Close To My Heart Memory Gift Boxes

Welcome to our December Blog Hop featuring creations  that we plan to give as gifts this Christmas.   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 our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle's Blog. If you came from Janet's blog then you are in the right place!

For this blog hop, I decided to show my Memory Gift Boxes that I decorated from boxes I purchased at my local craft store. They were so fun and easy to make and I hope you take the opportunity to make one yourself! Most of the product used were from Close To My Heart but I did use some paper flowers, embellishments and stamp images from some other craft companies.

Here is a sneak peak of one of the boxes!

 I made a video on all of the boxes I decorated.

Paperpacks used in the video in order are:

Claire

Caboodle

Veranda

Boom-di-ada

Avonlea

La Belle Vie

Chantilly 

Discovery

Daydream 

Frosted

Sarita

Believe

Notebook

Magnifique

Silhouette

Laughing Lola

You can check them all out in my youtube video below:

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Chantal of "Itsahootpapercrafts".

 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog as she has the complete blog list 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in the New Year when we will be featuring some of the products that will be retiring, so if you see anything you would like to create, this could be your last opportunity to purchase them.  We hope you will join us again on January 15th, 2014.

CTMH Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide

Check out this time limited Holiday from the Heart Gift Guide from Close To My Heart. You can order from it October 15 to December 31 while supplies last.

You can flip through the book online here

I have also made a youtube video showcasing a few of my favourites from the Gift Guide.

Card Holder gift Box

This posting showcases a Card Holder Gift Box that I made for my mom's birthday this year. It is so easy to make and you can utilize any boxes you have laying around your house. Watch the video to see how I made one and how I got the inspiration to make it.

Thanks you so much for watching and I hope you make one on your own!

CTMH My Crush Book Reveal Video

Welcome to Close To My Heart's version of the smashbook!

In this video I will show the complete line of My Crush scrapbook products launched in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book 2013. If you love smashbooks or project life type papercrafting projects you are going to love this line.

You can order directly from my website here if you reside in Canada.

Happy Crafting and thanks for watching!

Quick and simple tutorial on how to make cricut roses

Here is a quick video on how to make the roses cut on the cricut. There are several styles of roses on the Close To My Heart cricut cartridges including Art Philosophy, Artiste, and Artbooking.

You can purchase these cartridges and other close to my heart products mentioned in the video on my website if you reside in Canada here.

Thanks for watching!

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Kraft Container

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring Close To My 

Heart Kraft products. 

You will see creations from our participants that will include our New Kraft 3 Ring binder, the Kraft Container aswell as our Kraft paper and cards.  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 our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning at Michelle's blog. 

If you came from Janet's blog then you are in the right place!

For this hop, I wanted to showcase the Close To My Heart Kraft Container which retails for only $3.95. The possibilities for this container are endless and they make a super cut crafting project for a workshop.

You can watch my brief youtube video to see what we made with this Kraft Container at Close To My Heart's album retreat in March 2013.

You can purchase this online on my website here.

Thanks for looking and watching!

I am the last consultant for this hop but if you started part way through the hop or want to start at the beginning then your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle S Blog,  as she has the complete blog list. 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. Join us again in September when we will be featuring Jeanette's Archived Stamps. Jeanette has re-released 5 stamps from her archieves.  We hope you will join us again on September 15th.

Welcome to My Youtube Channel Trailer

Complete Guide to Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

Here is a quick video showing the images for the Artbooking Crticut Cartridge and general instructions on how to use this cartridge. This is available starting August 1st.

Shop online here.

Thanks for watching!

Buzz & Bumble Layout

I made this layout of my daughter, featuring some of my favorite pictures of her. I used the Buzz and Bumble paperpack and coordinating products.

Thanks for looking!

Anyone want a sneak peak?!

I just returned from Close To My Heart's convention and I could not be more excited 

about the launch of the Autumn/Winter Idea book that customers can 

purchase from starting August 1st!

I have made a couple of videos giving you sneak peaks into the new products 

including my top 10 favourites!

Thanks for watching!

You can join Close To My Heart for only $49! The current consultant kit features my favorite paperpack, Laughing Lola. You can join my team if you reside in Canada by clicking here. 

Alternativley, If you would like to order any of these fabulous products beginning August 1st 

and have them delivered right to your door, you can shop online here!

CTMH Album Contest 2013 - Layout entries

I am going to feature the 5 layout that I entered in the Close To My Heart Album Contest 2013. The theme this year was to base the layouts on the word "Viva" which translates to "Live". I decided to make a family layout and then one layout for each person in my immediate family and a coordinating quote with the theme "live" in it. 

After the pictures below, I will also link a youtube video I made showing each of the layouts including close ups. Thank you so my for looking/watching. Be sure to follow my blog and subscribe to my youtube channel.

All pruducts used are Close To My Heart.
Shop online here for Close To My Heart products!

"For Always" Family Layout

Chantilly Layout - Kathy

Dakota layout - Jeff

Later Sk8tr - Rory

Buzz and Bumble layout - Alexia

Prima Engraver - Happy 50th Birthday 5 step card

I made this card for a colleague at work who was celebrating his 50th birthday this year. 

I cracked open my Prima Engraver product that I have collected but not used yet. I loved 

how it came together. I have made a video tutorial on how I learned how to make this 

card for anyone who is interested at the end of this post.

Thanks for looking!

Here is the video and I would love if you follow me on youtube!