PLANNERS GONNA PLAN

Discover your inner artist while staying on top of your schedule with our new 2017 planner system. Featuring seasonal designs you can color by hand, this exclusive planner system combines the worlds of work and play to give you a planner you can truly make your own. Choose a bundle with either the Everyday Life™ Sea Glass, my favorite, or the black and white stripes album, or purchase just the planner pages if you already have an album—the choice is up to you!

To see the two album choices, go HERE.

The exclusive bundle price is $31.90 and includes the Everyday Life™ album and the 2017 planner pages, which come with a clear pencil bag and three gold paperclips. (2017 planner pages are also sold seperately).

While you are on the shopping page, don't forget to get the watercolor pencils and page protectors so you can add photos of your loved ones.  The options for decorating are limitless!

Get your planner today because this planner system is only available while supplies last!

CALYPSO SCRAPBOOKING KIT

I recently hosted my first crafting retreat weekend that was themed Pau Hana Retreat.  Pau Hana means "finished works" and yes some of the ladies did finish some of their unfinished projects while the rest of us did a bit more celebrating that our work was finished for the summer (we work for schools).  Anyway, with that theme, how could I not use the Calypso Scrapbooking Kit to create some original artwork.  I thought it would be great to create a mini scrapbook to put all the pictures we took throughout the weekend.  Here's what I created:

Isn't that just too cute?  If you order the Calypso Scrapbooking Kit Workshops Your Way on my webpage by July 31st, I will email you the directions to create this cute mini scrapbook.

Here are the products I used to create this mini album:

• Calypso Scrapbooking Kit Workshops Your Way   G1109*   
• Cricut Artiste Cartridge Z3170 #
• Cricut Artistry Cartridge Z3167
• Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge Z3171 #
• Hawaiian Hibiscus Acrylix Stamp Set B1527*
• Watercolor Paints Z3132
• Watercolor Paintbrush Set Z3188
• 3-D Foam Tape Z1151
• One in a Melon Acrylix Stamp Set C1650*
• Scrapbook Queen Acrylix Stamp Set C1646*
• Tickled Pink Acrylix Stamp Set C1651*
• Tickled Pink Thin Cuts Z3228*
• Twine of your choice
• Black Momento Ink Z899
• Honey, Pear, Cotton Candy, and Pixie Ink

#These items are retiring July 31st and are available while supplies last.

*These items are retiring August 31st and are available while supplies last.

JULY SPECIAL

DO YOU LOVE PAPER CRAFTING, SCRAPBOOKING, OR CARD MAKING?

I sure do and I tell you what, I love being a Close To My Heart Consultant because I am able to supply my crafting needs with top of the line products by just holding a couple of crops and classes each month.  If you have been looking for the perfect at home business, doing what you LOVE, this is the month to sign up to be a Close To My Heart Consultant because they are offering a SPECIAL promotion that is good through July 31st.  Want to know what it is?  

You will also get $50 in Select Product Credit to choose products to help you customize your business.  This is the everyday Consultant kit that will be available for some time. 

NOW, for the added bonus for THIS MONTH ONLY, you also get your choice of a FREE Fundamentals paper packet* AND its coordinating Complements.  These brand new products won't be released to the public until August, so joining today is your chance to get them first!  Here's a picture of those sets:

You know you can't pass up this deal....just go HERE to order your Consultant Kit today!

 * Choose from Whimsy, Adventure, and Enchantment Fundamentals. No tax is charged for free items. Standard New Consultant Kit shipping rates will apply. No additional shipping/handling will be charged for this promotion

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Color Your World

If you are coming from Wendy Kessler's Blog  you are in the right place.

This month our featured technique is coloring.  The idea was to use markers, watercolor paints, or watercolor pencils. Since I am ready to escape to a beach, I was inspired to bring a little beach fun to me but using the Beach Life Stamp Set that is in the Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog.   

First I used our medium round waterbrush along with the desert sand watercolor pencil to paint a background.  Once that was dry, I then stamped the sand castle on top of it using the Desert Sand Stamp Pad.  By using the water based ink as the last step, it does not fade or run.  I stamped the bucket using the Momento Black ink and then colored it using our versa mark markers.  The card was complemented using the Calypso Compliments.  Now I'm ready to hit the sand!

Now hop on over to Kirsten Jade's blog to continue seeing all the fun coloring techniques!

If you want to order this cute stamp set, please hop on over to webpage and get all your summer, beachy, vacationy stamps, papers, and compliments!

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Let’s Interact

If you are coming from Wendy Kessler's Blog you are in the right place.

What a fun challenge this Blog Hop is this month. I have made explosion cards before but I needed a special card for a special kiddo from school so I made this slider type of card.  Let me explain.  We have a great kid that is at the school I work at and I always have a big cup from Lambert's Cafe with me.  He asked me one day what the guy on it was throwing.  I told him it was rolls, that there is this restaurant in Missouri that is the Home of Throwed Rolls.  They will actually throw rolls from across the restaurant to you.  He became fascinated with this.  So, one day, my cousin had posted some videos of her kids catching rolls there.  I showed my friend Q and he thought they needed to change the 4th grade field trip from the Texas Capital to Lambert's Cafe.  So, since he will be leaving Erma Nash this year, I wanted to get him his own cup to hopefully remember me by because I will most definitely remember my little Gamer Buddy!  He's going to be missed by all of us!  I used some scraps from the Urban Paper Pack and the new stamp set "Smarty Pants Occasions" along with my watercolor pencils and the new Waterbrush Medium Point for blending.

