Give yourself a dose of holiday spirit this weekend!
This sale includes many Christmas favorites and festive accessories. You’ll find great bargains on both current and retired products. You’ll find beautiful Christmas paper, our fabulous flip flaps, glitter paper and much more! Plus there are two Christmas exclusive stamp sets created just for this sale!
Many items have a limited supply so if you find something you want be sure to snag it before it disappears. Sale ends tomorrow (Sunday July 19) at midnight.
If you’d like to see everything that is in the sale, scroll down. Or just hop over to my Close To My Heart website to shop!
Mystery Hostess Drawing
To celebrate this week’s sale, I set up a Mystery Hostess gathering. One lucky shopper will get all of the Christmas in July Candy (AKA Hostess Rewards)!
You’ll get 1 ticket for every $10 you order. Be sure to join the “Christmas in July Mystery Hostess” gathering before you check out for it to count toward the drawing. (Note that this order will not count for any other gathering or the Rewards Club.)
You can also earn tickets by commenting on fun Christmas related questions in my Creative Friends facebook group today and tomorrow.
If you love to make custom cards or would like to give this fun creative hobby a try, our Craft with Heart kits may be just what you are looking for! Read on to learn more about this subscription program including an unboxing, pricing and a look at the cards in the current kit.
May – August Craft with Heart Cards
Let’s start by just looking at the beautiful cards you can make with the current May – August Craft with Heart Cardmaking subscription box. You’ll make a total of 24 gorgeous handmade cards, 2 each of 12 designs
Kit Contents
This is a complete kit that includes the card bases, envelopes, papers and embellishments for all 24 cards. The included full color guide shows you how to assemble each card and gives you ideas on which stamp sentiments to use with each card.
The kit includes an exclusive stamp set designed just to go with these cards. This is a size D stamp set with a retail value of $18.95. There are at least two sentiment options for each card, so you can customize your cards for the occasions for which you need a card. You’ll have these stamps to keep and use over and over. You even get a mini black ink pad and block!
You may have noticed that six of the cards (2 each of 3 designs)have a shaker window. The kit includes the foam, acetate and sequins to add ths fun element to your cards.
The only additional supply you’ll need to complete the cards is your favorite adhesive. Watch this video to see an unboxing and watch a couple of the cards being assembled.
Subscription Program Details
The current card kit is ONLY AVAILABLE available by subscribing to the Craft with Heart program before August 31. A whole new set of cards will be available starting Septembrer 1. You choose whether you would like your subscription to renew every 4 moths or purchase the kits for a full year at a 20% discount, plus free shipping.
When you subscribe you’ll get a new card kit delivered to your door automatically every four months. If you want to make more than 24 cards, simply subscribe for multiple boxes. You control your subscription and you easily can unsubscribe at any time.
Bonus for July Subscribers
During July, I’ll be sending new subscribers a bonus! As I mentioned earlier in this post, the kit is complete and the only additional thing you need to complete the cards is adhesive. So to help you finish your kit, I’ll send new subscribers a Close To My Heart Adhesive Runner!
This is a peranent dot tape which means it applies easily to even small pieces and your cards still stay together. With 10 yards of adhesive, you’ll have plenty to complete all of the cards in the kit.
If you subscribe on the 12-month plan in July, I’ll send you 3 Adhesive Runners!
Remember the bonus adhesive is only when you subscribe before the end of July 2020! For more information and to subscribe, click here.
Originally introduced in bundles for the National Scrapbooking Day virtual event in early May, the popular Forever Grateful and Through Thick and Thin stamp sets are now available for individual purchase!
Forever Grateful
The Forever Grateful stamp set is a size E set which means it includes two full sheets of stamps to document and celebrate the heros that have given unselfishly during these tough times.
The first sheet includes phrases that you can use to express appreciation for those who have helped during the pandemic.
The second sheet of stamps a wide variety of icons so you can customize your projects for essential workers in your community.
