Sunday, April 25, 2021
Sympathy card
Wanted to share with you a Sympathy card made with Lovely paper x8015B found in the Core catalog. I used the hexagon stitched shape. The saying can be anything. Hope you like it.
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Joyful stars Feb post
Hello everyone, I regret to inform you that our monthly blog hop will be ending, I will be posting on the 9th every month and I hope you will continue to follow me. I have been with Close to my heart for 26 years and I still get excited with new products and new ways to use those products,
Today I would like to share with you my favorite stamp set in the Jan/Feb catalog. z3917 Page 34. I also like a lot of other things and our paper is best if seen in person.
The paper from this set is the mix-in papers, always a good compliment to any of the featured paper packs, I added some iridescent confetti to the sky on the one above. On the one below I just put a white glitter snowflake in his hand. The scallop is a zip strip from the same paper pack. X9023Quick easy card.........
I think this made the cutest Anniversary card for my daughter and husband (8 yrs,)
Sorry the picture is not that good, but see how cute they are!
I hope you enjoyed this artwork and if you want to see live videos on my facebook private group, just go to my private FB page @ Joyce Houck Close To My Heart and ask to join. You can also email me at StampN4Joy@aol.com.
Monday, November 9, 2020
Nov Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Now it's time to hop to my friend Nancy's blog and see her beautiful artwork.
Friday, October 9, 2020
October blog hop
Welcome to our monthly Joyful Stars blog hop. Every month we share with you what we have been working on. So at the end of each blog, look for the highlighted name and click on it to hop to the next blog. You will get back to this blog and we hope we have inspired you to create your own projects.
This month I want to show you some of the cards I made using our NEW Distress Oxide inks. The possibilities are endless. There are many techniques and I hope to show them on my future videos on my FB page.
The two cards on the left are using the October stamp of the month.
Distress Oxide ink make the backgrounds very bright. Top right cards is a shaker card, yes we now have heart shape shaker die cuts and foam, also star shapes.
This card is not one of the four cards, I black embossed the Oct SOM heart and filled it in with Distress Oxide inks, the background was embossed in white and sponged with peacock feathers.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Oct blog hop

Joyful Stars October blog hopWelcome to our monthly blog hop. You will hop from one blog to another until you get back here. There is a list of bloggers at the end of this post in case you get lost. So look for the highlighted name at the bottom of each post and click on it and hop to the next post. Enjoy!
Fall is in the air and it's time to enjoy the beauty of the changing leaves and everything that goes with Autumn. I would like to share with you what I have been making. Most months it's hard to pick just one and the same goes for this month.
Thanks for stopping by.
Remember the York Stamp Expo is this weekend, Fri and Sat 9-5pm See post below for more info.
Now it's time to hop over to see what my friend Lori has made for this month.
Here is a list of bloggers
Joyce Houck Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Lori Meadows CraftyMeadows.blogspot.com
Back to Joyce Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Monday, August 12, 2019
Friday, August 9, 2019
Aug blog hop
Hi Everyone, Welcome to our monthly Blog Hop. Look for the highlighted name at the bottom of each post and click on it until you make it back to where you started. Every month we hope to inspire you to create beautiful handmade paper crafts. Enjoy!
This month I want to share some old and new,( just a peek) We will be retiring a lot of products at the end of August, so don't hestitate grab them now before they are gone,
Now it's time to hop to the other Joyce in this group and see what she has created. Happy hopping.
Keep hopping until you get back here, if you get lost here are the links:
Joyce Houck Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Back to Joyce Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
July blog hop
Welcome to our monthly blog hop, Can you believe it's July already? We would like to inspire you to make some fun things. I have been busy making cake decorations, baby cards, graduation cards and some new thin cuts cards that have so many possibilities.


Joyce Houck Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com
Saturday, June 29, 2019
weekend special
The two bottom sets are only $12.32 each These are not in the catalog and only available this weekend........
If you want any of these Just let me know, I will be ordering all weekend. Or go to my website and order.
Sunday, June 9, 2019
June blog hop
Welcome to our June Blog hop. You will see some great ideas from other consultant that inspire you to create with our Close to My Heart products.
The second card was made with Sweet girl paper Z7246b on page 18, our new embossing folder called Flower garden on page 127.
The thin cut lace border was used to make the trim. Ps When I made this card last week this set was available from the last catalog, now it's gone. So if you see anything you want grab before it's gone.
































