March Stamp of the Month

Close to My Heart features a special acrylic stamp for every month. You'll love March's Butterfly Wings D1341 available March 1-31, 2009 only. From dainty butterflies to fluttering hearts, this stamp set is a charmer with its artistic flourishes, appealing designs, and loving words. Ask us how you can earn this stamp for free!

Nice soft card stock colors were choosen to allow the butterfly to be the main focal point for this card. Clear sparkles were added to the wings to give it that extra touch. Simple design yet flattering.

Punched Cards

I thought that punched cards are really cute for kids parties so I did a monkey and a lion card. To make the monkey more for girls I added a little bow in her hair. I think these are the perfect cards for my daughters second birthday party. I used a scallop die cut with the CuttleBug to create the actual card. Be careful where you place the die on your card stock because you want make sure you don't end up with two seperate scallop circles. You want them to open like a card. I used various sizes of circle punches for the eyes, ears and mouth. 3/4", 1", 1 1/2" & 1 3/4" punch. For the monkeys nose a heart shaped die cut was use with the CuttleBug. For the lion I added smaller scallop circle cut in half for the ears and a circle nose so it looked more boyish. All products used are Close to My Heart.

Welcome Friends

We've decided to join the world of bloggers, finally. We invite you to browse, comment or contact either of us any time you wish. We hope you enjoy our scrap projects we post so make sure to check back frequently to see what's new. We encourage all our friends to scrap lift our cards, layouts and altered projects in hopes that they inspire you to be creative. Both Ginger and I are serious scrap addicts and have so much fun creating together. We just hope that our followers enjoy scrapping as much as we do and create as many good moments and memories as we have in the past 26 years of friendship and many more ahead in the future.