The wintery images from Close To My Heart's Cricut® Artbooking cartridge
will melt your heart! Watch for inspiration on how to make the frosty
shapes, titles, borders, and overlays fall into place on your layouts to
give them a little sparkle!
Pages
Holiday Cheer
As you wake up this morning, opening presents or preparing for a Christmas brunch, remember your Holiday Cheer.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Labels:
cards
Christmas Kisses
One of the fun things you can do with the fabric gift bags is to treat them like fabric, and not bags. Rip out the seams and iron the fabric. You can either cut or rip the bags into long pieces. Then you can tie colorful ribbons with the pieces.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Ruby CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments:Gift Bag fabric
Layout Idea: Create with Alyson
Labels:
cards
AME(S01E13): Friendship Layouts
Here's a friendly tip: try the friendship-themed keys of the Cricut®
Atbooking cartridge from Close To My Heart for layouts that shout in
celebration of your cherished relationships! See the video for more
friendly inspiration then contact your friendly Independent Consultant
to learn more.
Labels:
Artbooking,
CTMH TV,
Scrapbook
Holiday Present Bags
Sonja, a friend of mine you can find over at her Hello Beauty blog for all things beauty, showed me the inspiration for this card and I thought it was so cute. Using three different Background and Texture paper from the Sparkle and Sprinkle line, I folded three bags, punching tiny holes to run twine through. Little pieces of tissue paper were stuffed in the top to represent fun holiday bags filled with presents.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Juniper CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images:Perfect Fit - Holidays
Embellishments: Twine, tissue paper
Labels:
cards
AME (S01E12): Christmas Layouts
Pull out your Cricut® Artbooking cartridge for some holiday
hullabaloo on your Christmas layouts! Its themed borders, overlays,
photo mats, and more hold plenty of cheery possibilities to brighten
your albums. Trim your trims, ornament your ornaments, and have a holly
jolly time making Christmas layouts that last—all with just two keys!
Labels:
Artbooking,
CTMH TV
Owl Grid
This fun Sunday Scraps idea comes from Mariana Grigsby. When you have left over strips, or even our CTMH Zip Strips from the B&T paper, you can create a grid pattern to cause texture. The little owl was colored with markers.
SUPPLIES
Paper: White Daisy, Juniper CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Labels:
cards,
Sunday Scraps
Season's Tweetings
The main star of this show is the stamp. The Season's Tweetings stamp set in the Gift Bag set is very fun and easy to work with. You can show so many effects, either keeping the line images, or coloring them in. The flowers were colored in with markers. The little dots are ink from a reinker, sprayed, dropped, and flicked onto the card.
SUPPLIES
Paper: White Daisy and Juniper CS
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments: Red Shimmer Trim
Labels:
cards,
glitter,
Technique Workshop
Mistletoe Kisses
Kissing under the mistletoe is a custom that originated from 16th century England and continues today. The Season's Tweetings mistletoe image works great in multiples on this card. By stamping the string of the mistletoe from the top of a card, the mistletoe looks like it is "hanging". Distress the edges of the paper, pop the Sentiment and layer ribbon to give dimension.
SUPPLIES
Paper: WhiteDaisy, Ruby CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments: Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Opaques
Layout inspiration: The Wizard's Hangout
Labels:
cards
Sprinkle Flags
Today's Sunday Scraps uses the scraps from the Sparkle and Sprinkle paper pack to make small flags and chevrons to create fun visual interest. This idea came from a card that Jeanie did over on Clearly Cards for World Card Making Day.
With CTMH's double-sided Background and Texture papers, I had lots of patterns and color to choose from. Another fun way to use the shimmer trim is to punch circles from it and make glittery balls for the card.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Juniper CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments:Red Shimmer Trim
Labels:
cards,
Sunday Scraps
AME (S01E10): Freedom Layouts
The Cricut® Artbooking cartridge has shapes you’ll love for your patriotic layouts and cards—and for all celebratory layouts and cards after that! In this video you’ll find great ideas for using the freedom-themed keys to make sparkling titles, photo mats, overlays, and accents for more than just patriotic themes. See the featured ideas and start putting more bang into your projects!
