Kristina Baldwin Love the look of glitz and glamour? Watch this short 4-minute video to learn how to add glitter to your projects for a glamourous look using Close To My Heart’s products like Glitter Paper, Shimmer Trim, Glitz Glitter Gel and more. You’ll see it’s so easy to add shine and glitz to your projects and … Read more Glitter Glam
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I created another card with some paper braiding (which I still need to make a video for–I demo’d this at CTMH’s Annual Convention last summer and promised to make a “how-to” video; time has just slipped by!) Love how it makes the trendy chevron pattern when you do it! … Read more Lucky St. Patrick’s Day
Did you know Close To My Heart now offers exclusive fabric that coordinates beautifully with their Paper Collections? Check out this 7-minute video to learn great tips and techniques for using fabrics in your artwork–where to use it, how to adhere it, and how to create ruffles, flowers and so much more (and all without … Read more Fabric Basics with Close To My Heart
We’re quickly approaching St. Patrick’s Day (as is apparent by my DD designing this year’s Leprechaun Trap!) I designed this fun St. Patrick’s Day Treat Tube for my Stamp Club last month. It uses our *NEW* My Creations Clear Treat Tubes along with some cuts from our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to make the … Read more A Little Luck for St. Patrick’s Day
All month long you can grab yourself a little happiness…Floral Happiness that is! This month’s Stamp of the Month called Floral Happiness is a beautiful set of floral images along with sentiments about what makes you happy. The images are base and shade (or 2-step stamps–they go by different names). In all honesty, I’m … Read more Floral Happiness Card
The special with Close To My Heart for the month of March is all about rewarding party hostesses!! All month long, when you host a party–either in-person or an online party–that reaches $250 or more, your free goodies “jump” to the next level. Here is what your rewards will look like this month with this … Read more Jump for Joy in March!
Learn how to create an 8″ x 5″ mini album from start to finish using an eclectic array of papers, stamped images and Cricut Artiste shapes from Close To My Heart. This idea is so stinkin’ cute, I know you are going to love it! Enjoy!
I love how Close To My Heart has so many fantastic stamp sets. They are all so fabulous! This A Bowwow Stamp Set is so darling… I used this stamp set along with our *NEW* Buzz and Bumble Paper Collection. I colored in the image with our Watercolor Pencils and then softened it using … Read more A Bow Wow Dog Card
I finally finished it…a hair accessory organizer for my daughter. I started this project nearly a year ago…{GASP}!! Pretty pathetic considering this is quite an easy project to do! Sadly, I have many (and I mean many!) projects like this in my craft studio. When a project isn’t pressing, it gets put to the … Read more Hair Accessory Organizer
I’ve only used the Cricut Craft Room a few times–mainly to use digital cartridges I’ve purchased. But after watching this short 5-minute video showing some fun CTMH projects made with the Artiste and Art Philosophy cartridges along with the Cricut Craft Room, I realize I need to utilize it more often! Hopefully you’ll learn a … Read more Close To My Heart and Cricut Craft Room
Mustaches are very trendy right now; so much so that Close To My Heart released a stamp set called Perfect Fit–Dad to coordinate with their mustache cutout found on the Cricut Artiste cartridge. Pretty fun stamp set, right? I played around with the circle frames to create the eyes…just insert some brads! You could … Read more Fun with Mustaches
Finished up a wedding card using both the *NEW* For Always Paper Collection (so pretty!!) and *NEW* The Happy Couple Stamp Set. We have 2 family weddings coming up so it’s time to get prepared!!
One of Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Workshops on the Go is a canvas art kit. The Workshops on the Go Canvas Art Kit includes everything you need to make a beautiful 12″ x 12″ canvas display. It has the printed canvas display, an exclusive stamp set, Cashmere Baker’s Twine, Clear Sparkles, Sparkles Flourish, Dimensional … Read more Canvas Art with Close To My Heart
For Valentine’s Day I wanted to share a fun valentine with you. With mustaches being all the rage these days, this makes for a cute card! “I {mustache} you a question…will you be my valentine?” 🙂 Card uses the Cricut Artiste cartridge to cut out the mustache (at 1″) and then the Perfect Fit-Dad Stamp … Read more A Fun Valentine
For the past couple of weeks I’ve been coordinating and preparing for a baby shower for our Kindergarten teacher. She is expecting her first child…a little baby girl. The first thing to do was to make the classic gift…a Diaper Cake! We were able to get several of the smaller items on her registry … Read more It’s a Girl Baby Shower
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