Cards

  • Smiles Card

    I was inspired to make my card by this one made by one of my stamping heroes, Jennifer McGuire. Jennifer showed how to use a die to make a fun 3-D sentiment on her card. I improvised and used the “Smiles” image on my Artbooking Cricut cartridge. I cut it out 5 times from a…

  • Close to my Heart Cricut Collections

    As many of you know, Close to my Heart has three AMAZING Cricut Collections including the Art Philosophy Collection, the Artiste Collection, and the all new Artbooking Collection. Every single one of these Collections are fantabulous (is that even a word?)! LOL! They each come with an exclusive Cricut Cartridge, (3) coordinating stamp sets, and…

  • Frosted Joy Card

    One of my favorite new Collections from the Close to my Heart 2013 Autumn/Winter catalog is called Frosted. I love the colors and patterns used in the Paper Packet. This card is one of the projects that I recently created with the new Frosted Collection. I made the base of the 5″ x 7″ card…

  • Flowering Bunch Card

    The May Stamp of the Month called Flowering Bunch has been sitting on my desk, calling my name, all month long. It is such a cute set that I just had to create something with it before leaving for the 2013 Close to my Heart Convention in Orlando, FL tomorrow. This fun little card was…

  • Happy Father’s Day!

    Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to all of the great Dads out there in Blogland. A special wish goes out to my wonderful husband Andy, who is a fabulous, hands-on Dad to our two adorable kiddos. The kids and I made him this shirt card using the Artiste cartridge and some paper from the Dakota…

  • Chantilly Birthday Card

    Hi Everyone! Have you missed me? I am still here. I am just knee deep in creating some fun (secret) projects for the upcoming Close to my Heart annual Convention. I can’t wait to share them with you when I return. In the meantime I wanted to share a sweet card that my friend Christine…