May 6, 2013 in Special Promotions
Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month with the beautiful Dream Pop paper pack!!! This awesome paper pack includes 12 sheets of cardstock with a unique glossy resist pattern on one side that adds great texture to your projects. Also included are 12 sheets of bright, awesome dual sided background and texture papers. This pack can be yours for $10 with a $35 purchase! Order yours today!
April 2, 2013 in Special Promotions
Join my Close To My Heart team in April and receive a little something extra. Just for joining you will receive the April, May, June and July Stamp of the Month stamp sets for free! These great D-size stamp sets are great to create artwork, take to gatherings and show off to everyone! Contact me today to join my team!
March 1, 2013 in Uncategorized
Host a Gathering of $250 or more and “Jump” to the next Hostess Rewards level! That gives more free products and discounts for hostesses! Call or email me today to book your Gathering!
January 15, 2013 in Special Promotions
Whooo’s Your Valentine? There is still time to take advantage of this great deal! This great kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for $10 with a $35 order from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book. The kit contains an exclusive D-size stamp set, 12 die-cut boxes, 3 cardstock sheets, 1 sheet of silver glitter paper, and 12 treat tubes. The glitter sheet and treat tubes are sneak peak of two of the new products in the Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book! Great for Valentine’s Day Treats and cards!
Click here to purchase yours today! Ends January 31st.
November 8, 2012 in Special Promotions, Stamp of the Month
When you place an order of $50 or more in full retail products and purchase the November Stamp of the Month, Capture the Date, for just $5, you can pick any A,B,C,D, and E size stamp set at 50% off!
Also, by purchasing the November Stamp of the Month, you will be helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy! For each November Stamp of the Month, Close To My Heart will donate $1 to the Red Cross to show our support for their relief efforts for those areas of the US affected by Hurricane Sandy.
Follow this link to place your order.
November 8, 2012 in Cricut Cartridges
This flower is just one of the rolled flowers from the Art Philosophy and Artiste Cricut Cartridges. The flower used for the tutorial came from the Artiste cartridge. The flower on the card was cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. You need to have your Liquid Glass ready when you start rolling the flower. I used the Z1382 Tweezers to roll these flowers until I recent purchased the Z1795 Quilling Tool. The Quilling Tool works much easier! Another hint is to make sure your mat is sticky enough so the paper won’t release as the Cricut cuts the flower.
Ink the edges of the flower with Smokey Plum ink before rolling. With the tweezers or quilling tool at the small end of the flower, start rolling around the tool. I roll it tight as it will loosen when I start to glue it. Roll all the way to the center/circle end. This will be your base.
Once that is done, holding the flower against the circle base, loosen the tweezers/quilling tool. Holding the flower so it won’t come unrolled too much, carefully lift the flower a little bit so you can get Liquid Glass on the base.
Put the flower down into the Liquid Glass. You will need to add some to the center as well. Hold the flower until the Liquid Glass starts to set up.
Once it is dry you can push the petals down to better shape your flower. Add a sparkle in the center to make it pop!
November 8, 2012 in Cricut Cartridges
The two strips need to make this flower were cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge. This is the scalloped edge flower of this type. Fold each of the scalloped strips accordion where the little slits are in the paper. They should be where the scallops start.
After both pieces are folded, attach one end to the end of the other strip. Now attach the other two ends together making a circle.
With the straight end folded tight together, push it down to make it flat. The scalloped end will flair out. Put one of the circles in the middle.
Carefully so it won’t come undone, turn it over. Use Z679 Liquid Glass in the center now. Make sure it is still pushed together tight.
Now you can put the other circle in the center. If you hold it together for a minute or two to give the Liquid Glass time to start drying, it will stay.
Use a glue dot to add the paper flower to the center of the printed side and another glue dot to add the sparkle to the center of that. That sparkle is from the Z1741 Haunted Assortment.
