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Saturday, April 30, 2022

CHNC 592

This is a Card I made for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas CHNC Design Team 2022 Ch592 with optional theme For a Child. You can enter by clicking here.

For scene I did some ink blending, used an embossed folder and more ink blending.











Supplies

cardstock/paper: white

embossing: Darice Snowman with arms up

Hero Arts: ink - Navy

 

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar - Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Friday, April 29, 2022

Bday Brew Card - Newtons Nook TimeForCoffee

 Birthday card with a Coffee/Tea theme. Ink blended the white background as well as the stamped/die cut cup and liked the color that matches the pattern cardstock as well as the new cabinets in my new remodeled kitchen.

Showing off my new remodeled kitchen. My hubby designed the layout and this is the L shape area for coffee/tea/water area with Keurig that hubby uses for coffee (we buy recyclable K cups and I clean & recycle them), Keurig has a frother that I use to make lattes for my tea. Hot water kettle for tea (I like the temperature that this gets water to as opposed to Keurig), etc. Brita water filter for filtered water to use in the Keurig, hot water kettle & for the dogs (yes the dogs get filtered water).
















Supplies

cardstock/paper - white (ink blended), Kraft

CTMH:  ink - Black   

Newtons Nook: cardstock/paper - Coffee House Stories

  die - Banner Trio

  stamp/die - Time For Coffee

Simon: ink - Spring

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr (only a few more days) catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Newtons Nook Ch172 Theme - Birthday  3/4  5/6










Simon Wed Ch Anything Goes  4/5  5/3 

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge


Thursday, April 28, 2022

Cat Bday Card - Newtons Nook HeartfeltMeows HeartFrames

 Made this for my daughter's cat 2nd birthday.










 



Supplies

cardstock/paper - white, black glitter

CTMH:  ink - Black   

Newtons Nook: die - Heart Frames

  stamp - Heartfelt Meows

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr (only a few more days) catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Newtons Nook Ch172 Theme - Birthday  2/4  5/6










Simon Wed Ch Anything Goes  3/5  5/3 


Dog Bday Card - Newtons Nook HeartfeltWoofs HeartFrames

Made this for my Lab/Retriever Mix dog that will be 15 in Aug.





 










Supplies

cardstock/paper - white, yellow glitter

CTMH:  ink - Toffee  

Newtons Nook: die - Heart Frames

  stamp - Heartfelt Woofs

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr (only a few more days) catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Newtons Nook Ch172 Theme - Birthday  1/4  5/6










Simon Wed Ch Anything Goes  2/5  5/3 


Kitchen Remodel Appliance Lift Scrapbook - Lawn Fawn BakedWithLove BerrySpecial

Some of you may know I have had my kitchen remodeled. We had 1978 yellow sink & yellow laminate countertop/backsplash. Had little countertop space.

Started the process in Nov with hubby designing the new layout. 

Decided on Home Depot for demolish & install of new KraftMaid (made in USA) cabinets (color Serenity which is light green/sage) ordered in Dec. 

Ordered new appliances (black: Whirpool stainless steel inside dishwasher that has 3 racks and is very quiet, Kraus workstation sink, Flow touchless faucet & GE gas cooktop) online. Dishwasher was last to arrive but we had everything before cabinets arrived. 

Cabinets arrived Mar 25 and were put in the POD storage we had reserved & had been delivered earlier that wk. 

Demolish of kitchen began Mon Mar 28 and took 1 1/2 days.

Hired our own electrician & gas/water company. 

Hubby installed the new GFI code (required by City if remodel near water sources) electrical outlets. Electrician came out and completed install of 2 new dedicated lines (for microwave that was going on a shelf and for refrig that was moving down the wall) in 1/2 day. 

Hubby got the gas line set up in attic for hookup. Gas/water company came next day and using our materials & some of theirs installed the converter of 220 to 110 for gas line hubby had bought online (had electric surface cooktop before & was converting to gas cooktop) and new water line for refrig that was moving down the wall and this took 1 1/2 days (1/2 day was for City to pass inspection of gas). 