Through Thick and Thin
The Through Thick and Thin stamp set features icons and phrases designed to help spread messages of good cheer and add more positive feelings to our memories of these difficult times.
Whether you are looking for a way to send heartfelt appreciation or a light-hearted greeting, you are sure to find what you want on one of these sets. As you plan your projects, be sure to check out the other stamp sets and free SVG files available on the Let’s Stay Home page. Use these items to preserve memories, make thoughtful cards, and incorporate current events into whatever craft projects you are working on.
This beautiful new Idea Book has beautiful new papers, stamp sets and much more. Today, let’s take a look at the new paper collections:
Summer Vibes Collection
The Summer Vibes collection is all about sunglasses and sandals! Perfect for spreading a little sunshine through a variety of papercrafting projects, this paper collection is includes patterned and solid paper, stickers, acrylic shapes, PML cards, stamp sets and workshops!
The Timber collection includes warm flannel weaves and dark woodgrain patterns. Capture the feeling of quiet moments in nature and exciting wildlife explorations with these versatile masculine designs. This paper collection is includes patterned and solid paper, stickers, heavy kraft die-cut pieces, PML cards, stamp sets and workshops!
The Mix-in papers allow you to expand your creative options with patterns and colors designed to coordinate with both the Summer Vibes and Timber collections. Each paper was carefully selected to introduce new designs to either collection and adapt them to any theme or occasion.
Happiest Place Collection
The Happiest Place collection gives you everything you need to preserve your happiest memories and create truly magical artwork! Your projects will shine thanks to foil accents on the stickers and cardstock. This paper collection is includes patterned and solid (silver accented) paper, stickers, acrylic shapes, SVG files, stamp sets and a layout workshop. Watch this quick video to see each of these products.
I hope you have enjoyed this overview of the collections in the new Idea Book and that you are as excited as I am to create with these beautiful products. There are also a bunch of great new stamp sets, new Shimmer Brush colors and more! Welcome to July!
Last week, I went through my photos from 2002. We had just purchased our first digital camera, our daughter was two, I loved photos but was not really a scrapbooker yet. It was so fun to look back at these pictures and choose the ones to print. My first three layouts for 2002 are done!
The Stitched Together Scrapbooking workshop was perfect for the candid photos we took in our yard that spring. Before I show you the rest of my pages, let’s take a look at the kit.
The contents include:
Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet (X7257S)
Additional cardstock sheets (1 Green Apple, 1 Sapphire, 3 White Daisy)
Exclusive die-cut sheets
Exclusive patterned paper sheets
Wood Buttons (Z3668)
4 Top-load 12″ × 12″ Memory Protectors™
Photo placeholders
Printed instructions
Here’s a look at the sample pages that are shown in the directions for the kit.
I love these kits because they give me ready-to-assemble pages, but with the freedom to make them my own. For al of these layouts, I kept the backgroud (quilting) patterns. But since all of the photo mats are cut from the full sheets of cardstock, I was able to modify the size and number of photos easily.
I love the combination of the quilt patterns and clusters of flowers on these layouts. Here’s a close up of one of the clusters. I raised some of the flowers with 3-D foam tape to create dimentions. The wooden buttons also add nice texture and height.
Since the theme of the pictures for this second layout are not sewing, I choose “So Thankful” instead of “Sew Thankful” that was used in the sample. I love that the kit includes both words to give you options. Once I decided what photos to use and cropped them down, I cut mats and started arranging the flowers and other elements until I found a pattern I liked.
The sample layout used the “Better Together sticker, but since these photos are mostly of just my little girl, it didn’t really fit. (However, that sticker was perfect for the family reunion photos in the last layout). Speaking of this photogenic little girl, I can hardly believe she is now 20! Where did time go? This is why I scrapbook!
Although the quilted pattern on this layout looks like it was intricately made with lots of strips of paper, it was made with exclusive patterned paper that had a chevron paper. The directions show you how to cut it and piece it togther to form the underlying pattern on these pages.
