Cyber Week Sale!

For five days only, a selection of items from Close To My Heart’s current product inventory can be yours for 25% off retail price! Get supplies you’ll need to make handcrafted gifts and cards for the holidays, including our Cricut^® Artfully Sent Collection, at an amazing discount! 

Offer valid Monday, November 30, 2015 (9:00 am MST) through Friday, December 4, 2015 (4:00 pm MST).

Shop online here starting Monday morning! 

Christmas Cards with Fundamentals

How very Merry are these Christmas cards I created using some Fundamental papers! In person they have a fantastic shimmer in an eye catching design. I mixed them with some patterned papers, fresh new stamps and some embellishments from the Fundamental Assortments.

You have until November 30th to take advantage of this month's Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking bundle and receive a pack of memory protectors free!

Feeling of Christmas

Thanksgiving is less than a week away, but I am preparing for Christmas. Once the turkey and pumpkin pie are eaten its practically time to mail out Christmas cards. If you make your cards by hand the process takes some time. However, with the beautiful White Pines paper and Close To My Heart stamps its simple and lots of fun. I like to turn on some Christmas music, make a cup of hot chocolate and just craft! Here are a few simple cards I created to get started.

Don't forget that the White Pines paper collection will only be available until December 31st!
Order with me or online here.

Holiday Pals

White Pines Picture My Life Cards are not just for your pocket pages! They also make adorable additions to your Christmas cards. On this card I trimmed down one of the PML cards with these cute caroling critters, mounted it on some glacier cardstock and then onto a card base that I dry embossed with the confetti folder making it look like snow. Some Fern Twine and a Happy Holidays sentiment completes this card.

The White Pines Picture My Life collection can be found in the Holiday Expressions book and is only available until the end of December. Use them for pocket scrapbooking or on a card like I did!

{56 cards for only $8.95 Item #Z3176}

Christmas Card Exchange 2015

This past weekend I held my annual Christmas card exchange. The ladies made some beautiful cards and I even added in a special project for them! These gals always inspire me, I hope you are inspired as well!

First up is the card and stamped bag I created using the White Pines paper, WOTG stamp set and Fern Twine and gold glitter paper.

 The little bag holds a couple of tea bags perfectly. This would be a great gift attached to a tea cup or mug.

This card uses some older papers in a design that reminds me of a quilt or stained glass window, so elegant!

This card uses the adorable Christmas tree print White Pines paper and some glittery & gold snowflakes!

What I love about this card is that the holly on the ornament was cleverly cut out from some older papers. Plus, there is just enough bling and sparkle making this a pretty, festive card!

After creating all the cards I surprised the ladies with a special Christmas project. 'Tis the season for hot cocoa and giving unique handmade gifts! I used some older plastic treat tubes and filled them with cocoa mix and chocolate dipped candy canes. I then created and decorated a little box to contain them. I dressed up the box with a Cricut cut Hot Cocoa Cup {purchased from Miss Kate Cuttables} and a sentiment I downloaded online and printed.

I'm so grateful for my customers! Hanging out with them on the weekend, creating projects and laughing is always the best therapy!

White Pines Wreath Card

White Pines is such a beautiful paper collection. You can use the red, brown and green papers to create a very traditional card. You can also use the cooler blue and beige colors to make a gorgeous Christmas card. Here I used the wreath from the stamp set in the WOTG collection. I added just a bit of glacier twine and some blue embellishments to decorate the wreath.

You can purchase the White Pines paper collection from the Holiday Expressions book until December 31st.

Sweet and Studly Georgie

I just received some of the new Georgie papers and I'm already in love with its color scheme and patterns. Here is a little card I did for a birthday that can be for someone younger. The elephants are adorable are work perfectly for an infant or small child.

The other patterns in the pack are well suited for someone older, maybe even a teen would love the colors and chevron pattern! {This was proven when my teenage daughter entered my craft room and immediately saw it on my desk and said "Oooh! This is a cool card, who is it for?"} ;)

A simple white and gray color combo makes this paper collection great for a masculine card. Even a little bit of a deep gray glitter paper and metal triangles looks stunning with it! Plus the sentiment is funny and we can all use more humor in our lives! {Laughing makes you live longer too!}

I hope that you will look at the Georgie paper for much more than just baby showers, it really is a great collection!

Grateful for ... you.

I pulled out some Sangria paper and decided to make a Fall/gratitude inspired card for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge this week.

I love the pop of gold glitter paper and those delicately cut leaves from the Artistry cartridge!

"Fun" damental!

November is a great time to get your pictures off of your computer or out of those storage boxes and onto beautifully organized pages and into a gorgeous, high quality album! For $71.80 you can get a bundle with everything you need to make multiple two-page layouts.

Purchase the album bundle and you get:

• Album of your choice (D-ring or Post-bound)
• Paper Fundamentals Enchantment (1 pack)
• Fundamental Stickers Enchantment Pack (1 pack)
• Fundamental Assortment Peacock (1 pack)
• White Daisy Cardstock (3 sheets)
• Memory Protectors™ Value Pack (1 pack Side Load or 1 pack Top Load)

Plus you get access to the Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking Workshop where you will be guided to make 5 beautiful layouts.

Order your bundle today online or with me personally!

'No' Stress Scrapbooking in 'No'vember!

Looking for an easier, simpler way to get your scrapbooking completed? November has the solution for you!

 
Experience the beautiful Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop—available only during November! This workshop has been created using all the items featured in our campaign exclusive My Legacy™ album bundles, available during November for $71.80 each! When you purchase the album bundle, you will also qualify to receive a value pack of side load or top load Memory Protectors™ FREE—a savings of $19.95! Along with the album style and design of your choice, each bundle includes one Paper Fundamentals Enchantment pack, one Fundamental stickers Enchantment pack, one Peacock Fundamental assortment, and three sheets of White Daisy cardstock. You will then be set to turn these beautiful products into fabulous layouts using the new Simply Fundamental Scrapbooking workshop featuring five layouts you can make using all the supplies in your bundle.

Contact me for more details.

*Offer valid November 1, 2015 (9:00 am MST)–November 30, 2015 (11:59 pm MST) while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free items. Shipping/handling rates are based on the full retail price of any free items, including the sheets of White Daisy cardstock (three sheets: $1.19 USD / $1.41 CAD). 

 

November's Stamp of the Month will have you saying CHEERS! to 2016!

See more details of the Stamp of the Month on the Current Specials tab at the top!

Happy November!!