Our Heartfelt Wishes

This is another sample of a wonderful card that can be used for many occasions. Here I used it as another sympathy card. The card base is made from colonial white card stock. I traced the bracket edge from another card and cut it out. Then I adhered the design paper on the bottom of the front and trimmed the excess from the bracket away. Next, I adhered the blue card stock to the top of the front. A piece of black card stock was given a scalloped edge and lined up with the blue card stock piece.

 I stamped my phrase in cocoa ink on a piece of colonial white card stock. This was matted to a piece of black card stock. The ribbon was adhered to the front of the piece and wrapped around at the sides. A white paper flower was inked up with twilight ink and decorated with a blue button. A big glue dot is holding the flower on the card phrase piece.
The whole set is attached with foam dots to the front.

To make the card a bit more special, I run the blue card stock piece through my Cuttlebug. A wonderful embossed design rounds up this simple but stunning card.

Have fun creating and if you are interested in joining my monthly card class, please contact me for more information.

If you like to purchase a set of this months card class, please contact me! You can assemble these cards at home yourself or I can do it for you!

Our Deepest Sympathy

Once in a while there is a sad reason to sent out a card, but we still like to sent something special. Sometimes a card can say more than words can due. The time and thought one put into a handmade card tells the other person how much we care for them, especially during these difficult times. 

 I started with a brown card stock base (Kraft paper color). I then used a piece of black card stock that I run through my Cuttlebug for embossing. I adhered it on the front of the card. 

I used the "Jardin" stamp set from Close To M Heart to stamp the flowers and writing on to a piece of colonial white card stock. (Ink was bamboo). I stamped "Deepest Sympathy) in cocoa ink on top.

The colonial white piece was attached with foam dots to the black part of the card.

The flower was created from a peach colored flower, followed by a white flower, a bow made out of hemp and a white brad. A big glue dot will hold the flower in place.

To center the hemp bow, bend the brad wings apart. Slight the bow all the way up to the top of the brad, then bend the wings back together and insert the brad through the flowers. Bend the wings apart again to keep everything in place. 

Stay tuned for one last card of this months club...

If you like to purchase a set of this months card class, please contact me! You can assemble these cards at home yourself or I can do it for you!

A Birthday Car

This is the second card we will assemble in this months card class. Here is another example for a birthday card for the men in your life. I think this is a card that could fit your husband, boyfriend, father, nephew, son.... 

I used a dark red card stock as the base for this card. I then adhered a strip of  twilight card stock, followed buy a piece of design paper and finished with a strip of black card stock.

I stamped the car image only partially on a white piece of card stock that is matted on a piece of grey one. I folded a piece of ribbon in half, trimmed the edges and adhered it with a little bit of scotch tape to the back of the car piece. The tape is the perfect way to secure the ribbon and to easily set the staple without having to fight with it :-)

The car piece with ribbon attached is then adhere to the card with some foam dots.

A Happy Birthday phrase is stamped in black ink on a piece of white card stock. I attached both brads to it before I adhered the tab with foam dots to the card.

Well this is card number two from this months card class...stay tuned for more...

If you like to purchase a set of this months card class, please contact me! You can assemble these cards at home yourself or I can do it for you!

A Birthday Oldtimer

Here is a birthday card for the man in your live. Dark blue card base, Grey poka dot paper , Twilight card stock and a piece of light blue card stock are adhered on the bottom of the card.

I stamped the oldie in outdoor denim ink and cut it out with scissors. The oldie is placed with foam dots on top of the striped base.

A little Happy Birthday greeting and two brads and your birthday card for the guy in you life is done.

This is the first of our April Workshop Class Cards... stay tuned for more...

If you like to purchase a set of this months card class, please contact me! You can assemble these cards at home yourself or I can do it for you!

Start Spring with a new JOBBY

 Spring surprises us with fresh air, wonderful new colors, flowers and many joyful feelings.   

So what is this JOBBY I am talking about you ask? 

This month Close To My Heart is offering you a great chance to combine a "job" with a "hobby"... a JOBBY!!!

   No matter if you like to start a business from home or you just like to follow you passion, CTMH is offering you both. Sign up in April and join my fun team. I will support you and help you to establish your own business. 
It is so much fun and even if you like to just keep it as a hobby, get your fellow scrapping friends together and use the consultant ship to get great products for a a great deal.

