Birthday Giraffe

A sweet little Birthday giraffe for a one year old! I decided to use the color combination at Dynamic Duos for my card. I used all Close To My Heart colors and products. The Creme Brulee works perfectly for the giraffe and the Sweet Leaf ribbon is one of my favorites. I also used the new sweet leaf marker to color in the words.

Inspired By Bold Stripes

This weeks photo on Inspired By has inspired me to keep it clean and simple. I took the photo fairly literal and it turned into a simple crisp Birthday card! No frills here, but I think it's still cute!

My Little Pink Bicycle

You may remember when I showed you this little metal bicycle I found on a shopping trip. It was super cute with the same frame and basket as my own actual cruiser, but definitely not the right color. It was a quick fix though.... I just needed to paint it pink!

Before & After

I love the characteristics of the bike, like the white wall tires and how the chain and pedals are actually functional. My son loves playing with it. It has a kickstand to keep it from falling and the basket is the perfect size for holding a miniaturized Close To My Heart Idea Book!

I got around to cleaning off some of the shelves in my craft room and set up a little bicycle display.

Just living is not enough...

Today I am sharing a card using another bird image from the new Fabulous You My Acrylix stamp set. This time I have chosen the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

Sweet Mojo Bird

I had the chance to play with a new stamp and some papers yesterday! The Mojo Monday sketch worked perfectly for an idea I had!

 

 

 

 

Some of the new items are papers from the Claire paper pack and the lovely bird stamp is called Fabulous You. Some old favorites are kraft cardstock and color-ready seam binding inked in sky blue.



Perfect Snow Day

Back in December my husband and I headed to the mountains with the kids and our little beagle! We just had some cold days and the mountain was dumped with white sparkly snow! There were hardly any other visitors on the mountain that day and we were making some fresh tracks. We brought along a sled and tube, and of course my kids always know how to entertain themselves by climbing trees or starting snow ball fights! We also brought a Coleman stove and boiled up some water on the tailgate for hot chocolate and apple cider! It truly was a perfect snow day!

Here is the layout I finished to showcase our photographs from that day. I am submitting it to this weeks "Snow Much Fun" challenge at Heart 2 Heart. It is not a typical snow themed layout! I pulled out some colors from our snow gear, hence the pink and black. I wanted to add lots of sparkle to remind me of how pretty the snow looked! I added bling gems, sparkles and sprayed the background with shimmer paint. I finally added in images to remember sipping our hot chocolate and cider.

 

 

 

 

 

*some items are not Close To My Heart, but the majority of my layout uses CTMH products and the design is from the Make It from Your Heart How to Book, Volume 1. :)

Little Love Bicycle!

Today's card is all about love and a pop of color! I am playing along with two challenges, The Paper Players and Dynamic Duos! I love the fresh, bright colors in this card and was able to play with the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp some more!

 

 

 



 

 

 

I loved the little bike in the Paper Players image, so I used it as inspiration. I'm a fan of bicycles as some may already know. Check out this little bike I found this weekend at Ross for only $14. I plan to paint it pink to look like my own cruiser as well as the little bicycle on the card!



 

Winter Valentine

Today's card is a fresh take on a winter valentine! I am playing along with the photo at Inspired By and using the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

 

 

 

Birthday Party Hat Album

I have a niece who celebrates her Birthday just days after Christmas. Her family is very careful to make her special day exciting and completely separate from Christmas. I made her a fun colorful album to record pictures of her awesome day! This year they went ice skating, how cool!!

To create this album I used some chipboard banner pieces upside down, then filled it to the brim with tons of colorful details!

Front~

Inside~

Back~

Side view~

My nieces album is just plain....

A Few of My Favorite Things

Looking back through my blog this year, I realize that I have created many fun items. I really had a great time participating in challenges, being a design team member and creating unique items for my own Close To My Heart classes. These are just a few of my favorite things~

As you can see my creations are varied. Whether it's a card, scrapbook page or home decor item, I create it 100% from my heart. You can bet that I will be back next year pouring my love and passion into papers and ink!! See you next year! ;)