Stamp Scrubber

Here is a great way to clean your stamps with a great portable cleaner! It fits wonderful in any container. It will fit into our new organizers, in our regular black organizer or whatever organizer you might have to carry. It will easily fit into your drawer. It is easily cleaned - all you need is running water! In order to clean your stamp - just spray it with our Spritz cleaner once and rub it and you are done - that was easy :)

Love it, when a job is that easy :)

Have fun!

Ribbon and Trim

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.

Hook & Loop

Join me for a Scrapbook "Pajama Party"

Here is what you do:

Close To My Heart is teaming up with Big Picture Classes to bring you a live webcast with step-by-step instructions for making this Happy Thoughts kraft container. The FREE webcast will air Thursday, May 30 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (MDT). During the presentation, you’ll learn to make several projects from a variety of sponsors, including Close To My Heart’s Happy Thoughts kraft container, as the presenter walks you through the steps. Watch the Pajama Party by yourself, with me or with your friends for a fun crafting pajama party. Anyone with an Internet connection can watch, so be sure order your project supplies in advance and then tune in!

 The Pajama Party class will be available for FREE at BigPictureClasses.com on May 30. If you would like to interact on the message board, participate in live chat, post to the gallery, download handouts, or enter any contests, you will need to log in to the Pajama Party “classroom” by creating a free account on the Big Picture Classes website.


To make our Happy Thoughts kraft container, you will want to have the following items—or similar products—on hand:

• My Acrylix^® Frame Flair Stamp Set (D1546)
• My Acrylix^® Happy Thoughts Stamp Set (C1536)
• Chantilly Paper Packet (need 1 sheet of B&T, X7163B)
• Crème Brulee Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5754)
• Lagoon Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5762)
• White Daisy Cardstock (need 1 sheet, 1385)
• Whisper Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5929)
• Whisper Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2172)
• Lagoon Exclusive Inks^® Pad (Z2195)
• My Creations^® Kraft Container (Z1833)
• Baker’s Twine Neutral Assortment (need 3 yards, Z1701)
• Color-Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes (Z1844)
• Sparkles Black & Grey Assortment (Z1754)
• 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Micro-Tip Scissors (Z534)
• Corner Rounder (Z1912)
• Paper Trimmer (Z1783)
• My Acrylix^® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• My Acrylix^® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• 2" × 3½" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1009)
• 4" × 5" My Acrylix^® Block (Y1012)
• Cricut^® Art Philosophy Collection (Z1790)

You can place your order as easy as go to my website and join my May club party as you place your order. Your order will be sent directly to you. Have fun and I hope I will meet you there!

Studio J Custom Photo Wells

The wait is over - this is an awesome tool! Print any size photo you might need with this tool now. I love this option to be able to size my photos and manipulate them the way this new option allows me to do that. While I wait in our temporary apartment, I will have some time to sit around. I guess, I know what I will be doing - I will be sure to share some of my layouts with you!

Marker Magic

Close to my Heart markers are not Copic marker look a likes, but they are alcoholic markers and you can do some really sweet things with them! Have a look and learn. I love our short little clips, you can learn so much from them. You can create some nice art with our inexpensive markers in a short time. With the blending pen, we offer you can take color away for a great effect. Use those markers and play and see what you can create - have fun. Send me a picture of your art and I would love to share :).

May Club

Don't have time to come to club time? Join an online club! You can start anytime, but to get all the perks you want to make sure you want to participate for 6 months. Here is what you get:

1. Free idea book

2. Free perks stamp set

3. When the 6 months are done you qualify for $25 in hostess credit!

4. As you place your $25 minimum order (does not include shipping and tax) online, your order is shipped directly to your home.

5. If you refer a friend to the club, you will get an A size stamp set as a gift or an embellishment set of your choice!

6. Oh, Studio J orders will count!

All you need to do is let me know you are joining the club so I can get your gifts out and place your order by the 20th of each month. Go to my main website and join the current month club order and you are on your way to earn free product!

Thanks!

Creatively Cricut!

I love my cricut! Just a couple of years ago, I remember several friends put on a board they found a great deal on a cricut expression and I went out and bought one - and there it sat, because I had no clue how to use it or what to do with it! It took one of my sons to actually just pick the thing up and start playing with it. He had no trouble creating with it. Leave it up to the techie generation to run with it (ha). Once Close to my Heart came out with their first Cricut cartridge I actually really started to play with the machine (by then it was sitting around for two years!). I finally realized how easy it was to really use it and what you could really create with it. Now I love it! If you have not used one yet - be careful, it can be addictive :).

Have fun!

Creating with Canvas

Make your own Canvas art! Love our new canvas frames! We have our 12 x 12 Workshop on the go kit or you can get our cute little 3x3 frames as they are featured in this video. My problem will be, I'll be running out of wall space to put all the cute things I can make with all this! Have fun ... :)