How to Make a CTMH Budding Peony Shaker Card

Are you interested in how to make your own version of my Budding Peony Shaker Card?  This video will show you how I made mine!

Here are the links to some of the important supplies that I used to create my Budding Peony Shaker Card.

Budding Peony Stamp and Thin Cuts Set

Intense Black Ink

Stitched Square Frames Thin Cuts

Stitched Rectangle Frames Thin Cuts

Watercolor Pencils

Clear Shimmer Brush

Loose Silver Sequins

CTMH Just Treats Halloween Card

Welcome to September!  It is an exciting month for me, the kids go back to school, the cooler, drier air will be arriving shortly (so bye bye frizzy hair) and Close To My Heart has released a brand new Holiday Expressions catalog with exciting products!

This month, we are featuring the cutest stamp of the month set, Just Treats.  It spans the holiday seasons, but I decided that I needed to start with a little Halloween card.

The card features many of our new products, including:

Watercolor Pencils

Watercolor Paper

Sugarplum Glitter Paper

Sugar Plum Glitter Gems

Just Treats stamp set

and our fairly new:

Stitched Circle Thin Cuts

and 

Basic Circle Thin Cuts

along with our Clear Shimmer Brush 

(to watercolor the candies with)

And, don't forget, Just Treats can be yours for only $5 during September 2018, with a qualifying purchase of $50 or more!  

Click here for the Just Treats details.

CTMH Grateful Heart Butterfly Card Using Watercolor Pencils

Want a sneak peek at the new CTMH Watercolor Pencils and CTMH Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set?  

Both will be available on September 1st by shopping with me on andreasherman.ctmh.com.

Here is one of the cards that I made as part of my CTMH Extravaganza Presentation while at our annual CTMH Convention.  I was among the very first to play with this new Grateful Hearts paper suite.

Below this photo of the card, you will find my YouTube video that will show you my techniques for using the CTMH Watercolor Pencils and Watercolor Paper to create the results that I achieved in my card.

CTMH Chelsea Gardens Cards

Happy New Year!  As I sit here trying to keep warm on this single digit day, I am dreaming of Spring.  So, I wanted to share 3 cheerful cards that I made with the brand new Chelsea Gardens paper suite by CTMH.  Today is its debut in our new Seasonal Expressions catalog!   All three cards were made with Chelsea Gardens paper,  the Chelsea Gardens Cardmaking stamp set, and Cream Ribbon.  I stamped each image in Archival Black Ink and then outlined with our CTMH Watercolor Pencils.  I then did something different, I blended the colors with our Clear Shimmer Brush.  I love this technique soooo much!  I just couldn't capture the shimmery sparkle that is on each colored image in real life.  Here are the cards, please feel free to Pin them!