Install of cabinets (they go all the way to the ceiling) and move of former double oven to opposite wall started Mon Apr 4 and along with black handles for doors & drawers was completed in 4 days. 

Chose Quartz countertop from a local company and they installed countertops Thurs before Easter. They dropped in new sink & gas cooktop.

During the weekend hubby connected the new dishwasher, new sink & black touchless faucet, gas cooktop and refrig moved to new location.

Was able to use & cook in our kitchen for Easter dinner.

Had 50 Floor come to house Thurs Apr 21 to show us luxury vinyl tile floor. Chose/selected material. Fri Apr 22 we were phoned, told material was in stock so we did not have to wait 3wks +. Install of floor (click & lock style) was done Mon Apr 25.

Hubby is doing the walls: wallpaper & we will look at backsplash of sorts (thinking of a brick pattern) for behind cooktop.

We are happy with the remodel & the work done in what normally takes 3mths or more took 3 wks for majority of from demolish to install of countertops where everything was working.

If you have reached this far then I want you to know my fav part of the kitchen remodel is the appliance lift that takes my Kitchen Aid mixer from the cabinet shelf below and raises it up and the mixer can be used on the raised surface or moved to countertop easily without having to do heavy lifting of mixer no more.















Before
















After

Dogs Approved new kitchen floor






















Supplies

cardstock/paper - white

CTMH:  ink - Black   pen - Shimmer - Clear, Lemonade

Lawn Fawn: cardstock/paper - Gotta Have Gingham Rainbow

  stamp/die - Baked With Love (mixer), Berry Special (Bee)

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr (only a few more days) catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Lawn Fawnactics Ch123 Create a Scene  1/4  5/1



  




Scene - kitchen remodel, Bee for my nickname sake


Simon Mon Ch Wild & Wonderful  1/5  5/1

  Wild - Bee

Simon Wed Ch Anything Goes  1/5  5/3 


Sunday, April 24, 2022

Raindrops Umbrella Card - CTMH WhenSkiesAreGrey - Cricut CTMH Artistry RaindropsBackground

Used a CTMH stamp/die for the umbrella. Used a Cricut CTMH cartridge for the raindrops background.
















Supplies

cardstock/paper - blue

Cricut: cartridge - CTMH Artistry Raindrops Background

   (used this as a stencil)

CTMH: cardstock/paper - white   ink - Pebble, Wisteria

  stamp/die - When Skies Are Grey

Hero Arts: ink - Summer Sky

other: Glossy Accents (for rain/wet look)

recycle: cardboard from a box on back of umbrella

  for sturdiness

Tool: blending brush


  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Allsorts Wk673 Ch ISpySomethingBeginwB 3/3  4/28

  B - used blue color as in Hero Arts Summer Sky ink

Cut It Up Ch250 April Showers Bring May Flowers 1/1 5/4

Simon Mon Ch Whatever the Weather  5/5  4/24

Simon Wed Ch Rain or Shine  5/5  4/26 

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge

Saturday, April 23, 2022

Flourish Sun Stencil Bday Card - Hero Arts Kit2020Dec FlourishSunStencil Hero Arts Kit2021Jun

 Enjoy ink blending using a stencil for background.







Supplies

cardstock/paper - white

CTMH: ink - Black

Hero Arts: cardstock/paper - Canary, Mist

  ink - Blue Hawaii Reactive, Lemon Drop Reactive,

    Ombre Butter to Orange

  stamp - Jun 2021 Kit sentiment

  stencil - Dec 2020 Kit Flourish Sun Stencil

Tool: blending brushes


  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Allsorts Wk673 Ch ISpySomethingBeginwB 2/3  4/28

  B - for birthday & 

    used blue color as in Hero Arts Blue Hawaii Reactive ink

Simon Mon Ch Whatever the Weather  4/5  4/24

Simon Wed Ch Rain or Shine  4/5  4/26 

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge

CHNC 591

This is a Card I made for Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas CHNC Design Team 2022 Ch591 with optional theme Include a Snowman or Snowwoman or Snow Family. You can enter by clicking here.

