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Sign Ups for Little League Baseball Starting Soon!
Spring is here and soon your kids (or grand kids in my case) will be gearing up for some fun baseball and softball games and you won’t want to miss any of it. Prepare now by starting their sports scrapbook now with this layout from Close to my Heart’s Studio J Collection. The left side…
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It’s National Pie (Pi) Day
Whether you are a math whiz and love Pi or love the all-american apple pie (my personal favorite is Key Lime pie or anything with lemon) in celebration of Pi day, I am offering a 3.14% off any order placed today. I know 3.14% isn’t a big discount, I will also be including a free…
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Bubble Embossing Tecnique
We have had some tutorials on Embossing, but I wanted to share with you a new twist on the standard embossing I thought you would enjoy. Step 1 – Apply the Versamark ink liberally to the entire surface you wish to emboss, pressing it in and making sure the paper is saturated, Step 2 –…
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Life is Full of Colors – Bring Some Inside
As I was telling you yesterday, we hired a professional to paint the house and I couldn’t be more pleased with them! Five Star Painting out of Spanish Fork, Utah did an awesome job and even better, the company is nationwide so you can get a great paint job too! Picking colors for our…
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And So Begins Another Move…
If you have been with me for any matter of time since I started this business 10 years ago, then you know how much I dread moving. I have rolled with the moves to this point, after all, Gary can’t help his PTSD, but I have told him I plan to live out our days…
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Valentine’s Day – Delighted or Dreaded?
This is one of those holidays that you either love or hate, can take it or leave it, you get the idea. Did you know that in 2014 people spent 37 BILLION on Valentine’s Day! That my friend is a lot of chocolate!. As much as I love to see all the jewelry ads, and…
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Celebrate Your Baby’s “Firsts”
Where I live in Utah, there are a lot of young families.Many are just starting out their lives together and quite often someone you know is pregnant. If they are pregnant with their first child, they may have time to put together that first scrapbook. You know the one.. the belly, the sonogram, and every…
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Make Your Next Baby Shower Unique
Hosting a Close to my Heart Scrapbook, Card or Papercrafting party is easy and lots of fun! As we are heading into spring.. there will be baby showers to plan, weddings to prepare for and birthday parties for sure. Why not do something different this time and throw a scrapbook party! Just imagine how much…
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So Many Fonts, So Little Time
If you have read my blog much, you will notice over the years I change things up a bit. What do you think of this new format? I discovered something when I was figuring out all the settings, have you heard of Google Typography? I had never even heard the word “typeography” only the word…
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Groundhog Day 2015: Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts six more weeks of winter
Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil say his shadow this morning so as the story goes… 6 more weeks of winter. With overcast skies he sees his shadow… I guess we will have to see how this plays out. Here in Utah, if the snow has any bearing on the subject, we might doubt that winter…
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Superbowl Special..Today Only
Millions of people today will be watching the Superbowl, even those that regularly don’t watch football. Are you one of them? I love Superbowl pools, picking squares and such, so I thought I would bring a bit of that fun here to Creatively Carol Scrapbooking. Every order placed today, February 1st, 2015 will receive a…
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Color Shading Using One Stamp
You want to get some depth perception in your stamped image, but don’t find too many 2 stamp sets anymore. Have no fear, I will show you how to create that shading using just one stamp, a sponge dauber and just a bit of time. Here we go: Step One: Stamp a floral image in…
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Using Your Old Tax Returns as a Timeline
If you are like me, you are always hesitant to throw out your tax returns and support stuff. But since we are buying a house I am trying to get rid of the unwanted or unneeded clutter and paper stuff. The loan company asked me to find my 30 year old divorce decree..can you believe…
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A Few Artfully Sent Tips
Maybe you received the Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge for Christmas and have questions. Maybe you have had it a while and could use some help, or maybe you are just considering buying the cartridge. Here is a video by Close to my Heart to give you some ideas on using your Artfully Sent Cartridge. Leave…
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A Constant Flow of Papercrafting Ideas
Would you like the latest news from the world of clear stamping (the clear version of rubber stamping, scrapbooking and papercrafting delivered to your inbox each month? That’s what you receive when you join my Mailing List! Each month, as a Mailing List Subscriber you can enjoy my newsletter several tutorials worth $4.95 and $7.95 each as well as…