Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon can be used as-is OR it can be colored with any of our 60 exclusive colors to coordinate with any project you make! Watch this short video to see how you can make this pretty, soft white Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon a stunning color to match … Read more Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
We have a lemon tree in our yard. And while there are plenty of great desserts, marinades and of course lemonade you can make with lemons…I’m always looking for new and clever ways to use our abundance of fruit! New use…homemade Lemon Sugar Scrub! A perfectly simple recipe for a DIY sugar scrub. And with … Read more Homemade Lemon Sugar Scrub
By request, here is a quick video tutorial on how to make a corner bookmark. Hope you enjoy it. And if you have any questions or if there is a technique or project you’d like to learn more about, feel free to leave me a comment and let me know!
I’m just loving Close To My Heart’s Dotty for You Collection especially for National Scrapbooking Month. Here’s another technique that you could incorporate into your layouts, cards and more…a Pin Flag! You can make this darling accent from your paper scraps simply by trimming a complementary banner and wrapping it around a pin (like those … Read more How To Create Pin Flags Technique
Discover how to combine Close To My Heart stamp images to create a fancy border design using the My Acrylix The Best Things Stamp Set. Your borders will be so bloomin’ cute!
Our preschooler’s teacher was wonderful this year. The Preschool Moms wanted to give her a memorable class gift, to show our appreciation. After a few brainstorming sessions, we decided to create a Teacher Crayon Monogram. I’ve seen several versions of these…from way-too-basic to way-too-elaborate. While I’ve always thought they were such a cute idea, I’d never tried one out. So … Read more Teacher Crayon Monogram
This week is Teacher Appreciation Week. Both the kids and I are so excited to share the fun gifts we’ve been creating the last few weeks for our Preschool Teacher. Today we will be giving her a Pencil Vase with fresh flowers (not the egg carton tulips that I just placed in there for the … Read more Teacher Appreciation Pencil Vase
Have you purchased your Dotty for You Papers yet? With such fun colors and patterns there’s no end to the possibilities! Why not try out the Polaroid Snapshot Technique seen in this layout? Create a Polaroid snapshot look by first cutting out a rounded-corner rectangle the size of your focal point. Then, cut a larger … Read more Dotty for You Polaroid Snapshot Technique
It’s right around the corner…Easter that is! Are you still looking for those last minute gift ideas for darling Easter surprises? Well, look no further! These adorable triangle box treat holders (which hold yummy Hershey Kisses) are incredibly easy to create and are always loved by the recipient. And just when you thought this treat … Read more Easter Surprises
This weekend was all about getting ready for Easter at our house. Yesterday, the kids and I dyed Easter Eggs. But the real fun was Saturday. On Saturday, the kids and I went to a last minute Easter Party hosted by my friend Kjirsten. Now, even though Kjirsten decided to host this last minute, she … Read more My Peep Bunny Loves His New Chocolate Car
As I said earlier this week, my kids are SO into St. Patrick’s Day this year. They have been talking for weeks about how they are going to make leprechaun traps, catch a leprechaun and get his pot of gold! So the planning began and our “trap” was set into motion… The idea being that … Read more St. Patrick’s Day: Make Your Own Leprechaun Trap!
I got this idea a month or so ago from Pinterest (isn’t that site so addicting!?!?) Thought it made for a cute and unique bowl–entirely made out of buttons! To create it, I grabbed a balloon I had on hand–one left over from my kids birthday party a couple years ago (note: try not to … Read more St. Patrick’s Day: Make Your Own Button Bowl
Here in Northern California we have been spoiled with some exceptionally nice weather this week. Today was so gorgeous that I was inspired to create something. My inspiration actually came from a sugar cookie my son received this past Valentine’s Day. I used CTMH‘s Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to create 2 hearts cut at 3-3/4″. … Read more Spring Beauty
Watch CTMH’s latest Love Your Layout episode to see how to make this fabulous Studio J layout. In just minutes, you’ll learn how to create your own patterned paper, crop My Stickease accents between pages, plus you’ll even learn a fun new way to use text boxes.
As a fun Valentine’s treat for you today, here is a how-to video on how you can create your own heart tote using CTMH’s Art Philosophy cartridge as well as the A Blossom Stamp Set. Hope you enjoy it. Happy Valentine’s Day!