I am so lucky to work in an elementary school and get to have millions of smiles from great kids like Q.  I hope you all are as blessed to be touched by the innocence of children because there is nothing as wonderful!

Now hop on over to Kirsten Jade's Blog to continue the hop!

National Scrapbook Month Makes for Happy Times!

Guess what?  May is National Scrapbook Month.  I don't know about you but with me that means more time with my scrappin sisters and lots of opportunities to spend money on scrapping supplies.  My husband hates May for that reason - LOL!  Well, I want to let you all know about a special crop I have planned for May 22 from 12 - 5pm.  You can go here to see all the details of the crop.

Oh and do you see the pretty picture above?  I used a special paper pack to create those cards.  Here's a couple of close ups:

Close To My Heart has released the Happy Times Paper Pack and a Happy Times Stamp set that will only be available in the month of May while supplies last.  Speaking from experience, these paper packs and stamp sets go very fast so hurry up and either secure your space now for the crop or order yours starting May 1st on my website.

How to follow our Cutting Guides - Regatta Workshop Your Way

Do you feel like you have a hard time cutting your paper correctly to assemble the layouts in a CTMH kit?  Well, Close To My Heart has developed a video series that is super helpful in taking you through the steps of one of our Workshops Your Way.  Here is the first video for the Regatta Workshop Your Way - Cutting Guide.

There are three more videos that show you how to assemble the layouts, Picture My Life layouts, and cards.  Just keep watching on YouTube.  If you are interested in ordering this Regatta Workshop Your Way, you better hurry on over here because it will only be available until April 30th.

SOON TO BE GONE!!!!!

Hurry before it's too late.  Products in the Seasonal Expressions 1 catalog are retiring on April 30th.  Go HERE to shop for the items.  Let me remind you of some of the cute Workshops Your Way.

We have the Charlotte, Penelope, and the Regatta Paper Packs.

And don't forget there are some really cute stamp sets that will be going bye bye as well so don't wait, order now.  Is there just too much stuff that you want but the budget is tight?  Host a Gathering with me before the end of the month and earn some goodies for free!! Just click LET'S PARTY

Crop Club Forming Now!

What is a Crop Club you ask?  

Well, it is a group of 6 - 10 people that love papercrafting and want to earn free products by hanging out with friends and crafting.

I don't have time?

This is a great opportunity to set aside a couple of hours each month for YOU TIME, YOU DESERVE IT!

How does it work?

As a group, you decide on your monthly spending committment, when and for how long we play, and then we rotate the Hostess Rewards among the members.

For Example:

I currently have a club that meets on one Saturday afternoon for four hours per month.  There are 9 members and they have committed to spending $35 each month.  The two months that they have met, the hostess's each earned $100 in free product and 2 half-priced items, averaging $152 in savings.

Great news is that we can meet at my house so noone has to clean or be worried about where to go with 10 people.

If you are interested in joining a club, please comment below with your email address and I will contact you.

SWEET 16

  

My baby girl is 16 today - Happy Sweet 16th Sydney!  I love you so much and am so proud of the young lady you have become.  

In honor of her 16th birthday, I made a special explosion card with the La Vie En Rose paper pack and some pomegranite and black cardstock.  She is my little punk rocker that loves playing the guitar so I cut some guitars out of a Cricut cartridge (one from my supply -not one of the Close To My Heart ones).  Take a look:

I am looking forward to making her a special cake and hanging onto, oops, I mean out with, her as long as I can.  

If you love the basic black and white patterns, you can shop for the La Vie En Rose paper packet HERE

Until next time, ROCK ON!.

Technique Blog Hop - RESISTING CAN BE FUN

If you are coming from Tammy Lubic's Blog you have come to the right place.

The challenge of this technique blog hop was to do the resist technique.  Here's my one page layout that I did of my husband's birthday celebration at TX Roadhouse:

I embossed the words CLICK! SNAP! SMILE! from the April Stamp of the Month Acrylix Stamp Set with White Embossing Powder.  Then, I applied a brushed hombre look over the embossing with our blue Watercolors.  FYI, the stamped camera is also from the April Stamp of the Month set.  Keep reading to see the full stamp set.

Here's the finished page!  I copied the layout from a past issue of our Idea Book.

Here's the April Stamp of the Month:

This stamp set can be yours for just $5, with a purchase of $50.  You know you can't "RESIST", (get the pun?).  You can shop for all the supplies you need to start using this great technique by going HERE

To continue to see other ideas, follow the blog hop by going to Belinda McLane's Blog .

April Stamp of the Month - Life In Pictures

OK my little Photobugs!  Here is a great new stamp set that is available for just $5 this month with a qualifying order.  It is a must have and makes for these great cards!  I also used my Cricut Artistry Cartridge to make the cute film strip in the card below.


