Sneak peak teaser!

The weekend is almost over!  Where did it go?  Today I have a card that I made using our Stamp of the Month for November.  Yes, November.  It was such a cute set, I couldn't resist!   Close To My Heart does a stamp of the month program.  It is a exclusive stamp set that is only good for one month at a time. And when that month is over..no longer is the stamp set available! Almost like having a exclusive collection of stamp sets.  Fun!  November will be here in 5 days and you will be able to order!  So get your wish list ready!  Also..November is a special month for me.  It is the month I started on my Close to My Heart journey 20 years ago!  It will be a fun month with some fun drawings, challenges etc. so watch for that!  Have a great day!  Hugs!

This was done with:

Chalk It Up Paper Packet


Thanks so much was cut with..

Artfully Sent Cricut collection

and embossed with

Quatrefoil Embossing Folder

The cute tiny flowers were colored in with our awesome ShinHan markers

Light orange marker

Finished with 
Black and Grey Sparkles assortment


The buttons I got out of my stash!  We don't carry them anymore but I couldn't resist that either!  The stamp of the month isn't on my web address yet and I will do that on the 1st of November!  Until then, you can go to Close To My Heart.com and click on  Products and review the Idea Books section!  Great way to look at the book as well!

10 Minute Card

Today is a card you can make when you only have a few minutes to create!  You know those days.  The day when you are running late, you just put the shopping bags away and realize that you forgot a card that you need for someone today!  You do not have anytime to stop and create a card but you don't have time to run to the store to get one either.  This card is very easy to do.  Drag out your stash of papers and your favorite stamp set.  This takes no cutting out or coloring in! Stamp the image, use the corner rounder and sponge the edges, add a couple of embellishments and you are done!

I used the Pathfinding Paper Package

I also used Country Born Stamp set

For my embellishments I used:

Brown and Tan Sparkle assortment

Bronze Shimmer Trim

And only one stamp pad!

Chocolate stamp pad








If you are follower of my blog, this is the same stamp set that I have used previously, as well as the same paper. So now you have even more ideas to use that stamp set and paper with!  Enjoy and have a great week until I see you the next time!  Hugs!

Just Because Card and winner!

Hello!

The lucky winner for  a handmade card from me is Judy Satterlee! Thanks Judy for sharing my blog!  So let me know what kind of card you would like.  Would you like a Birthday, Get Well, Thinking of You,  or Thank You?  Let me know and I will  get busy creating a card just for you!

Today I am sharing a "Just Because" card that you can use for a number of occasions.  

I used stamp set  

Funky Blossoms

Embossing Folder

Floral Embossing Folder

Embellishment

Sparkles Flourishes

I used cardstock colors:

Goldrush

Glacier

Sorbet

Olive

White Daisy

Exclusive Cardstock

I also used the same colors above for the flowers using our matching ink stamp pads:

Glacier Stamp pad

Goldrush ink stamp pad

Sorbet ink stamp pad

Olive ink stamp pad

Hope you all like the card! Have a wonderful weekend!  Hugs!

Jungle Baby Card

Happy Monday!  Yep, it is still Monday and I finally got my card done to share with you.  I decided to do a Baby Card. When my kids were younger, pink and blue and maybe yellow or pale green were the colors that you used to announce or congratulate a new baby.  Now it is so fun to see all the wonderful colors used to make cards and design the nursery.  So here is my card:

I used Wild Wonders Stamp set

I cut the card front with the 
Cricut Artfully Sent Cartridge collection

The cute paper behind the cut out honeycomb is the tiny honeycomb paper in the 
Adventure Assortment Paper Fundamental Set

The ribbon is the Mini Chevron Ribbon and attached it with our awesome Mini Stapler

I used Honey Cardstock and I used
Cocoa, honey, Autumn Terracotta, and Slate exclusive ink pads
Ink pads


Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget my challenge that I posted on Friday of last week!  Just comment on my blog if you did some encouragement for someone you know..you don't have to tell me what you did..just that you did and I will enter your name in a  drawing to get a hand stamped card from me! Also, if you share my blog with someone new, I will add your name to the drawing as well!!  Can't wait to start designing a card for the winner!  You have until this coming Friday to comment on my blog!  Whoo hoo!! 

Two things and a challenge!

