Exciting News!!!!

I have got some exciting new to share today!  Close To My Heart has teamed up with the makers of the Cricut machine and we now have our own exclusive cartridge!  It is called Art Philosophy and it is paired up with 3 of our My Acrylix Stamp Sets and 3 Dimensional Elements Sheets to make some awesome artwork.  On top of that, numerous other My Acrylix Stamp Sets in the Idea Book pair wonderfully with images on the cricut Cartridge. 
There are 700 different shapes on the Cricut cartridge, ranging from elegant rosettes and lace to trendy gift boxes and banners. Oh, and there is an alphabet too! 

 This is a photo of the CTMH Cricut Bundle Art Philosophy with the 3 exclusive stamp sets and the Dimensional Elements. 

 This is a picture on the back of the Cricut Box.  This is just some of the images you will be able to cut. 

 This is the overlay Keypad that shows the functions. 

And the best news is that you get the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection for only $109.95. 
It includes:
1 Cartridge (700 images, font, Shapes and 3-D items)
3 Coordinating My Acrylix D Size Stamp Sets
3 Coordinating 9x12" Dimensional Elements Sheets (tags, mixed shapes, banners)
This collection along with all the other NEW Close To My Heart items unveiled in our New Fall/Winter 2011 Idea Book starts on Monday, August 1st. 
You can see all the current Idea Books here.  Note: the New fall/winter idea book will not be live until Monday August 1st so be sure to stop by on Monday to check out the link then. 

Just ask me how you can get this collection for 50% off! 

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Laurie

Miles Of Smiles

Another layout of my darling granddaughter Novalee. She is such a happy little girl full of smiles and when I snapped this photo I had the layout in mind already.
I used a Martha Stewart Punch, the Eyelet Lace, to punch around the bamboo cardstock. This is a set of two punches where one punches the corner image and the border one lines up exactly to punch around the rest of the page. I also used one of the On Target Circles and covered it with cardstock to match the layout. I stamped the date on cardstock, punched it out as a circle and placed it in the middle of the flower with a Circle Window charm on top. The window charms are discontinued now, but I still have some left so I will be using them up.
The following list of supplies are from Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Miracle Paper Packet (special)
Colors are Bamboo, Garden Green, Crystal Blue and Bubblegum.
Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Punch set of 2
On Target Chipboard circle Z1226
White Daisy Flowers Z1300
Big Pinks Flowers Z1033
garden Green Brads
Window Charm
Black Archival Ink
Save the Date stamp set D1386
Just the Ticket Stamp set B1323
Colonial White Ribbon Z1102
Bubblegum marker Z2309
Bamboo Shimmer Mist (my own mix)
Storybook Cricut Font

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Laurie

Unlce Russ

This is a layout of my Uncle Russ. I have so very few photos of him it is sad. In this photo, he was in Mexico...one of his only vacations he took. He passed away many years ago from Cancer. When I was a child my family spent many weekends and holidays at his farm. He always had so many things we could play with or on. I really miss those days.
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Game on Paper Packet X7097B
Colors are Black, Desert Sand, and Bamboo.
I used all textured card stock for this layout.
Felicity stamp set
State of Mind stamp set D1416
Mini Medley Pewter Z1243
Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge
Martha Stewart Iron Gate Punch.


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Laurie

Cute as a Button

I hope everyone had a fabulous Valentines Day! I sure did. I spent the last few days looking after my granddaughter! What a delight she is. She is so photogenic...she loves to smile for my camera! Although I have not uploaded any photos of this past weekend I do have this layout to post of a previous time she was here.

For this layout I took my White Pen from Inkssentials and drew faux stitching around the flowers I also colored the ricrac like I did in the last post with my Copic Marker.
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Bella Paper Pack X7114B
Colors are Smokey Plum, Olive, Hollyhock and Vanilla Cream
Colonial White Ric Rac Z1154
Colored with YG45 Copic Marker
Clear Buttons Z1155
Bubblegum Embroidery Floss Z1092
Hollyhock Brads Z1119
Buttoned Together Stamp Set C1361
Black Journalling Pen 4275
Inkssentials Opaque White Pen
Storybook Cricut Cartridge Font

Time To Be

This is a quick layout of myself. I had come across a quote that I thought suited this picture perfectly. It states "We need time to dream, time to remember and time to reach the infinite. Time to Be" And I also knew that the Moon Doggie papers would go with the outfit I was wearing. So a layout was born.
All supplies are Close To My Heart unless otherwise noted.
Moon Doggie Paper X7111B
Colors are cranberry, garden green, Indian corn blue, bamboo and colonial white.
Colonial White Buttons Z1285
Cranberry Ribbon Z1209
Black Journalling Pen 4275
Creme Brulee Brad Z1118
Cricut Cartridge Plantin Schoolbook
Lucinda Calligraphy Computer Font
Red and Yellow Flower Unknown


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Laurie