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Sunday, February 28, 2021

St. Pat Day Gift Box - Cricut SweetTreats Box

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25. 

Made this Box for a friend, that is Irish and last name is O'Malley, that I played dominoes with once a mth before the pandemic and look forward to resume playing soon.

Used Cricut Sweet Treats cartridge for the Box. Used CTMH stamp for the Shamrock which I fussy cut out.

Inside I put a piece of dark chocolate cake I made but forgot to photo the cake piece.

 













 

 

 

 


 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies 

cardstock/paper: green, white  pattern - green

CTMH: stamp - Mar Months of the Year - shamrock

  ink - Julep

machine: Cricut Explore Air



The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog ends today with items if left over will possibly be available in online area when Mar-Apr catalog starts Mar 1 and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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#2 St. Pat Day Wooly Lucky Tag - Simon WoolyLucky

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25. 

Made this Tag for a friend, that is Irish and last name is O'Malley, that I played dominoes with once a mth before the pandemic and look forward to resume playing soon.

Used Simon stamp Wooly Lucky. Heat embossed sentiments. Colored portions of the stamped Llama image. Used an embossing folder to give a chain fence look for Llama enclosure. Can you see the chain fence look embossing? Added ribbon.

There is a farm near my house that has Llamas and I like to go by it to see the Llamas, donkeys, horses & cows

 












 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  Kraft 

Crayola: pencil colors

CTMH: Shimmer pen - gold, green

embossing:  GooseBumpz Chain emb folder

  Recollections Emerald emb powder

ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark

machine: Tim Holtz Vagabond

marker: Spectrum Noir Tri-blend green

other: anti-static pouch 

ribbon: St. Patrick's Day Luck of the Irish

Simon: stamp - Wooly Lucky

Tim Holtz: die - Tag  tool - stapler

tool: heat tool


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog ends today with items if left over will possibly be available in online area when Mar-Apr catalog starts Mar 1 and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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, February 26, 2021

St. Pat Day Wooly Lucky Tag - Simon WoolyLucky

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25. 

Made this Tag for my Great Niece, Hartley.

Used Simon stamp Wooly Lucky. Heat embossed sentiment. Colored portions of the stamped Llama image. Added a scrap of ribbon.

Glad I found my Tim Holtz stapler and stapler refills. Usually after not using a tool or such for some time not always remember where to find it if it was not put back in a particular place. Last time this happened I bought another stapler and luckily before opening I found mine and was able to return for refund the one that was unopened. Have any of you misplaced an item, rebought & then found the one you had misplaced?

 













 

 

 

 

  

 

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  Kraft 

Crayola: pencil colors

CTMH: Shimmer pen - gold, green

embossing: Recollections Emerald emb powder

ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, VersaMark

machine: Tim Holtz Vagabond

marker: Spectrum Noir Tri-blend green

other: anti-static pouch 

ribbon: St. Patrick's Day Luck of the Irish

Simon: stamp - Wooly Lucky

Tim Holtz: die - Tag  tool - stapler

tool: heat tool


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Thursday, February 25, 2021

Flowers & Bees HoneyPot Tag - Hero Arts BeesFlowers, HoneyPot, Honeycomb Fancy

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25. 

Made this Tag using Hero Arts Jan Kit.

Cut the honeypot using blue cardstock and the die made the pot fragile with all the cuts/slits. So to give sturdiness and have cut lines be more like ridge lines on outside of honey pot I used a piece of cardboard. Before die cutting the honey pot I used adhesive to attach the cardboard onto the blue cardstock and when I cut using my Sizzix BIGkick the honeypot had the look I wanted it to have.

Cut some Bees & Flowers and arranged.

Used some gold glitter, marker (tri-blend green) and shimmer pens for color & sparkle look.

Used Tim Holtz sander for distressed look of honeycomb.


 











 

 

 

 

  

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  blue coor'dinations, yellows coor'dinations,

  Kraft  pattern - honeycomb 

CTMH: Shimmer pen - clear, gold

glitter:  studio g gold

Hero Arts: die - Honeycomb Fancy, Honey Pot, 

  Bees & Flowers

machine: Sizzix BIGkick

marker: Spectrum Noir TriBlend Light Green LG1, LG3, LG5

other: cardboard (on back of blue coor'dinations cardstock

ribbon: blue

Tim Holtz: die - Tag  Distress Ink - black soot, tool - sander


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Birthday Celebrate Embossed Card - CTMH CelebrateEmbFold

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25.


With what's been happening with mail lately I decided to come up with a plan of some sort. I had mailed a Valentine card to my younger sister In E coast of FL end of Jan and she did not rcv until Tues 2/16 with no postmark cancellation. So, my plan was to make cards for her, her husband & her critters (cat & dogs) for months of Mar - May and mail them all together this wk in hopes that they arrive before the occasion they are for. You can see Mar card for St. Patrick's Day by clicking here. You can see Apr card for Easter by clicking here. For May I made a Birthday card.

Used a CTMH Celebrate embossing folder for front of card. Used CTMH stamps for inside card.

