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Zoe Close To My Heart Paper.  We will be using this paper to make a cute card at my crop on Tuesday.

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Use Your Stash Blog Hop October 2015 - Ribbon Galore 

Welcome to the October 2015 Use Your Stash Blog Hop! If you’ve come here from Shirley you’re on the right track. If you want to see the complete listing of participating blogs visit Shirley!

Since this month’s use your stash theme is Ribbon Galore, I studied my ribbon collection and decided I wanted to play with my burlap ribbon.  I think it is the perfect color and texture for fall and goes nicely with the new CTMH Zoe Paper!  As a result I designed this “IT’S YOUR DAY” card.  In addition to using the burlap ribbon, it also uses black ribbon and hemp twine.

CTMH Paper: ZOE B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Olive, Sunset, and White Daisy

CTMH Stamps: You Mean The World To Me  B1467

CTMH Ink: Glacier and Sunset

CTMH Embellishments: Burlap Ribbon

CTMH Tools: Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, My Acrylix Blocks, Glue Runner, Sponge, Liquid Glass

Other:  Black Ribbon, Hemp Twine, Wood Button

The next blogger featured in this month’s hop is Anna!

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“Thanks for everything” Cards Using CTMH Expedition Scrapbooking Kit

These are the cards I designed for a make and take activity for my August Crop. These two cards use scraps left over from Close To My Heart’s Seaside paper packet.

CTMH Paper: Seaside B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: White Daisy

CTMH Stamps: D1281 Footprints, D1444 A Little Thanks

CTMH Ink: Lagoon and Deseret Sand

CTMH Tools: Bone Folder, My Acryix Blocks, Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors, Duck Easy Stick Adhesive, 3-D Foam Tape, Sponge

Want to make your own? Check out the tutorial here!

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“Thanks for everything” Cards Using CTMH Expedition Scrapbooking Kit: TUTORIAL

Materials:

CTMH Paper: Seaside B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: White Daisy

CTMH Stamps: D1281 Footprints, D1444 A Little Thanks

CTMH Ink: Lagoon and Deseret Sand

CTMH Tools: Bone Folder, My Acryix Blocks, Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors, Duck Easy Stick Adhesive, 3-D Foam Tape, Sponge

Instructions:

1. Remove the tear strip and cut your B&T Duos paper, tear strip, and cardstock.

2. Stamp “Thanks for everything” directly onto the bottom right hand corner of the card.

3. Select a decorative image such as a starfish or sand dollar and stamp it onto white daisy cardstock with Deseret Sand Ink.

4. Trim around the cut image.

5. Glue B&T Duos paper to the top of the card. Then glue the tear strip onto the bottom of the B&T Duos paper.

6. Attach the cut decorative image with 3-D Foam Tape to the tear strip.

7. Distress the edges of the card using Lagoon ink and a sponge wedge.

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Use Your Stash Blog Hop September 2015 --Tool Time

Welcome to the September 2015 Use Your Stash Blog Hop! I’m the first blog this month but If you’ve come here from Wendy’s Blog, you’re on the right track! If you want to see the complete listing of participating blogs head down to the bottom of this post!

This month’s Use Your Stash theme is “Tool Time.”  I grabbed my Cuddlebug Machine, and dusted it off.  I pulled out my embossing folders and old scraps left over from Close To My Heart’s Expedition Scrapbooking Kit. The result was this “Love of Family” Card!

I love the dimension added by use of embossing.  It also created a distressing effect on the cardstock.  It created a little bit of a wrinkled look letting parts of the paper core show through.

CTMH Paper: Expedition Patterned Paper

CTMH Cardstock: Colonial White, Autumn Terracotta, and Olive

CTMH Stamps: D1506 Family Love

CTMH Ink: Autumn Terracotta and Olive

CTMH Embellishments: Black Arrow Washi Tape

CTMH Tools: Stripe Embossing Folder, Bone Folder, My Acryix Blocks, Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors, Duck Easy Stick Adhesive, 3-D Foam Tape, Sponge

Other:  CuttleBug Machine

The next blogger featured in this month’s hop is Priscilla!

This Month’s Hopping Order (Come back here if you get lost on your way):

Marilee (You’re already here!)

Priscilla

Shirley

Michelle

Jen

Wendy

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September is National Stamping Month and Close To My Heart has created three new stamp sets to help us celebrate!

