Papercrafted Valentine's Day Mailbox

Check out this fun video, led by my friend, Monica Wihongi (our COO), for making an adorable handcrafted mailbox for Valentine's Day.  It is perfect for sticking in some chocolate or other small goodie.  Gotta love when you can create something by hand that has a lasting impression but requires little time and money!

This video was pulled from My Craft Channel where you can find a lot of fun videos with papercrafting projects and techniques, to include those from Close To My Heart!

It's Friday eve!  Make it a great one as you gear up for the weekend!

Valentine Download FREE from CTMH

This CTMH year has been about Rediscovering CTMH.  Each month there is a new download provided on my website and usually corresponds with a holiday or theme that month.  This month's is totally appropriate with cute Valentine designs.

Click here to see where they are provided each month and to download the PDF which contains eight images.  You can use them for card sentiments, on your layout pages, for a Valentine treat...however you choose!

Only four days until Valentine's Day.  Don't forget to make those dinner reservations unless you live where I live...then those are unnecessary.  LOL  (Small town out in the middle of nowhere.)

Have a superb week and enjoy the downloaded images!  Let me know how you use them!

Chantilly meets Valentine's Day

I am thrilled to host an Open House in my new area (T or C, NM) this Saturday and created this fun card as the Create 'n Take.  Everyone who attends my event will have the opportunity to make one of these cute cards and give it to their special someone.

I used the new Chantilly paper packet (probably my favorite), the December Stamp of the Month (no longer available), and a cute Frames stamp set.

The Perfect Fit - Frames stamp set is absolutely adorable!  In fact, we had one of the stamp sets available in the previous catalog and now have a new one in this Idea Book.  If you look carefully through both Idea Books, you will see them used in quite a bit of artwork so I just had to get them both!

If you notice the fine line around each image...  That means there is a coordinating die-cut image on our exclusive Cricut Cartridges.  The numbers on the carrier sheet (what the stamps come on) indicate what page you can find the image in the resource book as well as the size the image needs to be cut.  Cut the image with your Cricut, ink up your image and stamp as desired.  You end up with a thin border around the image.  Scroll back up and check it out!  Cute, huh?!

If you live in the area, contact me for further information regarding the Open House.

Gotta love how our products work so well together to make papercrafting Faster, Simpler, and Easier!