The Quilted Scrapper

Spruce It Up  is a beautiful new paper line from Close to My Heart. I am recovering from hip surgery and have been blessed with friends and co-workers who have delivered meals. I made this card using Spruce it Up and the January Stamp of the Month, Everyday Magic . The January Stamp of the Month is one of the better sentiment stamps available. It is available for only $5 with any $50 purchase this month. Also, 20% of all sales to to the Australian Wildlife Park to help with the additional costs they have incurred due to the wildfires in Australia.

The Chelsea Garden paper pack is so versatile. It contains the colors of Charcoal, Fern, Glacier, Heather, Juniper, Mint, Sweet Leaf & White Daisy. So much old and new combined that it was easy to find cardstock to match.  I created these two cards using the Chelsea Garden Paper Pack, the Bloom & Grow  stamp of the month ($5 with any $50 purchase), and the Chelsea Garden  cardmaking stamp set. I used Sweet Leaf & Charcoal Ink . 

I love the versatility of the December Stamp of the Month. I love all the stamps, but the lights are one of my favorite pieces. In order to prepare for the influx of Christmas I went ahead and created some thank you notes to have on hand. I used the White Pines Complements, a piece of Cranberry cardstock, black ink and the December Stamp of the Month (only $5 with any $50 purchase).  All supplies can be ordered here .  December Stamp of the Month

Creating this Christmas cards was so easy, but look very classy. This is the first Christmas I have had co-workers since I started making cards so I am having fun creating cards this year. I used a piece of Cranberry card stock, black shimmer trim ,the Reindeer Bell stamp set and black ink. I used some old ribbon slides I had to create Santa's buckle.

Our power was out this past weekend and I had the opportunity to stay home from work (school cancelled for 3 days) and did a little crafting. I love the White Pines paper packet from Close to My Heart. I also love creating box cards. They look complicated, but this tutorial from SplitCoast stampers shows how quickly they can come together.  To create this card I used White Pines paper packet, White Pines Assortment, White Pines Compliments and Glacier Twine.  All supplies can be ordered here .

I have had so much fun playing with the new Close to My Heart Artistry cartridge. I used the new Sangria paper to make this card. To create the wreath I cut it at RDS 4" and to cut the acorns I had to pull out the Art Philosophy Cartridge from CTMH and cut them at 1". 

The September Stamp of the Month "Paper Garden" is now available for only $5 with any $50 purchase through September 30th. This stamp set coordinates with the Close to My Heart Artiste Cartridge. I used the new Sangria  paper pack and complements to create this Thank You card.  The Thanks stamp is from my new favorite wording stamp set, Finding the Words .    Close to My Heart Supplies used: Sangria paper packet Sangria Complements  Finding the Word Stamp Set Cocoa Ink Dot embossing folder All supplies can be purchased here .

Coloring has been my new stress reliever since I went back to work full-time. The Botanical Background Stamp is my new favorite stamp to use with the ShinHan markers. The Botanical Background stamp has 3 different stamps to create backgrounds. This is one of them and I will showcase the other 2 stamps in the set in the coming weeks.  The "Happy" on this card is from the Finding the Words stamp along with Teal Shimmer Trim .  All supplies for this card can be ordered here . 

I am having so much fun playing with the Taste of Summer paper pack available through Close to My Heart though the end of May. Today I had the opportunity to play with my new Cameo Silhouette I got for Mother's Day and created this great card using the Taste of Summer paper and Adventure Assortment- Paper Fundamentals .    Order your Taste of Summer here .

The Blossom paper pack is one of the new paper packs in the Seasonal Expression 2. I have had fun creating with it. So far, I have made this simple card using circles cut out at different sizes with the Art Philosophy cartridge. I also used some of the new Glacier Extra Thick Twine  and the new stamp set Finding The Words . The layout was created using the same circles along with Whisper cardstock. I also added some Oceanside Sequins  and Glacier Extra Thick Twine. 

This week I used some retired paper, Claire, along with the CTMH Teacher Appreciation stamp to create this simple card for my son's teacher.   I used the following Close to My Heart products to create this layout: Black Ink Flaxen Ink Sunset Ink White Shimmer trim, colored with ShinHan marker Gray Wool cardstock All supplies (except the Claire paper) can be ordered here . 

