Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

July is a great month to stock up on your favorite Close To My Heart Stamps!  Our Stampaganza special is still going on.  During this month only (July) you can purchase 2 stamps and get a third stamp for FREE!! To sweeten the deal Close To My Heart even brought back some retired favorites PLUS a collection of stamps that at one time were available ONLY to our Hostess!  If weren't able to get one during that time, you can get it now!! I looked back through the Hostess only stamps that are now available to see which ones I had.  I immediately remembered the Paper Birds set (C1613).  I thought it would be fun to create something new with this stamp. For this card I used the papers and ribbon from Rustic Home Fundamentals.  I have really loved using these papers this past year. These will be retiring at the end of this month!!  I stamped the bird and butterfly onto Cashmere cardstock with Cocoa Ink.  (Also retiring!!).   I added a piec...

The wait is over! Who is ready for Stampaganza 2016?  Buy any two My Acrylix® stamp sets (M-, A-, B-, C-, D-, or E-size) at full retail price and get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value FREE! That is a savings of up to $29.95 USD!  This offer is only available during March, so start submitting your stamp orders as soon as possible, and let the Stampaganza begin!  NOTE: New Stamp Policy to take effect - Close To My Heart will be transitioning to a new policy regulating stamp sales: Stamp sets will only be available when they are pictured in an active idea book . Under this policy, stamp sets featured in the Annual Inspirations idea book will remain available for the year-long duration of that idea book, while stamp sets featured in seasonal idea books will retire when the seasonal idea book retires, like the other items featured in these idea books.  Stamps in the Seasonal Expr...

Hello!  I'm back from vacation!  I hope you enjoyed my Studio J posts while I was gone. I learned alot doing that little 'homework' assignment for convention.  I'm sure I'll learn a few more tips while in Dallas for our Close To My Heart Convention in July. I'm still working hard on my Extravaganza presentation for convention but I took some time out yesterday to create some cards for July's Stamp of the Month - Live Out Loud.   I've got something special lined up to show off this fun set so you will need to check my blog about every 4-5 days to see a new card to go along with next month's special - Perfect Pair!   Next month, Close To My Heart is offering a Perfect Pair - a paper pack and a coordinating embellishment - for F REE with every $75 order on my website!  About every 4 or 5 days the Perfect Pair will change.   I'll post the schedule of Perfect Pair offerings on my Special tab very soon.  Be sure to come back to my blog on July 1st...

Here we are 2 days away from one of Close To My Heart's BIGGEST promotions!  It is something that every loyal fan of Close to My Heart Acrylix stamps looks forward to!  It's STAMPAGANZA!   In plain stamping language STAMPAGANZA means Buy 2 stamps and get 1 FREE!  What a deal! See Details HERE . When I first discovered Close To My Heart I was a plain and simple scrapbooker.   I only created layouts and I didn't use stamps!  To me, stamps were too cumbersome to store and I did NOT have the storage space to 'collect' stamps that I would use only once or twice.  I would NEVER get into stamping!  Well, I learned to never say "NEVER"!.   Now, not only do I create scrapbooking layouts, I create cards, 3D items and more.  AND I love to stamp! So, what makes Close To My Heart's stamps the best? Here are just a few reasons....  (Artwork credit: Close to My Heart Artists) My Acrylix stamps are  ready to use right out of t...