Whimsical Treetops

Since it is now officially the Fall season, the Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week is to create something using trees and/or leaves.  Once again, I was able to combine the H2H challenge with the Mojo Monday sketch (MOJO160).    

The card combines the Treetops stamp set with patterned paper from the Moon Doggie kit  Even though it is a bit difficult to see in the scan, there are two different colors of green used on the trees - Garden Green and Olive.  And the tree trunks are actually Cocoa, even though they seem to have a green tint in the scanned image.  This was a fun card to create as I really like the cute, whimsical trees in this stamp set. 

All stamps and papers used are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

Matchbook Gift Card Holder

This is a fun and simple way to give a gift card to someone. The card is designed like an 'old fashioned' book of matches - the front piece slips behind a flap at the bottom to hold it closed.

Inside are two small manilla envelopes, these can be found at office supply stores and are called coin envelopes. The great thing is that they are the perfect size to hold a store gift card. Just cut the top flap off and then use a circle punch to create a small notch so that it is easy to remove items from the pockets.


Two envelopes are used so that one can hold a gift card, and the other a small card for you to write a message.


The cute little tree was made using the Treetops stamp set and decorated with Bitty Brads and mini Sparkles. And the paper is actually a surfboard print from the Moon Doggie paper packet.

Don't Throw That Away!

A pile of these cute little plastic boxes were going to be thrown away at our office, so I rescued them. They are approximately 4" square, and are the perfect size for holding some little goodies. My 'roomies' last month for the Close To My Heart Leadership Conference each received one filled with Riesen chocolates. These candies are just the perfect thing for a chocolate craving!

Papers are from the Moon Doggie paper packet, and the flower is stamped using the Cottage Floral set. Even though this is not a card, a 4 1/2"x4 1/2" template from the Wishes Card Confidence Program was used to decorate the top of the box.

Heartfelt card - Fringed Phrases

This card was made specifically for a challenge to use the new Heartfelt Whimsy Die-Cuts from Close To My Heart (CTMH). It was a fun card to make, and only took about 20 minutes to create. It is a little larger than a standard card - this card is 7" tall and 5" wide.


Papers used are from the Moon Doggie paper packet, and stamps used - both the 'Happy Day' sentiment and the scalloped lines - are from the new Fringed Phrases stamp set. The Heartfelt Whimsy Die-Cuts package comes with 3 sheets of die-cuts - each of them are 12"x12" - one in each of the three colors shown on the flower - Buttercup, Garden Green, Tulip. To make the stem of the flower, the felt was atually cut off a longer swirl element.

The basic template for the card is from the Bullseye design on page 33 in the new Wishes Card Confidence Program.