Kristina Baldwin I thought I’d share this fabulous project that I saw on scrapbooking.com today. It’s a Celebration Gift Box made with Close To My Heart’s Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. Here’s what it had to say: The Cricut Art Philosophy Collection cartridge from Close To My Heart offers many options to help you grow an amazing … Read more Cricut Art Philosophy–Tip of the Iceberg
Create a finished card in five seconds flat with the new series of single-image A-size My Acrylix stamp sets from Close To My Heart. Use them for quick scrapbook layout titles or easy, one-step cardmaking. Each one is designed to complete your project with a single stamp, and these stamps are super affordable
One of the newer and very popular benefits of Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix stamps is the fact that many of them coordinate with Cricut Art Philosophy shapes giving you lots of creative possibilities! Cut the shape on your Cricut machine, stamp the image on the shape, and attach to your project. In CTMH’s … Read more My Acrylix Stamps: Part IV
Another fabulous feature of Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix stamps is the ability to sponge on multiple inks for a single-impression, multi-color image. Since the stamps, as well as the blocks are clear, you can see exactly how much color you have in the different areas of your stamp–for perfect color distribution (as shown … Read more My Acrylix Stamps: Part III
Yesterday, I shared with you how easy it is to do base and shade stamping with Close To My Heart’s My Acrylix stamps. They are also perfect for creating your own patterned paper. Join me again tomorrow for another fabulous feature of CTMH’s My Acrylix stamps.
My Acrylix® stamps are clearly the best in the stamping industry, giving you incredible creative freedom loaded with possibilities. Did you know? My Acrylix stamps are ready to use right out of the package—no cutting out, mounting, or applying stickers required. Just place the stamp on your block, apply ink, and you’re set! My Acrylix stamps and blocks are … Read more My Acrylix Stamps: Did You Know?
We have a lemon tree in our yard. And while there are plenty of great desserts, marinades and of course lemonade you can make with lemons…I’m always looking for new and clever ways to use our abundance of fruit! New use…homemade Lemon Sugar Scrub! A perfectly simple recipe for a DIY sugar scrub. And with … Read more Homemade Lemon Sugar Scrub
By request, here is a quick video tutorial on how to make a corner bookmark. Hope you enjoy it. And if you have any questions or if there is a technique or project you’d like to learn more about, feel free to leave me a comment and let me know!
Add a bit of white, solid space behind decorative elements, such as this baker’s twine bow, to help them stand out on busy B&T Duos papers, like this chevron pattern from CTMH’s Dotty for You Collection. To get your Dotty for You Collection before it’s gone, click HERE.
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
It’s been a few years since I’ve made one of these Corner Bookmarks so I thought I would give it another go. I always love how they turn out. So simple yet so elegant, too! Add in Close To My Heart’s Florentine Collection and it’s positively stunning. I used the Zip Strip (the 1/2″ border … Read more Heartfelt Treasures Corner Bookmark
I {heart} Close To My Heart’s May Stamp of the Month–Friendship Bouquet. It’s simple sketch style of sunflowers is perfect for using your Waterbrush or Blending Pen with CTMH’s Watercolor Pencils (which is what I’ve done here.) Not sure how to create a watercolor look? Check out my article HERE.
I’m just loving Close To My Heart’s Dotty for You Collection especially for National Scrapbooking Month. Here’s another technique that you could incorporate into your layouts, cards and more…a Pin Flag! You can make this darling accent from your paper scraps simply by trimming a complementary banner and wrapping it around a pin (like those … Read more How To Create Pin Flags Technique
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
Discover how to combine Close To My Heart stamp images to create a fancy border design using the My Acrylix The Best Things Stamp Set. Your borders will be so bloomin’ cute!
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