Sunday, April 23, 2017

My New Favorite Color Combo

Blossom and Sorbet
With Some Kind of Wonderful paper and a sketch from Atlantic Hearts.
Using the stripped Glacier B&T paper from Some Kind of Wonderful
paper pack gives a soft look for the blossom and sorbet flowers. 

Use this sketch from Atlantic Hearts to make a simple and elegant card.
Keep this sketch handy for your future card making days. 
CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Some Kind of Wonderful
Cardstock: Blossom, White Daisy, Glacier
Stamps: Hello Lovely, So May Smiles
Ink: Sorbet, Blossom, Whisper, Glacier
Embellishments: Sugar rush Dots, Whisper Twine

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Hello Wonderful World

Says the "Some Kind of Wonderful" Turtle
What would a Wonderful World  be without this cute little turtle?
Share your wonderful world crafty goodies at Heart 2 Heart.
Or you could have a crafty day and share your
 Some Kind of Wonderful project at Between The Folds.
CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Some Kind Of Wonderful
Cardstock: White Daisy, Whisper, Willow
Stamps: Some Kind of Wonderful
Ink: Black, Willow
Embellishments: Black & White Dots

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Whimical Chicks

Whimsical is the challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart. 
Couldn't resist the cute little chick in the Some Kind of Wonderful
stamp set for my Whimsical Easter cards. 





Easter blessings to all this week as we prepare to celebrate
the risen Christ and all that fills our hearts because of His sacrifice.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Color My Heart

Meets Atlantic Hearts
The Color Dare # 237 challenge at Color My Heart
is Lagoon, Thistle, Tangerine, and White Daisy. these are fun 
Spring colors that make a nice Easter Card.
One of my customers gave me some fun gingham with polka dots
Lagoon colored papers. I couldn't wait to play with the paper so I
got busy with the Color My Heart color dare and the Atlantic Hearts
sketch and that cute chick from Some Kind of Wonderful to make 
some kind of fun Easter card.
Use this sketch to make your card and share with us at

Friday, March 31, 2017

Time for Tea

Hello Lovely tea cup from Flower Market Cricut cartridge.
Tea cup mounts in the center section of this stair step card.
If you didn't get a chance to play at  Heart 2 Heart this month you can 
come play each week next month ant join the Let's Make a Deal 
club by participating each week in the month.  See everyone in April.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

It's Tool Time

Close to My Heart has some fun tools to give our card making
and scrapbooking projects a special look. For this challenge 
I used the following tools: scissors, embossing tool, piercing tool,
stitching guide, foam mat, paper trimmer, and EZ Dots Adhesive.
To make these sentiment labels, use the stitching guide and the piercing tool to make the shapes.
Use embossing tool to emboss a border around the hexagon and diamond shapes and cut out with your scissors. Use a scallop punch to punch the circle and hand cut the heart with your scissors.

Make the cards using the Happy Heart stamp set and the heart papers from the Adventure
Fundamentals paper pack. Use Make It From Your Heart pattern book Vol. II to make your cards.

Card Pattern #23 Cranberry Heart paper

Card Pattern #24 Raspberry Paper

Card Pattern #28 Lagoon Paper

Card Pattern #19 Blossom Paper
It's not to late to play tool time at Heart 2 Heart.
CTMH Supplies:
Fundamentals: Adventure
Cardstock: White Daisy
Stamps: Happy Heart
Ink: Cranberry, Raspberry, Lagoon, Blossom
Glitter Paper: Sea Glass, White, Silver
Embellishments: Sugar Rush Dots

Monday, March 27, 2017

Heart 2 Heart Random Stamping

With Color My Heart
Colors at Color My Heart are bold and bright: 
Pacifica, Emerald, Black and White Daisy.
To soften the colors use second generation stamping
then accent with the bold color in small areas.
Random stamping an oval shape and adding an oval sentiment.
Random stamp just a corner of your card and then
stamp the sentiment in the blank corner.
Be sure to check out the random stamping at Heart 2 Heart
and the color challenge at Color My Heart.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Dreamin' Big at Color My Heart

With 6X6 Squares And the 
Pam Wallace Cutting Diagram
The Color My Heart color challenge is to use the colors from the Dreamin' Big
paper pack. To add to the fun I used my 6X6 squares  and the cutting guide
from Pam Wallace to make 6 cards with this paper pack. I also used all the greeting
in the Dreamin' Big stamp set for this collection.







Use this cutting guide for any paper pack and the 6X6 squares.
CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Dreamin' Big
Cardstock: White Daisy, Glacier
Stamps: Dreamin' Big
Ink: Juniper, Glacier, Poppy, Black, Goldrush, 

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Dreamin' Big

At Heart 2 Heart
Perfect attendance at Heart 2 Heart is the Deal of the Month.
So, for all you CTMH stampers out there as well as other is time
to play all month at Heart 2 Heart. 
The first challenge of the month is to Dream Big with the Dreamin' Big paper pack.
This paper pack has a coordinating Dreamin' Big Thin Cuts bundle that includes
come cute bugs and great sentiments for every occasion. Be sure to check it out.
For my project I made this card as a part of my Flower Market Container
Collection. The bell jar is cut from the container button on page 38 in the
Flower Market booklet. It is cut using White Daisy at 4.25" and is completed
 with the Dreamin' Big Thin Cut bugs. 
Now if you have missed playing at Heart 2 Heart I hope you will come back
and make the deal to have perfect attendance in March.
CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Dreamin' Big
Cardstock: White Daisy, Juniper, Poppy
Stamps: Dreamin' Big
Ink: Juniper, Poppy, Sorbet
Embellishments: Silver Sequins, Sparkles, Enamel gems

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Crazy for Complements

Goes to Color My heart
The color challenge at Color My Heart features the colors of  the
Hello Lovely paper pack. 
Along with this gorgeous paper pack the Complements are
so fun to use for cards and scrapbook pages. Using complements
makes all projects fun and easy. So, grab your complements and
create a fun project so share with us at Heart 2 Heart.
You can view more Hello Lovely cards with compliments
CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Hello Lovely
Cardstock: White Daisy
Stamps: Treat Yourself
Ink: New England Ivy
Embellishments: Hello Lovely Complements, Sugar Rush Glitter Gems