I know, I know school is just beginning so why the heck am I doing a post about graduation now? Well, truth be told, the summer just flew by before I could even stop and think about sharing all the great ideas we did at our Kindergarten Graduation Party last spring. But they were so … Read more Kindergarten Graduation
It’s that time of year again…back to school! Some schools in the area are already back in school. Ours starts next week and, if you can believe it, my kids are excited for it to start! Maybe it’s still a novelty to them! There’s a new stamp set called School Years that is absolutely … Read more School Days Card
I truly love this amazing card I created for our Summer Celebration a few weeks ago. For one thing–the stamp set I used–called Love This (really!) is so BEAUTIFUL. I love the font the sentiments are written in–so pretty. But I also love how I was able to use a cut from the *NEW* … Read more Love This Amazing Card
I made this fun little box to hold chocolates, using the Cricut Artiste cartridge . And it’s true, I never met a chocolate I didn’t like!
If you know me and my crafting habits, you know two things…1.) I almost always add sponging to my projects and 2.) my favorite CTMH color is Cocoa. It’s true. It always seems to find a way into my projects…it looks so good with any color! It’s great with Cranberry! It’s great with … Read more Cocoa – My Goto Color!
By now I’m sure everyone has heard the news–but just in case you haven’t, Close To My Heart has another *NEW* exclusive Cricut Cartridge! The new collection is called Artbooking. And here is a look at the amazing 700 images you can cut with it (Can you believe it? Another 700 images!!!) … Read more Cricut Artbooking–Are You Ready?!?
Close To My Heart is teaming up with Big Picture Classes again to bring you a live webcast with step-by-step instructions for making this layout using the *NEW* Cricut Artbooking collection (available August 1st!!) The FREE webcast will air this Wednesday–July 31 at 7:00 pm (MDT). During the presentation, you’ll learn to make several projects … Read more Another Pajama Party!
This simple product was one I was so excited about when Close To My Heart debuted them last summer. The Hook & Loop Dots are a nice small size and already come with adhesive backing. Watch this short 3-minute video to discover the ease of creating a temporary closure on a papercrafting piece with Hook … Read more Hook & Loop Closures
A great time was had at our crop this past Saturday! Thanks to everyone who joined us! A fun part of each crop is our station name “card.” For our Spring crops, we generally do a little flower pot complete with a little flower cut from our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Then we have a … Read more Fun Scrapbooking Crop
This fun pinwheel card was created with this month’s Stamp of the Month called Pinwheel. It’s a set of 10 images and is perfect for every day celebrations, birthdays and simple summer fun! And best of all, it coordinates with the Cricut Artiste Collection so you can have perfect cuts with perfect stamping–simple “wowie” … Read more Let’s Celebrate Pinwheels Card
The papers in Close To My Heart’s Dream Pop Promotion for National Scrapbooking Month are so delightful and fun. The patterns and *NEW* colors are fresh and on trend, but I also love the *NEW* “pop” to the cardstock. Check out the fun embossed look and feel to those tulips! This project was … Read more Dream Pop Papers are in Bloom!
Here’s a cheery card, made using the My Sunshine stamp set. And here’s a closer look:
I’m finally ahead of the game on something! I made this fun mini summer scrapbook album and now all I’ll need to do is add photos and journaling from this summer and the memories will be captured and complete in no time at all! The album is completely from scratch…I used some thin chipboard … Read more Mini Summer Scrapbook Album
{PHOTOS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR PUBLICATION…I apologize for any inconvenience; photos will return after the publication hits the stores} One of the projects we created this month at Stamp Club was this gorgeous Mother’s Day Treat Holder. I had a request to create a project for Mother’s Day using the Cricut Artiste flowers and this … Read more Mother’s Day Treat Bag
I thought today I could show you a project I created with the Perfect Fit-Mom Stamp Set–a Mother’s Day card. And I should point out, that this stamp set has coordinating images that work with the Cricut Artiste Collection (awesome!) Pretty, right? Here are the supplies I used to make it: Perfect Fit-Mom Stamp Set … Read more Happy Mother’s Day Card