We made it!

Hooray! After a very stressful week & long drive, we are officially residents of Spanaway, Washington, & we didn't even lose 1 glass!  Our house is still a mess of boxes, but I can't wait to set up my new crafting area & start creating again! I feel so out of it since boxing up my crafting stuff a week ago.

Washington Bound!

Well...It's finally here! In 4 days I will be leaving my home for the past 31 years and beginning a new life adventure in Spanaway, WA.  It is there that I will finally get to start building my new passion/business with Close to My Heart!  I've already set up a meetup.com group to get started...The Spanaway Card Crafters http://www.meetup.com/The-Spanaway-Card-Crafters/  Can't wait to post my next project from my new home.

4/16 H2H Challenge

This week's H2H Challenge was to incorporate stitching.  You could add stitching by machine, hand, or even faux stitching to your cards.  I made my "stitches" using Pearl Bitty Opaques.  The card shape itself is actually the Tag button on pg. 45 of the CTMH AP Cricut cartridge cut at 4 1/2 inches.  I then scored it down the center & folded.  I covered the card using Florentine paper. The handle was sponged with Indian Corn Blue Ink, with Goldrush being used for the center stamp from the Wonderful You Acrylix stamp set.  EnJOY!

Mojo Monday 237

Here is the sketch for this weeks Mojo Monday challenge.  Choosing all Close to my Heart products, I used the CTMH AP Cricut cartridge card cut pg. 62 with Pemberly papers. I ink-sponged Daisy White card stock with Indian Corn Blue ink then stamped a flower from the Card Word Puzzle stamp set in Smoothie. The flower centers are from the Bouquet Assortment. The sentiment comes from the A Garden stamp set.  Enjoy!

Florentine Fun!

I love the beautiful layers the CTMH Florentine papers can create, plus the colors are gorgeous!

Dotty Strikes Again!

Iris Folding

This card is made with CTMH's wonderful Dotty for You papers using one of my favorite techniques...Iris Folding.  I cut the card & Iris template using the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.  A great site to visit to learn about Iris Folding is http://www.circleofcrafters.com/irisfolding/.      Enjoy!