Have you joined the shaker craze? This girl loves a shaker cards! I mean, not as much as George but who does? (lol) Interactive cards are all the craze right now. There is so much creative artwork flowing and inspiration everywhere. Shaker cards are easier than ever with our Shaker Thin Cut Paper Die Set from Close to my Heart.
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Last night on our Sunday Live with CWY we created this easy yet stunning Christmas Love card using an old paper technique called, Iris Folding. Iris folding gets its name from the visual look of the finished project, it resembles an iris shutter from a camera. I have paired this technique with our Close to my Heart “Oh What Fun”…
Checkout our latest newsletter featuring our new Craft with Heart Program by clicking the below link.
https://mailchi.mp/a37b7fdab578/finally-your-scrapbooking-delivery-service-is-here
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The below link shows all of the products that will be retiring at the end of July and will not be back next year. Please take a look and let me know if you are interested in placing an order ASAP.
May 2018 Sketch of the Month – Happy National Scrapbooking Month
Each month Creating with YOU hosts a Sketch of the Month Project contest on our Facebook Page. You can find the post Pinned at the Top of the page. I am posting a link to the CWY fb page,
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It has always been extremely important for me to share any information I have with all of you. I try to pass on all the crafty news I come across so we can all learn and grow on this journey together. This however, is not information I enjoy sharing but I knew some of you would be effected by this announcement.
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Once You Choose Hope, Anything Is Possible
Christopher Reeves
Creating with YOU
Annual Crop of Hope
This year our selected charity is Operation Smile. I have learned so much about this charity since joining the Close to my Heart company.
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Our new product launch for our latest Close to my Heart Expressions Catalog starts May 1st. That means you can be among the first to get your hands on these amazing new products.
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Hi There all my Crafty Peeps!
I can’t believe February is here already. Time sure is flying by this year. Here we sit after New Year’s, right before Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl Champions for some of our local football fans! Congratulations and enjoy celebrating your championship. I hope there are plenty of pictures to scrap.
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I have been waiting to finally post all the details about my Silver and Gold Mini Album!!! I Love, Love, Love (did I say love “LOVE”) mini albums. They are the perfect project for gift giving and so 
special to receive. They make themed scrapbooking easy peasy!
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October is such an exciting month and there are so many things going on but I wanted to give special mention to the October Special for Operation
Smile. These adorable little cards made with CTMH’s 2017 Operation Smile Stamp Set Punny Pals (Item #D1751) are being offered as a Limited Edition Set Exclusively in the month of October.
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This adorable Grateful Frame was a recent Advanced Technique Class at one of our crop events. The inking is completed by layering from lighter to darker your colored ink of choice. For the one pictured, I used a selection of browns starting with the lightest and ending with the darkest just around the very edges.
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This Wreath, which was featured in our Sunday Live with CWY Live Sept 24th video, was super fun to make and easy! The colors and paper designs featured in the CTMH Cats and Bats paper pack are so bright and cheerful while the opposite side of the paper have a spookiness all their own.
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Greetings Everyone! I get a lot of questions about what is the best stamp pad to use. Some would think this might be a quick answer for me and I would just go with my favorite stamp pad of choice on my average crafting day with….
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I have to say, when I first saw the Prickly Pear paper in the Close to my Heart Seasonal Expressions May -August 2017 Idea Book, I wasn’t sure it would be for me. After all, I spend little time in the desert, my family does not have very much fiesta time,
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It’s that time of year again. The time where we gear up to say goodbye to products we have grown to love and get super excited for all the new items we will see in the New Close to my Heart Annual Inspirations Idea Book. This year we have 120 pages of amazing high quality crafting products showcased page by page filled with beautiful artwork.
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Well, I said it. It is now out there for everyone to know. I am afraid to have my own blog. I love other people’s blogs and I have even given project ideas, pictures and write ups to a few for them to post on their blogs but here I sit with a nervous stomach about making a commitment to do at least one blog post a week.
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So happy to announce my All About A Boy 8 Page Scrapbooking Workshop Guide
These papers use the featured Close to my Heart National Scrapbooking Month paper pack Live Beautifully. The Cutting Guide and Layout Instructions are FREE when you order the Live Beautifully Paper Pack in the month of May and the All Boy compliment or with any $25.00 purchase from my Close to my Heart Website tinalaw.closetomyheart.com.
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Don’t miss this amazing deal to get one of our Cut Above kits for just $7.48, this month only. These versatile kits have endless possibilities and since they go together in just minutes, you can create them all.
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Prepping your box: you will want to remove the tape and labels from your box. The tape is usually of the shiny packing variety and will not hold the ink for distressing your box. The labels may cause bumps in your finished design.
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I am so happy to introduce everyone to our newest way to stay connected with all crafty friends. We have been working toward setting up the Creating with YOU blog for the past few months and are very excited to leap into the month of March 2017 with all kinds of fun projects,
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