March SOTM Blog Hop -Tea-rrific

This month we are featuring a set of twelve stamps just perfect for friendship cards, Mother's Day cards, or many other creative ideas that you will see along the way in this blog hop.  

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of fun ideas as you visit each blog.  If you are coming from Donna'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.  

Here is a set of cards I created using this stamp set.  They are all variations on the same theme, but it was fun to see how they would come together using various papers from the Whimsy Fundamentals paper pack and coordinating cardstock.  I used Shin Han Markers to color all of the flowers.  For most of the cards I used sentiments from one of the stamp sets that comes with the Flower Market Cricut Collection called Sending Smiles, D1708.  I love all the wonderful sentiments in this stamp set.

To get the gems to match the yellow card, I used my ShinHan Marigold marker to color the silver gem from the Sugar Rush Dots.

The sentiment on this pink card is from the Dreaming Big - Card making set, C1674.

The sentiment on this card is from the featured Tea-rrific Stamp Set.  It doesn't show in this photo, but I also covered the cups with Liquid Glass so they would look like china teacups.

I think this is my favorite one of the set.

CTMH supplies used  Click on each link to see these items on my website.

Cards: White cards/envelopes

Cardstock: Canary, Lagoon, Blossom, Thistle

Paper Pack: Whimsy Fundamentals

Ink: Momento Ink

ShinHan Touch Twin Markers: Turquoise Blue, Pastel Green, Tender Pink, Peony Purple, Marigold

Embellishments: Sugar Rush Dots , White Twine , Liquid Glass

Stamp Sets: Sending Smiles, D1708 part of the Flower Market Cricut Collection; Dreaming Big - Card Making Set,C1674

The stamp of the month set, Tea-rrific, is only available until March 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 using this stamp set as we go to visit Krista's blog.  

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.

Fundamentals Creative Collections Blog Hop

In this hop we are featuring artwork using any of the Fundamental Creative Collections from the Annual Inspirations or Seasonal Expressions 1 idea books.   So lots of fun and many creative ideas await you as you work your way through this blog hop.

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of creative ideas.  If you have come from Tamytha's blog, you are on the right track. 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.

My scrapbook layout uses materials from several different Fundamentals Creative Collections.  The school theme paper from the Memo Fundamentals Collection will work out perfectly for listing 10 things we love about our grandson.

Here's a closer look at each page.

CTMH supplies used (click on each link to see the product)
Cardstock: Kraft, Black
Fundamentals Kits: Black patterned paper is from Uptown Fundamentals (AI), the lined paper is from the Memo Fundamentals (AI)
Complements: My Boy Complements (SE1)

If you are interested in getting any of these CTMH products, contact your CTMH consultant or visit my website.

I'm looking forward to being inspired by what  other consultants have created.  Won't you join me?  Our next stop in this hop is to see Gina's blog.  
If for some reason you get lost along the way you can see a list of all the consultants participating in this hop here .

Scrapbook Workshop - 6 page

Hello Lovely

6 page Scrapbook Workshop

Layout A - B

Layout C - D

Layout E - F

Find the paper pack and complements for these layouts here 

Cutting guide is available for purchase.  Just contact me through my website.

Valentine's Day Flash Sale

In celebration of the sweetest holiday of the year, we’re holding a one-day flash sale on

my website—it's called Sweet Sale! 

This sale gives you a chance to get a 30% discount on selected products from Annual Inspirations and Seasonal Expressions 1.

The sale starts today February 14 at  4:00 pm CST and will end at that 

same time tomorrow,February 15 . 

Sale prices are only available on orders placed through my website 

during these times. 

All discounted items ordered as part of this sale are commissionable and count towards Stamp of the Month and Hostess Rewards qualifying order totals.

As usual with discounted items, shipping and handling will be based on the 

full retail value of sale items.

To see which items will be discounted during this sale, visit the shopping cart 

on my website at any time during the sale times—the Sweet Sale items 

will be listed on that page.

