As we step into the new year with renewed hope and conviction, we look forward to the places we’ll visit, the sites we’ll see, the things we’ll do, and the people we will share it all with.

The newest Close To My Heart catalog was just released on the first and, from cover to cover, it is full of exciting new products and ideas to preserve the memories you’ve made in the past year and are planning for in the year to come.

One of our newest paper collections, featured on the cover artwork of the January–March 2023 catalog, is called “Are We There Yet?”

This gorgeous collection is inspired by all of those travel memories that we wandering humans can’t help but make! From big trips abroad or across state lines to smaller staycations or girls only weekends, most of us enjoy getting away from life’s repetitive beat from time to time.

The Are We There Yet? products are not only great tools to get those past travel memories preserved but also to inspire us to keep going. Exploring and wandering is about discovering different perspectives and seeing new things. If you plan things right, life will deliver new sights and unfold unseen horizons every step of the way. This collection asks the question, have we arrived? Even though we may arrive at specific travel destinations for a particular trip, with luck we’ll continue to go, to see, and to do, and never truly “arrive.”

We hope that this new year will bring many opportunities for travel and growth. Whatever adventures come our way, let’s not forget to document and preserve them! After all, sometimes to know where to go next, we need to remember where we’ve been. Scrapbooking is a beautiful way to journal these experiences, and it’s also a wonderful way to look back on them and share them with others.

For more inspiration on how to use the Are We There Yet? paper collection, take yourself on a journey through the new January–March 2023 catalog. Our Close To My Heart Makers are also sharing their ideas online, using the hashtag #ctmharewethereyet. Make sure to look up that hashtag from time to time to see what’s new and where this great collection is taking our fellow crafters!

Happy New Year and happy wandering! ❤️

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Recipes:

12″ x 12″ Having a Great Time Page
Z4677 Are We There Yet?—Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts, D2145 My Acrylix^® Lovin’ Right Now Stamp Set, X7288S Are We There Yet? Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, X6063 Papaya Cardstock, X5950 Toffee Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z6534 Papaya Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2848 Sapphire Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z4634 Black & White Dots, Z2515 Earth Brown Shades TriBlend^™ Marker, Z4575 Black LePen^™, Z1151 3-D Foam Tape, Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape, Z2089 Glue Dots^® Micro Dots, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine, White Twine, Stapler

12″ x 12″ Our Getaway Page
Z4677 Are We There Yet?—Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts, C1966 My Acrylix^® Are We There Yet—Borders Stamp Set, X7288S Are We There Yet? Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, X6066 Honey Butter Cardstock, X6063 Papaya Cardstock, X6044 Peach Cardstock, X5957 Sapphire Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z6534 Papaya Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp pad, Z6502 Peach Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2848 Sapphire Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2828 Toffee Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, X7288E Are We There Yet? Rubber Shapes, Z3726 Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts, Z3224 Small Round Waterbrush, Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape, Z2089 Glue Dots^® Mircro Dots, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine, Cricut^® Basic Shapes

Cricut^® Shape:
Basic Shapes
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4¼” x 5½” What a Trip Card (Vertical)
Z4680 Are We There Yet?—Borders Stamp + Thin Cuts, X7288S Are We There yet? Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, X5978 Glacier Cardstock, X6063 Papaya Cardstock, X6044 Peach Cardstock, X5957 Sapphire Cardstock, 1385 White Daisy Cardstock, Z2841 Glacier Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6534 Papaya Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6502 Peach Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2848 Sapphire Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6521 Sundance Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad, Z1513 White Gel Pens, Z3943 Circles Thin Cuts, Z1151 3-D Foam Tape, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine

12″ x 12″ Our Getaway Page
Z4677 Are We There Yet?—Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts, X7288S Are We There Yet? Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, X7288C Are We There Yet? Coordinating Cardstock, Z2841 Glacier Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6536 Honey Butter Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2825 Mink Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6534 Papaya Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2848 Sapphire Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2828 Toffee Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2515 Earth Brown Sahdes TriBlend^™ Marker, Z1507 Navy LePen^™, X7288E Are We There Yet? Rubber Shapes, Z4634 Black & White Dots, Z3726 Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts, Z1151 3-D Foam Tape, Z2089 Glue Dots^® Micro Dots, Z5038 Die-cutting & Embossing Machine, White Twine

12″ x 12″ Are We There Yet? Scrapbooking Workshop Layouts
G1269 Are We There Yet? Scrapbooking Workshop Kit, Z6508 Bluebird Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z2841 Glacier Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6536 Honey Butter Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6534 Papaya Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z6504 Sage Exclusive Inks^™ Stamp Pad, Z697 Round Sponge, Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape

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