SSS June 2013 Card Kit

I love card kits! Not only do I purchase the wonderful Close To My Heart Workshop on the Go Cardmaking Kits, but also I subscribed to Simon Says Stamp's Kit of the Month. Last month on a retreat I used the supplies from the June 2013 kit to make these cards. Many of the finishing touches are from Close To My Heart including the bronze shimmer trim, which recently has become one of my favorite products!

Joyful Stars July Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars July Blog Hop. This hop is a circle, so it doesn't matter if you are coming from the blog of my good friend and talented scrapbooker Stephanie or if you start here on my blog. Just continue around until you're back to the blog that you started on to make sure you see all the fabulous projects. 

I love Close To My Heart's Workshop on the Go kits. They are a great value and make papercrafting faster, simpler, easier! Last month I went on a retreat and had quite a few kits to complete. One kit was the beautiful Ivy Lane Cardmaking kit. 

What I love to do after I make the kit is to take the brochure cutting guide / directions and switch it up with different paper and stamps. That way the money spent on the kit becomes an even better value as I continually reuse that brochure! 

Supplies for "New Ivy Lane Cards":

Ariana Paper Pack

Sincere Expressions Stamp Set

For a Friend Stamp Set

Pick a Posey Stamp Set

Outdoor Denim Ink

Crystal Blue Ink

Slate Ink

Silver Shimmer Trim

All of the current Workshop on the Go Kits are retiring at the end of this month so hurry before they are sold out! 

Also, I made a Cricut Design Space file for the "New Ivy Lane Cards". If you are a Cricut Explore / Design Space user here is the project link. You will need to have Close To My Heart's cartridges linked to your account.

Your next stop on the hop is to Jolene's blog. She is one of my best friends, and I'm so excited she is hopping with us this month!  For a full list of bloggers on this hop look here.

Slider Window Cards

A few weeks back I purchased some SVGs of interactive cards from Lori Whitlock. I've been waiting for some down time to play! Sunday I decided to clean out my old rarely used stamp sets. I easily purged 100! But I also "found" some that I really love and haven't used in awhile. So that is how these cards came about. The barnyard animal and sentiments were perfect for the card design. I also grabbed my Jubilee paper scraps that work perfectly for this project. This paper is only available until July 31!

Inside of the "Hay There" card.

Inside sentiment for "Herd it's your birthday" card was written with Cricut Explore!

Slider Window Card

Close To My Heart Supplies:

Jubilee Paper Pack

Baker's Twine Harvest Assortment

Howdy Stamp Set (retired)

Sparkles Blue Assortment (retired)

Other:

Slider Window Card 1 SVG (Lori Whitlock)

Cricut Explore Machine, Software, Pen (Provo Craft)

Memento Black Ink Pad

Copic Markers

Movers and Shakers Stamp Set (Papertrey Ink)