It's Here, it's here! The Cricut Artfully Sent Collection is now available to order!

It’s here, It’s here! The Cricut Artfully Sent Collection is now available to order! Cardmaking has never been easier or more fun! With the newest Cricut collection, you can make handmade masterpieces in no time at all.



Choose from cards with sentiments cut directly into them, or combine several cutouts to create your own pop-up scenes. Featuring more than 25 different card themes and 5 different card formats including dynamic interactive designs, this cartridge has a card for any and all occasions – even if the occasion is “just because”! Card styles include pop-ups, scenes, sentiments, sleeves, and pocket cards.

Collection includes: 
1- Cartridge (700 images: Cards and Font) 
3- My Acrylix D-size stamp sets 
1- 12”x12” White Daisy Cardstock pack

For more detailed specs, check out the Sample Cards page and the Shape Index.

 

 

SPECIAL OFFER FROM ME I know many of you have been anxiously awaiting this Cricut cartridge (myself included), so to offer my thanks for your patience in the cartridge’s availability – everyone who orders the new Artfully Sent Cricut collection during the month of September will receive a gift certificate from me for a free Cricut Compatible stamp set (your choice) on your next order. Eligible stamp sets are marked with a boxed C in the Idea Book, along with a listing of the cartridge it coordinates with; there is also a link on my CTMH site.   Simply click on the Shop icon, then on the My Acrylix Stamp Sets link on the listing on the left, then click on the Cricut Compatible Stamp Sets link.  CTMH is committed to keep all the Cricut stamp sets available, so there are even more listed online than are available in the current Idea Book.

To take advantage of my special, make sure to get an order in before September is over!
~Dani
 

Celebrate National Stamping Month - #30yearsofhappy!

Celebrate National Stamping Month and Jeanette Lynton's #30yearsofhappy in the stamping and scrapbooking industry. Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September*, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE (a $13.95 value)! This special offer is part of the celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of CTMH's founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton's 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping!



Here are a few cards I made with the special set to share.  This card was made with a print from the Seaside paper packet and the banners are from the stamp set All the Details and the Congratulations sentiment is from Banner Wishes.



This card is using up some scraps with the heart-love image as well as the arrow.  The sentiment is one of the new minis, Guiding Heart.



I love the two new colors Glacier and Flaxen together, so I made a card using the new Whimsy Basics Assortment prints.  I used the camera and picture perfect images with the You're the Best sentiment from Banner Wishes.



I definitely wanted to play with the Party! and Rockstar images, so I made a celebration card.  I also used the It's Your Day image along with the sentiment It's a Celebration! from Banner Wishes.



The last card I have to share is using the cute little floral image in the set with the sentiment Thinking of You.  I also added a framed border from the Holiday Tags set.  I used the colors Glacier, Ruby and Goldrush together.



I made these five cards, and I barely even used all the images available in the set!  :-)  Make sure you order your set this month while it is still available.

Enjoy!
~Dani
 

September's Stamp of the Month: Family Is Forever

I made a few cards to share with September's Stamp of the Month set: Family Is Forever. It's a charming set of 7 stamps, with delightful sentiments and images. For the first card, I went with Bamboo, Ruby, and White Daisy.  The print in the background is from the Paper Fundamentals Basics assortment.  The verse is pulled from another stamp set, Look to the Light.



This next card is using a triangle print from the Chalk It Up set, and the colors Lagoon, Sorbet and Kraft.  I also used the Triangle studs with some of the Neutral Metallic Baker's Twine. 



I was paging through the current idea book, Annual Inspirations 2014, and I saw a stamp image that I wanted to use with the "sweet moments" sentiment again.  I used the horse and foal from the Country-Born set.  So I kept this one simple, with just Black and Champagne and I used the Black striped twill ribbon too. 



This last card is using a couple of the new colors Flaxen and Glacier with Goldrush and Cocoa.  I love how all the colors look together, so pretty.  The background print is also from the Paper Fundamentals assortment set too. 



Make sure to order your September Stamp of the Month this month while it is available.  :-)

Enjoy!
Dani