For scene I did some ink blending, used an embossed folder, more ink blending and snow marker with heat tool.









Supplies

cardstock/paper: white

embossing: Darice Snow Family

Hero Arts: ink - Navy Blue

marker: Marvy Snow

tool: heat tool

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar - Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Allsorts Wk673 Ch ISpySomethingBeginwB 1/3  4/28

  B - used blue color as in Navy Blue ink

 StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Thinking of You Card #2 - Tim Holtz UmbrellaMan Tim Holtz Celebrations

Was time to play with my Tim Holtz dies to make this Thinking of You Card and use the negative part of the sentiment from previous project.





 



Supplies

cardstock/paper - blue, Kraft

Tim Holtz: cardstock/paper - blue core'dinations

  die - Celebration Words Script, Umbrella Man

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Simon Mon Ch Whatever the Weather  3/5  4/24

Simon Wed Ch Rain or Shine  3/5  4/26

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Ink Blending Background Card - Hero Arts Kits Apr2020 Dec2020

Enjoy ink blending using a stencil for background.
















Supplies

cardstock/paper - white

CTMH: ink - Black

Hero Arts: cardstock/paper - Sand  

  ink - Blue Hawaii Reactive, Lemon Drop Reactive,

    Ombre Butter to Orange

  stamp - Dec 2020 Kit

  stencil - Apr 2020 Kit

Tool: blending brushes


  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Simon Mon Ch Whatever the Weather  2/5  4/24

Simon Wed Ch Rain or Shine  2/5  4/26 

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge

Thinking of You Card - Tim Holtz CelebrationWordsScript UmbrellaMan

Was time to play with my Tim Holtz dies to make this Thinking of You Card.



 














Supplies

cardstock/paper - blue, Kraft

Tim Holtz: cardstock/paper - blue core'dinations

  die - Celebration Words Script, Umbrella Man

tool: Xyron (to add adhesive to sentiment die)

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Simon Mon Ch Whatever the Weather  1/5  4/24

Simon Wed Ch Rain or Shine  1/5  4/26

Monday, April 18, 2022

Thank You for Hot Pepper Plant Card

Postal Carrier gave us a hot pepper plant. He has given us & our daughter some since he knows we have a greenhouse & like to grow vegs. 

Enjoying ink blending.
















Supplies

cardstock/paper - White

CTMH: ink - Black

Hero Arts: ink - Summer Sky (ink blending)

Lawn Fawn: stamp/die - Garden Before 'n Afters

punch: Fiskars corner rounder

Simon: ink - Spring (ink blending)

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Easter ShadowBox Card - Lawn Fawn ShadowBoxCard SpringAddOn

Happy Easter!

Enjoy an interactive card that I made using Lawn Fawn (LF): Shadow Box Card die and Shadow Box Card Spring Add-On. 

Gave the bunnies pom pom tails. Did some ink blending.











 





Supplies

calligraphy: calligrahy wrote the sentiment

CTMH: cardstock/paper - White

Hero Arts: ink - Purple Galaxy Reactive, Summer Sky

Lawn Fawn: die - Banner Trio, Shadow Box Card, 

  Spring Add-On

marker: Copic

other: 5mm white pom poms

Simon: ink - Spring, Dublin

  

The Close To My Heart CTMH Mar-Apr catalog and Core Sept 2021 - Aug 2022 catalog are available. My CTMH website link is below or you can click on my right sidebar where it indicates CTMH. I will send a free stamp set I have from my extras (unused) if you place an order of $30 or more. Please email me if you do order so I can give you a choice as to free stamp even though I do get notified if you place an order. Also, I'm a Cricut affiliate and you can order from Cricut.com by clicking the Cricut icon on my right side bar.


My CTMH website:SunshineHoneyBee.closetomyheart.com


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Entering in: 

Lawn Fawnactics Ch122 Spring Insp & Color Board  3/4  4/17










Simon Wed Ch Interactive  2/5  4/19

StayCrafty with a Blog Named HeroArts AprCh BlendItUp  5/1

#heroarts

#staycraftychallenge