Tic Tac Toe Time

 At Color My Heart

The colors used on this card are the right column 

on the Tic Tac Toe Color Board below.

Wisteria, Mint, and Peach are really nice 

Spring colors for those Springtime cards.

Center Step Card

Come play Tic Tac Toe with us at Color My Heart

Spruced Up

With Tic Tac Toe

Inspiration comes from Tic Tac Toe Color Dare #377.

I used the bottom row with Mink for the base,

 New England Ivy and Mink prints with a Sangria 

colored bird. The bird is colored using the 

reverse masking technique.

Stair Step Card

Choose your Tic Tac Toe colors and share with 

us at Color My Heart.

Reverse Masking

Masking is when you mask an image (the bird) and stamp around it with the branches.

Reverse masking is masking the surrounding area of an image to color the image.

To make a reverse mask stamp the image (birds) on some glossy cardstock. Cut out the image of the bird. Lay the cut out over the bird and color it with your ink pad and a sponge.

Arrow Card

 With Color My Heart Colors

Mink, Ballerina, and Canary

Thinking of You Arrow Card

(I sponged the Canary to get a lite shade.)

Inside Arrow Card

I used the directions on this video

Use these colors for your creation 

and share at Color My Heart

Christmas in July

At Heart 2 Heart 

Warmest Wishes at Christmas with this

Double Trouble Fancy Fold Center Step Card.

I added my own twist with a fun handmade 

background made with scraps.

Cut 1/2 inch strips and attach to a piece of CS 

in varied positions. Use this piece as a background 

on your card or scrapbook page.

Cover Challenge

From Seasonal Expressions

My favorite parts of the front cover of Season Expressions are the

Chelsea Gardens paper pack and the butterflies.

Even though the Chelsea Garden Card making Stamps Thin Cuts are no

longer available the images in the stamp set are easy to hand cut. The

stamp set is well worth owning even without the Thin Cuts. I hand 

cut the butterflies and they look much better than cut with the Thin Cuts.

The wings flutter better when hand cut.

What inspires you on this front cover? 

Share with us at Heart 2 Heart.

Saturday Bonus Cards

Side Step Birthday Cards

I don't know about you but it seems like I'm always needing a birthday card.

This is your chance to get some free birthday cards for that special person.

To win one of these cards just leave me a comment at the bottom of

this post. All names will be entered into a drawing to win

this Fancy Cut card. If you are unable to leave your

comment at the bottom then e-mail me your comment and

I will post it for you. Good luck to all who enter.

Summer Wishes uses the Summertime PML cards and the

No Worries Thin Cuts and stamp set.

For that special guy...this card uses the Summertime PML cards

and the Basic Star and Scalloped Border Thin Cuts.

A Monstrous birthday card for that special boy uses the

Monstrous Halloween stamps and Thin Cuts.

A Fun Celebration with cake and packages use the

Gift Thin Cuts and Scalloped Border for the frosting.

Be sure to check out the Thin Cuts on sale while supplies last.

Day 3 Die-namite Fancy Cut

 Z-Fold Easter Card

March is the month to save big on Thin Cuts. On my Z-Fold Card I used 

Basic Oval Thin Cuts for the eggs, Falling for You Thin Cuts for the flowers, 

and Easter Animals for the bunny, grass and greeting.

To win this card just leave me a comment at the bottom of

this post. All names will be entered into a drawing to win

this Fancy Cut card. If you are unable to leave your

comment at the bottom then e-mail me your comment and

I will post it for you. Good luck to all who enter.

Be sure to check out the Thin Cuts on sale while supplies last.

Color Dare 218

It's a Ruby, New England Ivy, & Whisper Christmas

Bringing out the Yuletide Carol paper pack to make a vintage

stair step card. This paper pack is retired but one of the greats.

Woodland Wishes trees and snowflakes with the greeting from

Christmas Post completes the card.

