*Happiest Place* Blog Hop!

Welcome to our BLOG HOP!

Today, my creative Close to my

Heart consultant friends and I

are sharing what we've created

using the HAPPIEST PLACE

collection that includes beautiful

patterned papers (12 designs!),

silver foil patterned cardstock,

a sticker sheet, a stamp set,

cricut cuts, and black 

acrylic shapes!

If you just arrived here from

BECCA's BLOG,

then you are on the right track.

Today I'm sharing a card I made that features

an old card-making trend, that I've started to notice

is making a comeback... the 8" x 3.5" card size!

(also known as a "slimline" card).

One of the things I love about making cards this

size is that they can so easily be mailed in a 

business-sized envelope, which adds an extra

element of surprise for the recipient of this 

kind of "happy mail."

In addition to the Happiest Place Stamp set and Thin Cuts

(CC7206) that I used to stamp the balloon and hearts inside

the balloon, I also used the Magical Alphabet (D1937) and

Little Buddies (C1856) stamp sets, as well.

Ink colors I used are Archival Black and Lagoon.

Cardstock colors include a little bit of Black, Canary, Candy

Apple, and Mink, alongside a striped print and a strip of

holographic-star printed cardstock (Canary) from the

Happiest Place paper collection.

Now you can continue on with the blog hop

and be inspired by more creativity using this 

collection by visiting MISS CARRIE's BLOG next!

*For My Beautiful Friend* Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

July Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

For My Beautiful Friend S2007

If you've just arrived here from

KRISTA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.

Today I'm sharing this standard-size card I made using

the NEW-for-July/August Mix-in Paper Packet (X9017)

that includes our colors Glacier, Peach, Smoothie, and Toffee.

All of my stamping was done with an archival Black ink pad,

then I colored the flowers with Coral, Dull Green,
Earth Brown, Fair Skin, and Ice Blue TriBlend markers.
The paper-piecing technique was used to 
create the patterned paper skirt.

Now you can continue on with the blog hop

(back to the very beginning, since I 

am the last in the line-up this time)

to be inspired by more creativity using this 

stamp set by visiting MELISSA's BLOG next!

*Brushed* Blog Hop!

Welcome to our BLOG HOP!

Today, my creative Close to my Heart

 consultant friends and I

are sharing what we've created

using the "Bring Back my Pack"

BRUSHED special paper

collection and stamp sets!

If you just arrived here from

ALYSON's BLOG,

then you are on the right track.

I absolutely LOVE the beautifully vibrant color

combination options afforded by this updated paper collection!

To make these five standard-sized cards,

I used Archival Black, Canary, Green Apple, Lagoon, 

Pixie, and Smoothie ink pads. If you look closely, you might

notice that I included a little bit of (black) heat embossing

on the "Dream Big" card. I also "stamped on vellum" 

the large black butterfly on the "Life is Beautiful" card.

I used the instruction sheet from the Aurora Cardmaking

Workshop Kit (G1205) as my design inspiration for four of

the cards (as you can see from the images shown below).

I really love that our workshop kit instructions can be

utilized so easily with other papers and stamp sets. I love the creative process of tweaking the designs a little, so they can work with other materials, as I have demonstrated below.

The 5th and final card design (shown above) was inspired

by a square-shaped card I found on Pinterest that was

designed by Jody Gustafson back in August of 2014.

(cre8nmemories.blogspot.com)

Thank you Jody for the creative inspiration!

Now you can continue on with the blog hop

and be inspired by more creativity using this 

collection by visiting BRENDA's BLOG next!

*Garden Tags* Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

Garden Tags S2006

If you've just arrived here from

GINA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.

Today I'm sharing a standard-size card
I made using the SOTM, a little bit of our current MIX-IN's
paper (large sapphire dots), plus WISTERIA cardstock, ink
pad, and shimmer brush. I also used a little bit of Sapphire
cardstock that I cut out with our Tags & Tabs thin cuts
(Z3726) to mount my tag on and a 1" x 5.25" strip of Oasis
Holographic paper (Z3636). I also added some streaks
of color with our watercolor paints and lastly, embellished 
with gold glitter gems and white & gold ribbon.

Now you can continue on with the blog hop

to be inspired by more creativity using this 

stamp set by visiting MICHELLE's BLOG next!

*Time to Celebrate* Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:
Time to Celebrate S2005

If you've just arrived here from

BECCA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.

Today I'm sharing THREE standard-size cards
I created using the SOTM and the NEW for
May/June "Stitched Together" Picture My Life cards!

I decided to keep my cards simple this time
to show off the beauty of these sentiments.
There's a sentiment that could fit just about any
upcoming occasion, so I'm betting this will quickly
 become one of my "most frequently used" sets.
Pretty much everything you see here that is Black
is an image from this set stamped with an Intense 
Black ink pad. I've embellished with Black & White
 Dots, which are some of my favorite frequently
used embellishments also.

 Card #1 - Cut 1/4" off of the top and 
1/2" off of the bottom of 4x6 PML card.
Trim 3x4 PML card with scissors.


Card #2 - Cut 3/4" off of the top of 4x6 PML card.
Fussy cut the butterfly out of the 4x6 PML card
with micro-tipped scissors. The Sapphire blue
elements I added to this card later as an "afterthought"
are scraps (backside of Sweetleaf plaid PML
that I used for card #3 shown below).

Card #3 - Cut 3/4" off of one side of 4x6 PML card.
Cut 1/2" off of the top and bottom of 3x4 PML card 
(use those small strips if you want to have a 2x4 scrap
to use later for something else OR don't cut and use 
the entire 3x4 card as a layer). Stamp sentiment on
small scrap of 1/2" by 3" white daisy cardstock
 and "banner-tail cut" the ends.

Now you can continue on with the blog hop

and be inspired by more creativity using this 

stamp set by visiting MISS CARRIE's BLOG next!

Cardmaking kits "to-go" featuring the (new for April) "These are My People" paper collection!

Since we're no longer able to meet for in-person

Cardmaking Classes, I'm now offering Card kits "to-go!"

Available now, I have three different kit options to choose

from, while supplies last! Each kit is $20 and includes

the pre-cut, pre-stamped, and ready-t0-assemble materials

to make 10 cards (2 each of 5 different designs per kit).

That's just $2 per card!

Local customers have the option of

porch pick-up OR FREE delivery from me.

Non-local customers can have their kits

mailed to them via USPS Priority mail

for just $8.50 per package

(and I can fit up to two kits in one

box if you order more than one kit!)

I'm also throwing in a FREE peach shimmer brush

for anyone who purchases BOTH of the March

card kits (featuring the Seas the Day and

Yesterday & Today papers, shown below).

I currently have just four more of these kits left.

First come, first serve.

Once I sell out, they are gone, because I'll be

too busy preparing the next (new) set of cards

I'll be offering again soon. Please call/text me

now if you're interested at 760-220-0683.

*These Are My People* Scrapbooking Workshop Kit (April 2020)

*Yesterday & Today* Triple Treat Scrapbooking Workshop Kit (March 2020)