Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit Variations

Hi folks,

Just thought I would pop in to share a set of cards I made using the Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit from Close To My Heart.

Here's a shot of the suggested card design and the contents of the card kit.

Of course, I like to play around with the kits, making my cards a little different. Sometimes I throw in a few extra bits and pieces.

Anyways, here are the cards that I came up with using the kit, an extra half sheet of black card stock and some black enamel stars.

This first card sticks fairly close to the original design - with the addition of some of those black enamel stars.

And here I went with a different orientation and scattering my stars about. I may have gotten a little carried away with the stars.

And then I started making birthday cards....


Added a little pop with some additional black card stock (and those stars!)

Here I decided to flip over the banner piece and use the plain side for something a little different.

Love this hostess rewards set! The derby, the glasses, the 'stache.

With Father's Day coming up, I thought it might be nice to make a couple of Dad's day cards.

One for a Dad....

And one for a brother.

Or they could be used for birthday cards as well, it's just a matter of the sentiment stamped or written on the inside.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches
• papers and twine from the CTMH Cut Above™ Thank You Card Kit
• additional embellishments: black enamel stars
• stamps used: CTMH "You Mean the World To Me" (B1467), "Hats Off" (C1593), "Wonderful Friend"(D1422) and another set (possibly from Michaels) that I picked up years ago for the "Brother" stamp
• White Daisy Pigment Ink for the chalkboard effect on the banners

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Cut Above Birthday Cards

Hi folks,


Well, I have to say that as someone who hasn't exactly been feeling the card-making mojo lately (it's because my craft room is a BIG disaster area right now), the Cut Above™  Card Kits from Close to My Heart have been a life-safer.


Thanks to the kits, I was able to whip up 60 Christmas cards in one afternoon. I had also picked up the Happy Birthday Card Kit and recently sat down and put the cards together.

Here's a photo of the kit contents:

And a photo of the suggested card:

Of course, me being me, I switched up the layouts and stamps so I would have ten different cards when I was finished.

And here they are:

A great way to build your stash don't you think?

As always thanks for stopping by!

CTMH Cut Above™ Holiday Cards

Hi folks,


I'm back again today sharing ANOTHER 30 Christmas cards that I made - this time using the Cut Above™ Holiday Card Kit from Close To My Heart.


Here's a photo of the kit contents:

And a suggested design for the ten cards that you can make with the kit contents:

Like yesterday's 30 cards, I had to make them all different so this time I used 10 different stamps and put together the pieces for the card three different ways by moving the cute little birdie around.

Here they are!

And all of them up close!

The really neat thing about the kits? I made the 60 cards in today's and yesterday's post in just one afternoon. Isn't that awesome? If that inspires you to pick up a few of these kits for some last minute Christmas cards for this year (or to get a head start on next year's) just drop me an email!

stamps used:

• CTMH: Merriest Christmas (B1468)
• Verve: Joyous Noel
• and I'm sure there are others but I can't find the paper upon which I wrote them!

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

CTMH Cut Above™ Christmas Cards

Hi folks,


Wow, with all the hub-bub leading up to Christmas and trying to keep up with training for my New Year's Eve 10K run, I've been forgetting to post!


Well I'm making up for that today by sharing 30 Christmas cards that I made with the Cut Above™ Christmas Card Kit from Close to My Heart.


Here's a photo of the kit contents:

And a suggested design for the ten cards that you can make with the kit contents:

Of course, those of you who are frequent visitors to my little space here on the web know that I don't like to make duplicates of anything. So, even though I had THREE of these kits to work with (I had picked them up as supplies for a Christmas Card workshop that fell through as there weren't that many folks interested), I could not possibly make 30 identical cards.


Instead, I used 15 different stamps and did both a portrait and a landscape version of the card. Voila! 30 different Christmas cards! Want to see them? Well, here they are!

Want to see them up close?

stamps used:

• CTMH: Merriest Christmas (B1468)
• Verve: Holiday Greetings, Joyous Noel
• and possibly some others which I HAVE written down but right now I can't find that darn piece of paper!

Anyways, thanks for stopping by! Hope you are having fun getting ready for Christmas!