It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

Greetings all!

Now that I have my markers and Exclusive Ink Stamp pads organized, I could start creating. I decided to make a Christmas card to start out with. Here it is....

The supplies I used are:

Ruby 12" x 12" cardstock (X5927)

White Daisy 12" x 12" cardstock (1385)

3D Foam tape (Z1151)

Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (Z1686)

Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Hollyhock (Z2128), Ruby (Z2170) and New England Ivy (Z2135)

My Acrylix Stamp Sets: Merriest Christmas (B1468) and Trim a Tree (A1149)

Silver Geometric Washi tape (Z1932)

Sparkles Black and Grey Assortment (Z1754)

The ornaments and tag are all cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut Collection. I like how this is pretty clean and simple. I can see mass producing this pretty easily. Thank you for stopping by. I hope you come back this week for another card I made. 

Remember, that I have a special offer this month in honor of my birthday.

On my website (suenj.ctmh.com), I have an Online Party going. If you place an order in any amount this month, you get entered to win this stamp set.


So come on by and join the festivities. I look forwarding to giving away a present in honor of my birthday. Winner will be announced on October 4th. Until next time....

Need a quick sympathy card?

Good day all and Happy Tuesday!

This past weekend we received news that my son's classmate lost her Dad unexpectedly. I felt so moved that I decided to make a sympathy card for her family. These were also mass produced like the card from yesterday. I make multiples often in these instances. Here is the result:

The stamp set is from Stampin' Up, the paper is old from Creative Memories and the Silver Shimmer Trim  (Z1799), Black and Grey Sparkles Assortment (Z1754) and the Black Exclusive Ink (Z2105) from CTMH. I am attempting to use up a lot of my older paper but know I need some more CTMH stamp sets. I see more coming in my future for sure! Remember, if you are looking for Close to My Heart Products, I would be happy to help you (even tell you how to eatn free and discounted products). You can go to my website HERE or email me HERE. Thanks for coming by and I hope to see you soon. Until next time...

Things are Getting Sketchy Around here....

Greetings all and Happy Monday!

This weekend I spent time with my monthly card making group and it definitely recharged my creative battery. I actually got a lot of cards done this weekend. The first one I want to share is my card for next month's card swap. We were given a sketch to work from and this is what I came up with:

I have used a mish mosh of products on this one. The CTMH products I used are:

- Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799)

- Black & Grey Sparkles Assortment (Z1754)

- Angel Friends Stamp Set (B1435)

 - You Only Live Once (retired Hostess Rewards set)

- Exclusive Inks! Lagoon (Z2195) and Twilight (Z2160)

Card base was in a pack I bought 1,000 years ago (lol). I love the tone on tone look and can see making more of these in different colors. Thanks for popping by. Until next time....

Scrapbook Blessings Blog Challenge

Good evening all (yup I am posting late today):

Today I got to make a card for the Scrapbook Blessings Blog. The theme of the challenge is Pretty Pictures, so pull out those stamp images or digi stamps and make a pretty picture with them. This can be a card, layout or wall hanging or anything else you can think of. I chose a card as that is what popped in my head. I am also going to try a layout as well later in the week. Here is the card I made for the challenge:

Here are are the items that I used to make the card:

- Close to My Heart Black Shimmer Trim

- Close to My Heart Angel Friends Stamp Set

- Close to My Heart Sparkles Grey & Black Assortment

- Close to My Heart Special Care December Stamp of the Month (retired)

- Close to My Heart ProPlayer Paper Packet

- Close to My Heart Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Black, Twilight, Ruby, and Slate

- Close to My Heart 12" x 12" Cardstock: Ruby and White Daisy

- Stella Wink Glitter White Glitter Pen

- Sakura Metallic Gel pen: Silver and Gold

This card was so much fun to make that I can see making a bunch of them. I will also be sharing this for another challenge we are doing among friends to use our new items. Remember, you can get all these great products as part of our new Online Hostess Club (click the link for more details). I look forward to sharing some more great projects using my FAVORITE products. Until next time....