Fall will be swooping in before we know it, and there is no better way to welcome in crispy breezes and falling leaves than with the August Stamp of the Month, What a Hoot! When you place an order of $50 or more, these festive fowls can join your aviary for only $5! The quirky … Read more What a Hoot August Stamp of the Month
Need a quick and simple hello card to send to a friend? Today’s card is just that! The fun and whimsical letters contained in this month’s Stamp of the Month make it easy to create any sentiment you need for your cards (or perfect titles for scrapbook layouts!) The longest part of making this card … Read more Hello Circus Alphabet Card
The fun and artsy font of CTMH’s July Stamp of the Month—Circus Alphabet–is perfect for a birthday card. This birthday card is so quick to put together with the help of the Cricut Artiste Collection. Using the bright and cheerful papers from the Lollydoodle Paper Pack along with some Flamingo Dots and Bitty Sparkles makes … Read more Circus Alphabet Birthday Card
Here’s a July Stamp of the Month card (Circus Alphabet) made using the lower case font to create a patterned paper done with the tone-on-tone technique. It also uses the negative piece from a heart shape cut from the Cricut Artiste Collection. Add in some fun embellishments (Aqua Dots, Washi Tape and separated Burlap Ribbon) … Read more Circus Alphabet Stamp of the Month Card
It’s July–already! That means a *NEW* Stamp of the Month is now available from Close To My Heart. This month’s Stamp of the Month–Circus Alphabet with it’s funky letters are perfect for creating titles and sentiments or for adding some bold, beautiful backgrounds to your projects. Watch this short 2-minute video to be inspired!
Today’s card was created using one of CTMH’s Hostess Rewards Stamp sets. It was a favorite of mine as soon as I saw it. I remember when I was a little girl and I absolutely adored unicorns. I had stickers, posters, figurines–you name it–I probably had it! And it seems like we’ve gone full circle … Read more Unicorn Dreams Card
It’s a new month which means another *NEW* Stamp of the Month! (It’s hard to believe it’s already June, huh!?!) This month’s stamp set–Kaboom–is perfect for preparing for next month’s celebrations. You can use it to create cards, craft some home decor or even get your 4th of July layouts done before you even take … Read more Kaboom Stamp of the Month
Today I’m sharing a final sample of the May Stamp of the Month—You’ve Got a Friend. This card utilizes an overlay from CTMH’s latest Cricut Collection–Artbooking. It makes for a nice background and is so easy to do! The sentiment is stamped twice–in two different colors and then the ‘me’ portion is cut out and … Read more You’ve Got a Friend
I was in the mood to create a simple and clean-looking card and as luck would have it, I had a bunch of random scraps left over from the Free To Be Me Paper Collection–perfect! Creating the card was a matter of matting the papers, using a little 3-D foam tape to make the sentiment … Read more It’s All Good Card
There’s only a few more days left of May which means there are only a few more days to get the You’ve Got a Friend Stamp of the Month. I figured I’d post a couple more samples made with this set this week. This card was created using the Julilee Paper Pack–super simple and quick … Read more You Are the Best-Jubilee Style
I’ve been playing with CTMH’s Free To Be Me Paper Collection lately (it’s in celebration of National Scrapbooking Month) and I designed this fun interactive spinner card using some of the patterned paper and cardstock from the collection. If you haven’t seen the papers yet, I took this quick picture to show off how beautiful … Read more Free To Be Me Spinner Card
Stuck in a stamping rut? Get some tips and tricks on popular, time-saving stamping and general papercrafting techniques, and learn more about how to receive May’s fabulous Stamp of the Month set from Close To My Heart for only $5 in this quick 3-minute video. Enjoy!
In honor of May being National Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart’s freebie this month was a set of beautiful scrapbook accents in soft, pastel watercolors. Rather than use it on a scrapbook page, I took this accent and created a quick and easy card–just a bunch of paper layering (Balloon Ride Paper Packet) with … Read more Pastel Embellishments
This May Stamp of the Month (“You’ve Got a Friend“) card mixes some old with some new for a fun, fresh look. I used the now retired Later Sk8r Paper Collection (love the greens, blues and greys in it!) with the *NEW* Teal Shimmer Trim along with the Aqua Dots and the “You are the … Read more You’re the Best Stamp of the Month Card
Close To My Heart has exclusive Cricut Collections that you can use to make great projects. You can choose from our four collections–each contains a total of 700 images along with 3 coordinating stamp sets and 3 coordinating chipboard sheets of shapes. There’s the newest collection–Artbooking: And here are a few project samples from this collection… OR there’s … Read more Cricut Collections – Artbooking and Artiste