January Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring January's SOTM, which is This Moment, a set of 12 stamps.  If you have come here from Cat Nowak's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

Products used: January SOTM, Heartstrings paper pack, Pixie ink, Pixie thick twine, Artfully sent for envelope cut, and Artiste for the heart cut outs.

Now "Hop" on over to Vicki Price's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the January SOTM is only available until January 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

December Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring December's SOTM, which is Cutie Pie, a set of 11 stamps.  If you have come here from Wendy Coffman's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I decided to make a triple layer card using the Cutie Pie stamp of the month. This is a really fun and easy technique that I haven't used for a really long time.

Products used: SOTM Cutie Pie, Lagoon card stock, Lagoon ink, Thistle ink, Archival black ink, Thistle diagonal stripped ribbon, Flamingo dots, and Markers: Tender pink, Turquoise blue, and Peony purple.

Now "Hop" on over to Kami Welter's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the December SOTM is only available until December 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

November Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is It's the Little Things. If you have come here from Paige Dolecki's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

Supplies used: inks: Autumn tiaracotta, tulip canary, and ponderosa pine. Paper: white daisy and autumn tiaracotta. Stamps: November stamp of the month

Now "Hop" on over to Priscilla Gotham's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the <month> SOTM is only available until <last day of the month>!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

October Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Home for the Holidays, a set of 7 stamps.  

If you have come here from Pam Trostle's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:

http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This blog hop consists of Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

For this project I created a pocket card using the newest Close to my Heart Cricut cartridge Artfully Sent. I love how many different card options are available on this cartridge!

Products Used: Yuletide Carol paper pack X7187B $9.95, bling gems gold assortment Z2023 $3.95, gold shimmer trim Z1985 $4.95, Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge Z1686 $99, Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge Z3017 $99, October stamp of the month S1410

Now "Hop" on over to Mary Eisen's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the October SOTM is only available until October 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Artfully Sent

The new Close to my Heart Cricut collection "Artfully Sent" is now available to purchase. You can order your collection here, or contact us! Make sure to check out the many different images and card types available here!

See some more possibilities of the new cartridge from the video below.

September stamp of the month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring September's SOTM, which is Family is Forever, a set of 7 stamps.  If you have come here from Catherine Nowak's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog: http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have 80 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

This month it was my friend/partner Shalayne's turn to come up with an idea for the blog hop. We are both really into the shaker cards right now, and I love what she came up with!

Products used: September SOTM S1409, Brushed paper pack X7190B, Chocolate ink pad Z2111, Pear ink pad Z2197, and Hollyhock ink pad Z2128.

Now "Hop" on over to Kelly Janes' Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the September SOTM is only available until September 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Chalk It Up Card

Just wanted to share a card I made using one of my new favorite paper packs "Chalk It Up," and a cute new stamp set "My Happy" a new M size stamp for only $2.95! The heart Lagoon washi tape is another one of my new favorite items from the catalog!

New Idea Book

The Close to my Heart new Annual inspirations catalog went live on Aug. 1st! You can check out the entire catalog online here.

Close to my Heart is also having a special for Picture my Life kits only available during the month of August.

Hope you love the new catalog as much as I do! Happy shopping!

August Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring August's SOTM, which is 'What a Hoot' item #S1408.  

If you have come here from Lauren's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda's blog here.

This month we have 67 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go! 

Pictured above is my creation that I made using the August SOTM set 'What a Hoot'. This stamp of the month has an obvious theme that is adorable for Halloween, but I LOVE anything to do with owls so I created a birthday card that can be used year round!

Products used: August SOTM: What a Hoot S1408, Chalk It Up paper packet X7184B, kraft cardstock Z1375, Artbooking cricut cartrige Z1906, archival black ink pad 44751, and ShinHan Touch Twin markers colors B68 turquoise blue, B62 marine blue, BR99 Bronze, WG4 warm grey, and GY234 leaf green.

