Whoohoo! The Bronco blanket for my son is officially done. It took longer than I anticipated, but I’m very happy with how it turned out and he is too. The pattern is based on the baby blanket pattern I used for him that repeats single crochet and double crochets. With the thicker yarn than the…
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September is National Stamping Month
September is National Stamping Month: Along with it we are celebrating our owner, Jeanette Lynton’s 30th anniversary in the stamping industry with a special stamp set you can earn for FREE called #30yearsofhappy. This darling set is yours for FREE when you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September. This…
More Babycakes
It was fun to break out the chocolate brown Paper Fundamentals Basic Assortment to add to the Babycakes paper packet for this card. The fundamentals assortment is awesome because it adds a little bit of texture and comes in the basic colors that can help to enhance pretty much any papercraft. The July Close To My Heart…
It's A Girl
This was such a fun card to make with the Ariana paper packet, gold shimmer trim and smoothie washi tape. I used the Artiste Cricut Collection to cut out the sentiment It’s a Girl. To make it pop out a little more I put half the sentiment on the white background and bottom half on green…
Emily's Shelf
I haven’t been able to spend much time papercrafting here in the past couple weeks, but I have been working on various crafty projects. The one today is a shelf I made for my daughter’s room. Hobby Lobby had great lightweight letters I could use to hang by pink and brown polka dot ribbon. I’m really…
Keeping Schedules Straight
Today I have a fun project I made to help keep my son’s schedule straight for different days of the week. A friend gave me this idea when she did it for her son a couple years ago and I decided to make one to kick off the school year. I used the Cricut cartridge Designers…
Be Yourself!!
I love this stamp set! It was included in our Hostess Collection from the last catalog and I’m getting around to using it. Yep… that’s right! If you host a workshop there are stamp collections that only the hostess can purchase. Please contact me if you are interested in learning more! There are more fun…
What a Hoot!
Good Morning! I have a Lollydoodle paper packet card for you today that uses an Owl from the August 2014 Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month. This is a super cute set that can be used in a variety of ways. I’m using it for a baby card but it would be perfect for fall themed cards…
You're the Best!!
Happy Friday! Today I’m using the You’ve Got a Friend stamp set that was the Stamp of the Month for May. I’m a little behind in using this set but hope to use the August one in the next couple days so you can see what an awesome stamp set that one is too! So… for those…
My Crafty Corner 