News before Thanksgiving

If for no other reason please let me say I am thankful for the pleasure of knowing you and pray your Thanksgiving celebration be filled with joy and peace.

 

There are 2 surprises at the end of this post, so I hope you will read on, ok?  I'll try to recap briefly some of the great specials that are going on...

 

 

The special Stamp of the Month for November, "Illuminate," is truly a beautiful stamp set with the different lamps and sayings, allowing for a lot of creative uses of the images and the wonderful sentiments. Don’t miss it as once this month is over it will not be offered!  It is available with a qualifying $50 purchase for just $5 (full retail price is $17.95).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also don’t miss the special Holiday Gift Guide products and that you can get one free selected item with every $100 qualifying purchase. Here is one of my favorites—the “Hip Pics Album”

 

 

For just $12.95 you have a kraft covered album that holds 16 4x4 pictures and it includes an exclusive stamp set that can be used with the matching die cuts (included) .  This kit is a while supplies last—the album alone will be available in the upcoming Spring Summer 2014 Idea Book. You can reuse the stamp set and the extra die cuts in another album, such a great gift and deal! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking of gifts, I hope you have noticed that we are offering a few new "DIY Craft Kits" for the crafters on your list. Let me showcase the "Base and Bling" wearable art that we have.  Yes, we have fabric that matches our papers, plus more bling (metal and more) to decorate with! Here's the YouTube link to a less than 2 minute video showing you more about this product line. 

 

The second image is of our necklace kit - I've made it and it's fun, easy and fast to make and looks very nice! The other items we have are of décor items, one of which comes as a kit - the Designed Décor Frame Kit.  It might just be the right gift for that special someone!

 

    That was pretty quick, right? Now for the surprises ....

 

• Surprise #1—Add your order to the November EZ Invite order on my website and for every $25  you order you will have your name input for a chance to be the mystery hostess of the month!  Go to the front page of my shopping website, scroll to the bottom right hand area, and click to join the November  Mystery Hostess Orders gathering. If you would rather let me place your order, just email me your product list and I will get you entered myself. The minimum winning amount will be a $10 gift certificate for any product in the catalog but it may be more depending on the total orders placed!

 

• Surprise #2—I have a PDF file of the special Holidays Card Workshop Guide for your use where you can recreate these two cards! It is designed specifically for use with some of the products currently in the Holiday Gift Guide, such as the Sparkle and Shine paper kit.  However, the card ideas and cutting guides can be used with any paper you have. It is an example of the way Close To My Heart prepares our Workshops on the Go, with cutting Guides and step-by-step instructions to create beautiful projects. Please contact me so I can email it to you and you can start using it!

 

 If  you have any questions about it or any part of this email, I hope you will give me a call or send me an email. Have a blessed Thanksgiving!

Making memories with you,

Holiday Gift Guide now available with art to inspire!

You've got to see the beautiful designs that CTMH has gathered for this year's Christmas season in this little publication! Lots of inspiration and some very good deals! 

 

Some fellow consultants have already been busy at work so I've copied some of their work where you can see some fabulous art and projects made with items from this catalog. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Let me know how you liked them!  For more art inspiration, here's a link to the most recent video in the current series using the newest CTMH Cricut Cartridge - "Artbooking."  If you want to get it then take advantage of this month's specials to get additional free products - call me!

 

 

 

New Stamp of the Month & Cricut Artbooking

Aren't these some lovely vintage images of Christmas and "Old World" artwork?  This month's stamp of the month, Scandinavian Wishes, will work for Christmas, of course, but I can also see some of the old china patterns from Europe or Early American styles that would work for other projects, too, like home gifts and "thinking of you" items.  This set is a "D-size" stamp set and if you zoom in you can see that the tag, ornament,and heart can all be cut with our CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge  at a 2" size and then stamped with these images to fit perfectly!  Remember this stamp set is only available through October. You can buy it at full retail of $17.95 or get it for $5 with a $50 purchase.      

