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Garden Tag Stamp Set on Sale plus Free Card Kit with purchase!

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).   
Kit includes
  • Card base
  • Stitched Together and solid cardstock piece
  • Tags (cut using the Tags & Tabs Thin Cut set)
  • White Ribbon
  • Clear Sparkles
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. 
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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>>
Always create,
Rebecca
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Let’s Party! Book a Fall Gathering for your friends and receive a free stamp set!

How many times over the last few weeks have you said to a friend “We should get together sometime”? As you know, unless you schedule time with friends, it doesn’t happen.

Wouldn’t it be fun to host a crafty night with your friends? I would love to help you by planning a fun party where where you and your friends will learn about Close To My Hearts quality products and make a creative project. In addition, you can earn free and discounted products. What could be better?

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I am currently working on filling my fall calendar and would love to schedule a party for you and your friends!

I’m giving a Beautiful Friendship (B1400)* stamp set to each of the first three hostesses who book a fall gathering in August. 



To receive the stamp set, you must host the qualifying gathering ($150 or more in orders) before the end of the year. Both live and virtual parties count!

Call or email me today for a list of available dates!

*or equally priced stamp set of your choice.

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You’ve Got a Friend – May Stamp of the Month – Just $5

The Close To My Heart mission statement is centered around “celebrating relationships”. Friendships are one of the most important relationships you can have and this stamp set gives you five different images with phrases to celebrate them. 

Do you have a friend you’d like to surprise with a “just because” card? Or maybe you’d like to commemorate them in a layout. 

The May Stamp of the Month, “You’ve Got a Friend” includes all of these stamps:


This stamp set is only available through May 31. The full retail price is $17.95, but you can get yours for just $5 — over 70% savings. When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Just $5 with a $50 purchase!


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Here are a few fun projects the creative folks at Close To My Heart dreamed up:

If you love the artwork in this picture, you are in luck. You can find supply lists and helpful hints on my Close To My Heart website –> LINK

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New Balloon Ride Card Kit!

Do you know someone who could use a lift? The cards from this new Show Me Scrapping kit will raise their spirits!

These cards are made with the beautiful Balloon Ride papers. The kit includes all the materials needed to make twelve cards — four each of the three designs shown below.

The cards use a simple cutting pattern, but are dressed up with paper piecing and edge ink distressing. They are finished with a touch of bling.

Kit includes:

  • 12 Colonial White Cards & Envelopes
  • 3 sheets of Balloon Ride B&T paper plus 3 sheets of solid cardstock
  • Sparkles & Flourishes to decorate the cards
  • Full color instructions

This kit is exclusively available from Show Me Scrapping and can be ordered on my shopping page. 

If you are in the St. Louis area, you can pick up and save shipping AND you are invited to attend one of my April Balloon Ride workshops at my house in Arnold, MO. Click here for dates and additional information.

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Treasured Friend Card

I wanted to play around some more with my alcohol markers and looked through my stamp sets for a some good images for coloring. These cheery flowers come from discontinued stamp set called Treasured Friend.

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For the flowers, I blended both shades of Goldrush with the lighter Autumn Terracotta. The centers are the darker Autumn Terracotta marker. The leaves are Olive.

Once I finished coloring, I just cut out the flowers and leaves and layered them on a strip of Dreamin’ paper and burlap ribbon to complete the card.

Keep creating,

Rebecca

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Buzzing & Fluttering!

Announcing the final two cards in the Buzz & Bumble Kit! 

Each of these cards uses a Quick Card size A stamp set (just $6.95 each). So quick and easy! 

I cut the hexagon accent by following the lines on the honeycomb paper as you can see in this close up picture. I used the honeycomb hexagon as a pattern to cut a second one from the cocoa patterned paper. 

Stay tuned…I will be posting ordering information for these kits shortly.

Keep creating!

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Floral Friendship

I am in love with the For Always paper! It is so beautiful and you can literally add any color to it for extra pop! For the card below, I choose Hollyhock roses and I think it turned out beautiful. 

You may recognize the stamp set as Floral Happiness, the March stamp of the month. This stamp set is made up lower and upper layers. Because  the stamps and blocks are clear, you can create beautiful roses by stamping the details over the solid backgound. 

After trimming the roses and leaves, I layered them up on the card. I popped the center larger rose with foam tape to add dimension.

To make the roses on my card, I first stamped the Hollyhock backgrounds, then I stamped the details in black aligning the edges of the rose. I did not want to introduce another color to the card for the leaves, so I did both the background and detail in black. To lighten the background of the leaves, I used “second generational stamping”. This is achieved by stamping the image on scrap paper to remove some ink before stamping on the project.

I completed the sentiment from the front of the card on the inside. This rose uses first and second generational stamping.

Don’t forget that this lovely stamp set is only available this month! You can order your copy today on my Close To My Heart website. If you place an order of $50 or more, it is just $5!

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La Belle Vie Cards

If you have been following my blog, you know how much I love using up every last scrap of paper. It is so hard to throw away pieces when they are so beautiful. This week, I officially am done with La Belle Vie. After finishing the layouts I posted yesterday, I got creative with the left overs. Here’s the results:

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Stamping for all of these cards is from the La Belle Vie Workshop on the Go and 4 My Friend. There are a few Cricut cuts from Artiste and Art Philosophy. Let me know if you have questions about any of these cards.

 

Want to get some La Belle Vie before it is gone? Follow thislinkto shop.

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Casual Clementine Card Kit

There is a new card kit in town! Order the Casual Clementine Card kit and receive materials needed to create ten tri-fold cards (two each of five designs).

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These cards are full of country charm due to the use of burlap ribbon, paper flowers, hemp, badge buttons and Clementine paper. Stamping is done with the new Casual Expressions stamp set which coordinates with shapes on the Artiste Cricut cartridge.

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Kit includes:

  • Half of a pack of Clementine Paper (X7156B)
  • Colonial White Die-Cut Cards & Envelopes (Z1738)
  • 4 Pewter Badge Buttons
  • 6 Just Blooms paper flowers
  • 6 Chocolate Flower buttons
  • 2 yards Natural Hemp
  • 2 feet Burlap Ribbon
  • 1 yard Sorbet Ribbon
  • Full-color Directions
  • My Acrylix Casual Expressions Stamp Set (D1525)

You can use the PayPal buttons on my Custom Kits page to pay securely online with a credit card or your PayPal account or you can send me a check.

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It’s Your Day Cards

Just a quick post to show you a couple cards I made with the It’s Your Day stamp set.

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To create the movement effect on the bicycle, I simply stamped three times without re-inking the stamp.

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I gave this second card to my sister with the Baby Memory Box I showed you on Sunday. Not your typical baby shower card, but it matches the gift so well, I thought it was appropriate.

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Both cards use the Victory paper pack. Don’t forget the It’s Your Day stamp set is only available in September for National Stamping Month. You can purchase this double set for just $5 with a $35 purchase! Click here to start shopping.

Rebecca