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Six Reasons not to miss out on the Stamp of the Month, Precious Moments

The month has flown by and I realized today that I had not shared the cards I made with the March Stamp of the Month, Precious Moments. The card designs are very simple which allowed the cute animals to be the stars of the show! Who wouldn’t love to get a card with a message delivered by a sweet koala, hedgehog or kangaroo?

Here’s the supplies you’ll need to recreate these cards:

  • X7290B Life’s a Hoot Paper Packet
  • Z4662 Periwinkle Shimmer Trim
  • S2303 Precious Moments (March 2023 Stamp of the Month)
  • Periwinkle, Grape and White cardstock
  • card bases and envelopes

Remember this stamp set is only available in March 2023. You can pay full price or add it to your cart for just $5 with a $50 order. VIP Customers can get it for free! This is just one of the many benefits of signing to up to be one of my VIPs. You can learn all about this amazing program on my VIP page.

Here’s a look at the complete stamp set plus a couple cards made by the CTMH artists.

Trying to decide what to order so that you qualify for the discounted or free stamp set? Remember that all of our stamps — including the stamp + thin cut bundles — are on sale this month. Scroll through all the discounted stamps on the Stamptacular Sale Page.

In addition to the stamps that have been published in our catalog, there are five stamps made exclusively for this sale. Save the most by ordering the bundle that includes all five!

This month we are celebrating all the stampers with these great specials. Enjoy shopping!

Rebecca

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Thank You Shaker Window Card (free card kit with purchase)

September is almost over, but it is not too late to get this month’s Stamp of the Month, Grateful for this Life. This stamp is filled with sentiments that express your gratitude through your projects. Plus, everyone who orders this stamp from me will get a kit in the mail to make this fun shaker Thank You card!

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White Pines Workshop Plus makes 40 Christmas Cards! (Free Download)

Get a jump start on your Christmas cardmaking with this mega kit. Using the directions in this post, expand the White Pines cardmaking workshop to make 20 bonus cards by adding just a few extra supplies! You will make 4 of each of these 5 new designs. Combine this with the cards in the original cardmaking workshop directions to make a total of 40 cards!

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I Love You BERRY Much (free card kit with purchase)

I’m not quite ready for fall and this card let me hang onto a bit more summer. Strawberry season may be over, but anytime is the right time for a cheerful card like this one. The fresh color combination was made using distressed oxide ink and the August Stamp of the Month, Tutti Fruitti Summer.

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My favorite way to use 1 Stamp with 2 Colors (Free Kit with Order)

2021 may be the year of Scandinavian artwork! Traditional Scandinavian design is based on symmetry and repetition and often include cheerful detailed images. Our April Stamp of the Month, Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings embraces this trend with images of home, flowers, envelopes, boot, bird and a window. The cool thing about stamping is that the repetition is effortless since you can just reink an image to add it multiple times.

Cheeful Thank You Card handmade and stamped with Scandinavian Pattern. Uses Close To My Heart paper and stamps. The April 2021 Stamp of the Month is just $5 when added to a qualifying order (free for VIP customers!) | CTMH | house | tulips | Eat Pray love | stamping | card making |

Although Scandinavian art is often monotone, I couldn’t resist adding a lots of color to my card. I really love how cheerful this color combination is and through it would be a great way to let someone know I appreciate them. If you like this design, you are in luck! I will be sending a kit to make it to everyone who orders this stamp set from me. Read on for more details.

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In This Together Cardmaking Workshop

March 18, 2021 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm CDT

Join me on the Close To My Heart Facebook page, for another fun craft event! To create along with us, order your kit on my website. Don’t worry, if there is not enough time to receive your order before the workshop, the videos will remain on the Close To My Heart Facebook group indefinitely.

The materials in this kit can be used to make the two of each of the cards created during this workshop plus the three layouts for the March 19 workshop. The instructions for all of these projects is in a downloadable guide.

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Additional supplies needed:

  • Pennant Banner Alphabet Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z3762)
  • Simple Serif Bundle (Z3865)
  • Grape Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z6524)
  • Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z4189)
  • Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2895)
  • Lemonade Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z6517)
  • Sapphire Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2848)
  • 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)

Be sure to join live on the Close To My Heart Facebook page to be entered to win awesome giveaway prizes during the event!

