Close To My Heart Free Virtual Crop – Brushed is Back!

Posted in Cardmaking Kits, Cards, How to videos, Monthly Specials, Monthly Workshops and Classes, Scrapbook pages by Tonia Wilcox

Close To My Heart has brought back the amazingly beautiful collection – Brushed and it is available now through the end of July! It has a slightly re-vamped color scheme to reflect the ink colors currently available and includes a new 12″ x 12″ coordinating sticker sheet, coordinating card stock, and the two stamp sets that were originally offered with it are being brought back and offered again!!

Purchase the Brushed collection from my website at:
toniawilcox.closetomyheart.com

VIRTUAL CROP INFORMATION:

FREE live virtual craft event on June 30^th, 2020 at 2:00 pm MDT on Close To My Heart’s official Facebook page! We will be creating one single-page layout, three two-page layouts, and eight standard-sized cards, all using this beautiful and exclusive Brushed collection. To learn more and to sign up for this free event, click here.

***Make sure to click “going” on the event page in order to be entered to WIN FREE PRIZES during the live event.***

18Jul2015

Spring into Action for a Super Sweet Steal!

Posted in Monthly Specials by Tonia Wilcox

JULY FREE STAMPS

JUMP ON IT JULY

During the month of July, when you purchase $25 (USD & CAD) in current, retail priced stamps, you qualify to receive either the July Stamp of the Month, My Acrylix^® Life Is Wonderful, FREE or any one of the Hostess Rewards stamp sets featured in Annual Inspirations 2014–2015 or Seasonal Expressions 2 for only $5 (USD & CAD)! That is a savings of up to $17.95 USD / $19.75 CAD! The July Stamp of the Month is a lovely, versatile stamp set that is a great match for your cards and layouts that celebrate all the wonderful things—big and small—that life has to offer.

Additionally, the Hostess Rewards stamp sets have previously only been available as part of the Hostess Rewards program, which means now is the perfect opportunity to get those special stamp sets you’ve had your eye on! To get your FREE stamp set or your $5 (USD & CAD) Hostess Rewards stamp set, simply place an order for $25 (USD & CAD) of any current, retail priced stamps. This offer is available only during the month of July and applies only to the July Stamp of the Month and current Hostess rewards stamp sets, so spring into action and jump on this deal before it’s gone!

(copy from my CTMH page @ http://toniawilcox.ctmh.com )

7Mar2015

Artfully Sent… Where have you been all my life??

Posted in Cardmaking Kits, Cards, How to videos by Tonia Wilcox

I am in LOVE with this cricut cartridge!!! SOOO many awesome cards to make, so little time!! 🙂

The collection comes with three stamp sets, a packet of white daisy paper to get you started, and of course the fabulous cricut cartridge!

This video has only a small amount of ideas you can create…

To get yours, visit my store at: http://toniawilcox.ctmh.com or, to learn more or have a class using the cartridge, contact me at: toniawilcox@gmail.com. I would LOVE to teach you about this!

7Mar2015

Just Because…

Posted in Cards by Tonia Wilcox

I’ve been using my new machine, and came up with the card below!

I used retired paper from Close To My Heart, trying to clean up my stock a bit, and brads from a local craft store. The twine is from CTMH as well as the stamp.

The stamp is in the current IDEA BOOK and is available on my website at http://toniawilcox.ctmh.com

Stamp is called “Happy To Be Friends” and is C1605. Only $13.95!!

Chalkboard Just Because Card – March 2015

1Jun2014

Celebrate 30! (June Constant Campaign)

Posted in Cardmaking Kits, Monthly Specials, Scrapbook pages by Tonia Wilcox

Celebrate 30

In honor of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the stamping and scrapbooking industry, when you place an order totaling $50 during the month of June, you can add your choice of 1 of 6 great gift collections to your order for just $30! Each collection has an original retail value of at least $50—some even as high as $65. Plus, each collection is perfectly tailored to fit a variety of interests and styles. They feature everything from gift bags to ribbons to washi tape to alphabet stickers—and much more! Take advantage of these savings and snag your own collection for just $30. It may be Jeanette’s anniversary—but you get the gift!

Dates: Offer valid June 1, 2014–June 30, 2014.