 









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  white, purple  pattern - purple/white circles

embossing: CTMH Celebrate emb folder

ink: CTMH Wisteria

pen: CTMH Shimmer - clear, lemonade

stamp: CTMH Birthday Joy (inside card)


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Easter Embossed Bunny Card - Darice EasterBunny

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/25.


With what's been happening with mail lately I decided to come up with a plan of some sort. I had mailed a Valentine card to my younger sister In E coast of FL end of Jan and she did not rcv until Tues 2/16 with no postmark cancellation. So, my plan was to make cards for her, her husband & her critters (cat & dogs) for months of Mar - May and mail them all together this wk in hopes that they arrive before the occasion they are for. You can see Mar card for St. Patrick's Day by clicking here. For Apr I made an Easter card.

Used a Darice Easter Bunny embossing folder for front of card. Used inks,pencil colors and vellum for an embossed basket.

 






 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  white, pink vellum 

embossing: Darice Easter Bunny emb folder,

  Goose Bumpz Basketweave emb folder

ink: Jenni Bowlin Seed Packet

  Memento - Bamboo Leaves, Luxe Pear Tart

pencil colors: Crayola




The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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What's Happening Thurs 2/25 - CTMH Jan-Feb & Mar-Apr Catalogs, BBTB2, TX, Ringo Concert

Welcome to What's Happening Thursday. I'm Melissa, nickname "Sunshine HoneyBee", an independent Close To My Heart CTMH Consultant/Maker, and I want to share what's happening on Thursday.


Please check out my CTMH site and order wonderful items like what I use. Please let me know if you found this helpful. If you know of any corrections that need to be made please let me know.


 What's Happening Thurs 2/25:

1. Close To my Heart CTMH Jan-Feb catalog items avail thru 2/28. Some, not all, items carryover and become available in online only section. Mar-Apr catalog available Mar 1.

2. Bitten By The Bug 2

Bon Appetit/Food Challenge ends 2/28

Top 3 & Winner of Valentine/Hearts Challenge announced Fri 2/19

i will be hosting next challenge Mar 29 - Apr 11.

3. Temps here this week have been high 70s. There are people still without water.

4. Reminiscing about concerts I attended. Sharing a photo I took (photography was allowed as long as no flash) of Ringo when I attended Ringo & All Starr Band at Toyota Music Factory (nice small venue) in Irving, TX 11/3/17. I won a pr of tickets from local radio station KLUV 98.7.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Wednesday, February 24, 2021

St. Patrick's Day Embossed Shamrocks Card - Darice ShamrockEmbFold - CTMH ShamrockStamp

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/18.


With what's been happening with mail lately I decided to come up with a plan of some sort. I had mailed a Valentine card to my younger sister In E coast of FL end of Jan and she did not rcv until Tues 2/16 with no postmark cancellation. So, my plan was to make cards for her, her husband & her critters (cat & dogs) for months of Mar - May and mail them all together this wk in hopes that they arrive before the occasion they are for. This is Mar card for St. Patrick's Day. 

Used a Darice Shamrock embossing folder for front of card. Used a CTMH Shamrock stamp for inside. Had fun with background inking.

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  green, white 

embossing: Darice Shamrock emb folder

ink: CTMH Julep  Jenni Bowlin Seed Packet

  Memento - Bamboo Leaves, Luxe Pear Tart

stamp: CTMH March Mths of the Year (inside card)


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

#2 Valentine/LOVE Card - Hero Arts Floral Love

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/18.


Had mailed some Valentines to internet friends and they never arrived at their destination so I made new ones. Put these inside padded envelopes (when you use a padded envelope the mail is treated like a package and yes you pay more but you get a tracking number). Here's hoping these arrive.

Used Hero Arts Floral Love stamp/die for LOVE.

I have a way to use washi tape that works for me. I put the washi tape on an index card and then cut length I need and use adhesive to attach like at bottom of this card.

The washi tape is different than previous posted card.
 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  red, white  pattern - hearts

 Hero Arts:

  ink - Strawberry

  stamp/die -  Floral Love - LOVE

other: plain index card

Spellbinder: die - Scallop Heart

washi tape: Valentine


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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Valentine/LOVE Card - HA Floral Love

Click here for What's Happening Thurs 2/18.


Had mailed some Valentines to internet friends and they never arrived at their destination so I made new ones. Put these inside padded envelopes (when you use a padded envelope the mail is treated like a package and yes you pay more but you get a tracking number). Here's hoping these arrive.

Used Hero Arts Floral Love stamp/die for LOVE.

I have a way to use washi tape that works for me. I put the washi tape on an index card and then cut length I need and use adhesive to attach like at bottom of this card.
 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

Supplies 

cardstock/paper:  red, white  pattern - hearts

 Hero Arts:

  ink - Strawberry

  stamp/die -  Floral Love - LOVE

other: plain index card

Spellbinder: die - Scallop Heart

washi tape: Valentine


The Close To My Heart CTMH Jan. - Feb. catalog and new Core Sept 2020 - Aug 2021 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/die 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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  Fav Technique - to use washi tape on index card before attaching to card