Big Smiles

So, the Magical papers are ALL SOLD OUT! But I still wanted to post this layout I did using the Magical papers, and a little strip of willow from the Adventure Fundamentals pack, in a non-Disney layout.

August Constant Campaign

Want all the great new papers NOW?  Check out the August special!

During the month of August, when you order our Whimsy, Adventure, and Enchantment Fundamental papers, you can choose to get either the Rustic Home or Uptown Fundamentals for FREE! Both of these Basics packs feature foil designs and specialty materials for making your artwork unique. Yep, this deal is basically the best!

2015-2016 Annual Inspirations

The 2015-2016 Annual Inspirations catalog (the big white one) expires at the end of this month.  There are about 30 stamp sets that will stick around.  All of the M sized state and country stamps, and this list:

A1180	Safari Ballet
A1182	Etched Alphabet
B1480	Diploma Day
B1484	Jennifer's Hand
C1585	Australian Salutations
C1586	Australian Thanks
C1605	Happy to Be Friends
C1608	Brushstrokes
C1612	Shower Flowers
C1619	So Many Smiles
C1631	Birthday Princess
D1596	Outback Adventures
D1597	Hoppy Birthday
D1598	Aussie Praises
D1601	Celebrate New Zealand
D1640	Celebrate Australia
D1641	New Zealand Greetings
D1642	Cute Koalas
D1643	Cricket
D1646	Finding the Words
D1660	Ink Blot
D1667	Balloon Wishes
D1668	Charming Cascades
E1027	Framework Alphabet
E1030	Handwritten Print
E1032	Typography
E1033	Inked Alphabet

There are 7 ink colors retiring - gypsy, topiary, pear, honey, sunset, cotton candy and hollyhock. These are from the Adventure series.  Ink stamp pads go up $1 starting August 1st.

There are also several items that are completely sold out!  If there is anything else you would like from the white catalog, don't wait too long to order!  If you place an order by July 25, then you will be entered for chances to be the Mystery Hostess.  Just choose that party when you order.  Here is a list of items that are no longer available as of today:

Z1937	Scoreboard
Z2094	My Legacy Black Post-Bound Album
Z1477	5" X 7" White Daisy Envelopes
Z2092	Lagoon Chevron Post-Bound Album
Z1996	Woodgrain Embossing Folder
Z1475	3" X 3" White Daisy Envelopes
Z1934	Flamingo Dots
Z1998	Chevron Border Punch
Z3025	Blue Shimmer Trim
Z2090	Lagoon Chevron D-Ring Album
Z1752	Sparkles Clear Assortment
Z1991	Teal Glitter Paper
G1103	Urban WOTG Scrapbooking Kit
Z2501	Adventure Pigment Pad Set
Z3079	Urban Assortment
Z2016	Colonial White Shadow Box
Z2093	Ruby Floral Post Bound Album
Z3126	Enchantment Paper Fundamentals
Z1851	Scallop Border Punch
Z1325	Memory Protectors Flip Flaps 12" Assortment
Z3092	Georgie Assortment
X7203B	Georgie Paper Packet
X7204B	Urban Paper Packet
Z1705	Durables Square Studs
Z1726	Memory Protectors Flip Flaps 6" × 6"
Z3228	Tickled Pink Thin Cuts

The other styles of canvas albums, not mentioned above, are still on sale for 25% off, as supplies last!

Contact me if you have any questions!

Becoming a Consultant

Get new products FREE by signing up as a Consultant!

Join the Close To My Heart family as a Consultant this month and 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!

When you sign up, you’ll also get $50 in Select Product Credit to spend

on more new products, including the newest stamps, paper packets,

and cardstock colors.  All this and more for the signup cost of $75!!

What does it take to become a consultant?  $75!  What does it take to stay a consultant, and get all your products at a discount?  Just $300 worth of retail orders every 3 months (quarterly).  That's it!  Please contact me if you have any other questions.  You can click here to see what all you get with your $75 kit and to sign up 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.   

July Mystery Hostess

Hello everyone out in Blogland!

I am on a streak of vacations - I just can't seem to stay put!  Between convention, Hubby's 50th birthday, and Hurricane moving out (and all that involves), my time is a little on the sparse side this July.

Sooooooooo,
I'm holding an online Mystery Hostess gathering.  There is nothing more to it, than placing an order through my online business address (OBA), click here to go straight to it!  Just make sure you join the July Mystery Hostess gathering.

For every $5 you spend, I will put your name on a ticket.  Winning ticket wins the entire hostess credits!  I have $117.15 worth of orders already, so just another $32.85 puts some lucky woman in the position of winning $25 worth of free products!  This could easily grow into $40, $60, $80 or even $100!

The July Mystery Hostess party will end on July 25.  On the morning of July 26, I will draw a ticket and contact the winner, for their wish list!  Keep an eye on the Facebook page, if you would like to see how the party total and your potential hostess credits grows!  And thank you for your order!

