Heart Happy Double Scraplings Boxed Card Set

Gosh, I haven't made double scrapling cards for so long.

I coined the name of this size of card after simply doubling the width of a scrapling card.  :)

These are perfectly sized for a Valentine.  ♥

The cards themselves measure 2 1/2" wide by 4 1/4" tall.

(I used to have a template for sale for the box, but I lost all of my templates quite a few years ago when I dropped my laptop, and discovered that the back-up zip drive wasn't saving each of my drives, including 1 1/2 years of photos.  Ugh.  Sniff, sniff...)

For my box and cards, I used papers from the CTMH Heart Happy paper pack, along with the matching Heart Happy stamp set.  These items are available through to the end of February, but they are while supplies last, so get yours before they are gone!

As most of you already know, I am going to be resigning as a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant just after the end of the month.

So if you wish to support me with a last purchase through my website, I would be very grateful.  ♥

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Even though I am moving on to do something else that is seriously fabulous, I will still be playing with my paper and stamps, as papercrafting runs deep in my soul.  So be sure to keep checking back for future posts.

If you ever need to find a CTMH Consultant in the future, I have quite a few fabulous people that I consider my family, that I can refer you to.  Just contact me and I will hook you up!

Oops, I see that I am getting ahead of myself because I still have more projects to share with you this month!  And I'm talking like this is my last post as a Consultant.  lol

Happy creating!  :)

♥

A Valentine for My Valentine...

A day late, but I wanted to share with you the Valentine I made for Lee.

It isn't overly masculine, but the sentiment still works.  ;)

I masked off an area where I wanted my sentiment, with a piece of paper, then used a hearts stencil/mask to sponge two shades of grey ink over top, allowing the lighter shade to fade out towards the edges.

The sentiment I used is from the What Matters Most stamp set and I stamped it in black ink.

And lastly, I cut a small heart with our smallest Hearts Thin Cuts die out of Bashful Glitter paper and then sponged Pomegranate ink onto it to give it an ombre effect and popped it up with 3D foam tape.

Happy creating!  :)

♥

XOXO

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Here is a sweet card I made using the True Love stamp set.

True Love is Close To My Heart's Operation Smile stamp for the year, where they donate $7 USD to Operation Smile from each purchase of this stamp set.

And what a sweet stamp set it is!!!

Operation Smile is a non-profit organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates in children.

The cost per surgery is $240 USD, so every little bit helps!

This is what the complete set looks like...

Available until July 31st!

Happy creating!  :)

3x3 Valentine's Boxed Set

It is almost Valentine's Day....

Here is a sweet 3x3 card box which is roomy enough to hold a bunch of 3x3 cards and envelopes.

I have four cards and envies in there, but there is still lots of room for more.

There is something about 3x3 sized cards that I love.

And that Operation Smile True Love stamp set, gahh, so cute!

Happy creating!  :)

With Love Valentine Card

I paired the Adore You (January SOTM) stamp set with the recently retired Season of Magic stamp to make this card.

The With Love banner was cut out of white daisy cardstock, then sponged with Raspberry ink, and I added a little extra sponging to give the ends a little darker shade for added depth.  Then stamped the sentiment in black ink.

Lastly, I added some shimmer to the heart with a Shimmer Brush. 

Happy creating!  :)

3x3 Adore You Valentine's Cards

Here are some sweet little 3x3 sized Valentine's cards I made using the new CTMH January Stamp of the Month set, Adore You.

Super sweet!

Happy creating!  :)

3D Heart Balloons Valentine's Card

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I used the Artisty and Artbooking cartridges to cut the Poloroid photo shape and the heart shapes.

I backed the Poloroid photo with a piece of Regatta paper.

The heart shapes were also cut from the Regatta paper.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Papers:  Charlotte, Regatta; White Daisy CS

Stamps:  Kaleidoscope Cardmaking Workshop set, Hello Life National Scrapbooking Month set - retired

Inks:  Black, Pomegranate

Embellishments:  Clear Sparkles, Pink Enamel Gems, Back and White Shimmer Trim

Other:  Artistry and Artbooking Cricut Cartridges, Micro-tip Scissors, Sponge

Sweet 3x3 Valentine's Card

A couple of days ago, I shared a card I made inspired by this card by Kristina Werner.

I kept going with that inspiration and made this sweet 3x3 sized Valentine's card.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  White Daisy and Pixie CS;  Vellum (other)

Stamps:  Lovely Birthday, Say It All

Inks:  Pixie, Cotton Candy, Pomegranate, Versamark

Embellishments:  Red Enamel Hearts - retired, Pink Enamel Gems, Treasured Puffies

Other:  White Embossing Powder, 2 1/2" circle punch (EK), 3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors

Love

I have a simple card to share with you that is perfect for Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day... hug the ones you love!