Labels:
Artbooking,
CTMH TV
Flat Wreath
Sometimes you just want a simple, flat card to create quickly and mail off easily. This card was created with the new Washi Tape from the Holidays From The Heart Gift Guide. I think it gives the Ruby cardstock a little extra texture, without the bulk. The cute little birdie and holly were colored in with markers.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White, Juniper, Slate CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments: Washi Tape, Glitz Glitter
Labels:
cards
Frosted
The Frosted Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit will put you in the mood for snow with the fun colors of Grey, Turquoise, and Champagne. Extra goodies in the kit include the Frosted Assortment and Sparkles Flourishes.
The Frosted Cardmaking Kit adds the Exclusive colors Ruby and Olive to help you celebrate the holidays. Make these cards and more in the Card workshop. Contact me today to sign up!
Labels:
Workshops on the Go
Owl Oval
This year's Christmas card workshop was called Sparkle and Sprinkle. We used the stamp set that is included with the cute Season's Tweetings Gift Bag set. The technique used here requires a temporary mask, an oval shape, to keep the White Daisy oval plain, while inking the Juniper color around the edges. I stamped the flower image in Slate around the oval, before pulling up the temporary oval mask. The two birds were stamped and then colored in with markers. The sentiment was popped with 3-D foam tape, and the self-adhesive shimmer trim and badge button added some nice sparkle.
SUPPLIES
Paper: White Daisy CS, Sparkle and Sprinkle B&T
Images: Season's Tweetings
Embellishments:Red Shimmer Trim, Badge Buttons
Labels:
cards,
Technique Workshop
AME (S01E09): Festive Mini Albums
If your photos from holidays past are haunting you by sitting untouched
on your hard drive, now is the time to put them on display! With the
Cricut® Artbooking cartridge, your photos will find a cozy
home on the pages of a dazzling holiday mini album. In conjunction with
the new Sparkle & Shine papers and embellishments, die-cuts from the
Artbooking holiday-themed keys are just what you need to create merry
and bright holiday projects.
Labels:
Artbooking,
CTMH TV
Special Care
For the special things in life, you want to treat them with Special Care. This month's SOTM will help you celebrate those events. With images that work with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, you can use this set for making cards, scrapbook pages, or even little treat boxes. Available December 1-31.
Labels:
Sales,
Stamp of the Month
Give Thanks
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! I am very grateful for many things in my life..a loving husband, supportive family, sweet friends, and two little furballs that snuggle close at night. I am thankful for my great job and fun hobbies, and my good health. Have a great time eating turkey, watching the parade and football and squeeze your loved ones close today.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Autumn Terracotta CS, Huntington B&T
Cricut: Artiste
Images: no stamping
Embellishments:Shimmer Trim, Huntington Accessories
Paper: Colonial White and Autumn Terracotta CS, Huntington B&T
Cricut: Artiste
Images: no stamping
Embellishments:Shimmer Trim, Huntington Accessories
Pumpkin Thanks
Today's card was designed from a sample by Krista Hershberger, one of the teachers from this year's Extravaganza. The main sentiment was stamped on cutouts from the CTMH Artiste cartridge. The pumpkins were stamped in Autumn Terracotta and colored in with watercolor pencils.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Barn REd CS, Huntington B&T
Images: Count Your Blessings
Embellishments:Sparkles, Jute Ribbon
Labels:
cards
AME (S01E08): Artbooking Made Easy: Everyday Layouts
Compared to holidays and special events, everyday life is where most
memories are made. For capturing those seemingly average yet so
important days, the Cricut® Artbooking cartridge has just
what you need! Watch the video for ideas on how to rally shapes from a
variety of themes to create original artwork celebrating your day-to-day
activities.