October 15, 2012 in Uncategorized
Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I posted. Here is a layout I did using the Scholastic paper pack in the Autumn/Winter catalog. Most have used this paper for school layouts and cards, but when I saw it I immediately thought of heritage albums. The Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge was used for the title and the new Artiste cartridge was used for the scalloped piece next to the photo. Since this is an original photo, I did not want to put adhesive on the photo. I used Cocoa cardstock to create the corners so the photo could slip in without adhesive on the photo. Anytime you have a photo that cannot be replaced, it is best to not put adhesive on it so it is preserved.
I also made a few cards with this same paper pack. This one uses the Colonial White Die-Cut cards. To keep the flap closed I used the new Hook & Loop Dots. These work great on the purses that can be cut from the Artiste Cricut cartridge!
The new Artiste cartridge has several cards as well. This is one of the cards with the Hello insert that was also cut from the cartridge.
There are several flowers as well. This White Daisy Die-Cut card features one of them.
Below are the products used:
X7159B Scholastic Paper Packet
Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Z1790 Artiste Cricut Cartridge
Z1738 Colonial White Die-Cut Cards & Envelops
Z1473 White Daisy Die-Cut Cards & Envelops
Z1766 Memo Assortment
Z1760 Burlap Ribbon
Z1705 Durables Square Studs
Z1753 Sparkles Brown & Tan
Z1710 Just Blooms Paradise Paper Flowers
B1410 A Friend Like You
Click here to purchase.
May 24, 2012 in Stamp of the Month
This card was made with Friendship Bouquet stamp set which is the May Stamp of the Month and Dotty For You paper packet.
The green dot background is from the Dotty For You which is still available until May 31st. Cut it at 5 1/4 x 4” then using a sponge and New England Ivy ink go around the edges. With the same method, do the card base in Goldrush ink inside and out.
To color the flowers I used what I call the Reverse Masking technique. Stamp the large and small flowers without the stem and the leaf on an extra piece of white cardstock leaving extra space around each. Using an exacto knife, cut the flowers and leaf out.
Stamp the large flower on a 3 1/2” white cardstock. I actually used a larger piece then cut it down after coloring. Use the cut out flower as a mask and stamp the leaf. Stamp the smaller flower on the inside of the card.
Now comes the color. Line the cut out large flower with the one stamped on the other paper. Using a sponge dauber and Sunflower ink, start on the cardstock the flower was cut out of and rub the dauber onto the stamped flower. Do this until you get the color you want. Remove the mask. With another sponge dauber and the Goldrush ink start in the center of the flower rub toward the outer edge but not all the way to the edge. Use Chocolate ink with another dauber to do the very center. Use both masks to do the leaves the same way with New England Ivy ink. Stamp “thanks so much” in the upper corner of the flower. Use Goldrush in and the dauber to sponge the edges.
Center the green piece onto the base. Add the 3 1/2” white piece with the flower 1/4” from the top and sides of the green piece. Add tiny Mocha Opaque Adhesive Gems to the center of the flower for dimension and three large ones in the space under the flower.
The same technique to color the smaller flower on the inside was the same as the large flower.
Friendship Bouquet is available until May 31. It can be purchase for $17.95 or with a $50 order it is $5.
May 23, 2012 in Special Promotions
There is still time to receive your Dotty For You paper pack. With a $35 order from the Spring/Summer catalog this awesome double sided background and texture paper pack can by yours for $5. Time is running out so place your order today!
This flower bouquet was made for a special friend. Two of my favorite things, the awesome Dotty For You paper packet and the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge were used!
Using both sides of the different papers, I cut the rose flowers (pg 68) at 5” and 6”. The edges were curled before rolling them. The mums (pg 68) were also cut at 5” and 6”. The pointed flowers (pg 39 flower 7) were layered with different sizes from 1 1/2” to 3”. They were mountain folded point to point and valley folded at the inner points. Poke a hole with the piercing tool in the base of the flowers. Insert about a 12” floral wire with the end bent through the hole. Roll the roses and mums using liquid glass to secure them and the wire to the base. Use glue dots to secure the layers for the pointed flowers, rotating the flowers for dimension. Allow the flowers to dry completely.
The flowers were arranged in a small glass vase. The stones used in vases were too big so I used crushed walnuts that I had to hold them in place which also covered the bottoms.
May Stamp of the Month – Pinwheel can be yours for only $5. Ask me how!
