Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Christmas Blessings

Sending Christmas Blessings

 

We are rapidly approaching the most wonderful time of the year, and we know how crafters like to plan ahead. That's why Close To My Heart has posted the new Christmas Blessings card workshop, featuring an exclusive My Acrylix® stamp set designed especially for the Christmas season. Create the set of 12 cards shown above using the materials in the discounted Christmas Blessings bundle plus a few additional supplies.






Get more details online here.

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Hedge Hugs!

One of the cutest new stamp sets in the Holiday Expressions Idea Book has to be Hedge-hugs found on page 94. The artwork shown on this page using the stamp set features one of the shaker windows on a "thank you" card. It's so adorable! Here are a few more ideas using this little cutie!




I've used papers from the Grateful Heart collection and the Seasons Mix-in collection for these cards. I wasn't kidding that this hedge hog is adorable! Check out the artwork in the Idea Book too!


Wednesday, October 3, 2018

World Cardmaking Day October 6th

Did you know its World Cardmaking Day this Saturday, October 6th. I will be celebrating with my customers with a fun celebration filled with creativity and some seasonal sweets!


We are making Holiday Sparkle cards featuring the super fun shaker windows, some fall inspired cards using the Thanks & Giving Stamp of the Month and last a twisted pocket card with the 'Tis the Season papers and an exclusive stamp set! This is just a super fun collection of cards to celebrate this day! How will you celebrate World Cardmaking Day?

Monday, October 1, 2018

Hello October!

The newest Holiday Expressions 2018 Idea Book has been live for a full month already! I honestly can't even tell you where the month of September has gone. Here we are now in October already and this month has some amazing deals to launch your Holiday crafting!

First, there is an amazing card kit featuring the Oh What Fun collection and the Oh so trendy shaker windows!


Shake things up this holiday season with the Holiday Sparkle Cut Above® card kit! This kit contains materials for creating 12 festive shaker cards, including printed card bases, die-cut pieces, stickers, sparkly sequins, and simple assembly instructions. Get a 20% discount when you get the Holiday Sparkle Bundle, which pairs the card kit with the My Acrylix® Love with All the Trimmings stamp set, specially designed to further customize the insides of your cards.

I will have these shaker cards at my upcoming World Cardmaking Day Celebration for customers to create. They will get the chance to see how easily these cards come together for an impressive finish. I will have another card featuring the exclusive stamp set available with this kit to make as well as some fall themed cards. More on this event later and the kit details!


Important Things


The important things bundle started September 15th and will run until December 31st. Highlight the unique things that are important to you with The Important Things Everyday Life™ workshop. This workshop shows you how to create eight 6″ × 8″ layouts plus a title page and a closing page for an Everyday Life™ album. The generic theme of this album featuring the bright colors and patterns in the Perfectly Imperfect Picture My Life™ cards make this a versatile workshop to create for yourself, give as a gift, or even do both! Purchasing details can be found on my website.

Have you seen the Advent Calendar in the Holiday Expressions Idea Book? Would you like to make one for yourself? You can take advantage of the exclusive Advent Calendar bundle and workshop to create a lovely handmade décor piece that’s perfect for counting down the days until Christmas! This workshop uses the advent calendar 3-D item on new Cricut® Season of Joy digital collection together with the 'Tis the Season paper collection. Close To My Heart has made it easy to cut all the shapes needed with Cricut Design Space™ project files created just for this project. All the prep work for cutting is done for you!Purchasing details can be found online!

As always, there is a fabulous stamp of the month. Thanks & Giving will be the perfect stamp set for creating cards for the season or recording your Thanksgiving memories!




Stay tuned all month long for more ideas and inspiration!