Going Soon: May–June Catalog Items! There are only a few days left to shop from the May–June catalog! Make sure you've got enough of these great crafting products before they are gone! Hillside Cottage Paper Collection Stars & Sparklers Paper Collection Desserts à la Whirl Stamp + Thin Cuts Mix-in Paper Packet See more in this catalog!

What's new in June with Close To My Heart? June Crop and Workshop Schedule

Now is a great time to become a Maker! When you sign up as a Maker with us this month, you'll receive free registration to celebrate with us at this year's virtual Convention—a $99 value! Learn more here  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -    Return to YOUR Happiest Place! Make even more happy memories shine with the return of this popular product collection—now at 20% discounted prices AND with two new workshop projects!   Learn more here  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -  June Stamp of the Month The June Stamp of the Month, Outdoor Borders, features several border images that you'll love using to adorn a variety of projects! This set is only available this month, and it can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more!  Find out more about the stamp  set  here. VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order!   Learn more here. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -  And look at this!  My personal  favorite paper pack Stars and Sparklers See the all the featured products and and workshops here - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - -  Join me for a scrappy good time!  Crop and Workshop Schedule for June Open Crop Friday, June 11 - 5:30pm - 11:00pm Please reserve your spot  (only 6 spots open) - No charge - Bring your own project to work on.  My machines, stamps, and inks are available for you to use.  Cardstock and individual sheets of paper available for sale. Two Page Scrapbooking workshop  Monday, June 14 - 6:30 - 9pm - We will create a two page spread following a pattern from Volume 5 -Make it From Your Heart.   Please make your reservation (only 6 spots open) - $8 - Bring your adhesive, paper trimmer, and scissors and get the rest of what you need from my stash. Open Crop Monday, June 28 - 2:00 pm - 11:00pm Please reserve your spot  (only 6 spots open) - No charge - Bring your own project to work on.  My machines, stamps, and inks are available for you to use.  Cardstock and individual sheets of paper available for sale.

May - June catalog, specials and my workshop schedule

May - June Catalog
click on link to see catalog

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Workshops and Events

For those who live locally - a return to in-person workshops!

Limited to 6 participants per session to allow for social distancing -

 so please make your reservation to attend.  

My workshop is downstairs. 

Card workshops can be conducted upstairs by request

 if you have difficulty with stairs.

Open Crop - Friday, May 14 - 1:00 to 11:00 pm

No charge - Donations accepted for the Hospitality Center

Bring your own supplies and project to work on.  Individual sheets of cardstock and printed papers will be available for sale.  Use of my Cricut, die cut machine and thin cuts ore embossing folders, stamps, and inks will be available for use.  (Sanitizing products available to clean items between uses.)  Masks optional. I'm vaccinated, so comfortable with social distancing.  Please bring your own bagged evening meal if you plan to come for the duration of the crop.  Bagged snacks and beverages are available.

 

Two Page Scrap - Tuesday, May 18 - 6:00 - 8:30pm - $8

Bring your own tools - paper trimmer, scissors, adhesives and any other favorite scrapping tools.  We will use a pattern from the new- Volume 5 - Make it From Your Heart.  Choose your papers, embellishments, etc, from my stash.

All Occasion Card Workshop - Thursday, May 27 - $12

                                                      two sessions available

                                                      2:00 - 4:30 or 6:00 - 8:30

Please bring your own adhesive. Make 4 cards.  Materials will be pre-cut.  You stamp, color etc. and assemble following the samples.  You may make additional cards for $2 per additional card.

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May Stamp of the Month

Bring May flowers to your own artwork using the May Stamp of the Month, Flowers for You! This set is only available this month, and it can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more!

See the Whole Set

VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order! Learn more about becoming a VIP Customer

 

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And WOW! Is this beautiful!  

It's definitely one of my favorite collections!

You Are Enough

Discover this month's beautiful You Are Enough collection, featuring an exclusive paper collection and coordinating products featuring stunning rose gold accents!

See the whole collection  and a video  showing the beautiful papers in this collection

Other Special Promotion Stamps Sets you may like

See it  here

See it here

Bring May flowers to your own artwork using the May Stamp of the Month, Flowers for You! This set is only available this month, and it can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more!

Bring May flowers to your own artwork using the May Stamp of the Month, Flowers for You! This set is only available this month, and it can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more!

See the Whole Set

See the Whole Set

VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order! Learn more about becoming a VIP Customer

VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order! Learn more about becoming a VIP Customer

You Are Enough

You Are Enough

Discover this month's beautiful You Are Enough collection, featuring an exclusive paper collection and coordinating products featuring stunning rose gold accents!

