Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  I hope you and yours have a wonderful Holiday!

Today begins a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks and this week we have a sketch for you to try out!  

Since it is Christmas I am sharing with you one final Christmas card.

I inked and embossed my image with white embossing powder then cut him out using a Spellbinders die.  The rest was just following the sketch:

And here is the sketch for you to play along!

So after all the presents are open, dinner is done and the family is relaxing, why not play along!  Head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!

Merry Christmas!

Tina

Charmed

Good morning!  It's Thursday so that means another new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  Tamie is the hostess this week and she is wanting us to use charms on our projects.

I  have finally finished all of my Christmas Cards and this is one of the many I did for some of my "primitive" female friends.  I embossed the tree with white powder on kraft card then added a bow with a little diamond "charm" they can remove and add to a necklace or bracelet.  Pretty simple but I really love this one!

So be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your "Charmed" project today!

See you soon!

Tina

One layer cards at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning friends!  Can you believe it is the middle of December already?!?  Where did this year go? Have you finished all of your Christmas shopping?

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks I get to be hostess and I have decided since I am working on Christmas Cards to have a one layer challenge!

For my card I used these adorable snowmen.  I can't remember where I got them or what the name is but I just love this stamp!

I colored them with watercolor pencils and added some white lace Stickles for the snow effect.  It was a pretty quick and simple card but will be perfect for mailing!

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your one layer card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Happy Feet!

Good morning!  Happy Birthday to my baby brother!!!  Well, I guess at 39 he is not really a baby anymore!  

Today Leanne is our hostess over at 4 Crafty  Chicks and she wants to see some Animals!  This one was a little hard for me as I don't do many cards with animals, but during that shopping trip a few weeks ago I came across this adorable little penguin stamp and I just could not resist him!

I stamped him twice.  The first one I cut out using a Spellbinders die and the second I used the matching die cut.  I colored both images and then popped the die cut image up with pop dots. I embossed the blue layer with my snowflake embossing folder and added some ribbon.  Another quick, simple Christmas card done!

So my "first" animal card is complete!  I have a feeling this little guy will be in the mail box soon to someone very special!

So head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us your Animal card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

Good morning friends!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Today we will be heading to my husbands family for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.  Bring on the Pumpkin Pie!

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks Lori is our hostess and she is wanting us to use die cuts.  For my card I really kept it simple.  Remember my shopping trip a couple of weeks ago?  Well, I picked up this adorable Snow Man set at my Close To My Heart uplines booth.  It is called Christmas Post.  This is just one of the beautiful images from this set!  I simply stamped the image with Black Momento ink and cut it out using a Spellbinders die.  I embossed the black layer with a new embossing folder and love how it came out with the white! (sometimes accidents are good things!)  A little bit of ribbon and this Christmas card is ready to mail!

Not really a traditional Christmas card but I love the black and white!  

So, be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us your project using Die Cuts today!

See you soon!

Tina

Give Thanks

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all enjoying the Fall weather!  It has been very cold here!

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks we are wanting you to Make It Sparkle!  Last weekend a friend and I went to St. Louis to a Scrapbook show and did some shopping.  I bought so many new stamps I can't wait to show them all to you!  I thought this one was perfect for Thanksgiving!  I colored it with my Spectrum Noir pens and added lots and lots of glitter.  Some gold sequins and a bow and it was done!  Quick, simple and easy!

Here is a close up of this beautiful stamp:

So, what are you still doing here? LOL - head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your "Make It Sparkle" project today! And, while you are there, be sure to leave some love for the rest of the extremely talented design team!

I am entering into the following challenges:

http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/

See you soon!

Tina

Fairies at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  We have had our first little bit of snow flurries already! I am sure not ready for that!

Anyway, today begins a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week I am hostess and have decided I want to see some Fairies!!

I created this card using the  adorable Love You Slow Much digital image from Wee Stamps.  I just this that little snails face is just adorable!  Some paterend paper, ribbon and flowers and she is complete!

So, be sure to hop over the 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Fairy card today!!!

See you soon!

Tina

BINGO!

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all doing well this beautiful Fall day!  Today is Thursday so you know what that means!  It is time for another wonderful challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

This week the lovely and talented Leanne is our Hostess with the Mostest and she wants to play BINGO!  Choose any column and play along!

I chose to use column "I" for mine.  I decided to create a simple quick gift tag.  The column asks for Pattern paper (across the bottom of the tag), Lace, Sewing (On the to and from tag), flowers and a free space (I chose the die cut)

Doesn't this look like fun?!?  So, head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and play along with us!  While you are there be sure to leave some love for the other very talented design team members too!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Tina

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning Friends!  I sure am running late this week!  First, I made a beautiful card for the challenge - then I put it somewhere and can't find it!  Then I made this beautiful wreath, took my photos - and my computer died!  OK, so what did this tell me??  I have got to get in gear and quit waiting until the last minute to come up with a fantastic project to share with you all!!