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Wishing you a Cozy Holiday (Free Card Kit with Purchase)

As it gets cooler outside, I know it won’t be long before winter weather is here. On those days, I enjoy viewing the beautiful snowy scenes from inside my cozy home. When I made this card, I pictured myself cuddled up with my favorite robe and slippers while watching the snow flutter to the ground.

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A Card “For My Beautiful Friend” (free kit with purchase!)

It’s been a busy month so I’m just getting the card kit for this month’s stamp of the month finished. Although we just have a few days left, but there is still time to get this beautiful stamp set!


The July Stamp of the Month, For My Beautiful Friend, is filled with sweet messages to send to someone special plus flowers, butterflies and even a dragonfly. I love the swish of paint image that allows you to highlight a specific word. I used it in the card above to add a watercolor brush to “Beautiful”.


This great stamp set is only available to purchase in July 2020. It is a “size D” (AKA large) stamp set and regularly priced at $18.95. However, when you have $50 in your cart, you can add it for just $5!  
When you purchase the For My Beautiful Friend stamp set on my Close To My Heart website (at full or discounted price), I’ll send you a kit to make this pretty friendship card! The foundation for this card is the stitched grid die cut which was cut with the Multi Square Window Thin Cuts set. I love that this cut piece is the perfect size for a standard card. There is an even white border all the way around it.
The beautiful pattern papers in the grid windows are from the current Mix-in paper packet. These beautiful papers get over shadowed by the themed paper packs, but they are great to add a little texture to any project. 
Kit includes
– Card base
– Die cut grid overlay
– Cut pieces of solid and pattern paper
– Extra white cardstock for stamping
– Silver shimmer trim
– Bitty Sparkles
To finish the kit as shown, you’ll need Black and Peach ink pads, True Blue Tri Blend marker and adhesives. 
If you’d like one of these kits, simply place an order on my Close To My Heart website that includes the For My Beautiful Friend stamp set.  Start shopping now>>
Always create,
Rebecca
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Love the outdoors? Make these fun cards and learn some new techniques!

If you’ve been following my blog this month, you’ve seen several projects using products from the Aurora collection. Today, I’d like to share with your some outdoor themed cards I made recently using these products. 

You may have noticed that these cards do not really have greetings but instead a phrase that reflects an outdoor mentality. That leaves the occasion for the card up to you! You could easily add a “happy birthday”, “happy Father’s Day” or other sentiment to reflect any occasion. Or just add your personal note on the inside to let an outdoor lover know that you are thinking of them.

All of the stamping on these projects is from the Aurora – Scrapbooking Stamp Setand Thin Cut Set. Although these stamps can be used to make beautiful die-cut embellishments for your pages, as you can see they are versatile enough to work on cards too. 

Here’s a closer look at these cards along with a few notes about the techniques used.

Each of these cards has a single die-cut piece stamped with a coordinating image. Because our stamps and blocks are clear acrylic, you can see through them to place the image. To get the best transfer of ink, place the foam that is included with every stamp set under the paper before you stamp.  

The splatters on the tag were added using Sapphire ink. To get this look, squeeze your ink pad so that some ink remains on the inside lid. Then use a wet brush to pick up the ink. Tap the brush on your finger above the paper where you want the drops to be.

In addition to splatters using the technique from the first card, I distressed the edges of several of the papers with my scissors. Doing this with closed scissors keeps tearing to a minimum.

The trees in the mist on this card were created with second and third generation stamping. To get this look, ink the stamp up with Evergreen ink. After stamping, stamp again to create a lighter tree (2nd generation) and a thrid time for an even lighter tree (3rd generation) before inking the stamp up again.

The sky and trees on this card were stamped with a single stamp. You could cut the stamp — seriously, I cut my stamps all the time — to stamp them separately. However, I wanted to make sure it lined up correctly, so I just inked the sky off the edge of the Sapphire ink pad and the trees off the edge of the Evergreen ink pad. Then I was able to stamp both colors at one time.

This final card uses the Rock & Roll stamping technique. To achieve this look, ink the stamp with Evergreen ink. Then gently roll the edges of the stamp on the Sapphire ink pad before stamping on the die-cut.

Products used on these cards:

Aurora Paper Packet (X7256B)

Aurora – Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z3711)

Aurora Acrylic Shapes (X7256E)

Cardstock (Peacock, Sapphire, Sage, Charcoal & White Daisy)

Ink Pads (Charcoal, Sapphire, Evergreen & Peacock)

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I hope these cards encourage you to try new distressing or stamping techniques.

Keep Creating,

Rebecca