You know these cards are easy when.....

you make them on almost no sleep!  Ha! 

A few weeks ago, I was blessed enough to have an amazing scrapbooking getaway trip to Lincoln City with my great friend.  It was so amazing to relax, watch the ocean waves and get TONS of scrapbooking done!  Needless to say, we stayed up late into the night crafting away, and the last morning before we packed up and left I wanted to use up some of my scraps and My Stickease from the Grace kit to make some quick cards.  Normally, I am a person who definitely needs her 7-8 hours of sleep to function properly, but during this getaway time, I wanted to get a lot done!  I pulled out my Wishes book and make this cute and easy set of cards on literally just a few hours of sleep.  Let's just say, I wasn't really thinking too straight - but that just shows how easy it is to make gorgeous products with the help of Close To My Heart's how-to programs.  They are my absolute favorite of all of our products.  This is because they create the foundation for almost every project I make!  They help me to get a design idea and blueprint to create my scrapbook layouts and cards.  And, in the brand new Autumn/Winter 2010 idea book, Jeanette Lynton (CTMH CEO and founder) has published a BRAND NEW scrapbooking how-to book - Magic!  I've only had my copy for a week and I am in LOVE!!  I've used it to make all of my new Scrap Club layouts for the upcoming months - I'll be posting those soon, stay tuned!  In the meantime, make it easy on yourself - use one of our how-to books to make your layouts and cards easy and gorgeous!

Scrapbooking How-To Books:
Cherish
Imagine
Reflections
Magic - newest addition - available beginning tomorrow, September 1, 2010!

Card-making How-To Books:
Originals
Wishes

September Kit of the Month Club Cards

September Kit of the Month Club Cards - Magnifique.

Kit of the Month Club
This new club provides a fabulous way for you to get beautiful scrapbook pages and/or handmade card sets completed quickly, have products leftover, get a fabulous discount on the product kit, get your hands on an exclusive stamp set, get FREE products from the idea book, have fun and be creative!
What: Each month, we’ll complete a project from the selected kit. Each kit includes a Level 2 Paper Packet, a full accessory pack, an exclusive B-size stamp set (not available anywhere else) and a full-color instructional brochure. At our club meeting, we’ll go through the cutting guide for the featured project together – you can choose either a 2-page 12x12 scrapbooking layout or a set of 6 cards from that month’s featured kit.
Cost: $29.95 per month (products in kit retail at $35.00) plus shipping/handling cost.
Commitment: Six-months of participation in the club. This club makes it very easy to do your packet “to go” for any of the months you cannot make it to the club meeting since it includes the full-color instructional brochure right in your packet. You’ll receive the cutting guide, blueprint, instructions and everything you need. If there is a month you don’t like the kit we’re doing, you can just order $29.95 in your choice of products from the idea book.
Benefits: - Hostess one of the six months ($25 in free product from the idea book).
- Simplicity of ordering (all you are required to order for the month is pre-ordering your kit for the following month for $29.95 plus s/h).
- You’ll receive instruction on making a beautiful 2-page 12x12 scrapbook layout or 6 versatile cards (2 each of 3 designs).
- Provides flexibility of making either cards or scrapbook pages in the same club from month to month.
- Instructional brochure has info on both scrapbook and card project, as well as bonus layout and card projects so you can complete more at home with your leftover products!
Sign up now! Call me at (503) 393-9146 or e-mail at allisong@myctmh.com

September Kit of the Month Club Layout

Kit of the Month layout for September 2010 - Magnifique.

Kit of the Month Club
This club provides a fabulous way for you to get beautiful scrapbook pages and/or handmade card sets completed quickly, have products leftover, get a fabulous discount on the product kit, get your hands on an exclusive stamp set, get FREE products from the idea book, have fun and be creative!
What: Each month, we’ll complete a project from the selected kit. Each kit includes a Level 2 Paper Packet, a full accessory pack, an exclusive B-size stamp set (not available anywhere else) and a full-color instructional brochure. At our club meeting, we’ll go through the cutting guide for the featured project together – you can choose either a 2-page 12x12 scrapbooking layout or a set of 6 cards from that month’s featured kit.
Cost: $29.95 per month (products in kit retail at $35.00) plus shipping/handling cost.
Commitment: Six-months of participation in the club. This club makes it very easy to do your packet “to go” for any of the months you cannot make it to the club meeting since it includes the full-color instructional brochure right in your packet. You’ll receive the cutting guide, blueprint, instructions and everything you need. If there is a month you don’t like the kit we’re doing, you can just order $29.95 in your choice of products from the idea book.
Benefits: - Hostess one of the six months ($25 in free product from the idea book).
- Simplicity of ordering (all you are required to order for the month is pre-ordering your kit for the following month for $29.95 plus s/h).
- You’ll receive instruction on making a beautiful 2-page 12x12 scrapbook layout or 6 versatile cards (2 each of 3 designs).
- Provides flexibility of making either cards or scrapbook pages in the same club from month to month.
- Instructional brochure has info on both scrapbook and card project, as well as bonus layout and card projects so you can complete more at home with your leftover products!
Sign up now! Call me at (503) 393-9146 or e-mail at allisong@myctmh.com

Out With the Old, In With the New....

