Crumpled flower card

I was trying to push my boundries a little this summer and I had seen several different versions of crumpled paper flowers on the web and I thought I would give it a try.  This card is one of the results.  I really liked making these flowers and did several of them this summer.  I did not post one earlier so I thought I would share it with you now.

This is one of the techniques I'll be teaching at my next card club meeting.  Once again all papers, inks and stamps are from Close to My Heart.  Thanks for looking in on me and I'll talk to you soon!

Buttoned up birthday

Still working on birthday cards.  Here is another one to add to the box.

All papers, inks and stamps are by Close to My Heart..  Talk to you soon!

Mojo 105

Hi Everyone, time for another attempt at a Mojo Monday sketch.  I needed  a thank you card to send out to a very generous book donor.  The Mojo sketch was just right.  Here is the sketch.

and here is my version.  All the papers, inks and stamps are from Close to My Heart.

Thanks for stopping in, have a great week and I'll talk to you soon.

Just another birthday... card

Happy Thursday.  I hope each of you are able to find something to be joyful about today.  I'm happy tomorrow is Friday and then we get to enjoy the weekend.  I'm so far behind on birthday cards but, I was able to finish this one to add to my box.  More buttons and cute birthday stamps from Close to My Heart helpled this card go together quickly. 

Have a great day and I'll talk to you again soon!

September Stamp of the Month Mojo

Hi everyone!  This week's mojo sketch was a perfect match to the Close to My Heart stamp of the month.  As soon as I saw the sketch this set popped into my brain.

I also used some of my favorite papers from the Silhouette paper pack.  The stamp set is call "Treasures".  I hope you are having a great week.  Thanks for stopping by I'll talk to you again soon.

More back to school

Just a quick note today then off to prep for a busy weekend.
Here are the little note pads I made for the office staff and administration to celebrate making it through the first full week of school :)

I hope your weekend is awesome.  Thanks for visiting, I'll talk to you again soon.

Materials:
All papers and inks by Close to My Heart
Stamps used; Close to My Heart, My Favorite things & The Paper Studio

Mojo 103

Hi Everyone.  I hope you all had a fun and restful three day weekend.  We were able to get a few things done around the house.  I always feel a sense of accomplishment when I can do that.  So my theme for this week's Mojo Monday challenge was "There's no place like home".

Here is the actual sketch.

Here is my take on it.  I used some of the cute new stamps from Close to My Heart.  The background was stamped using one of the stamps from the set "Welcome Home" with Vineyard Berry ink and then I brayered over the top with Indian Corn Blue.  I think it gives it a kind of victorian feel. 

  

Hey, thanks for stopping by and I'll talk to you again soon.

Another Birthday Card

Here's a quick little birthday card I made with some left over pieces of "Day Dream" (CTMH) paper and border punches.  It's going into my card box.  Have a great day and I'll talk to you again soon.

Materials:
All materials are from Close to My Heart
except white ric-rack it's from Wright's

Back to School Mojo

Just  a quick post this morning.  I was able to work on the Mojo Monday challenge last night.  It's really hard to get good pictures at night!  But here is the card I came up with. 

My theme is "Back to School" because I'm in that mode right now.  Have a great day and I'll talk to you again soon.

Materials:
Inks:  Close to My Heart
Papers:  Me and My Big Ideas
Stamps:  Close to My Heart, TPC Studios, My Sentiments Exactly!
Ribbon from stash, metal dots from Wal-Mart.

Another Tag Tuesday

Here's a quick little card with a tag.  This is a 3x3 card layout from the "Wishes" card making book by Janette Lynton.  I used some scraps from my scrap box and a little snip of ribbon and a matching brad.  It only took a couple of minutes.

Have a super day and thanks for stopping by.  I'll talk to you again soon.

Materials:
Everything except the ribbon is from Close to My Heart
Ribbon, $1 bin at Target