Hello, Kraftie Friends!

Tomorrow is the last day!!!

Join my Team as a Maker for $20!

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Sweet Little Things - Jan Stamp of the Month

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set valued at $18.95 for just $5—or you can get it for FREE as a VIP Customer with a qualifying purchase! 

Qualify for this special pricing by placing an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products. 

You can also purchase a Set (or extra Sets) at retail price HERE.

Shop with me  HERE: https://lilian.closetomyheart.com/

This month’s set is only available January 1–31.

Smitten Collection

Spread papercrafted love with scrapbook pages and cards made using the exclusive Smitten Paper Collection! This stunning collection features a new paper packet with coordinating sticker sheet, cardstock pack, stamp set, and Thin Cuts! Save 20% on the entire collection with the Smitten Product Bundle or the Smitten Workshop Kit, which also includes a few additional supplies for making a striking collection of scrapbook pages, cards, and treat holders!

You can also join us January 27 and 31 for virtual crafting events featuring the Smitten workshop artwork! Learn more on the Close To My Heart Facebook page!

Bring Back My Pack - Chantilly

The Chantilly paper collection features the same classic paper designs that made it popular the first time it was available, with a refreshed color palette and several coordinating products, including a new sticker sheet, a coordinating cardstock packet, and three My Acrylix® stamp sets that were released with the original paper collection!

Save 20% on this great collection of products with the Chantilly Product bundle, which contains the paper packet, sticker sheet, cardstock pack, and all three stamp sets! Click HERE to see all products!

True Story Album Kit

Perfect for National Papercrafting Month, the True Story album kit includes pre-printed base pages, die-cuts, stickers, acrylic shapes, Flip Flaps™ and Memory Protectors™, for creating a delightful mini album with surprises on every page! This album has room for an amazing number of photos and stories thanks to the innovative Flip Flaps, making this album a keepsake you will love paging through time and time again!

This kit is available in two discounted bundle options—one with just the album kit, and one that also includes a Black 6" × 8" Everyday Life™ Album for holding your completed pages!

View the most recent Jan-Feb Catalog HERE (+ the Core Catalog)!

Thank you for all your support!!!

{Tue} Technique: Gel Press Watercoloring

 Hello, Kraftie Friends!

I had these gel printed papers laying around and used them to make some cards for a few challenges...

If you have a gel press and some dye ink refills, try dropping some colors of your choice on the gel plate and spray some water. You can spread the ink with paintbrush or your fingers...then, press cardstock or watercolor paper on.

I would spray more water after each print to get more pastel colors...

Then, I stamped some images and trimmed them out to make the cards...I chose a stamp set with cups (retired SOTM) for some challenges (they remind me of the cups in "Beauty and the Beast").

Card #1

Panel is dry embossed. And I added some gold paint details on stamped images.

Card #2

Die cut panel was dry embossed and inked in Wild Berry.

Challenges:

Card #1

1. CAS Mix Up Jan: Loose Watercoloring

2. Use Your Stuff #439: Inspired by Disney

3. Cupcake Inspirations #535: Tea Time

Card #2

1. STAMPlorations Jan Theme & Photo Prompt: Stamps & Cups

2. Heart2Heart: Ring in 2022 with the Color of the Year, Wild Berry

Cups of Tea...

 Hello, Kraftie Friends!

Here's a card using a retired SOTM (Stamp of the Month) stamp set...

...but it has some stamping techniques I wanted to show you! I stamped tea bags on card base without re-inking a few times (generational stamping) and sentiment was stamped in black. The stack of cups were stamped in black on my own printed paper (using my gel plate + dye inks). Details were colored with alcohol-based markers.

If you don't have a gel plate, just tap some ink on a craft mat/plastic sheet (or drop some ink from refill bottles), spray some water and squish paper on. After it dries, stamp designs on. 

Challenges:

1. The Color Throwdown #675

2. STAMPloration Jan CAS: Anything CAS Goes + optional color twist Rainbow

3. Mix It Up #57: AGoes + optional foiling

4. Gem of a Challenge #2: Card Making & Craft Challenge - AGoes

{Thu} Fancy Fold: Pinwheel Tower + 2 Bridge Fold Cards

  Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This year, I want to try different types of Fancy-Fold Cards...so, here are 2 types to get me started...I usually make them to fit an A2 envelope (4.25" x 5.5"), but I'll have different sizes, also.

First up is a Pinwheel Tower Card:

Card #1

D2059 If Snowflake were Kisses Stamp Set (bundle with Thin Cuts dies available)

Then 2 Birthday Bridge Fold Cards...it's my first time making these:

Card #2

Retired CTMH stamps

The best thing...it folds flat!

Card #3

D1931 Wishing You Everything + Thin Cuts (sentiment + balloons), cake, numbers and Yay! sentiment are retired CTMH stamps.

And if you're patient...I'll eventually have videos showing how I made these cards...

Challenges:

Card #1 

1. Cookie Challenge #164:

2. SOS #461: Something Beginning with Letter S (Snow/Scarf) 

3. ABC Christmas: A & B are for? (A is for Anything Christmas)

4. The Sisterhood of Crafter: The Color Blue

5. Crafty Girls Corner #227: Snow Much Fun

Card #2

1. Double D Party Balloons Challenge

2. Simon Says Mon: Transport It

3. Seize the Birthday #229: AGoes or Blue & Gray

4. Word Art Wed #525-#526: AGoes

5. A Perfect Time To Craft Jan #01-2022: AGoes

Card #3

1. Festive Friday #FF0100 (Numbers/Cake/Fancy Fold)

2. C.R.A.F.T Challenge #623: New (new fun-fold/stamps)

3. The Male Room #158: For a Teenager (11 is almost a teen, right?)

Workshop {Wed}: Eat Play Love CASE-d 2-Page Scrapbook Layout

  Hello, Kraftie Friends!

This Collection is still available at CTMH...while supplies last!

Here's a CASE-d 2-page layout I made using Eat Play Love Scrapbooking Workshop Kit (with Page Protectors) from CTMH...the original design is the bottom layout...

Here's my version:

You can see the FREE Cutting Guide HERE (under description)! 

And here are some of my projects using the kit...click HERE, HERE and HERE to see Scrapbook Pages.

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There's also a Eat Play Love Cardmaking Workshop Kit available!

(check out the FREE Cutting Guide)

View All available products in this Collection HERE!