#True Love

I have not been posting on my Blog as frequently as I once did. I am busy creating though and tend to show these pictures more often through Instagram. If you're not already on Instagram you are really missing out on tons of inspiration. You can click on the camera icon located in the right hand column of this blog to find my profile.  {follow me  @amys_art}

Here are a few cards I've been posting lately that you are missing out on! They were all created from the Operation Smile special stamp set called True Love. It features some darling little characters and sweet phrases.

Not only do you get a wonderfully sweet stamp set, but you also support a great cause! Order online.

Remember to check Instagram for the most current inspiration! Have a happy day!

Share the Love & Smile

Share the love this February by purchasing the exclusive My Acrylix^® Share the Love D-size stamp set. Filled with adorable icons and loveable sentiments, this stamp set will be a beautiful addition to your collection. Not only will you be getting a high-quality, swoon-worthy stamp set by taking part in this promotion, but Close To My Heart will also donate $7 USD of the proceeds from this stamp set to Operation Smile™, an amazing organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world! Check out CTMH social media channels all month long to see this stamp set in action, search hashtag #ctmhsharethelove to help bring attention to a wonderful and worthy cause.

I'm still incorporating last month's promotion, Live Your Day PML cards into a calendar project. I combined both the promotions for my January page.

You can purchase this stamp set only in the month of February. However, you can contribute to Operation Smile by purchasing the Animal Greeting stamp set featured on the back cover of the Idea Book also. Visit my website for more details.

Make Someone Smile

Purchase a T-shirt and literally make someone smile!

Close To My Heart is partnered with Operation Smile™, an organization that provides free, life-changing surgery that repairs smiles and reshapes lives, one child at a time. Since 2008, Close To My Heart has provided support to change the lives of over 1,500 children and their families.

You can purchase these stylish, brand new t-shirts starting at $25 and wear it with pride, knowing that $10 of every shirt purchase is donated toward Operation Smile. These shirts are exclusive to Close To My Heart and represent the company’s mission to celebrate life and share what matters. Show your support for Operation Smile and order yours today. Your donation will help change the lives of children all over the world, one smile at a time!

Your business with Close To My Heart makes a big difference in the life of a child. You can also purchase the Happy Everything stamp set until the end of August!

You can place your order with me or online here.

Happy as a Bee in a Hive

Today I am sharing a card I created for the Freshly Made Sketches Blog. It features the Operation Smiles stamp, Happy Everything and this month's special paper collection, Taste of Summer. The embossed honey comb background in bright yellow makes this card really stand out and I love that little bumble bee!

The frame on the label was stamped from the Curlicue Frames stamp set only available in the Artfully Sent Cricut Collection. {Z3017}

Taste of Summer paper collection will only be available to purchase until May 31. You can order online here.

Tall and Happy

So I had a few pieces of cardstock and papers left over from a recent card exchange. A tall template design that I featured the Typewriter SOTM, Typed Note. Not to let these pieces or card bases go to waste I created a few cards with the Operation Smile stamp set, Happy Everything. (back cover of the Annual Expressions 2 book) It is a great stamp set that offers ideas for so many occasions and fun events. Plus, a portion of proceeds goes to Operation Smiles. Take a look at what I created!

You can learn more about Operation Smile through this great story on the Make it from your Heart Blog.

Inspired by: Patches of papers and "fabulous" pops!

I was finding myself in need of some de-stressing craft time this weekend. Surfing through some pins and blogs I found inspiration from separate sources that I incorporated together.

The patchwork of patterned paper idea came from a post on the Make it from your Heart, Close To My Heart Blog. I used some left over pieces from the new Blossom papers with some Fundamentals flat and glossy sided patterned paper.

The sentiment for the card stayed in the same place too, but I wanted to use the current Operation Smile stamp set Happy Everything. This sentiment is fabulous on it's own, but when I saw how Wendy Coffman used it I fell in love! You can see her creation on her Blog Stamping Rules! Cutting out the "fabulous" script is tedious, but the result is well worth it!

I hope you are all having a one-of-a-kind fabulous day!

Happy Everything

Seasonal Expressions 1 book had a great stamp set on the back cover called You're the Bomb. A portion of the proceeds from any sales of the stamp went to Operation Smile. It quickly became a favorite stamp, very versatile and just fun to play with! The same is true for the latest Operation Smile stamp in the Seasonal Expressions 2 book. It's called Happy Everything and it is a fun stamp set too. Take a look at some of the mini cards I've made with it!

Happy Everything

Item number D1653

Price $17.95

Set of 13
Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 2" × 3½" (Y1009), 2" × 6½" (Y1010)

Remember to check out the Deal of the Day after you add the Happy Everything stamp set to your cart online.