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Out with the Old! July Brae-er Team Blog Hop
Welcome to our July Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on items that are being retired in our idea book. You will see creations from our team that may include stamp sets, patterned paper, inks, embellishments and more from the Close To My Heart spring/...
Cross Canada Blog Hop- July 2014
Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring Summer albums. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from...
Some Lollydoodle Loving!
Here is a cute layout featuring the Close To My Heart "Lollydoodle" paper. The paper is so fun and I love how it matches my daughters cast. She had surgury last summer and decided that one of her cast would need to be hot pink. This layout is her sweet sixteen...
A Favorite Layout
When the Spring/Summer Idea book came out from Close to My Heart in January and I saw the layout on page 95. I knew I had to try my hand at it. There were just so many things I loved about it, the colours, the hexagon and the overlay! I have just been waiting to come...
New month, new Stamp of the Month!
Well we are in July now! How is it that time if flying! I guess I should just be happy because summer has finally arrived! YES! So here is the update of the exciting things for the month of July. Don't forget that this is the last month to get everything in the...
What A Blast!
Here is another card using this months Stamp of the Month! I saw the combination of the Jubilee paper and the Kaboom stamp while cruising around Pinterest. Love it thank you Aaron B. Enjoy! Chris
Kaboom layout
I am not sure if you all know this or not but on the Close To My Heart website there are always ideas using the current stamp of the month. What a great company! There make things so easy for designing your own layouts and cards. Here is the link to this months- SOTM...
Birthday Card
Here is a quick card using this month Stamp of the Month- Kaboom. It was so simple. The main thing that I could was not to add too many fireworks before stamping the sentiment. I love the combination of the Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue and the honey. If you need more...
Sarita Card
The next card I have for you features the Sarita paper pack. What a great color combination. I love the pink and blue together. There is a fun bit of embossing with the Damask embossing folder. The two tone sentiment is easy to achieve with the Belated Birthday stamp...