This is our 5th Thursday of October so that means the challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks is ANYTHING GOES!!

After stressing for hours over the lost card I decided to put together this wreath from the Close To My Heart Annual Idea Book.  I am just totally in love with this paper pack (Snowhaven) and love all things Christmas so this was really a pretty quick and easy project!  The Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge did all of the work for me! (Well, all but folding and gluing everything together)

And here is the finished product - hanging on my living room wall!

So, be sure to head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks -  I am sure you have the prefect card or project to share with us this week!

Also, a big thank you to Tiena for joining us as a guest designer this month! We enjoyed working and playing with you!

If you are interested in any of the products I used to make this wreath please visit my website: tinahenderson.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Tina

Color Combo at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning friends!  I hope you are enjoying the wonderful Fall weather as much as I am.  Last weekend I took a trip to Galena, IL - the fall colors were just beautiful!  I really enjoyed all the shopping and fun we had but my favorite part of the trip was all the beautiful landscape I got to see...

Today is Thursday, so it is time once again for a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  This week Lori is our hostess and she is giving us a color combo challenge:  CORAL, BLACK and WHITE.

For my card, I kept it pretty simple.  I used A Budding Friendship stamp set from Close To My Heart and cut out the flower.  I added it to a piece of black card stock and then embossed my sentiment in white.

Quick and simple!

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Tina

Happy Birthday!

Good morning Friends! Today begins a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks and the lovely Tamie is our hostess.  She wants to see what you have lined up for Birthday!

Since my life is just so super busy right now and it seems I am always needing a little something to give as a last minute birthday gift, I have a quick and easy gift idea for you today.  I bought a bunch of these jar candles at Walmart the other day thinking they would be perfect little gifts to have on hand.  Some quick work on my Cricut and I have the perfect little Happy Birthday to brighten someones day!

How simple is that!

So for just a little over a $1.00 you have  a cute gift that is easy to keep on hand at all times!

So be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Birthday idea today!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Than ks for stopping by! See you soon!

Tina

4 Crafty Chicks Thursday

Good morning friends!  It has been crazy around my house this last couple of weeks!  I just don't know where the time goes! I can hardly believe we are into October already - the leaves are falling - the air is nice and crisp and all the beautiful colors of Fall are all around!

This week I am hostess at 4 Crafty Chicks and I have a recipe for everyone to follow!

1 Image - 2 Pattern Papers and 3 Bling:

I decided to use the adorable little mermaid from Simply Betty.  I colored her with my Spectrum Noir and Copic markers then added a little bit of glitter to her tail fin.  Some bright green papers, ribbon, and flowers from my stash along with some little rhinestones finished her off.

Here is a close up of this adorable mermaid.

I can tell my coloring is way out of practice but it was nice to just sit down and color!

So be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

You Are My Sunshine

Good morning Friends!  Today is Thursday so that means it is time for a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  

This week our lovely and talented Leanne is our hostess and she is looking for Sunshine. So show us your bright sunshine-y projects!  We can't wait to see them!

For my project (since I almost forgot what day it was this week) I have thrown together a quick simple canvas.  I painted the sun using acrylic paints and did the lettering using my Spectrum Noir pens.  A pretty quick and simple project but I know that my niece will love it!

So, be sure to hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and leave the rest of the girls some love!  And also a huge welcome to our guest designer this month: Tenia from Jazzy Paper Designs!  We are very excited to work with you this month!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Tina

Happy Birds

Good morning Friends!  Today is Thursday so that means it is time for a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Lori is our hostess this week and she is looking for

3 SETS OF PAIRS.

For this card I pulled out my new favorite embossing folder and some Kraft card.  This Chevron folder is from Close To My Heart and is just so fun!  The stamp set is also a CTMH set called Happy Birds.  I colored them with my Spectrum Noir pens (I am WAY out of practice!)  The pattern paper is from the Brushed collection.

Here is a close up of the birds and flowers.

As you can see I have at least 3 sets of pairs on this card! 

 2 Birds - 2 Flowers - 2 words.

To learn more about these great products visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com

So be sure to head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project using 3 sets of pairs today!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Halloween Card Workshop

Good morning friends!  Today marks my first monthly card workshop!  I am so excited to be able to share my love of paper crafting with other people!  

Here is a sneak peak at what we will be making today!   It is just a small group but think it will be lots of fun!