Discover this month's beautiful You Are Enough collection, featuring an exclusive paper collection and coordinating products featuring stunning rose gold accents! 

See the whole collection  and a video  showing the beautiful papers in this collection

See the whole collection  and a video  showing the beautiful papers in this collection

Last Call for March - April catalog and Stamptacular Special

 

Going Soon: March–April Catalog Items! See catalog here

There are only a few days left to shop from the March–April catalog! Make sure you've got enough of these great crafting products before they are gone!   Here are some my favorites!

Daisy Meadows - Scrapbooking and Stamp/Thin cuts

Cherry Blossoms and Just A Note Stamp Sets

Daisy Meadows Cardmaking Workshop

And don't forget the STAMPTACULAR sale! Great prices on lots of stamps and matching thin-cuts Find the stamps/thin cuts available here

Stamptacular Blog Hop

 

Welcome

Glad you could join us today!  A blog hop is one big loop of crafty, fun ideas for paper crafting as you visit each of the connected blogs.  If you are coming from Maureen's blog, you are on the right path.  If you are starting here, just look for the link at the end of my post to Wendy's blog (and successive posts) to see which blog to visit next.

During April, you can enjoy Stamptacular savings on a wide variety of My Acrylix® stamps and stamp + Thin Cuts bundles. There are even five of our most popular stamp sets that were brought back just for this sale! These stamp sets and discounted prices will only be available until April 30.  You can find them here.

In this blog hop, we are sharing examples of work using stamps/thin cuts that are a part of this Stamptacular sale.  Enjoy the ideas!

Using Sending You Well Wishes

Flowers on the birdhouse are colored with colored pencils and a white gel pen.  The flowers around the border are lightly shaded using a shimmer brush.

Using Gnome Matters

The background on this card is shaded using Tattered Rose Distress Oxide ink and misted water.  The flowers were colored with Tri-Blend alcohol markers

Using Spruced Up  and With Deepest Sympathy

The background is vellum paper which was colored with Tri-Blend Markers and then 91% alcohol was dripped to help spread the ink.  The images were stamped on top of the vellum with Archival Ink and then colored with colored pencils.

Using Cherry Blossoms

The image was stamped with Intense Black ink on ordinary white tissue (wrapping) paper and colored with alcohol markers.  When dry, the tissue paper was balled up and then umcrumpled.  The tissue paper was then glued to white daisy cardstock using a glue stick and gently applied to the cardstock so as to maintain the textured background.  Shimmer brush was added to the center of each blossom and then flicked a bit over the background.

Be sure to go your Close To My Heart Maker's website to check out all the fantastic deals in this Stamptacular Sale . 

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Join me as we hop on to see the creative ideas on Wendy's blog featuring more of the stamp sets and thin cuts from this sale.

  

Be sure to visit the other consultants who have joined in this blog hop for lots of new product inspiration.  If for some reason you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of participating consultants on Melinda's blog to get back on track.

What's new at Close To My Heart in April

 

So many great specials this month! Stamptacular What a great deal! With hundreds of high quality My Acrylix® stamp sets and Stamp + Thin Cuts bundles to choose from, you'll want to take full advantage of this month's special savings!  Shop Stamps Now! Creativity Delivered Right to Your Door! Craft with Heart™ subscriptions deliver quick and easy layout or card kits to your door on a schedule you choose. This is the last month to sign up and get the beautiful January–April kits. See this incredible artwork and subscribe before it goes away! See the kits

April Stamp of the Month Add a unique look to scrapbook pages, cards, and more using the April Stamp of the Month, Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings! This set is only available this month, and it can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more! See the Whole Set VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order! Learn more about becoming a VIP Customer VIP Refer A Friend  Special Get a friend to sign up as a VIP in the month of April and you both will receive $10 in FREE VIP Credit! Find out more here National Scrapbooking Day Special We’ve got so much planned for National Scrapbooking Day, that we need to spread the celebration over two days! You’re invited to join the fun online April 30 – May 1, 2021 on the Close To My Heart Facebook page. We’ll spend our time completing FIVE amazing creative projects featuring exclusive products, tips & techniques, and of course product giveaways! For more details about the featured projects Order the National Scrapbooking Day Celebration bundle to get all five at a 30% discounted price! Check out the project bundles here  May Album Virtual Retreat Join us online May 14–15 for our next virtual Album Retreat. At Album Retreat, we go step-by-step through the process of creating an entire album’s worth of breathtaking scrapbook pages bursting with unique artwork techniques! At this event, we will create 11 two-page 12″ × 12″ scrapbook layouts, for a total of 22 pages! Find more information and see layouts for this retreat here.