     I haven't posted about our fantastic new Cricut cartridge, Artbooking, but it is one fantastic cartridge! You have 15 premade layouts that you do not have to measure each piece - it's already done! All you need to decide is the color scheme and papers, cut and assemble!  Then you also have 10 mini albums!! We have now 4 short videos that highlight what you can make so quickly with your Cricut using this cartridge so here is the very first one. I'll be posting an album I made at my next blog post ... enjoy!

 

So easy an 8 yr. old can do it!

Lots of you have used Cricut machines but it's only been a recent addition at my house. A few days ago I was crafting so I took it out to the dining room area and left it there for a few days.  One morning I hear the familiar Cricut "chirp" sound before I'm out of bed so I get up to see what's going on.  There's my 8 yr. old and her 12 yr. old sister loading the mat!  They turn around and say, "we're making our Christmas cards!"

The CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge contains over 700 images and comes with a little spiral bound handbook with all the images.  Well, I took that little handbook and scanned it all in and re-printed all the pages in 8.5x11 in. pages, placed them in page protectors and in a binder, and boy, I am glad I did!  It's funny to watch them page through the handy (and much more durable) binder and decide and find the images they want.  

 I teach them how to use the book's image to determine the size of the cut but they did all the thinking themselves.  They came up with cards with stars and their decorative overlays, cut out tags with little stars already cut out, and learned to use the punch out to enhance their design!  My 8 yr. old decided on using the scalloped oval that has Christmas trees cut out cut on white, with the solid oval underneath cut in green so it would look like ... get this ... a "thought" cloud where someone was dreaming of Christmas trees!!  Well, it made me laugh!

I can't tell you just how versatile this cartridge is so if you are a Cricut user (or hope to be one) you should consider getting this one - you will use it constantly!  For each of my customers, I got permission from CTMH to give you the file I created with all the images for you to make your own binder like I did.  I can even help your loved ones get that special gift as a "surprise" for you - just give them my email or address and I'll work with them!  Here's a couple of projects I made with the AP cartridge, the Dimensional Elements and the stamp sets that all come in the AP bundle for $99!  The first is a 5x7 Christmas card using purple and green shades and the other is a small, purse size album using  tags and extra pagesthat match the chipboard tags - hope they inspire you!  Email me and I can tell you how I made them!

 

Updated the blog - check out the November Specials tab above!

Slow computers make keeping up with the blog a <<loooooong>> process but I think I've got it done!  And just in time to offer my ...  drumroll, please ...

2nd Annual Black Friday Special Sale

with lots and lots of what I love best - overlapping sales opportunities!  Just take a look ...

• November Stamp of the Month for as low as $5!
• Exclusive Christmas stamp "Holiday Wishes" for only $5 with $25 in other stamp purchases!
• Mystery Hostess with a chance to win at least $25 in FREE products!
• FREE Shopping Rewards - the more you shop the more FREE products you get!
• Additional savings when you purchase the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!
• Retiring products at up to 80% off in "While Supplies Last" sale!
• Includes purchases of Studio J memberships in the Black Friday sale for more value!

Believe me, I know how to stretch my family's budget dollar and I can help you do it as well!  Just click on the "November Specials" - "Stamp of the Month" - "Studio J" tabs right below my title/header to see all the details!

Christmas Stamp of the Month available in October only

Hi again! I can't let any more time go by without reminding you to get your Stamp of the Month for October - it's Christmas style!! Isn't it cute! (Click on the images for larger view)

Remember it is only available through October 31, 2010 and you can get it for the full retail price by itself or with other purchases the price is discounted or even FREE!  Here's some artwork made with it:

Get a head start on Christmas ideas ... this set will definitely get you in the mood! Contact me or shop online by clicking the link on the left hand side for shopping 24/7 on my website.  Thanks and I'll "blog" again soon!

Making memories with you,

~ Debbie ~