Project Inspiration: Party Favor Favorites

Using small party favors as invitations to a celebration is a huge trend in party planning. Get in on the trend by learning how to make your own perfect party favors using Cricut^®–cut shapes and the My Acrylix™ Big Top stamp set.

Artbooking Made Easy: Top Secret

The secret is out! We love the Cricut^® Artbooking cartridge because it is our go-to source for documenting meaningful memories with just the push of a button. The shapes on the top secret–themed mini album keys are perfect for scrapbooking your big ideas and big adventures! Watch the video to learn more.

Clearly the Best: Create the Date (S02E11)

 

Craft your own personal reminder calendar, with the faces of your loved ones as the backing for individual days. It will be so cute you’ll be the talk of the block for the whole year! Watch the video to get started.

Love these calendars using the acrylic stand,  there are so many cool things you can do with them. Have fun!

Blast from the Past

When Jeanette Lynton began her venture into stamping 30 years ago, she drew by hand all her stamp images. Originally made of rubber and set on wood blocks, a few of these stamp sets are available to you in clear polymer for a limited time only! Enjoy the intricate and cozy line designs in conjunction with our alcohol-based markers for fun accents that will brighten your layouts as they take you back in time.

Blast from the Past

Almost 20 years ago I was introduced to the line of these beautiful woodmounted rubber stamp images. I never looked back after I signed up with D.O.T.S. We have come a long way, baby :)

I hope you will enjoy this look back into yesteryear as much as I do!

Starting November you will have a very unique and limited opportunity as a new consultant to earn a free product from the new spring product line. Contact me to learn about the details!

My Creations® Craftable Containers

Thanks to the My Creations^® line of products, you can make great projects from the outside in! These stampable, markable, craftable albums, bags, and ring boxes make the perfect packaging for the special projects and gifts you place inside them. Watch the video to get ideas for your own crafty containers.

This is a great look at our Kraft line products and how to use them! I love these products, because they are so versatile. You can do a lot with them or go easy - it is up to you how you decorate them. Put them in your bag and decorate as you go or decorate them at your next crop.

Have fun!

Clearly the Best: A Burst of Creativity (S02E01)

Missing the sunshine of summer? Make your own! In this video you’ll learn to make a burst of sunshine on your cards with fun Background & Texture papers.

Hello everybody - I am so glad we have another segment of "Clearly the Best!"

This is a wonderful technique to dress any project up and make it "burst", don't you think? With Christmas coming up, you can make some wonderful ornaments not just on your cards, but you could make some ornaments for your tree or even gifts. Let your imagination fly! For this card Christine and Monica used the Cricut Artiste cartridge, you can find 700 images in this cartridge alone!

Have fun!

Artbooking Made Easy (S01E06): Designed Décor Flip Stand Album

Making home décor is easy with the Cricut^® Artbooking collection! Watch as various icons, shapes, and titles from the cartridge are used to make adorable pieces of artwork perfect for all the nooks in your home.

Don't you just love those little flip albums? I think they are stinkin' cute! If you want to have a little brag album handy - this is it. You can't stick it in your purse (we have other albums for that) but you can put it on your desk or anywhere in your house to pull out and show to a visitor! You can show it off to them if they want to see it or not (lol). Love them!

You can find those little babies in our Designed Decor section. Have fun with them, I would love to see what you come up with - share!

Project Inspirations: Background Stamps

Don't let the title fool you; background stamps are for far more than just background designs. Transform pieces of cardstock into attractive embellishments for your layouts with just a few easy techniques.

I love background stamp sets, they are so versatile! I highlighted just a few sets above. But as you browse through the sets that we offer you will see, that we carry quite a few you can use to enhance your projects. The sets may be called "background stamps", but you can easily make them your "main event" with your choice of placement or color choice. Have fun creating!

Base & Bling Fabric Necklace Kit

Express yourself with your very own wearable crafting projects! With the Base & Bling line and Sarita textiles, you have just the right ingredients for showing off your creativity. Watch and learn for yourself how to craft and adhere flowers from the Base & Bling fabric necklace kit to complete your own beautifully embellished necklace.

You can get your own bling supplies right here!

Better Blending

Over 19 years ago I started with Close to my Heart, one of the things that I loved then was teaching how to use markers! I still love to use markers. There are so many cool things you can do with markers. Don't be afraid of them, even if you have never used them before - just go ahead, stamp some images and play with them. Set yourself free and play! I was always amazed at the wonderful things my friends and customers were able to create when they finally "let" themselves go and play with those markers. It is often just that inner voice telling them they can't do it.

So - go ahead, play - have fun with those wonderful markers! Make them your own.

Cricut Craft Room tutorial

Here is a great little tutorial for the free Cricut Craft Room you can use that with our two exclusive cricut cartridge bundles or any of the cartridges you own. I have used and love it! Have fun creating!

Basic Stamping Technques

 

Another great video to help you get started in your stamping adventure! Its a great refresher or a great start - depending on where you are in your skills!

Hope you will have fun with this!

cricut cards and envelopes

Another great way to use the Cricut Artiste cartridge! Love it. My cricut had to be packed up again, so I can't play with it right now. I can't wait to unpack it again. It will be like Christmas for me - actually, it will be almost Christmas when I do unpack it. It will be exciting for me to dress up my new scrapbooking room. Hope some of you will get to come and see it!

Alcohol Marker Madness with CTMH

So, here is another installment how you can use our new alcohol markers with our acrylic stamps. The markers are very easy to use. They are different from the Copic markers, they are less expensive - they are an alternative. We do have a great blending pen for the markers, but it is used differently than a regular blending pen, in that it actually erases your color. So, play around and see what you can with those beautiful new markers!

Project Inspiration 2012 Autumn/Winter Idea Book: Harvest Banner