Kristina Baldwin 
Happy Halloween! Today I have a Halloween treat for you…a FREE scrapbook layout pattern. You could use this pattern to scrapbook your Halloween photos from today. OR you could also get ahead of the game and use some traditional holiday colors and have some holiday layouts ready! These layout designs are timeless and will work … Read more A Halloween Treat
It’s the final 2 days to take advantage of CTMH’s October Specials. First, there is the October Stamp of the Month: Christmas Tunes. You can get this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying $50 order. That’s a savings of $12.95! Here’s a cute card created with this set. I received this card from … Read more Last Call for CTMH October Specials!
Have you seen the cover of Close To My Heart’s Seasonal Expressions Catalog? It’s got a darling Christmas Village on it. So cute that many have been asking how they can create their very own Christmas village! Well, today Close To My Heart has answered the many, many requests on their blog. The winter … Read more A DIY Christmas Village Tutorial
Are you local to the San Jose area? If so, you should mark your calendar and plan to get some holiday shopping done early! Plus, if you are one of the first 50 shoppers to arrive, you get yourself a *FREE* Goody Bag filled with a wonderful surprise from each of the 16 vendors at … Read more Holiday Boutique
It’s one week until Halloween. If you are looking for a fun project to do with the kids that’s a little different than the traditional pumpkin carving–then this is your answer! These Melted Crayon Pumpkins are super easy and are so cool to create. The supplies you’ll want are: White or Tiger Striped Pumpkin (or … Read more Melted Crayon Pumpkin Tutorial
Halloween is a little less than 2 weeks away…are you ready for it?! Today I thought I’d share a really quick and easy Halloween project idea. It’s a Halloween gift bag created with Close To My Heart’s Cats & Bats Collection. I found some cute little gift bags in black and orange at Michaels and … Read more A Cute & Simple Halloween Gift Bag
This month Close To My Heart is trying to give more to Operation Smile–the organization they’ve supported for nearly a decade. In fact, just this weekend while I was at a scrapbooking retreat hosted by Close To My Heart, we raised nearly $10,000 through an auction. It was enough to save a mission to Mexico … Read more Punny Pals Halloween Boxes
As promised, here is another fun project using the Cats & Bats Scrapbooking Stamp Set + Thin Cuts dies. This Booo Box Card is not only a card but a fun treat, too! I had a lot of fun using both CTMH’s *NEW* Silver Foil Paper and Vellum Paper. Each had a great effect when … Read more Booo Box Card
Today’s card is a fun one. It has just the right amount of technique to it as well as simplicity in it’s design. This particular card is one I received from Jamie B. in our holiday card swap. I love that she embossed the spider webs. It gives it so much more dimension while still … Read more October 31st Halloween Card
This month Close To My Heart is doing some AMAZING things to support Operation Smile. The last few years (actually nearly a decade!) Close To My Heart has offered an exclusive stamp set to support this wonderful organization. With the purchase of each of these stamp sets, $7 is given to help fund surgeries to … Read more Share a Smile Card Kit
Halloween isn’t here yet, but you’re sure to find Christmas decorations and crafting supplies already in the stores. So how would you feel about some Christmas Tunes? Maybe a Christmas Tunes Stamp Set from Close To My Heart? You guessed it! This month’s Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month is called Christmas Tunes. … Read more Christmas Tunes Stamp of the Month
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Attention all Cricut lovers! It was just announced that Cricut will no longer be making physical Cricut cartridges. What does this mean for you? Well, if you’ve been eyeing one of Close To My Heart’s exclusive Cricut Collections but haven’t yet pulled the trigger and purchased it, NOW is the time to act! As … Read more Physical Cricut Cartridges are Retiring!
Happy National Coffee Day! In honor of the day, I made up this fun card to celebrate. I love the combination of Glacier and Peacock together. It went together pretty easy as I was able to cut out the darling coffee cup using CTMH’s Cricut Artistry Collection along with the *NEW* Block Alphabet Thin Cuts dies. … Read more Happy National Coffee Day