It’s that time of year again! Time for my Annual 12 Weeks of Christmas. Every Wednesday, I email out a holiday project complete with step-by-step instructions to all of my Mailing List Subscribers as a thank you. You get card ideas, holiday gift ideas and holiday wrapping ideas. It’s a great boost of inspiration to … Read more 12 Weeks of Christmas is Here
Today is the final day to grab your Close To My Heart September Stamp of the Month, Blessed Beyond Measure! It is such a beautiful stamp set. Here are 2 projects I created recently using the set. First up, a beautiful frame project. It’s a bunch of paper piecing using the Cricut Artbooking Collection (which … Read more Blessed Beyond Measure
Find all the crafting products you need for the holiday season in the 2016 Holiday Expressions Idea Book/Catalog from Close To My Heart.
This card is definitely too cute to spook! The *NEW* Monstrous Halloween Stamp Set and coordinating Thin Cuts are simply adorable. Tonight we made this card at my Technique Time Class. I figured this stamp set was perfect for creating a Double Z Fold Card. It turned out so cute! I can’t wait to try … Read more Monstrous Halloween Double Z Fold Card
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.
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.
Happy 4th of July!! This Stars & Stripes Banner is a direct result of my daughter telling me that we hadn’t decorated enough for Independence Day this year. An easy fix–create a quick banner using the Cricut!
Grab a few simple supplies…
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.)
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!
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
We’re closing in on St. Patrick’s Day! Here are a couple of quick and easy (and cute!) projects you can try out yourself. I made these cute (and simple!) cups. All you need are some green paper cups, Black Shimmer Trim, Gold Glitter Paper and 3-D Foam Tape. I carefully wrapped the Black Shimmer Trim … Read more St. Patrick’s Day Projects
Easter is right around the corner and you can’t do Easter without a cute basket, right? I thought this cute pattern contained in the Penelope Paper was perfect for creating a basket. It coordinated so well with the *NEW* Spring Critters Stamp Set that has a matching Thin Cuts set. Using the Zip Strip from … Read more An Easter Basket with a Twist
Still looking for that perfect Valentine’s Day card? Here’s one that is stunning and goes together quickly! Here are the supplies I used to create it: Mr. & Mrs. Stamp Set (C1621) La Vie En Rose Paper Packet (X7201B) Black Stamp Pad (Z2105) Whisper Stamp Pad (Z2172) Pomegranate Stamp Pad (Z2653) Black Shimmer Trim … Read more A Swoon Worthy Valentine’s Card