Even though I liked the style and colors of this layout for these photos from a family reunion, the “Friendship” title on the sample didn’t really fit. Luckily the stiker sheet had an unused title and “Good times” was perfect.
This kit includes the materials to make 6 scrapbook pages. In the kit you get a full color printed workshop guide with step-by-step directions. If you’d like more instruction on this kit, Close To My Heart is hosting a virtual workshop on July 14. Details coming soon on the Close To My Heart Facebook page. (Be sure to mark yourself as “going” on the event page to be intered to win prizes!)
I hope this post has given you some ideas about modifying kits and patterns to fit your photos and memories.
We have just a couple weeks left before the May – June Catalog retires. This includes the beautiful Blue Skies collection. Today I want to show you my version of the Blue Skies Scrapbooking Workshop Kit layouts.
These layouts are three of the four projects that you can make with the Blue Skies Scrapbooking Workshop guide. Click the link below to download the guide.
This guide includes cutting, prepping and assembly directions, including a link to the Design Space file for the projects. I love how these pages combine so many different elements including Cricut cuts, stamping, stickers and distressing techniques.
There are several Blue Skies bundles available, so if you want to make these layouts, you need to choose the Blue Skies Scrapbooking Workshop Kit (CC5210). Before we look at my pages, let’s take a look at the kit.
The Blue Skies Scrapbooking Workshop Kit includes all of the papers you need for the projects. Of course you can also uprchase these items separately.
Blue Skies Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
Blue Skies Coordinating Cardstock
Additional cardstock (1 Canary, 1 Candy Apple, 1 Green Apple, 1 Lagoon, 3 Sapphire, 13 White Daisy)
To make the layouts as shown in the directions, you will also need the following materials and supplies which can be purchased on my CTMH website:
TriBlend Markers: Citrus, Dark Red, Earth Brown, Green Turquoise & Light Green
Black Journaling Pen (.03) (Z3516)
To complete the projects you will also need access to the following Cricut collections: Artiste, Artbooking, Artistry and Complete Creativity. You can purchase these through my Affilate Link.
Here’s a look at the all four sample layouts that are shown in the directions for the kit.
These layouts are so bright and cheerful, I knew they would be perfect for our trip to Florida in February. While we were on this trip, we were just starting to hear about the new Corona virus that was headed our way. I’m so glad that we had this fun week in the sun before all the Covid-19 shutdowns started.
The first two layouts are from our day trip to St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. This first layout includes photo of the Castillo de San Marcos and the second has the Bridge of the Lions and a few other stops around town. We enjoyed seeing the sites and learning the history of this town.
If you compare my layout above with the workshop sample, you’ll notice that I have fewer photos. That’s because I had already printed by photos 4″ x 6″ and they were not ones that I could crop enough for the small photo wells along the bottom of the pages. Instead I used Flip Flaps to layer several additional photos onto the right page.
For this next layout, I turned each of the pages 90 degrees so that the decorative bubbles are on the outer edges instead of the top. This worked so much better with my landscape photos. And of course I also used Flip Flaps to add more photos because there is never enough room for pictures!
I changed the last layout up quite a bit. I love taking photos and spent quite a bit of time on this trip practicing my manual mode skills. I picked some of my favorite sunrise and sunset photos to highlight on this layout.
Instead of the hot air balloons, I stamped some extra cameras for this page — love how stamping gives you the freedom to make as many of an icon as you want! I used the “Hello Sunshine” title (that I left off the last layout) on the left for the morning photos. The circut cut title “Do what makes you happy” perfectly descibes how I feel about photography. Finally, I swapped out the base pages with Nectarine to bring out the colors in these photos.
For this whole set of pages I had additional photos that I wanted to include that did not fit. I accomplished that by adding several flip flaps and using pocket plus protectors between the pages. I
The pages for this tripo are done, so I have one layout leftover for another project. I did not attach the photo wells in case I need to change it up once I choose my photos. The pages plus pieces are in a ziplock in my stack of ready-for-photos layouts. When I start on a project, I always look through this pile first before creating new layouts. It really make them come togther quickly if I find something I can use in this stack.
