To all my Crafting Friends

The Offer of the Year
Cyber Monday Only: 20% Off All Cricut^® Collections in Close To My Heart.

One day only

For the first time ever, Close To My Heart is offering a Cyber Monday Sale on Monday, 1 December 2014. There has never been a better time to buy Close To My Heart’s exclusive Cricut® Collections for 20% off the retail price.
Z3017 Artfully SentZ1906 ArtbookingZ1790 ArtisteZ1686 Art PhilosophyWhether you love Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, or creating 3-D projects, the four exclusive Cricut® collections make the perfect addition to any craft room! Sale starts at midnight (AEDT) - that's Sydney Time, on 1 December and ends at 11:59 pm Monday night. Make sure you share the news about this sale with all your friends, and family members, too!

You can take advantage of this by purchasing from my online site libertylyn.ctmh.com.au
or by ordering from me personally on the 1st December.

It would be the best Christmas present you could give yourself.

But wait - there is more and it is not steak knives!

The Deal of the Decade

This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Close To My Heart’s revolutionary My Acrylix^®clear polymer stamps­ and we can’t wait for you to celebrate with us! With a qualifying purchase of $75 during the month of December, (by purchasing a Cricut Collection on 1st December) you will be eligible to purchase ANY C- or D-size stamps from the Annual Inspirations 2014–2015 idea book for only $10. That’s up to $17 AUD / $23 NZD of savings on a single stamp set! Plus, once you achieve the qualifying order total, there is no limit to the number of eligible stamp sets you can purchase at this discounted price. Remember, a purchase of $75 will also qualify you to receive the December Stamp of the Month for only $5, so if you purchase both the discounted Stamp of the Month and additional stamps at this special campaign pricing your savings will compound! It is truly the Deal of the Decade.

C and D Stamp Sets are normally $21.00 and $27.00 respectively. You can view the Stamp sets at libertylyn.ctmh.com.au (Click on Shop, then My Acrylix Stamp Sets)

The Eligible Stamp sets are
C1588 Great Job
D1599 Geek is   Chic
D1556 School Years
D1555 All the Details
C1590 Delightful Ditty
D1578 Flight of the Arrows
D1612 Teacher   Appreciation
D1605 Halloween Greetings
C1509 Magic Potions
C1522 Creepy Creatures
D1559 Geometric Backgrounds
D1544 Distressed Backgrounds
D1604 Season    of Thanks
C1589 Lifetime  of Happiness
C1559 Always Grateful
C1504 Fall Harvest
D1550 Happy Autumn
C1600 Happy Birds
D1542 For a Friend
D1543 Country-Born
D1610 Christmas Post
C1598 Noel
D1553 Yuletide Greetings
D1554 Christmas Village
C1591 Merry, Merry
D1617 Make It   Merry
D1552 Magical   Days
C1567 Santa Claus
C1562 Mary and Babe
D1614 Reason    for the Season
D1603 Shreddin' the Slopes
D1613 Best Christmas
C1557 Polar Bear Holiday
C1506 Flakey Friends
D1611 Frosty Fun
D1618 Build-a-Cake
D1560 Holiday   Tags
C1580 Big Top
D1607 Bodacious Banners
C1558 Wild Wonders
D1584 Big Hug
C1601 Nursery Charms
D1602 A Budding Friendship
C1597 Rainy Day
D1627 Your Own Kind of Wonderful
C1576 Pick a Poesy
C1533 Fabulous You
D1539 The Happy Couple
D1600   Here We Go
C1592 World Traveler
C1578 Camper    Crazy
C1570 Lifting Spirits
D1616 Have a Happy Day
C1561 One-Way Borders
D1541 Fast and Furious
C1584 Feathers
C1594 Treasured Friendship
D1609 Seaside Greetings
C1537 Honeycomb
C1595 Hello Summer
C1599 Pretty Petals     
D1540 In the Background
C1556 Paisley   Perfect
D1522 Glamour Lowercase
D1537 Glamour Uppercase
D1469 Polka Dot Alphabet
D1507 Urban Alphabet
C1602 Magical   Moment
D1642   Cute Koalas
D1643 Cricket
D1640 Celebrate Australia
D1641 Celebrate New Zealand 

Wednesday 26th November 2014

My Pop up Box Card
Thank you Narelle Darley for sharing your CCR file with me. It made it very easy to assemble.I love the score then cut feature. You can download her file here 

Of course it then took half a day to workout what I was going to decorate it with and cut the shapes from quite a few Cricut cartridges: Joys of the Season, Christmas Cheer, Create a Critter 2 and Christmas. Quite pleased with the result and want to try a few more. Hope you like it as much as the great ladies in my Thursday class. All CTMH cardstock.

Origami Christmas Decoration

I have had so much fun making these with all my groups. Thank you Julie Makela for showing me how to make these.

They only need a 6 inch square of quality paper. Very economical if you use those 6 inch pads in your stash. Have fun.
You can download my instructions for this here 

Well I have been away a long time but back to crafting now. I have been preparing for CTMH Training on the wonderful new Cricut Cartridge Collection "Artfully Sent". It has so much to offer.

Christmas is just around the corner and I have had classes on projects and cards as well as the regular Cricut Crops. I just love the preparation for Christmas and really have to get into making the Christmas Cakes and Puddings. Some travel has put me behind but I have the fruits and must procrastinate no longer.

