Kristina Baldwin Watch this short 3 minute video to see how you can easily capture memories on the go with our *NEW* My Crush Books from Close To My Heart. In this video you’ll see the fun and funky books you can quickly preserve ticket stubs, paybills, receipts and other everyday memorabilia–along with the great accessories that beautifully … Read more Find It. Crush It. Love It.
Today’s share is my first sample using September’s Stamp of the Month—Poster Tidings. The set comes with 2 different subway art type images–one for Autumn and one for Winter. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s closer to Autumn or what, but I’m gravitating more toward that image! Note to self: must create more … Read more Autumn Poster Tidings Card
It’s a Pirate Birthday Party for my twins this year. First of all, I’m shocked that I’m still able to do a joint party–since they are boy/girl twins. But more shocking to me is that my daughter is the one who chose this year’s theme! My son was more than happy to go along … Read more Pirate Birthday Party Favors
Close To My Heart’s September Stamp of the Month—Poster Tidings–is the perfect one-step approach to the ever-trendy subway art. You can not only capture those autumn moments, but the winter ones, too! Plus, at only $5 it’s a great bargain, too. Remember, it’s only available during the month of September. To get your Poster Tidings … Read more Poster Tidings
It’s September…National Stamping Month! And Close To My Heart has a magnificent special for you ALL month long! It’s not just one fabulous set…or even two…it’s THREE fabulous & unique stamp sets. A set of alphabets, another of fun sentiments and finally another of darling images–all meant to be used on their own or to … Read more Happy National Stamping Month!
I still remember how excited I was when Close To My Heart introduced their Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors. It most definitely is one of those “must-have” tools that every paper crafter should have (in my opinion!!) Earlier this week CraftCritique.com did a review on these handy scissors. Here is what it had to say: Review | … Read more Review of Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors
I made this gift box at my annual Holiday Extravaganza class. We tackled 3 holidays in one day…Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas! I love the stars on this project, and the colors compliment each other perfectly.
Have you heard the news? Close To My Heart has re-introduced several hand-drawn images from the days of D.O.T.S. (“Dozens of Terrific Stamps“) as part of Jeanette Lynton’s Archive Collection. This is the first time these stamp sets will be in acrylic and they are only available for a limited time. It’s sort of … Read more Retro Stamps from the Days of D.O.T.S.
Enhance your lettering and other embellishments by using the *NEW* Ombre Technique. See how it’s done with some fun Close To My Heart products and a lot of creativity. It is so awesome and SO easy!!
Since I shared the details of our Kindergarten Graduation Celebration yesterday, I figured today would be a good day to share our End of the Year Teacher Gifts. I created the ever popular Teacher Crayon Monograms for each of the teachers. (the Crayon Monogram Tutorial is my most popular post!) I then got some … Read more End of the Year Teacher Gifts
I know, I know school is just beginning so why the heck am I doing a post about graduation now? Well, truth be told, the summer just flew by before I could even stop and think about sharing all the great ideas we did at our Kindergarten Graduation Party last spring. But they were so … Read more Kindergarten Graduation
You’ll love Close To My Heart’s latest enhancements to stamping. Watch this short 4-minute video to see what the new stamp set happenings are including updates to Workshops on the Go stamps, E-size sets, mini stamp sets and exciting “retro” stamps from Jeanette’s archive.
Today I’m sharing another card idea with this month’s Stamp of the Month–A Chocolate Affair. It came together quite quickly with just a little paper piecing (which for the record, I almost never do–but it really does add a nice “realistic” touch to the sundae!) Supplies used: S1308 A Chocolate Affair Stamp Set X7173B … Read more Sundae Chocolate Affair Card
It’s that time of year again…back to school! Some schools in the area are already back in school. Ours starts next week and, if you can believe it, my kids are excited for it to start! Maybe it’s still a novelty to them! There’s a new stamp set called School Years that is absolutely … Read more School Days Card
I truly love this amazing card I created for our Summer Celebration a few weeks ago. For one thing–the stamp set I used–called Love This (really!) is so BEAUTIFUL. I love the font the sentiments are written in–so pretty. But I also love how I was able to use a cut from the *NEW* … Read more Love This Amazing Card