A Sweet Sale for Valentine's Day!

I just love making Valentines for people, and I sure love a sweet sale too!  Today I get to tell you about BOTH! 

First off, I just got word that there will be a 30% off sale on select amazing and wonderful current products over on my Close to My Heart website starting on Valentine's Day!

The sale starts at 4pm CST on February 14th and runs for a full 24 hours or while supplies last, so hurry on over to get the best selection! 

Next up, let me show you how I made these SWEET little valentines for my kiddos at school...

Can you believe I WROTE and CUT them out on my Cricut Explore machine using the heart image and written font on the CTMH Flower Market Cartridge?  YEP!  It is really pretty easy to design your own incredible projects in the Cricut Design Space software.  I have a little animal eraser in each of the goodie bags for the kids at school.  I also put some ADORABLE little Minion Dry Erase Board erasers in the rest of the bags I made up for my colleagues!  I can't wait to give them out!

What did YOU do for your valentines this year?

Are you ready for Easter?  ;)

Balloon Wishes on Wednesday

Woah.  It's getting super late, so here comes a quick post!

I created this card to cheer up a crafty friend's hubby...

I stamped the beautiful hot air balloon image from Balloon Wishes in Memento Ink and colored it in a rainbow of ShinHan Marker colors...

The clouds are left over cricut cuts from Artiste, and two little Red Enamel Gems set off the sentiment banner...

I found this perfect sentiment on the stamp set that accompanies the new Flower Market Cricut Collection!

I sure hope it made him smile.  :)

Get ready for Valentine Season Now!

FREEEEEEEE!?

Summer's End Blog Hop

I wish it weren't so...but summer's end is just around the corner.  Here is a little tribute to summer's graceful departure that the ladies in Blog Hops with Heart put together to bid a fond farewell...

A big part of my summer involved moving a couple of towns over to a new house with a LOT more landscape than we were used to...including flowers GALORE!!!

I used the new Memo Fundamentals paper from Close to My Heart as the perfect neutral background to present these gorgeous blooms and the You and Me Complements to embellish the layout quickly and easily...

If you love flowers, look no further than the new CTMH Flower Market cartridge from Cricut...

Finally, a little bit of stamping with images from This and That...

Next up to send summer off in her own wonderful style is Stephanie!  Enjoy the hop!

Here's the whole line-up so you can't get lost...

Amie (that's ME!)

Stephanie

Wendy

Katy

Lalia

A Freshly Made Present

My dad's birthday is tomorrow...and his card is just going in the mailbox tomorrow too, ooops.  I sure am glad it's the thought that counts!  I'm also thankful for my phone, lol.  I went back to work this week, but I was finally able to squeeze in some time to make his card this weekend using the super-fun sketch this week over at Freshly Made Sketches.

His favorite color is orange!  :)

I used the new Adventure Paper Fundamentals from Close to My Heart for this one...the new colors Tangerine, Emerald, and Lemon really pop!  The bow is cut from the new Cricut Flower Market Collection and the sentiment set in white embossing powder is included in the same set.  I hardly EVER stamp a sentiment in inks other than black, so this was a fun change of pace!  I added a bit of twine to the gift for another fun detail.

I love how the present works perfectly with this week's sketch!  Thanks for popping in to see!  :)

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