Posted on Saturday, September 26, 2015

3 Months Till’ Christmas

Can you believe it that Christmas is 3 months away? Are you planning to send handmade cards to your friends and families?

When it comes to making cards, Cut Above Kits and Stamps save my day! I am making Christmas cards and these Cut Above Christmas Card Kits and Stamps.

You can make 20 handmade Christmas cards with these 2 Cut Above Christmas Card kits and 4 Mini Christmas stamp sets in a day. Yes, in a day!

What do come in the Cut Above Christmas Card Kit?

10 High Quality Printed card bases
10 Envelopes
Die cuts
Embellishments

Other supplies you need to finish these projects are:

Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad
2″ x 2″ My Acrylix Block
Adhesive
M-size stamps (Holiday Greetings, Double Merry, Hand-Lettered Christmas, and This Is Christmas)

All supplies are available at Close To My Heart.

Let me know if you have questions. And Thank You for shopping with me 😊

Posted on Friday, September 25, 2015

Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop & Giveaway

Happy Fall Y’all!!! The Autumn season officially started on September 23rd according to the calendar.

This is the season where we can enjoy the beautiful colorful leaves and cooler, crisp air. And it is also the time for…

The Fall Coffee Lovers Bloghop starts from today, Friday, September 25 through Friday, October 2, 2015.

Since it is Fall Bloghop, so theme of your project(s) must be Fall. You can create any project(s) that has coffee, or tea, and/or cocoa on it.

You need to link up your NEW project(s) using the Inlinkz button at the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog from 6 am Pacific Time (9 am EST) on Friday, September 25 through Friday, October 2nd at 11:59 pm Pacific Time (2:59 am EST on 10/3/2015).

There are no limits to the number of entries, the more the merrier. Please remember to keep the projects with a FALL theme and NO BACKLINKING, please! Your project (s) has to be a new.

Kicking off the first day of this Fall blog hop, here’s my card:

I always always love the colors of Fall leaves. And that wanna try to jump into a pail of leaves! Wish I was this coffee cup 😉

I heat-embossed the leaves with Gold and then color them using the new color ink pads from Close To My Heart: Saffron and Pemogranate. Starting with the Pemogranate at the bottom and them the Saffron from the top of the leaves, you can see when they mix in the middle it turns into a beautiful orange. I fussy cut them and added them on the card using glue dots. Glue dots give extra dimension but not too thick like 3D foam tape, also they quick and stronger than using adhesive runner on that woodgrain embossed background.

Giveaways!!!

I am giving away a pack of prize from Close To My Heart

There are new Treat of Friendship stamp set, new Mini Calendar stamp, Paper Packet samplers, Black Mini Pigment Ink Pad, Cocoa Mini Pigment Ink Pad, Wood Veneer, and some extra stuff I will throw inside the package for you 😊

Amy will use Random.org to pick the winners.The winners will be posted at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog.

And now to the extra prize to win on my blog! You have few chances to enter to win this stamp set:

You can do all of them or some. But if you do all, the more chance you can win! You have until Sunday, October 4th 9.00 pm EST (6 pm Pasific) to leave comments on this blog post. And I will pick the winner using Random.org and will be announced on Monday, October 5th on my blog

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Thank You for hopping by and I hope you all have a wonderful Fall!

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Supplies:

Pathfinding Paper Packet (CTMH)
White Daisy Cardstock (CTMH)
Woodgrain Embossing Folder (CTMH)
Ranger Gold Embossing Powder (CTMH)
Craft Heater (CTMH)
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Pomegranate, Goldrush, Saffron, Black
My Acrylix stamping blocks (CTMH)
Watercolor Pencils (CTMH)
Sequins Gold Assortment (CTMH)
Aquash Water brushes (Pentel)
Watercolor Paper (Handmade Modern, Target)
Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors
Adhesive runner
Glue Dots
3D foam tape
Evolution Advanced Diecutting-Embossing-Letterpressing Machine (WRMK)

Posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Expressing Gratitude With Handmade Cards

Thanksgiving Holiday is getting closer. This is one of our favorite Holidays. This is the season we focus on giving thanks to the Lord for all the blessings.

There are many ways we can express our gratitude to others. One way I love is by sending them handmade cards. You pour your love into the cards you make for them and they will appreciate every moment you spend to make it for them.

