Glitter pen and water colors

Close to My Heart has a new glitter brush that works great with the new Cricut Flower Market.  It also gives great highlights to all cards - just that little glitter that makes the card sparkle!

I had fun taking some old and new scraps and some old and new stamps and combining the great watercolors and new embossing folders and Cricut shapes. 

Using the same stamp set

You can use the same stamp set in different ways.  This birthday stamp set can have cricut shapes that fit the stamps or use the cricut shapes and sponge them to make the card.

 

Sometimes it is nice to use a larger size card and then use the cricut shape.  The left card is left over scraps from Confetti paper and the right side is from the new Fundamental papers. 

One design - different cards

Sometimes you can make one design and use a set of papers and have different cards because of the stamp set.  Here are some of the things I have been playing with. 

I was playing with some stamp sets and scraps of Fundamental paper that I had left.  I hope you can get some ideas and try to make some cards of your own.

Kindness Changes Everything

Close to My Heart is celebrating National Stamping Month with a wonderful card kit called Create Kindness.  You get 24 pre-printed 3x3 cards and matching envelopes. Check on Instagram and Facebook for #createkindness to see who else is working on these wonderful cards.  You will also get 8 Msize stamps, pre-punched circles and Archival Black ink as well as a box for Msize stamps!

You can order a card kit for more cards and envelopes if you want to make more than 24.  This is a way to share notes with people and family that will "pay it forward" with kindness!  

Because there are so many beautiful new stamp sets and papers, I decided to have fun.  I had old papers and new stamps and old stamps and new paper!  I have recently gotten a Cricut Air machine and have had some learning curve to figure out how to get the results that I need.  I really like the machine in that I could use the Close To My Heart Artfully Sent Cricut program and make 3x3 envelops!

I then went to "play" with the new Fundamental paper with the stamps from Create Kindness as well as some older stamps.

As you can see, you can do wonderful things with Msize stamps on regular card size.  

The offer for the Create Kindness will be "while supplies last" until September 30, 2016.  You can order your kit now for $46.95.  That is really close to $50 and you can get the September Stamp of the Month "Blessed Beyond Measure"

Have fun looking at my website  and while you are there, check out the new Fundamental paper and the new stamp pads.  It is the same wonderful ink but the closure is magnetic so they are easy to close and open.

Oh Deer!

Oh Deer! can be a winter or holiday paper set for your albums.  Remember that the Flip Flaps now come in their own sizes: 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, and the 4x6 has half in the portrait and half in landscape. You can check them out on my website.   This also can use the Pocket Plus protectors in between with the pocket cards.  You can check out the Oh Deer! paper as well on the website.

Again, everything is in the kit for the pages of Oh Deer! but you will need the cards, stamp set and inks to finish the cards.  You will have paper left over in all the kits - just enough and not to much for a few extra pages.  Have fun!

#ctmhcitysidewalks

Close To My Heart has some great holiday papers.  One of them is called City Sidewalks.  The following are the 3 pages and 3 designs of 3 cards you can make with the Workshop Your Way.
You can also do the optional pocket Plus addon.  The Pocket Plus comes in 4 designs with 10 protectors each.
Design 1 is 3 horizontal 4x6 photo pockets
Design 2 is 2 vertical 6x4 photo pockets
Design 3 is 6 vertical 4x3 pockets
Design 4 is 4 3x4 photo pockets
These can go in any album and give you an added way to add photos without adding more pages.  Also with Workshop Your Way, you have 2 pages of 3- 4x6 and 6 -3x4  pocket cards to use.  In November if you search #ctmhcitysidewalks, you will see all the great things people are doing.  I am getting ready for my Christmas gathering photos now.

When you get the Workshop Your Way, you will have enough paper to make these 9 cards as long as you also get the blank cards and envelopes and the stamp sets Joy to You & Me and have the inks. Not pictured is the options of the Pocket Plus pages.  You can see the paper if you go to my website .  On that same page you can see the Guide and that shows the add ons.  You can see the Pocket Plus with the albums on the website.  

New Great papers are available at Close To My Heart!!

There is something new with the Fundamental papers!  Whimsy, Enchantment and Adventure Now come with 24 sheets  - 2 of 12 designs each.  You can choose from the colors on either side.  there are a great grouping in the Complements that are stickers and a variety of things.  There is a great ribbon pack with each paper set.

Below are the 3 - 2 page layouts that I have come up with using less than 1/2 of the packet of paper AND you have enough ribbon and complements to make another 3 - 2 page layouts and maybe more.  If you want the directions and Cricut shapes email me.  Here are the layouts jsut readying to put your photo memories on!  These are from the Adventure set.