Monday, June 24, 2013

Rose Blossom Garden Challenge - Birthday Boy Key

 
I wanted to play along with the challenge over at Rose Blossom Challenge Blog.  This week we were challenged to use the "Birthday Boy" key.  And boy was it a challenge.  It took me a while to come up with something.  I started by cutting all the lunar shapes out of black cardstock at 1 1/4 inches.  I knew I wanted to use some Dream Pop paper too. I looked on the Freshly Made Sketches blog for a sketch and used sketch #13.  I added a little black trim to the top using my pinking scissors.  The lunar shapes are popped off the squares.  Inside I'll write the sentiment "You're Out of this World".  Thanks for looking.  You should play along too!
 
 
Remember there are only a few days left in June to take advantage of the A True Thank You stamp. 
Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!
*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.
 
You can get your own Patriotic stamp set through July 31st - there are 3 different ones and $3 from each B-size My Acrylix® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix® Home of the Brave stamp set will be donated to the USO, the leading, most recognized military-support and services organization in the country. Show your support with your own patriotic stamp set!
Dates: Offer valid June 1–July 31, 2013.
 

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Wedding Card

I needed a wedding card for a girl at work who is getting married this week end.  I love the stamp set The Happy Couple. I used some slate card stock, For Always paper, Glitter paper and some Slate pigment ink to stamp the images. 
 
 
 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Home of the Brave

 
I always forget you don't have to stamp the whole image.  Sometimes you can just use parts of a stamp to make a statement.  Here I used one of the patterns from the Originals Book, Vertical Three.  I used a monochromatic theme with Kraft Card Stock, Dessert Sand Ink and Colonial White Card stock.  The ribbon is from my stash. 

You can get your own Patriotic stamp set through July 31st - there are 3 different ones and $3 from each B-size My Acrylix® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix® Home of the Brave stamp set will be donated to the USO, the leading, most recognized military-support and services organization in the country. Show your support with your own patriotic stamp set!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–July 31, 2013.



Thursday, June 6, 2013

Relief For Oklahoma - A True Thank You

 I made a set of mini cards using some scraps of Chantilly paper and the new A True Thank You stamp. 
 
 
Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!
*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Hello Hexie card.

I saw a card featured in the Archiver's email I got. I had to try it myself. I cut the hexies on my Cricut from Dream Pop paper scraps. I cut the word hello on a scrap colonial white card stock.  Some bakers twine and brads finished it off. 
PS - I used an app called Beautiful Mess to create this picture collage

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Age is just a number


This is a birthday card I made with some Dream Pop and For Always paper and the cute stamp sets Just a Number and Puns of Praise.  I also used the new Color Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes
The inside says "Yours will remain unlisted".

Monday, June 3, 2013

Rose Blossom Garden Challenge





I wanted to play along with the Rose Blossom Garden Challenge again this week.  This time it is the Father's Day key on the Cricut.  I used the Shift Accent 1 to cut the diamond shape in black card stock.  Then I cut the #1 Dad shape out but cut off the "#1" part so I would just have the word DAD.  I used Kraft paper for the back ground and some Buzz and Bumble paper, some bakers twine and some retired (I think) milepost brackets.  And just to make it a little more masculine I used my stapler to hold down the edges of the brackets.  Everything is distressed in chocolate ink.  I'll use this for my dad's birthday card this month. 

Sunday, June 2, 2013

June Happenings!


There is a lot going on in June with Close to My Heart.
  1. June  - Stamp of the month - A Flowering Bunch
  2. Make It a Banner Day - Free mini banner in June
  3. A True Thank You - Relief for Oklahoma
  4. Let's Get Patriotic Stamps
First up  - just like every month CTMH features a Stamp of the Month. This month's stamp is called A Flowering Bunch.  And it can be yours for only $5 with a $50 purchase.


 Second - Receive a free My Creations® mini banner in June! Make it a “banner” day by placing a $25 order that includes a qualifying stamp set to receive your free mini banner. The mini banner includes 10 chipboard pennants in 4 different shapes with 9 jump rings for hanging. Use the mini banner as a decoration for your parties and get-togethers this summer for many “banner” days!
Dates: Offer valid June 1–30, 2013.



Third we have the Relief for Oklahoma Campaign.  Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!
*Offer valid May 23–June 30, 2013. No limit per order.






And 4th - but not last - is the Let's Get Patriotic Stamps.  Celebrate military service and promote patriotism with our new patriotic stamp sets—available only from June 1 to July 31, 2013. Three dollars from each B-size My Acrylix® Courage stamp set and $5 from each D-size My Acrylix® Home of the Brave stamp set will be donated to the USO, the leading, most recognized military-support and services organization in the country. Show your support with your own patriotic stamp set!

Dates: Offer valid June 1–July 31, 2013.