Did you know that September is National Stamping Month? All month long you can celebrate by stamping beautiful creations. And if you really want to get into the spirit, you can celebrate on Saturday, September 17th–that’s National Stamping Day!
You know what would be a great way to celebrate? You could snag one of the exclusive *NEW* kits CTMH designed specifically for this month!
We’re on the tail end of August now and I just realized I haven’t shared any projects with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Purr-fect Halloween (gasp!)
This truly is a super cute stamp set. And if you like cats (like my daughter!) you will no doubt love this set.
Today was the first day of school for my kids. I was excited to pull out the sign I made several years ago–it’s the perfect photo prop as I made the portion that says “first day of school” on velcro so I also have a strip that says “last day of school” to pull out and use at the end of the year.
I figured with the start of a new adventure, today was also the perfect day to show off some fun cards made with Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Emojis Stamp Set.
Today marks one week until my kids head back to school. Wow. Summer went so FAST this year. If you’re also thinking about back to school and you’d like a fun way to give your child’s teacher a special note and possibly a gift card to start off the year (maybe for Starbucks or a … Read more Back to School Gift Card Holder
Did you know that Close To My Heart supports Operation Smile? They even offer an exclusive stamp set that donates $7–yep, $7 of the purchase price to Operation Smile to help children have surgeries to correct cleft palate and cleft lip (children who might otherwise never have access to this common service we each can unknowingly take for granted.)
It’s here…Close To My Heart’s 2016-2017 Annual Inspirations Idea Book/Catalog. It’s time to be inspired! There are so many wonderful *NEW* products.
First–you guessed it–a *NEW* exclusive Cricut Collection. Meet the Cricut Flower Market Collection!
Are you part of the Harry Potter frenzy? Did you pre-order your book? Or maybe you are heading to a launch party at midnight tonight?
We pre-ordered ours and should have it between midnight and 2 am thanks to Amazon Prime Now! My son, who is completely an “early to bed, early to rise” guy believes he will be able to stay awake until the book arrives!
In honor of the festivities, I whipped up this fun card using CTMH’s exclusive Cricut Artiste (retiring!) and Artistry Collections. The hardest (not really hard) part was paper piecing the tie together. Otherwise, with all the Cricut cuts it went together in a snap!
Did you know that the third Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day? Yep, that was yesterday! Did you celebrate? I not only celebrated with ice cream with my kids, but also played with this awesome Carnival Fun Stamp Set from Close To My Heart, along with the coordinating Carnival Fun Thin Cuts dies, to create this darling card.
Not only does talking about National Ice Cream Day allow me to share this adorable stamp set, but it also gives me the chance to showcase a super cool trick you can do with this particular set of Thin Cuts that you might not have thought to do before.
This card not only uses this month’s Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month—From the Notebook, but also several items that will be retiring at the end of this month. It’s a great time to snatch up these items before they are discontinued!
The first thing I did was cut out the notebook paper from the Cricut Artbooking Collection–I mean how could you pass up pairing the stamp set with this awesome cut!?!
Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Beyond Awesome Stamp Set is the perfect partner to the exclusive CTMH Cricut Artistry Collection. I love the powerful positive statements in the Beyond Awesome Set. And then you pair it with the cool ‘awesome frame’ from the Cricut Artistry Collection, and you have an amazing card! For this particular … Read more Beyond Awesome Artistry Card
This is one of the cards we created in this month’s Technique Time Class. It’s a great way to use your Thin Cuts Dies and get extra visual appeal with not a lot of extra effort! This *NEW* Carnival Fun Stamp Set with coordinating Carnival Fun Thin Cuts is just too cute & perfect … Read more Carnival Fun Popcorn Party Card
Today I thought I’d share a quick video showing you two great ways you can use your embossing folders with the use of some ink. Both are very similar, but with two entirely different looks. Close To My Heart is actually retiring several of their Embossing Folders this summer. Be sure to snatch up your … Read more New Ways to Use Your Embossing Folders
A quick share today on how to create a quick & easy card–perfect for when you’re in a pinch and need a card! Close To My Heart has revamped their paper collections to now include 2 sheets of pre-printed cards like our Picture My Life (“PML”–pocket scrapbooking) cards. While some of the cards are slightly … Read more Quick & Easy Handmade Card
This is one of the cards I made at this past weekend’s Crop. I was so into how well it was going together that I completely missed that when I adhered it to the card base, it was on the wrong way–as in instead of opening it from the right, it was from the left!! Yikes! And if that isn’t funny enough, another gal at the Crop did the very same thing shortly after it happened to me. It’s good to be reminded that we are all human, right?
This card showcases how well the exclusive Happy Times Paper Pack coordinates with the Happy Times Stamp Set. Clearly that was the intent, but it’s so fun when you can make them come together so seamlessly! I kept it very natural with soft hues using Juniper and Canary as my color selection. I added in … Read more Happy Times Free Standing Pop-Up Card