Did you celebrate National Stamping Day by stamping up some beautiful creations? Perhaps you used Close To My Heart’s adorable Create Kindness Kit they are offering this month only. These are the latest cards I created with the kit. I added in Shimmer Trim–the perfect complement for sure! Don’t forget–you can create any color … Read more Happy National Stamping Day!
This card is definitely too cute to spook! The *NEW* Monstrous Halloween Stamp Set and coordinating Thin Cuts are simply adorable. Tonight we made this card at my Technique Time Class. I figured this stamp set was perfect for creating a Double Z Fold Card. It turned out so cute! I can’t wait to try … Read more Monstrous Halloween Double Z Fold Card
Did you know that September is National Stamping Month? All month long you can celebrate by stamping beautiful creations. And if you really want to get into the spirit, you can celebrate on Saturday, September 17th–that’s National Stamping Day!
You know what would be a great way to celebrate? You could snag one of the exclusive *NEW* kits CTMH designed specifically for this month!
We’re on the tail end of August now and I just realized I haven’t shared any projects with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Purr-fect Halloween (gasp!)
This truly is a super cute stamp set. And if you like cats (like my daughter!) you will no doubt love this set.
Today was the first day of school for my kids. I was excited to pull out the sign I made several years ago–it’s the perfect photo prop as I made the portion that says “first day of school” on velcro so I also have a strip that says “last day of school” to pull out and use at the end of the year.
I figured with the start of a new adventure, today was also the perfect day to show off some fun cards made with Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Emojis Stamp Set.
Today marks one week until my kids head back to school. Wow. Summer went so FAST this year. If you’re also thinking about back to school and you’d like a fun way to give your child’s teacher a special note and possibly a gift card to start off the year (maybe for Starbucks or a … Read more Back to School Gift Card Holder
Did you know that Close To My Heart supports Operation Smile? They even offer an exclusive stamp set that donates $7–yep, $7 of the purchase price to Operation Smile to help children have surgeries to correct cleft palate and cleft lip (children who might otherwise never have access to this common service we each can unknowingly take for granted.)
It’s here…Close To My Heart’s 2016-2017 Annual Inspirations Idea Book/Catalog. It’s time to be inspired! There are so many wonderful *NEW* products.
First–you guessed it–a *NEW* exclusive Cricut Collection. Meet the Cricut Flower Market Collection!
Did you know that the third Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day? Yep, that was yesterday! Did you celebrate? I not only celebrated with ice cream with my kids, but also played with this awesome Carnival Fun Stamp Set from Close To My Heart, along with the coordinating Carnival Fun Thin Cuts dies, to create this darling card.
Not only does talking about National Ice Cream Day allow me to share this adorable stamp set, but it also gives me the chance to showcase a super cool trick you can do with this particular set of Thin Cuts that you might not have thought to do before.
Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Beyond Awesome Stamp Set is the perfect partner to the exclusive CTMH Cricut Artistry Collection. I love the powerful positive statements in the Beyond Awesome Set. And then you pair it with the cool ‘awesome frame’ from the Cricut Artistry Collection, and you have an amazing card! For this particular … Read more Beyond Awesome Artistry Card
This is one of the cards I made at this past weekend’s Crop. I was so into how well it was going together that I completely missed that when I adhered it to the card base, it was on the wrong way–as in instead of opening it from the right, it was from the left!! Yikes! And if that isn’t funny enough, another gal at the Crop did the very same thing shortly after it happened to me. It’s good to be reminded that we are all human, right?
This card showcases how well the exclusive Happy Times Paper Pack coordinates with the Happy Times Stamp Set. Clearly that was the intent, but it’s so fun when you can make them come together so seamlessly! I kept it very natural with soft hues using Juniper and Canary as my color selection. I added in … Read more Happy Times Free Standing Pop-Up Card
Have you seen Close To My Heart’s newest catalog yet? The Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog is now live and is packed with so many wonderful new products that your wish list will be full in a matter of minutes as you do your initial look through it!
A fun collection of *NEW* items that stood out to me was the Calypso Paper Pack. Doesn’t it just scream “Summer, here I come!”
May is National Scrapbooking Month and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate!
All month long you can grab yourself either the Happy Times Paper Pack or the Happy Times Stamp Set–OR get both!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Day & Week! This year our school’s Teacher Appreciation Committee chose to do a garden theme for the week’s festivities. So in keeping with that, I decided to do a Calla Lily Card with the students.
I punched out enough white cardstock circles for each student to write an adjective they thought best described our teacher. I did a tri-fold with each to create a calla lily shape and glued them down onto a Juniper Cardstock card base with a Glue Dot so that each could still be opened. I drew in some stems using our ShinHan Sap Green Alcohol Marker where they could be seen and then attached a bow using CTMH’s Thistle Extra Thick Twine (I untwisted the twine to get a softer look to the bow before I affixed it using a Glue Dot.)