The Oh What Fun Felt Shapes make the cutest accents on a Christmas Card. I picked a simple pattern from the Make it From Your Heart Volume 4 and used Mint for my base and the striped B&T from the Oh What Fun Paper Packet. I then wrapped some Raspberry Bakers Twine around the card to keep things simple.
There are 8 adhesive backed shapes in each collection as you see above I made 5 adorable cards.
I hope this has given you an idea on how to use these cute felt shapes.
What vegetable was orginally carved for Halloween? The Irish brought the tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack O’Lantern to America. But, the original Jack O’Lantern was not a pumpkin. Pumpkins did not exist in Ireland. Ancient Celtic cultures in Ireland carved turnips on All Hallow’s Eve, and placed an ember in them, to ward off evil spirits.
Next to Christmas, Halloween is probably my favorite holiday to decorate for and that means making cards to share with friends too! I loved the Hello Pumpkin product line from Close to My Heart from the minute I got my first look at the catalog. I love that the stamps are cute (fits the challenge at Double Trouble) and the paper is very versatile, Close to My Heart makes sure to include papers that are not just for holiday.
Do you notice the cute border on the ghost card? It was made with the new Thin Cuts Decorative Borders. I can’t wait to try some of the other thin cuts so stay tuned!!!
I’m linking up over at Three Amigo’s Blog Hop Challenge #19 Autumn/Halloween you should think about linking up too! There’s also one more week to play along with Double Trouble.
Today I want to introduce you to my niece Stephanie (some of you already know her from card class) – she’s a devoted wife, busy mom of two, works part time outside the home and also helps her husband with his new cabinet business (she’s a mean face frame maker), she is on the board of her kids basketball association, is an amazing home decorator and loves cardmaking & scrapbooking. Did I mention she’s my niece (more like a daughter)?
Stephanie is also a brand new subscriber to Craft with Heart. Craft with Heart is a brand new subscription program from Close to My Heart featuring Cut-Above Layout Kits. Each layout kit comes ready to assemble with pre-cut paper pieces, die-cuts, stickers, Memory Protectors™ and instructions.
There are three options for the subscription program. Stephanie chose the one year plan for the best discount – she’ll get four layout kits every 4 months along with 30 free prints from Persnickity Prints.
30 free prints from Persnickety Prints, every 4 months
Stephanie received layouts for September, October, November & December. The kits although they coordinate with current paper packets are not available other than through the subscription program.
Stephanie couldn’t wait to get started (look at that concentration) She loves putting kits together because of the time saving and “no thought” factors.
Look at that smile as she puts the finishing touches on her completed layout – the entire layout took her less than an hour to complete. She promises to share her completed layouts (with pictures) right here.
If you’d like to subscribe to Craft with Heart you can find more information on my webpage. As an added bonus when you subscribe to Craft with Heart you’ll be invited to an exclusive Day in the Coop to assemble your kits.
I hope you’ll consider this new subscription program to keep your creativity flowing and preserve your memories. Crafters of all ages and skill levels can create completed layouts for their photos and memories.
Happy Friday!
Welcome to another week of the Color My Heart Color Dare. This week it’s Tic Tac Toe…one of our most popular weeks at the Color Dare. It’s really quite easy – we provide the board you decide which colors you want to use.
There are so many fun combinations I had a hard time deciding what I was going to do, but I finally settled on a card for an October Birthday and created with Black, Lemon & Nectarine the Vertical Row on the right side.
Although no longer in the catalog the Sweet Birthday stamp set and thin cuts are still available in my online shopping section here. This is such a fun set and the cupcake can be decorated with sprinkles or a cute smile too!
There are so many fun cards made by the Design Team this week you really need to head over and take a look.
OK, now it’s YOUR turn! The full details on how to join the fun is in the sidebar of our homepage. Each color dare is open until 9:00 CDT on Thursday!
When I saw this weeks Atlantic Hearts Sketch I knew exactly what I was going to do. I love it when an idea just pops into my head and I can run with it.
As I mentioned in my previous post the Ribbon Warrior campaign is hitting me close to home and I’m a firm believer that support from friends & family makes a huge difference.
I chose a color palette from the Love of Color – Mint, Linen and Ballerina. The mint background was embossed with the rose embossing folder and a stitched circle was added in Linen – I then stamped the ribbon and cut with the matching thin cut – I made a banner and stamped Hope as my sentiment. I finished the card with some sparkles.
I have a dear friend in breast cancer treatment so this card is on it’s way to hopefully cheer her along her journey.
I just can’t seem to get enough of the cute little Hedgehog in the Hedge-Hugs stamp set. I’m sure if you purchase it you’ll find yourself reaching for it over and over again. All the cards I’ve made with him have just put a smile on my face (and hopefully of those that receive them) Remember when you purchase the stamp set during the month of October I will give you two kits to make a couple of adorable cards with.
As I promised last week, I have a fun new technique for coloring this little guy and I’m going to show you step by step just how easy it is.
First you stamp your Hedgehog on your desired piece of paper – here I used Espresso on a linen square. I love the linen as it’s not quite as stark white as our white daisy cardstock.
Next you’ll flip your stamp over on your block (clean it first) so that the textured side is towards the block. He doesn’t stick very well so really squish his tummy onto the acrylic block. I then inked it up with Almond ink and stamped right over the top of the Espresso.
This is the colored hedgehog…isn’t his little white tummy just the cutest?
And finally – here’s the finished card…because that’s really the part you came for right?
The season’s mix-in’s papers include this fun Ballerina plaid paper – it’s so soft and girly!!! I stamped the little hearts and confetti in Ballerina, Sugarplum and Carolina Blue and then die cut a heart to mount over the string. It turned out just how I wanted!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you’ve enjoyed this new technique for coloring the hedgehog. It doesn’t hurt the stamp at all!!
Double, Double, Toil & Trouble Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble!
Can you believe Halloween is just around the corner…I seriously wonder where this year has gone…ok, seriously the last two weeks because it’s already time for another Double Trouble posting! I’m late and I’m going to be in more trouble than I already am!!!
I think Halloween is one of my favorite holidays…we have a large pumpkin carving party and I love to decorate for fall. I tend to like the cute things about Halloween and not the scary so I was thrilled when Trouble Maker challenged us to “Skip the Tricks and Share the Treats of Halloween” Share the cute and cheerful side of Halloween or Fall with cute pumpkins, witches & ghosts.
As usual…my partners have “Framed Me” and I need your help! My optional twist is that you include a frame somewhere on your card to help me get out of “trouble”.
Finally…Double Dare has asked up to link up to the Paper Girls Challenge – I hope no one goes cutting them apart – they seem like a nice group of crafters!!!
Well, now all that is out of the way…would you like to see what I’ve been up to?
That’s right, it’s a spooky cute Halloween Card. I started with a Nectarine Base and then added a B&T from the Hello Pumpkin paper packet – I layers on some Willow and Lagoon onto which I had stamped a fence – over the fence I layered a black frame which although you can’t see it well in the picture I painted with my new black shimmer pen! I then layered my sentiment over the top of that. I knew I wanted to include the ghost because the faces of the B&T paper reminded me of a scene in a Casper cartoon where you could only see the faces of the ghosts. Although most ghosts are typically white I stamped mine in Mint and colored it with the clear shimmer brush which has given it the look of being “glow in the dark”
I hope you’ve enjoyed my take on “cute” Halloween and that you’ll pop over to our design page and link up a project…and don’t forget to add a frame!!!
