass

Stamps: Perfectly Pine. Short & Sweet

Ink: Desert Sand, Cocoa

Color Dare #209

Sorbet, Pomegranate, Pear, Black, and Gold 

The Color my Heart challenge this week was a bit of a challenge since one

of the colors is no longer currently available. So, for this card I had to cheat just a bit. 

My business practise is that when a CTMH item is retired it leaves my 

work space. So, since my Pear ink is gone I used the new color Willow. 

They are close in color so I hope that will work for the challenge.

The flower, ferns, and pot are cut using the new

Flower Market Cricut cartridge. The papers are

from the Fundamentals and the gold is the gold glitter paper.

If you miss this color challenge a new one will be posted

at Color My Heart tomorrow. Be sure to check it out and come play.

CTMH Supplies:

Fundamentals: Whimsy, Enchantment

Cardstock: Black, White Daisy, Willow, Sorbet

Stamps: Short & Sweet, Blessed Beyond Measure

Ink: Pomegranate, Black, Willow

Embellishments: Gold Glitter paper, White/gold ribbon

Blessed Beyond Measure

With September Stamp of the Month

Atlantic Hearts Sketch and the Swan Lake paper pack

come together to make this Stamp of the Month card.

Stamp the background with a sentiment stamp. Stamp the

pumpkin on the Cricut cutout. Mask the pumpkin to color

the green around the pumpkin. Add a leaf, your sentiment

and follow the Atlantic Hearts sketch and your card is ready to go.

Be sure to check back on Monday for a new sketch to play with.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Swan Lake

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: Blessed Beyond Measure

Ink: Goldrush, Fern, Poppy, Whisper

Hip to Be Square

At Heart 2 Heart

Using square samples of the Swan Lake paper pack

made this card come together pretty fast.

Embellishing with the coordinating stamp set

"With You." Love that two step stamping.

Heart 2 Heart comes to an end for this month

but on Monday a new challenge will be ready for you.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Swan Lake

Cardstock: White Daisy

Stamps: With You, Happy Heart(available in Spanish & French)

Ink: Peacock, Glacier. Whisper

Embellishments: Rustic Home Ribbon, Blue Enamel Gems, Glacier Twine