At Saturday’s Holiday Extravaganza, one of the projects I designed was creating a handstamped candle. It was a HIT! For many, it was their first time using our *NEW* Alcohol Markers. If you haven’t tried them yet, I encourage you to watch this short video to learn more about them. And even if you have … Read more Alcohol Marker Madness
Even though Studio J® is fast and easy to use, it is helpful to know some great tricks that can make customizing your layouts even more exciting. Here are some Studio J tricks straight from our professional Close To My Heart artists: 1. Customize your background and texture paper. You can change the color and … Read more Studio J Tricks
This week’s episode of Clearly the Best “Terrific Two-Tone” features base & shade stamping for a terrific two-tone look. Check it out…
Ready for the 3rd episode of Clearly the Best: Stamping With Close To My Heart? Here it is. Spanning the Space features tips and tricks for stamping across multiple surfaces. Enjoy!
This past weekend my son and daughter turned 6-years-old. I truly thought my days of being able to do a joint themed birthday party for them was going to be over by now. I mean how can you get a totally girly-girl who loves pink, princesses and all things frilly to agree with a boy … Read more Carnival Party: Fish in a Bag Soap
I completely missed watching last week’s episode of Clearly the Best, Stamping with Close To My Heart so I thought I’d share it here with you in case your week was just as busy as mine and you missed it, too! Last week’s “The Swipe Hype” featured the swiping stamping technique. With stamp swiping, you … Read more Clearly the Best: The Swipe Hype
How would you like a regular dose of inspiration? Perhaps a monthly step-by-step tutorial on how to create a project? Or maybe even learn a new technique? These are a couple of the wonderful benefits you receive when you are a part of my mailing list. If you aren’t already subscribed, it’s simple to do! … Read more Want Inspiration?
Discover how to create multiple-piece projects using the Close To My Heart Cricut Artiste cartridge. You no longer have to size each individual piece (which I absolutely LOVE!)–the Cricut machine cuts the pieces to fit one assembled size of your choice! This is perfect for not only all the 3-D projects contained on this cartridge but also … Read more Cricut Artiste: One Size Fits All
Watch this short video to learn about the smooth effect you can create with CTMH‘s *NEW* alcohol-based markers. Use the two complimentary colors to create one amazing piece of artwork! To see all of amazing new alcohol-based markers, click HERE.
While the Chalkboard Technique is best done with a solid image stamp, I gave it a go with CTMH’s Stamp of the Month—Live Out Loud. Not too bad of a result, huh? I then used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge and cut out a circle (then cut in half to create the scalloped edge) and … Read more A Live Out Loud Chalkboard Technique Card
I hope you had a great 4th of July! Here’s a card I made by braiding paper to create the very trendy Chevron pattern. This will be one of the projects my Stamp Club makes this month. Other supplies used: Cricut Art Philosophy Collection Token Alphabet Stamp Set Superhero Paper Collection Color-Ready Seam Binding Sparkles
In this month’s installment of Love Your Layout, you’ll see how you can use Studio J to create a beautiful digital layout in just minutes. You’ll use text boxes in creative ways to add unique touches to your artwork. Watch the video and then click HERE to give Studio J a try yourself!
Close To My Heart’s *NEW* Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon can be used as-is OR it can be colored with any of our 60 exclusive colors to coordinate with any project you make! Watch this short video to see how you can make this pretty, soft white Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon a stunning color to match … Read more Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
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
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!
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