Now "Hop" on over to April's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the August SOTM is only available until August 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here ) to see how you can get this stamp set and other wonderful CTMH products!

Fundamentals Crafts Contest

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Check out this Close to my Heart contest that ends July 31st.

Ariana Layout

Just wanted to share a layout using the Close to my Heart Ariana paper pack. I love the color combinations in this paper!

Summer Cards

Here are some more sunburst cards that are perfect for summer. I love how quick these cards come together! I used the Close to my Heart Jubilee paper pack that will be retiring officially July 31st, but it is only available while supplies last. So if you would like to purchase this paper pack or any other Close to my Heart items click here.

Sunshine tag

Just a quick and easy tag to attach to a gift to cheer up someone's day!

Quick tip:  First place the washi tape onto a piece of white cardstock the same width as your washi tape. Then glue down the cardstock covered in washi tape onto your project. This makes the washi tape not transparent so the design shows up better.

Sunburst Card

I finally created a sunburst card! It was so easy, especially thanks to the tutorial that I followed. The tutorial was made by another very talented Close to my Heart independent consultant Susan Williams. You can visit her tutorial here.

I used scraps of paper left over from my Jubliee paper pack. The stamped images are from the current June 2014 stamp of the month Kaboom. There are only a few days left to get this stamp set. After June 30th the stamp set will no longer be available. Here is a pic of the rest of the cute images found on the June SOTM.

Hip Pics Mini Album

The Close to my Heart Artbooking Cricut cartridge is for more than just creating traditional 12x12 or 8x8 scrapbook pages. Using the Artbooking cartridge to create frames and fun embellishments combined with the CTMH Hip Pics album (that you can purchase here) equals a fun simple mini album that was created so fast and easy. Now I just have to go print some 4x6 photos to slide right in between the pages.

Lollydoodle

Today I wanted to share some projects completed using the Lollydoodle paper collection from Close to my Heart. First pictured are some 3x3 cards. I love 3x3 cards, and I think the Lollydoodle paper is my favorite paper in the CTMH Spring/Summer 2014 catalog. This paper pack along with all of the others in the Spring/Summer 2014 are officially retiring July 31, but are only while supplies last. Check out the full list of retiring products here.

Next is a scrapbook layout that would be perfect for any little girl celebrating a birthday! This layout was a piece of cake to make using the exclusive CTMH Cricut cartridges. Both the Artbooking and Artiste cartridges were used to create this layout.

Scrapbook Layouts

Here are some layouts completed using paper, embellishments, and stamps from the Close to my Heart Spring/Summer 2014 catalog. Remember if you see something you like all items from the current catalog will retire at the end of July and are while supplies last.

Cute Artbooking baby mini album

Spring cards

Here are some cards we created for a home gathering make n' take. We love the spring themed paper and embellishments in the new Close to my Heart catalog!

The hostess wanted to make something using the CTMH Artbooking cricut cartridge. This card uses one of the "frames" meant to hold a 4X4 picture in a scrapbook, but we just adjusted the size and now we have a cute card accent! This card also uses the new Lolly Doodle paper and new pink dots.

This card uses one of the "border" features of the Artbooking cartridge. The border is meant to be used as a scrapbook page accent, but we cut it twice and overlapped the middle pieces to create an overlay for the card. This card uses the new Balloon Ride paper and smoothie washi tape. The necklace in the background also is a new item to purchase from Close to my Heart. It's part of the new base and bling line. You can custom design a necklace using either a square or circle pendant and choosing your design from a big selection of stickers from the style sheets.

New Idea book and month

I'm so excited February is finally here! The stamp of the month this month is definitely one of my favorites. It is called Wild About Love S1402. Retail value of $17.95, but you can get it for $5 when you spend $50.

And here is the new Spring/Summer 2014 idea book/catalog!

The catalog has so many great new paper packs, stamps, accessories and more! Go check it out online here!