If you would like to be part of the monthly workshop please email me at tinamarie9971@gmail.com.  I would be happy to have you join us!
If you would like to see more products like this visit my website at 
tinahenderson.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Snowhaven - WOTG

Have you started your Christmas Cards yet?  I sat down on Saturday and made 15 Christmas Cards in about 3 hours!  I love love love this Workshop On The Go from Close To My Heart!

This was such a great kit to put together!  Every card turned out beautiful!  I think I will be doing many more of these kits in the future!

To learn more about these and other great products visit my website here.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Workshops on the Go® Snowhaven Cardmaking Kit Contents:
1 – My Acrylix™ Snowhaven Workshop Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – Snowhaven B&T Duos™ Papers
4 – Cardstock Sheets (1 Cranberry, 1 Glacier, 1 Whisper, 1 White Daisy)
15 – White Daisy Cards & Envelopes
1 – Red Enamel Hearts (Z2009)
1 – Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799)
1 – Instructional Brochure
Featured Colors: Cranberry, Glacier, Whisper, White Daisy, Slate

Use the materials, accessories, exclusive D-size stamp set, and instructions in this kit to create 15 beautiful cards (5 each of 3 designs) inspired by Jeanette Lynton!

Stamp images outlined in red coordinate with the Cricut® Artbooking collection (Z1906).

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Fall is in the Air!

Good morning Friends!  It is time once again for another wonderful challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

This week the lovely and talented Tamie is here to host our challenge. (Welcome Back Tamie!)

Tamie is getting into the spirit of the season and would like to see a FALL project.

As I have been getting ready for my October card workshop- this is the perfect challenge - because we are doing an entire workshop on FALL and Thanksgiving themed cards!  

The card I am going to share with you today is using the CTMH stamp set - Always Grateful.  I love the trees in this set along with the beautiful sentiments!

For this card I used the paperpack - Pathfinding.  I just love the fall colors in this one!

I stamped my image first with Barn Red ink then took a Q-tip and added in the rest of the fall colors - Autumn Terracotta, Honey, and Olive.

A little bit of shimmer trim and a creative masterpiece was born! (LOL)

So what are you waiting for?  Head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your FALL project today!

If you would like to learn more about the products used on this card please visit my website - tinahenderson.CTMH.com

Challenges entered:

Thanks for stopping by! See you Soon!

Stamp of the Month - Family is Forever

Good morning!  Have I told you how awesome Close To My Heart is?  Every month they have an Exclusive Stamp Set just for that month! The September Stamp Of The Month is still available but time is running out!  Get your hands on this fantastic stamp set while you can because after September 30th is will be gone for good!

To learn more visit my website: tinahenderson.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Artfully Sent is now Available!!

It's Finally Here!!

Close To My Heart - Artfully Sent!!!

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Cardmaking has never been easier or more fun! With our newest Cricut® collection, you can make handmade masterpieces in no time at all. Choose from cards with sentiments cut directly into them, or combine several cutouts to create your own pop-up scenes. Featuring more than 25 different card themes and 5 different card formats including dynamic interactive designs, this cartridge has a card for any and all occasions—even if the occasion is "just because"! Card styles include pop-ups, scenes, sentiments, sleeves, and pocket cards.

Collection includes:

1 – Cartridge (700 images: Cards and Font)

3 – My Acrylix® D-size stamp sets

1 – 12" × 12" White Daisy Cardstock Pack

Recommended blocks for included stamp sets: 1" × 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 3½" (Y1009).

Cricut® is a registered trademark of Provo Craft & Novelty, Inc. All rights reserved.

To learn more visit my website - tinahenderson.ctmh.com

See you soon!

Hostess Rewards - Thanksgiving Wreath

Good afternoon Friends!  Can you believe it is the middle of September already?  Where did this year go?

Today I wanted to share a project I made using the Close To My Heart Hostess Rewards Stamp Set - Thanksgiving Wreath.

This is actually just a 3x3 card.  I started by using the Wishes how to book.  I cut my card base at 3x6 and scored at 3 inches.  The front was done using scraps of paper from the Close To My Heart Exclusive card stock.  I stamped my sentiment with Chocolate ink and mounted it to my card using 3-D adhesive. A little bit of embroidery floss and it was complete.  A pretty simple thank you card!

If you would like to learn more about the products used to create this card please visit my website.

Challenges entered:

http://2cuteinkchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Fancy Folds and Seaside Greetings

Good morning friends!  Today marks a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks and I am excited to be the hostess this week.

