July Calendar of Events

 WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, AND SPECIALS THIS MONTH

Join me for some fun this month.  Beginners are always welcome

• Open Crop - Tuesday, July 11 (5:30 - 10:30)
• Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, July 20 (5:30 - 9:30)
• Open Crop - Friday, July 21 (5:30 - 11:30 - Optional shared supper (baked potato bar)
• Specials: Storybook Alphabet Stamp of the Month, Stampaganza - see separate post

See my Google calendar on my blog (you need to click on Snips, Snaps, and Scraps below this email) 

click on the date of the event to find out more about each event

Contact me to register for workshops or Open Crops

July Specials

July Special Offers

Stampaganza

Buy any two My Acrylix stamp sets at full retail price and get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value FREE! Choose from any stamp set in the current idea book, plus a collection of popular sets that we have brought back just for Stampaganza! 

(CLICK HERE to see more or to place your order)

Remember these?  They're back for just this sale!

Look what else is included in  this special!

Close To My Heart is bringing back some of our favorite retired stamp sets 

so that you have a second chance to get them.

These are the Monthly Word Puzzles from 2008.  I have some of these and 

have regretted I didn't get all of them.  

Now's my chance!!  And yours too!!

Buy 2 - Get 1 FREE.

  

Wish you had ALL the these stamp sets?

 

Now you can buy all 12 stamp sets in July for the discounted price of $143.60

 (retail value $215.40)  

 

Close To My Heart  made this deal a little sweeter yet.  Read on...

HOW ABOUT A FULL SET OF MONTHLY WORD PUZZLES FREE?

When you host a home or online party of $450 in total orders in July, you will receive the ALL twelve months of Word Puzzles FREE!!   

You will also receive $80 in FREE product credit and two half-price items!!

When do you want to have your party?  

(CLICK HERE TO LET ME NOW YOU WANT TO HAVE A PARTY!)

 When you join my Close To My Heart team in July and submit $300 in sales by August 31st,  you will receive the full set of Monthly Word Puzzles FREE!!  

(CLICK HERE TO LOOK AT THE BRAND NEW CONSULTANT KIT!)

July Stamp of the Month

This great alphabet set is the Stamp of the Month -- available during its month and is only $5 (regularly $17.95) with every $50 ordered (before shipping and tax).  When ordering on my website you'll be prompted to add this if your order qualifies for this special.

(CLICK HERE to get your stamp of the month)

Cardstock Carnival

CARDSTOCK CARNIVAL 

That's right!  25% off all Colored Cardstock from now until the end of June! 

CTMH white-core cardstock is a must-have for all your papercrafting projects. Choose from any of these great cardstock options:

• Combination packs that include 20 sheets, 2 each of 10 different colors
• Single-color packs that include 24 sheets of one of our exclusive colors
• Coordinating cardstock packs that include 12 sheets, 3 each of 4 colors chosen to coordinate with one of our themed paper packets

You can never have too much paper, so now is the perfect time to enjoy great savings on this papercrafting staple!

SHOP HERE NOW: https://kburrows.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Products.aspx…

June Calendar

 WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, AND SPECIALS THIS MONTH

Join me for some fun this month.  Beginners are always welcome

This is just a quick look at the calendar for this month so you can put the dates on your calendar.
I will update with more details next week.

• Open Crop - Friday, June 9 (5:30 - 11:00)
• Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, June 15 (5:30 - 9:30)
• Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, June 22 (5:30 - 9:30)
• Card Technique Workshop - Tuesday , June 27 (6:30 - 9:00) Napkin technique
• Specials: Hello Foxy Stamp of the Month, Scrapbook Albums - Buy one, get one 1/2 off

June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Hello Foxy

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of fun ideas as you visit each blog along the way. If you are coming from Krista's blog, you're on the right path. If you are starting here, just look for the link at the end of my post and successive posts to see where to go next.


This month's stamp set, Hello Foxy, features 11 stamps and is available only through the month of June.  You can purchase this cute set for $17.95, or get it for only $5 with a qualifying order of $50 (US) through your Close To My Heart consultant.  

Here are a few cards I created using this set.  
The wreath from this stamp set is my favorite.

I particularly like the way the sequins from the No Worries set 

work with the Rustic Home papers.

CTMH supplies used  

Cardstock: Cocoa, White Daisy

Paper Pack: Rustic Home

Ink: Momento Ink

ShinHan Touch Twin Markers

Embellishments: White Burlap Ribbon, No Worries sequins

Tools: Shimmer Brush- clear, Shimmer Brush Gold

Card Bases: White Value Pack cards and envelopes

Thanks for visiting today.  Now, join me as we hop on to see more ideas for this fun stamp set as we  visit Vickie's blog.  Be sure to visit all the consultants who have joined in on this blog hop for lots of inspiration for this stamp set.  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

May Calendar of Events

WHAT'S NEW IN May?

 WORKSHOPS, EVENTS, AND SPECIALS THIS MONTH

Join me for some fun this month.  Beginners are always welcome.

