Today’s Make It Monday is this beautiful Heartfelt Christmas Wishes Card. It truly was so easy and quick to put together. The *NEW* Holly Embossing Folder+ Stencil made this card easy and stunning. I’m in love with the combination of embossing your paper and then following that up with a coordinating stencil. Using our Blending … Read more Heartfelt Christmas Wishes Card
This cute Merry Elf-mas Gift Tag is my October Mystery Project Kit. If you’re not familiar with this concept, it’s something I do each month. It’s an extra special way for me to thank those who make a Close To My Heart purchase with me. You never know what it will be each month. It … Read more Merry Elf-mas Gift Tag
It’s just a little over a week until Thanksgiving so I couldn’t resist making this Happy Turkey Day Card. I’ve been loving the *NEW* Happy Turkey Day Stamp + Thin Cuts from Close To My Heart. I don’t usually send out Thanksgiving cards but I absolutely love this sentiment and plan to do so this … Read more Happy Turkey Day Card
Are you ready to celebrate the holidays in either a snowy or beachy look? With Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Seas & Greetings Collection you can do just that! With our double-sided papers, you are able to choose what works best for your project–the winter patterns or the beachy patterns. Both are so great. I … Read more Holidays in Either a Snowy or Beachy Look
Today I have a friendly reminder for you–it’s Christmas Card time. If you haven’t started creating your cards for this year yet, now is the time. Today’s card is a perfect card for mass producing. Not only does it have a truly elegant look to it, it’s simple enough to create. It’s minimal stamping–which is … Read more It’s Christmas Card Time
Today I have this The Snuggle is Real Card to share. The stamp set I used on this card is part of a *NEW* Close To My Heart Special called From Me to You. There are 12 exclusive stamp sets all designed to create handmade tags for the holidays. This stamp set is called The … Read more The Snuggle is Real Card
As we head into the weekend and the final days to create for Halloween, I wanted to share my fun Trick or Treat Skeleton Card. This card showcases the Fa-BOO-lous Stamp Set so well. You get several images all put together in a fun way. From the first time I used this stamp set, I … Read more Trick or Treat Skeleton Card
For today’s Make It Monday I wanted to share a simple Christmas Card design. Now is a great time to start working on your holiday cards. And when you use a simple design, like I’ve done, it can make it go much smoother. Instead of using the Christmas Story Paper Collection–which clearly is for the … Read more A Simple Christmas Card Design
Today I’m sharing my September Mystery Project Kit–a Happy Turkey Day Treat! I used our *NEW* Happy Turkey Day Stamp + Thin Cuts to create it. This set is unique in that it doesn’t have coordinating dies for the stamp images. It is even better! There are darling stand alone dies to create a variety … Read more Happy Turkey Day Treat
Today is officially 3 weeks until Halloween and today’s Skeleton No Tricks Just Treats Card is the perfect card to create to celebrate. The card uses both the Fa-BOO-lous Paper Collection and the Fa-BOO-lous Stamp + Thin Cuts. This collection is SO fun to create with! And since today is Make It Monday, you know … Read more Skeleton No Tricks Just Treats Card
It’s time to get ready for the 12 Weeks of Christmas! We’re doing it again this year. Twelve project tutorials for the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas. And it’s right around the corner. Week 1 begins the first week of October. As long as you’re on our newsletter/mailing list, you’ll start to receive these … Read more Get Ready for the 12 Weeks of Christmas
Are you ready for CTMH’s 2022 National Scrapbooking Day? It’s going to be amazing! We’re planning a FREE two-day virtual crafting event to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day, and we want you to be part of the fun! During the event, we’ll complete FIVE unique creative projects featuring exclusive products and fun artwork tips and techniques. … Read more 2022 National Scrapbooking Day
For this week’s Make It Monday (87th edition), I wanted to show you how to make tasty Turkey Treats for Thanksgiving. It’s a little different from our normal papercrafting projects but just as fun and meaningful! I’ve made these a lot in the past but probably haven’t done them in a number of years. Maybe … Read more How To Make Tasty Turkey Treats for Thanksgiving
May is National Scrapbooking Month and Close To My Heart is celebrating with a beautiful *NEW* collection called Blue Skies. Not only is this a stunning collection with vibrant colors and patterns of paper along with cheerful stamp images, but there is also a great assortment of kit options to suit your fancy.
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. Don’t forget! Earlier this week I heard someone say something funny in regard to the times we are currently facing. He said, “COVID-19 doesn’t cancel Mother’s Day. It’s this Sunday. Don’t forget.” While a lot of things are being cancelled for everyone’s safety, Mother’s Day is not one of those things. Please don’t forget to show your mom some love this Sunday. Mail her a card. Give her a call. Just remember her!