Close to my Heart Embellishments

What’s your favorite embellishment? I been using these adorable add-ons from Seasonal Expressions on several projects the last few weeks!

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Close to my Heart Quilling Tool

Learn to use Close To My Heart’s quilling tool.

Embossing Folders!

Look at all the textures on this layout! The twine and embossed cardstock really bring the page to life, don’t you think?

 

Close to my Heart Artfully Sent: Scene Function

Close To My Heart’s Cricut® Artfully Sent cartridge is packed with beautiful and inspirational card concepts, including the “scene” function.

Close to my Heart Birthday Favor Ideas

Here we have a handful of ideas for favors that you can make quickly, but beautifully, with your Close To My Heart products. Have a blast experimenting with what favor is right for your party and then pick one to make!

Tuck your treat into a Designer Creations paper bag. Simply fold over the top and secure it with a mini staple, a mini clothespin, or a touch of adhesive, and you’ll have a secure package. Add a decorative touch with a Cricut® cut and a few of your favorite embellishments.

Enjoy the simplicity of a Cut Above™ treat bag kit. The kit comes with 10 different bags and all the necessary trimmings, so most of the work is already done for you; all you need to do is assemble it! You can personalize the bag with a few additional embellishments. Here we’ve switched things up by using the color-coordinated sticker from the kit as an accessory for the tag instead of its intended use as a candy topper.

Small or large, a Cricut® Artiste box is always a hit with friends and family! Wrap up a small treat in good style with a pillow box like this, or any of the other great boxes available on the cartridge. Decorate your little package to your liking until you’re sure you’ll delight your recipients. When cut from the Confetti Wishes papers, the boxes are already so cute you hardly need to add anything more!

 

Recipes:
To You Pillow Box
X7189B Confetti Wishes Paper Packet, X5762 Lagoon Cardstock, Z2059 Cut Above™ Birthday Treat Bag Kit, Z1921 Baker’s Twine Neutral Metallic Assortment, Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Cricut® Shapes:
Art Philosophy
4″ Shift+Font Layer (p. 28)

Birthday Treat Bag
1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z2059 Cut Above™ Birthday Treat Bag Kit, Z1989 Slate Diagonal Striped Ribbon, Z2027 Mini Stapler, Z2097 Mini Staples

4U Paper Bag
X7189B Confetti Wishes Paper Packet, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z2059 Cut Above™ Birthday Treat Bag Kit, Z2036 Designer Creations Slate Paper Bags, Z1921 Baker’s Twine Neutral Metallic Assortment, Z1263 Bitty Sparkles, Z3028 Lovestruck Mini Clothespins

Cricut® Shapes:
Artiste
4″ Accent 1 (p. 31)

Close to my Heart Confetti Wishes

How cute is this layout? The Workshops on the Go® Confetti Wishes scrapbooking kit is great for documenting all kinds of celebrations.

 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge – Sketch 92

This was a fun sketch to work with this week. A dear friend of mine knows I love butterflies and brought me a package of small butterflies. I die cut the lattice for the butterflies. I embossed the Close to my Heart glacier paper. Hope you are having a wonderful day!

Close to my Heart Heartstring Trifold Mini Album

This is my one page wonder trifold mini album that I made with Close to my Heart Heartstring paper and stickers.

My one page trifold mini album was loosely based on the instructions from: http://getcreativewithtraci.co.uk/2014/05/02/traci-corneliuss-stampin-up-monthly-technique-class-april-project-3-one-sheet-wonder-mini-album/?subscribe=success#blog_subscription-2. These directions were in English and were much more helpful than the original German directions!

I did not make three pockets instead made one pocket and two sections that opened down for more opportunity to place pictures!

Close to my Heart Heartstring Simple Mini Album Wallet

I had fun making this simple mini album wallet in under one hour! Love to know what you think!

The directions and measurements for this mini album are located at: http://thecraftspa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/pop-n-cuts-die-series-simplest-of-mini.html

Bo Bunny Woodland Winter 4 1/4 x 6 1/4 Mini Album

I really enjoyed working with the Bo Bunny Woodland Winter paper and embellishments collection. It was an easy album to work up with the precut 4 x 3 cards and 4 x 6 cards. I loved the winter colors in the album. What do you think of this album?