October 2019 - Ornament Cards

Although I'm not close to thinking about Christmas, it's time to look at the beautiful new things from Close To My Heart that are available for this year's Christmas cards.  Have you seen the new Custom Ornament Thin Cuts from CTMH?  I was so excited to get these in the mail and start playing with them.  So after being inspired by a post from Lisa Tilson, I decided to try that technique with these dies and our two new paper packs, Holly Jolly and Cedar & Pine.  Both are beautiful, whether you like a traditional look and colors, or go in a completely different direction.  Please let me know what you think and if you have a preference!

Recipe:

• For the Tree Stamp Set
• Clover Stamp Pad
• Custom Ornament Thin Cuts
• Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts
• Holly Jolly Paper Packet
• Silver Glitter Paper
• Clover Cardstock
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Clear Sparkles
• White Card Base

Recipe:

• For the Tree Stamp Set
• Evergreen Stamp Pad
• Custom Ornament Thin Cuts
• Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts
• Cedar & Pine Paper Packet
• Gold Glitter Paper
• Peach Cardstock
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Clear Sparkles
• White Card Base

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October 2019 - Joyful Stars Blog Hop!

Welcome to the October 2019 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!  If you came here from the talented Lori's blog, you've come to the right place!

This month I wanted to focus on "old" meets "new".  If you're anything like me, I suspect you have scraps in your craft rooms that are not the most current but are still beautiful.  Taking care of our environment is important to me, so I don't like to dispose of things that are usable if at all possible.  So when I vended at a local crop this weekend, I created a card buffet that not only used some of our latest products from CTMH, but took advantage of scraps of retired patterned paper, which I will list below each card, where applicable.

• Sunflower Sympathy Stamp Set
• CTMH Flower Market Cricut Digital Collection
• Cardstock:  Lagoon, Mint, Evergreen, White Daisy
• Patterned Paper:  Into the Wild Paper Packet (retired)
• Evergreen Ink
• Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts
• Clear Sparkles
• White Card Base

• Sentiments by Melissa Esplin Stamp Set 
• Family Time Stamp Set (Nov. 2019 SOTM)
• Cardstock:  Chocolate (retired)
• Patterned Paper:  Pathfinding Paper Packet (retired)
• Chocolate Ink (retired)
• Gold Glitter Paper
• Layered Leaves Thin Cuts
• Bitty Sparkles
• Colonial White Card Base (retired)

• Spooktacular Stamp Set & Thin Cuts 
• Intense Black Ink 
• Spectrum Noir Tri-blend Markers
• Multi Square Windows Thin Cuts
• Cardstock:  Black, White Daisy
• Bitty Sparkles
• White Card Base

• Giving Thanks Stamp Set (retired)
• CTMH Complete Creativity Digital Cricut Collection
• Cardstock:  Nectarine, White Daisy
• Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet (retired)
• Black Ink
• Gold Shimmer Brush
• Bitty Sparkles
• White Card Base 

Now please head over to Betty's blog to see what beautiful creation she has in store for you this month!

 

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