Wednesday, December 31, 2014

#361

December 31, 2014

Today is the final day of the my 365 days of Close To My Heart. I think I had a little trouble with my numbering somewhere along the way but it has been so much fun.

I hope you have enjoyed this journey with me.

Today I wanted to share a video about creating a calendar.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5v-IsQ_bNc

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Monday, December 29, 2014

Sunday, December 28, 2014

#358

December 28, 2014

Today I wanted to share an idea for a Valentine's Day card.

Saturday, December 27, 2014

#357

December 27, 2014

Today I wanted to share an ornament star from the Cricut with Heart blog.

Friday, December 26, 2014

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

#353

December 23, 2014

Here is a great easy gift card holder by LeeAnn Greff.

Monday, December 22, 2014

#352

December 22, 2014


Today I wanted to share a photo step card from the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge page.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Friday, December 19, 2014

#349

December 19, 2014

Today I wanted to share a scrapbooking Christmas page by Lisa Page.



Thursday, December 18, 2014

#348

December 18, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card by Melinda at If You Bling It.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

#346

December 16, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you some 3x3 cards made by Margi.

Monday, December 15, 2014

#345

December 15, 2014

Today I wanted to share an idea for gift card holders by Annette Green.


Sunday, December 14, 2014

#344

December 14, 2014

Today I wanted to share a beautiful Christmas tree that you can make. It is from Jeanette Lynton's blog.

Saturday, December 13, 2014

#343

December 13, 2014

Today I wanted to share another Close To My Heart product that would be great for a Christmas present. They are called Cut Above. They are premade kits for you. These would be a great gift and they range in price from $9.95-$14.95.

Take a look at all of the great products: http://wishchick.ctmh.com/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=100

Friday, December 12, 2014

#342

December 12, 2014

Today I wanted to share a new Close to My Heart product with you. It is our shoulder tote bag. It fits 12" by 12" paper organizers. 

Here is a link is you interested in purchasing this product: http://wishchick.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8259.

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

#339

December 9, 2014

Today I wanted to share a St. Patrick's Day card that could be adjusted to holiday color and be a great holiday card.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Sunday, December 7, 2014

#337

December 7, 2014

Today I wanted to share a holiday polar bear card by Aaron Brown.

#336

December 6, 2014

Today I wanted to share a few Christmas cards from Vicky Wiznuik.

Friday, December 5, 2014

#335

December 5, 2014

Today I wanted to share some simple holiday cards by Vicki Wizniuk.

Thursday, December 4, 2014

#334

December 4, 2014

Today I wanted to share a project with medallions for Winter time by Split coast stampers.

Monday, December 1, 2014

#332

December 1, 2014

Today I made a card using the S1411 It's the Little Things stamp set. I used Thistle, Flaxen, Seafoam, Orange, Topiary, Lilac Mist, and Outdoor Denim ink pads.


Sunday, November 30, 2014

#331

November 30, 2014

Today I wanted to share a 3-D pumpkin with a tea light by Bren Yule. 

#330

November 30, 2014

Today I wanted to share a few projects that are Fall/Winter themed by Jeanette Lynton.

#329

November 29, 2014

Today I wanted to share a 3-D pumpkin by Jeanette Lynton.

Thursday, November 27, 2014

#328

November 27, 2014

Today I wanted to share a Thankful wreath and card idea by Jeanette Lynton.

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

#327

November 27, 2014

Today I wanted to share an adorable circle ornament card.

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

#326

November 25, 2014

Today I wanted to share a holiday card with buttons as ornaments from Beccy's Place.

#325

November 24, 2014

Today I wanted to share an adorable penguin card by Kendra at Kendra's card company.

Sunday, November 23, 2014

#324

November 23, 2014

Here is a Santa gift card holder I made.



Saturday, November 22, 2014

#323

November 22, 2014

Here is a holiday card I made today. 


Friday, November 21, 2014

#322

November 21, 2014

Here is an origami holiday card I made today.


Thursday, November 20, 2014

#321

November 20, 2014

Today I wanted to share a paper Christmas tree cut from the Cricut Artiste cartridge. 

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

#319

November 18, 2014

Have you ever wondered how to keep your daubers organized? Well here is the blog for you. It shows pictures of the dauber storage case.

Monday, November 17, 2014

#318

November 17, 2014

Have  you ever wondered what is the best way to store your Close To My Heart stamps and accessories? Here is a video that talks about some of the storage options we offer.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

#317

November 16, 2014

Today I wanted to share a scrapbooking layout with Flip Flaps. I found this on the Something from the Heart website.

Saturday, November 15, 2014

#316

November 15, 2014

Today I wanted to share another winter themed scrapbooking layout by Shannon Buck.

Here is a link to her pinterst post: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/256353403764463138/

Friday, November 14, 2014

#315

November 14, 2014

Today I wanted to share a scrapboooking layout for a baby's first Christmas by Casandra Bennett.