Our theme this week is - Fancy Folds

For my card I decided to do a simple easel card and use one of the new stamp sets from Close To My Heart - Seaside Greetings.  I also used paper from the Seaside paper pack.  I stamped my image using Pacifica ink on Indian Corn Blue card stock and matted it to a piece of Colonial White and then another piece of Indian Corn Blue.  All of this went into the center of my card base which I used Seaside to create.  A few gold triangles and some Teal Shimmer trim and this card was complete!  I don't do CAS very often and I am not really sure this qualifies, but I love the clean crisp look of this one!

Here are a couple of close ups of these great stamps:

If you are interested in any of the products you see here please visit my website for more information.

I also have to show off the beautiful canvas our lovely and talented Leanne sent me for my birthday!  Thanks again Leanne - I LOVE IT!!

So be sure to stop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Fancy Fold card today!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Sewing

Good morning friends!  Can you believe we are into September already?!  Where is this year going!

Today starts a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  The lovely and talented Leanne is our hostess this week and has she got a challenge for you!  She wants to see sewing (either real or faux) on your creations.  This was really a challenge for me.  I knew I wanted to actually sew on my card, but my machine did not want to cooperate.  I ended up using my stitching guide to preset my holes and then sewed it by hand.  It actually wasn't that bad!  My layout came from the Close To My Heart Wishes book.  The paper is from the Paper Fundamentals pack Enchantment collection along with some Cocoa and Pear card stock.  The stamp set is from our September Stamp of the Month - Family is Forever and the ribbon and brads are from my stash.  

It is a pretty simple design but love the way it turned out!

If you want to learn more about the products I used here visit my website here.

Be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project using sewing today!!! I can't wait to see what you have for us!

I am entering into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Girls - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Blues and Greens

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

National Stamping Month and September Stamp of the Month

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our ongoing celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping! Plus, make sure you check out Close To My Heart’s Facebook page and Instagram during September to follow all the ways we’re celebrating #30yearsofhappy for a full 30 days!

Dates: Offer valid September 1, 2014–September 30, 2014.

For more information visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com.

Check out this  months Stamp of the Month!  Love this set!

You can get this adorable 7 stamp set for only $5 when you purchase just $50 in current products!  Hurry - this stamp set is only available through September 30, 2014!

For more information visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com

See you soon!

Something Old/Something New

Good morning!  I can't believe we are at the end of August already!  Only 2 more days until my big launch party!  I think I am about ready!  Now all that is left is the baking!  Sugar Cookies and Cupcakes- my kitchen will be busy tonight!

On to this weeks challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks - Lori is our wonderful hostess this week and she chose Something Old/Something New.  I had a hard time with this one then I realized I was making it hard for no reason!  At first I had envisioned this beautiful wedding card (something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue) then thought - Hey I have all kinds of NEW products!  So, I made a card using all of my new Close To My Heart products and added some OLD ribbon.

I used Thistle card stock as my base and then added papers from the Scaredy Cat collection.  I cut my spider web using the Artiste cartridge and stamped using the Halloween Greeting Stamp set.  Some black enamel stars (also CTMH) and an orange bow (ribbon from my stash) and I was happy with the results.

This is one of the cards we will be making at my September card workshop.  I hope they like it!

So, hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your "Something Old/Something New" project today!  I can't wait to see what you come up with! Also, a big thank you to our guest designer this month!  We really enjoyed working with you Amy!

I am entering into the following challenges:

If you are interest in any of the products I have used here please visit my website.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to see you soon!

Close To My Heart Blog Hop

Good morning!  I am so excited to be able to share with you this amazing blog hop featuring the fantastic embossing folders from Close To My Heart! 
These embossing folders are so much fun and so easy to use!  I chose to use "stripes" on my card.  I embossed the bottom half using  White card stock  and used paper from the Seaside Collection at the top.  My sentiment comes from the Lovely Birthday stamp set and the flowers were cut using the Cricut.  Some glitter trim and sequins completed this card.

Here are some close ups showing some of the detail:

Next up on the blog hop is the lovely and talented Kathy with Quatrafoil!  Be sure to hop through all the list to see how many fantastic Embossing Folders Close To My Heart has to offer!  

And just in case you need them, here is a list of all the blogs to visit:

Dr. Phil - Honeycomb

Roz Bianchi  - Floral

Suzanne Webster Lowrie - Quatrafoil 

Mischelle O'Farrell Smith - Chevron

 Amy Grier-Heldebrandt - Dot

 Candice - Woodgrain

  Bethany Rielage - Arrow 

Jaymi Victor - Damask 

Tina Henderson - Stripe - (YOU ARE HERE)

Kathy Carr - Quatrafoil - 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
http://sisteractcardchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/
http://cardsgalorechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

If you would like to see more products from the Close To My Heart Idea Book, visit my website at www.tinahenderson.ctmh.com.  

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!