November 30, 2014

Coffee Card Set - Card 2

Here is the second card I made for my coffee sets using Freshly Made Sketches #164. I was also inspired by this card my talented Auntie Karen made!

Paper - Perfect Day, Paper Fundamentals - Basics, Cocoa cardstock (CTMH), On The Bright Side (My Mind's Eye);
Ink - Juniper, Cocoa, Chocolate (CTMH); Stamps - One Cup, Coffee (Verve); 
Dies - Coffee word die, Cuppa Joe (Verve); Ribbon - Chocolate twine (CTMH).

November 30, 2014

Coffee Card Set - Card 1

I went to a productive crop this weekend and was able to work on some Christmas presents: coffee card sets! Here is one design I have made for each set using the tall & skinny Mojo Monday sketch.

Here is the same card created with different papers:
Paper - Perfect Day, Paper Fundamentals - Basics, Cocoa cardstock (CTMH), On The Bright Side (My Mind's Eye);
Ink - Juniper, Cocoa (CTMH); Stamps - One Cup, Coffee (Verve); Dies - Coffee word die, Cuppa Joe (Verve).


November 27, 2014

Merry, Merry Christmas

Here is a card and matching tag set I whipped up. I wanted to play along with the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge of using green, red, and white. I'm using a new CTMH Diamond embossing folder that will be available to order December 1!

All supplies are Close To My Heart:
Stamps - Merry Merry, Frosted Cardmaking Workshop; Ink - Olive, Cranberry;
Paper - Colonial White, Olive cardstock; Ribbon - Jute.

Continuing with our NOvember challenge over at Heart2Heart, this week we are focussing on NO embellishments. This challenge was tricky for me, but I found a lot of solutions with our Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge! I made this card for my brother-in-law's birthday coming up this week. He loves his moustache :). It features a sneak peak of a stamp set that will be available for order starting in December!
All Supplies are Close To My Heart:
Paper - White Daisy, Black Glitter, Pacifica cardstock;
Stamps - You're The Bomb; Ink - Sunset; Cricut cartridge - Artfully Sent.

I also played along with the colours over at Colour Me...!
Hope to see your project linked up in our gallery at Heart2Heart!
November 10, 2014

Christmas Cheer

The Atlantic Hearts sketch challenge caught my eye today and I began thinking of ornaments. As Christmas approaches, I'm really trying to beef up my Christmas card stash! The new Merry Monday challenge this week is to create a card with ornaments in silver/grey and blue - perfect!

All supplies are Close To My Heart:
Paper - Outdoor Denim, Slate, White Daisy; Ink - Outdoor Denim, Slate, Whisper;
Embossing powder - Silver; Stamps - Frosted Cardmaking Workshop, Very Merry Christmas;
Twine - Slate; Embellishments - Sparkles Holiday Shapes, Sparkle & Shine washi tape.
Shapes cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

November 09, 2014

A Rustic Christmas Card

I am so happy I can sneak this Christmas card in under the Merry Monday deadline to make a rustic Christmas card using tans, creams, and browns. I wasn't sure if I would be able to make a card like this, but I am really happy with the results. I followed the layout at Freshly Made Sketches this week.
Paper - Colonial White, Kraft cardstock; Frosted patterned paper (CTMH);
Ink - Cashmere, Chocolate (CTMH); Stamps - Glad Tidings (Verve); Frosted Card Making Workshop (CTMH);
Ribbon - Cashmere twine (CTMH); Snowflake die - Snowflake Tidings (Verve).
November 08, 2014

Cut Above Holiday Card Kit

Tonight I had some spare time to whip up one of our cute card kits. This is the Holiday Card Kit, which contains all of the supplies to make 10 cards. All you need is some adhesive, ink (I used Cranberry) and a stamp set (I recommend getting the Merriest Christmas stamp set).



This November at Heart2Heart our themes will involve "NO"! It's my turn to host this week and our challenge is NO stamps. This is a tricky one for me, so I immediately turned to the new CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge. I need a birthday card this month for my sister-in-law who happens to love purses!
Papers - Snowhaven; Stella (zip strip). Embellishments - Sparkles.

We hope to see you over at Heart2Heart this month to play along with our NO themes! Remember you have all month long to play along with each of these challenges :).
November 02, 2014

Sleigh Bells Ring

Are you listening? Every time I see this quote I immediately start singing "Winter Wonderland" in my head! I was so excited to find some jingle bells at the dollar store this weekend and set to work making a card to fit around this sentiment. I used the Freshly Made Sketches layout and chose colours from the Colour Me...! challenge (Chocolate, Blush, and Twilight from Close To My Heart).
Papers - Wonderland paper pack, White Daisy (CTMH); Ink - Blush, Twilight, Grey Flannel (CTMH);
Stamps - Holiday Magic (CTMH), Winter Wonderland (Mama Elephant); Embossing folder - Allegro (Cuttlebug).

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