What's new at Close To My Heart in November?

 

Get Festive with a Delightful DIY Mini Album! Create a unique 6" x 6" album for this year's holiday memories using the exclusive Jingle All the Way workshop kit! This kit features the Jingle Joy collection and can be yours at a 20% discounted price!  Learn More See Our Newest Products! We've just released our November–December catalog, which is absolutely bursting with wonderful new products and beautiful artwork! Take a Look!

November Stamp of the Month Celebrate warm memories with loved ones using the November Stamp of the Month, You Warm My Heart. Available this month only, this set can be yours for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more! See the Whole Set VIP Customers get the Stamp of the Month set FREE with their qualifying order!   Learn more about becoming a VIP Customer

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November SOTM Blog Hop - You Warm My Heart

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Glad you could join us today!  A blog hop is just one big loop of fun and creative ideas. So if you're joining me here, grab your beverage of choice, and sit back ready to be inspired by creative ideas for using this new Close To My Heart stamp of the month.  If you are coming here from Stefani's Blog , you are on the right path.  At the end of this post you will see a link to Wendy's blog for you to continue following the hop.  

The stamp of the month, You Warm My Heart, is a set of 20 stamps that will be especially great for both making cards and creating scrapbook pages.   As always, I'm sure as you go through this hop, you'll see lots of creative and fun ideas for using this stamp set.  

For my project this month, I used this stamp set to prepare a December page for my granddaughter's annual scrapbook -- since cocoa with marshmallows or whipped cream is a favorite, it seemed like a natural for her.

Note the  wood grain paper on the sides of this layout from the Wood Grain paper pack (one of my favorites) found in the annual catalog.  Other papers used were French Vanilla cardstock for the bases, Evergreen cardstock, and the Scarlet paper from the Comfort and Joy paper pack.  Inks used were Intense Black, Scarlet, and Evergreen.

Let's take a closer look at the whipped cream and marshmallows.  With a little help from the Tri-blend Spectrum Noir markers, they look pretty fluffy.  We can also see the spatter I put in the corners using a clear Shimmer Brush and Evergreen ink.

On this close-up, we can see the design I created on a zip strip using a stamp from this set. On Evergreen cardstock, we can see the tone on tone pattern I created using two other small detail stamps from this set.

You Warm My Heart is available only through the month of October.  After seeing all the great ideas in this blog hop, you're going to want to add this to your stamp collection.  Remember, those of you who sign up as one of my VIP customers and purchase $50 or more, get this stamp set FREE in addition to many other perks of being a VIP customer.

Otherwise you can purchase this set for $18.95, or get it for only $5 with a qualifying order of $50(US) through your Close To My Heart  Maker (consultant) or find it here.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Join me as we hop on to see the creative ideas using this stamp set on

Wendy's Blog

Be sure to visit the other  makers (consultants) who have joined in on this

 blog hop for lots of inspiration. If for some reason you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of participating makers on Melinda's blog to get back on track.

November Stamp of the Month - Seasonal Trees

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                                  November Stamp of the Month

Welcome!  A blog hop is just one big loop of fun and creative ideas. Glad you could join us today.  If you are coming from Krista's blog you're on the right path. If you are starting here, just look for the link to Joyce's blog at the end of my post.  Each blog you visit will feature a link to continue following the hop.   If you get disconnected somewhere along the way, you can find a complete list of blog hop participants here.

This month's stamp set is Seasonal Trees.  It features 22 stamps great for creating unique trees. It's available only through the month of November.  After seeing all the great ideas in this blog hop, you're going to want to add this to your stamp collection.   You can purchase this set for $18.95, or get it for only $5 with a qualifying order of $50 (US) through your Close To My Heart consultant or find it here .

I have some winter themed cards for you today.  I used texture paste along with this stamp set to create these cards.   I have a special fondness for cardinals on winter cards, so I used a red marker to form a peak on the top of the bird's head to make it look like a cardinal.

Snow mounds and clouds made using opaque texture paste (Z4245)
White gel pen was used for falling snowMessage stamp from My Type of Note (B1631)

Snow mounds and clouds made using opaque texture paste (Z4245)
White gel pen was used for falling snow
Message stamp from My Type of Note (B1631)

Dots were made using opaque texture paste (Z4245)

White with gold skinny ribbon (Z4194)

Wall background created using transparent texture paste (Z4246) rubbed with glacier ink

Thanks for stopping by today.  

Join me as we hop on to see the creative ideas on 

 Joyce's blog.

Be sure to visit the other consultants who have joined in on this

 blog hop for lots of inspiration.

  

If for some reason, you get lost along the way, you can find the entire list of participating consultants on Melinda's blog to get back on track.

November Stamp of the Month

Welcome to  the 

Close To My Heart

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop 

We are featuring November's SOTM, which is It's the Little Things, a set of 15 stamps, just perfect for creating cards or borders or accents on scrap pages.

If you have come here from  Jean McNulty's blog, you are on the right path.  The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and hop all the way around.  This is simple to do -- just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move on to the next one.  If you get lost along the way, you can check the master list on Melinda's blog to hop back in.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and many other great CTMH products in their projects.  So grab your beverage of choice and get your pinning finger ready to save lots of great ideas for using this great stamp set. 

This month I had fun creating some cards with this stamp set.

Here's a close up view of each card.  
I used paper from the Pathfinding Paper kit.

On this card I used a pocket card cut out from the new Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, p 14.

It was cut it at 5 inches.

Products used:

Paper - Pathfinding paper pack X7186b 

Inks - Chocolate, Autumn Terracotta, Cashmere, Champagne

Accessories - Bronze Shimmer Trim - Z1849, Brown and Tan Sparkles Z1753
Cricut Cartridge - 

Z3017 Cricut® Artfully Sent Collection

Please leave a comment to let me know you were here!

Now "hop" on over to Carol Taggio's blog to see her work! 

Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

Remember, the November SOTM is only available until November 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or contact me here) to see how you can get this stamp set for only $5!