Be sure to check Color My Heart for your color challenge each week.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Yuletide Carol (retired)

Cardstock: Colonial White

Stamps: Woodland Wishes, Christmas Post

Ink: Ruby, New England Ivy, Whisper

Embellishments: Silver Sequins, Sparkles

Friday Fun Folds

A Magical Fun Card

with the Bendy Card and Between the Folds Challenges

Bendy Fun Fold with Magical paper pack and a Magical Ferris Wheel 

with a Magical Merry-Go-Round from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

Be sure to share your Magical delights with us at Between The Folds.

To make your own bendy card follow the tutorial Here.

Note: The Artiste Cricut cartridge will not be available after July 31.

Don't miss your chance to own this amazing Cricut cartridge.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Magical

Caardstock: Black, Cranberry, Canary

Stamps: Happy Times

Embellishments: Red Enamel Hearts

Friday Fun Folds

A 3D Delight

with the Bendy Card and the challenge at Heart 2 Heart.

Bendy Fun Fold with Florence paper pack and the Hot Air Balloon and clouds  

from the Artistry Cricut Cartridge with the clouds

Open the first tab to see the greeting.

Open the second tab to view the back of the balloon and a flower.

To make your own bendy card follow the tutorial Here.

Be sure to share with us at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Florence

Cardstock: Peacock, White Daisy

Stamps: Sincere Expressions 

Ink: Peacock

Embellishments: Blue Enamel Dots

Friday Fun Folds

With the Pineapples of Calypso

And a challenge from Heart 2 Heart

My Friday Fun Folds this week are a Panel Card and a Beach Tote

Panel cards use coordinating papers from your paper pack.

They also have two areas for greetings. Fun and easy to make.

The cute little Beach Tote can hold some treats for a special person.

Beach Tote

Panel Card

Grab your Calypso paper pack and share your creations with

us at Heart 2 Heart. 

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Calypso

Cardstock: White Daisy, Canary

Stamps: Beach Life, Surf's Up, Sweeter with You, Sending Love

Ink: Pear, Canary,  Cotton Candy

Embellishments: Calypso Sequins, Flower Brads

Friday Fun Folds

With the Easel  Swing Card

I'm having fun this Summer with some fancy fold cards of all

kinds. I will be sharing these on Friday Fun Folds each week.

This is a variation of the easel card. To view a video

tutorial go HERE. These are fun to make and can be

the wow factor at any gathering.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Florence

Cardstock: Whisper, White Daisy, Sweet Leaf

Stamps: Friendly Wishes

Ink: Peacock, Canary

Embellishments: Gold Bling Gems

Be Sure to visit my other Friday Fun Folds Here,

                               HERE, and HERE

Friday Fun Folds

Twisted Easel Card

Heart 2 Heart's Congratulations! Time to celebrate challenge

is just perfect for this month of graduations, weddings, anniversaries,

Father's Day, showers, and many more June events.

My challenge project is this fun Congratulation Graduate 

card for my youngest grandson's High School graduation.

He likes the way it stands up like a display on his desk.

Tutorial for the twisted easel card can be viewed HERE

Be sure to share your June celebration project

 with us at Heart 2Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: La vie En Rose

Cardstock: Pomegranate, White Daisy, Silver Glitter paper

Stamps: You did It

Ink: Black, Pomegranate,

Be Sure to visit my other Friday Fun Folds Here

                                and HERE

Friday Fun Folds

With Color My Heart

This week the color challenge at Color My Heart are the colors

of the Calypso paper pack: Pear, Lagoon, Honey, Cotton Candy,

Black and White Daisy.

I'm having fun this Summer with some fancy fold cards of all

kinds. I will be sharing these on Friday Fun Folds each week.

For my weekly fun fold card I made a quick easel card using the 

Calypso compliments. No stamping involved. Quick & easy.

Come play with Calypso at Color My Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Calypso

Cardstock: Pear, White Daisy

Compliments: Calypso

Embellishments: White Twine

Celebrating Freedom

On Memorial Day

Remembering those who gave their lives so that we could

enjoy the freedoms of this great nation is and honor and privilege.

Celebrate the lives of the brave and be thankful

for the great sacrifice of all our military servicemen.