Love to hear how it works....give me a call or email me :-) 

Please also check out this BLOG for some more Super Spring Sales while supplies last.

Happy Spring to all and don't forget to start your personal JOBBY

A Rose Card

Roses are always a wonderful way to sent someone special some very special wishes. This could be a wonderful birthday card, get well card or like in my case a sympathy card.

Sadly I had to make another sympathy card for a wonderful neighbor and good friend. I hope these little flowers will brighten her day a little bit.

The roses are stamped with the Close To My Heart "Happy Valentine's" stamp set in chocolate ink. I colored each rose in with tulip ink and the CTMH blending pen. This give you a very soft look and if you like your colors a little bit deeper, just go over the flower again. Make sure the ink dries in between.
The leaves are colored in the same way with garden green ink. 



I used my Cuttlebug machine and a wonderful rose embossing plate from Anna Griffin. Both, the rose and the white piece of cardstock are embossed and the white layer is adhered with foam dots.

The grey tab with the nesting white piece are cut with a Spellbinder die-cut. 






I used a grey chiffon ribbon to go around the white cardstock and adhered the flowers and other embellishments. The roses are cut out with a craft knife.

If I would color the flowers in with watercolor pens to archive the same color result, I would have to use StazOn permanent ink to stamp the design. Why you ask? Well, the regular ink is water-based and your image would smear once you use water to active the water pens. With this technique, you use your inks as colors and the blending tool as a non water medium, which means the blending pen will not smear your outlines of the image you stamped. Love it...and the colors will always match your cardstock too.

Contact me if you have any questions or like to learn this technique.

HAPPY EASTER ......

Heartfelt Wishes

This is another layout I love to make for cards. I used it here for a sympathy card, but the layout will work for birthdays and other occasions as well.

I used a 5x7 card base and a template to cut the front.

The blue paper is from Close To My Heart. I embossed the paper, adhered it to the front and cut the design on the bottom again.

 The tags are cut with Spellbinders. The green leaves are stamped first and then hand cut.

 These wonderful roses are stamped with the Close To My Heart stamp "Crossword puzzle". I stamped the rose 4 times on patterned paper. The base rose is cut out completely. The next layer was cut out with a few leaves on the outside missing. I continued to do this with the next two layers as well. This means the last layer is just the middle part of the rose. Ink the edges and adhere the parts with glue dots. 

 The little dimensions of the glue dots give the rose just the right 3D effect. I recreated the flowers in blue, but here I worked with only 3 layers. This way you can create different sizes of roses as well.

Assemble card with foam dots and decorate with pearls or rhinestones.

If you like to know more about this technique, please fell free to contact me.

A little Card Pouch - Part 2

Welcome to part two of our little card pouch project. We already created the pouch and all four envelopes for our project, so all that's left are the four cards to go with it. All cards are 4x4.

"Thank You Berry Much"

"Enjoy" 

"A Gift for You"

"Sweet Treat"

 

Papers and stamp set used for these cards are all from Close To My Heart.

If you like to recreate this project, please feel free to contact me. You can also purchase the kit from me.

Hope you enjoyed this little project and see you soon...

A little Card Pouch - Part 1

My newest project for our monthly card club is this lovely little card pouch. We will create the pouch including 4 cards and envelopes (4x4). Don't you sometimes look for a little card that goes with a gift or present? Well this project will give you 4 wonderful choices packed in a wonderful pouch.

All papers used for this project are from the new Close To My Heart collection "CHANTILLY". I love this paper! The colors are just what spring and summer should look like. If you like to see more of this wonderful paper pack, check out the online Idea Book or contact me for more information.

Once you open the pouch, you will find on each side a compartment for two cards and envelopes. The 4x4 size cards fit in nicely. If desired, decorate the inside of the pouch with paper or stamping too.

 All envelopes were created from 5x7 envelopes that I had left. The Michigan humidity made them not usable for regular cards anymore, but perfect for this project.  

I used more of the "CHANTILLY" paper to make the flaps more interesting.





 All you have to do for now is round the corners on the flaps and your pouch and envelopes are done.

Stay tuned for the cards to go with it....

If you have questions regarding this project, please feel free to contact me.