For this week’s Make It Monday (36th edition), I thought it was the perfect time to share a Thanksgiving 2020 Scrapbook Layout. So I found a great layout pattern to share with you and then whipped up this layout so it’s ready for me to add my photos right after Thanksgiving. Today’s layout pattern is … Read more Thanksgiving 2020 Scrapbook Layout
Preserve your favorite holiday memories with this delightful 6″ × 6″ Jingle All The Way Album project! Create a unique 6″ × 6″ album for this year’s holiday memories using this exclusive workshop kit, featuring our *NEW* Jingle Joy Paper Collection! Step-by-step instructions will guide you in using the materials in your Jingle All The … Read more Jingle All The Way Album
Close To My Heart’s Feeling Grateful Project Kit is the perfect way to document what you are grateful for this year. With 2020 being a very challenging year for all, this kit seems so ideal for anyone to use to really focus in on the important things in their lives that mean so much to … Read more Feeling Grateful Project Kit
For this week’s Make It Monday (32nd edition), I’m sharing an easy way to scrapbook with a Pocket Scrapbooking Pattern. Pocket Scrapbooking is a quick and easy approach to scrapbooking that allows you to simply insert your photos into pockets of specially designed page protectors. You then use patterned paper or Picture My Life (“PML”) … Read more A Pocket Scrapbooking Pattern
For today’s Make It Monday (26th edition), I’m sharing this sparkly birthday party time shaker layout. There is so much new goodness in this layout! Since my twins have a birthday coming up, I thought this week would be perfect to share another fabulous Scrapbook Layout Pattern with you. And what better paper to use … Read more Birthday Party Time Shaker Layout
Do you know about our Close To My Heart Subscription Boxes? Our subscription boxes, called Craft with Heart, are innovative kits that feature pre-printed bases and coordinating stickers and die-cuts, that really cut down on the time it takes you to create exceptional artwork! With both our cardmaking and scrapbooking subscriptions, the only additional materials … Read more Close To My Heart Subscription Boxes
We are so excited about our CTMH Kids Crafts Born to Shine Virtual Event tomorrow starting at 4:30 pm MT. The event is being held on Close To My Heart’s Facebook Page. In addition to your Born to Shine Kit, you will want to have the following on hand: –12” trimmer-Post-it notes or scrap paper … Read more Born to Shine Virtual Event
Ready to learn some fun DIY watercolor techniques with a waterbrush? That’s what we’re going to do today! Last week on Close To My Heart’s blog, they did this wonderful posting about watercolor techniques and I couldn’t wait to share it with you (just so you didn’t miss out on it!) We have a special … Read more DIY Watercolor Techiques with a Waterbrush
Are you ready for crafting projects made just for kids? Well, let me introduce you to Close To My Heart’s *NEW* CTMH Kids Crafts! First up is the Born to Shine Mini Album. It’s adorable! Help the young crafters in your life discover their creativity with the Born to Shine Album Kit, which has been … Read more Crafting Projects Made Just for Kids
If you’re looking for inspiration with your scrapbook layouts, today Close To My Heart is hosting a FREE Virtual Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop on their Facebook Page. These free events have been wildly popular! While you can certainly purchase the kits and create along with them, you could also use items from your own stash, … Read more Virtual Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop
If you have some Close To My Heart Aurora Paper on hand, this amazing Aurora Adventure is Out There Layout might inspire you to create with it! As luck would have it, if you don’t have any Aurora Paper on hand, there’s still some available! Plus, the Aurora Scrapbooking Stamp Set with dies (or without) … Read more Aurora Adventure is Out There Layout
Today I want to personally invite you to become a creative community member in our SunnyDay Sessions Group. You might be asking yourself, “How do I know if this group is right for me?” Ask yourself… Do you like exclusive project tutorials? Would you like unlimited access to an ever-growing library of project (cards, 3-D … Read more Become a Creative Community Member
For this week’s Social Distancing Make It Monday, I’m sharing another FREE scrapbook layout pattern with you. Now that school is out for the summer, you may be looking to document the school year (or perhaps past school years!) This pattern is a great intro page. A pattern to focus on that school photo taken … Read more Social Distancing Make It Monday, 13th Edition
Today we are going to talk about how to heat emboss on acrylic shapes. This is a fun technique. One I had not even considered. That is, until yesterday when Close To My Heart did a blog post about it! So in case you missed it, here is the post they did: One of the … Read more How to Heat Emboss on Acrylic Shapes
Yesterday on Close To My Heart’s blog, they shared a FREE Blue Skies Scrapbook pattern as well as shared some fun techniques. In case you missed it, I’m sharing it here with you today! As we continue to celebrate National Scrapbooking month with beautiful creations using our featured Blue Skies collection, we thought it would … Read more FREE Blue Skies Scrapbook Pattern