It’s that time of year…time to write your letter to Santa! This year’s stationary was created with now retired Christmas Memories and Friendship Alphabet Stamp Sets. If you need to create your own Dear Santa stationary like I did, the *NEW* Christmas Delights would be a perfect stamp set for this. Here’s hoping your holiday … Read more Dear Santa Letter
Last week I shared my Christmas Countdown using the *NEW* Advent Calendar WOTG Kit, but why not use the same concept and create one for Thanksgiving? This festive thankful countdown uses the My Creations Cubby to celebrate Thanksgiving. Fill the Cricut cut boxes (from the Artiste Collection) with reminders of things you are thankful for, and share … Read more Thankful Countdown
Have you seen CTMH’s *NEW* Advent Calendar Kit? I just finished mine up and thought I could provide you some helpful tips for completing yours! First, here are some pictures of mine… Some great tools to have on hand for this project are… Liquid Glass (ensures strong bond) Finishing Files (great for smoothing the chipboard … Read more Holiday Advent Calendar
Thanksgiving is almost here (can you believe it!?!) So one of the projects I designed for my Stamp Club this month was a thankful candle…perfect for personalizing as a place card for Thanksgiving dinner with each guest’s name on it! Supplies: flameless tealight (great use of your 40% off coupon at Michael’s/Joann’s/Hobby Lobby!) 1-3/4″ scallop circle … Read more Thankful Candle
Now that Halloween has come and gone, we’ve truly transitioned into the “hustle and bustle” season. Thoughts of holiday cards, gifts, baking and so much more is filling our minds. One product that I love using and definitely becomes a favorite at the holidays is CTMH’s Glitz Glitter Gels. It adds sparkle, texture, depth … Read more My Favorite Holiday Product
Create festive ornaments to adorn your abode this holiday season. It’s a snap with Close To My Heart’s Cricut® Art Philosophy cartridge, Dimensional Elements ornaments, and *NEW* Ornamental Cheer stamp set!
I love it when two things come together beautifully. This is the case with the project I’m sharing today. I’m a big fan of Target. And they probably are a big fan of me and all the money I spend with them!! I love going through their Dollar Spot section each time I go. Recently, … Read more Artiste Owl Key Holder
Earlier this month I showed you how you could make a darling Pumpkin with our *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge along with our *NEW* My Creations Block. Here is another idea (also perfect for Halloween!)…Frankenstein! The face is a quick cut on the Artiste cartridge and for his hair…I used the Spring grass on the cartridge! … Read more Frankenstein with Cricut Artiste
Making fun 3-D projects truly is a piece of cake with CTMH’s *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge! At last weekend’s Holiday Extravaganza, we had a whole cake made up of these darling & tasty (inside there were yummy homemade truffles!) cake slices. If you were lucky enough to attend and get a slice…congrats! If not, there’s … Read more Piece of Cake with Cricut Artiste
With this month’s special…purchase 9 Studio J layouts, get 1 FREE, it’s a great time to think outside the box on creating digital scrapbook layouts. I created this Moonlight Memory Match Game as part of my Extravaganza teaching this summer at CTMH’s Convention. I wanted to show how you could do more than just traditional digital … Read more Studio J: Moonlight Memory Match Game
Thinking of making handmade Halloween cards this year? How about something quick & easy as well as stinkin’ cute!? It’s as easy as cutting out a jack-o-lantern face from CTMH‘s *NEW* Cricut Artiste cartridge! I just took a piece of textured Autumn Terracotta CS (now retired), sanded it a bit to expose that texture and … Read more Simple Pumpkins with CTMH’s Cricut Artiste
Ready for the 3rd episode of Clearly the Best: Stamping With Close To My Heart? Here it is. Spanning the Space features tips and tricks for stamping across multiple surfaces. Enjoy!
One aspect that was very popular last year with Close To My Heart’s Art Philosophy cartridge was the beautiful 3-D flowers you could make. Our *NEW* Artiste cartridge is no exception…it has several new beautiful flowers. Here is a floral wreath I created for teaching at Convention this summer. It uses papers from our *NEW* … Read more An Artiste Floral Wreath
Close To My Heart has added several new My Creations products with the debut of their Autumn/Winter Idea Book; one of them being their *NEW* Canvas Journal. This hardbound journal covered in canvas with 80 lined pages offers many great possibilities for personalization. You can stamp on it, you can decorate it with papers and … Read more Live Inspired Canvas Journal
A quick and easy 3-D purse using CTMH’s *NEW* Artiste cartridge along with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Baroque Borders. Features our *NEW* Slate & Ruby colors as well as our *NEW* Pearl Badge Buttons featured in our Wrangler Assortment (they make a great purse button don’t you think?) and *NEW* Hook & Loop Dots … Read more Baroque Artiste Purse