Isn't that how the saying goes?  The Retired List is here!  While it will be so hard to say a final goodbye to many of the products on this list, CTMH is clearing out room for tons of fabulous new products!  Now is your chance to shop for the products on the Retired List while most of them are still available.  If you see something you want, don't wait to pick it up - products are only available while supplies last now and after December 31, 2010 they will be unavailable for purchase.

Items in RED are no longer available
Items in BLACK are available while supplies last
Items in GREEN are retiring items that are featured in the Autumn/Winter 2010 idea book that sold out early and CTMH corporate has said they will do everything possible to restock them throughout the fall.

Click here to check out the retired list.

If you want to order, you can do so at my website here, send me an e-mail here or call me at 503-312-5454.

Reserve Your Spot Now!

End Of Summer Scrapbooking Extravaganza!!

What better way to end the summer and get ready for the new school year than an evening filled with time to crop, new and exciting products from the brand new Close To My Heart Autumn/Winter Idea Book, giveaways, prizes, special deals and fun!

Get the first look at all the fabulous products in the new Idea Book, have a chance to win and/or purchase products at great discounts, and take advantage of specials not available at any other time.

When/Where:        
Saturday, August 28th at my home in Keizer

Time:                     
6:00-midnight - come and go at whatever time works for you!

What:                    
Come and work on your projects during the open crop time from 6:00pm-midnight.  It's open, so you're welcome to come and go at whatever time fits yours schedule.  The presentation on the new Idea Book and all of the great products inside will be around 6:00pm.  Just bring a snack to share and a drink for yourself, along with the projects you want to work on.  I'll have special discounted products for sale, specials on shipping and great raffle prizes too!

Cost:
$5.00 or FREE with a minimum $25 order - includes all of the crop time you want between 6-midnight.

Customize this evening to fit your scrapbooking needs and to maximize your fun!

Space is limited so sign up today to reserve your spot.  Call me at 503-312-5454 or e-mail at allisong@myctmh.com

Brand New Beautiful Idea Book

It's big, it's beautiful and it's 109 pages of pure crafting bliss.  Chock full of tips, techniques, artwork, ideas and fabulously gorgeous products, you'll want to get your copy in your hands as soon as possible!  If you're in one of my clubs (Club Cat, Kit of the Month Club or Scrap Club), you'll get your copy this month.   Shopping from this treasure begins promptly on September 1st.  Contact me to get your copy!

Celebrate Stamping with a Triple Play!

One's good, Two's great, and three’s best of all!  Celebrate your love of stamping by using stamps to embellish the three mini albums in our exclusive National Stamping Month kit, Triple Play.  With inks, stamps, albums, and pre-cut accents for stamping, you’ll complete all three albums in a jiffy.  Since each album has its own color scheme, all three are unique and ready for many different kinds of photos.  Make one for yourself and two to give away—if you can bear to part with them!

In honor of National Stamping Month, you can get huge discounts on the Triple Play kit when you purchase My Acrylix® stamps from your wish list, or get it free when you host a qualifying Gathering or become a Close To My Heart Consultant. 

Here are five ways to get this outstanding mini album kit: (Note: We’ve saved the best for last, so be sure to read all five!)
1. Buy the Triple Play kit for $29.95. 
2. Purchase $25 in My Acrylix® stamps and get the Triple Play kit for just $15.
3. Spend $40 on My Acrylix stamps and get Triple Play for only $5!
4. Host a Gathering with sales of $300 or more and get Triple Play FREE!
5. Join Close To My Heart as a Consultant and get the kit FREE! 

National Stamping Month is always fun, but this year you’ll get three times the excitement with Triple Play!