All the items included in the sale are only available while supplies last, and there

 is no grace period for placing orders, so be sure to get your 

orders in before the sale ends!

February - 2 page scrapbook workshop

The layout we will use for this month's workshop is based on a design 

from Jeanette Lynton's Cherish, Scrapbook Layouts.

Workshop - Tuesday, February 7, 6:30 pm

(sorry this post is late!  I forgot to hit publish)

For this workshop, bring 8 to 10 related photos.  You get to choose the paper, embellishments, and whatever else you need to complete your own layout from my stash.  So it can be any themed layout you need: masculine, school, baby, party ....  

If you're a beginner, I'll help you read the cutting guide and teach you how to trim photos.  Bring a 12" paper trimmer, scissors, and scrapbook adhesive.  All this fun for only $8.

What's new in February?

My Workshops and Events this month

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

• 2 page Scrapbooking Workshop - Tuesday, February 7
• Open Crop Night - Friday, February 10
• 6 page Scrapbooking Workshop - Thursday, February 16
• Card Making Workshop - Thursday, February 23

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

click on the event to find out more

Contact me to register for events 

New items on the clearance page of my website - Lots of additional items have been added to the clearance section -  see them here

Close To My Heart Consultant Sign-up Special - a great offer for former consultants is included
see a previous post outlining this special offer here

Stamp of the Month - see more details here
only available this month
$17.95  or $5 with a $50 purchase 

February Consultant Special

BRAND NEW CONSULTANTS

Join Close To My Heart in February as a brand new Consultant and get:

1. Your consultant kit for $75 ($200 value) 

2.  $50 in Select Product Credit to purchase stamps, paper, ink, or workshops of your choice to get started

3.  February, March, and April Stamps of the Month - FREE (save $53.85)
4.  22% commission on additional product purchases and sales
5.  Flexibility to earn extra income while working your own hours

What's in the New Consultant Kit?

• Medium Organizer Organizer (Z4139)
• 2" × 6½" My Acrylix® Block (Y1010)
• 1" × 3½" My Acrylix® Block (Y1002)
• 2" × 2" My Acrylix® Block (Y1003)
• Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors (Z1836)
• My Acrylix® Stamp Scrubber (Z1782)
• My Acrylix® Spritz Cleaner (1778)
• Bonding Memories™ Glue (1512)
• 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Round Sponge (Z697)
• Customer Order Forms (1 pack of 25, W101)
• Annual Inspirations Idea Book (qty. 5, WC1171)
• Seasonal Expressions 1 Idea Book (qty. 5, WCS1172)
• Cardstock Sampler (W1167)
• Fundamentals Sampler (W1170)
• Seasonal Expressions 1 B&T Duos™ Sampler (W1168)
• Treat Yourself—Petite Perks Incentive Stamp Set (qty. 3, W2036)
• Gathering Invitations (1 pack of 25, W1129)
• Desk Pad (W1140)

FORMER CONSULTANTS

If you rejoin Close To My Heart in February as a former consultant  - look what happens for you!
1. Pay only $50 to rejoin.
2. Instead of a new Consultant Kit, use your $50 in Select Product Credit to get yourself active and going again.  (If you'd rather invest in the new consultant kit for $75, you can do that as well.
3.  February, March, and April Stamps of the Month - FREE (save $53.85)
4.  A return to your 22% commission and the CTMH family for a fresh start
5.  The flexibility to work your own hours

Special note: If you just went inactive on January 1, due to not meeting minimums, the 3 month waiting period has been waived this month during the special -  so come on back now.  I would love to have you as a part of my team.

Just contact me or visit my website to check it all out.  If you like what you see, join me now.

