Perfect "Pear" Card (CTMH Veranda Collection)

I've been wanting to make one of these for FOREVER and today, after seeing one of my fellow Just Buggin DT Member's project for this week's challenge, I decided to do it!  :)  Thanks for the motivation, Robin!  You can see her super-cute card here.

Mine is made with CTMH's new Veranda papers.  I used Home Accents to cut the pears, then inked each piece with Cocoa ink (CTMH).  I adhered them to a coordinating piece of Veranda paper and added mini flowers and a brad (craft supply).

To finish, I added a scallop-edge strip to the right side of the mat and added "faux stitching" to the strip and the pear details.  Then I added a length of eyelet and a printed sentiment, matted with a coordinating Veranda patterned paper.  Thanks for looking!  :)

New Close To My Heart "Felicity" Collection!

Just wanted to give you a little glimpse at the gorgeous, LIMITED EDITION Felicity Collection from Close To My Heart...just beautiful!  With laser-cut papers, amazing prints and even a versatile stamp set, this is probably my favorite collection to date!  :)

Included in the bundle is a fantastic stamp set with an alphabet, birdie and other little flourishes, along with the patterned papers, 12" die-cut circles and 12" die-cut brackets! 

Here is a card I made, following the Inspiration Sheet included with the collection (wish I could take credit for this design...how cute is that little birdie?!?!?)...

If you're interested in this set, be sure to visit my CTMH website at OhScrap.myCTMH.com...it's only available through January 31st!!!  You can qualify to earn this set discounted or even FREE!  But you better hurry before it's too late!!!  :)

Be looking for the new CTMH catalog, which will be available for viewing on my CTMH website, January 1st.  Visit:  http://ohscrap.myctmh.com/.

Happy Crafting!!!  :)

Just Buggin Challenge #13: Sew It!

This week's challenge at Just Buggin is called "Sew It!"...use sewing on your project (and of course include a die cut!).  You can use traditional stitching, faux stitching, stamped stitching, etc.  I decided to use faux stitching on this project.  It gives it just a little extra detail, without having to break out the sewing machine!!!

To make the card, I used an 81/2 x 11" piece of dark brown cs, cut in half, and then scored in the middle.  Then I looked through my stash of brown "scraps" and found all of these coordinating pieces which I turned into a collage on the card front!  I can't tell you the manufacturer for them all b/c they were all pretty small pieces.  But I do know that none of them were initially bought to be used with each other!  I inked the edges of each piece with Cocoa CTMH ink and then adhered them to the front.

The die cut is from Accent Essentials and I used the shadow feature to mat it with dark brown cs (Bazzill).  I added a small silk flower with a brad (Paper Studio) and a ribbon (craft supply) for extra detail and then stamped my sentiment with a CTMH acrylic stamp.  To finish the card, I used a CTMH black ink pen to draw alternating dots and lines to look like stitching, both around the floral mat, and around one of the small pieces in the collage.

Thanks for looking!  :)