Coffee & Cards

Tuesdays are Coffee & Cards day over in my Facebook group. I tried my hand at the Simple Stories card kit for Simple Vintage Life in Bloom (picked it up at The Scrappin' Elephant scrapbook store in Hanceville, AL).

I enjoyed the easy to read and follow directions. These cards are very colorful and I found coordinating embellishments, too. One done and 7 more to go. 

It was fun to ink the edges with black ink, add faux stitching with a black journaling pen, and pop up the focal ebellishment with 3-D Foam tape.  

Have you tried a Simple Stories card kit?

A New Crafty Beginning

As many have heard Close To My Heart will be closing their doors after 40 years. They will be missed, especially by me. I am a coordinating kind of crafter which brought me to Close To My Heart in the first place. I loved the way the ink, paper, and embellishments all fit together like a glove.

And the STAMPS!!

April 30th will be my last day as a Close To My Heart Maker. It will be a sad day as my 18th year with Close To My Heart will have been March. These past 18 years have been the BEST!

Now to the direction this blog will be going. I will be sharing the 'NEW to me' products that I will be playing with. My plan will begin with working on consistency of posting (stop laughing).  

As I am sitting at a crop table in one of the local scrapbook stores in Alabama (The Stampin' Elephant in Hanceville, AL) the lure to play with Mintay paper is calling me. I am sure I will be playing with many 'new to me' products from other companies. The Tim Holtz watercolor pencils, distress inks, Simple Stories card kits and so much more. As I create with these, I will be sharing here and on my Youtube channel.

WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER!! 

Also, there is room for you to share your creativity in my Facebook group come join us!

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