Close To My Heart

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Easter Shaker Cards

Hello everyone! My share today are shaker cards from the March SSS Card Kit. Believe it or not this is my first ever shaker card. I've always wanted to make some but got daunted by all the pieces that go into it. But I had so much fun trying to assemble them together, and I hope you like my first attempts. 







This was my very first try. Though assembly turned out well, it was a bit late that I realized I should have inserted a pattered paper inside the circle, perhaps to offset the all white space. Lesson learned, hence better versions above. :p


Hope you all like it!

Friday, March 18, 2016

Copic Refill Organization

Hi everyone! Today's share is something I stumbled upon actually by accident. I recently ordered more of the Close to My Heart organizers to put more of the regular stuff I put in, and it so happened I just got my order of Copic refills. I thought I'd try it out and was so happy that I finally found a storage solution for my Various Ink refills!

Each compartment allows me to sort by color. This makes it easier to find the right refill. Each row holds 5, and each compartment goes 5 deep for a total of 25 inks per compartment. When full you can store 200 Copic refills on this Medium Organizer. How cool is that?!? I love these organizers and use them for a lot of my stuff. They are so flexible I have one that just stores all Picture My Life cards, and I have another that stores my ribbons, ink pads, ink refills and accessories.

Now I get to store my Copic refills too!


Since I don't have a lot of refills yet, or at least enough to fill an entire organizer, I'm putting everything together first so it's nice and tight. Here's a preview of what it looks like when the compartment is filled up.


It is the just the perfect height and space. Nothing is too loose or anything like that. Here's a front view so you see how the lid still closes perfectly while filled. 


Here are some of how I use this medium organizer for. This is super perfect for Picture My Life or Project Life cards.


Also the perfect storage for ink pads, ribbons, accessories and ink refills.


And here's a front view. The bottom is the small organizer which I use to hold our Pigment Inks.


Hope you guys enjoyed my share today!

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Stampganza!

For this month only, Close to My Heart has a great promotion going on.


Hurry this deal is only good for the month of March! Shop here!

Easter Cards

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog's new look. How do you like it so far? I'm loving the fresh, modern, clean look and I hope you are too!

Today's share are all Easter cards that are from Simon Says Stamp's March Card Kit.

This is such a beautiful kit and the colors are just so vibrant, so happy. I also love that this kit includes a die, and a sample of the new Tim Holtz Distress Crayon. I took 1 swipe of it and was sold! Next day I placed my order for the full sets! Love how creamy it is! Literally it's so smooth, like butter. They work pretty much similar to the Faber Castell Gelatos, but this is way easier and smoother to glide on paper. And with a damp finger, you can rub and spread the colors.

Here are some of the cards I made using this kit.






Enjoy!