Dots Scrapbooking is a Close To My Heart consultant blog. Learn about scrapbooking, card-making, and papercrafting. Learn how to incorporate different techniques such as, embossing, die-cuts, Cricut images, etc. into your creations.
Here is an easy to make card using our 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 cards and envelopes.
The papers are the Lovely paper packet. The name is truly perfect for these beautiful papers. Lovely has pastel colors that are soft and delicate. I used the Canary cardstock for accent. I made a birthday card with the papers but you will find so many uses for these delightful papers.
Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with a beautiful wood frame designed for year-round décor! The unique Home Sweet Home Frame Kit includes wooden pieces and coordinating papers and die-cuts that come together to create a delightful year-round décor piece. Use the die-cut shapes to decorate the 14 wood circle pieces in a variety of ways. Your decorated circles can then be swapped out throughout the year to mark special occasions and changes in season!
You save 20% when you purchase the Home Sweet Home Frame Kit, but you can also order the individual components separately in case you want additional circles, die-cuts, frames, or just the wood HOME sentiment!
The frame:
The decorative disks that fit in the O:
I've made 2 videos putting together the entire kit:
Bring a ray of sunshine to scrapbook pages, cards, and any other paper crafts when you work with this cheerful paper collection and its coordinating products.
Happiness Lives Here
I've made 3 videos showing the cutting and assembling of the 3 projects in the Happiness Lives Here Scrapbooking Workshop. The layouts are beautiful for so many situations but they do work perfectly for any stay at home activities that are going on in your home or around your home, like bike rides for instance. There are a lot of floral clusters in accompaniment with antique-like elements, typewriter, bike, and pocket watch. The die cuts for each of the 2 page layouts make creating colorful, fun, and interesting layouts that are timeless.
Happiness Lives Here Papers and Sticker Sheet
Happiness Lives Here Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Happiness Lives Here Collection
Happiness Lives Here Stamp Set
The following pictures are the layouts I made with some of my own elements using the Blue Belle Shimmer Brush and the Stickles Waterfall glitter glue.
Happiness Lives Here Project 1
Happiness Lives Here Project 2
Happiness Lives Here Project 3
I'm adding the videos from my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/dotsscrapbooking
I recorded these 3 videos while working on the entire workshop from cutting to assembly:
100% Cricut from the Happiness Lives Here Collection
This is a beautiful layout that is created entirely with the Cricut.
This is just one of the many exclusive Close To My Heart Cricut collections.
Digital Image Set, Close To My Heart - Happiness Lives Here
The backgrounds are amazingly intricate. What an outstanding layout. This is truly a layout you will be so proud to show others. The detailed cutouts on the scalloped backgrounds for your pictures are gorgeous. The Beautiful title is a layered 2 piece Cricut cut. The background is white daisy cardstock while the top piece is Blue Belle with "Beautiful" cut out thinly. The flowers coordinate with the Happiness Lives Here papers. The bike is also a classic element on the sticker sheet. With the collection you can make as many bikes as you want in any colors that suit your project. You can even make lovely floral cards with the collection.
I enjoyed putting this layout together. You can put it together as you wish. I followed the picture for the most part but I do have differences. The order of my flowers is different and I made white flowers. Do it however you want to do it. You can certainly use a different color palette. This is the Happiness palette, mostly. The cardstock I used: White Daisy (3) Blue Belle (3) Smoothie (2) Peach (2) Sage (1) New England Ivy (1) Avocado (1) Canary (1)
Here is my video showing you how I put it together:
I loved making this layout with my Cricut Explore 2. You will need Cricut Explore or Cricut Maker and Design Space to make this and use our digital collections. I hope you are using your Cricut to a good extent. It's an amazing machine that is meant to be used. My Original Cricut sat in a box in the closet unused for 2 years ten years ago. It was fear. Get over any fear because you can do this. Remember it is only paper and you aren't breaking anything!
Keep your creativity flowing with Close to My Heart’s Craft with Heart™ subscriptions, where you receive regular deliveries of Cut Above® card or layout kits that will keep you connected with your passion. Cut Above kits give you a shortcut to beautiful artwork since they include pre-printed bases that you complete with die-cut shapes and stickers. Cardmaking kits also include exclusive stamp sets and mini ink pads you can use for a truly personal look.
Cost of the subscription:
Monthly subscription: $17.95, plus $7.95 shipping, delivered monthly
4-month subscription: $64.60 after 10% discount, plus $7.95 shipping, delivered three times a year
12-month subscription: $172.32 after 20% discount, FREE shipping, delivered three times a year!
Billing:
Monthly subscriptions: on the first of each month
4-month subscriptions: on the first of January, May, and September
12-month subscriptions: on the first of January, May, or September, depending on when you originally subscribed
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The pink box is scrapbooking
The aqua box is cardmaking
January 2021 Layout 1
January 2021 Layout 2
The first video shows the January - April kits
The second video shows me putting the 2 layouts together. It takes me about 35 minutes to put the 2 layouts (4 pages) together. The layouts can be enhanced as much as you want, I'm showing the basic pages.
Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a Healthy 2021!!!
I'm beginning this year with the first of the new papers from the New Close To My Heart catalog. This collection is Happiness Lives Here. What a great way to start a new year with the words Happiness Live Here. It's a good thought to keep in your head considering the trying times we've been going through.
I've created several videos showing you layouts and cards that are not using the scrapbook and card workshops we offer. The first video is a cutting guide that is in real time, meaning after you purchase the papers, cardstock, you can cut along with me! The second video shows the scrapbook layouts being put together. In the third video I put together 10 cards for various situations.
Here is the list of all the essential products I purchased for the projects:
