It’s one week until Halloween. If you are looking for a fun project to do with the kids that’s a little different than the traditional pumpkin carving–then this is your answer! These Melted Crayon Pumpkins are super easy and are so cool to create. The supplies you’ll want are: White or Tiger Striped Pumpkin (or … Read more Melted Crayon Pumpkin Tutorial
Halloween is a little less than 2 weeks away…are you ready for it?! Today I thought I’d share a really quick and easy Halloween project idea. It’s a Halloween gift bag created with Close To My Heart’s Cats & Bats Collection. I found some cute little gift bags in black and orange at Michaels and … Read more A Cute & Simple Halloween Gift Bag
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It’s just 1 week until my first holiday project tutorial gets emailed out. That’s right, my Annual 12 Weeks of Christmas is almost here!! But the only people who receive these amazing holiday project tutorials (cards, gifts and wrapping ideas) are those who are on my Mailing List. If you aren’t already on my Mailing … Read more 1 Week Until 12 Weeks of Christmas Begins
Can you believe that Christmas is exactly 3 months from today? If you plan on making handmade holiday cards this year, how would you like to get them done early so you can enjoy the holiday season to it’s fullest? Here are 3 tips for getting your holiday cards done early this year… First set … Read more Three Tips For Getting Your Christmas Cards Done Early This Year!
Today on Close To My Heart’s blog, they talked about how the National Stamping Month Special–From the Heart–is designed to be versatile and let you be the artist. While the From the Heart Stamp Set is definitely a beautiful set–and one which you would use over and over again–these cards can make some pretty … Read more From the Heart Christmas Card
September is National Stamping Month and Close To My Heart is celebrating by offering a gorgeous Slider Card Kit. The From the Heart Card Kit includes the supplies to create 12 fabulous interactive cards. Plus, when you purchase the kit, you save 20% off the retail price! Want more card bases? No problem, you can … Read more National Stamping Month Celebration
My favorite time of year is almost upon us. I love the start of autumn (even though here in California it is still hot, hot, HOT!) and all of the holiday crafting that ensues. If you’ve followed me for a while, you know that each year I do a promotion called my 12 Weeks of … Read more 12 Weeks of Christmas Coming Soon
It’s week 4 of the CTMH Warehouse Sale–and in my opinion–the best week (so far!) This week there are items perfect for your holiday crafting. There are glitter stickers, die-cuts, treat bag kits and more. All at 50% off. The item I’m most excited about is the 3-pack of Thin Cuts dies. My favorite die–the … Read more 50% off Holiday Craft Supplies
Excitement is building for the upcoming Total Solar Eclipse on Monday. Whether or not you’re in the path of totality or not, here are some fun treat ideas to celebrate this amazing occurrence: Sun Chips Eclipse Gum Moon Pie Starbursts Milky Way Candy Bars My friend put together this cute “Space Junk” Treat Bag for … Read more Prepare for the Great American Eclipse
Today we are going to learn how to do a fun (and beautiful!) Salt Watercolor Technique.
First, let’s start with the supplies you’ll need:
STEP 1:
You will want to start by doing a wet wash on your watercolor paper. Simply wet your paintbrush and apply a coat of water to your paper.
Here’s a cute (and quick!) idea for creating a bag topper using images from Close To My Heart’s Cricut Flower Market Collection. This Cricut Collection can be purchased with a physical cartridge or as a digital collection (for the Cricut Explore.) To see the Cricut Flower Market Collection as well as the CTMH Stamp Sets … Read more Cricut Flower Market Honey Bee Treat Bag
Last week while at CTMH’s Annual Convention, Consultants got the exciting opportunity to visit the CTMH Office for a tour. Apparently, they recently just did a makeover to the office. While I never saw the office before this revamp, I must say it looked spectacular! I have a bunch of photos to share. Just look … Read more Close To My Heart’s Art Studio
Today marks the start of CTMH’s Annual Convention–well, actually, today is Leadership Day and Day 1 of Convention begins tomorrow. But even if you’re not attending Leadership (which I am & am so excited to be doing so!), you’re traveling to get to Convention and the excitement is surely building. Many CTMH Consultants will … Read more Quick & Easy Goody Bags