Labels:
Art Philosophy,
CTMH TV
Visual Interest
Pieces of Jute and ripped paper give interesting visuals to this card based on one I saw on the Verve blog. The pumpkins were heat embossed in black and colored in with water colored pencils.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Barn Red CS, Huntington B&T
Images: Count Your Blessings
Embellishments:Jute, Huntington Accessories
Labels:
cards
Rainbow Sprays
One way to use paper from Cricut cut-outs is to use the negative image. If you cut a few items in a row, you can create neat repetitive images like your own personal patterned paper. The stencil used above was created using the CTMH Artiste cartridge. Then I made three colored sprays using the Spray Pen. In a card board box, I layered Colonial White (plain) cardstock, then the stencil, and sprayed the three colors to make a rainbow effect.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Olive and Autumn Terracotta CS
Images: Believe WOTG
Embellishments: Cocoa Grosgrain
Labels:
Artiste,
cards,
Technique Workshop
AME (S01E07): Fall Into Artbooking
You’ll fall for the Cricut® Artbooking collection when you
see what it can do for your autumn-themed projects. Its festive
overlays, borders, shapes, and other autumn-themed pieces will give your
layouts and cards just the warmth they need for this chilly season.
Watch the video for great ideas on using the cartridge!
Labels:
Artbooking,
CTMH TV
Pop Corn
3-D elements in cards make them interesting and fun. This card has several. The bark image is embossed and inked. The cornstalk was stamped twice. The second image, I cut out the two corn husks and popped them with 3-D Foam Tape. The last element is part of CTMHs new Base and Bling line. With the "Celebrate" sentiment and color scheme, this makes a nice masculine birthday card.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Huntington B&T, Colonial White and Autumn Terracotta CS
Images: Count Your Blessings
Embellishments:Base and Bling Floral
Other: Embossing Folder
Labels:
cards,
Technique Workshop
Heirlooms
Living in an area where hurricanes are a way of life, we must be prepared to evacuate if one starts to churn up in the Gulf of Mexico or Atlantic Ocean. Each year, we are reminded about ways to prepare for this, but most of the lists compiled do not take into consideration family heirlooms or mementos that we would be devastated to lose if our house was demolished from a disaster. I am reminded of this by an article in the BBC News Magazine. Responders explained what they (or their loved ones) grabbed when quickly forced from their homes. What would you grab if you were forced from your home by either natural or unnatural means?
National Recycle Day
Today is National Recycle Day in the United States. Close To My Heart is committed to green initiatives within its product lines as well as other parts of the business.
All Close To My Heart printed papers (including cardstock, B&T Duos®, and My Stickease®) are SFI (sustainable forestry initiative) certified. We work with vendors who maintain the strictest standards in quality and environmentally responsible printing.
We have an eye to reducing our own waste, and recycle approximately 80% of all waste generated at the corporate office. Additionally, all our lighting and ventilation systems are on timers so they minimize resource consumption during non-business hours. The office/warehouse facilities are OSHA compliant and offer a safe and clean work environment to all employees.
Our shipping boxes are partial post-consumer recycled
material, but they do contain some new manufactured content to make the
boxes sturdy enough to withstand shipping.
We also have an innovative material reclamation process that helps us recapture the vast majority of the polymer used to produce our stamps. It’s fast, clean, efficient, and also helps keep our stamp costs competitive. All of our stamp manufacturing processes are extremely clean, and are cleaned only with environmentally-friendly soaps and water-soluble chemicals; we don’t use any harsh chemicals or bleaches to clean our machinery and production area.
We do use some soy-based dyes in our paper printing. Because
of some limitations with soy, we can’t use it exclusively, but it is an
important component of our ink processes.
I am proud to be a part of a company that remembers that the health and well being of our family's future generations depends upon how the current one lives.
I am proud to be a part of a company that remembers that the health and well being of our family's future generations depends upon how the current one lives.