Remember the Blue Skies Scrapbooking kit retires on June 30. I hope you have enjoyed this look at the Blue Skies Scrapbooking Workshop and are inspired by my modifications.
Find out below how you can get the stamp set I used for this card for just $5 and get the kit to make it for free!
When the current catalog was issued, the Garden Tag stamp set started calllng me. I love flowers and gardens, and selet insects (including dragon flies). I finally got it out and started playing with it yesterday.
Our Stamp of the Month program is a inexpensive way to expand your stamp collection. The retail price for this set is $18.95, but it can be added to your order of $50 or more for just $5!
The exclusive June Stamp of the Month, Garden Tags, coordinates with the Tags & Tabs Thin Cut set (currently out of stock, but should be back in mid-July). The set includes 4 different tag options, a stand alone sun flower, and the words “To” and “From”. You can make tags for gifts or to add to a card.
Free Card Kit
Plus, I’ll mail a FREE kit to make the card above to everyone who orders this stamp set on my Close To My Heart website! If you’d like to learn more, join my Creative Friends Facebook group where I’ll do a live demo on Monday at noon (CST).
Note that the sentiment “blessed to have you as a friend” is from the From the Deep Blue Stamp Set. I will do that stamping for you.
To finish the kit, you’ll need black ink (I used Intense Black), adhesives and something to color with. I used the TriBlend alcohol markers, but you could also choose color pencils, water color or even shimmer brushes.
(photo of other variations)
If you’d like one of these kits, simply place an order on my Close To My Heart website that includes the Garden Tags stamp set. Start shopping now>>
The Brushed workshop event is fast approaching. The projects have been announced, so it is time to prepare for this live event.
Earlier this week, I posted the schedule for upcoming live workshops that will take place on the Close To My Heart Facebook page. That schedule includes the June 30 Brushed workshop where well make both scrapbook pages and cards. These beautiful projects are use a variety of products and techniques.
The workshop will include seven 12″ x 12″ pages (1 single page and 3 double page layouts) that are appropriate for a variety of photos. I could see these used for photos from spring or summer, birthday or any happy occaions.
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We will also be making eight lovely cards. Sentiments include “Happy Birthday”, “My thoughts are happiest with you in them”, “This is your special day”, “You are loved” and “Always be your own kind of wonderful”.
This FUN & FREE virtual craft event will happen on June 30th at 3 pm CST on the Close To My Heart Facebook page. Note that Close To My Heart will have prize drawings during the event. Be sure to click “going” on the Event Page for a chance to win.
You will also need a variety of blocks, your favorite adhesives (I suggest including some 3-D foam tape to add dimention) and basic tools like a paper trimmer, scissors and ruler.
***INK UPDATE: Due to Covid-19, production of our ink has been delayed. If any of the recommended stamp pads are out of stock, other coordinating colors will work. Smoothie can be replaced with Pixie, Candy Apple or Raspberry. Lagoon can be replaced with Glacier. Another option for all stamped flowers is to use scraps of Pixie and Smoothie cardstock. stamp just the outline flowers in Black ink on the colored cardstock. This technique is used on some cards, but could be applied to all of them.
Directions for thes projects will be posted a day or two before the event. I can’t wait to craft with you!
Yesterday was the first of a series of live virtual workshops Close To My Heart is hosting on Tuesday afternoons. It was an amazing success and I’m looking forward joining the rest of these fun events!
June 16 (replay) – Aurora Cardmaking Workshop
At yesterday’s event, Kristina from our Home Office created the cards in the Aurora Cardmaking Kit. she walked us through the process step by step, from cutting the paper to stamping and assembly. Along the way she shares so many tips and tricks. During this video, 120 people also won new creative supplies! It was a lot of fun and if you missed it live, you can watch it on replay.
