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!
Creating a darling basket full of strawberries seemed only natural when CTMH released it’s special Taste of Summer Paper Packet and Taste of Summer Stamp Set in honor of National Scrapbooking Month. Plus, I found these cute berry baskets at Michaels that would work perfectly for holding the fun 3-dimensional paper strawberries. Cutting the strawberries … Read more You’re Berry Special
I was in the mood to create a simple and clean-looking card and as luck would have it, I had a bunch of random scraps left over from the Free To Be Me Paper Collection–perfect! Creating the card was a matter of matting the papers, using a little 3-D foam tape to make the sentiment … Read more It’s All Good Card
I’ve been playing with CTMH’s Free To Be Me Paper Collection lately (it’s in celebration of National Scrapbooking Month) and I designed this fun interactive spinner card using some of the patterned paper and cardstock from the collection. If you haven’t seen the papers yet, I took this quick picture to show off how beautiful … Read more Free To Be Me Spinner Card
Have you been enjoying the *NEW* colors and patterns in Close To My Heart’s Dream Pop Collection for National Scrapbooking Month? I know I have! Here’s another card I made up using a retired stamp set called Simple Stitches. Love this stamp set!! The faux stitching and the “pop” from the embossed look of … Read more Sew Happy with Dream Pop Papers!
The papers in Close To My Heart’s Dream Pop Promotion for National Scrapbooking Month are so delightful and fun. The patterns and *NEW* colors are fresh and on trend, but I also love the *NEW* “pop” to the cardstock. Check out the fun embossed look and feel to those tulips! This project was … Read more Dream Pop Papers are in Bloom!
Close To My Heart is celebrating National Scrapbooking Month with a unique paper packet at a bargain price. Watch this short 2-minute video to get all the details on how you can get your creative juices flowing with this yummy paper collection! Want the fabulous workshop discussed in the video? Simply purchase the Dream Pop … Read more National Scrapbooking Month 2013
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
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
This year CTMH‘s Annual Convention is going to be held in Dallas, TX with the theme “Stars Shine Bright.” As part of their marketing for it, they sent Consultants a die-cut postcard a few months ago telling of all the fun to be had. Instantly I thought, I need to save this and use it … Read more Stars Shine Bright Layout
Today’s card features a masking technique (using a negative image cut from CTMH’s Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge) along with cutting a flower shape out of one of the *NEW* Dotty for You Patterns. It makes for a very simple card but yet very striking, don’t you think? Be sure to check back Monday for some great tips on coordinating … Read more Dotty for You with Cricut Art Philosophy
Today’s project with the upcoming Dotty for You Papers features the fun combination of yellow, grey and black. I’m really loving this color combo! See you tomorrow for another sample with the *NEW* Dotty for You Papers!
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