January is an exciting month with Close To My Heart. There are many *NEW* and exciting things happening. First of all, January is National Papercrafting Month. To celebrate, CTMH is offering an exclusive Picture My Life (CTMH’s version of pocket scrapbooking) kit called Live Your Day–and it’s only $8.95!
This Live Your Day Collection coordinates beautifully with our *NEW* Everyday Life Planners that were just released last month.
Happy New Year! Are you busy thinking about your resolution for the year? Or maybe you already decided before midnight struck and now are simply conquering your first day with the new resolution?
How about a new tradition? Instead of making Christmas/holiday cards to send out perhaps you wait until all the hustle and bustle is over and then create handmade New Year cards! It’d be a nice and unexpected card to receive in the mail, right?
Yes, you read that right! Close To My Heart’s November Stamp of the Month is geared toward preparing for the New Year–2016! While the stamp set definitely is designed for using in celebration of the new year, you can utilize it in other ways, too. It’d be great for layouts (nice little journaling lines!) or … Read more Cheers, 2016!
Close To My Heart’s September Stamp of the Month is absolutely beautiful! The Paper Garden Stamp Set comes with 9 unique images for making stunning cards, layouts or other home decor pieces. As is true with every Stamp of the Month, if you spend $50, you can get this stamp set for only $5!! Would … Read more Paper Garden Card
Today is the final day to get your hands on Close To My Heart’s August Stamp of the Month—Framed. If you are a cardmaker–this is a stamp set you’ll definitely use over and over again!
To get the wheels turning on the possibilities with this stamp set, here are some samples created for a card swap I participate in.
It’s here! Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Cricut Collection–Cricut Artistry. And guess what? You can purchase the collection in it’s traditional format with a cartridge and booklet OR you can choose the Cricut Artistry Digital Download option. Both options contain:
As promised earlier this week, here is an upcycled project I created using this month’s Stamp of the Month—Life Is Wonderful. It’s a little treat container! I reinforced the base using a cut out circle and some Liquid Glass. Fill it with whatever treat you’d like and then wrap it in some tissue paper (a perfect square works nicely!) Tie the top closed–I used some Glacier Extra Thick Twine. I unraveled the twine to make it a little more substantial–a fun and easy technique.
Now comes the fun part–
It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly 2 weeks since our Semi-Annual Crazy for Cards Event! Shortly after the event I shared the cards I had designed, so how about we check out the other ones today!?!
These first 3 cards were designed by my teammate, Deb. I love this first card! The colors are so soft and inviting and the fun fold makes for a nice surprise!
The Stamp of the Month—Ice Cream Dream–from Close To My Heart is an absolute must-have! This set is so adorable and just perfect for summer–whether making cards, layouts or even 3-D items.
This style of card for holding money or a check was requested by one of my Stamp Club members so I designed it using this month’s Stamp of the Month. How perfect would it be to give this card with some cash in it for someone special to go and grab some ice cream on a hot day?!
It’s the final few days to get your hands on Close To My Heart’s May Stamp of the Month—Just Sayin‘. This set of 14 images has sentiments and trendy images perfect for both scrapbooking and cardmaking. I created this card for my Stamping on Saturday Class as well as my monthly Stamp Club. It’s a … Read more Just Sayin’ Card
Here’s a final sample of CTMH’s April Stamp of the Month—Typed Note. I received this card from Wendy T. I love that she used our Paper Fundamentals. These papers are often overlooked but are so versatile and pretty with their unique patterns and glossy embossed look on one side of the cardstock. She carried … Read more Little Message Typed Note Card
This is the final week for the Close To My Heart’s April Stamp of the Month, Typed Note. This card is one I received in a swap from Theresa M. I like how she not only colored the sequins with our ShinHan Markers, but also decorated the inside of the card, too. What a great idea. … Read more Thank You Typed Note Card
Here is another sample of a card created with this month’s CTMH Stamp of the Month–Typed Note. This card was created by Wendy C. It has a nice soft feel to it when paired with CTMH’s *NEW* Blossom Paper Collection. I also love that she used Liquid Glass on the typewriter keys to give … Read more Friend Typed Note Card
This month’s Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart is going to be a popular one–I can feel it! Or maybe it’s just that I had several people ask me to get the Typed Note Stamp Set as soon as it was available! This stamp set comes with 19 images perfect for … Read more Typed Note Card
Using CTMH’s Stamp of the Month—Choose Happy–I set out to create a St. Patrick’s Day type project to do with my Stamp Club this month and here is the result! There was some initial intimidation with being able to do the paper weaving, but once everyone figured it out and passed the test of having … Read more St. Patrick’s Woven Heart