January Workshop Samples

January 2017 Workshops

• 2 page scrapbooking workshop - Tuesday, January 10, 6:30 pm
• Open Crop - Friday, January 13, 5:30 - 11:00 pm
• 6 page scrapbooking workshop (Uptown Fundamentals) - Thursday, January 19, 5:30pm
• All Occasions Card Making Workshop - Thursday, January 26, 6:30pm

2 page workshop

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

6:30

$8

Please register by January 9th

 This is a sample of the layout we will be doing.  You choose the paper that would complement the photos of the theme you want.  This layout was inspired by one I found on the Creative Scrapbooking  Magazine blog.  I'm looking to put black and white winter photos on it.

Here's a close-up of one section.

Here's another version so you can see what you might do with this layout.  It's still needs embellishments which I will add when I know what I want to do with this page.

6 page scrapbooking workshop

 (Uptown Fundamentals)

January 19, 2017 - 5:30 pm

Materials need to be pre-ordered January 10

Basic Kit - $14.95 + tax and shipping

Overlays - $9.95 + tax and shipping

Supplemental Cardstock - $8.50

The layouts posted here use Picture My Life overlays on many of the picture mats.   Using those is optional.  You also have the option of swapping the Cranberry cardstock out for another color that will suit your needs.

All Occasions Card Making Workshop 

Thursday, January 26, 2017

6:30pm

$12

Samples are not ready yet, but I plan to use a shadow stamping technique.

Please register for the workshop by January 20th.

Seasonal Expressions 1 New Product Blog Hop

Oh, don't you just love a new idea book and all the possibilities for new projects?  Join us on today's blog hop to see what's new in the Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book from Close To My Heart.

If you have never participated in a blog hop before, it is just one big loop of creative ideas.  If you are coming from Krista's blog, you are on the right track.  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 beautiful  new  Cut Above™ Layout Kit—Forever & Always kit.  It is designed to be used as a beginner's kit with a layout and several pocket pages.  I love the papers and die cuts from this kit and wanted to create my own pages using the materials from it.  

Here is what the original kit looks like - beautiful and easy to complete with the directions included.

See the kit supplies here .

The two double page layouts I designed use the papers, die cuts (which I just had to punch out), and Picture My Life cards and some of the complements from this kit.  I will save the large pocket pages included with it for another project.  I substituted pocket plus insert pages to augment each layout.

Layout 1

 pocket plus insert for Layout 1

Layout 2

 Pocket plus insert for layout 2

CTMH supplies used
Kit: Cut Above™ Layout Kit—Forever & Always 
Additional card stock: Black, Pixie, Slate
Cricut Cartridge: Artbooking p.55 cut at real dial size 4 1/4" for doilies on layout 2
Embellishments: Gold Foil tape
Page Protectors: Memory protectors - Pocket plus protectors - design 1

Your next stop on this hop is to see Judy Faye's choice of new product and her creativity.  If for some reason you get disconnected along the way, you can find all the participating consultants here.  

Be sure to visit everyone to see all the beautiful new products in the Seasonal Expressions 1 Idea book.  You can get your own copy of the new seasonal expressions by placing an order through your consultant or by contacting me.

What's new in January?

My workshops this month

• 2 page scrapbooking workshop - Tuesday, January 10, 6:30 pm
• Open Crop - Friday, January 13, 5:30 - 11:00 pm
• 6 page scrapbooking workshop (Uptown Fundamentals) - Thursday, January 19, 5:30pm
• All Occasions Card Making Workshop - Thursday, January 26, 6:30pm

                    watch for samples from the workshops to be posted soon

Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with the beautiful Welcome Home wreath kit!

Find out how to get yours for free! »

New Seasonal Expressions 

Idea Book

Check out the brand new crafting products from our new Seasonal Expressions 1 idea book. »

January Stamp of the Month: Adore You Express heartfelt love and adoration with the January Stamp of the Month. This exclusive set is available for one month only so be sure to get yours right away.  I didn't participate in the blog hop this month, but you can see other consultant's ideas for using this lovely stamp in the January stamp of the month blog hop here