July workshop

July workshop    

 

If you love that little purse - you will just have to get our Artiste cartridge! It is so easy to make those little purses and other fun things with that cartridge. The cartridge contains 750 images! If you want to make little gifts, this cartridge is for you! Right now we have 3 cartridges - in August we will have 4. One of the ladies at the workshop thought, this little purse was a perfect project at a girlscout meeting!

If the "Celebrate" card looks familiar - well, I copied the design right out of the ideabook! I wanted to show everybody, that you can make what you see in the books! Spring/Summer book, pg. 96. 

On the third pocket card I also used the cricut cartridge! It is so easy to make this type of cards, with the cricut. Here is a warning - once you get started - you may never want to stop! Don't tell me, I did not warn you!

Please let me know how I might be able to help you. You can contact me and I will be more than happy to give you some pointers on how to use those cartridges. You can also use some of the many tutorials I have posted on this blog here.

We will have our next class on August 22. If you live close by me, we would love to have you join us! We will be working on birthday cards!

If you miss one, but would love to make them at home or you live too far - its as easy as ordering the kits. Just go to my blog and order the kit!

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.

Discover the art of business during April

Discover the art of business during April

Dive into an incredible business opportunity and reap artistic rewards

Use your artistic and business abilities in the greatest business venture of your life by joining Close To My Heart! When you sign up as an Independent Consultant during the month of April, you’ll not only start out on your artistic journey, but you’ll also be given the right artistic tools to help you on your way: you’ll receive a FREE Close To My Heart Cricut^® collection* with your New Consultant Kit! Each collection is extremely “art-full” and makes for hours of artistic scrapbooking. Join Close To My Heart and start your journey today!

*New Consultants will have their choice of Close To My Heart Cricut^® collections currently in stock. There is no guarantee that any certain collection will be available, and new Consultants may choose only from what is available.

Check out the Discover the Art of Business campaign »

April Stamp of the Month: Balloon Talk A stamp set worth a thousand words! Looking for the right thing to say? Catch a balloon from the April Stamp of the Month and set your message afloat! During April only, you can purchase a bubbly assortment of sentiments in the Balloon Talk stamp set for just $5 when you place a qualifying order of $50. Whether you want to send a thank you, a compliment, or a simple hello, this set of 24 will help you find just the right words. It’s a deal that will leave you speechless! See the April Stamp of the Month »

My Creations™ Journaling Cards Box

Keep your cards all in one (very adorable) place.

With so many scrapbooking elements at your fingertips, it’s important to have a good way to keep them organized! Items from our My Creations™ line can be just the ticket, and the new journaling cards box is no exception. This 4½" × 6¼" × 1⅜" box with magnetic closure and a tiered bottom is the ideal place to store your Picture My Life™ cards, and also makes a perfect gift for cards and notes. The white chipboard surface leaves plenty of room for you to add your own creative touch, making it both extremely handy and extremely cute!

Get your own Journaling Cards Box »

New Heights Abound

Sometimes it’s the details of a page that makes it really shine. But adding some glitter paper, Shimmer Trim, and glitter gems doesn’t hurt, either! Learn how to make a sparkly bouquet of balloons by combining embellishments, Cricut^® cutouts, and specialty paper. You and your customers will get carried away by these glitzy decorations.

Base & Bling Style

With so many Base & Bling options, including metallic charms, adhesive images, patterned fabrics, and resin and acrylic flowers, gems, and jewels, you can be confident that your one-of-a-kind jewelry fits your unique personality! Learn how to create an elegant necklace in just minutes, and then show your customers how simple and fun it is to create custom-made wearable crafts! 

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!

Project Inspirations: Pocket Album

From holiday cards to children’s report cards, the new My Creations® kraft pocket album will store those memories you don’t want to lose—in style! Get inspired on how to jazz up your very own in this video.

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!

Create with Cricut Collections!

Enhance the artist within you with our stunning Cricut^® Collections! Cut and assemble foundational shapes, 3-D items, and themed mini books to take your scrapbooking to a whole new level. Coordinating stamps sets and various embellishments are included, and with limitless options in shapes, themes, and sizes, our Cricut^® Collections will bring you hours of exciting creative sessions.

Each cartridge - yes, each cartridge contains at least 700 images. Only your own imagination is the limit as to what you can do with those cartridges. All occasions and seasons are covered for you. If you don't have one those cartridges yet, get going right here! The world of creativity will open up to you!

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!

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!

Don't miss the December online party!

 Thank you so much for helping last month in the great cause of helping out all those many people on the East Cost - I am sure it was greatly appreciated!

Once again you have a chance to join my monthly online party and this month we have added all kinds of great savings again! Don't wait too long, before some of your favorite items are gone! There is still time to get some of your Christmas projects done. Once I am more moved in and we are finally cleared from the military I am still planning to get some Christmas ornaments made - yes I am ambitious - ha! But with our Cricut Artiste cartridge, our dimensionals and coordinating stamp set it will be much easier for me.

Let me know if I can help you get some quick gifts together and don't forget our wonderful tutorials!

Hope you are taking advantage of all our great tutorials we are putting out. Close to my Heart is almost taking my work away by not having to show all the cool things you can do with our stamps - almost ... ha! I would love to show you more! So, get in touch with me - I would love to help you get started with your projects. Get those things out of the drawer! Things in the drawer are very expensive. Only when you pull them out and do something with them do they become a bargain!

If you are looking for a quick project - check out one of our Workshop of the Go kits. Everything is in one place. Love those kits!

Need to get quick pages done - consider our Express Layouts in Studio J. Check it out, play around - you don't pay until you press the purchase button. And yes - they count towards a party, hostess rewards. It cannot get better!