The Swipe Hype
Clearly the Best, Stamping with Close To My Heart: “The Swipe Hype” features the swiping stamping technique. With stamp swiping, you can add texture, distressing, movement, and motion to your products.
Clearly the Best, Stamping with Close To My Heart: “The Swipe Hype” features the swiping stamping technique. With stamp swiping, you can add texture, distressing, movement, and motion to your products.

This is one of my favorite layouts that I created for Close to my Heart’s Make It From Your Heart publication. I think it’s my favorite because I love the photo of my son with that huge lollipop so much. *Ü* I used the pattern on page 34 to create the layout along with this…

I thought Close to my Heart’s La Belle Vie Collection would be perfect for these “vintage” photos of my kiddos. I used lots of fun new products on this layout including the La Belle Vie Papers and My Stickease, the new Black Tulle Ribbon, Opaques Pearl Flourishes, and Pearl Adhesive Gems. I added a little…
We’re excited to be working with My Craft Channel, an online craft TV network, to create a new video series called “Clearly the Best.” Have you ever wondered why I love Close to my Heart’s My Acrylix stamps so much? Take a look at the first video in this series and you will see just…

I just got home from the Close to my Heart Advisory Board retreat. Even though I already knew what a great company this was, after spending the week with the Close to my Heart Executive Team and the other Advisory Board members, I can tell you that it really is an AMAZING company and they…

I am in beautiful Utah right now at the CTMH Advisory Board retreat. We have had lots of productive meetings so far and LOTS of wonderful food. I had heard from past board members that when you go to the Advisory Board retreat to bring stretchy pants because CTMH feeds you well. They were right!…

Have you ever thought about turning your hobby into a lucrative business? Or maybe just getting Close to my Heart products at a great discount for you and your friends? August is the PERFECT time to sign to up. Not only do we have a new $49 kit, but if you join my team this…

Have you seen Close to my Heart’s new Artiste Cricut Collection yet? It is amazing! I thought I‘d share this great video with you that explains how both of the included booklets work together to help make your crafting faster, simpler, and MUCH easier! Click here for more information and to see all of the…

You may recall the Friendship card that I posted here. I thought it would be fun to make the same card using different papers, and thus the pink version was born… I used the pretty La Belle Vie Collection for this one and really like how it turned out. The dimensions and cutting guide are…