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35% OFF Alphabet Stamps
2019 marks 35 years since Founder & CEO Jeanette Lynton first started selling stamps, and to kick off the celebration Close to my Heart is giving you 35% off all of our alphabet stamps. Beginning today, we are kicking off 2019 with the Celebrate 35 Years special featuring alphabet stamp sets. Until the end of…
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13 More Ideas for your Bullet Journal
Here are some more ideas for your Bullet journal. I have a challenge coming up regarding journaling to begin in the new year, but thise should help too. Favorite Music Foods I Would Like to Try My Budget Family Birthday List Baby Names Wedding Planning Kids’ Milestones Wish Lists Honey to Do Business Goals Meal…
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Start a Bullet Journal
I know how hard it is to keep a journal but I also know how important it is to record things in your life. Perhaps a bullet journal will help you to keep those memories. Here is a list of 10 things you usually need to write down anyway. One way to do this is…
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It Made Me Sad for Them
As I was sitting in the doctor’s office the other day, they had Christmas music playing softly in the background. Good, old fashioned Christmas music I grew up with, not the new modern stuff. I started thinking about how kids today have no clue who Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Perry Como, or even Bing Crosby.…
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Take Time to Record Your Thanksgiving Moments
Thanksgiving is over and you’ve made it through the first weekend in December. Now is a good time to get those Thanksgiving moments committed to paper so in the frenzy of the next several weeks you forget the little details like giving your two year old a turkey leg that seems bigger than she is! …
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Are you Ready for the Three F’s?
Are you ready for Thanksgiving? For most people, this means food, friends and family. I remember those days fondly. Now that we have relocated to Arizona it’s different, since it is just my husband, myself and my youngest son. Since he doesn’t want to pull his son away from the family activities on his mother’s…
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My Favorite One Hit Wonder, What’s Yours?
Happy National One Hit Wonder Day! I was given the challenge to write a post about my favorite one hit wonder. Before I share my favorite with you, I want to explain what exactly what constitutes a one hit wonder for those of you who have never heard of this, especially outside of the United…
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Make Your Holidays Shine
The NEW Close to my Heart Holiday Expressions 2018 is HERE! While it may seem early, I love when the new Holiday Expressions comes out! Christmas is certainly my most favorite holiday to decorate and craft for and this catalog is no disappointment. We have five new paper packs with an additional “Seasons Mix In”…
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Don’t Limit Yourself to One Color
Don’t you just love this card! This Sea Glass color of the year is so popular and lends itself well to the winter feeling. In this card the Sea Glass cardstock in layered with Chocolate cardstock and 1/4″ spacing which really makes the image stand out. This stamp set is called Snow Shadows (A1194) and…
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The Perfect Gift for Mom, Friends and CoWorkers
Whether you need a gift for your mom, your bestie or even your co-workers Close to my Heart has put together the perfect package because you know… it’s the little things that tug at your heart. This month only, we are offering the Mini-Album Package and it is LESS THAN $20 bucks and you have options…
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The Most Important Scrapbook Tool
If I can share with you one tip above all others, invest in a good paper trimmer! I am talking about a full 12 x 12 minimum size. Not something that only trims papers, or a paper cutter, but a normal paper trimmer like Fiskers SureCut Paper Trimmer (Z1783). While it seems like a hefty…
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The Versatility of City Sidewalks
City Sidewalks can be a very versatile, Here is a card inspired by a snow globe. Using Cricut Design Space basic shapes to cut the snow globe (circle) and base (triangle). The remaining images are from City Sidewalks. To make the card more dimensional without getting too thick to mail, I used the thin 3D foam…
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Free Basic Scrapbooking Class
Have you wanted to learn to scrapbook but wished you could give it a try before buying a bunch of stuff? Beginning November 29th I will be offering a Basic Scrapbooking Class here at the Creatively Carol Craftroom. We will go over basic scrapbooking tools and techniques and everyone will make a scrapbook page. …
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Motivational Monday – A Sketch with Flowers – Follow Up
Good Afternoon, So I am curious, how many of you did your work from the sketch and how many were waiting to see what I did with the sketch? As I explained earlier today, this was done from a scrapbooking challenge I was given to create a page using flowers. I was not contented to…
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Veterans Day Special – Thank You for Your Service
Today will be a busy day here in our little piece of heaven, Veterans Day means many different things to my husband who served during the Vietnam War. Since he didn’t hear thank you’s when he came home (he still thinks about it 40+ years later) his heart swells with gratitude because he is often…