Need a gender-neutral birthday card that is simple in design yet stunning? Look no further! Pairing CTMH’s Seaside Greetings Stamp Set with their Seaside Paper Pack makes for a winning combination. Additional supplies used: Desert Sand Stamp Pad (Z2118) Cashmere Cardstock (X5932) Kraft Cardstock (Z1375) Gold Embossing Powder (Z2066) Gold Shimmer Trim (Z1985) To shop … Read more Seaside Birthday Wishes
Using CTMH’s January Stamp of the Month—This Moment and the Heartstrings Paper Collection, my Stamp Club made this beautiful Valentine’s Day card. We added in some embossing with the *NEW* Arrow Embossing Folder and finished it off with a Red Enamel Heart. It makes for a wonderful card full of texture and color!
New from Close To My Heart is a special stamp set to support Operation Smile. While a portion of every stamp set sold from CTMH already goes to Operation Smile, with the purchase of You’re the Bomb at full retail price, CTMH will donate $3. So now you can truly change the life of a child … Read more Operation Smile Stamp Set
January’s Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart is perfect for getting ready for Valentine’s Day. This Moment Stamp Set includes 12 images that coordinate with CTMH’s Cricut Artbooking Collection. And it can be yours for just $5 with a minimum $50 purchase. To start shopping, click HERE.
With today’s big rainstorm warnings here in the SF Bay Area, I thought sharing this rain-themed card today was appropriate. I received this card from Rita P. Isn’t it great? I love the color choice as well as the layout of it. Here are the supplies she used to make it: Rain or Shine Stamp … Read more Rain or Shine Card
September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart will be celebrating all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September*, you will qualify to receive the exclusive C-size stamp set #30yearsofhappy FREE (a $13.95 USD / $15.25 CAD value)! This special offer is part of … Read more #30yearsofhappy
Today’s card was created using one of CTMH’s Hostess Rewards Stamp sets. It was a favorite of mine as soon as I saw it. I remember when I was a little girl and I absolutely adored unicorns. I had stickers, posters, figurines–you name it–I probably had it! And it seems like we’ve gone full circle … Read more Unicorn Dreams Card
A super quick and easy way to do the resist technique with your projects is by using Close To My Heart’s Irresistibles. I love these accessories because they are so simple to use and they pack a nice punch. But the sad thing is they don’t stand out much in the catalog or online–because they … Read more Quick & Easy Resist Technique
Wishing you and your family a very happy Easter! This darling stamp set called Some Bunny is one of several exclusive Hostess Stamp Sets you can earn for a reduced price when you place an order of $150 or more OR you host a party where the order totals come to $150 or more. If you’d like more information … Read more Happy Easter
Wishing you and your family a very happy Easter!
Last summer Close To My Heart expanded into Australia and New Zealand. With this happy expansion, several exclusive stamp sets were created for their Idea Books specifically. Well, as you’d expect, they were fabulous and CTMH Consultants here in the U.S. requested access to these gems, too. Responding to our pleas, CTMH made them available … Read more Stamps from Down Under
Today’s share is my first sample using September’s Stamp of the Month—Poster Tidings. The set comes with 2 different subway art type images–one for Autumn and one for Winter. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s closer to Autumn or what, but I’m gravitating more toward that image! Note to self: must create more … Read more Autumn Poster Tidings Card
Have you heard the news? Close To My Heart has re-introduced several hand-drawn images from the days of D.O.T.S. (“Dozens of Terrific Stamps“) as part of Jeanette Lynton’s Archive Collection. This is the first time these stamp sets will be in acrylic and they are only available for a limited time. It’s sort of … Read more Retro Stamps from the Days of D.O.T.S.
You’ll love Close To My Heart’s latest enhancements to stamping. Watch this short 4-minute video to see what the new stamp set happenings are including updates to Workshops on the Go stamps, E-size sets, mini stamp sets and exciting “retro” stamps from Jeanette’s archive.
It’s that time of year again…back to school! Some schools in the area are already back in school. Ours starts next week and, if you can believe it, my kids are excited for it to start! Maybe it’s still a novelty to them! There’s a new stamp set called School Years that is absolutely … Read more School Days Card