This month Close To My Heart is doing some AMAZING things to support Operation Smile. The last few years (actually nearly a decade!) Close To My Heart has offered an exclusive stamp set to support this wonderful organization. With the purchase of each of these stamp sets, $7 is given to help fund surgeries to … Read more Share a Smile Card Kit
Happy National Coffee Day! In honor of the day, I made up this fun card to celebrate. I love the combination of Glacier and Peacock together. It went together pretty easy as I was able to cut out the darling coffee cup using CTMH’s Cricut Artistry Collection along with the *NEW* Block Alphabet Thin Cuts dies. … Read more Happy National Coffee Day
Since it is the final few days to order Close To My Heart’s From the Heart Slider Card Kit, I thought I’d share another sample card I created with this kit. This time I used the newly released Stronger Together Stamp Set that helps support disaster relief; all proceeds from this stamp set go directly … Read more Stronger Together Slider Card
I’ve been wanting to try out a Recessed Panel Card for some time. My twins’ birthday was this past Friday so I took this opportunity to create 2 different styles of Recessed Panel Cards. While the same technique, I love how unique each looks just by changing where I created the recessed panel at on … Read more Recessed Panel Cards
Have you seen Close To My Heart’s special Operation Smile Stamp Set? It’s called Punny Pals and is super adorable! What’s even better though is that with each purchase of this stamp set, $7 is donated to Operation Smile to assist those with a cleft lip or cleft palate. It really is a worthy cause. … Read more Punny Pals Operation Smile Card
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
Close To My Heart’s July Stamp of the Month–Storybook Alphabet is a fun, whimsical alphabet set. It’s perfect to stamp and leave as is, or to grab your markers, colored pencils or even watercolor paints and have fun coloring the letters in for maximum impact! My card today was quick and easy to put together–the … Read more Storybook Alphabet Dream Card
Today’s card is one from our Spring Fling Event. It’s a fun way to present a gift card. Plus, it has a fun look with the twist fold! We used a couple of techniques with this card aside from the fun fold. I took 3 sponge daubers to apply the ink to create the multi-colored … Read more Summer Twist Fold Gift Card Holder
In celebration of today, I wanted to share this 4th of July card I created. I combined patterned papers from CTMH’s No Worries and Jack Paper Collections and used the Fourth of July Stamp. I really like how it turned out! I especially like my layered star I created with the Basic Star Thin Cuts … Read more Happy 4th of July!
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
Father’s Day is rapidly approaching. Today’s project is the perfect way to package a tasty treat for dad! Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Jack Paper Collection is perfect for masculine projects–I love it! Plus, the fun coordinating Jack Scrapbooking Stamp Set + Thin Cuts dies is totally the icing on the cake! In addition to … Read more Masculine Treat Box
There are only 2 more days to shop from Close To My Heart’s Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalog. Come Monday, May 1st, items in this catalog will no longer be available (with the exception of a few select items.) Now is the time to look back through the Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalog and see if there … Read more Thinking of You Card
If you’re looking for a darling birthday card idea, look no further! This cute card made by Ramona is simple to make–the toughest part is the fussy cutting. Plus, it doesn’t take a lot of supplies or fancy techniques to create–just a little creative use of some basic supplies. I love that she used the … Read more Happy Birthday Card
Happy Friday! Today I thought I’d share another project created with our March Stamp of the Month—Tea-rrific. For this card, I did a split stamping technique with the stack of teacups from this set. It’s a fun twist having the stamped image go from a uncolored look on one color of cardstock to a vivid, … Read more Tea-rrific Shared Times Card
I just can’t stop creating with this set! It’s so darn fun. And with a matching die set, it couldn’t get any easier to create simple, fun and adorable cards. The Sugar Rush Cardmaking Thin Cuts Bundle comes with 12 fun images and 3 coordinating die shapes. Plus, it’s 25% off this month. It doesn’t … Read more Donut Happy Birthday Card