Delightful Ribbon and Trim Collection
Retail Value: $54—You pay only $30 CC10281

Delightful Ribbon and Trim Collection CC10281

This collection includes Black Hemp, Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon, Party Washi Tape 3-Pack, Sparkle & Shine Washi Tape 3-Pack, and Colonial White Rosetta Ribbon

Extraordinary Embellishments Collection
Retail Value: $50.55—You pay only $30 CC10282

Extraordinary Embellishments Collection – CC10282

This collection includes Mini-Medley Accents Antiqued Gold Collection, Just Blooms™ Floret Paper
Shapes, Pixie Glitter Alphabet, Glamour Glitter Alphabet, Color-Ready Canvas Alphabet, Chalkboard
Shapes, Durables Round Studs, Durables Square Studs, and Colonial White Rosetta Ribbon

Holiday Happiness Collection
Retail Value: $64.55—You pay only $30 CC10283

Holiday Happiness Collection – CC10283

This collection includes Season’s Tweetings Gift Bags (2), Frosted Paper Packet, Frosted Complements,
Frosted Assortment, Sparkle & Shine Complements, Sparkle & Shine Assortment, Sparkle & Shine Textiles, and Sparkle Holiday Shapes

Accessory Coordinates Collection
Retail Value: $53.55—You pay only $30 CC10284

Accessory Coordinates Collection – CC10284

This collection includes Black Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Dark Chocolate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Huntington Complements, Chantilly Complements, Huntington Assortment, Chantilly Assortment, For Always Assortment, Tommy Assortment, and Surfs Up Assortment

Papercrafting Possibilities Collection
Retail Value: $61.25—You pay only $30 CC10285

Papercrafting Possibilities Collection – CC10285

This collection includes Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon, Glitz™ Glitter Gel Bronze, Glitz™ Glitter
Gel Almond, 3½” x 8″ Colonial White Die-Cut Cards & Envelopes, My Creations™ Cubby, My Creations™
Collage Cubes, and My Creations™ Star

Gifts and Kits Collection
Retail Value: $64.70—You pay only $30 CC10286

Gifts and Kits Collection – CC10286

This collection includes Glamour Glitter Alphabet, My Originals™ Matchbook Card Kit, Chantilly
Textiles, Season’s Tweetings Gift Bags (2), and My Creations™ Collage Cubes and Black Hemp

Printable Flyer available here:

http://cdn.closetomyheart.com/2014/promotions/campaigns/1406-cc-celebrate-30-flyer-us_ca.pdf

13Apr2014

Pure Joy of Washi Tape

Posted in How to videos by Tonia Wilcox

You already know that we are silly for stamps, passionate for papercrafting, and mad for memory keeping, but do you know that we are wild for washi tape?

With eight (YES, 8) different colors and fun patterns like stripes, polka dots, chevron, and houndstooth, how could we resist?

You won’t be able to resist this latest craze, either! Watch the video to discover tips, tricks, and the pure joy of washi tape.

Items featured in this video are available from my store at:

http://toniawilcox.ctmh.com

Thanks for watching!

~t~

4Apr2014

Project Inspiration: Hip Pics Album

Posted in How to videos, Stamp Spotlight by Tonia Wilcox

Create a heartfelt gift for your mother using the My Creations™ Hip Pics album and the My Acrylix™ Mother’s Day stamp set. Decorate the pocket photo pages with sentimental photos, stylish embellishments, and memorable words of gratitude to show her how much she means to you.

April 12th Card Workshop

Posted in Cards, Monthly Workshops and Classes, Workshop On The Go by Tonia Wilcox

Hello!!

Are you thinking about attending my April 12th Card Workshop? If you are, please do come! I’d love to have you, and we are making 4 fabulous cards!

4 FABULOUS Card Workshop – Lollydoodle Paper pack and 3 different stamp sets!

Please forgive the pictures, I couldn’t get the camera to be nice to me…I will try again on a sunny day and see if I can’t get better pictures!

The first two cards are part of the Lollydoodle Card Workshop on the Go (G1080) on page 75 of the idea book, with a few little personal modifications. We will use the masking technique, and check out the sequin dots that come only in this workshop!

You Are the Love of My Life – from WOTG G1080 Lollydoodle Card Workshop on the Go.

Hello There – WOTG G1080 Lollydoodle Workshop on the Go

The next card uses the my acrylic stamp set B1450 Owls and is based on the card on page 56 of the idea book. We will be using the spray pen with blush ink to spritz our card base, and then build our card on top of that. We will be using markers to color the scene. My sample in the picture isn’t colored because I want you to use your imagination to create your scene!