Page 18

I've had a request on how to complete the project on page 18 of the main catalog.  Close To My Heart provides a list of all the supplies used for all the artwork published in their catalogs - so you don't have to struggle too hard on trying to recreate an idea you love!  This is the list for the idea on page 18, pictured here.

 

 

12" x 12" Daddy Page
 
B1484 My Acrylix® Jennifer’s Hand

D1661 My Acrylix® Crazy Good

E1032 My Acrylix® Typography
 
X7197B Zoe Paper Packet
 
Z2173 Slate Exclusive Inks™ Pad

Z2641 Glacier Exclusive Inks™ Pad
 
X7197C Zoe Complements
 
Z3082 Zoe Assortment
 
Z3123 Enamel & Glitter Duos Green Triangles
 
Z3088 Coral Shimmer Trim
 
Z2027 Mini Stapler
 
Z3167 Cricut® Artistry Collection
 
Thread
 
Cricut® Shape:
Artistry 
9" Background <,> (p. 6)

May Card Class

May's card class is going to be a tag.  Tag's are great!  You can use them as a tag on a gift, attached them to the front of a card base for an instant card or use them as an embellishment on a page.  This month's tag is made using the colors for the Calypso paper pack.  You can make it with or without the flamingos, both are great, but have a very different look.

Finding Nemo

I love the underwater ride at Disneyland!  It's called Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage and I was happy to find it.  They closed the 10,000 Leagues under the Sea at Disney World several years ago.
The giant porthole is cut from Lagoon cardstock, the circle from the Art Philosophy cartridge (page 21, Layer) at 11" and again at 9 3/4".  I used the Ink blot stamp set and Sunset ink to 'tarnish the brash', the finished by sponge daubing the edges in saddle.  The rivets are sticky back studs from a friend's stash, but brads would work just as well.  The circle behind the porthole is from the retired Seaside paper pack, cut at 10 1/2" (I think, I didn't write that one down).

I finished up by adding a pack of Finding Nemo stickers acquired at the local craft store.

All Smiles

This is another Penelope kit layout.  Maybe your kids are the opposite - dark hair and bright clothes?  I credit the hair to her artistic nature, but it SO works with this paper!

The Early Bird

I don't take a lot of Easter pictures anymore, but the Penelope paper worked GREAT with Hurricane's colorful summer hair.  I played on the Easter chicks by titling my pages "The Early Bird".  These new Workshops your Way are so super quick and look wonderful.  If you like bright colors, this is the kit for YOU!

Make a wish, Take 2

Here's another birthday card with the Make a Wish stamp (only $2.95!)  I also used the Brushstrokes stamp set, and the Play Day set.  Wouldn't he look good in the corner of a scrapbook page too?

Make a Wish

Here's another birthday card.  I used the Zoe papers, Lagoon cardstock, Feathers stamp set, and a cut feather from the newest cartridge, Artistry, page 45.  I didn't note the size of my cut from glitter paper, but try fit to length using the measurement of your stamps.  I added the extra texture/distressing with the Ink blot stamp set.

 

We're all mad here!

Ever have those pages you just think are perfect?  This is one of mine.

The tea cups are out of white cardstock, then stamped, papered and glittered up.  The teacups are from the Artistry cartridge, page 21, 2".  Some of the stamps sets are retired - just grab your favorites out of your stash.  The paper is from the Penelope pack, leftovers after making the 3 kit double layouts.

Here a month....

Here a month, there a month.....  Okay, so I'm not the most consistent blogger but I eventually make my way back to showing off some artwork.

Here's a little birthday card I made using the Penelope paper pack and the Birthday Princess stamp set.  The hair and dress are colored from stamping on printed paper, then cutting them out.

Whale, Hello There!

This is my last Workshop Your Way card that I changed up.  I really love the little birds in the My Anchor stamp set, but on this one, I paired it with the whale and words from the Animal Greetings stamp set (on the back of the white catalog).  I stamped him on Glaicer paper then cut him out and used clear Stickles for his spout of water.  The birds and words are in Sapphire. 

 

 

Nothing Better

This double layout is my creation.  It's just a sheet of Sapphire cardstock, a little sprayed ink, the Beach Days stamp set and a bunch of the leftover from the Regatta kit.

 

 

Oh Happy Day

A birthday card with the design from the Workshop Your Way, just with a different theme.  The striped candles are the edges from a PML card included in the kit.  I used the stars from Charming Cascades in the background in Glacier.  The anchors and words are in Sapphire, with yellow Stickles to make the light on the candles.

The Best Adventure

What a cute page this would make for pictures of a little boy!  But my photos include a trip to Paradise Pier at Disneyland.

