​ I recently participated in a card swap with some very talented Close to My Heart consultants, and I was blown away by the creativity that they displayed! I wanted to share some of their art and give some inspiration and a head start on how they created some of the art. I know that the end of the year gets full of different holiday crafts, but they are truly worth a look and I hope that they serve as some inspiration for your day! The first card is by my very crafty guru (

This beautiful card is made by Rita Pfingsten. She is a great card artist and this card really pulls together the beautiful papers of the Chelsea Garden paper pack. I really like the layering of the different papers. One of the many things I love about the Close to my Heart paper packs is that the different papers all go together, so if you have different scraps you can use different ones than the ones that are shown. That being said, the Chelsea Gardens pack is fantastic

I wanted to remind everyone to make sure to pick up the January Stamp of the Month, and I received some cards that talented other Close to my heart consultants made and there was a fabulous card made by Janice Hodgkin. Janice did a fab job on the card, she used an inspiration from the volume 4 Make It From Your Heart how-to book - a book that is full of ideas for card layouts and how to achieve some great looks - and she used the heart thin cuts and the stamp of the month to