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“OH HAPPY DAY!” Card Using Sarita B&T Duos

I designed this card to use in a card swap with my crafting friends. I made 10 cards with this same design and came home from the swap with a variety of fun hand-made cards!  This is a quick and fun card to create and easy to duplicate.  

Be Sure to Check Out The Tutorial Here. 

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“OH HAPPY DAY!” Card Using Sarita B&T Duos TUTORIAL:

I designed this card to use in a card swap with my crafting friends. I made 10 cards with this same design and came home from the swap with a variety of fun hand-made cards!  This is a quick and fun card to create and easy to duplicate.

Steps for decorating a 4” x 5½” card.

1. Use trimmer to cut Cotton Candy card stock and Sarita B&T Duos paper. The Cotton Candy rectangle should measure 3 3/4 x 5¼”. The Sarita rectangle should measure 3½” x 1½”.  Cut the other Sarita piece into a 3½” square.

2. Use Cricut Artiste Cartridge to cut two ¾” flowers and a 1” banner shape out of cardstock.

3. Stamp “OH HAPPY DAY” with Lagoon ink on to the die-cut banner.

4. Adhere cardstock and B&T Duos Paper to the card with a glue runner. Adhere banner image using 3-D Foam Tape. Adhere a flower to both the card and the envelope with a glue runner.

5. Use Piercing Tool to Transfer Durables Opaques Pearl to the center of the flower on the card.

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Sarita B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Cotton Candy and Colonial White

CTMH Stamps: Cricut Artise Collection Birthday

CTMH Ink: Lagoon

CTMH Embellishments: Opaques Pearl

CTMH Tools: Cricut Artiste Cartridge, My Acrylix Blocks, Glue Runner, 3-D Foam Tape, and Piercing Tool

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Use Your Stash Blog Hop July 2015 – Red, White, and Blue

Welcome to the July 2015 Use Your Stash Blog Hop! If you’ve come here from Wendy’s Blog,  you’re on the right track. If you want to see the complete listing of participating blogs visit Shirley’s Blog.

This month’s Use Your Stash theme is patriotic “Red, White, and Blue.” I pulled out my drawer of scrap papers and sorted out the red white and blue papers.  I decided to go with the scraps I had left from My Close To My Heart Dakota Paper Packet.  I really love these papers but didn’t have much of the blue paisley paper left. I also used a thin piece of black ribbon I had sitting in my crafting area. The result was a thank you card with a western flair.

CTMH Paper: Dakota B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Barn Red, Black, White Daisy, Crystal Blue, Black

CTMH Stamps: Casual Expressions

CTMH Ink: Barn Red

CTMH Embellishments: Bitty Opaques Pearls

CTMH Tools: Cricut Artiste Cartridge, My Acrylix Blocks, Glue Runner, 3-D Foam Tape, Bone Folder, and Piercing Tool 

Bonus Photo!

Here is a look of what my scrap paper drawer looks like. It doesn’t have any organization to it. The drawer is part of The WorkBox organizing system designed by The Original ScrapBox. I never keep more scraps than will fit in the box.  When it gets too full I sort through it and get rid of my smaller scraps.  

All my red, white, and blue scraps are now towards the top of my drawer!

The next blogger featured in this month’s hop is Marie!

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Use Your Stash Blog Hop June 2015 - COLOR

Welcome to the June 2015 Use Your Stash Blog Hop! If you’ve come here from Sharesa’s Blog, you’re on the right track. If you want to see the complete listing of participating blogs visit Paige’s Blog. 

Since this month’s Use Your Stash theme is color, I decided to pull out my ShinHan markers.  I really hadn’t played with markers since Close to My Heart switched to the new ShinHan brand.

I chose a quick and simple project for my first entry into the Use Your Stash Blog Hop.  My project uses the Friendship Wreath found in the April 2015–August 2015 Season Expressions.  I used a ShinHan marker to color in the blossoms on the wreath.

I designed this Friendship Card using the Close To My Heart Scaredy Cat Paper Packet.

CTMH Paper: Scaredy Cat B&T Duos   

CTMH Cardstock: White Daisy, Thistle, and Slate   

CTMH Stamps: Friendship Wreath   

CTMH Ink: Black, Thistle    

CTMH Embellishments: Thistle Diagonal Stripped Ribbon   

CTMH Tools: My Acrylix Blocks, Glue Runner, 3-D Foam Tape, and Bone Folder.

The next blogger featured in this month’s hop is Marie!