  

If you are interested in this cool stamp set, go HERE to see the details.

Baby I'm Worth It! And so are you!

If earning money—and rewards—through your love of scrapbooking and stamping sounds like a dream job, then now is the perfect time to join Close To My Heart. Believe us, it’s worth it! 

This is no joke folks!  I have been able to support my crafting habits as well as meet new people and earn great rewards.  If you sign up as a Consultant in April you will earn amazing rewards—including a FREE Cricut® collection! Signing up as a new Consultant with Close To My Heart during April is more rewarding than ever. When you sign up as a New Consultant you already get:

• New Consultant Kit with essential supplies for only $75
• $50 in Select Product Credit to spend on additional supplies
• The chance to earn fantastic Straight To The Top start-up rewards

And only during April, you can also earn your choice of a FREE Cricut® collection or an additional $100 in Select Product Credit when you submit $350 in personal sales within your first 30 days! That is could likely come from hosting just one crop!

I would love to talk to you about what a great company this is and all the rewards I have received.  Don't hesitate, call me, email me, or just go ahead and sign up already.  You know you want too!  (heehee).

Offer valid April 1, 2016 (9:00 am MDT) – April 30, 2016 (11:59 pm MDT). Cricut® collections available while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item. Shipping/handling will be charged based on the retail value of the free Cricut® collection.

FREE Cricut Collection????

Oops, looks like I was on the right track just a little early yesterday when I posted how great it is being a part of the Heartfelt Sentiments Team.  Today, our Corporate office annouced a new recruiting special for April.  Check it out, you can even earn a free Cricut Collection!  I'm pretty sure that this will be the best offer for signing on as a consultant this year!  Here it is:

Signing up as a new Consultant with Close To My Heart during April is more rewarding than ever. When you sign up as a New Consultant you already get:

• New Consultant Kit with essential supplies for only $75
• $50 in Select Product Credit to spend on additional supplies
• The chance to earn fantastic Straight To The Top start-up rewards

And only during April, you can also earn your choice of a FREE Cricut® collection or an additional $100 in Select Product Credit when you submit $350 in personal sales within your first 30 days!

If you love to scrapbook, make cards, or do any kind of papercrafting, being a consultant with Close To My Heart is a great way to earn your products for free and even make a bit of extra cash.

I signed on a year ago and I have loved every minute of it.  The relations I have built with my customers and the other Consultants will last my lifetime and then some because I am preserving these memories with our great products!

Come join me today.  YOU are worth it!

Happy Wednesday!

My Favorite CTMH Stamp Set - Blog Hop

This month is Stampaganza...

If you are coming from Melissa Robinson's Blog you are on the right track.

I have accepted my first blog hop challenge with the Heartfelt Sentiments Team and it is to showcase my favorite stamp set.  I am head over heels in love with all the possibilities of the SOTM set, Sunshine Birdies.  Here's one of the cards I created using the cute butterflies and birds:

I got the inspiration from Nancy Ball for the random stamping of the birds on white background and then just adding splashes of colors with the CTMH Watercolor pencils.  I used some B&T from the Penelope paper pack along with a zip strip.  The sentiment is from stamp set C1619, So Many Smiles Occasions.  

If you love this stamp, you can get it for just $5.00 with a qualifying order, this month only.  And, with the Stampaganza going on, you can really rake in the stamp sets for cheep, cheep this month (get the pun?).

Now head on over toKatyTaylor's Blog to see what she has to share with you.

ROADTRIP!!!!!!!

Today is a perfect day for a roadtrip with the girls!  We are headed to Houston for the new Product Release that is coming your way May 1st.  Remember, you only have thru April 30th to order products out of the Seasonal Expressions I catalog, or while supplies last.  Don't miss anything from your wish list, go HERE.

Enjoy your Friday!

Happy Birthday Sketch Challenge

Well, today is my baby boy's 18th birthday.  Happy Birthday Anthony, you have given me so much joy and happiness.

So, in honor of those special boys in our lives, I am posting a card sketch challenge.  In doing this challenge myself, I realized how much I love using our How-To books because they are so easy to follow and enable me to create quickly.  Here is the sketch I used from our Make It from Your Heart Volume 2 idea book.  

Here is the card I created for Anthony:

I used the Urban Paper Pack and Accessories.  The stamp sets I used were Cricut Artiste Collection Birthday for the cupcake & Jennifer's Hand for the letters.

Go ahead and try this sketch challenge and post your finished projects here. If you haven't used the How-To sketches before I'm sure you will love it.

Buy Two Stamp Sets, Get One Free!

Let the Stampaganza begin! 

The wait is over! Who is ready for Stampaganza 2016? Let me show you how.  Simply 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! Now is the time to stock up on our alphabet stamp sets.  Go HERE to shop.

*Offer valid March 1, 2016 (9:00 am MST)–March 31, 2016 (11:59 pm MDT) while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of all items, including the free item(s).

Since it is Sunday and my favorite TV show has ended, I thought I'd I bring to you this funny:  

OH how I will miss you and your funny quips, Dowager Countess!

#DowntonAbbey #LongLiveDowagerCountess