Archive for April 2019
A Touch of Sugarplum Card
Here’s a card for you today I crafted from the Feels Like Home papers and embellishments. To add some texture to the muted colors with charcoal and light grey paper products, I wrapped some of Close to My Heart’s silver embellishing thread around my index finger and tied it off thus creating the circular pattern…
Read MoreCardmaking with Cacti and Palm Graphics
Hello my fellow readers! Heads up… the Close to my Heart Seasonal Expressions Idea Book (SE2) will go live on May 1. So until then, I am still crafting with he awesome products from our SE1 edition. I designed & crafted these cards with the Cacti puffy stickers and a palm graphic. Both from…
Read MoreEaster Card: He Is Faithful
I crafted this Easter card using the following Close to My Heart products: Feels Like Home paper packet and complements, Sugarplum glitter gems, Decorative Borders metal dies, Silver Embellishing Thread, Bitty Sparkles, Charcoal ink pad. The sentiment is from a CTMH stamp set: Bible Verses from the Hostess stamp sets, pg. 7 of the seasonal…
Read MoreFeels Like Home Butterfly card
Here is another card I crafted with our Feels Like Home paper suite & the butterfly and thanks sentiments from the April Stamp of the Month: “Love So Sweet”. First, I stamped the butterfly in charcoal ink on the stitched white daisy rectangle piece. I then added “thanks”, also, an image sentiment from the…
Read MoreApril Stamp of the Month: Love So Sweet
Here’s an easy card for you! I used the Close to My Heart April Stamp of the Month: Love So Sweet, for the cute sentiment. I like the font and sentiments so much…readable yet scripty too! And this is one of my favorite card patterns in CTMH’s Vol. 4 pattern book. Only one cut (4″…
Read MoreFeels Like Home Cardmaking
I crafted this card with the Close to My Heart paper suite: “Feels Like Home”. Such beautiful paper! I watercolored the die cut with our watercolor pencils and shimmer brush pens. So easy! Let me know if you have any questions. Here is a look at the products associated with this paperline: https://annieart.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=11726&ci=12683 The Thankful…
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