Close To My Heart

Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon

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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

Gifts Made Special with Cricut Art Philosophy

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Last weekend was our National Scrapbooking Month Crop.  It was so fun!  Part of the fun was all the creativity that went into planning it as well as the creativity that occurred at the event.  Here are some darling fun flap boxes made with the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection (and so is the flower and … Read more Gifts Made Special with Cricut Art Philosophy

A Treasure Box of Love

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Today we will be giving our final gift for Teacher Appreciation Week.  I created a little Treasure Box of Love out of Close To My Heart’s  My Creations Card Box.  This is how it looked when I was done… I took pictures of each of the kids in the class giving our teacher a hug … Read more A Treasure Box of Love

Stars Shine Bright Layout

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This year CTMH‘s Annual Convention is going to be held in Dallas, TX with the theme “Stars Shine Bright.”  As part of their marketing for it, they sent Consultants a die-cut postcard a few months ago telling of all the fun to be had.  Instantly I thought, I need to save this and use it … Read more Stars Shine Bright Layout

Three Ways to Recycle Your Clear Bags from CTMH Paper Packets

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In honor of Earth Day yesterday, I thought I’d give you three ways to recycle the clear plastic bags that  each of CTMH’s My Reflections Paper Packets come in.  Ready? Use them to store individual projects in.  You can place your papers, embellishments, stamps, or whatnot all together in one. Use them to line up … Read more Three Ways to Recycle Your Clear Bags from CTMH Paper Packets

Sharing CTMH Inspiration

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It’s no secret that I love Close To My Heart products.  But you know what else I love?  I love it when people share their creations with me!  First of all, it shows they are using the products they are purchasing  (and not just collecting them–you know it happens!!)  Secondly, it provides such great inspiration … Read more Sharing CTMH Inspiration

Making Magic with My Own Photo Cube

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Have you seen CTMH‘s *NEW* My Creations Collage Cubes?  They are actually so popular that they are on backorder right now!  There was a sneak peek of this product which began at the end of December and ran through January for National Papercrafting Month. When you order this product, you receive 9 sturdy white chipboard blocks … Read more Making Magic with My Own Photo Cube

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

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  Are you familiar with the idiom “If March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb” and vice versa?  I remember this from my childhood while growing up in North Dakota (and…I can already hear it…things like “wow, North Dakota?”, “I’ve never known anyone from North Dakota”, “North Dakota?”)  Just the … Read more In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb

Dino-mite Scrapbook Pages

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Create a pair of “dino-mite” scrapbook pages for a girl and a boy. Simply by changing up your color palette, you can achieve a masculine or feminine look using the exact same stamp set (Roar! and Princess Wings.) In this Close To My Heart video, we show you how to create the scrapbook pages featured on … Read more Dino-mite Scrapbook Pages

Happy Presidents Day!

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Close To My Heart‘s *NEW* Superhero Collection is not only great for creating fun layouts all about the superheroes in your life, but it’s perfect for patriotic projects, too!  Think Presidents Day, Independence Day and more. If you had today off from work making it a 3-day weekend…I hope you had an amazing time with … Read more Happy Presidents Day!

Cricut Success

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Saturday’s Make the Cricut Connection Event was a complete success.  It was exactly what I had hoped and envisioned the event would be.  People were learning new things, using their Cricut machines to create and having a great time doing so. Here is the project I taught the group to make using CTMH’s Cricut Art … Read more Cricut Success