USA- Home of the free because of the brave.

May the Lord bless each one richly as they serve Him

and our country. God bless the USA.

May Peace and Freedom live in  your hearts always.

Friday Fun Folds

With Color My Heart Colors

Fun Summer colors are happening at Color My Heart this week.

Lagoon, Crystal Blue, Thistle, and Pear are sure some poppin' colors.

For my card I've been wanting to try one of those awning cards I

have been seeing on Pinterest. With my left over bicycle from

another card I got the idea to make a "Summer Rental" awning card.

Then came the Color My Heart summer colors and out came this card.

Inside of card (Note: the taller cards stand better when it has

some added B & T to the inside.)

Oh, this card also plays with the Fun Folds at Heart 2 Heart. Or

it could play at the Transportation Challenge at Heart 2 Heart if

bicycles and surf boards are your mode of transportation. Anyway,

you have all week to play at Color My Heart and until the end of

the month to play at Heart 2 Heart.

So have fun and come play.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Calypso,Happy Times

Cardstock: White Daisy, Crystal Blue

Stamps: Beyond Awesome, Noted

Ink: Crystal Blue, Lagoon, Thistle

You can view an awning card tutorial HERE.

Be sure to come back every Friday this Summer to see more Friday Fun Folds

More Color Fun

At Color My Heart

Shades of Orange: Poppy. Sunset, Sorbet

are now playing at Color My Heart Color Dare. 

I just loved the card by Vicki Wizniuk and had to make one. I used

the new papers (Poppy) from the Florence paper pack and some retired papers

(Sorbet) from Charlotte paper pack (will miss) and some Sunset Cardstock. 

Come play with the Oranges at Color My Heart this week.

CTMH Supplies:
B&T Duos: Florence, Charlotte
Cardstock: Colonial White, Sunset
Ink: Sorbet, Poppy
Stamps: So Many Smiles
Embellishments: Opaques

Double the Fun

With Color My Heart and 

a Double Front Fold Card

I found a new interesting card that I want to try. It has a

double front fold. Directions for this card can be found Here

The colors come from The Color My Heart weekly challenge:

Cotton Candy, Sweet Leaf, Topiary and Glacier

Front of card.

Open first fold to reveal the sentiment.

Open the second fold to reveal the inside greeting.

Be sure to visit Color My Heart for your weekly color challenge.

Take note: the two stamp sets used on this card will soon be retiring.

Someone Special C1607  View Here.

Sending Love B1504  View Here.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Kaleisoscope

Cardstock: Cotton Candy, Sweet Leaf, White Daisy

Stamps: Someone Special, Sending Love

Ink: Cotton Candy, Sweet Leaf, Topiary, Glacier

Embellishments: Floral Charm, Thicker Twine, Playful Puffies

Stuck On You

With Charlotte and Thin Cuts

Atlantic Hearts has the perfect sketch for this card. I made this card

 last week for a post in February but when I saw the sketch at

 Atlantic Hearts I decided to share now. If you haven't played with

the new CTMH Thin Cuts yet, it's time to give it a try. We have four

new sets along with coordinating stamps for all sorts of fun.

Check them out on pages 11,12,21,and 29 in the new Seasonal Expressions.

Follow the sketch below to make your own special card.

Be sure to share with us at Atlantic Hearts.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Charlotte, Penelope

Cardstock: White Daisy, Sorbet, Sweet Leaf

Stamps: Stuck on You

Ink: Black

Embellishments: Treasured Puffies 

Strawberry Basket

With Taste of Summer

Stamp set and paper pack

Pop Up Box Card

Using the directions for Pop up Box Card for Topiary CS Base.

Using the Purse Coluzzle template(from way back) cut the

curves on each side of the box as well as the handle. Use the

Pillow top background technique for the green weaved print.

Fill box with strawberries, a sentiment, flowers, and a wondering bee.

CTMH Supplies:

B&T Duos: Taste of Summer

Cardstock: Topiary, white Daisy

Stamps: Taste of Summer, Happy Everything

Ink: Cranberry, Topiary, Black