Dino-mite Scrapbook Pages: CTMH Project Inspiration

Create a pair of "dino-mite" scrapbook pages for a girl and a boy. Simply by changing up your color palette, you can achieve a masculine or feminine look using the exact same stamp set! In this CTMH video, we show you how to create the scrapbook pages featured on page 89 of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book.

February Specials from CTMH

Beautiful Stamps, Amazing Discounts ~
February's SOTM: Thoughtful Tidings

Each month you can enjoy a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5—that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

February's FIVE for FREE Promo ~
Buy a Studio J® 5-pack, get one 5-pack free!

DOUBLE your layouts with our Five for Free promotion! For each Studio J® 5-pack you purchase this February, you’ll get one free 5-pack. That means you get 10 layouts for just $55—that’s just $2.75 per page, with free shipping! Even if you’re already taking advantage of Studio J’s incredibly low members-only pricing, you’ll save even more when you purchase 5-packs through this special February deal!

Studio J 5-packs include everything you need to have 5 two-page layouts (that’s 10 scrapbook pages!) shipped to your door ready for your scrapbook album. Each 5-pack can be redeemed for up to:

• 5 two-page layouts
• 5 Memory Protectors®
• FREE shipping and handling

Whether you’re looking for an affordable gift or a way to save money on your own layouts, Studio J 5-packs offer you convenience and savings. Keep one for yourself and give one as a gift!
 
Offer valid February 1–29, 2012. Unredeemed 5-pack codes have no cash value and may not be applied toward any other product purchase. 5-packs are redeemable only once. If the user orders fewer than 5 two-page layouts on a single 5-pack code, remaining layouts are forfeited. See StudioJ.com for full terms and conditions. Tax may apply.

CTMH's Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book

Fall in love with all the new accessories, My Acrylix stamps and papers from Close To My Heart. The brand-new Spring/Summer Idea Book is packed with fresh, trendy products and inspiration.

Here's a sneak peek of the 8 gorgeous paper packs featured throughout the Idea Book that goes live tomorrow, February 1st.

"Close To My Heart shows you how to celebrate relationships through discovering your creativity, to preserve
and share the moments that matter most."

Anthro-Inspired Plaited Headwrap

I'm just about finished a pair of fingerless mittens for my oldest daughter and will have enough yarn leftover for another project. I found this beautiful Plaited Headwrap over on French Press Knits and think it will be perfect for Haley. Plus, Melynda has shared it as a free pattern and includes step-by-step directions for the assembly. Love it when great designers share their patterns!

Spotlight on Art: Colorful Combination

Rainbows are all the rage and can be seen everywhere in the crafty-world right now. Jeanette Lynton and CTMH are always spot-on with current trends in the paper crafting industry. I love the card shown above! Simply, yet sophisticated, and over-flowing with color, while textured and layered with a white border. And how easy to use up leftover scraps of favorite papers!

Pop over to Jeanette's blog and check out the Colorful Combinations post for more artwork using this trendy color scheme.

Big Miracle movie trailer

So excited to see this movie. Opens February 3rd.

"Inspired by the true story that captured the hearts of people across the world, the rescue adventure Big Miracle tells the amazing tale of a small town news reporter and an animal-loving volunteer who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.
Local newsman Adam Carlson can’t wait to escape the northern tip of Alaska for a bigger market. But just when the story of his career breaks, the world comes chasing it, too. With an oil tycoon, heads of state and hungry journalists descending upon the frigid outpost, the one who worries Adam the most is Rachel Kramer. Not only is she an outspoken environmentalist, she’s also his ex-girlfriend.

With time running out, Rachel and Adam must rally an unlikely coalition of Inuit natives, oil companies and Russian and American military to set aside their differences and free the whales. As the world’s attention turns to the top of the globe, saving these endangered animals becomes a shared cause for nations entrenched against one another and leads to a momentary thaw in the Cold War."

Amazing sheep manicure

For all my yarn-loving friends!