♥

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Colonial White, Black CS; Dk. Pink and Lt. Tan Glitter papers

Die:  Expressions Thinlits Die (SU)

Punch:  Heart To Heart (SU)

Other:  3D foam tape

3x3 Valentine's Cards

I love the colors in the new Heartstrings paper pack.  

So cute and perfect for Valentine's themed projects.

I whipped up a couple of sweet 3x3 Valentine's cards to share with you.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

My Aim Is True:
Paper:  Heartstrings; White Daisy CS; Blue Glitter paper
Stamp:  This Moment - January SOTM
Inks:  Black, Whisper, Cranberry, Lagoon
Other:  Micro-tip Scissors, 3D foam tape

Hugs & Kisses:
Paper:  Heartstrings; White Daisy CS; Blue Glitter paper
Stamps:  Doodled Designs, XOXO
Inks:  Black, Cranberry, Lagoon
Embellishments:  Red Enamel Heart, Clear and Bitty Sparkles
Other:  Scalloped Heart punch (Marvy Uchida), 3D foam tape

So Cute I Could Eat You!

The Love Ya Silly stamp set has the cutest images, perfect for Valentines.

I paired this adorable image and sentiment with papers from the Heartstrings paper packet.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH (unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Heartstrings; White Daisy CS; Black Glitter paper

Stamp:  Love Ya Silly

Inks:  Black, Lagoon

Embellishments:  Black Shimmer Trim, Red Enamel Heart, Black button (other)

Other:  Corner Chomper (WRMK)

My Aim Is True...

Look at this sweet card!  ♥

I used the January Stamp of the Month, This Moment, for this cutie!

I also used the new Heartstrings paper packet from the Seasonal Expressions mini catalog.

This is what the This Moment stamp set looks like, available only until January 31st.

Happy creating!  :)

And Happy NEW YEAR!!!

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Paper:  Heartstrings; White Daisy CS; Blue Glitter paper

Stamp:  This Moment - Jan SOTM

Inks:  Black, Lagoon, Crystal Blue, Versamark

Embellishments:  Red Enamel Hearts

Other:  Scallop Border punch, Black journal pen, White embossing powder, 3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors

Love... #30yearsofhappy

Here's another card I made using the #30yearsofhappy stamp set.

With 30 images in this set, you can find an image for so many different themes.

This time I decided to create a Valentine's card.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  White Daisy, Slate CS

Stamp:  #30yearsofhappy

Inks:  Ruby, Pixie, Slate

Embellishments:  Clear sparkles, Grey Baker's Twine

Other:  1" and 1 1/8" circle punches (EK), 3D foam tape

i ♥ you

This is the card I'm giving to Lee today for Valentine's Day.

Masculine cards are hard to keep masculine.

I always want to add more...  lol

So I held back and left it as is.

Today I will share with you how I made the woodgrain paper.

I inked up a woodgrain embossing folder with Saddle ink by rubbing the ink pad directly onto the inside top part of the folder.

Then I quickly placed a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" piece of Cashmere cardstock into the folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug.

The ink is pushed into the grooves of the cardstock, giving it the two tones.

Awesome.

And here's a card I made especially for you!

Ok, who am I kidding?  It's for me.  lol

{ I luv The Rock! }

Happy Valentine's Day & happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  White Daisy, Cashmere CS

Stamp:  Dotted Love mini stamp

Inks:  Black, Saddle, Versamark

Markers:  Lagoon, Ruby, Whisper

Embellishment:  ProPlayer Assortment

Other:  Cricut Artiste Cartridge, 3D foam tape, Woodgrain embossing folder (SU)

Minion Valentine

Okay, so I've seen so many Minion cards and I just had to jump on that bandwagon and give one a try myself!

I thought I'd make a Valentine's card for Cole, and this is what I came up with.

OMG, isn't he just the cutest!!!

I love those little Minions.

The Minion started out as a 4 1/2" x 3 1/4" piece of Honey cardstock.

I used a circular container to draw the rounded shape on each corner and hand-cut them out with my scissors.

I hand-cut the overalls out of Indian Corn Blue cardstock.

Then I stamped the pattern onto his overalls in Outdoor Denim ink, using an old retired SU background stamp called Canvas.

The larger pocket I just hand-cut and then sponged the outer edges with Outdoor Denim ink.

I drew the smaller pockets, shoulder straps, and pocket pattern on with my black journal pen.

The shoulder strap buttons were made with the smallest circles from the SU Owl punch.

For the mouth, I rough cut a shape out of Black cardstock, then used the Scallop Border punch and White Daisy cardstock to create the teeth, cutting each tooth off the row and gluing them onto the mouth shape.

I trimmed off the excess overhang from the teeth and lightly sponged a little Outdoor Denim ink onto the outer edges.

For his goggles, I used some silvery cardstock from my stash and punched a 1" circle and then using a 1 1/4" circle, I went over top of the first circle and did my best to line them up, and punched.

I made two of those and lightly sponged some Chocolate ink onto the outer edges.

The black strips for the goggles are 1/2" wide, and I cut two of those at 1" long.

