Wednesday, December 11, 2013
CTMH Cricut Artbooking Scrapbook Mini-Album
Sometimes it's just so much fun to play!! This mini-album is the first project we worked on at this years Close to My Heart Fall Album Retreat! We used lots of the Bronze Shimmer Trim (which is a huge favorite of mine), but I was also surprised to find how much I loved using our Aqua Dots!!
Being able to use our Artbooking cricut cartridge to cut the pages and overlays, really simplifies making a mini-album for any occasion or theme!!
Enjoyed playing with this fun technique: Using the edge of a border stamp make it look like washi tape has been added to the edges of the paper, but it's just a partial stamp image on the top and bottom of this page above!
Funny how just a plain black pen can add such a "touch" to projects! That's all we did around the sunburst above and the tabs below! So super simple and easy! Plus, CTMH has the black pen set on clearance in the While Supplies Last section of our website!!
Adding a little reinker into our spray pens allows you to add a little "texture" to plain card stock…such a simple, easy and fun technique to add a little "pop" to a plain page!
Monday, December 9, 2013
CTMH Sparkle N Shine Scrapbook Workshop
The Close to My Heart Workshops on the Go provide such great detail and inspiration for creating beautiful layouts and cards!! These are the Sparkle N Shine Workshop on the Go layouts, with some minor tweaking on my part…either from an oopsy or from personal preference…but otherwise, it's as the workshop guide directed! Love how easy it is to follow along, plus still have supplies leftover to make cards and other projects!
The stamp set included in the workshop on the go is super cute…especially the Merry and Bright ticket (which can be cut from Art Philosophy!!) So fun! The zip strips add some embellishments to the layouts, but of course I couldn't resist the washi tape…seriously, with 15 feet in each roll, you're welcome to use it on tons of projects!! No need to skimp!
Friday, December 6, 2013
CTMH Sparkle N Shine Christmas Planner
Close to My Heart Holiday Christmas Planner!
I am so in love with this project!! It was designed by Kelly English-Triggs, you can purchase a kit from her! I purchased her kit and tweaked it a little so I was able to get these 3 planners from 1 Sparkle N Shine Paper Pack and Complements. Then I used some of my "stash" of embellishments to bling them up!
Of course some of our Sparkle N Shine washi tape added to this project and really worked beautifully across the top of each of the planner pages!! Don't forget, the washi tape in a 3-pack is only available through December 31st!These are created using our fabulous Fit Folios (such a versatile product!!) Just a matter of scoring, folding, a little liquid glass, then embellishing them up!! These three were put together for our boys teachers…and I was super excited at how easily they came together and how great they turned out!!
This shows the insides of one of them, they're all a little different so I could use up all the Sparkle N Shine Complements. Kelly recommends stapling the organizers together and covering with a piece of paper…I decided to keep the sheets separate and just added a strip of washi tape over the top of each piece to give it a little bling to the plain paper! 
Another inside example, with and without the planner pages.
The back side of all 3 of the planners, just solid papers. The ribbon is attached across the front cover and left loose to wrap around the closed planner. I used some extra long ribbon to ensure it could still be tied off even once filled with planner pages, receipts and any other information collection through the holidays!
Monday, November 18, 2013
CTMH Sparkle N Shine Cards
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Totally worth repeating, I LOVE our WASHI TAPE!! The Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape adds so much to my projects and unlike many types of washi tape, the CTMH washi tape doesn't roll up, it sticks where it's placed and rocks any project!!!
The Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape includes 3 rolls of washi tape: 1" Juniper, 1/2" Ruby and 1/2" metallic Silver (each with 15 yards*)
*note the Holidays from the Heart gift guide indicates 5 yards; however, each roll actually contains 15 yards of washi tape!!
The Ruby mini-medley assortment...I wasn't sure what I thought of those flowers...but it's the perfect addition to this card, along with the glitter buttons! I put a little juniper reinker with water into one of our spray pens and "spritzed" the white card stock card base to keep it from being plain and a strip of washi tape on the inside of the card to dress it up!
Originally this 2nd card was a standard card, but then I fell in love with the "ticket" card I created, so I used a circle punch to clip the corners off this card to make it another ticket card! Some silver shimmer trim and pearl opaques add a little extra zing!
Do you see the bling around my tree! Hopefully you know that I wouldn't sit and individually place 25 bitty sparkles around a tree for 1 card! Nope!! CTMH has introduced 2 Sparkle Shape assortments that MATCH 2 of our stamp sets!! The tree is from our Sparkle Holiday Shapes, which includes 18 adhesive-backed rhinestone shapes that coordinate with our Trim the Tree stamp set AND our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge! Which means you can cut the image from the cricut, stamp and bling! Or cut the image in patterned paper and bling! Super quick, easy and so adorable!!
Don't forget, when you order $100 in products from the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book or Holiday Gift Guide, you can choose one "star" product FREE (shown below)!!
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013
CTMH Sparkle N Shine Scrapbook Layout
Close to My Heart has released a NEW Holidays From the Heart Gift Guide that includes newly released products!! One of these is the beautiful new Sparkle & Shine Paper Packet (X7176B) featuring Juniper, Ruby, Slate, Sparkle & Shine Silver, Whisper and White Daisy!
I used silver from the Black & Grey Glitter Paper (Z1829)...did I mention the Close to My Heart Glitter Paper cuts "like butter" in the Cricut? LOVE it!! I cut the images from the CTMH Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (images/sizes noted below).
We also have a NEW collection of Washi Tape (while supplies last) the Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-Pack (Z1907) includes 3 rolls of washi tape: 1" Juniper, 1/2" Ruby and 1/2" Metallic Silver each with 15 yards! I included strips of all 3 as an accent on both sides of the layout and used the silver washi tape as little accents across the photo mats!
The glittery buttons are from the Ruby Mini-Medley Accents Collection (Z1861) and added the extra "pop" the layout needed!
Cricut Artbooking Cuts:
Sparkle & Shine Dots:
<PhotoMat1><Shift><10Things> cut at Fit To Page
Glitter Paper (cut at 11"):
<Border><Snow>
<Border><Shift><Snow>
<Icon><Snow>
<Icon><Shift><Snow>
As an added BONUS, you can choose one "star" product FREE for every $100 of retail-priced items in your order from the Holiday Gift Guide or the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book!! You can choose from one of the following as your FREE "star" product:
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