Triple Play Kit Contents
1 – My Acrylix® Love This Stamp Set
4 – Exclusive Inks® Mini Stamp Pads (Desert Sand, Hollyhock, Indian Corn Blue, and Sunset)
9 – 4" x 12" Panels (3 each of 3 color schemes)
3 – 6" x 12" Die-Cut Sheets 1 – 72" Length Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon
3 – Hook and Loop Fasteners 1 –Brochure
Colors: Bamboo, Blush, Desert Sand, Garden Green, Hollyhock, Indian Corn Blue, Outdoor Denim, and Sunset

*Qualifying stamps set purchases exclude Stamp of the Month sets, K-size custom stamps, and Workshops on the Go stamp sets. Tax and shipping/handling may apply. Offer valid for customers and hostesses August 15–September 30, 2010. Offer valid for new Consultant enrollees September 1–30, 2010. Limit one discount-priced Triple Play kit per order per customer. Offer valid while supplies last.

New Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book Artwork - Day 4

They did it!  CTMH has come up with a new Christmas kit that is classy, cozy, fun and versatile.  I can't wait to begin creating for Christmas with it!  Features a great holiday color palette - Cocoa, Cranberry, Garden Green and New England Ivy.  This is Mistletoe - and, those cute little ornaments on the tree - Dimensional Elements Ornaments - they come with a solid back and a cut out front, perfect homemade gifts or decorations for your holiday home.

New Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book Artwork - Day 3

New kit that is beyond gorgeous in my humble opinion:  Magnifique.  Features new colors Lagoon, Pacifica and Sky, along with Chocolate.  It is a close race, but I think this one is my favorite of the new kits.

New Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book Artwork - Day 2

New kit - Hooligans - super cute for Halloween and fun child's themed artwork, but very versatile for many other uses including teen/tween, sports and birthday.  Features new colors Gypsy, Lagoon, Pear and Sunset with Black.  The new CTMH color palette has EIGHT brand new, gorgeous colors!

New Autumn/Winter 2010 Idea Book Artwork - Day 1

Level 3 artwork from new kit - Olivia.  Features brand new colors - Smoothie, Pear and Sunset and an old favorite color - Barn Red. 

Be sure to check back each day for more previews of what's to come in the Autumn/Winter 2010 CTMH Idea Book!!

2, 4, 6, 8 - AWESOME online sale begins tomorrow!!

Beginning tomorrow, Wednesday August 4th and continuing for ten days through August 11th, go to my website and shop for some amazing values on selected My Stickease Assortments, My Reflections Level 1 kits, and My Reflections Level 2 paper packets. 

• Select My Stickease Assortments - Only $2.00!!
• Select My Reflections Level 1 kits - Only $4.00!!
• Select My Reflections Level 2 paper packets - Only $6.00!!

You can't beat these values!  CTMH is shouting from the rooftops how much we love and appreciate our customers and we want to pass on our appreciation with these amazing deals.  The sale only lasts for 8 days and products are available while supplies last.  These incredible values are only available on my website: http://allisong.myctmh.com/ beginning tomorrow morning at 8:00am pacific time.

Sale items can be combined on the same online order as our normally priced CTMH products, and they do count toward a discounted and/or free Stamp of the Month purchase as well.  Shipping charges are calculated based on the weight of the total online order. 

If you are a member of one of my clubs (Club Cat, KOTM or Scrap Club) and you'd like to use an online sale order for your August monthly club order, that is definitely fine.  All I ask is that you send me a quick note letting me know that you want that order to count for your monthly club order and I will make a note of it on my club spreadsheet.

Regarding the MYCTMH shopping site's availability at the time of the sale, the following information comes directly from the CTMH corporate office:

"Will there be issues regarding the MyCTMH® shopping site’s availability?
Potentially. Close To My Heart has a state-of-the-art server system and e-commerce platform designed for enterprise-level business. That said, we do have a finite Internet “pipeline” to the corporate office, and when thousands of users simultaneously shop, it can slow connections or even cause dropped connections.

There are some things you can do to improve your shopping experience and ensure a smooth transaction. We have specifically chosen the items available for sale because they are desirable, current and retired items for which we also have strong stock. Not all quantities in stock are equal and there will likely be some that we run out of. But the variety is wide and there is something for everyone’s taste and style. Although this is a “while supplies last” campaign and it’s important for us to position the items as such, our inventory varied and well stocked and ready to support your shoppers."

Here's a list of the products that will be a part of the sale:



Happy Shopping!

August Scrap Club Layouts

 

 For my August Scrap Club layouts, I used the Passages kit.  I love the rich, timeless feel of these papers - they are just gorgeous!  Colors in this kit are Garden Green, Brown Bag, Cocoa, Barn Red and Colonial White.  I used the Happy Journey and State of Mind stamp sets.  Embellishments are from the Antiqued Copper Mini Medley collection and some Antiqued Copper brads.