Labels:
Communications
Pieces of Jute
After pulling strings from the piece of Jute Ribbon from the Cornstalk Jute card. I tied three pieces of the strings together to make the ribbon on this card.Distress the B&T paper by crumbling up and then flattening it out. The cornstalk is colored with watercolor pencils.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White, Olive, and Barn Red CS, Huntington B&T
Images: Count Your Blessings
Embellishments: Jute Ribbon
Labels:
cards
Cornstalk Jute
One of the new items in the Fall Idea Book is Jute Ribbon. Normally, the jute is a tightly woven ribbon, but it makes really neat shapes when you start to spread out the weave. In this simple card, I pulled a few of the strings out from the jute and it started to look like a corn stalk.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White CS
Images:Count Your Blessings
Embellishments: Huntington Accessories, Jute Ribbon
Labels:
Ten Minute Tuesday
AME (S01E06): Designed Décor Flip Stand Album
With the help of the Cricut® Artbooking collection and Designed Décor
flip stand album, Close To My Heart will make a home decorator out of
you! Watch as simple icons, shapes, and titles from this cartridge are
transformed into works of art perfect for display in your home.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
Sunday Scraps
We all have a lot of times when we've used up most of our paper from a paper pack, but you don't have enough to make another layout. If you are like me, it is hard to throw out paper, no matter how small (well, ok, maybe if it is smaller than 1/2"?) When I create card workshops, I try to have a few cards that use our left over paper scraps.
This Sunday Scraps idea came from Andrea Walford's Circle Circus.
Using a variety of cardstock and patterned B&T, punch paper into circle shapes. Then you can decorate the circles with stamping or sparkles or other 3-D artwork.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Cocoa CS
Images:variety of patterned stamps
Embellishments: mini-sparkles, Huntington Assortment, Base and Bling Floral
Labels:
cards,
Sunday Scraps
Huntington Paper Cutout
Looking for a fun way to use the Huntington paper by cutting out, I simplified an idea I found over at Paper Hugz blog. Deb showed a great way to handle patterned paper that has large prints: cut out the image and place it as a focal image. The large flower and vine image in the Huntington paper pack was perfect for this. Instead of using patterned background paper from the paper pack, I stamped a background using the new background stamps from CTMH.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Barn Red CS, Huntinton B&T
Images: Geometric Backgrounds
Embellishments:Sparkles
Labels:
cards,
Technique Workshop
Huntington Scrapbooking
The Huntington Scrapbooking Workshop on the Go is a wonderful fall colored collection of the Huntington Paper Packet, Stamp Set, Assortment, Brown and Tan Sparkles. The Instructional Brochure shows you how to make two 2-page layouts.
The colors of this kit make wonderful decor for your holiday gatherings. Use the wonderful My Creations 6" X 6" Canvas Display to your photos.
Labels:
Workshops on the Go
AME (S01E04): Spooky Halloween Layouts
Did all your little goblins and ghouls have a good Halloween? Need an idea how to scrapbook their Too Cute To Spook photos? Check out this video from the Artbooking Made Easy series from CTMH.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
Double Embossing
In the Huntington workshop series, I fell in love with an interesting technique from DOstamping using both dry and wet (heat) embossing. The colors Dawn used fell right in line with the workshop. I love heat embossing, using Versamark Ink, embossing powder, and a heat gun. The full images create neat bold shadow images. Also check out the scalloped edge using our new Scalloped Punch.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White, Cocoa CS
Images: Count Your Blessings
Embellishments:Cocoa Ribbon
Other: Embossing Folder
Labels:
cards,
Technique Workshop
Illuminate
Let this month's Stamp of the Month light up your scrappy and stampy life. I am so excited about this stamp set to help me with my wedding album. Our theme was travel and lanterns, specifically nautical lanterns. With perfect bright sayings, this set can be used for many cards and projects. Available November 1-30.
Labels:
Sales,
Stamp of the Month
AME (S01E05): Halloween Mini Albums
Want to share your little witch and mummy photos with the family? Learn how to make Halloween mini-albums for the spooky night.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
3 Pumpkins
Last month, I held a Huntington Giving Thanks Workshop. We had a great time making cards and catching up. The first card from this series, the 3 pumpkins, makes a visually interesting cascade of color. Individual pumpkins were stamped and cut out, colored with water color pencils, and glitzed up with our Glitz Glitter Gel.
SUPPLIES
Paper: Colonial White and Cocoa CS
Images: Count Your Blessings, Geometric Backgrounds
Embellishments:Glitter Glitz
Labels:
cards,
glitter,
Technique Workshop
AME (S01E03): Summer Mini-Albums
From grilling to swimming, camping, and road-tripping, Close To My Heart
makes it easy for you to capture your summer memories in fun, unique
mini-albums. See how they're made with the new Cricut® Artbooking
collection.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
AME (S01E02): A+ School Layouts
Close To My Heart's new Cricut® Artbooking collection will give you what
you need to score an A+ on back-to-school projects! See how to make
your own in this video.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
Rediscover Sweet
This month's free download will help you celebrate the sweetness in your life. Use them as flags in cupcakes or to wrap around small chocolates. These colorful cut-outs will brighten your day.
