Kristina Baldwin Today I’m sharing a final sample of the May Stamp of the Month—You’ve Got a Friend. This card utilizes an overlay from CTMH’s latest Cricut Collection–Artbooking. It makes for a nice background and is so easy to do! The sentiment is stamped twice–in two different colors and then the ‘me’ portion is cut out and … Read more You’ve Got a Friend
I was in the mood to create a simple and clean-looking card and as luck would have it, I had a bunch of random scraps left over from the Free To Be Me Paper Collection–perfect! Creating the card was a matter of matting the papers, using a little 3-D foam tape to make the sentiment … Read more It’s All Good Card
There’s only a few more days left of May which means there are only a few more days to get the You’ve Got a Friend Stamp of the Month. I figured I’d post a couple more samples made with this set this week. This card was created using the Julilee Paper Pack–super simple and quick … Read more You Are the Best-Jubilee Style
I’ve been playing with CTMH’s Free To Be Me Paper Collection lately (it’s in celebration of National Scrapbooking Month) and I designed this fun interactive spinner card using some of the patterned paper and cardstock from the collection. If you haven’t seen the papers yet, I took this quick picture to show off how beautiful … Read more Free To Be Me Spinner Card
Stuck in a stamping rut? Get some tips and tricks on popular, time-saving stamping and general papercrafting techniques, and learn more about how to receive May’s fabulous Stamp of the Month set from Close To My Heart for only $5 in this quick 3-minute video. Enjoy!
In honor of May being National Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart’s freebie this month was a set of beautiful scrapbook accents in soft, pastel watercolors. Rather than use it on a scrapbook page, I took this accent and created a quick and easy card–just a bunch of paper layering (Balloon Ride Paper Packet) with … Read more Pastel Embellishments
A super quick and easy way to do the resist technique with your projects is by using Close To My Heart’s Irresistibles. I love these accessories because they are so simple to use and they pack a nice punch. But the sad thing is they don’t stand out much in the catalog or online–because they … Read more Quick & Easy Resist Technique
Does creating handmade cards make you smile? Yes? Me too! Here’s a simple card to make someone else smile.
Last week we celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week at my kids’ school. Another parent and I organized what we would do each day for the teachers and staff. For Monday, we asked families to contribute a food item for a buffet lunch. We tried to structure it so we would have a nice balance of items … Read more Teacher Appreciation Week
Learn how you can use CTMH’s Cricut Artbooking cartridge to decorate picture-perfect pennant frames. From flowers to snowflakes to titles, you will love the versatility, ease and look of these artistic embellishments. In four short minutes you’ll be inspired to create your own pennant frame!
This May Stamp of the Month (“You’ve Got a Friend“) card mixes some old with some new for a fun, fresh look. I used the now retired Later Sk8r Paper Collection (love the greens, blues and greys in it!) with the *NEW* Teal Shimmer Trim along with the Aqua Dots and the “You are the … Read more You’re the Best Stamp of the Month Card
Have you noticed how throughout CTMH’s Idea Book they have various creations that have a little circles that say “Online Video Project” next to them? Whenever you see these, you can watch a video to learn the tricks for creating that project. Page 105 has an AMAZING layout that I loved as soon as I … Read more Tools for Tasteful Scrapbook Pages
Close To My Heart has exclusive Cricut Collections that you can use to make great projects. You can choose from our four collections–each contains a total of 700 images along with 3 coordinating stamp sets and 3 coordinating chipboard sheets of shapes. There’s the newest collection–Artbooking: And here are a few project samples from this collection… OR there’s … Read more Cricut Collections – Artbooking and Artiste
Here’s a fun Spring themed project you can make using the CTMH Cricut Artiste Collection. The inspiration was all the beautiful blooming daffodils outside. I cut the box, the flower, the pennant banner and the grass border out on the Artiste cartridge. I embossed the box and then sanded it to get a little more … Read more Artiste Flower Treat Tube
This Mother’s Day album is such a fabulous project and a very special gift to give to your mother this Mother’s Day. You can create your own heartfelt Mother’s Day gift complete with photos, embellishments, and sweet sentiments using the My Creations™ Hip Pics album and the My Acrylix™ Mother’s Day stamp set from Close … Read more Mother’s Day Mini Album