Today I have decided to show you what I have been working on. I am a little bit hesitant to share this because I don't want it to look like I am 
"tooting my own horn".  If I can share this post with even one person and that one person wants to encourage someone else then I have accomplished my goal. Before the picture, let me share a short reason I am doing this.  This month is Breast Cancer Awareness month and there are a lot of pink ribbons out there and pink this and pink that.  It is wonderful!  I also know that there are many, many other kinds of cancer out there.  My Mom has cancer. It is in remission for now.  The doctor has told us that is will come back and for now we have chemo treatments every 8 weeks to try to keep it from coming back soon.  She is fighting this terrible battle along with millions of other people fighting the same battle. Cancer is a terrible, no good, very bad disease.  I have sat with my Mom many, many hours in the Oncology unit while she is hooked up to iv's delivering the dreaded chemo treatments. I have seen many people come through this unit and I see the tired faces, the sick faces, the weight loss and so forth as they fight this battle. My heart goes out to them. I have asked myself,  "what can I do to give these people, who I don't know a small something to encourage them?"  So I thought of a couple of stamp sets that would work.  I wanted something they could sit by their bed or their chair etc. to give them a tiny little bit of encouragement.  I am going to drop these off at the Oncology unit and have the Oncology nurses just give to anyone they think would benefit and maybe, just maybe make someone feel a tiny bit better. 

Maybe you can use this idea to do your own kind of encouraging.  Encourage someone today. Drop a card in the mail, call someone, thank someone , send a email.. anything!










As I have mentioned before, I love to organize.  I love having a place for everything and being able to find things.  My friends laugh at me because in my craft room, I am always changing and organizing that room.  They never know what it is going to look like when they come over!  So, because I love to organize, I love the CTMH Organizer boxes! They come in Small , Medium and Large.  I recently got the new sponge dauber organizer foam insert that fits perfectly in the small organizer.  I then decided that I wanted to get a dauber for each of my ink colors.  I labeled them and attached the labels with packing tape and now when I want to sponge a color to my card, I don't have to try to remember what color was on that dauber!  I just got it all set up and I am loving it!

 This is what it looks like with the lid closed.

Small Organizer box

Dauber Foam Insert

This what the labels look like!
Very simple, but easy to read!












Challenge for this next week!  If you comment on my blog a organizational idea that you have done. I will put your name in a drawing for a card!
If you encourage someone..let me know and I will put your name in that same drawing!
The more you do, the more chances you have to get a card from me! Maybe I will be generous and even do more than one..who knows! Have a great weekend!  Hugs!

Fun Flower Card

Good Morning!  I try to post on Monday but as you can see that didn't happen.  I spent the whole weekend scrap booking and didn't get a chance to create a card until now.  I made this card for one of my downlines.  I try to do a card for the top sales and this is the one I created!  I know everyone is thinking Fall/Christmas cards but I love this stamp set and paper and just couldn't resist making at least one card.  Congratulations Kathy B!  Look for it in the mail soon!

I used stamp set 

Pretty Petals stamp set

I cut the card front out with the Cricut

Artfully sent

All the flowers and the leaves in the set are cut out with the Cricut as well

Art Philosophy collection

I used the 

Brushed Paper Packet

Embellished with

Black and Grey Sparkles

I have a couple of things in the "works" and soon I will be sharing and issuing a challenge to those who read my blog!  Check in often and see what I have to share!  Have a great day everyone!  Hugs!

And the winner is...

Happy Friday!  
For those of you who follow my blog, remember back in September I offered a contest with a prize?  I offered to do a drawing for any of those who purchased products from me and qualified for the 30 days of Happy stamp set from Close To My Heart.  I did the drawing today and the happy winner is....

Laurie Hamit

Congratulations, Laurie!  I made up some cute gift tags for your Christmas gifts!  I will get these in the mail soon!

These cute gift tags were made with the exclusive October Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart.

October Home For the Holidays Stamp set


I also used Cranberry, Topiary and Pacifica colors of paper from the 
Adventure Paper Fundamentals package

As well as the Cranberry, Topiary and Pacifica ink pads
Ink Pad colors

I used my favorite tiny sparkles to embellish them. 
Bitty Sparkles

I used the Topiary Mini Chevron ribbon and the rest from my ribbon stash.  

And of course, if you don't want to cut these images out,  You can use our Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge to save you loads of time.  It cuts out almost all of the stamps in this set!
Art Philosophy Cricut Collection

Hope you enjoy these cute tags!  Don't forget to check back in a few days for more creations from me.  Please share my blog with any of your crafting friends and leave a comment or two if you want.  That is what makes blogging fun!  Have a great weekend everyone!