Labels:
Rediscover CTMH
AME (S01E01): Getting Started with Cricut Artbooking
In the Autumn 2013 Idea Book, CTMH released its third Cricut cartridge, Artbooking. This cartridge is a very unusual cart and CTMH has started a series of videos to take advantage of all the crafty goodness this cart has to offer.
Labels:
Artbooking,
Clearly The Best,
CTMH TV
Sarita
Create two beautiful 2-page layouts with the Sarita Scrapbooking kit. Using the included D-sized Stamp Set, adorn your pages and add the Natural Hemp and Sarita Assortment to spice it up. Workshop also includes the Sarita Paper Packet, Cardstock, and Instructional Brochure.
Take your Sarita supplies up a level with the new Designed Decor White
Frame. The Wood frame with honeycomb wire will display artwork, photos,
accents, and more.
Labels:
Workshops on the Go
Scandinavian Wishes
Celebrate the holidays Scandinavian style with this month's Stamp of the Month. This set works great with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge. Adorn packages with the cute tag or make beautiful holiday cards. Available October 1-31.
Labels:
Sales,
Stamp of the Month
Rediscover Friendship
Check out the free download from CTMH this month. Celebrate a scrappy girlfriend in your life by sending her a funny e-card.
Labels:
Rediscover CTMH
Square Birthday Cards
Whether they are small cards or big cards, square cards are fun and different way to celebrate birthdays. Add the small cards as tags to a present, or create an interactive surprise. You can be square and be cool!
SUPPLIES
vintage CTMH kit, Birthday Bash
vintage CTMH kit, Birthday Bash
Labels:
birthday,
cards,
vintage kits
Tall Birthday Cards
Today is my birthday, so let's celebrate with a few more fun cards from vintage CTMH kit Birthday Bash, including My Stickease cake and balloons and torn B&T paper. Holiday Red Ink was used to stamp and distress.
Labels:
birthday,
cards,
vintage kits
Birthday Cards
To celebrate my birthday week, I am sharing a few more vintage kit birthday cards. Interactive cards can be a fun way to say "Happy Birthday!". Use bold, fun colors and humorous quotes to bring a smile to the card receiver.
SUPPLIES
vintage CTMH kit, Birthday Bash
Labels:
birthday,
cards,
vintage kits
Reunited
I read a lovely article from the Boston area about a woman reunited with a scrapbook her grandmother made. Between the man who initially saved it from the trash heap, to the librarians and eventually newspaper reporter, many people helped get precious photos back into the family's hands.
Check it out...Boston.com
ProPlayer
For the gamer in all of us, the ProPlayer Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit will help you tell the story behind the grunting faces and special games.
Use the Designed Decor Flip Stand Album to display your fun and games. This clear acrylic stand with rings displays photos and a slot for inserting background image. The instant photograph frames from the new Cricut Artbooking cartridge work great!
Labels:
Workshops on the Go
You Are My Happy
3 times the fun with our new stamp set trio for only $10 with a qualifying purchase
Get an exclusive You Are My Happy stamp set trio in
celebration of National Stamping Month! During the month of September,
when you make a purchase of $50 or more, you qualify for this whimsical
stamp set trio for only $10. You’ll love the whimsical alphabet,
light-hearted sentiments, and fanciful images for a variety of occasions
to give a cheerful touch to your projects, with a full retail value of
$47.90.
*Offer valid September 1-30, 2013. Placing a minimum order of $50 is required for qualification.
Labels:
National Stamping Month,
Sales
Poster Tidings
Poster Tidings is a new versatile stamp set that will help you celebrate the holidays this fall. Highlight certain words to help spread your message. Check out this Stamp of the Month, available September 1-30.
Labels:
Sales,
Stamp of the Month