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Tool Time Tuesday
Todays Tool Time Tuesday is the about four great product that Close To My Heart has to offer, the Stitching Guide, Foam Pad, Ruler and Piercing tool. There are all great to use on their own but also work well together. Here is a short video to explain their uses. All...
Creative Blog Hop- About me and Introducing!
Thank you to Sheri from Sheri Says Just Scrap It for nominating me for this slightly different Blog Hop. This Creative Blog Hop is a way to have an ongoing, never-ending hop that introduces you to other creative crafters and broaden our list of blog artists.What a fun...
World Cardmaking Day!
World Cardmaking Day that sound like something to celebrate doesn't it? I have spent a bit of time playing around with the Stamp of the Month from Close To My Heart- Home for the Holidays. So to celebrate World Cardmaking Day I thought I would share a card I made. I...
Welcome to October!
Fall has hit us here in the last few days so it is most definitely time to come inside have a cup of coffee and start to create! Close to my Heart has a couple of great promotions for the month of October to get you started in that process. The first one up is this...
Tool Time Tuesday
The tool I picked for this week is Liquid Glass. This is one of my very favorite tool. The adhesive from Close to My Heart can be used to adhere lots of things that just need a bit more strength. It is great for using with the Base & Bling line of product. There...
#30yearsofhappy Recap
I just wanted to remind you there are just a few more days to get the fabulous #30yearsofhappy stamp set. Here is a collage of a few of the projects I have used it on this month. The detail on the special are here. September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My...
Family Is Forever Layout
Well the Stamp of the Month series of posts would not be complete without I layout! This is my take on the idea directly from the Idea Book on page 13 but I had to change it up to make it mine. I went with different colour theme as well as adding the new Lagoon...
#30daysofhappy Gift Tag
Here is another quick project with the #30daysofhappy stamp set. It is a gift tag cut out of the Chalk It Up paper, with a piece of Teal Shimmer trim added, topped off with a rosette cut from pg. 50 of the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the "For You" image from the...
Tool Time Tuesday
The tool that I am highlighting today has to be one of the most economical tool Close to My Heart has to offer. I don't think it could get much better the a useful tool for $3.35 (Canadian) for the Rub and Eraser. Here is a video that highlights this useful tool....