Yesterday on Close To My Heart’s blog, they showed the first sneak peek of the *NEW* Seasonal Expressions Catalog that will be released along with tons of fabulous *NEW* products on January 1st. Isn’t the cover stunning? The letters are in a beautiful rose gold foil. You can almost feel the excitement of the 35th … Read more CTMH Seasonal Expressions Sneak Peek & Giveaway
I hope you and those you spent the day with had a day filled with love, laughter and moments to remember!
Are you ready for some great deals? Close To My Heart is bringing back their Boxing Week Sale–with *NEW* deals each day starting at 12:00 am (MST) Wednesday, December 26th thru Monday, December 31st. You’ll save up to 50%! Items are while supplies last so be sure to shop early. Visit my ONLINE CTMH STORE … Read more CTMH Boxing Week Sale is Coming!
Close To My Heart has the perfect stamp set to celebrate National Ugly Sweater Day. It’s called Ugly Sweater. Not only does it offer the opportunity to customize your own ugly sweater, but it also has fabulous sentiments to go along with it. I love all the pieces of this set. It gives so much … Read more Happy National Ugly Sweater Day!
What makes your heart happy? For us, there’s an easy answer: papercrafting! Whatever type of papercrafting you like best, you will be delighted by the new Heart Happy Collection, featuring an exclusive paper packet, sticker sheet, cardstock pack, and stamp set!
Today’s card is another quick card design with a simple technique to add a special touch to it. To achieve the Ombre Effect, ink up your stamp image as usual and then stamp it on a piece of scratch paper (this would become Second Generation Stamping if you then stamped the lighter tone on your … Read more Merry Everything Card
It’s 1 week until Christmas and Close To My Heart has an early Christmas gift for you! Today, on their blog, they shared this beautiful scrapbook layout complete with a free downloadable pattern. You can download this layout pattern complete with a cutting guide HERE. I hope you not only make beautiful holiday layouts using this … Read more Your Early Christmas Gift!
It’s less than 2 weeks until Christmas and you haven’t started your Christmas cards yet. Not to fret! Here’s a super quick and easy card design that will have you ready to mail your cards in no time. All you need are 4 pieces: 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ (scored at 4-1/4″) card base 5-1/4″ x 4″ … Read more Last Minute Handmade Christmas Cards
Every year I have grand plans of creating wonderful handmade gifts for friends and family. And inevitably every year, time gets away from me and I don’t accomplish nearly as much as I’d like! Sound familiar?!? This year with the help of Close To My Heart’s newest exclusive Cricut Collection–Season of Joy (only available as a digital collection; and only thru the end of the month!) I’d say I’m a bit more successful in my maker mode!
Does your family participate in the wildly popular Elf on the Shelf tradition? Well do I have a super fun idea for you! Stacy Julian shared an adorable Elf on the Shelf Story Starter Album on her blog last week.
Sunday, December 9th, is Christmas Card Day! If you haven’t made your cards yet, there’s no need to worry. Today’s card is the perfect blend of being easy to create and having a whimsical, festive feel to it.
It’s always a great time to become a Close To My Heart Consultant, but right now it’s especially great. Why you might be asking? Well, on Monday, CTMH introduced their *NEW* upcoming Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalog to all of their Consultants.
The *NEW* 2019 Seasonal Expressions Catalog is coming January 1st. This means it’s time to say good-bye to some favorites in order to make room for some new favorite crafting supplies.
Close To My Heart’s December Stamp of the Month is spot on for this festive holiday season. Introducing the Candy Cane Alphabet Stamp Set! It’s a set of 44 letters and symbols and just like all of our Stamp of the Month sets, you can get it for only $5! Um, yes please! 🙂
Have you seen our Great Outdoors Card & Scrapbook Kit? You can see the contents of the kit as well as learn more about it HERE. While the kit comes with all the supplies you need along with instructions for creating fabulous cards and scrapbook layouts, I decided to add some of my own Candy Apple Cardstock to it along with the Holiday Borders Stamp Set to create a little different feel to my card.