Thursday, November 13, 2014

#314

November 13, 2014

Today I wanted to share a beautiful scrapbooking layout by Dana Kessler. 

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

#313

November 12, 2014

Today I wanted to share a Christmas card with an adorable bear on it.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

#311

November 10, 2014

Today I wanted to share a Thank you card idea I found.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

#310

November 9, 2014

Today I wanted to share a triple stamp card with a flower.

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Friday, November 7, 2014

#308

November 7, 2014

Today I wanted to share two friendship cards by Chris Lothian. 

Thursday, November 6, 2014

#307

November 6, 2014

Today I wanted to share a fun card with a trailer on it.

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

#306

November 5, 2014

Today I wanted to share a get well card video from Obsessed with Scrapbooking.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

#305

November 4, 2014

Today I wanted to share a video about the Artbooking Cricut cartridge and sizes images.

Monday, November 3, 2014

#304

November 3, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card idea by Katy from scrappinkaty's blog using the Frosted paper.



Sunday, November 2, 2014

#303

November 2, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you some wonderful Thanksgiving craft ideas from Jeanette Lynton's blog. 

Saturday, November 1, 2014

#302

November 1, 2014

Today I wanted to share a great paper pumpkin idea from Jeanette Lynton's blog.

Friday, October 31, 2014

#301

 October 31, 2014

Even though it is Halloween I am thinking ahead to Thanksgiving. Today I wanted to share a wonderful wreath using pictures from Jeanette Lynton's blog.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

#300

October 30, 2014

Today I wanted to share a recipe box made with Close To My Heart products. Maybe for the holidays this year you could do a recipe swap with friends and family.

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

#299

October 29, 2014

Today I wanted to share a purse box from the Artiste Cricut cartridge.

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

#298

October 28, 2014

Today I wanted to show you a pop up circle card from Crafting with Joanie.

Monday, October 27, 2014

#297

October 27, 2014

Today I wanted to share a birthday card keeper by Vicki Wizniuk.  

Sunday, October 26, 2014

#296

October 26, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you a card made by Joy with Obsessed with Scrapbooking. It is a gate fold card using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

Here is a link to her blog and there is also a video there:http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/2014/10/videohow-to-make-fun-artbooking-gate.html

Saturday, October 25, 2014

#296

October 25, 2014

Today i wanted to share a technique for water color stamping.

Friday, October 24, 2014

#296

October 24, 2014

Today i wanted to share some card ideas I found on Angie Highland's blog.
My favorite card is the forth card on the post.

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Sunday, October 19, 2014

#291

October 19, 2014

Today I wanted to share a beautiful Christmas card by Gloria Shirr. 

Saturday, October 18, 2014

#290

October 18, 2014

Today I wanted to share a Halloween Post it project by Amie Kiger. This is a great use of the new scoreboard also.

Friday, October 17, 2014

#289

October 17, 2014

Today I wanted to share a tip by Amie Kiger. They are Cricut tips for using the White Daisy cardstock that sometimes can be stubborn.

Thursday, October 16, 2014

#288

October 16, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card with you made by Amie Kiger. It is a pop up thank you card made with the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge.

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

#287

October 15, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card with a flower that Ronnie Johnson. 

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

#286

October 14, 2014

Today I wanted to share the Cut Above kits from Close To My Heart with you. They are a simple and fun way to give treats.


Here is a link to a video about the kits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcR8VyJ5Yjc

#285

October 13, 2014

Today I wanted to share a beautiful Christmas card by Ronnie Johnson.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

#284

October 12, 2014

Today I wanted to share a two color embossing technique by Jeanette Lynton.

Saturday, October 11, 2014

#283

October 11, 2014

Today I wanted to share a video of a Artfully Sent Halloween Pop Up Card. 

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TTbpzjgULk

#282

October 10, 2014

Today I wanted to share a video about the Shinhan Touch Twin Markers that Close to My Heart carry in the idea book.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXZvk8yhe-E

Thursday, October 9, 2014

#281

October 9, 2014

Today I wanted to share a blog post about using your brayer to stamp.

#280


October 8, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you a masking technique.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

#279

October 7, 2014

Today I wanted to share a video with a technique called tissue stamping.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPqtRJCJ_JA

#278

October 6, 2014

Today I wanted to share a fun fall card with you. This is just an idea of a fall card.

Sunday, October 5, 2014

#277

October 5, 2014

Today I am so excited to share another card by Ronnie Johnson. This one is using one of my favorite stamp sets: Flakey Friends.

Here is a link to her blog to see the card and instructions: http://craftwithronnie.blogspot.com/2014/10/flakey-friends.html

Saturday, October 4, 2014

#276

October 4, 2014

Today I wanted to share an idea of a winter scrapbooking page layout by Close To My Heart.

