Lint-free cleaning and drying of your stamps. Raised bristles for cleaning large stamps. Rubber feet for grip. 2½" × 4".
Friday, May 31, 2013
Stamp Scrubber
Discover how the My Acrylix® stamp scrubber can keep your stamps in tip-top shape! By following these simple tips for using and caring for the stamp scrubber, your stamps will be clean in no time!
A Different Spin...
Learn how to incorporate the sturdy chipboard spinner into your layouts for a unique, interactive element. You can stamp the spinner, cover it with your favorite papers, or just attach it as is to your layout for a different spin!
Relief for Oklahoma!
Close To My Heart is making a new Autumn/Winter 2013 stamp set, A True Thank You, available immediately and will donate 100% of the profits from sales of the set from May 23 through June 30 to the American Red Cross to aid the Oklahoma victims. Help us provide relief to those affected by the devastating Oklahoma tornado by purchasing A True Thank You stamp set for $2.95 (M1029) today!
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Pajama Party!
Close To My Heart is teaming up with Big Picture Classes to bring you a live webcast with step-by-step instructions for making this Happy Thoughts kraft container. The FREE webcast will air Thursday, May 30 from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm (MDT). During the presentation, you’ll learn to make several projects from a variety of sponsors, including Close To My Heart’s Happy Thoughts kraft container, as the presenter walks you through the steps. Watch the Pajama Party by yourself or with some of your scrappy friends for a fun crafting pajama party.
The Pajama Party class will be available for FREE at BigPictureClasses.com on May 30. If you would like to interact on the message board, participate in live chat, post to the gallery, download handouts, or enter any contests, you will need to log in to the Pajama Party “classroom” by creating a free account on the Big Picture Classes website.
- My Acrylix® Frame Flair Stamp Set (D1546)
- My Acrylix® Happy Thoughts Stamp Set (C1536)
- Chantilly Paper Packet (need 1 sheet of B&T, X7163B)
- Crème Brulee Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5754)
- Lagoon Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5762)
- White Daisy Cardstock (need 1 sheet, 1385)
- Whisper Cardstock (need 1 sheet, X5929)
- Whisper Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2172)
- Lagoon Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2195)
- My Creations® Kraft Container (Z1833)
- Baker’s Twine Neutral Assortment (need 3 yards, Z1701)
- Color-Ready Trinkets Wooden Shapes (Z1844)
- Sparkles Black & Grey Assortment (Z1754)
- 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
- Micro-Tip Scissors (Z534)
- Corner Rounder (Z578)
- Paper Trimmer (Z1783)
- My Acrylix® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
- My Acrylix® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
- 2" × 3½" My Acrylix® Block (Y1009)
- 4" × 5" My Acrylix® Block (Y1012)
- Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection (Z1686)
To place an order or if you have questions about the project...email me kysprau@hotmail.com. Or order from my website 24/7 www.closetomyheart.com/sherrisprau
Marker Magic!
I've never been a huge fan of the stamps that you have to color/shade in...insert audible gasp, here! I've just never liked the look of the marker lines, or I'd smudge my colors all over the place with the blending pen. I know practice makes perfect, but it just got to be a hassle as far as I was concerned. And then this Copic marker thing blew up a couple of years ago and all I heard was how wonderful they were and that I really had to try them....but I didn't. By that point, I had ever marker that CTMH had on the market and I wasn't about to spend another couple hundred dollars on an entirely new set. So, I stayed curmudgeonly and used my markers as I always had...to journal and to ink my stamps, when the ink pad just wouldn't do.
AND THEN MAGIC HAPPENED....
CTMH launched a line of alcohol-based markers last July...and more importantly, they gave me a set when I attended the annual consultant Convention. AND we had to use them in a project, at the Convention... you see what they did there? Gave them to me for 'free' (use that term loosely...I did pay to attend the Convention) and forced me to use them....and I was hooked! As with almost every other scrapbooker/stamper that I know...you can tell me about something until your blue in the face, but if you show it to me and let me play...it's MINE!
If you are like me (or the former me) and could care less about markers...ink or alcohol based...it all means the same to you. I hope that my little admission along with this short video tutorial will help. These markers will change the way you see/do journaling and shading...and you'll begin to wonder how you ever lived without them. If you'd like to give them a whirl, you're welcome to borrow a pair of mine...just know what you're getting in to...you'll be purchasing every shade available before you know it!
Watch the video to learn how to magically create smooth, even coverage on your colored images with easy-to-blend alcohol-based markers. Have fun being a kid again!
CTMH's alcohol based markers come in sets of 2 ($5.95)...one is the color, from their color palette, and the other is either a shade lighter or a shade darker.
*Crystal Blue is the color shown, here.
If you have an questions about these CTMH products, feel free to email me at kysprau@hotmail.com.
Shop my website 24/7 - www.closetomyheart.com/sherrisprau
AND THEN MAGIC HAPPENED....
CTMH launched a line of alcohol-based markers last July...and more importantly, they gave me a set when I attended the annual consultant Convention. AND we had to use them in a project, at the Convention... you see what they did there? Gave them to me for 'free' (use that term loosely...I did pay to attend the Convention) and forced me to use them....and I was hooked! As with almost every other scrapbooker/stamper that I know...you can tell me about something until your blue in the face, but if you show it to me and let me play...it's MINE!
