Kristina Baldwin Making fun 3-D projects truly is a piece of cake with CTMH’s *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge! At last weekend’s Holiday Extravaganza, we had a whole cake made up of these darling & tasty (inside there were yummy homemade truffles!) cake slices. If you were lucky enough to attend and get a slice…congrats! If not, there’s … Read more Piece of Cake with Cricut Artiste
At Saturday’s Holiday Extravaganza, one of the projects I designed was creating a handstamped candle. It was a HIT! For many, it was their first time using our *NEW* Alcohol Markers. If you haven’t tried them yet, I encourage you to watch this short video to learn more about them. And even if you have … Read more Alcohol Marker Madness
So last week was a rough one at the Baldwin household. Cold season hit us in full-force. The first cold of the season slowly worked it’s way through our family taking a single victim at a time. By the end of the week when it was time for me to make a dessert to bring … Read more Easy Pumpkin Bars w/ Cream Cheese Frosting
Even though Studio J® is fast and easy to use, it is helpful to know some great tricks that can make customizing your layouts even more exciting. Here are some Studio J tricks straight from our professional Close To My Heart artists: 1. Customize your background and texture paper. You can change the color and … Read more Studio J Tricks
Here’s a sparkly Christmas card made using this month’s Stamp of the Month—Very Merry Christmas! This is one of the projects my Stamp Club is making this month. It uses 2 of our *NEW* ribbons–the Slate Satin Polka-Dot and the Silver Shimmer Trim (LOVE this stuff with it’s adhesive backing!!)
As promised, here’s another fun idea where you can use Studio J in a different way! Create Subway Art! That’s right, just select the empty layout theme and then design and create to your heart’s content. After I had it printed and shipped, I added some of the Moonlight Complements Dimensional Elements to create a … Read more Studio J: Halloween Subway Art
With this month’s special…purchase 9 Studio J layouts, get 1 FREE, it’s a great time to think outside the box on creating digital scrapbook layouts. I created this Moonlight Memory Match Game as part of my Extravaganza teaching this summer at CTMH’s Convention. I wanted to show how you could do more than just traditional digital … Read more Studio J: Moonlight Memory Match Game
Thinking of making handmade Halloween cards this year? How about something quick & easy as well as stinkin’ cute!? It’s as easy as cutting out a jack-o-lantern face from CTMH‘s *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge! I just took a piece of textured Autumn Terracotta CS (now retired), sanded it a bit to expose that texture and … Read more Simple Pumpkins with CTMH’s Cricut Artiste
Today’s card was designed by Erin D. I love how she incorporated the technique of using Cricut hearts folded to make a flower (step-by-step instructions found in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book on page 49.) So easy and so pretty! It also features the Pemberley Paper Collection as well as the Casual Expressions Stamp Set.
This week’s episode of Clearly the Best “Terrific Two-Tone” features base & shade stamping for a terrific two-tone look. Check it out…
Autumn officially began on Saturday. And for me, there are two things that just scream Autumn….leaves and candles. So why not put the two of them together with an Autumn Handstamped Candle?!? Another view…
Ready for the 3rd episode of Clearly the Best: Stamping With Close To My Heart? Here it is. Spanning the Space features tips and tricks for stamping across multiple surfaces. Enjoy!
Here’s a card I made with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Fall Favorites. It’s such a darling set and all the gals in my Stamp Club enjoyed using our *NEW* Alcohol-Based Markers to color in the scarecrow image.
This past weekend my son and daughter turned 6-years-old. I truly thought my days of being able to do a joint themed birthday party for them was going to be over by now. I mean how can you get a totally girly-girl who loves pink, princesses and all things frilly to agree with a boy … Read more Carnival Party: Fish in a Bag Soap
I completely missed watching last week’s episode of Clearly the Best, Stamping with Close To My Heart so I thought I’d share it here with you in case your week was just as busy as mine and you missed it, too! Last week’s “The Swipe Hype” featured the swiping stamping technique. With stamp swiping, you … Read more Clearly the Best: The Swipe Hype