Friday, October 3, 2014

#275

October 3, 2014

I wanted to share another awesome set of card ideas for Christmas by Ronnie Johnson. 

Thursday, October 2, 2014

#274

October 2, 2014

Today I wanted to share some Christmas card ideas by Ronnie Johnson. I am so excited to start my Christmas cards too.

#273

October 1, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card by Ronnie Johnson. It is a card using the Pathfinding B&T Duos paper.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

#272

September 30, 2014

Today I wanted to share the instructions for the beautifully spooky Witch hat.

This looks like a fun project to make.

Monday, September 29, 2014

#271

September 29, 2014

Since it is National coffee day I wanted to share a Youtube video that is titled CTMH Coffee Stain Stamp Card.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BJDGy1KZ78

#270

September 28, 2014

Today I wanted to share a clever idea I found for a gift card holder, it is a cup of coffee. 

Saturday, September 27, 2014

#269

September 27, 2014

Today I wanted to share some adorable Halloween treat boxes.

These are a great way to give a fun and different way of giving candy this year.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Thursday, September 25, 2014

#267

September 25, 2014

Today I wanted to share a some Halloween card ideas. 

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

#266

September 24, 2014

Since Christmas will be here before you know it, we might as well get crafting now. I wanted share a video for a Triple Christmas card with second generation stamping. 

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptq0ttPtLzQ

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

#265

September 23, 2014

Today I wanted to share another Halloween scrapbooking layouts by Dana Kessler. My favorite is the layout with triangles.

Monday, September 22, 2014

#264

September 22, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you a blog I found that has a fun scrapbooking layout. The photo place holders look like Polaroid film. 

Sunday, September 21, 2014

#263

September 21, 2014

Need some inspiration for some scrapbooking layouts? Have I found the blog post for you. Today I wanted to share a post on Jeanette Lynton's with all of the new B&T Duos papers in the current idea book.

Saturday, September 20, 2014

#262

September 20, 2014

With Halloween just around the corner I wanted to share a scrapbooking layout I found by Brenda Rose.

Friday, September 19, 2014

#261

September 19, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card I made using the Snowhaven B&T Duos paper and the O Holy Night (A1168) stamp set.


Thursday, September 18, 2014

#260

September 18, 2014

Today I wanted to share another set of instructions from the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge collection. This post was written by Melanie Brown at Courtney Lane Designs.

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

#259

September 17, 2014

Today I wanted to share an instructional video by Joy at Obsessed with Scrapbooking. She made the Scottie Dog Swing card. 

Here is a link to her video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAA7MTwbkGc

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

#258

September 16, 2014

I am so excited about the new Close To My Heart Cricut cartridge Artfully Sent. Today I wanted to share directions about the first page in the cartridge book by Paige Dolecki at Stampologist.com.


Monday, September 15, 2014

#257

September 15, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card I made using the Yuletide Carol B&T Duos paper and the Be Jolly (B1455) Hostess Rewards stamp set.


Sunday, September 14, 2014

#256

September 14, 2014

Today I wanted to share a card from the Artfully Sent Cricut collection by Melanie Brown at Courtney Lane Designs. 

I hope you enjoy the beautiful card.

Saturday, September 13, 2014

#255

September 13, 2014

I am so excited about the new Close To My Heart scoreboard. I have ordered one so I am impatiently waiting for it to arrive. Today I wanted to share a video about the score board and how to make an envelope. This video was by Maria Saxon.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsmWgtsho6U

Friday, September 12, 2014

#254

September 12, 2014

Today I wanted to share one of my favorite kinds of cards. It is called Double Pocket Fold Card. The video I wanted to share today was made by Paper Crafting with Angelina.

Here is the link to her video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCvmpdcwG4

Thursday, September 11, 2014

#253

September 11, 2014

Today I wanted to share a Close To My Heart video about our Scallop punch. 

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R1K20x9a6Y

#252

September 10, 2014

Today I wanted to share with you a video about mini thank you cards by Joy. 

Here is a link to her video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wgaUk3vZwY

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

#251

September 9, 2014 

Today I wanted to share a technique called puddle pads.

Here is a link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHlWmEpP88M

Monday, September 8, 2014

#250

September 8, 2014

Today I made an 8 by 8 scrapbook page using the September Stamp of the Month Family is Forever (S1409). I also used the Pathfinding B&T Duos paper. 


Sunday, September 7, 2014

#249

September 7, 2014

Today I made a card using the triple stamp card technique. The stamp set I used was Your Own Kind of Wonderful (D1627). 


Saturday, September 6, 2014

#248

September 6, 2014

Today I made a card using the Sing Glory (C1587) stamp set and the Snowhaven B&T Duos paper. 


Friday, September 5, 2014

#247

September 5, 2014

Today I wanted to share a mini card I made with the instructions on Page 68 of the current idea book. I used Parchment, Chocolate, and Cranberry for the ink colors.