She believed she could ...

Hi folks,

As is my usual Father's Day tradition, I make a card for my younger sister. This is the card I made this year. Once again, inspired by the cards in a workshop by designed by Jacquie Paech - another CTMH consultant.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, white cardstock base
• patterned  papers: CTMH Live Beautifully
• stamps: CTMH Live Beautifully stamp set
• embellishments: CTMH Gold Glitter Gems

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - Birthday Wishes from Miss Anya

Hi folks,

Just stopping in to share another card I made using the "Live Beautifully" papers from Close To My Heart. Get them while you can - they are only available for the month of May!

I also used a sentiment and banner die cut from the CTMH "Little Dreamer" stamp and Thin Cuts bundle. The heart is from the CTMH Basic Hearts Thin Cuts.

The image is from one of the older Miss Anya sets from The Greeting Farm and was coloured with Copic Markers.


As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - Black Flowers

Hi folks,


Just sharing a few more cards featuring the "Live Beautifully" collection from CTMH.


For this trio of cards, I went dramatic. Black hearts popped up against the thistle coloured paper in the collection. Again, these cards are inspired by cards in a workshop designed by Jacquie Paech - another CTMH consultant.

For this first card, I kept the portrait orientation for the layout.

For this second one, I switched it to a landscape orientation.

For this third card, I went with the same papers from the Mother's Day cards here but switched the layout to a portrait orientation and added the trio of black flowers.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Live Beautifully"
• stamped floral image: CTMH "Live Beautifully" stamp set
• embellishments: CTMH Gold Glitter Gems

Live Beautifully - Sea Glass Flowers

Hi folks,


Here's another duo of cards I created using the CTMH "Live Beautifully" collection. Once again, these cards are inspired by a workshop designed by Jacquie Paech - another CTMH consultant.

The first is a Mother's Day card using the original portrait orientation.

And for the second I flipped the card into a landscape position.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Live Beautifully"
• embellishments: CTMH Black and White Dots

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - Double Hearts for Mother's Day

Hi folks,


Just thought I would share a few more cards I have made with the "Live Beautifully" collection from CTMH.

These cards went in the mail to mine and dearly beloved's Moms for Mother's Day. You can see the card I made for dearly beloved's step-mom here (she likes tea). They are inspired by cards in a Live Beautifully workshop designed by Jacquie Paech - another CTMH consultant.

This first card follows the original design fairly closely, I just changed up the sentiment for a mother's Day one.

The second card is my favourite 6 x 6 size with a black base instead of white. I think the black really makes the papers pop. I also added the gold dots card from the pack and switched out the zip strip for the bolder black and white. I also added another layer to the hearts.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 & 4.25 x 5.5, black cardstock base & white cardstock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Live Beautifully"
• die cuts: CTMH Basic Hearts Thin Cuts
• embellishments: CTMH Gold Glitter Gems

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - Anniversary Wishes

Hi folks,


Here's another creation featuring the "Live Beautifully" papers from Close To My Heart. It's an anniversary card for my dearly beloved - we celebrated seventeen years together earlier this month.

This card was inspired by a workshop from Jacquie Paech - another CTMH consultant.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6, white cardstock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Live Beautifully"
• die cuts: CTMH Basic Hearts Thin Cuts
• embellishments: CTMH Gold Glitter Gems

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - Graduation

Hi folks,


As promised, today I am sharing a recent creation featuring the "Live Beautifully" collection from CTMH - available only during May.

One of our nieces had her high school graduation prom recently and this is the card I made for her.

Here's the front of the card:

And here's the inside.

card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches, black card stock base
• patterned paper: CTMH "Live Beautifully"
• stamped image and sentiments: Unity Stamp Co "Graduation Wishes" and "Sentiments for Graduates"

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Live Beautifully - National Scrapbooking Month

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share the details of the "Live Beautifully" campaign this month from Close To My Heart.

The collection includes the Live Beautifully paper pack:

The Live Beautifully stamp set:

And the Cut Above Layout Kit:

There's also some fantastic bundles available, which include the kit, an album, adhesive and a journalling pen. As the bundles sell out, CTMH home office will be offering different bundles with other coordinating albums.

Be sure to pop back over the next few days as I share my creations using this lovely collection!

As always, thanks for stopping by!