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!

Masculine Cards at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning all my crafty friends!  I can not believe that summer is coming to a close!  Tomorrow we will move our son back to college for his second year. 

Well, today is Thursday so you know what that means! It is time for a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week the lovely Tamie has asked us to make a Masculine card.  I have had limited time the last couple of weeks between getting Isaac ready to go back to school and getting my Close To My Heart business off the ground so, I made a pretty simple card.  I began with a simple 5x6 card base in blue, then added a 4 7/8 x 5 7/8 brown layer.  The stamps are from the Close To My Heart Artiste collection as well as the die cuts to match.  Some white pin around the edges and I have the perfect clean and simple card to send to my son for his birthday!

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Masculine card today! And, while you are there check out our beautiful redesigned blog and leave us some love!  

I am entering this into the following challenges:

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://inkyimpressionschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/

If you are interested in any of the products I have used here, please visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by!

See you soon!

Wedding/ Anniversary at Charisma Cardz

Good morning!  Today starts a new challenge at Charisma Cardz.  This week we are looking for Wedding/Anniversary projects and cards.  I had just finished making this bouquet of paper roses for my Close To My Heart launch party to use as a center piece and door prize and thought - Wow I love getting flowers on my Anniversary so these were perfect for the challenge!

I started by cutting my roses at 5, 6, and 6.5 inches using the Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I inked all the edges to give them a more realistic look and then rolled them and glued them together.  I cut some leaves using the same cartridge and hot glued them to my floral wire.  I poked a hold in the bottom of my roses and hot glued them to the top of the wire.  Super easy!  The baby's breathe was made using the same flower cut at 1 in. and the same leaves cut at 3in.  



So head on over to Charisma Cardz and enter our Wedding/Anniversary project today!

I am entering this into the following challenges:
http://decoratetocelebrate.blogspot.com/
http://scrappers-delights-challenge-blog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://kraftinkimmiestamps.blogspot.ca/

To purchase the products I used to make this project visit my website here.

Thanks for stopping by!
See you soon!

It's a Birthday Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Die Cut Crazy Birthday Blog Hop.  The Die Cut Crazy Contributors have created some amazing birthday projects to inspire your own die cut creativity to make any birthday special.  If you just joined the Birthday Hop  at my site, be sure and go back to the Die Cut Crazy http://diecutcrazy.com/ for the hop kick off, then hop along the list to each of our designers. You won't want to miss any of the special birthday projects in this hop for sure. 

 For my project I decided to create a set of sorts.  I had made the card awhile ago but decided I wasn't really happy with my die cut flowers so thought I would add more to the project.  I created this adorable cake using the Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste collection.  Then I decided to create a banner to go along with it.  This was cut from the Cricut as well using Straight From The Nest  cartridge and Kate's ABC's.  A few bows and I called it finished. 
 I am going to choose one winner from the comments to send this entire set to.  

Here are a few more pictures:

If you are interested in any of the products I used on this project please visit my website here.

Thanks for stopping by.  Next up in the Die Cut Crazy Birthday Blog Hop is Kelly.

To make sure you don't miss any of the birthday projects, here is the list of all our blog hop designers:

Die Cut Crazy  

Debbie 

Deepti

Tina  (You Are Here) 

Kelly

Lisa

Jennifer

Karen

Holly
Mary

Dianne 

Kymona 

Die Cut Crazy is giving away a FREE 3 MONTH SUBSCRIPTION so be sure to visit and comment on all the blogs and like the Die Cut Crazy Facebook page then finish up at Die Cut Crazy blog post for your chance to win! Here is what you need to do:

1. Like Die Cut Crazy on Facebook

2. Follow the blog hop and leave a “little love” comment on EVERY
designers blog post. They enjoy knowing that you stopped by!

3. Return to DCC blog and leave a comment on this blog post about which
project inspired you the most.

Enjoy the hop and thanks for stopping by!

Pink - Lime - and Turquoise

Good morning!  I am excited to share today's project with you!  It is Thursday so that means a new challenge is up at 4 Crafty Chicks.  I get to play hostess and decided that I wanted to see your projects using PINK, LIME and TURQUOISE.  

As you know, I am getting ready for my big launch party for 

CLOSE TO MY HEART and this is the color scheme I have chose to use at my party.  When I received my last order of product this adorable pennant frame was one of the things I thought would be fun to put together.

I used Pixie Pink, Pear, and Lagoon as my color scheme.  The flowers were made using the Close to my Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I added some glitter trim, sparkles and Daisy White ink (also CTMH) and some lace from my stash.  I love how it turned out and is going to look great on my display table!  I still need to add a picture of my darling little niece - then it will be perfect!

Here are a couple close ups for the flowers.  I loved making them (I think I made about 100!)

So be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks to see the wonderful projects they have for you and enter your PINK, LIME and TURQUOISE project today!

I am entering this into the following challenges:

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.southerngirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com/

If you would like to learn more about the products used on this project visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com

See you soon!

4 Crafty Chicks - Use PINS

Good morning!  I just can't believe it is August already!  This summer has just flown by!  Life is a busy as always but it seems to be in a good way.  As most of you know, I have became a Consultant for Close To My Heart paper crafting supplies.  I am very excited about this new journey I am on and can't wait to really get the ball rolling and see where it takes me!  Right now I am mainly in the planning stages, getting ready for a big launch party to kick things off.  Thanks to my wonderful Dad for all of his help in creating a great display!  So, be sure to watch for further details and expect to see lots of changes to my blog in the next few weeks!
Ok, so on to today's post. First off I want to thank everyone who entered our Crazy Egg Anything Goes challenge last week!  Wow! What an amazing turnout! And what wonderful creations!   We are kicking off a new month at 4 Crafty Chicks with the wonderful and talented Leann hosting our challenge.  Leann has challenged us to use pins on our creations.  Now, I bought a couple of packages of pins at the last CK Convention I went to last Spring but had not used them. So, I pulled them out and looked at them.  Huh, what was I going to do with these?!?  So here we go:  I colored this adorable image from Mo's Digital Pencil using both Spectrum Noir and Copic markers.  I made her kind of big (5in) and cut her out.  My paper came from the Confetti Wishes collection from Close To My Heart as well as the flowers that I made to match the card.  Ribbon from my stash and then to just stick the heart shaped pins in!  It was really a simple card to make even though the pins kind of challenged me!  

Here is a close up of the flowers and the pins.

And of course a close up of this darling image:

Be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project using PINS today!

To purchase the papers I used here visit my website at tinahenderson.ctmh.com. (US residents only) This is just one of the new great paper packs available!

I am entering her into the following challenges:

http://4kraftygirlzchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!