This is the third layout from the Regatta instructions.  I love how the instructions encourage you to add the Picture My Life cards to a traditional scrapbook page.  I've known it can be done (and Denise is the Queen when it comes to this method!) but I've always had trouble actually doing it. 

I also added a couple of photos on the left page.

One of the greatest things about getting a kit from CTMH is that you don't have to think about - it's so super easy to build great scrapbook pages.  After a few 'lessons' by following the kit guides, you can be confident to build you own pages.  And if the creativity starts to lag again - pick up another kit to get back on track!

Nothing but blue skies

Here's another modified card.  I used a bit of leftover zip strip, silver foil, and the wording from another zip strip at the top.  The stamp set is My Anchor, with the background boats in Glacier and the main boat in Sapphire, popped with foam tape.

 

 

Happy Place

For the second layout directions from the Regatta Workshop Your Way, I kept pretty close to the sample.  No pictures for this layout yet, but I have them planned!  We are going on a cruise for Mike's 50th birthday and this layout looks like the perfect fit for some of the landscape (or waterscape) photos I know I'll be taking. 

I love it when I can use up my supplies right when I buy them.  I only have so much storage space and if I'm using my papers then I don't feel guilty for buying more!  Plus the cruise pictures will get into an album much faster with this completed layout.

A thin line of liquid glass is great for holding down the gold and white ribbon.  These instruction sets help you place your embellishments in nice groupings.   It's also nice flat clusters for your scrapbooks.

Dancing Feet

 Using the template and cuts from the Workshop your Way instructions, I made one set of cards just like the instructions show.  Then I changed it up with new stamps and sentiments.  In this one I used the Beach Days stamp set.  Most of the stamps in this set have a matching Cricut cut on the Artistry cartridge.  The sentiment is an older SOTM from my stash.  The little red hearts didn't come with the kit, but are only $4 - or maybe already in your stash like mine were. I added a scrap of gold glitter paper behind the octopus eyes.  The sun is from the My Anchor set, in Canary, with Honey on the edges (rock n' roll it, Girl!).

 

 

 

Race to the finish line

Grab those beach pictures you haven't finished scrapping yet and let's get going with the new Regatta papers from Close to My Heart.

Close to My Heart has revamped their Workshops on the Go - moving to a new format and called Workshops Your Way.  These new kits are priced at $27 and do not include a stamp set.  They do include the compliments plus two coordinating embellishments.  For Regatta, this is a gold and white ribbon and blue puffy stickers.

The paper packs are different too - more printed sheets and only 3 sheets of cardstock (with the kits - no cardstock is included in the paper packs).  The kits also have instructions for three double layouts and nine cards, in a printable PDF - no stamping involved on the layouts!  You can always add some if you feel like it.

This is my version of the first layout.  I moved the photo wells around a little bit, to have a single center for the double layout, instead of two single layouts repeated.

I tacked on the gold and white ribbon with a staple where it was close enough to the edge to do so, and with liquid glass where it was not. 

I also ran the flaxen 1/2" strips at the top of the page through the chevron embossing folder before taping it down.  My version of the layout uses an additional page of Sapphire cardstock for matting and the title. 

My pictures allowed me to cut one in half and use it on the left side of the layout (the big fish), giving me the whole 6X4 picture in two 3X4 wells.

Regatta 3X3s

The instructions for the cards in the new Workshop your Way kits call for a 5 1/2" X 4" base.  If you take a sheet of 12X12, make your first cut at 8.5".  Turn your paper and cut at 5.5" twice.  This will leave you two small scraps and then the larger scrap from your first cut.  From this larger piece you can cut two 3"X6" card bases, for gifts or small notes.  This is what I did with mine.

Zip strips and scraps from Regatta, silver foil

 

Regatta PML card, white shimmer trim, bitty sparkles

Regatta PML card, January 2016 SOTM

Regatta PML cards, scrap from kit

Regatta Cards

In addition to three double layouts, the new Workshop  Your Way kits include instructions for 8 cards - 2 each of 4 designs. You will need the stamp set and thin cuts to complete the cards as they show in the instructions, but all the papers and embellishments are included in the $27 kit.

 

The Price is Right Club

The 2016 Price is Right Club will be starting up February 1st. If you love CTMH and don't like to throw parties, this might be for you.  It is a commitment club, with rewards.

    ~You agree up to spend $25 each month, February through November (10 months, $250 total commitment).
    ~One of these months, you will be the hostess, with $40 worth of select product rewards and one half price item.
    ~When you are hostess, you still need to make your $25 purchase.
    ~The $40 worth of free products cannot be applied to your $25 purchase or your half price item.
    ~You may sign up for as many $25 slots as you like.  For each slot, you will be hostess in one month.  That's why it's the Price is Right Club - sign up for the price that is right for your needs.

If you are unsure about a long term commitment, but like the idea of free stuff, the host a gathering!  These parties are fun, and your rewards are not limited to $40!