I was inspired to make my card by this one made by one of my stamping heroes, Jennifer McGuire. Jennifer showed how to use a die to make a fun 3-D sentiment on her card. I improvised and used the “Smiles” image on my Artbooking Cricut cartridge. I cut it out 5 times from a…
I am taking another fun Online Card Class from the awesome gals at onlinecardclasses.com called Insider. It’s all about clever ways to add interest to the inside of your cards. The homework on the first day was to take a card that you had already created and add something fun to the inside. I was…
I recently found some old photos of the first time we took the kids to the snow. (Living in Southern California, we don’t get to see snow much.) The kids had so much fun that I wanted to create a layout for them so they could remember the great time we had. I was excited…
As many of you know, Close to my Heart has three AMAZING Cricut Collections including the Art Philosophy Collection, the Artiste Collection, and the all new Artbooking Collection. Every single one of these Collections are fantabulous (is that even a word?)! LOL! They each come with an exclusive Cricut Cartridge, (3) coordinating stamp sets, and…
How would you like to learn how to add more photos to your layouts? If so, September’s Creative Club project is perfect for you! I will show you how to utilize Close to my Heart’s various sized Flip Flaps and the all new Make It From Your Heart Book Volume 2 to turn three Fall…
National Stamping Month Promotion 3 times the fun with our new stamp set trio for only $10 with a qualifying purchase I LOVE National Stamping Month because Close to my Heart always has a fun promotion to share with us! This month you can get an exclusive You Are My Happy stamp set trio in…
Yesterday I posted a video on how to make Close to my Heart’s new Base and Bling Fabric Necklace. Today, I want to show you another way that you can use the fun Base and Bling Jewels and Accents. I created this purse using CTMH’s Artiste Cricut Cartridge. I brought the purse image on page…
I have had lots of questions about Close to my Heart’s Base and Bling Fabric Necklace Kit, so I thought I would make a video to help answer some of your questions. (My video was originally 15 minutes long and I had to cut out 5 minutes so that YouTube would allow me to upload…
Here’s another card made using Close to my Heart’s new Frosted papers. It is a very simple card, but if you know me, you know I like “simple.” I created a 3-1/2″ x 8″ card base using the pretty Frosted Turquoise cardstock that is only available in the Frosted paper packet. I stamped a piece…