CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop - Color-Ready Kraft Borders

Welcome to this month's Close To My Heart Spotlight Blog Hop - I'm thrilled to get to play along again this month!  If you came here from Luisa's blog, you are on the right track.  If you are starting here, then just keep hopping along to see what all of the talented Consultants came up with.

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This month we are featuring the fun Color-Ready Kraft Borders - let me tell you, great things come in small packages!  I was amazed when I first received my order of these, there are a ton of borders and the possibilities are endless!  Let me show you some of the things I have created recently using these borders - my favorite feature of these is that they come adhesive-backed, so they are perfect for adding to CLEAR projects, like I have done here...can anyone guess where I saved this case from?

It's the case from our iPod Touch - I knew I saved it for the perfect project!  I kept the front super simple, starting with the colors from the Wings Papers.  I just cut a border strip to the right size and applied it to the cover.  Then I embossed a heart from the retired February Word Puzzle stamp set using Vineyard Berry embossing powder.  I then colored some Irresistibles Lots of Dots letters using Juniper Ink and attached them to the front, handwrote the word 'notes' and attached some Opaques Pearls.

I will not share the inside pages yet, as it's a gift and needs to stay a surprise, but I used a lot more of the borders on those, too.  I love how this turned out!

I have more border projects posted below, but if you are ready to continue along the Blog Hop, the next stop is Haley!

Here is another project - this time using a Clear Card.

I weaved a 1/8" piece of Hollyhock CS through this border.  This card uses the Ricochet pattern from Wishes along with Hollyhock, Blush, Colonial White, and Desert Sand CS and the Sweet Baby stamp set.  Here is a look at the card and the layers as it opens.

This card is for a dear friend who just had a baby girl (after 2 boys) - after I saw her darling girl monkey room I found this darling outfit and made some cute matching flower clips (she can never have enough!) and just HAD to make a monkey card using the retired Life's A Jungle stamp set ;-)  Now I just need to get it in the mail so she can enjoy it!

Now for some previously posted projects using the Kraft Borders.

I love that you can leave them as-is...

...or color them using inks...

Thanks for looking - don't forget to hop along to Haley's Blog!

I L.O.V.E. cards

I've recently had fun playing with some paper and stamps and actual ink - shocking, I know!  Here are some cards that I've made - I used the Wishes book and tried out my new Spray Pen - for my first time I stuck with a light color just until I get used to it - I used Baby Pink with a bit of Pearl Paint.  I LOVE this thing and can't wait to use it more!  I've also used it for some custom colored flower hair clips - click here to check them out!

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The following card uses the Cubed Collage pattern, Sweetheart paper pack, and retired February Word Puzzle, along with some fun new pink buttons and a bit of Black Waxy Flax.

I think the following card is my favorite of this bunch - that little Hippo is just too cute!  I used the Simple Expression pattern with the Sweetheart papers.  The Hippo came from the retired Life's A Jungle stamp set, the hearts and X's came from the So Lucky stamp set, and the thought bubble came from the retired set Leave Your Mark.  I got my rubber brayer out for this card since the thought bubble was going the other direction - I used the brayer to reverse my image (my girls thought that was the coolest trick!).

This card was for Kaylee's piano teacher - I used the Collage pattern, Sweetheart papers, and You Rock stamp set.  I even stamped the envelope.

This card uses the Framework pattern, Sweetheart papers, So Lucky stamp set, and retired February Word Puzzle

This is the card that I created for my Open House next week.  I used the Sentiment Secured pattern, new Wings Creative Basics paper, Friendship stamp set (this month's Stamp of the Month), and the new Kraft Color-Ready Borders.  Such a simple card but I really like how it turned out, I especially like those borders.  I am working on another option using Sweetheart papers.

I created this card to show that by using the back side of the papers you can change the look of the card - I also wanted to show how you can change the color of the Kraft borders.

Here are some more things I L.O.V.E. more than anything else!

Watching my kids together...

...playing the piano...

...reading...

...and just being goofy (and yes, eating graham crackers in milk - my favorite!)

Watching my STAR perform!

letting out some nerves ;-)

Our kids were thankfully SO good during this very long, late night at Stars of Tomorrow - we were there for 3 hours and they were angels!  Trysten fell asleep on the way there and Brailee fell asleep at the end, but nobody whined or misbehaved, even I was tired of being there after a while!

Making treats with my kids...

Thanks for looking - I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!

Father's Day Card

Sorry it's been a while since I've posted. I've been busy, but I have had a chance to work on a few projects, but they are gifts and contest entries, so I will share them later. Here is the card the girls helped me make for their daddy for Father's Day. I got the idea from Tiffany Cheney - it says, "Happy Father's Day from your 3 little monkeys..." They each colored their own monkey and we added it to the fun little tree. I don't think you can tell in the picture, but the tree trunk is textured using my paper crimper.

You can see the pieces the girls stamped and colored on their own - and once I told Kaylee what the inside of the card was going to say, she decided to try writing it on the back of hers - love the words she 'sounded out' ;-)

Products Used (all CTMH): Life's A Jungle stamp set, Say it in Style stamp set, Expedition paper pack.

Thanks for looking!