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“DAD It’s Your Day” Cards Using Jackson B&T Duos: Instructions

1. Remove the tear strip. Cut the B&T Duos Paper with a paper trimmer to create a 4 x 5 1/4 rectangle and a 4 x 1 1/2 rectangle. Cut the Barn Red Card stock to create a 4 x 5 1/4 rectangle.  Cut the Colonial White card stock to create two 2 x 2 inch squares.

2. Cut 1 ¼ inch letters from the Juniper cardstock and 1 inch letters from the Bard Red cardstock with the Cricut Artiste Cartridge.

3. Adhere background paper, cardstock and tear strip pieces to the card with a glue runner. Adhere stamped square image and letters to card using 3-D Foam Tape.

4. Stamp “It’s Your Day” with Barn Red ink on 2 x 2 inch Colonial White Squares.

5. Distress edges of square with Barn Red ink using a sponge. 

6. Use Piercing Tool to Transfer Durables Triangle Studs to card. 

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“DAD It’s Your Day” Cards Using Jackson B&T Duos

I designed these Father’s Day cards using the Close To My Heart Jackson Paper Packet, You Mean the World to Me stamp set, and the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

CTMH Paper: Jackson B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Barn Red, Juniper, and Colonial White

CTMH Stamps: You Mean The World to Me

CTMH Ink: Barn Red

CTMH Embellishments: Durables Triangle Studs

CTMH Tools: Cricut Artiste Cartridge, My Acrylix Blocks, Glue Runner, 3-D Foam Tape, Bone Folder, and Piercing Tool

Be sure to check out this post for instructions on how to make your own!

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From The Archives: Celebrate Today (Using Dakota Paper Packet)

This card was featured on my old blog back in 2013. It featured the Dakota Paper Packet which is no longer available. 

“ I designed this celebration card using the Dakota paper packet from the Close To My Heart Spring/Summer Idea Book.  It has a bit of a southwestern masculine feel.  I plan to use it as a Father’s Day Card.”

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CTMH Happy Everything Stamp Set and Confetti Wishes Paper Packet

My favorite stamp set in the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book is the Happy Everything Stamp Set. I combined it with the Confetti Wishes Paper to create five coordinating festive cards. These were fun to create and I’m looking forward to giving them away.

For every purchase of The Happy Everything Stamp Set Close To My Heart will donate $3 to Operation Smile. What a wonderful way to not only share smiles with your friends and family but to children across the world!

“Happy Birthday” Pocket Card

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Confetti Wishes B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, Honey, Lagoon

CTMH Stamps:  Happy Everything

CTMH Ink: Outdoor Denim

CTMH Embellishments: Enamel Stars

CTMH Tools:  Bonding Memories Glue Pen, 3-D Foam Tape

“Happy as a Bee in a Hive” Card

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Confetti Wishes B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, Honey, White Daisy

CTMH Stamps:  Happy Everything

CTMH Ink:  Outdoor Denim

CTMH Tools:  Bonding Memories Glue Pen

“Happy Everything” Card 

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Confetti Wishes B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, Honey, Crystal Blue, Thistle, White Daisy

CTMH Stamps:  Happy Everything

CTMH Ink:  Outdoor Denim

CTMH Embellishments: White Shimmer Trim

CTMH Tools:  Bonding Memories Glue Pen, Glue Dots

“Oh My Happy” Card

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Confetti Wishes B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Honey, Crystal Blue, Thistle

CTMH Stamps: Happy Everything

CTMH Ink: Pacifica

CTMH Embellishments: Diagonal Striped Ribbon

CTMH Tools: Bonding Memories Glue Pen, 3-D Foam Tape

 “Have a Fabulous Day!” Card

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Confetti Wishes B&T Duos

CTMH Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, White Daisy, Crystal Blue, Thistle, Canary

CTMH Stamps: Happy Everything

CTMH Ink: Thistle

CTMH Embellishments: Pink Glitter Gems

CTMH Tools: Bonding Memories Glue Pen, 3-D Foam Tape, Piercing Tool

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“Congratulations” Card Using Brushed B&T Duos

I designed this 6-inch square card using the Close To My Heart Brushed Paper Packet.

Materials Used

CTMH Paper: Brushed B&T Duos CTMH Cardstock: Cotton Candy, White Daisy CTMH Stamps: For Every Occasion CTMH Ink: Hollyhock CTMH Embellishments: Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems CTMH Tools: Cricut Artiste Cartridge, Bonding Memories Glue Pen