Fundamentals Creative Collections

Have you checked out our fabulous CTMH Fundamentals line yet??

This product line includes a variety of paper, complements, and ribbons in our core color palettes.  With versatile, monochromatic patterns in our exclusive colors, the papers and embellishments are perfect to pair with cardstocks and other patterned papers.  To view the Fundamentals collection products, click here.

For today's project, I challenged myself to create "girly" cards.  As a boy mom, I tend to lean towards the darker, more rustic colors and designs -- so using pink and purple together was definitely a challenge for me.  To help me, I pulled out an old 6"x6" One Sheet Wonder pattern and a simple stamp set.  Overall, I am pleased with how the cards turned out.

Supplies used:

*Adventure Fundamentals
*12" x 12" Pansy cardstock
*12" x 12" Whisper cardstock
*5 1/2" X 4 1/4" white cards & envelopes, value pack
*Hi Friend stamp set
*Blossom Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Pansy Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Whisper Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*VersaMark Ink Pad
*Ranger White Super Fine Embossing Powder
*Craft Heater
*Confetti Embossing Folder
*Simple Chevron embossing folder
*Adventure ribbon pack
*Black & white dots

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!

February Spotlight Collection - Hello Lovely

Love is in the air!  This month's spotlight collection is Hello Lovely.  This gorgeous collection is filled with subtle romantic undertones and will be fantastic for all your Valentine's Day crafting.  Be sure to stock up on your favorites now as this collection is only available through the end of April and come wedding season, you are going to wish you had more Hello Lovely in your stash.  ♥

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Stay tuned throughout the month to my blog and my Facebook page for lots of fabulous Hello Lovely inspiration.  And be sure to follow #ctmhhellolovely all month long for all the Hello Lovely fun!

Until next time, design with {heart}!

Damask Divas Hello Lovely Blog Hop

Welcome to the Damask Divas' February Blog Hop featuring the Close to My Heart Hello Lovely paper packet!  The Damask Divas' team is excited to inspire you with fabulous projects from this beautiful collection!  You can see the full hop line-up over on the Damask Divas' blog.

When I first say the Hello Lovely collection back in December, I fell in love -- which is so strange for me because as a #boymom, I normally tend to shy away from romantic floral collections.  But something about this gorgeous collection just called out to me and I couldn't wait to play with it!

Today's project is part of a new series I am planning to do in 2017 -- called Good, Better, Best.  In the series, I will show how to create simple, basic or "Good" projects... and then how to jazz them up through stamping, Cricut-ing, and embellishing to make them "Better" and "Best" projects.

To take the layout below from "Good" to "Better", I inked the edges of all the cut paper pieces with Chocolate ink.  This helps them to "pop" off the page.  I double-cut and layered the "happy" title to give it some pop as well.  I also used foam tape to pop-up the small banner/phrase on the upper-right square and curled up the edges of the lace doilies to add some dimension to the page.  The dimension may be hard to see in the picture, but is fabulous in person.

  I would love if you would subscribe to my blog and "like" my Facebook page to see how this layout is transformed from Better to Best.

Supplies used:

*Hello Lovely paper packet
*12" × 12" Kraft Cardstock
*12" × 12" New England Ivy Cardstock
*12" × 12" White Daisy Cardstock
*Journaling Prompts stamp set
*Chocolate Exclusive Inks stamp pad
*Thin Cuts - Happy

*White lace paper doily from SpiegelMom Scraps

To order these or any of our other fabulous Close to My Heart products, please visit http://jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Thank you for visiting me at {jd designs} and for hopping with us on the Damask Divas' February Blog Hop!   Next up on the hop is Angela Steinhoff. I hope you'll hop on over to her blog for more fabulous Hello Lovely inspiration.

Until next time, remember to design it with {heart}!

February Close to My Heart Specials

February Constant Campaign

 New Consultants who join Close To My Heart in February will get the February, March, and April Stamp of the Month sets for FREE! That’s an additional $53.85 in retail value added to the already incredible value of the New Consultant Kit!

For our former Close To My Heart Consultants, we will also offer a lower-priced, no-kit enrollment option that will allow former Consultants to sign up for just $50! They will still receive $50 in Select Product Credit to spend on products of their choice, meaning they basically get to sign up for free! PLUS they’ll get the February, March, and April Stamp of the Month sets for FREE!

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February Stamp of the Month

Only $5 with a $50 purchase

To order these or any of the other fabulous CTMH products, please visit my online store at jddesigns.ctmh.com.

Until next time, design with {heart}!