If you are familiar with Close To My Heart, you know that they have been designing digital freebies the last several months–ever since our annual Convention this past summer. They are only available the month offered and this month’s freebie is right on target–FREE Valentines! You can find them HERE. Be sure to save them … Read more Quick & Easy Valentine’s Day Cards
CTMH’s February Stamp of the Month—Wild About Love is SO ADORABLE! I loved it as soon as I saw it. Super, super cute! And for many, it gets the song “What does the fox say?” stuck in their head! For last month’s Crazy for Cards event, I knew I wanted to use this stamp … Read more Wild About Love Stamp of the Month
This month’s Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit from Close To My Heart in celebration of National Papercrafting Month makes cardmaking easy. This kit comes with: My Acrylix Cloud Nine Stamp Set (coordinates with Cricut Artiste Collection) Cloud Nine B&T Duos Paper Lagoon & Honey Cardstock 10 Card Bases & Envelopes White Daisy Die-Cuts Sheet 1 Roll … Read more Maximize Your Cloud Nine Card Kit
Close To My Heart’s Stamp of the Month for January–Cross-Stitch Wishes–is perfect for Valentine’s Day projects. Or at least that’s how I made up my sample for this month’s Stamp Club!
Now that the holidays are over and the cards have been signed by all the families and given to the teachers, I guess it’s safe to post them! The first card was easy to decide on a theme as my son’s teacher LOVES owls. You barely walk into the classroom and it’s obvious. So … Read more Teacher Holiday Cards
It’s time for another *NEW* Stamp of the Month! November’s Stamp of the Month–Illuminate is a set of 15 images. Here is a card I created using the Illuminate Stamp Set.
As promised here is another amazing card I received in my swap using the *NEW* CTMH Holiday Guide products. This simple, yet stunning card is from Jen L. Supplies used include: Z1915 Hip Pics Album Kit Stamp Set X7176B Sparkle & Shine Paper Collection Z2173 Slate Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad Z2170 Ruby Exclusive Inks Stamp … Read more Love Your Smile Card
It’s the Holiday Season! I participated in a card swap with some other CTMH Consultants to make fabulous samples using CTMH’s new products to share with you over the coming weeks. This first card came from Roberta M. She used the *NEW* Charming Chevrons Stamp Set. Fun, right? She even incorporated our *NEW* Sparkles … Read more CTMH’s Holiday Gift Guide
Today’s share is another card made with this month’s Stamp of the Month—Scandinavian Wishes. This is one of the projects my monthly stamp club will be creating. After making this card, it really changed my perspective on this stamp set–I love this card!! In fact, one of the gals at last night’s stamp club said … Read more Another Scandinavian Wishes Card
It’s October…time for another *NEW* exclusive stamp set from Close To My Heart! Yesterday I gave you inspiration for Halloween, but this month’s set is perfect for getting your holiday cards done–Scandinavian style! Scandinavian Wishes comes with 12 great images that coordinate with our Cricut Art Philosophy Collection and can be yours for only … Read more Scandinavian Wishes Card
Be Silly. Be Honest. Be Kind. –Ralph Waldo Emerson Here’s a silly, honest, kind card using the You Are Happy stamp set.
Today’s share is another card created with CTMH’s Stamp of the Month—Poster Tidings. I love how it turned out with all the cool hues of blue and grey! And the beautiful snowflake cut from the Cricut Artbooking Collection is the icing on the cake! Add-in some finishing touches with the Silver Shimmer Trim, Bitty … Read more Winter Poster Tidings Card
Today’s share is the first project I made with CTMH’s National Stamping Month promotional trio stamp set–You Are My Happy. It’s such a fabulous stamp set, and I love how the card turned out.
Today’s share is my first sample using September’s Stamp of the Month—Poster Tidings. The set comes with 2 different subway art type images–one for Autumn and one for Winter. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s closer to Autumn or what, but I’m gravitating more toward that image! Note to self: must create more … Read more Autumn Poster Tidings Card
Have you heard the news? Close To My Heart has re-introduced several hand-drawn images from the days of D.O.T.S. (“Dozens of Terrific Stamps“) as part of Jeanette Lynton’s Archive Collection. This is the first time these stamp sets will be in acrylic and they are only available for a limited time. It’s sort of … Read more Retro Stamps from the Days of D.O.T.S.