For the eyes, I punched a 1 1/4" circle out of White Daisy cardstock.

Then I punched a 3/4" circle out of Chocolate cardstock.

And lastly, I punched a 1/4" circle out of Black cardstock.

I sponged a little Chocolate ink onto the outer edges of the brown circles.

And then added a little white dot to the pupils using a White Chalk Marker.

I hand-cut the glove and the hair out of Black cardstock.

 And for the heart I simply used a punch and used some 3D foam tape to pop it up a little.

I hope you like him as much as I do... banana!

♥

Happy creating!  :)

Whooo's Your Valentine... Valentine cards

 

I love owls.  Can ya tell?  ;)

 

They are just so darn cute.

 

I created these cards using the stamp set from the Whooo's Your Valentine Kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just a reminder that the Whooo's Your Valentine kit is available only until the end of January, while supplies last.

 

This is what is included in the kit:

(although your stamp set will be pristine... I already used mine before taking my photo...)

 

 

 

And this kit is just $10 with a $35 order.  Awesome!

 

These kits are also available when shopping online with a minimum $35 order (while supplies last).

 

 

 

Contact me to get a kit today!

 

 

 

Happy creating!

 

 

 

 

Supplies used are all CTMH:

Paper:  White Daisy CS, Silver Glitter paper

Stamp:  Whooo's Your Valentine

Inks:  Cotton Candy, Slate, Whisper, Ruby, Crystal Blue, Pacifica, Chocolate

Embellishments:  Silver Trim

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy - branch, Micro-tip scissors, 3D foam tape

 

 

 

Simple 3x3 Valentine

I used Vanilla Cream cardstock for the base... a colour I haven't used for quite awhile.

But it's perfect for this card.

The sentiment and scroll design are from the 10 Things stamp set.

The "u" is from Trinity Alphabet.

And the heart is cut from Stella B&T using my Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, set at 1 3/4".

I added a little Dk. Chocolate Striped grosgrain ribbon, and a few Bitty Opaques.

Super quick and easy! 

Just the way I like it...  ;)

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Stella B&T; Vanilla Cream, Colonial White CS

Stamps:  10 Things, Trinity Alphabet

Ink:  Chocolate

Embellishments:  Dk. Chocolate Striped grosgrain, Bitty Opaques

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, ScorTape (ScorPal)

Love U Stella

I've been busy playing with my new products, so you'll be seeing lots of sneak peeks over the next little while.

I have to say that I absolutely LOVE a new paper pack called Stella!

Looky what I made with some of the Stella B&Ts...

Isn't she cute?  I like her very much...

I'm thinking that I might just be givin' this card to my hubby for Valentine's Day. ;)

I used a really old Mojo sketch for the layout.

I'll be back tomorrow with another creation.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Stella B&Ts; Cocoa, Colonial White, Kraft CS

Stamps:  Pennant Alphabet, Rock the Block

Inks:  Sunset, Tulip, Cocoa

Embellishments:  Dk. Chocolate striped grosgrain, Colonial White grosgrain, Clear sparkles

Punches:  Dotted Scallop border (EK), Heart (Martha Stewart)

Other:  Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, Circle Coluzzle - retired, Micro-tip scissors, Sponge, 3D foam tape

1st non-winning MIFYH Contest entry

Well I decided to post my non-winning Make It From Your Heart Contest entries starting with my cards.  After cards, I'll post my layouts, and then lastly any 3D items.

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This was actually the 1st of my projects I created for the contest.

I think she's pretty, even though she didn't win.  haha

(on a side note, she did win at the local fall fair in August)

I covered the zebra pattern B&T and the smaller heart shape with a mixture of Prisma Glitter and clear embossing powder for a litle extra ooh-la-la.  ;)

I'll have another non-winning card to share with you tomorrow.

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies (all CTMH):

Paper:  Roxie B&Ts; Black, Desert Sand, Colonial White CS

Stamp:  Mad About You - Dec. SOTM

Inks:  Black, Chocolate, Versamark

Embellishments:  Black stitched grosgrain, Clear Sparkles, Bitty Sparkles, Heirloom Assortment, Milepost Shapes, DE Hearts

Other:  Clear Detail embossing powder, Prisma Glitter, Sponge, Micro-tip Scissors

Over the Moon in Love With You... new product blog linky hop

Still playing with the Roxie papers...  I came up with this card using the December SOTM set called Mad About You, for Tresa Black's new product blog hop.

Enjoy the hop!

Happy creating!  :)

Supplies used (all CTMH unless otherwise noted):

Paper:  Roxie B&T; Colonial White, Black, Desert Sand CS

Stamp:  Mad About You - December SOTM

Inks:  Black, Smoothie, Tulip

Embellishments:  Dark Chocolate Striped grosgrain, Black corduroy button - mini medleys, Clear sparkles, Pewter spiral

Other:  3D foam tape, Micro-tip scissors, Sponge