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Cute Easter Basket

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Spring Critters Easter Baskets

Spring Critters Easter Baskets

Happy Easter!  Before the day was over, I wanted to share the cute little Easter baskets I made for my kids this year.  They are a twist on one I’ve created before but they turned out so super cute with this year’s *NEW* Spring Critters Stamp Set and coordinating Thin Cuts dies.

Closeup Spring Critter Easter Basket

 

Look at how easy it is to get a nice image with the coordinating die for this stamp set–I’m so in love with these sets and can’t wait to see what new ones CTMH releases in their May Seasonal Expressions 2!

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Share the Love Valentine’s Box

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Open Share the Love Valentine's Box

Open Share the Love Valentine's Box

Looking for a Valentine’s Day gift that is straight from the heart and easy, too?  Make this adorable little box and fill it with your sweetheart’s favorite candies!

This is one of the projects I made with my Stamp Club this month.  It’s as simple as a few cuts, a few scores and then some embellishing!  

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Balloon Animals Pinwheel Card

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Close-up of Balloon Animals Pinwheel Card

February Stamp of the Month Card

It’s a new month–time for another new Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart!  This month’s Balloon Animals Stamp Set is an adorable one.  You get 13 images perfect for a fun celebration.

CTMH's February Stamp of the Month

I was so excited to use this stamp set because of it’s playful nature.  It seemed perfect for using googly eyes–and who doesn’t love a pair of googly eyes! 

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Make a Cricut Valentine’s Mailbox

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It’s time to start getting ready for Valentine’s Day!  And what better way to get ready than to create a super adorable Valentine’s Mailbox that you can stuff with cherished notes or yummy treats! This video will show you step-by-step how you can create this amazing 3-D project using our exclusive Cricut Art Philosophy and … Read more Make a Cricut Valentine’s Mailbox

Brush Calligraphy with Watercolor Paints

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Jill, from Close To My Heart, is an amazing artist!  Now you can watch her show you how to combine the expressive medium of watercolor with the elegant form of calligraphy. The video is a little long but you’ll definitely be inspired and be eager to try the technique yourself.  Give it a watch and … Read more Brush Calligraphy with Watercolor Paints

DIY Peppermint Bowl or Platter

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Peppermint Platter with Fudge

Peppermint Platter

About a week and a half ago I happened to see a small chunk of a holiday DIY segment on a morning show.  They were talking about making a festive and easy Peppermint Bowl out of Starlight Mints.  I was intrigued!

I was just killing a little bit of time when I saw it so didn’t really have plans of making one.  However, we had a holiday party to attend this past weekend and I thought it would be fun to give it a try–only instead of doing a bowl, I wanted to try a raised platter.

It was really simple to do and my family was extremely impressed with the results!  So here is a little quick tutorial so you, too, can impress your friends and family!

STEP 1:

Peppermint bowl supplies

Gather the supplies (Starlight Mints and a candlestick–both can be purchased at your local Dollar Store–bonus!!)  You’ll also need Parchment Paper, a Cookie Sheet and a hot glue gun.

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Thanksgiving Place Cards

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Thanksgiving Treat Place Cards

Thanksgiving Treat Place Cards

Want a fun way to create place cards for Thanksgiving dinner this year?  Why not try one of these adorable (and easy!) treat containers that would be perfect for a place card.  They can be as simple or as elaborate as you want.

Turkey Hershey Kiss Treat

This one we created in my Stamp Club this month.  I loved using our beautiful Fundamentals Papers–they make it look so elegant without any extra work!

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How to Create Dixie Cup Party Lights

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Dixie Cup Party Lights

Dixie Cup Party Lights

If you stopped by our Close To My Heart Scrapbook Expo booth in Santa Clara, CA this past August, you would have seen these Dixie Cup Party Lights I made and strung across our booth.  I had every intention of posting instructions (they are really quite simple!) shortly after the event, but life somehow always gets in the way! But I decided it’s better late than never, right?!

Dixie Cup

STEP 1: Gather enough Dixie Cups to cover your strand of lights–plus 1 extra (for the template!)

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How to Make a 4th of July Pinwheel

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Exotic Flower Pinwheel

Happy 4th of July!  How about making a fun and festive pinwheel?!?  The perfect DIY project for the 4th of July (or an average summer day!)

Exotic Flower Pinwheel

The key is to always start with a square.  I used Close To My Heart’s Exotic Flower Hostess Stamp Set (B1477) since it is a perfect square.  To make this project interesting, I decided to use a piece of transparency rather than cardstock.  I stamped the image using Black StazOn ink (Z888.)  Then I flipped the piece over and colored in the image using ShinHan’s Warm Grey (Z2468), Carmine (Z2448) and Marine Blue (Z2458) Markers.

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Appreciation Cards for Coaches and Teachers

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End of the Year Teacher Card

Thumbprint Teacher Appreciation Card

It’s that time of year when things get busy.  Sport seasons wrap up, Teacher Appreciation Week happens, the end of school draws near with all the many projects still to be completed and finally End-of-the-Year gifts for teachers.  It’s always good to have a few ideas for appreciation cards handy!

This card was a group/class card I helped create with my son and daughter’s classes.  I had each student do a maximum of 2 thumbprints (to conserve space!) and then let them use their imagination to create something with that thumbprint.  Some really cute creations were born!

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May Day Paper Basket Tutorial

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Small May Day Basket

How would you like to make your very own darling May Day Basket?  Well, you’re in luck because today, I have a step-by-step tutorial for you to create one!  Let’s get started… Supplies First, we need to gather the supplies.  For a small basket (about 3-1/2″ tall and 2-1/4″ wide), you’ll need: (1) 1/2″ x … Read more May Day Paper Basket Tutorial

Three Reasons Why You Want To Be On My Mailing List!

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SunnyDay Memories

Here are three reasons why you want to be on the SunnyDay Memories Mailing List… FREE monthly project tutorials only available to Mailing List Subscribers Monthly crafting tips and paper craft technique tutorials Exclusive 12 Weeks of Christmas–weekly project idea with step-by-step instructions for creating holiday cards, gifts and wrappings Not yet on our Mailing … Read more Three Reasons Why You Want To Be On My Mailing List!

Wavy Blooms Gift Card Holder

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Yellow Wavy Blooms Gift Card Holder

One of the new stamp sets in CTMH’s Seasonal Expressions 2 is the Wavy Blooms Stamp Set.  It is simply beautiful!  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it!  We created this gift card holder at our recent Spring Fling Event. I had all our ShinHan Alcohol Markers available for … Read more Wavy Blooms Gift Card Holder

Tool Time: CTMH Embossing Tools

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Today’s Tool Time is about learning to put your embossing tools to the test and getting amazing results.  While you can either dry emboss using embossing folders or do wet embossing using powders, today we will be focusing on the latter.  Plus, you’ll even see how you can emboss with any of the 40 colors … Read more Tool Time: CTMH Embossing Tools