Owl Miss You- Card 3 using stamp set B1450 (Owls), lollydoodle paper pack, washi tape, chevron ribbon and aqua dots.

Our fourth and final card of the day uses the April Stamp of the Month, S1404A Balloon talk (available for only $5 when you place an order of $50 or more). We will use random stamping and fussy cuts to make this card fabulous!

Hello There card using Stamp of the Month S1404A, lollydoodle paper pack, honey carstock, and teal shimmer trim.

DETAILS:

We will start at 2:00 pm and just keep going until all four cards are made! 😉

Cost is $5.00 for the workshop, however; if you place an order, the workshop is FREE!!!

We would love to have you join us!!!

If you can make it, please RSVP to toniawilcox@gmail.com, leave a comment below, or give me a call at: 720-338-2536.

31Jan2014

Studio J Creations

Posted in Scrapbook pages, Studio J Creations by Tonia Wilcox

I’ve been working on scrapping our Disney trip last summer! After getting my pictures printed (this seems like my biggest block sometimes!!), I decided that a mixture of medias will be happening in my album, traditional scrapbooking pages mixed with Picture My Life (available from CTMH Feb 1!!), and Studio J layouts.

STUDIO J LAYOUTS

For this post, I am focusing on the first two Studio J layouts.

Creating a layout in Studio J is soooo easy!!!

You create an account,
upload your pictures,
pick your paper pack,
your layout,
drag and drop your pics,
add any embellishments you want,
color the auto ones that are already on the layout,
and add your title and journaling!

First, the Garden Grill at Epcot. We met Mickey, Chip and Dale. We had amazing food and well, it was awesome! 🙂

Garden Grill in Epcot

Up next is the Crystal Palace in the Magic Kingdom. Here, we met characters from the 100 acre woods. Tigger, Eyeore, and Piglet. 🙂 This was a buffet, the food was ok, meeting TIGGER was the real reason for eating here!!! 😀 😀

Crystal Palace – Magic Kingdom

If you would like to try your hand at Studio J, there is NO FEE to create the layout – the fee comes when you are ready to print and have them mailed to you. Layouts are $6.95 per double paged layout. For that cost, you get the layout and the jpg files. You have to create 4 double paged layouts before you can print and mail. But, it’s not hard to do once you are in there and creating!!!

To check it out, visit my website at: http://toniawilcox.ctmh.com and click on STUDIO J.

🙂

27Jan2014

Ariana 2-page Scrapbook layout

Posted in Scrapbook pages, Workshop On The Go by Tonia Wilcox

Hello!!! As I’ve been telling you, the new catalog goes LIVE on Feb 1, just four short days away!!!! 😀 😀

I have been playing with one of the new WORK SHOPS ON THE GO, Ariana. It is very feminine and kind of earthy to me.

Here is a picture of what is included in the Ariana Workshop on the Go:

Ariana Workshop On the Go

Included in the Workshop On The Go are:

Workshops on the Go™ Ariana Scrapbooking Kit Contents
Ariana Paper Packet
My Acrylix™ Ariana Workshop Stamp Set (D-size)
4 White Daisy Cardstock Sheets
Ariana Assortment (these are the bows!)
Black & Grey Epoxy Bubbles
Instructional Brochure

TO MAKE MY LAYOUT

The suggested layouts in the workshop on the go kit didn’t strike me as being “complete”, so I set out to change it to my own flavor. The primary colors I used are Olive, Sorbet, Crystal Blue, and Denim Blue and White Daisy. I used layout 8 from Make It From Your Heart (Volume 1). I also used the CTMH Cricut Artbooking cartridge for the lattice and the vine. The stamps are all from the workshop on the go kit as is the bling and the bow!

To make the flowers on the lattice, I used the little 3 flower with a ribbon stamp from the WSOTG stamp set and stamped it four times in a circle. I think they kind of look like bachelor button flowers! What do you think?

Ariana Workshop on the Go with Close to My Heart Cricut Artbooking Cartridge to supplement shapes.

List of Supplies Used:

G 1074 – Ariana Workshop on the Go
Z1906 – Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
1245 Olive cardstock (1 sheet)
1292 Crystal Blue cardstock (2 sheets)
Z2137 Olive Ink Pad
Z2140 Outdoor Denim Ink Pad
Z2117 Crystal Blue Ink Pad
Z2164 Sorbet Ink Pad
9042 Make It From Your Heart, Volume 1

To order this product or to get other ideas on layouts or cards, visit my website at: