Close to My Heart

Great New Products are Coming Soon

by CraftyAmanda in Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Scrapbook, Stamping | Leave a comment

Hi Everyone,
I just finished placing my consultant preview order for some of the new items being shown in the new Annual Inspirations!  (Everyone can order starting August 1st!)   I am very excited about all the new products coming out and I knew you would be too,  so I will try and post new items each day so you can join me in my thrill of the new direction we’re taking with CTMH.

Here’s the cover of the 2017-2018 Annual Inspirations

I’ll start with showing you the new colors in the Basics Collections.  All the current colors, excepting black have been retired and new ones have replaced them.  Black will be a stand alone color just like White Daisy.  Colonial White is also being retired.   Looking at the photo below,  you might notice that our cardstock is now two toned.  The true CTMH color on the dark side and the back is a shade lighter.   (so 20 new colors!) Just remember you can’t order until August 1st!

https://craftingwithamanda.closetomyheart.com/

Are you curious about the new names of these colors?   Here they are.

Toffee

https://craftingwithamanda.closetomyheart.com/Almond

Nutmeg

Espresso

Heather

Mink

Linen

Pebble

Pewter

Charcoal

CTMH also redid all the Fundamentals for the basics set.  I can already see these in both scrapbooking and cards!   I’m so looking forward to my goodies arriving.  Too bad it’s the start of haying season!

Fundamentals with beautiful Cmplements to make creating lovely items easy!

The last new item in the Basics collection is the set of pigment ink pads.  I have recently begun using my color pigment inks with clear embossing power on my projects and I don’t have to worry about everything matching!   One more item to add to my future purchases list.  🙂

Love seeing all the new products!

Happy Crafting!

Scrapbook LO Video Week #4

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Pattern, Scrapbook | 1 Comment

If you are looking for some quick scrapbooking to fit in this summer,  look no further than this Layout from the Cherish Book.

I choose to use all cardstock and am very happy with the results.  Here is my sample.

This layout was done on the February 24 Facebook Live Video,  and you can watch the video if you need help with the cuts,  or want inspiration for assembly.

FB Live Scrapbook Workshop – Close to My Heart(CTMH)

Week #4 SCRAPBOOK Videos Workshop guides are in the photo album Video #4 Feb 24, 2017. Grab your cutter, paper pack(s), adhesive and join us in some crafty fun time.If you miss walking through the cuts, remember you can always watch the video later, or watch it again and create another layout!To ensure you receive notices about my upcoming live workshop, like and follow my page https://www.facebook.com/CraftingWithAmanda/. Share this video with your crafty friends for entries into a drawing for a free close to my heart paper pack of your choice.

Posted by Crafting with Amanda Close to my Heart Consultant on Friday, February 24, 2017

Two ladies that participated in the live workshop,  sent me the photos of their take on this pattern,  and gave me permission to share them.

I hope you can find inspiration and would love to see what you create.

Happy Crafting!

 

More Scrap Cards –

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Stamping, Technique | 1 Comment

Every spring for the last 4 years,  I’ve had an opportunity to travel with friends for 5 days of crafting & fun.   When packing I decided I could easily pack enough projects to keep me busy for weeks.   I also knew I love cutting into new paper,  so I brought all the scraps from projects made on the Facebook Videos to help me use up those pieces.  Not all of the cards were scraps,  I think a couple of them were cuts from previous patterns that I lost so I got to make it up as I go.

I love the lilac on these cards.  I cut them from the Flower Garden Cartridge!  They are so easy.  One button cut makes all 4 layers and you do a little dry embossing, pop dot the layers and wah lah!

Hope these give you some inspiration.

Happy Crafting!

Scrap Cards – Not as scary as they sound.

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, CTMH, Stamping | 2 Comments

I was talking with another crafter a few weeks ago,  and she mentioned that she has a hard time creating with out a pattern to follow.  She even shared that she can not visualize how a project might look using other papers not used in the sample.  This is foreign to me,  but I have since learned it’s real for many crafters.  (Who knew?)   This lead me to the conclusion that using up “scraps” would be nearly impossible with out having a jumping off point.    I will admit there are times that my muse is not flowing and creating scrap card after scrap card will deplete the little creativity I had.  But I know that I will not be sending 5 cards to the same person,  so I have no trouble doing the same (ish) pattern over and over again with the scraps I have laying around my craft table.

So,  without further ado,  here are some cards I created from scraps.  I share them with you now in the hopes you too can find inspiration to create and clean up your scraps at the same time.  🙂

Hope these cards give you some inspiration!

Happy Crafting!

 

Card Workshop Video #3 & Artwork

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Pattern, Video, Workshop On the Go | Leave a comment

I had a lot of fun making these cards.   For me it was whimsy meets style.  I used the cricut cartridge Artbooking.

I have to say that I don’t always enjoy the tediousness of assembling the cricut cuts,  but sometimes it’s a great project when I need to feel accomplished but the brain power is on low.  Assembling these fell into that low brain power night.

The pattern is quick and easy and can be found here.


 

 

 

These cards use the green side of the paper so I went in a “boy” direction.

Now, these used the pink side of the paper so I went to the flowery side.

If you want help with the cutting guides, or the assembly,  you can watch the video.

FB Live Card Workshop – Close to My Heart(CTMH)

Week #3 Card Set- Video Workshop guides are in the photo album Video #3 Feb 17th. Grab your cutter, paper pack(s), adhesive and join us in some crafty fun time.If you miss walking through the cuts, remember you can always watch the video later after it's over. To ensure you receive notices about my upcoming live workshop, like and follow my page https://www.facebook.com/CraftingWithAmanda/. Share this video with your crafty friends for entries into a drawing for a free close to my heart paper pack of your choice.

Posted by Crafting with Amanda Close to my Heart Consultant on Friday, February 17, 2017

Happy Crafting!

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