If you are like me (or the former me) and could care less about markers...ink or alcohol based...it all means the same to you. I hope that my little admission along with this short video tutorial will help. These markers will change the way you see/do journaling and shading...and you'll begin to wonder how you ever lived without them. If you'd like to give them a whirl, you're welcome to borrow a pair of mine...just know what you're getting in to...you'll be purchasing every shade available before you know it!
Watch the video to learn how to magically create smooth, even coverage on your colored images with easy-to-blend alcohol-based markers. Have fun being a kid again!
CTMH's alcohol based markers come in sets of 2 ($5.95)...one is the color, from their color palette, and the other is either a shade lighter or a shade darker.
*Crystal Blue is the color shown, here.
If you have an questions about these CTMH products, feel free to email me at kysprau@hotmail.com.
Shop my website 24/7 - www.closetomyheart.com/sherrisprau
Packed with a Punch
Learn how to use circle punches to pack some punch into your projects. Stamp with coordinating images, use as embellishments, and layer to create 3-D projects!
AND...don't forget...just 13 days left to take advantage of the 'Dream Pop' National Scrapbooking Month promotion. With a qualifying purchase of just $35 or more (before tax/ship) you can get the 'Dream Pop' paper pack for just $10!
You'll love the gorgeous colors, the clear embossed sheets, the versatile double sided patterns...all high quality, cardstock weight! None of that cheap & flimsy paper here!!!
If you'd like to place an order, email me kysprau@hotmail.com or shop my website 24/7 www.closetomyheart.com/sherrisprau
NEW Crop Dates...
Yeah!....my crop dates, for the remainder of 2013, are official!
The new dates are as follows:
June All-Day Crop - June 22nd
July All-Day Crop - July 13th
August Weekend Crop – Friday, Aug 23th – Sunday, Aug 25th
September All-Day Crop - Sep 21st
October Weekend Crop – Friday, Oct 18th – Sunday, Oct 20th
November All-Day Crop – Saturday, Nov 9th
December Weekend Crop – Friday, Dec 6th – Sunday, Dec 8th
***There will be a Workshop at each of the crops (Saturdays - 9am-1pm) - workshops include all the materials to complete 5 cards and 1 - double page (12x12") layout.
*You can always check out my 'Croppin Info' page for more details.
Weekend Crop - Friday, May 24th (9am) until Sunday, May 26th (5pm)
Cost: $60/ weekend or $25/day ($15 after 3pm)
Location: Courtyard Marriott - Louisville East (Blairwood Rd - Hurstbourne Lane/I-64)
'Sweet Surprises' Workshop - Saturday, May 25th - 10am-1pm
Cost: $15
Location: Courtyard Marriott - Louisville East (Blairwood Rd - Hurstbourne Lane/I-64)
Workshop includes all the supplies to make TEN (10) cards - box envelopes included!
*Please bring your own adhesive & treats to fill the treat cups. Cups are approx 1 5/8" × ½". Treat recommendations: Skittles, M&M's, Reeses Pieces, mints, small buttons, ect.
NOTE: having the treat cup filler at the time of the workshop is a HIGHLY recommended! Treat cups have adhesive backing and must be adhered as part of the assembly process. Filling the treat cups after the fact, may result in tearing of the card.
RSVP's are a must...please email me at kysprau@hotmail.com if you'd like me to reserve you a seat!
The new dates are as follows:
June All-Day Crop - June 22nd
July All-Day Crop - July 13th
August Weekend Crop – Friday, Aug 23th – Sunday, Aug 25th
September All-Day Crop - Sep 21st
October Weekend Crop – Friday, Oct 18th – Sunday, Oct 20th
November All-Day Crop – Saturday, Nov 9th
December Weekend Crop – Friday, Dec 6th – Sunday, Dec 8th
***There will be a Workshop at each of the crops (Saturdays - 9am-1pm) - workshops include all the materials to complete 5 cards and 1 - double page (12x12") layout.
*You can always check out my 'Croppin Info' page for more details.
Less than a week away....
May Weekend Crop and/or the May 'Sweet Surprises' Workshop...
Weekend Crop - Friday, May 24th (9am) until Sunday, May 26th (5pm)
Cost: $60/ weekend or $25/day ($15 after 3pm)
Location: Courtyard Marriott - Louisville East (Blairwood Rd - Hurstbourne Lane/I-64)
'Sweet Surprises' Workshop - Saturday, May 25th - 10am-1pm
Cost: $15
Location: Courtyard Marriott - Louisville East (Blairwood Rd - Hurstbourne Lane/I-64)
Workshop includes all the supplies to make TEN (10) cards - box envelopes included!
*Please bring your own adhesive & treats to fill the treat cups. Cups are approx 1 5/8" × ½". Treat recommendations: Skittles, M&M's, Reeses Pieces, mints, small buttons, ect.
NOTE: having the treat cup filler at the time of the workshop is a HIGHLY recommended! Treat cups have adhesive backing and must be adhered as part of the assembly process. Filling the treat cups after the fact, may result in tearing of the card.
RSVP's are a must...please email me at kysprau@hotmail.com if you'd like me to reserve you a seat!
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