Re-vamping with Overstamping

Here's another little something from Close to My Heart corporate- a video on the "overstamping" technique.  I wanted to share it mostly because I love the cute little calendar blocks featured in the video made using the My Creations Collage Cubes.

Enjoy!

More out of Home Decor with Close to My Heart

So I guess I've been taking a little blog break... babies that constantly want to be held, potty training, bookkeeping, and everyday momisms seem to leave me little time for blogging lately. Or scrapbooking for that matter! But here's a little something from Close to My Heart Corporate that I thought I'd like to share:

There are so many creative ways to use hand-crafted 3-D items. Use our great products to create home décor that will bring a fun and unique accent in your home. It’s easy to use Close To My Heart products you already know and love—with a different twist!

This festive thankful countdown uses the My Creations^® cubby to celebrate Thanksgiving. Fill the Cricut^®-cut boxes with reminders of things you are thankful for, and share the grateful fun with your family. Use it to countdown to your favorite holiday, like Thanksgiving, or use different embellishments and countdown to a loved one’s birthday to show them how much you love them.

This adorable star was made from Collection Two of the Hostess Collections, available through Hostess Rewards in the Autumn Winter 2012 Idea Book. Show your hostesses this spunky star so they have an idea of what they can create from this particular Hostess Collection. While the Dakota paper packet, Casual Expressions stamp set, and Dakota Complements Foil Images have a country feel, you and your customers can use all of these same materials to make a welcoming star for your front door.

Everyday household items can also be combined with Close To My Heart products to create dazzling home décor. Use the Flirty paper packet and your Cricut^® machine, along with everyday household items such as a flower pot and Styrofoam ball, to create a papercrafted tree. Or add a few Dimensional Elements to the autumn colors of the Flirty papers to create a desk calendar using two My Creations blocks. You can even use cute Cricut^®-cut flowers and leaves to make a festive banner!

For displaying precious memories, the display tray is a perfect fit! Display photos, stamped sentiments, Dimensional Elements, and other embellishments for a prized layout that you can proudly hang anywhere in your home. The display tray is easy to personalize, too; cover up several windows with cardstock for larger photos!

To order Close to My Heart products for your own projects please visit my website: www.ctmh.com/camile.

That's all for now- cheers!

Camile

Close to My Heart Pemberley Birth Story Scrapbook Layout

 

Here is another baby layout I created using the Pemberley paper pack (still available in the current catalog!)  This layout features my new son's birth story.  This is the left side:

 



 

And this is the right:

I cut out some of the hexagon shapes in one of the Pemberley B&T papers to create a new pattern on my pages:

 

Products used:
Pemberley paper pack
Pemberley My Stickease
Outdoor denim and Desert sand ink pads

Hope you enjoyed my layout! Cheers!

Clearly the Best: Bend It, Curve It, Stamp It

Close to My Heart's my Acrylix stamps are Clearly the Best!  Check out this video to see why :-)

Close to My Heart Clementine Thank You Cards

As soon as I saw the card featuring the Clementine paper pack on page 27 of the Autumn Winter 2012 Close to My Heart Idea Book I knew I would have to replicate it.  Have you seen this card?  If not, go check it out now!  I guarantee you will fall in love too :-) 

I followed through with my plans, and here is my version of the gorgeous card:

And my English version..

I was so happy with how the cards turned out that I decided to make a whole bunch more!

I'm going to use these cards to give as thank you cards for all the wonderful friends and family who have given us new baby gifts over the past month.

Products used:
-Clementine paper pack
-Bamboo and colonial white cardstock
-Thank You stamp set
-Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
-Saddle and Sorbet ink pads
-Flutter Paper Shapes

And that's it!  Hope you all enjoyed my cards.  You can purchase the supplies to make your own on my website.  Cheers!

Close to My Heart Stella Pregnancy Scrapbooking Layout

Before I had my baby I started on a few pregnancy and baby scrapbooking layouts because I knew my scrapbooking time would be limited for a while after baby came.  Now that I have the pictures to complete these layouts, I've begun putting the final touches in place.

I used the beautiful Close to My Heart Stella paper pack to complete my pregnancy layout.  This is the left side of my double page layout:

 

And this is the right:

Don't you just love the Stella paper?  With 2 little boys it's not often that I use such girly paper- but I just love it. And it's still available in the Autumn Winter 2012 catalog!

Products used for this project:
-Stella paper pack
-Bohemian Alphabet stamp set
-Chocolate Alphabet- small stamp set
-Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
-Bohemian Assortment
-Sunset and Cocoa ink pads

Thanks for stopping by to check out my artwork!  You can purchase your own Close to My Heart supplies on my website www.ctmh.com/camile.  Cheers!

The Double Stamp Set is Back!

September is National Stamping month, but Close to My Heart is celebrating early with the It's Your Day stamp set.  This exclusive stamp set features 2 D-sized stamp sets in just one envelope, and you can get it for just $5 when you make an order of $35 or more between now and September 30th 2012.

 



Here's a close up of this super fun, versatile stamp set:

 

 



The retail value of this double stamp set is $35.90, so the savings are hard to beat! Learn more about this awesome promotion by watching this video:

http://youtu.be/rzt5hyRet_4

 

To make your qualifying order now, just visit my Close to My Heart website.

A little bit distracted...

Wow, it's my first post of the month and it is the 20th! Sorry for the lack of posting over the last 20 days or so. I've been a little bit distracted...

Baby Elijah joined our family on August 1st 2012 at 7:51pm.  My sweet little guy was born 21 inches long and weighed 7lbs 4oz.  He's been keeping me pretty busy as I find it hard to stop staring at him all day long. :-) 

Stay tuned as I do hope to soon be back in action in the craft blogging world!

Project Inspiration 2012 Autumn/Winter Idea Book: Stepping Up Your Stamping

Watch this video from Close to My Heart to discover new ways to use the workshops-on-the-go stamp sets from the new Autum Winter Idea Book :-)

Close to My Heart Florentine Family Layout

I'm so glad that the Florentine Paper Pack is being carried over to the new Autumn Winter Idea Book, as it is one of my favs.  I got the idea for this layout from page 53 of the Spring Summer 2012 Idea Book:

I made a few changes, but for the most part I copied this gorgeous layout.  The Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge was used to cut the letters.  I was planning to keep the page in my scrapbook but I love it so much that I tempted to frame it after I put a photo in! 

I made a co-ordinating right side page for this layout.  This one I just made up along the way:

Family Love was the stamp set I used in this layout (also from page 53 of the Spring Summer Idea Book) and I LOVE LOVE LOVE this stamp set.

List of Products used  (all CTMH):
-Florentine paper pack
-Family Love stamp set
-Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
-Filigree Charms
-Colonial White Embroidery Floss
-One sticker from the Florentine My Stickease
-Cocoa ink pad

Get your own Close to My Heart products on my website.  Today until Sunday you will get the Sophia paper pack and co-ordinating embellishments FREE when you order $75 or more!