Because I just couldn't resist making a fall card, here is a plantable card I made up with a fall wreath! This card uses an older Close To My Heart stamp set. I was looking back at some old photos and thought it would be fun to take it out again. 

It's back-to-school in BC this week and I'm feeling for all of my teacher friends and colleagues during this uncertain time. Our nephew is starting kindergarten this fall so I wanted to make him a special card to go along with the book we got him - The Pigeon HAS to go to School by Mo Williams (read this book - it's hilarious!). 

 Close To My Heart has launched a new core catalogue and fall mini-catalogue this month! Included are these beautiful sunflower papers that I just had to create with. I decided to make a card for a good friend of mine as she heads back into the school year. I am linking up with the "anything goes" challenge over at Heart2Heart.

These forest inspired thank you cards came together as part of a set of cards I am putting together using a rustic modern adventure theme. I love the simplicity of them on this beautiful heavyweight cardstock. I am linking up with the "adventure awaits" challenge over at Heart2Heart.

I decided to make up some Mother's Day tags for the shoppe and of course I couldn't resist doing some watercolour with these sweet peas. The spring mood board over at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge has so many spring feels one cannot help but be inspired! I used my favourite Simon Says Stamp tag die and topped these tags off with some gingham ribbon. Watercolouring definitely makes me happy so I am also linking up with the "happy times" challenge over at Heart2Heart. These gorgeous flowers were arranged by our local florists at MJ's Florals and the lovely Vancouver Candle Co. candle can be found at Lane and Meadow along with these tags!

Here is a card I put together using the colour inspiration from Lawn Fawnatics and some distress oxide inks! I love this fancy square die set from Studio Katia and decided to turn it on its side after being inspired by an example on their site by Design Team member Galina. This definitely makes me want to do some more ink blending again soon! I coloured up my little hedgehogs with Tombow markers. I am also linking up with the Heart2Heart "I Heart Us" challenge.

The weekend has arrived and this card makes me think of TGIF! This paper is from my favourite paper collection at Close To My Heart right now. It just screams fall to me! I made this card for my brother-in-law's birthday this month. I'm linking up with the "banner day" challenge over at Heart2Heart. I'm really enjoying painting with my distress inks. I used hickory smoke and wild honey to colour the beer and then used salty ocean to give some colour and dimension to the glass mug and to help the mug pop from the background.

Working with some ink blending I had done awhile ago, I decided to cut out some hearts. I needed a baby card and decided to create the sentiment "Happiness is You" using an awesome Verve stamp set and the Simon Says Stamp 'you' die. I used the Freshly Made Sketches layout and incorporated some vellum to play along with Heart2Heart.

Here is the card design I created to celebrate Mother's Day this year. I was stoked to find some of this older Close To My Heart paper collection that was a favourite of mine and then to use it with this beautiful quilt die. I am linking up with the Mother's Day challenge over at Heart2Heart.

I'm excited to see Verve's Diva Inspirations back and knew I wanted to play along. I used some greenish distress inks to create my background and decided to turn it into a coffee card as well. I am also playing along with the Heart2Heart challenge to "cut it out".

I wanted to create a rainbow card to play along with Heart2Heart and put together one to use with a baby gift.

I was itching to make a card tonight with the beautiful new Chelsea Gardens paper collection from Close To My Heart. The picture over at Inspired By... made me think of these papers and I wanted to try the shadowed sentiments technique from Make It Monday. I am also linking up to the Heart2Heart "winter blues" challenge.

I cut the 'you' die out several times and glued them all together to make it stand out more and decided to do second generation stamping with Charcoal to achieve my shadowed sentiment.

Here is a birthday card I put together inspired tonight inspired by the Inspired By challenge picture (I'm so stoked to see this challenge back on!). I decided to try something new by layering the snowflake dies and using the confetti embossing folder as snow falling to link up with the "something new" challenge over at Heart2Heart.

The "mad about plaid" challenge was definitely one I wanted to play along with this month over at Heart2Heart!
Once I got my cards made I loved the look of the colour combination and decided to make some matching tags as well.

I was quite interested in playing along with the "sentiment windows" challenge over at Make It Monday and took out my new Papertrey Ink dies to create some cute cards. Since the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is to add to your Christmas stash I set to work. The BeYOUtiful challenge over at Heart2Heart to use something you think is beautiful led me to incorporate last year's beautiful Close To My Heart Oh Deer! papers. I just love the tree inspired papers, especially at this time of year as I look out my craft room window and see our gorgeous Poplar trees. I have to thank my Auntie Karen for the cute stitched snowflake die cuts she sent me that ended up being the perfect embellishments for these cards!

I wanted to find a way to show off this gorgeous new paper from Close To My Heart and thought I would incorporate some of our new vellum, too. I was inspired by this card that I came across and thought I would link up with the "stylish and classy" challenge over at Heart2Heart.

Here is a card I made for our nephew's birthday using the Jack paper collection (his name happens to be Jack, too!) from Close To My Heart. I also included another little new product sneak peak in there as well (available August 1)! I used the sketch over at Fusion and incorporated some gold script. I added as much stitching as my dies could handle to play along with the "in stitches" challenge over at Heart2Heart. Finally, I used some star dies to cut out some cute plaid stars to add to my card to link up with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge of "seeing stars".
I decided to make a little bag to go along with the card out of the same paper collection.

I am super excited to FINALLY bust into my distress inks! I was blown away by the colour and didn't get into too much blending this time, but I am so stoked to play around with them this summer. I really liked the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches this week and knew I just had to play along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge to use plaid! I decided to incorporate a stitched die into my design and am linking up with the "in stitches" challenge over at Heart2Heart.

I was at one of my favourite all time spots on the weekend - Kootenay Lake! While out in the boat with my aunt and uncle we came across this cute little lighthouse:

Photo Credit: Diane Matlock

I decided to create my own watercolour scene with these Art Impressions products. I am linking up with the "Oh the Places You'll Go" challenge over at Heart2Heart. I wasn't sure that the sketch over at Fusion would work for me so I was just going with the beach inspiration, but once I paired the right papers I found the sketch came together for me as well. The sky doesn't really come through in this picture but I did keep it a light blue (a shade lighter than the water) so that it looked like a sunny summer sky to link up with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

Today I set out to make a few Anniversary cards that I will need in the next little bit. I decided to use the lovely layout over at Freshly Made Sketches. I specifically chose the beautiful Live Beautifully, only available until the end of the month, and am linking up with the Color My Heart Color Dare and the "coming up roses" challenge over at Heart2Heart.