Summer Themed {3x3} Mini's

I always spoil my customer's with goodies! Sometimes it's good eats, yummy treats or simply sharing crafty tips. Whenever they place an order with me they get some handcrafted love in return. I have been creating these mini 3x3 sets of cards for them for awhile now. Any order, no matter the amount, they will get to choose a handmade set of cards. Recently I created a few with summer time themes, using a "beachy" stamp set and the lovely Skylark papers!

Check out the cute "HI" card on the right! That one was created using this month's Stamp of the Month, Circus Alphabet. This is the cutest little alphabet stamp set and is at a great price this month only! You can purchase the stamp set through me or order online here.

Clean and Simple Birthday

I have dedicated March as my "Birthday" month. My husband and daughter are both celebrating Birthdays this month. I will be hosting a Birthday themed card exchange at the end of the month and will have a Birthday project to make during the event. 

I will kick it off with some very clean and simple {CAS} cards, one of which will be going to my Dad who happens to share his Birthday on the same day as my husband!!

I am also submitting these to the Heart2Heart challenge this week, who reminds us to keep our projects Clean & Simple! Just a few cuts of Cuisin' paper, cardstock, some stamping and a simple embellishment; these cards were both completed in less than 10 minutes!

Birthday Numbers ~ H2H Challenge

Heart 2 Heart Blog has a fun challenge this week! Create a Birthday card using "numbers" on it. I made a few of these already this year, but just happened to need a "boy" card. I decided on a clean card using some nuetral colors and a pop of Twilight. For my number I chose to ink up some cork with black ink that fit perfectly in the Perfect Fit Frames stamp set!!

All product used is Close To My Heart; except the dots embossing folder.

You must check out the H2H designs this week! They have some amazing cards to inspire you!

H2H Sketch Challenge {"cap" it off with some metal!}

It's a sketch challenge this week on Heart 2 Heart. But, there's a "twist"!! Add some metal on your project. Woo hoo! That sounds like fun!


Here is the sketch. As you can see I have turned it 90 degrees to fit my sentiment.


So many favorite new products on this card! The first item is the Cruisin' papers. A little bit masculine, but so cool and graphic! Another fave is the bottle cap. You'll see a little pic below on how I added it to my card. Lastly, the grey twine. Twine is all the trend and I'm thrilled that Close To My Heart has it. I hope they will carry it in more colors in the future! I've also brought in some oldies but goodies with a swirly stamp from Enjoy Life and a sentiment from Card Chatter Birthday. Along with the bottle cap as my "metal" item, I've also added some silver brads.

To get a secure placement on my card, I used layers of 3D foam tape under my bottle cap. It's not going anywhere! Ha, Ha!

Please visit the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog for lots of inspiration and please play along with this week's sketch!

H2H {1,2,3} Challenge

This week on the Heart 2 Heart Blog we are challenged to create a project using~

1. stamp

2. different patterned papers

3. embellishments (can be same or different)

My {1} stamp is a small flower from the Card Word Puzzle stamp set. I used it multiple times on the half circle banner pieces to give them interest and texture.

The {2} patterned papers come from Lucy (floral pattern & giggle definition) and Cruisin' (gray cross hatched).

My {3} embellishments are the glitter buttons, pink sparkles inside the buttons and grey twine.

Take a closer look~


Please visit the Heart 2 Heart blog this week and play along!

Inspired By #6 {Every Mile a Memory}

Take a look at this photo! This is the inspiration photo this week at a fairly new challenge blog called Inspired By. I wish my garage was this organized and colorful!!

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I loved the little scooter in the photo, but did not have a stamp with one. This is what I came up with instead.


Laurel Seabrook is the owner of this new challenge blog and a very talented artist. You can find her other blog in the right hand column on my home page. Please visit her challenge blog and play along!

All product used is Close To My Heart!