Connie created the hearts on her card using Saran Wrap, Ranger glossy paper and Close To My Heart re-inkers! To create the textured background she used Ranger texture paste, a Dylusions stencil and Close To My Heart re-inkers! Watch how easy this is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvUU7zYoNvo Happy Scrapbooking everyone! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
WINNER – Congratulations to Marg Levasseur – this weeks lucky winner! YAHOOOOO! It’s Wednesday! and we love giving stuff away every single Wednesday! Today we are giving away a FABULOSA prize from Close To My Heart sponsored by Jennifer Smith! Prize package includes: Sugar Rush Card Making Thin Cuts Bundle: Use the 3 metal dies in this set and your favourite die-cutting machine to cut shapes that coordinate with the My Acrylix® Sugar Rush—Cardmaking stamp set. Sugar Rush Washi Pack:3 rolls of washi tape Sugar Rush Coordinating Cardstock: 12 – 12″ × 12″ cardstock sheets (3 each of Pomegranate, Sea Glass, Tangerine, Whisper) Sugar Rush Paper Packet: 12 – 12″ × 12″ B&T Duos™ (2 each of 6 double-sided designs) Sugar Rush Compliments: Coordinating stickers and chipboard die-cuts, including some with gold foil accents. BONUS a free guide can be downloaded and used with this prize package!!! – CLICK HERE To enter…
Hi, Tracy here and I just want to wish all of my crafty peeps out there a Happy Valentine’s Day! The world could use a little more LOVE these days I think. So with it being Valentine’s Day, winter in some parts of our world, and a sometimes dreary world in the news…I wanted to share a little bit of crafty LOVE. Project Recipe: Simple Stories- Love & Adore Collection patterned paper, chipboard stickers, cardstock stickers, bits & pieces, sticker sheets Elizabeth Craft Designs- Medallion Stencil, Entwined Circles Dies Close To My Heart- Ink: Blush, Black Cardstock- white, black, pink Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L- EZ Runner Grand, White Photo Corners, Crafty Foam Tape, Foam Squares I had a little fun with Elizabeth Craft Designs using their medallion stencil and pink ink from Close To My Heart. I stencilled 2 images around the matted photo. Then I used…
CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) holds one of the biggest crafting trade shows in the world. At these shows many crafting companies release and display their latest and greatest products – the winner of this prize package will receive a little taste of the latest products from 45 different crafting companies!!! YAHOOOO!!! It is DAY#1 of a Taste of CHA featuring Chameleon Pens, Art Impressions, Close To My Heart, Southern Ridge Trading Company and Westcott How it works 1. This contest is all about giving our sponsors some LOVE! 2. During the next 9 days (Jan 30 – Feb 7th) you need to visit 45 of the HOTTEST scrapbooking manufacturers on facebook LIKE their pages or FOLLOW their blogs. Joining their communities will keep you informed of all things good in the scrapbooking industry! What will you win – A TASTE OF CHA sample pack worth over 1000.00$ of the latest…
Hi, Connie Nichol here today with a bright and cheerful scrapbook page featuring Close to my Heart products. My kids and I travelled to Germany last summer with friends and had the best time. And took a lot of pictures. Ha! You’ll be seeing a of them as I slowly get them scrapbooked. This layout started with the Happy thin cuts die from CTMH. I coloured the die cut with Chameleon alcohol ink markers and then added three coats of Ranger clear embossing powder to make the words glossy and dimensional. You can see how to do this step by step in the Creative Scrapbooker Technique Taster’s Web Show #105 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NnLYeAYb6A&t=6s It’s easy to do and looks very cool. I used patterned paper from the Close To My Heart Adventure Fundamentals line – so bright and colourful – and coordinating die cuts from the Good Life Fundamentals packet. …
Hello, Connie Nichol here today with a layout inspired by the monochromatic days of a northern Alberta winter. I used black and white because that’s pretty much the only colours I see right now when I look outside. Sigh. But soon the days will get longer and it won’t be long before the snow melts and the grass turns green again. Yes, I am an eternal optimist. I made myself a triangle template out of a scrap of paper and used it to cut the patterned paper and photos into large triangles which form the basis of the layout. The paper is the Uptown Fundamentals line from Close to My Heart. This paper (and other matching products) are a gorgeous and versatile black, white and gold colour and is available from the Annual Inspirations Catalogue from CTMH. I used the Framework Alphabet Acrylic Stamps to stamp the title and the paper…
12 DAYS OF GIVING! WIN WIN WIN!!!! Let the party begin! Each day for 12 days in a row we will be sharing three prize packages with you. Leave a message under the blog post for each post in order to be entered for all 36 Prize Packages. Visit the prize sponsor on facebook and say hello from Creative Scrapbooker Magazine or CSM. NOTE do not use the same comment everytime you post on facebook – Facebook thinks you are spam and may block you. Names will be drawn randomly and you can win more than once if you enter your name under more than one blog post! Winners will be announced on Dec 24th. Just in time for Christmas! Day#2 of 12 Starts NOW! Our first prize is from Close To My Heart City Sidewalks Workshops Your Way kit from Close To My Heart includes instructions to make three 2-page layouts. As well as the…
Connie Nichol is on our web show creating Custom Coloured Die Cuts! Here is the HAPPY card that Connie designed! Connie designed this card using Chameleon pens, and a ton of Close To My Heart products! Grab a coffee and watch Connie create! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NnLYeAYb6A&t=1s Happy Crafting Everyone! SUBSCRIBE TODAY to our quarterly publication – delivered right to your door!
Hi everyone,Kim here ? Thanks for checking into the CSM blog today. I just wanted to share this month’s sketch, designed by Kelly Klapstein. This month’s sketch was designed with card making in mind, ‘tis the season of making, giving and receiving cards! It’s a great sketch! I however used it as a starting point for a layout. That’s is the cool thing about sketches…they are simply a starting point for creativity. I used Close to My Heart’s “City Sidewalk” collection. I ADORE everything about this collection, it’s full of fun, whimsical papers, die cuts and glittery accents and also has a corresponding Cricut cartridge to keep the fun going strong! I decided to make a gift card holder while I had all this fun product out, I’ll need a few more before December 25th! As you can see, I did not follow the sketch for the card…but plan to…
WINNER – This weeks lucky winner is Nichol Enslen! Congrats!!!! YAHOOOOO! It’s Wednesday! and we love giving stuff away every single Wednesday! Today we are giving away a FABULOSA prize from Close To My Heart sponsored by Jennifer Smith! Prize package includes: 1 – Cricut® City Sidewalks Digital Collection Dress up your artwork in holiday style with the festive images from this mini digital Cricut® collection. We’ve designed this collection to work with our City Sidewalks paper packet (X7213B), so you can complete Christmas projects in less time. The fun and playful images are sure to have you singing your way through all your Christmas crafting! 1 – Joy to You & Me Stamp Set C1656 – Cricut Compatible 1 – Pretty Poinsettia Stamp Set B1540 – Cricut Compatible My Acrylix® stamp sets are premium-quality decorative stamps that offer crisp, precise stamping at a fraction of the cost of rubber.…