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop! For this hop we will be featuring the letter H. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their H element will be featured in their post. If you came from Cat's Scrapbooking then you're on the right track! Today I chose HAPPY as my H! This fabulous card could be used for Happy Birthday, Happy Mother's Day or just Happy Day! I used the following Close to My Heart supplies: Adventure Assortment Paper Fundamentals Sparkle's Assortment Blooming Heart (stamp) ShinHan Markers All supplies can be purchased here . Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Darlys at Crafty Happy . In case you get lost along the way…go to Scrappy Therapy  for a complete list of participants!

The April Stamp of the Month available for only $5 with any $50 purchase from  Close to My Heart . This set is perfect for all occasions of cards. 17 unique sentiments, a typewriter and a great hand stamp.  Here is some art work from Close to My Heart corporate office: I created this Thank You card for a male teacher and thought the mix of Chalk it Up and the stamp set created the perfect masculine card.    Enjoy and grab your stamp set today. 

Over the next month I will be showing you all the different creations you can make with the 4 Close to My Heart Cricut Cartridges. Today I am showing casing the Artise  along with the Brushed paper pack and Paper Fundamentals Adventure Assortment . The basket and grass can be found on page 79 of the Artise cartridge. The basket is cut at 2" and only took me about 2 minutes to fold and assemble. It will be perfect to fill with candy for a small Easter gift. The grass on the card was cut at 1" and I cut it twice and layered it so it would fit all the way across the card. The sun is a 1 1/2" circle that I embossed with the CTMH Honeycomb  embossing folder and inked with Canary ink. The clouds are from page 66 of the Artise cartridge and I inked them with Crystal Blue ink. The rabbits are from the Artfully Sent cartridge and cut at 2", 1 3/4" and 1 1/2" and the smallest bunny is raised off the paper with an Adhesive Spring  from Close to My Heart....

I am having a great deal of fun playing with the February Stamp of the Month "A Happy Hello". The other night I created this card using a Close to My Heart Card Base and two inks: Thistle and Canary . I also used some black ink to create the  "A happy hello!" banner.   This stamp set can be yours for only $5 with any $50 purchase. You can purchase the fabulous Close to My Heart products on my website !

These kits can be ordered and mailed to you if you are not able to attend the workshop.

I just finished student teaching and some of my students got me gifts. I wanted to give them Thank You cards, but didn't want anything really fancy, because, well they are 11 and 12! These are for the 3 boys who gave me Starbuck's gift cards.  I pulled out some old Proplayer paper and the Proplayer Workshop on the Go stamp. I stamped the "Zone" in Outdoor Denim and "in the" in Ruby. They are simple, but I used up some paper and the students will appreciate them.

Life is finally starting to slow down for me now that grad school ends in 4 days!!! I am working on cards this week for the fabulous staff I have worked with. For these 2 cards I used Close to My Heart Pathfinding  along with the November Stamp of the Month "It's the Little Things". Here are the cards: For this card I used the November Stamp of the Month along with the sentiment stamps that came with the CTMH Artfully Sent Cartridge. I used Olive, Barn Red, Goldrush, Lagoon and Glacier Ink.    For this great card I used the new CTMH Cricut Cartridge, Artfully Sent . I cut everything at 4". I also added some Paper Fundamentals Basic  and brown glitter paper. The tree is from the Artbooking Cartridge cut at 3 1/2". I love how it turned out and is masculine enough to use for my school's principal. 

I have had so much fun this month playing with the Close to My Heart Chalk It Up  paper. Tonight I made 3 cards using different papers from the pack and 3 different stamps.  This card uses the Lagoon dots and I also used the Your Own Kind of Wonderful  stamp set. This is by far my most favorite stamp set in the new Annual Inspirations. To create the butterfly I second generation stamped the solid butterfly and then stamped the decorative butterfly over the top. I also added some silver shimmer trim. This card I used Lagoon and Sorbet cardstock and stamped the Great Job stamp in Lagoon and added black enamel stars.     This card was created with the Teacher Appreciation stamp set and the black striped twill ribbon . All these products are available on my website .

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop! For this hop we will be featuring the letter Q. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their Q element will be featured in their post. If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Linda's blog ~ Scrappy Therapy . If you came from Jen's Creative Classroom then you are on the right track! Today I used QUICK as my project. The new Close to My Heart Annual Inspirations has a great new line of card kits made for those who don't want to buy all the materials and spend the hours creating, but want to give handmade cards. Cut Above is just for you. The choices are endless including Christmas and Halloween Treat Bags, Birthday Cards, Thank You Cards, Christmas Cards and Holiday Cards. Today I made the Birthday Cards. Here is the kit: All I had to add was the stamping. I used several different "M...