My Crush Books

 Close to my Heart has come out with 3 more AMAZING My Crush books!  I LOVE THESE!  They are GREAT for events that you want to scrapbook, but don't want to scrap a BIG album.  

This is our Holiday Happenings My Crush book.  VERY CUTE!  I had a customer get one and I had to peak!  Good thing she is my friend and didn't mind me opening it!  LOL  It is on my wish list!  This one even has page protectors in it so you can slide cards or picture in them!  How fun is that!

This one is our Wildwood My Crush.  I have this one!  See below for what I did with it.  I used it for a dream my husband and I have and the journey we are taking to fulfill this dream.  LOVE IT!  This is also perfect for camping, vacations, manly etc.  The list goes on and on!

And this My Crush book is our In the Pink.  They all have an assortment pack that you can purchase ($4.95) that contains 16 journal spots, 4 sticker sheets, 2 alphabet sticker sheets, and 4 envelopes that are all sized just for this albums.  

Here is the Wildwood My Crush book closed...and you can see the Wildwood Clips (Z2047 $4.95) in the bottom left.  They are way cool too!

This is a picture of the Wildwood Assortment (Z2040 $4.95) in front of the album.  

Here is the first page of my book.  You can embellish however you like.  FUN!  The stickers where it says "Franklin" and "our" are from the assortment kit.  

Lots of stickers in the assortment and I have used a few here.  You HAVE to get your hands on some of these My Crush books.  We now have a total of 5 of these.  Check them out in our new catalog on pages 150 - 157.

More School Ideas

I love this idea...yes, it is an apple created with our cupcake line from the Close to my Heart Artist Cricut Cartridge.

I cut the liner at 2" (it's on page 63 of the cartridge book).  I grabbed a plastic bag and put hot tamales  in them, tied it with some bakers twine.  I then took some desert sand cardstock and rolled it for the stem.  Attached some leaves and a thank you.  Very easy, very fun and a great inexpensive gift. 

It's Time for School

And don't forget to get your craft supplies out and help them get ready!  

I had this idea...it reminded me of the "good old days" when everything wasn't DONE for us!  We actually created things!!

I covered some books with the good old brown paper bags from the grocery store and grabbed my supplies.

I had so much fun creating these.  What kid wouldn't want these!  BUT, I really thought it would be a fun way to spend time with your kids.  Grab some bags and start decorating! 

On these books I used some of our new stamps.  My favorite new alphabet is this one (above) called Handwritten Print (E1030 $29.95) and then I also used our new school stamps...The "too cool for school" is in our Chalk it up Workshop kit...love it!  I also used C1588 Great Job $13.95, D1599 Geek is Chic $17.95 and D1612 Teacher Appreciation $17.95 

So fun!  I know my kids would have LOVED to make these with me!

On this sample, I used a piece of our Chalk it Up paper and stamped "My" and "first grade" using our handwritten print (I told you it was my favorite...right now...lol) and used our White stamp pad.  LOVE how it looks just like chalk!  The "first day of" is a chip board piece from our Chalk it Up Complements.  You can find this kit on pages 26 - 37 of our NEW catalog.  Check out my website to see them, or contact me for a catalog.  They are $3.50, but FREE, if you host a party or join a group!  

Artfully Sent Cricut Card Making Cartridge

Attention all Card Makers!  We have a Cricut Cartridge just for you!  It is called Artfully Sent
Check out this video


Ready to order yours?  Simply go to my website, call or email me and I will get it ordered for you!

September Group Layouts

In September my monthly groups will be making these pages!  These are made with our Chalk it Up paper pack.

These pages were designed to use for School pictures.  My baby is all grown up so I wasn't sure what I was going to do with these...but WOW!  I am so excited to use them!  We recently went up to Canada, and I found that these pictures works GREAT on this paper pack!

My husband and I sat without internet, texting, facebook, or phone calls. We spend QUALITY time with each other...and these pages represent those memories. 

You can use them for School pictures or even vacation pictures.  After 16 years of doing this, I still am amazed on how versatile our paper packs are.

Would you like to come and make them too!  Simply email me and I will find a group that works for you.  You can come as a guest and see if it is something you want to join.  

September Close to my Heart Special

In honor of National Stamping month AND Jeanette Lynton's (founder and CEO of Close to my Heart) 30 years in the stamping & scrapbooking business, we have this amazing stamp set.

This is an adorable set of 30 stamps (yep...like that play on years) that you can get ONLY in the month of September.

Here's how to get it!  In the month of September, when you purchase $30 in stamps you can get this stamp set for FREE!!  YEA!  I LOVE FREE!  It is my favorite number!  LOL  This is a $13.95 value.  So make sure you get it in the month of September, because you know what happens after September is over?  Yep...you are not happy because you didn't get it!  So get happy and get your order placed in September!  

Create Your Own Jewelry

Yes!  You can create your own jewelry with your scrapbooking and stamping supplies...check out the video for more information.


I have some of these in stock so just give me a call or send me an email and I will be happy to tell you what I have on hand...and if I don't have it on hand, I will get it ordered right away for you.

Contact me to order your today!