A Guide To Inks

Close To My Heart now sells several kinds of inks, the information below can be helpful to understand the different types.

You can find current colors and purchase inks on my website: www.scrapsweetie.ctmh.com


Exclusive Inks™ stamp pads: Our Exclusive Inks™ stamp pads, including our Black Exclusive Inks pads, are water-based dye inks. The dye ink absorbs directly into your paper and allows the colors to blend easily with the material. They dry quickly and blend easily. These inks are recommended for most stamping projects, but not for projects where you plan on using watercolors or coloring with alcohol markers after stamping the image.

Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ stamp pad: Our Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ stamp pad is our archival ink offering. This pad quickly sets an image that you can then color in using watercolor pencils, watercolors, or water-based inks with the blending pen.

Exclusive Inks™ Mini Pigment Pad Sets: Pigment inks behave differently from dye inks, in that they settle on top of your material rather than soaking into it. This allows you to stamp lighter colors on darker materials and to keep the true color of the ink pad when stamping on another color. Though they take longer to dry, when dried, they work well for coloring in with your markers or watercolor inks, as the pigment inks will form a permanent bond and will resist blending when you color over them.

StazOn™ ink pad: StazOn™ is specifically formulated for stamping on non-porous materials. Because StazOn is solvent-based, this ink works well when stamping an image that you will later color over with watercolors, but it is not ideal for use with alcohol markers.

Memento™ Tuxedo Black ink pad: The Memento™ ink pad gives you another archival quality ink pad that works for any stamping project and can be used with alcohol markers, watercolors, or any of our other coloring options.

Planners Gonna Plan Special - Only a few days left!

Attention all planner addicts! During December, you can get your hands on the new, gorgeous Everyday Life™ album from Close To My Heart, the accompanying Everyday Life 2016 planner pages, and the coordinating Everyday Life Perfect Plan roller stamp in an exclusive product bundle for only $29.95. That’s over 15% off the retail price! With the new Everyday Life line, you’ll experience “memory keeping on the go” as you track your water intake, stamp reminders, keep appointments, and tuck away precious memories—plus much more—all at once! 

Just a few days left for the December special planner bundle. Order by December 31st to receive the discounted bundle price. You can find these products on my website by clicking here.

This video will give you a closer look at what this planner looks like.

I just received mine and started organizing next year already.

La Vie en Rose Workshop - February 13th

February 13th 1 pm at my house - please RSVP by January 31st if you plan to attend.

We will be making 3 two page layouts designed by Lisa Stenz. 

The cost for this workshop is $25.

Please RSVP by January 31st to scrapsweetie@gmail.com

Zoe Scrapbooking Workshop - January 17th

On January 17th at  2 pm we'll make layouts from the Zoe Workshop Kit.

With the Zoe Workshop Kit, you can make these two, two page layouts and have plenty of supplies left for other projects. 

Photo sizes for the "Best Day" page are:

7 x 5 vertical

3 - 3 x 4 1/2 horizontal

Photo sizes for the "sunshine" page are:

4x6 horizontal

6x4 vertical
3 - 3x3

The full Workshops on the Go^® Zoe Kit (G1096) includes:

Zoe Paper Packet
My Acrylix^® Zoe Scrapbooking Workshop Stamp Set
White Daisy Cardstock (3 sheets)
Zoe Assortment
Coral Shimmer Trim
Instructional Guide

This is a  $44 value, but if you buy it as a kit, it is only $29.95

If you attend my workshop and want just the materials to make these two layouts, with no stamp set, the cost is $15.

If you can't attend, you can purchase the full workshop kit on my website by clicking here. 


Please RSVP to scrapsweetie@gmail.com by January 2nd if you'd like to attend.

Here are some other ideas for the Zoe paper

Birdcage Birthday Card

Here's a Birthday card I made for my niece using the Close to My Heart Artfully Sent circuit cartridge. This was so easy to make, then I decorated it with embellishments from my stash.