Kristina Baldwin 
Have you seen Close To My Heart’s newest catalog yet? The Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog is now live and is packed with so many wonderful new products that your wish list will be full in a matter of minutes as you do your initial look through it!
A fun collection of *NEW* items that stood out to me was the Calypso Paper Pack. Doesn’t it just scream “Summer, here I come!”
Happy Monday! For the start of another week, I thought this tutorial on how to make a paper wreath was perfect. As an added bonus, this wreath is SO easy to make and will take you no time at all to finish. Watch this short 4-minute video to see how you can make your own.
May is National Scrapbooking Month and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate!
All month long you can grab yourself either the Happy Times Paper Pack or the Happy Times Stamp Set–OR get both!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day & Week! This year our school’s Teacher Appreciation Committee chose to do a garden theme for the week’s festivities. So in keeping with that, I decided to do a Calla Lily Card with the students.
I punched out enough white cardstock circles for each student to write an adjective they thought best described our teacher. I did a tri-fold with each to create a calla lily shape and glued them down onto a Juniper Cardstock card base with a Glue Dot so that each could still be opened. I drew in some stems using our ShinHan Sap Green Alcohol Marker where they could be seen and then attached a bow using CTMH’s Thistle Extra Thick Twine (I untwisted the twine to get a softer look to the bow before I affixed it using a Glue Dot.)
Like cameras? How about vintage cameras? Well then, you are going to love Close To My Heart’s April Stamp of the Month—Life in Pictures!
This set of 13 images has a wonderfully classic feel to it with a variety of vintage style cameras and fun coordinating sentiments.
Recently, my kids’ class put on a production of Seussical Jr. They did an AMAZING job. It was impressive to see how the kids not only learned their own lines and songs, but those of the other characters, too!
Step one was deciding if they wanted to try out for one of the roles or to be part of the set design and/or creating the costumes. My son wanted to be Horton and my daughter wanted to be Mrs. Mayor. So they both did their tryouts and were selected for their chosen roles…yay!
Step two was deciding if they wanted the costume crew to create their costumes for them or if they wanted to do them on their own. They chose the latter. Now it was time to put on my thinking cap for the Horton costume. I felt doing Mrs. Mayor would be simple enough–just some bright clothes and a sash saying Mrs. Mayor would suffice.
One of the projects we created at this month’s Technique Time Class was this fun “Happy” Turkish Fold Card.
There’s a real simplicity to the card, but then when you open it up, it has a wonderful “wow” factor!
What better way to start a Monday than with a super simple card design!?! With the *NEW* My Reflections Paper Packets from the Seasonal Expressions 1, you get 2 sheets of pre-printed cards. These cards, while designed to be perfect for Pocket Scrapbooking, also can make some ridiculously easy cards, too! For this particular card, … Read more Simple Penelope Card
Cue the music (“Baby, I’m worth it. Uh huh, I’m worth it. Gimme gimme I’m worth it…”) This month is a GREAT time to sign up and become a Close To My Heart Consultant.
Not only is there a *NEW* lower price–only $75 for the Consultant Kit (which contains over $200 in product & supplies); you also get $50 in Select Product Credit to select the things YOU want for YOUR business! Pretty awesome, right?
But wait, there’s more!
It’s the final few days to get your hands on this month’s Stamp of the Month—Sunshine Birdies. This sweet little stamp set has such a fun whimsical feel to it–from the font of the sentiments to the cheerful birds and butterflies. I used CTMH’s Cricut Art Philosophy to create the base to my card–I thought … Read more You are My Sunshine Card
Happy Easter! Before the day was over, I wanted to share the cute little Easter baskets I made for my kids this year. They are a twist on one I’ve created before but they turned out so super cute with this year’s *NEW* Spring Critters Stamp Set and coordinating Thin Cuts dies.
Look at how easy it is to get a nice image with the coordinating die for this stamp set–I’m so in love with these sets and can’t wait to see what new ones CTMH releases in their May Seasonal Expressions 2!
Today’s share is a unique twist on a Gift Card Holder. I used a brown lunch bag! I cut it at 3″ keeping the base folded up to create my pocket.
Instead of adhering the sides closed to create the pocket, I simply made a belly band that I secured to the back of the bag.
Then the fun started!
It’s an amazing time to be a stamper! During the month of March when you purchase two CTMH stamp sets, you get a 3rd one FREE! Plus, there is no limit to this offer. Purchase 4 stamp sets, get 2 FREE. Purchase 6, get 3 FREE. And to sweeten the deal, Close To My Heart … Read more Stampaganza–Buy 2, Get 1 FREE!
Did you find any leprechauns yesterday? Did you set up a trap but didn’t catch any of the sneaky fellas? Maybe you need to try out a pair of Leprechaun Binoculars! This year I wanted to try something a little different. Each year the kids and I have made a leprechaun trap since the kids were really … Read more Leprechaun Binoculars