Watch this space please.

I call this one a Sara Lee Card - layer upon layer upon layer. A little peek for you from the new CTMH Annual Inspirations 2014-2015. Current products are Colonial White cardstock, Paper Fundamentals Basics Assortment, Kraft Cardstock, Black cardstock and a new stamp set. So perfect for the special men in your family at any time of the year and for Father's Day coming soon.

Now I am taking a little break from blogging and I'll be back with more after 7th August 2014.
Happy Crafting.

Baby Girl Building Block Card

I saw this technique on Splitcoaststampers and have wanted to try it for a while. It was very easy with the CTMH Paper trimmer and scorer.
I used Chantilly and Sophia B&T Papers from CTMH and Sophia Stickese Embellishments with Hollyhock and White Daisy cardstock.

Hope the recipient loves it as much as their little baby.

Tried paper pleating with CTMH Chantilly B&T Papers, Buttercup and Pear cardstock and My Acrylix Stamp sets B1423 Happy Easter and C1536 Happy Thoughts with Cotton Candy Ink Pad. Also used the Scallop Punch.

Today I played with Sunburst idea ready for my card class tomorrow. First I used Jubilee Paper scraps and the Stamp of the Month for July "Circus Alphabet". I can see me using this more over the coming weeks as I haven't even looked at the lower case yet. It is going to be a fabulous set.

Then I used wider strips of Free To Be Me Paper Pack and combined the burst with a stamp from "Kaboom", the Stamp of the Month for June. On both cards I used CTMH Shimmer trim. It is adhesive backed and so easy to use.

From 1st August there will be a whole new Close to my Heart Inspiration Book with all new paper sets so I am using up lots of scraps at the moment.

Big busy time at the Papercraft Expo in Brisbane last weekend. Three days non-stop and doing demos on Monday using Heartfelt Creations dies, Twinkling H2O's and amazingly beautiful Starburst Sprays from Lindy's Stamp Gang. So much fun and showing these products to many lovely crafters.

Then there has been the possum that died in my utility space in the bathroom. How it got there I don't know but Pepe Le Phew! It has been awful. Thanks to Big Brother Good Samaritan who found it, my home  is now bearable and disinfected.


Some crafting with Close To My Heart Ariana Papers. I covered a DVD case from Darkroom Door and put a pocket and a notebook and decorated pen in. I plan to use it in the car so I always have a notebook and pencil and my Business Cards. Would also be a great gift.

Last night I tried out the Northern Lights technique of inking a background. Very pleased with the result even though I have never seen the Aurora Borealis or the Aurora Australis. I used the Close to my Heart mini pigment inks as I like the intensity and sponge daubers. With pigment ink the daubers stay moist for a long time so you don't have to keep putting them on the ink pad. Cardstock used Outdoor Denim and Pacifica.
Stamp set used was Close to my Heart Country Born (D1543)

Interesting time making a Double Pocket-fold Card from a sheet of Close To My Heart Chantilly Paper cut to A4 size. The beautiful stamp set Paper Doll (D1547) was used. I used Jac paper to attach the doll shape to acetate for strength and coloured it with Copic Markers. The clothing I stamped and left for the recipient to colour herself and then cut out to play with them. I think this would be fun for a party activity for little girls. Thanks Fay Fraser for this idea. Sentiment stamps used were Lots of Love - Occasions (A1151) All stamping done with Memento Ink.

Triple Layered card with stamping using the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month for June "Kaboom". Only $5 with qualifying purchase. Use the Shop with me button if interested. Thank you Desleigh for the idea.

A quick card using Free to be Me paper from Close To My Heart. The gold spot vellum was fun to work with.

Fun workshop today making Rosette Christmas Trees. Took a lot longer than I thought as time was needed for inking and glue drying. Happy with the result. Used all three CTMH Cricut Cartridges.

Sharon's Creation for her Aunt's celebration using Chantilly Papers looks fabulous.

Desleigh's tree using Jubilee papers and Kraft Card has a beautiful Autumnal or Thanksgiving look

Thank you ladies for allowing me to share your creations.

Today it's a Serviette Fold Card with a Belly Band. I used the Close to my Heart My Reflections Jubilee Paper Pack (X7181B) because the colours are sooo me! This fold just showcased the paper for me. Also used Scallop Border Punch (Z1311) on Colonial White cardstock inner, Pacifica feature on the band and around the edge of the whole piece of paper.

Pretty Pennants using CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Bundle

Project for Cricut Crop last night with idea from Cricut Magazine July 2012 (Northridge Publishing) page 85 by Brenda Rose.

Jubilee Papers

Ariana Papers

by Ann-Maree and Sally

by Ruby

A fabulous crafting night. Full instructions on my Cricut page..

Not seeing double today - but triple! Yes it is a Triple Easel card with gorgeous SOTM Stamp Set from CTMH March - Happy Place.
First Using Jubilee Papers.

Second one using Balloon Ride papers.

Of course they fold flat for placing in the envelope. Such fun colouring these with my Copic Markers.


Then from an idea shown to me by Susan Wilmot- another triple card but it is a Waterfall Card. It was really easy and to make it work just grab the string and pull towards you. My class loved making these yesterday
We used CTMH Sarita papers.and Sky Blue cardstock.Totally different colour mix.

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Happy Mother's day this Sunday to all Mums.