Do you love peanut butter? Then today is your day! Today is National Peanut Butter Day! In honor of the day, I thought I’d share this lovely card created by Deb for our Annual Crazy for Cards Event we hosted yesterday. I suggested she stuff Dove Chocolate Hearts into her heart “envelope.” But you know … Read more Happy National Peanut Butter Day!
January is an exciting month with Close To My Heart. There are many *NEW* and exciting things happening. First of all, January is National Papercrafting Month. To celebrate, CTMH is offering an exclusive Picture My Life (CTMH’s version of pocket scrapbooking) kit called Live Your Day–and it’s only $8.95!
This Live Your Day Collection coordinates beautifully with our *NEW* Everyday Life Planners that were just released last month.
Playing with watercolor paints is awesome–it’s like you can’t mess it up! Need a little more color, add it. Need less color, add some water. Plus, there are fun techniques you can do with the paints. The one I’ve done here–a Salt Watercolor Technique–uses Kosher salt. It’s super simple and just requires a little patience (or a craft heater works, too!)
Basically, you want to begin with Watercolor Paper.
Not only does January mark the start of a New Year, it also is the start of a *NEW* Close To My Heart Catalog! That’s right the Seasonal Expressions 1 is now current and full of fabulous new CTMH products.
This treasure trove of new product is only good thru April 2016. So don’t wait to check it out! You can see it online HERE. Or I’d be happy to send you a hard copy–just send me an EMAIL with your mailing address.
This card I created uses both the *NEW* My Anchor Stamp Set along with the *NEW* coordinating My Anchor Thin Cuts dies.
Happy New Year! Are you busy thinking about your resolution for the year? Or maybe you already decided before midnight struck and now are simply conquering your first day with the new resolution?
How about a new tradition? Instead of making Christmas/holiday cards to send out perhaps you wait until all the hustle and bustle is over and then create handmade New Year cards! It’d be a nice and unexpected card to receive in the mail, right?
Yes, you read that right! Close To My Heart’s November Stamp of the Month is geared toward preparing for the New Year–2016! While the stamp set definitely is designed for using in celebration of the new year, you can utilize it in other ways, too. It’d be great for layouts (nice little journaling lines!) or … Read more Cheers, 2016!
It’s 1 week until Halloween–the perfect time to send out some Halloween cards. Do you send out Halloween cards? You should! Here are 3 reasons you should send them out.
This Sunday, October 25th, is Mother-In-Law Day and what better way to celebrate the occasion than to make and send her a handmade card! Mother-in-Laws tend to get a bad reputation so this seems like a great “unofficial” holiday to celebrate, don’t you think?
For this card, I decided to use our *NEW* Square Diffuser so that I could make the sentiment stand out a little more. The Diffusers are so fun (and easy!) to use.
Another fun technique to try with the Blossoming Expressions Stamp Set I used on this card is Second Generation Stamping. It’s the perfect way to get the most out of your stamp pads.
Each month Close To My Heart features a specific paper collection. This month we are featuring the *NEW* Sangria Paper Pack. Sangria is the perfect choice for Fall. It has beautiful, rich hues that scream autumn. But as Rose Mary S. shows in the card she sent me, this paper collection is stunning no … Read more Sangria is Perfect for Fall
It’s time to start crafting for Halloween! With Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Nevermore Paper Pack, you’ve got some great paper options. But as you’ll see in this video, you can use this same paper to craft for events beyond Halloween.
Did you celebrate National Coffee Day yesterday? I meant to share this cute card I received from Deann B. yesterday in celebration of the day–isn’t it totally perfect for the day?!? And not only is it super cute, it’s really quick and easy to make with Close To My Heart’s newest Cricut Collection–Artistry! I love … Read more Cricut Artistry Card for National Coffee Day
It’s getting to be that exciting, fast-paced time of year! Halloween is right around the corner, then before we know it Thanksgiving will be here and then Christmas will have come and gone in a blink of an eye!
It’s hard to believe that it’s less than 2 weeks until my annual Holiday Extravaganza Event (always a favorite–we sold out weeks before the RSVP deadline this year!) But even more unimaginable is that it’s time for my annual 12 Weeks of Christmas campaign.
That’s right, it’s time for the 12 Weeks of Christmas!
Can you believe there are only a few more days of National Stamping Month? October will be here next week! I can’t believe it. If you haven’t had a chance to get your hands on one (or all 3!) of CTMH’s exclusive National Stamping Month Stamp Sets–Hello, Life, don’t delay much longer.
These stamps sets pair together so well. Even though they each were designed with a specific type of crafting in mind (cardmaking, scrapbooking and pocket scrapbooking) the images contained in each set are perfect complements to each other.
For this particular card, I used both the Pocket Scrapbooking and the Scrapbooking Hello, Life Stamp Sets.
Close To My Heart’s September Stamp of the Month is absolutely beautiful! The Paper Garden Stamp Set comes with 9 unique images for making stunning cards, layouts or other home decor pieces. As is true with every Stamp of the Month, if you spend $50, you can get this stamp set for only $5!! Would … Read more Paper Garden Card
Tomorrow is National Swap Ideas Day! It’s a day that encourages people to share creative or helpful ideas–perfect for us crafters, right?!? So I thought it’d be fun to do an online card swap. We can virtually swap card projects with each other. Sounds fun, right? Here is my ‘swap’ for you: