Close To My Heart January Stamp Of The Month

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Wood Work Scroll Art - Bald Eagle -Merry Christmas to all of our friends this wonderful holiday season. We have had a great beginning at Lee Gwynne Designs and tonight on Christmas Eve would like to welcome to our design team Ken Griffith.  Ken is a Vietnam Vet with a talent in scroll art and we will be featuring his work from time to time. Welcome to the Lee Gwynne Designs family Ken!!!  

Bald Eagle WT260 - framed measuring approximately 12"

DEAR SANTA is backed with Close To My Heart Sparkle and Shine Paper.  The gorgeous Santa stamp is from Rubber Stampede. I absolutely love this stamp whether done with pencils, markers or embossing powders. Just imagine the possibilities.

The Close To My Heart You And Yours stamp set inspired today's favorite Christmas card design. This card is wrapped and ready for Christmas delivery.

A CHRISTMAS TRUCK stamp from Stampendous inspired this adorable card with cardstock from Close To My Hearts Sparkle & Shine collection. This is today's favorite Christmas card design. I put this card in the mail for a special friend tomorrow!!

HOLLY JOLLY Christmas...This simple but fantastic card is made with the help of a retired Cricut cartridge and the Holly Jolly Christmas stamp from the Close To My Heart FROSTED Cardmaking Workshop kit.  It is today's favorite card!

WHITE SNOW embossing powder - I love it on this cranberry cardstock!  

SANTA COLLAGE - There are some stamps that draw you to them. They don't require much attention - you design the card around them. This is one of those stamps.

Stamp - by Rubber Stampede

I can't believe it is only 21 more days until Christmas day. It is getting more difficult to choose a favorite Christmas card each day. It is also getting more difficult to let them go. Here is today's favorite card:

Did everyone take advantage of Cyber Monday?  I certainly did. I was able to order my Silhouette Cameo and cannot wait until it is delivered!  I will keep you posted.  I was also able to get some adorable embellishments and other items to finish up the last of our Christmas card orders and Holiday projects. I will be posting them as Christmas gets closer!

Today's favorite Christmas card was inspired from a beautiful Santa stamp I recently found. I used pencils this time instead of markers - partly because I wanted to see how it would blend but mainly because I am waiting on an order of my favorite red refill for my Spectrum Noir markers and was too excited to see the card completed so I will do one with alcohol markers later.  Here is Santa.....

I found a couple of great stamps I thought fit together well. It inspired today's favorite card featuring paper from Close To My Heart.

I hope that everyone had a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving with family and friends! I know that we are running on Thanksgiving comas today.

Today's featured Christmas card is designed using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge and a Spellbinders border die.  I love the plaid patterned paper over an invereted swiss dot embossed cardstock.  

Wishing each of you a wonderful Thanksgiving full of family warmth and cheer.  

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 

Emili & Robin

Lee Gwynne Designs

Inspired by the Close To My Heart Workshops On The Go Sparkle & Shine collection this card was quick and easy to make

Products:

Sparkle & Shine paper packet
Sparkle Holiday Shapes
My Acrylix Frosted Cardmaking Workshop Stamp Set

Today's card  - designed by Emili - features a vintage look with distressed inks and Snowman die - both by TIM HOLTZ...

Today's favorite Christmas card was designed with Graphic 45 paper, Spectrum Noir markers and a stamp by S.W.A.L.K.  So Cute!!!

Dryer Sheet Technique!  Sometimes when I see a stamp I see one vision only - this is one of those stamps - I couldn't wait to finish this one. With the help of a some fine snow glitter and a dryer sheet this is today's favorite Christmas card design!!!

As we continue to fill our Holiday card orders trying to find the days favorites becomes tough!  Here is one for today

Message us if you have a favorite holiday card that you would like to share!

I love making cards for the holidays and filling years orders with new stamps and colors is turning out great!  Here is today's favorite card featuring Close To My Heart holiday cardstock:

Hello friends!  It is a beautiful day at the beach. The weather is beautiful with the colors of fall all around. The surf was quite loud throughout the night and wonderful to relax to. The waves hitting the shore is hypnotic. Just one of God's wonderful blessings.

We have begun our holiday cards and today's premier card features an elegant stamp from the Close To My Heart My Acrylix cling stamp set "Mary and Babe" C1562.  The paper used in this set is also from Close To My Heart Frosted Paper Packet X7175B.

The stamp itself is colored with pencils. It can also be done with alcohol markers. 

You can order the Mary and Babe set along with the Frosted Paper Packet at 

https://leegwynnedesigns.ctmh.com

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the products or help with making this beautiful card!  Thank you for allowing us to share this design with you. Have a great day!!

Robin

This is the November 2013, Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month set.  This 15 pc acrylic cling stamp set can be added to any $50.00 Close To My Heart purchase for only $5.00.  DON'T WAIT!!  This is a fantastic stamp set and is available only through the end of November.

Making baby shower invitations is always exciting and we had loads of fun with our most recent client order of these adorable invitations.  Our client wanted something simple, somewhat uniform but each a bit different.  They brought us their idea plans gave us paper and theme guidelines.  It was a huge order (original order was for 80 cards) and it shipped on time. They were very simple and quick to make. Here are a few of those cards:

Have a simple Baby Shower invitation design you want to share?  Message us and we will be happy to add it to our gallery!

