This week’s Make It Monday features another FREE scrapbook layout pattern. This Sweet Symphony Pattern is from our now retired Imagine Layout Pattern Book. This wonderful design is perfect for getting a lot of photos on your pages.
Scrapbooking embellishments
Summer Flash Sale
It’s the first day of Summer–what better way to celebrate than with a Close To My Heart Flash Sale! Save 35% on select current product for 24 hours. Supplies are limited so be sure to shop early! Shop the Close to My Heart Flash Sale on my ONLINE CTMH STORE.
This Item is a Must-Have!
Have you looked through Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalog? Found some favorite items to add to your Wish List? If you’re anything like me you can find new things that you didn’t see previously each time you look through the catalog.
How to Keep Liquid Glass Flowing
Yesterday I shared a video about one of Close To My Heart’s *NEW* die sets–Crafting Shapes Thin Cuts dies. In the video Karen shares how Close To My Heart’s Liquid Glass is a great adhesive choice for some of the more intricate cuts.
Make Memories & Messes Layout with Craft On Collection
One of Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Collections is called Craft On. As you might guess, it has the perfect balance of crafty elements for us crafty folk! Today I wanted to share this video of Meghann creating this awesome ‘Make Memories & Messes’ layout.
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Celebrate Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
Today, January 31st, is Inspire Your Heart with Art Day. To celebrate the day, I thought I’d share this super short video showing the scrapbooking process of a very fun layout concept. Check out this extra fun scrapbooking process, featuring our bright & colorful 'Something Fierce' puffy stickers! Contact your Close To My Heart Consultant … Read more Celebrate Inspire Your Heart with Art Day
2019 CTMH Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalog
It’s a fresh new year with fresh *NEW* Close To My Heart products! Have you seen this amazing *NEW* catalog yet? You can check out all the wonderfulness it contains right HERE.
Interactive Scrapbook Layout
Close To My Heart has a fun *NEW* interactive embellishment–perfect for a scrapbook layout. The *NEW* Spinner is a stampable white chipboard piece complete with a removable moving arrow. Plus, if that wasn’t cool enough, there’s also a fabulous coordinating stamp set; the Wheel of Life Stamp Set helps make this new embellishment have even more … Read more Interactive Scrapbook Layout
Merry & Bright Layout
Sometimes the simplest embellishments are the ones we overlook! This is true in this layout…the only embellishment used is the Gold Metallic Marker. But boy does it pop, right? If you look closely, this Merry & Bright page uses dots created with the gold metallic marker to add extra sparkle around the edges of the … Read more Merry & Bright Layout
Making Embellishments Stand Out
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.
How To Create Pin Flags Technique
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
Stars Shine Bright Layout
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
St. Patrick’s Day: Make Your Own Button Bowl
I got this idea a month or so ago from Pinterest (isn’t that site so addicting!?!?) Thought it made for a cute and unique bowl–entirely made out of buttons! To create it, I grabbed a balloon I had on hand–one left over from my kids birthday party a couple years ago (note: try not to … Read more St. Patrick’s Day: Make Your Own Button Bowl
In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Are you familiar with the idiom “If March comes in like a lion, it goes out like a lamb” and vice versa? I remember this from my childhood while growing up in North Dakota (and…I can already hear it…things like “wow, North Dakota?”, “I’ve never known anyone from North Dakota”, “North Dakota?”) Just the … Read more In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb
Handmade Hair Accessories Using Scrapbook Supplies!
Today I spent some time creating some handmade hair accessories out of scrapbook supplies. We have 3 little girl birthday parties coming up in the next week and a half. I wanted to add something a little special to our store-bought gifts so I came up with this idea since all the little … Read more Handmade Hair Accessories Using Scrapbook Supplies!