Today I am sharing some the cards I made as part of the Joyful Stars Blog Hop this month. If you arrived from Marie’s blog then you are on the right track 🙂 The blog hop starts at Joyce’s blog where you can find the whole list of participants.

All cards I made are using the new stamp set, Harvest Wreath (D1662). This one stamp set has lots of beautiful images you can use for Fall theme projects.

The first card, I stamped the wreath straight on the White Daisy card base and added the stamped embellishment, sequins and sparkle clear on it.

The Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors is the best sciccors to fussy cut.

Supplies you’ll need to make these cards:

Harvest Wreath stamp set (D1662)
Woodgrain Embossing Folder (Z1996) – you can use CTMH embossing folders with any kind of die cut machine like Cuttlebug, Evolution Advanced, Evolution, etc.
Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Goldrush, Flaxen, Canary, Cranberry, Pear, Olive (retired, new ink pad Fern is best for stamping the wreath and leaf.), Black.
My Acrylix stamping blocks: 1″ × 1″ (Y1000), 1″ × 3 ½” (Y1002), 2″ × 2″ (Y1003), 3″ × 3″ (Y1006)
White Daisy cardstock
Kraft Cardstock
Sequins Gold Assortment
Sparkles Clear Assortment
Adhesive runner
3D foam tape
Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

All supplies are available at my CTMH store. Don’t forget to check the National Stamping Month stamp sets, Hello, Life! stamp sets and you do not wanna miss this gorgeous stamp set from the September Stamp Of The Month, Paper Garden. When you put an order, don’t forget to join my Online Gathering Party for a chance to win $10 Hostess Reward credit.

Your next hop is Lori’s blog to see what she has created for you.

I also link up my card at Susan’s Thanksgiving Crusade Thanksgiving Challenge 2015.

Have a wonderful Wednesday & Thank You for stopping by!

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Other supplies:

Evolution Advanced embossing machine (WRMK)
Kraft carstock (Neenah)
The Paper Studio Card & envelope sets
Studio G gems
Adhesive
Scissors

Posted on Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Watercolor Card with Watercolor Pencils and Dye Ink [Tutorial]

Today I would like to share a tutorial how to make this watercolor card using watercolor pencils and stamping.

I made a short video of pictures how to create the watercolor circles that you also can use the same technique to make balloons or any image that you draw with watercolor pencils and add some water to give the watercolor effect.

When the watercolor image is completely dry, you can stamp your sentiment. For this card, I wanted the sentiment also looks watercolor-y 🙂 It’s very easy to do. First, you cover your image or sentiment with ink and then spray with some water. The amount of water on the inked image or sentiment will give you the watercolor effect when you stamp it on the cardstock or watercolor paper.

I hope you will give it a try and share with me your project 🙂 If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comment box.

THANK YOU for stopping by today and have a fabulous day!

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Supplies:

Watercolor Pencils (Close To My Heart)
Slate Diagonal Striped Ribbon (Close To My Heart)
Hello, Life!—Cardmaking Stamp Set (Close To My Heart, available until 9/30/2015)
My Acrylix® Block 1″ x 3 1/2″ (Close To My Heart)
Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Close To My Heart)
Paintbrush Set (Close To My Heart)
Watercolor Paper 140 lbs (Starthmore)
White cardstock
Black cardstock
Adhesive runner
3D foam tape
Water
Mini Bottle Spray

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Posted on Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Close To My Heart New Release and More Watercolor Cards

TODAY IS THE DAY! HAPPY NATIONAL STAMPING MONTH!

The new Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations and Holiday Inspirations books are available to view online and to download in pdf HERE (or the picture below). You’ll find gorgeous project inspirations for holidays in these books!

All new products in these books are available to purchase at my CTMH store. And when you put an order of $50 or more you can get the September SOTM for only $5 (retail price $17.95).

Celebrating the National Stamping Month, during September, you can purchase all three exclusive C-size My Acrylix® Hello, Life! stamp sets for only $34.95 USD or they can be purchased for $13.95 USD each!

And I have been making some watercolor cards with the Paper Garden (CTMH September SOTM) and the Hello, Life! stamp sets (National Stamping Month Stamp sets). Here are 4 of them: