Winner of the Cricut Expression 2

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Last summer at Close to My Heart’s Annual Convention, I won a Cricut E2. You would have thought I had just won the Showcase Showdown on the Price is Right! And while I would have LOVED to keep it for myself, I decided to hold a contest for my Team. They were given an opportunity… [Read On]

Holiday Gift Tag Set

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If you are looking for a practical and economic hostess gift, why not create a gift tag set? Everyone needs them and it is so much fun to add a unique handmade touch when you are wrapping gifts. Every year for our CTMH Team Holiday Party, we do a gift tag swap. I created these:… [Read On]

Avonlea Card Workshop comes with Cricut Craft Room File!

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Do you love these cards? I sure do…they are perfect all-occasion cards. I’m teaching a class tomorrow night to a few of my customers. We will be using CTMH’s Avonlea Card Workshop on the Go to create 5 each of three different cards: Included in the kit: 1– My Acrylix® Avonlea Cardmaking Workshop Stamp Set… [Read On]

La Belle Vie & Cricut Artiste Gift Bag

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Hey y’all. I just wanted to show you a gift bag I created using the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge from CTMH. For this one I used the gorgeous La Belle Vie paper and the Jardin Stamp set. The bag is cut from Key Noel at Fit to Page and the tag was cut from Key… [Read On]

Win a Cricut Expression 2

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This is me…right after I won the random drawing for one of four Cricut Expression 2′s at Close to My Heart’s Convention in July. I am not kidding when I tell you that you would have thought I was the Showcase Showdown Winner on the Price is Right. I lost my damn mind. But I… [Read On]

Cricut Artiste 3-D box shown Three Ways

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For Extravaganza at Convention, I was asked to concentrate on 5 keys on the Cricut Artiste Cartridge (thank god or I would have lost my mind there is so much on there). So when I got to Key x and I created the 3-D Object, I thought, well…it’s a box. And wasn’t sure what to… [Read On]

Close to My Heart August Blog Hop – Baroque Borders

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OOOOhhhhh…there is going to be SO much fun stuff for you to check out today. Not only are we highlighting the new August Stamp of the Month, Boutique Borders, but I’m guessing that many of the consultants on the hop will be showcasing products from CTMH’s Fall/Winter Idea Book – yay! Thanks for hopping over… [Read On]

Cricut Artiste Altered Lampshade

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At Close to My Heart’s Extravaganza during Convention, I displayed this altered lampshade. Thank you so much to Amber Packer for the inspiration. It’s super simple and all it takes is a little time. First, I picked up a small and inexpensive lamp at Walmart. Be sure that it is cylindrical and not square. Also,… [Read On]

Cricut Artiste Gift Card Holder

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I am literally running out the door to head up to meet Lawson, Cate and Mike in PA for Lawson’s lacrosse tournament and I quickly had to make a gift card holder for my brother – it’s his bday today and he’s meeting us up there, too! Yay. So I ran to my Cricut, grabbed… [Read On]

Artwork featuring the Cricut Artiste Cartridge from Close to My Heart

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I am delighted to be able to finally share with you the top secret artwork I’ve been working on since the end of May and it features Close to My Heart’s new Cricut Artiste Cartridge and the gorgeous new paper collection, Avonlea. Here I am getting ready to teach at Close to My Heart’s Annual… [Read On]