Cricut Project of the Week & Free Cutting File

This week’s Cricut project actually uses cuts from all three Close To My Heart Cricut cartridges: Art Philosophy, Artiste and Artbooking.  I used a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping for inspiration, though oddly, there’s absolutely zero stamping on this card. Did you also notice that it’s not Seaside? LOL  This card uses the fall-themed paper pack…

Cricut Key of the Week & Free CCR Cutting File

I’m so excited for Close To My Heart’s newest Cricut baby…Artfully Sent.  Unfortunately, due to some issues with ProvoCraft, we can’t get it until August. 😦 Boohoo.  Thanks to the three that we do have though, Art Philosophy, Artiste and Artbooking, there is no shortage of creative possibilities. The cartridge and key that I’m going…

June's Stamp of the Month…"Kaboom"

Welcome to the CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! June 2014’s Stamp of the Month is called….. ****Kaboom**** With around 50 participants, you are surely to find wonderful inspiration through this blog hop.  It makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have…

Final H2H DT Creation

This is the final week for my term as part of Heart 2 Heart’s design team.  I’ve thoroughly enjoyed being part of this amazing team of talented Close To My Heart consultants, as well as all of the wonderful feedback that I’ve received from H2H readers and participants.  Hopefully, one day, I’ll get to do it…

More Surf's Up

There were three cards created at my Cards, Etc. class this past Monday.  Participants made the card from my June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop post (here) and the following two cards.  These two cards used papers from Close To My Heart’s Surf’s Up paper line. This card was inspired by this sketch at Retro…

Nip & Tuck at Heart 2 Heart

It’s a stitching challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart.  Do you remember the blood, I mean drama that I had two weeks ago when I tried to sew for the last Heart 2 Heart challenge?  Of course, I could have avoided this problem if I had paid attention and looked ahead at the challenges two weeks…

May's Stamp of the Month…."Pinwheel"

Welcome to the CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! May 2013’s Stamp of the Month is called….. ****Pinwheel**** The blog hop makes a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back and you will have made it through them all.  If you have already started and are coming from Sheila…

Button Challenge at Heart 2 Heart

This week at Heart 2 Heart the challenges is to use buttons. How hard is that?  Easy, right?  It’s probably safe to say that we all have a “supply” somewhere.  A jar, a drawer, whatever.  We have enough buttons in our arsenal to easily replace every button, on every piece of clothing we own, for the rest…

April Cards, Etc. Workshop

Thanks to being off last week for spring break, I was able to get several projects done.  One of which was the three cards for the this month’s Cards, Etc. workshop.  This month I will start having my monthly card class on Monday evenings, due to customer feedback.  This month will be on Monday, April…

Ready for some "Pun Fun"?

This week at Heart 2 Heart the challenges is to include a pun in your project.  Puns are so much fun, don’t you think?  Honestly, puns are a staple of card making and even scrapbooking. Despite that fact, I still managed to always have the same problem I always have…what to make?  So here’s what…