The Aurora Cardmaking workshop kit includes materials and directions to make 16 cards (4 each of the 4 designs). Don’t forget to review the list of supplies to make sure you have everything you need to complete the cards.
Future Workshops
The fun continues with additional workshops on each of the next four Tuesdays at 3 pm (CST). Here’s the complete list along with photos of the projects and links to order supplies. These events will be held on the Close To My Heart facebook page, but you’ll want to open each of the event pages to RSVP “Going” to get your name into the prize drawings.
June 23 – Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop
Create two 12″ x 12″ single pages and two 12″ x 12″ 2-page beautiful outdoor layouts. Grab your paper trimmer and adhesives and get ready to create! Check the supply list if you’d like to do the optional embossing technique.
Use the updated Brushed papers and stamp sets to create a 12″ x 12″ single page, three 12″ x 12″ double layouts and eight greeting cards. Save 20% when you buy the Brushed product bundle!
Note that the directions to this workshop will be posted on the Close To My Heart Facebook group prior to the event starting. The list of additional supplies is posted in the Event page.
Create 16 cards (4 each of the 4 designs). Don’t forget to review the list of supplies to make sure you have everything you need to complete the cards.
Create three 12″ x 12″ 2-page beautiful quilt-pattern layouts. Grab your paper trimmer and adhesives and get ready to create! Check the supply list if you’d like to do the optional alcohol marker techniques.
All of these events will happen on the Close To My Heart Facebook page. You can watch them live at 3 pm (CST) on Tuesday afternoons or the replays at a time that works for you.
I am so glad that Clsoe To My Heart is offering these opportunities to get creative. I hope to see you there!
If you’ve been considering becoming a Close To My Heart consultant, June is the time to give it a some more thought. This month, I’m sending both of the new Picture My Life card sets from the July/August catalog to anyone who joins my team.
Each of these sets include 12 – 4″ x 6″ and 12 – 3″ x 4″ cards that are designed for pocket scrapbooking. However, these cards are great for adding titles, background paper, icons and journaling to card and full scrapbooking pages. They really are versatile and I love mixing them in with the other products from our collections! (These pictures will give you a hint about upcoming papers — shhhhh!)
This month, I’ll be sharing more about why you may want to join, what is like to be a consultant, how being a consultant benefits a “hobbyist” and even reasons you may NOT want to join. In the mean time, if you have any questions just ask! I’d love to have you join my fun group of team members!
The New Consultant Kit includes the essential supplies you’ll need to get your business off to a running start, plus $50 in CTMH Cash that you can use to get your choice of select creative items. All of this for just $70—plus shipping on your kit is FREE! Here is what you will receive in your New Consultant Kit:
Adhesive Runner (Z3372)
2″ × 2″ My Acrylix® Block (Y1003)
Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2805)
Mix-in Paper Packet (X9015)
Mix-in Coordinating Cardstock (X9016)
Piercing Tool (Z3547)
Stamp Shammy (Z3579)
Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors (Z1836)
US Customer Order Forms, qty. 25 (W101)
Cardstock Sampler (W3003)
Petite Perks—Romaine Calm, qty. 3 (W2049)
Desk Pad (W1140)
Let Me Show You How Stamp Set (D1785)
US Core Catalog 2019–2020 (W1201)
US July–August 2020 Catalog, qty. 5 (WCS1206)
Watch this brief video for a complete unboxing of these creative and business items.
In addition, you get $50 in “CTMH Cash” or product credit that you can use to get your choice of select creative items.
All of this for just $70—plus shipping on your kit is FREE!
Once you join, you’ll be part of my fun Treasure Keeper Team. We have members around the country including Missouri, Texas, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and Montana! Our Facebook group is active and we have regular virtual events through zoom.
If you’d like to learn more about joining Close To My Heart or go ahead and fill out the quick online application, click here>> If you have questions or would like to talk to me more to determine if this is the right step for you, start the convrersation by sending me an email.
