Make a difference in October

by CraftyAmanda in Close to My Heart, CTMH, Offer, Scrapbook, Stamping | 1 Comment

This month, Close to my Heart is matching all round up donations to Operation Smile up to $10,000 USD! Just think of how many children will benefit from the life altering surgeries provided by Operation Smile. So, just place an order and click the round up box to help us surpass the $10,000 match.

In addition to the round up offer, for each Puny Pals stamp set sold, $7 goes towards Operation Smile.

These are so cute, and during October you can purchase the thin cuts that coordinate with the stamps! Quick, fun and easy cards!

Also this month Close to My Heart has designed a super cute card kit to showcase the Puny Pals. Get yours today!

You can buy the cards, exclusive papers & thin cut as a bundle and save!

Thanks for helping change the future for children!

Happy Crafting!

Card Workshop Video Week 5

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

This video shows you how to cut papers from the guide below, and walks you through my processes for using up scrap pieces to create cards. I hope you enjoy!

Unfortunately I gave away the cards I made in this video before I took photos of them. Opps!

Happy Crafting!

Scrapbook Video Week #5

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Pattern, Scrapbook, Stamping, Workshop On the Go | 1 Comment

Soon I will be starting weekly videos again for both scrapbooks & cards. I need to find my craft table, reset my cameras and remind myself of some of the little things that help my recording sessions go more smoothly.

As I’ve started doing some re-organizing, purging and discovery around the house, I’ve realized I have too many good ideas and not enough execution of those ideas. For example, I found a cookbook that was given to me. I have no need of the contents of the cookbook, but I remember keeping it because it had a great 3 ring binder and would be perfect for a small scrapbook project. Wah-lah, that will be the project for our first fall video, coming soon to a facebook live station near you. 🙂

In the meantime, I’ve learned that I sometimes feel over whelmed by guilt of paper that is just languishing in boxes and on shelves. These are not unopened paper packs, but more the “left overs” and remains of paper packs from previous workshops & projects. It’s one of the reasons that I’ve been trying to fully use up packs so as not to add to the abandoned paper pack stash. In aid of reducing this APS (Abandoned Paper Stash) I’ve returned to some of my previous projects and pulling out different paper, did the same layouts again. I sometimes forget how much I love the “old” Pattern books, and this is a great way to reacquaint myself with them. Hope you enjoy!

As a bonus to help you envision your own papers in this pattern, here’s a photo from another gal that did this workshop.

The colors she choose work so well with her photos. I also love that this layout seems to draw my eye to the photos rather than to the papers & embellishments! Great Job Pat W!

If you have completed any of these projects, I would love to see them. You can email me the photos at Amanda@craftingwithamanda.com

Happy Crafting!

Card Set Pattern Video Week #4

by CraftyAmanda in Artwork, Cards, Close to My Heart, Pattern, Stamping, Video, Workshop On the Go | 2 Comments

I wasn’t feeling the La Vie En Rose Card Workshop until I paired it with the L8r Skater paper pack. Now I can see these cards for everything from boy birthday cards, father’s day cards to even a sympathy card. It’s not the best for using up scraps, but I have several partial paper packs with full sheets just waiting to be made into happy mail.

Here’s the video link if you want some help cutting a set of papers to create these cards, or want to have some “company” while you create!

After you make these cards, I would love to see them!

Happy Crafting!

Annual Inspirations – Live Now

by CraftyAmanda in Close to My Heart, Cricut, CTMH, Offer, Scrapbook, Stamping | 2 Comments

The Brand New Annual Inspirations is now LIVE! If you’ve missed some of the posts last month, Here’s a quick tour of highlights. (Which will not include stamps as there are just too many cute ones to choose.)