Happy Thanksgiving!
Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy the day with whomever you are spending it with. Remember to take time to think about all the blessings in your life and cherish them.
Wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving! I hope you enjoy the day with whomever you are spending it with. Remember to take time to think about all the blessings in your life and cherish them.
Thanksgiving is all about family (and food!) This Cranberry Salad is something my grandma made every year for Thanksgiving. I love making it now with my kids (who call it “pink marshmallows”). It’s become a tradition and aren’t traditions fun to pass on. So if you are looking for a new recipe to try out … Read more My favorite Thanksgiving side dish recipe!
It’s just one week until Thanksgiving. Are you ready? Here’s a creative idea for place settings using CTMH’s Cricut Art Philosophy Collection. We made this thankful turkey project at this month’s Stamp Club. We started with the Fry Box cut from the Cricut Art Philosophy in Saddle Cardstock. We then added a Saddle Fundamentals Cardstock … Read more Cricut Art Philosophy Thanksgiving Place Setting
Happy Halloween! For many, it’s just not Halloween until there’s candy corn involved, right? I created this fun Candy Corn Box as part of a SUPER fun Choose Your Own Adventure Challenge Close To My Heart was doing on their *NEW* blog (found HERE.) And guess what? I won! Yay! You can see all the … Read more A Candy Corn Halloween
Today’s fabulous Halloween card is compliments of Terry M. The stamp set she used, Halloween Greetings is a real fun one. You’ll notice that it coordinates beautifully with images from the CTMH Cricut Artiste Collection. The other supplies used to create this card are: Archival Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (44751) Scaredy Cat Paper Packet … Read more If the Broom Fits Witch Card
It’s only a little over a week until Halloween so I thought I’d share some fun Halloween cards I received from a swap I participate in. Today’s card was made by Terry M. I love how the design of this card allows you to use up those small scraps you have left over from other … Read more Frightfully Fun Halloween Card
Close To My Heart has a *NEW* collection of quick and easy kits designed to make darling projects in no time at all. We made these Cut Above Halloween Treat Bags at my Stamp Club this month. We took the kit up a notch by simply adding an additional black circle to mat the sentiment … Read more Cut Above Halloween Treat Bags
Embossing foil is a technique that packs such a punch. I love how this Halloween card turned out using the Quatrefoil Embossing Folder. I will be sharing the “how-to” of embossing foil in my November Newsletter. If you haven’t yet signed up for our newsletter, now is a great time!
Close To My Heart’s October Stamp of the Month—Home for the Holidays–coordinates beautifully with the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection. This stamp set makes festive holiday tags, darling handmade cards as well as the perfect accents for your scrapbook pages. You can purchase this stamp set all month long for it’s regular retail value of $17.95 … Read more October Stamp of the Month: Home for the Holidays
This Jack-o-lantern created with Close To My Heart’s Cricut Artiste Collection along with the Frankenstein pictured below (also made with the Cricut Artiste) are my favorite paper craft decorations for Halloween. I made these a few years ago when I was teaching at Convention–showing off the soon to be released Cricut Artiste. Not only do … Read more My Favorite Paper Crafts Halloween Decorations and Cards!
Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Cricut Artfully Sent Collection is packed full of card ideas–250 of them to be exact! This particular Halloween card is one from the “Scene” category. Making this amazing card, with such great detail, was quick and easy with this cartridge! To get your own Cricut Artfully Sent Collection, click HERE. … Read more Cricut Artfully Sent Halloween Card
Have you been loving the Witches Hat featured on page 38 of Close To My Heart’s Annual Inspirations Book? If so, I have great news for you! There is a step-by-step tutorial that you can follow to create your very own Witches Hat. Step 1–grab your Cricut Artiste cartridge! Don’t have one yet, click … Read more Cricut Artiste Witches Hat
When I created today’s project share, I wanted to do something a little different with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Family is Forever. I’ve seen lots of projects created using the beautiful tree (which seems like a great choice given it’s beauty and size.) My project (which is one of the ones my Stamp Club … Read more Family is Forever Basket
Close To My Heart has a *NEW* Halloween Stamp Set called Halloween Greetings. When preparing for this month’s Stamp Club, I decided to use this set as it’s so spectacular. I love the different fonts, images and sentiments it contains (plus, it doesn’t hurt that it’s also a Cricut compatible set, too!) I designed the … Read more Frightfully Cute Halloween Card
This Frightfully Fun Halloween Black Cat Tag is one we created as one of our three projects at last Saturday’s Creative Connections Event. It showed off several *NEW* products from the Annual Inspirations Book. The supplies used to create this tag are: *NEW* Frightfully Fun Stamp Set (B1453) *NEW* Trick or Treat Sweets Stamp Set … Read more Frightfully Fun Halloween Tag