A great home

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share a card I made for friends of ours who recently moved into a new house, close by. Walking distance actually!

As you might have guessed, we brought them wine as a house-warming gift.


card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper & brads: Teresa Collins "Everyday Moments"
• stamp: Unity Stamp Company "Love, Laughter, Wine", stamped in CTMH Indian Corn Blue

Challenges for this card:

• Simon Says: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

A Magical Bean for the birthday girl

Hi folks,


The next month is full of birthdays in my family. Up first is one of my nieces - she's four years old - today!!

I thought this little bean would make for a fun card to celebrate. Since she likes the colour purple, the little bean was given bright purple hair.

card details:

• finished size: 5x5 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper: Echo Park "Little Girl"
• stamped image: The Greeting Farm "Magical Bean", coloured with Copic Markers (E000, E11, E01, E00, R21, V01, V15, V12, V17, YG01, YG05, BG23, BG13, BG45) and Clear Star Gelly Roll Marker on the wings.
• sentiment: Verve "Birthday Bash"
• embellishments: adhesive gem (in the centre of the flower in her hair)
• Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals, EK Success Scalloped Scallops border punch
• layout: Sketch Saturday #327

challenges for this card:

• The Greeting Farm FFF - Things with Wings
• Cute Card Thursday #340: Dies and Punches
• Love to Create #134: Fussy Cut (that's an easy one for me since I pretty much ALWAYS fussy cut my images)
• Simon Says: Anything Goes
• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes (Birthday)
• Sister Act Card Challenge #76: Anything Goes

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sunshine Card #6

Hi folks,

Once again I'm back to share another of the Sunshine cards I made for my T.O.P.S. chapter.

card details:

• finished size: 5x7 white card stock base
• patterned paper and card stock: DCWV Spring Mat Stack
• stamps: Verve "With Love"
• Spellbinders: Petite Circles
• embellishments: adhesive gems
• layout: Stamplorations Sketch #19

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sunshine Card #5

Hi folks,

I'm back again to share another of the Sunshine Cards I made for my T.O.P.S. chapter.

card details:

• finished size: 5x7 inches, white card stock base
• patterned papers and card stock: DCWV Spring Mat Stack
• stamps: Verve "With Love", stamped in CTMH Hollyhock ink. The little bird is fussy cut and paper pieced with the wings and beak coloured in with a coordinating Copic Marker.
• embellishments: adhesive gems from my stash
• layout: Stamplorations Sketch #20

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Sunshine Cards #4

Hi folks,

Back again sharing two more cards I made for my T.O.P.S. chapter and our Sunshine program.

I thought that pairing the bright, cheery green with this sentiment was a good match.

card details:

• finished size: 5x7 inches, white card stock base
• patterned paper and card stock: DCWV Spring Mat Stack
• stamps: Verve "Kind Words", "Brighter Days", stamped in CTMH Citrus Leaf
• embellishments: brads and adhesive gems from my stash
• EK Success Scalloped Scallops Border punch, Stampin' Up Flower Punch
• layout: Tuesday Morning Sketches #267 (for the 2nd card, I played around with the sketch elements for the 1st card)

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Building the card stash

Hi folks,

Wow. I realized that I have an incredible back log of cards that I have not yet shared. Here are three more that I put together to have in my stash.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, kraft card stock base
• patterned paper: Bo Bunny Timepiece, edges distressed in CTMH Vineyard Berry
• stamps: Close To My Heart "You Mean The World To Me"  (B1467), stamped in CTMH Vineyard Berry.
• Spellbinders Labels One, Petite Circles. 
• Filligree die cut (I'll have to come back with the manufacturer name) as it escapes me right now.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

CTMH Lollydoodle WOTG Cards

Hi folks,

If I ever get my lazy butt in gear, I'll be hosting some card-making workshops as fund-raising events for a charity that is near and dear to my heart. I decided to take advantage of the card making workshops on the go that come already planned for you from Close To My Heart as a way to nudge myself into the planning of these workshops.

These are the three cards from that workshop that I have made up to use as the samples to show the attendees what to do.

Of course, they will have the option of putting things together differently and using different stamps if they like.

card details:

• finished size: 4.25 x 5.5 inches, white daisy card stock bases
• patterned papers, stamps, embellishments: Close To My Heart Lollydoodle Card-Making Workshop on the go

Feel free to check out the currently available Workshops on the Go at my CTMH shopping portal!