Christmas Story

Tis the Season for holiday creations! I always have big plans for holiday crafting and quickly run out of time. Honestly I should just keep crafting into January, so I will have all the crafts done for the next year! The new Oct-December Close To My Heart catalog is filled with new supplies for your …

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Blessings of the First Noel

I have no idea where September went….I basically got zero crafting done….but did do lots of late night Stamptember shopping! I am on a mission to show my new crafting goodies some love and get my card stash built up in the process. With the beginning of each new month, Close To My Heart offers …

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Peace on Earth

Who all participated in some retail therapy in Stamptember? I might be a wee bit exhausted from all of the new releases! Soo many stamps, soo little time! With Christmas on the horizon, I added a few new Christmas sets to my collection. I fell in love with the simplicity of the Peace on Earth …

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Deck the Halls

I couldn’t resist creating another slimline shaker card. These cards come together so quickly, yet look labor intensive. With any luck, I might actually get all of my Christmas cards in the mail this year! The base of the card is pattern paper from the Vintage Rustic Christmas by Simple Stories. It is hard to …

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Santa Claus Christmas Slimline

This is take two of creating slimline cards with the Vintage Christmas papers from Simple Stories. When I first received the papers in the Simon Says Stamp Holiday Card Kit, I was not sure what I was going to do with them. They came in a 6×8 paper pad with rather large designs that were …

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Vintage Christmas Slimline

This card was super simple to create….I actually had the idea for the card last year…but life happened! I ordered the Holiday Card kit by Simon Says Stamp last year and it came with a paper pack by Simple Stories. The paper pack was an odd size for me at 6×8 with some rather large …

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