• Open Crop - Friday, May 12
• Card Technique Workshop - Monday, May 15
• 8 page Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, May 18
• 2 page Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, May 25
• Specials: National Scrapbooking Month Kits - Live Beautifully

See my calendar on my blog (click on Snips, Snaps, and Scraps below this email) 

click on the date of the event to find out more about each event

Contact me to register for workshops

What's New in May?

	MAY 2017 Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month with us! This National Scrapbooking Month, celebrate your beautiful life with our Live Beautifully collection of products, which includes a paper packet, a stamp set, and a Cut Above® layout kit with materials for quickly and easily creating five two-page scrapbooking layouts. See the whole collection » All new paper collections available now in our new Seasonal Expressions 2. Fall in love with a new set of paper collections, like the Little Dreamer collection, featuring delightful unicorns and rainbows! Check out the new idea book » May Stamp of the Month: Live, Laugh, Love Create incredible artwork with the Live, Laugh, Love stamp set, featuring detailed stamp images that you will love to use again and again to embellish your pages. It is only available during May, and you could get it for just $5 with a qualifying purchase! Find out how » Kathy Burrows  Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

May Stamp of the Month - Live, Laugh, Love

This month's stamp of the month is appropriately sized for scrapbook pages, but each word, as well as the flowers work well for card making.

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of fun ideas as you visit each blog along the way.  If you are coming from Priscilla's blog you are on the right path. If you are starting here, just look for the link at the end of my post and successive posts to see where to go next.

I used this stamp set to create the opening page for a wedding scrapbook for my nephew and his future wife.  They are planning a rustic wedding, so the Rustic Home papers paired with the colors for the bridesmaid's dresses worked out well.  Her colors are Lagoon, Smoothie, and Champagne.  She prefers that the Colonial White papers be used in her scrapbook.  At her wedding shower later this month, friends and relatives will be assembling other pages for her wedding scrapbook that I am busily planning and pre-cutting for the shower.

The flowers on the letters and the small stamped flowers are colored in with ShinHan markers and covered with clear Shimmer from our shimmer brush. Bitty sparkles were also used to embellish the words and flowers. 

CTMH supplies used  

Cardstock: Colonial White, Smoothie, Lagoon, Champagne, Glacier

Paper Pack: Rustic Home

Ink: Momento Ink

ShinHan Touch Twin Markers: Turquoise Blue, Light Orange, Barely Beige

Embellishments: Lace ribbon from the Rustic Home ribbons, Bitty Sparkles

Tools: Shimmer Brush- clear

The stamp of the month set, Live, Laugh, Love is only available until May 31st from your Close To My Heart consultant, or here on my website for $17.95, or only $5 with a qualifying order of $50.

Thanks for visiting today.  Now, join me as we hop on to see more ideas for this fun stamp set as we go to visit   Marie's blog and other consultants who have joined in on this blog hop.  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.

Card Workshop - Technique workshop

Card Workshop

Thursday, April 27

6:30

Technique - Acetate Smoosh

We will use watercolors, watercolor markers, ink, gelato, and reinkers just to play and have fun.

Bring your MISTI if you have one. 

Other tools that would be helpful are:

redline or other heavy duty adhesive 

all-purpose workmat

Card Making Workshop Your Way Blog Hop

Workshops Your Way 

Card Making Workshop Kits

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of fun ideas as you visit each blog along the way.  If you are coming from Michele's blog, you are on the right path.  If you are starting here, just look for the link at the end of my post and successive posts to see where to go next.

For my project, I used the Here For You Card Workshop Your Way.  

I really like the sentiments of the exclusive stamp set included with this kit.

If you were to follow the kit directions, this is what you could make. 

However, with a little creativity, look what else you can do.  

I made an accordion envelope card. 

It's for a friend who is going through tough times.  

Each section of the card is actually an envelope.  

The envelopes are overlapped to form an accordion. 

Inside each envelope is an insert with a either a prayer, a verse, a coupon good for a batch of her favorite cookies, a coupon for time to just listen or to spend together quietly .

The belly band for the card is made using ribbon from the Rustic Home Ribbon 

collection and Hook and Loop (velcro) dots.  

There is also a hook and loop dot under the  flower cluster 

on the front of the card.

To get your Card Making Workshop Your Way Kit, contact your Close To My Heart Consultant or get your kit here .  The kit is $24.95 and includes the following items:
1 – exclusive workshop stamp set (B-size)
2 – sheets Some Kinda Wonderful B&T Duos™
2 – cardstock sheets (1 Blossom, 1 White Daisy)
1 – white shimmer trim (Z3024)
1 – black & white dots (Z3314)
12 – white card bases and envelopes

In addition to the supplies included with the kit, I used the following Close To My Heart Supplies: (click on each link to see the item on my website)

Cardstock:  Black
Ribbon:      Slate with white polka dot ribbon from the Rustic Home Ribbon Collection
Inks:           Blossom and Willow 
Paper:        Grid paper from the Memo Fundamentals Pack
Tools:          Blending pen, Hook and Loop Dots

Thanks for visiting today.  Now, join me as we hop on to see more ideas and Workshops Your Way Kits as we go to visit Kirsten's blog and other consultants who have joined in on this blog hop.

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.