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We have many projects happening at once!  Christmas gift tags,  Christmas Card orders and Baby Shower Invitations. Here are 2 new Baby invitations that are quick and easy and can be produced in large numbers. Perfect for a new baby shower!!!

Tomorrow we are going to join the ladies at Scrapbooks by the Sea in Myrtle Beach for the SIZZIX Designer Karen Burniston Class.  We are excited to be able to go to this class and bring the techniques and products back to share with all of you!  Have A Great Day!!!

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Kitchen Aid Mixer Project

One of my very best friend's is my "hair engineer" also known as Susie or lovingly known as the Redneck Miss Priss.  Not only is she a magician in a salon but also in a kitchen. Susie is a gourmet cook who - with a name of endearment like The Redneck Miss Priss - of course believes her white Kitchen Aid mixer is boring.  So she has delivered the mixer and design ideas she found on the web to me. 

So - with my Cricut Expressions 2 and several font cartridges my new project is trying to bring the white mixer out of the boring category. Here is what Susie's "Nekkid mixer" as she calls it looked like as she left it with me.  

I gathered the materials that I would be using to decorate the "nekkid mixer" - my Cricut Expressions 2 and a few different font cartridges that I am going to try before choosing the ones I will use for the fonts.  I have also purchased the Cricut vinyl in black and gray that are the colors Susie chose as the colors matching those in her kitchen.  In order to be able to manipulate the letters with ease I used my computer and the Cricut Craft Room to lay out and cut the sample words to see how they would fit on the mixer before cutting the vinyl. 

In discussing with Susie exactly how much of the surface of the mixer she wanted decorated she felt a good area came to 8.5" x 8.5" along the top.   With that measurement I loaded the Cricut Craft Room and began looking at fonts.  The fonts I finally chose were on the Cricut Cartridges Ashlyn's Alphabet, Don Juan and Plantin Schoolbook.   The layout for the words chosen was not too difficult but deciding whether to weld the letters together or not was important because if they are not welded of course they are added letter by letter and even with the transfer tape can be a bit tricky.  I also did not want to get the lettering too thin so it was important to have a balance. Once I got it laid out I grabbed some scrap paper and hit the cut button.  I then taped the letters where I felt they worked best on the mixer.  

To make sure that the placement was correct I let the mixer sit with the sample attached for a period of time so that I could look at it occasionally as I walked through the house - just something that I like to do when choosing if I like something. Just a personal preference that works for me.  Once I was comfortable with that I made changes and began cutting the vinyl.  

It was important to get a mat for the Cricut machine that was not new - it does not need to be too "tacky".  I then chose which color vinyl I would use for each word and cut them using a separate mat for each color so I could leave the words on the mats. Some people chose to cut their words in one solid color and font and try to lay it in one panel.  To be honest I do not know how they do that without getting major ripples in the vinyl but they do it well. I do much better doing it individually.  I am also a fan of the transfer adhesive - it makes it much easier if you do not weld your letters.  

If I was to add up all of the time I spent on the mixer  without all of the breaks, family time, dinner, nights out...blah, blah, blah.....I would have to say it took me about 4 hours to do and that was probably on the heavy side. It was a fun project and much easier than I thought it would be. 

I love the way the mixer looks finished! The most difficult part for me was the area around the front curve.  That is a tough area and you just have to have patience and the right fonts to work with.  You may have to change fonts or letters to get the right combination for that curve to work but in the end it will be perfect.  The Redneck Miss Priss picks up her mixer tomorrow and I can't wait to see her face when she see's her "Nekkid mixer" now!!!  

YOU TOO can make these beautiful Holiday cards with ease!  Shop for your Holidays From The Heart supplies and accessories at http://leegwynnedesigns.ctmh.com  If you have questions or need any help with your order - please do not hesitate to contact us!

I had to break in the middle of the mixer project to finish a Halloween card that I had started so here it is!

Isn't it cute?!  A fun card to make!

I will have the sample fonts cut and will be back on with our boring mixer project tomorrow night.  Thank you for viewing today. Hope to see you tomorrow. If you have any questions just drop us a message and we will be happy to answer.  Have a great evening!

Today's card and the stamp that gave the inspiration!!!

HOLIDAYS from the Heart - Choose a FREE "Star" item for every order of $100 or more this holiday season!  Contact me today or order yours at http://leegwynnedesigns.ctmh.com

Just arrived today from the Close To My Heart HOLIDAYS FROM THE HEART catalog are these beautiful Christmas stamp sets.  The holiday themed paper packs are from the Fall/Winter design catalog and you can view both catalogs at http://leegwynnedesigns.ctmh.com   Check back soon to see new designs for the upcoming holiday season with these and other products from Close To My Heart.

This whimsical Halloween side step card was made with the help of Cricut Happy Hauntings and Create a Critter 2 cartridges.  I had so much fun making this card and it was very easy!

Check back tomorrow when I will be showing some new stamp sets by Close To My Heart.  Just in time for the holiday season. Thank you for viewing. See you soon!!

The weather is great here at the beach. No stamping or crafting today just time with family and regrouping from the rush of card orders.  Back at it tomorrow with new cards and tags in time for Halloween.  Have a great evening everyone!!!

Using the new Close To My Heart stamp Bountiful Season with embossing powder this card comes to life.