Cyber Week Specials

Cyber Week is here!

Close To My Heart is offering almost 40 items 

that you can purchase at 25% off!  

Get supplies you'll need to make hand-crafted gifts and cards for Christmas, including our Cricut Artfully Sent collection, at an amazing discount!

This fabulous sale is available on my website  

Monday, November 30th from 10:00 am (CDT)

to 

Friday, December 4th at 5:00 pm (CDT)

 Here are the Items Available -- Get Your Wish Lists Ready!

Z3168 Cricut® Artfully Sent Collection

Z3111 Base & Bling Snowflake Charm—Faux Gold

Z3112 Base & Bling Jingle Bell—Faux Gold

Z3135 Base & Bling Snowflake Charm—Faux Silver

Z3136 Base & Bling Jingle Bell—Faux Silver

Z3138 Base & Bling Red Bead Charm—Faux Gold

Z3139 Base & Bling Red Bead Charm—Faux Silver

Z3180 Picture My Life™ Going Places Scrapbooking Program

Z3147 Cut Above™ Dapper Giraffe Card Kit

Z2028 Designer Creations Short Stack Album

Z2036 Designer Creations Slate Paper Bags

Z2037 Designer Creations Lagoon Paper Bags

Z2038 Designer Creations Ruby Paper Bags

Z2039 Designer Creations Honey Paper Bags

Z2049 Designer Creations Cupcake Box

Z2050 Designer Creations Takeout Box

Z2053 Designer Creations Buttoned Bag

Z1838 5" x 7" Hinged Display Tray

Z1750 Designed Décor Display Tray

Z2006 Designed Décor Red Magnetic Chalkboard

Z2015 Designed Décor Black Shadow Box

Z2016 Designed Décor Colonial White Shadow Box

Z1833 My Creations™ Kraft Container

Z1871 My Creations™ Kraft 3-Ring Album

Z1953 My Creations™ Journaling Cards Box

Z1956 My Creations™ Hip Pics Album

Z3043 My Creations™ Black Mini Book

Z3044 My Creations™ Kraft Mini Book

Z3069 My Creations™ Mini Mix Album

Z3137 My Creations™ Pint-Sized Container

Z1476 4 ¼" x 5 ½" White Daisy Envelopes

Z1477 5" x 7" White Daisy Envelopes

Z1478 6" x 6" White Daisy Envelopes

Z1756 3" x 3" Colonial White Envelopes

Z1757 4 ¼" x 5 ½" Colonial White Envelopes

Z1758 5" x 7" Colonial White Envelopes

Z1759 6" x 6" Colonial White Envelopes

CLICK on the shopping cart and check out the 

CYBER WEEK SALE tab by Friday!

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White Pines Blog Hop

Welcome to the White Pines Blog Hop. This paper kit included in the Holiday Expressions catalog for Close To My Heart is being featured in November by our Stampers With An Attitude group. If you have come here from Melissa'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.

I made this gift card holder originally as part of an "anything goes" consultant swap showcasing the new stamp sets.  The base is cut from the Artiste Cricut cartridge and I love how this paper worked so well for this project. 

Cut the following from your White Pines Paper Packet:

• 4.25” x 3” Colonial White (use corner rounder for edges) 
• 4.25” strip from top of B&T White Pines paper 

Artiste Cricut Cartridge:

• pg 59 card – cut 5.5” from B&T White Pines 
• pg 55 3D – cut 3.25” medallion from fern cardstock 
• pg 68 accent 4 – cut .75” from cranberry cardstock* 
• pg 35 accent 4 – cut 2” from colonial white 

Stamps and Other Supplies:

• M1125 – This is Christmas
• D1530 – banner from Artiste set 
• Z3090 – Red Enamel Gems 
• Z679 – Liquid Glass 
• Z2116 – Cranberry Ink 

Assembly instructions: Fold card and use liquid glass along the edge to seal it, you want it sturdy for the gift card. Cut banner in half and ink each side in Cranberry (*there is a two end banner you can cut from other cartridges but I like to stick with one cartridge per card so I improvise if needed.) Stamp title in Cranberry on the Colonial White medallion Mount banner halfway down on left and right sides (you’ll have a gap in the middle.) Mount the fern medallion and then layer on the colonial white medallion. Place a few red gems on the fern medallion. Mount the Colonial White rectangle inside and layer on the B&T strip; the pop up part holds a standard credit card size gift card. Stamp sentiment of your choice and include a note to the recipient.

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy'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! The White Pines paper packet is available until December 30. Contact your CTMH Consultant or visit my website to browse the holiday expressions catalog. 

White Pines - Cousin Christmas layout

This month, Close to My Heart is featuring the White Pines paper collection -- a subtle, understated Christmas collection with warm winter flair. I used this paper to scrapbook a traditional holiday layout here and will have a post this weekend to showcase another item featuring this collection as part of the White Pines blog hop. #ctmhwhitepines  

Supplies used:
Paper - White Pines paper packet and Gold Glitter
Ink - Fern
Stamp set - Festive Trees, a Hostess Rewards stamp set from the Holiday Expressions catalog

November 2015 SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the November 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. If you have come here from Stefani'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.

This month we have 37 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

I really like how versatile this stamp set is so I wanted to showcase that with my cards for this post. The first card is a fun one and I used the new circle diffuser with the confetti stars embossing folder to leave a nice space where I could stamp the Dream Big sentiment. I added a touch of sparkle by embossing the sentiment and then adding some shimmer trim. I also made use of the edge strips from the Kaleidoscope paper.  

Supplies Used:

Paper: Kaleidoscope paper packet, Honey, Pacifica, Smoothie

Ink: Pacifica, Smoothie
Embellishments: White shimmer trim, Clear embossing powder

While I was at it, I made a couple of additional cards with this stamp set, it was so fun to get completely different looks from the same set!

 

Now "Hop" on over to Krista'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! The Cheers SOTM is available until November 30. Contact your CTMH Consultant or visit my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!