Holiday Expression 2018

Holiday Expression 2018

Oh my gosh! Everyone who has seen this new book believes this is one of the best books ever! But you have to see it to believe it. That is easier done that you believe - all you need to do is click here :). You can page through the book now. 

Normally, I would have introduced a new Annual Ideabook and a Holiday Expressions book - but this time there is no Annual book - this is it. This book has all of our papers, inks, embellishments. In 3 months, we will have a new Seasonal Book and our inks, papers, tools will carry over - our kits may not. The great news for you is, when you place an order you will get a free copy! Yeah!

What is in this book? Here are just some of the new things:

• We added "Story by Stacy"
• 6 new paper collections
• 2 Cut Above kits
• Tons of new stamp sets
• More Thin cuts
• We have changed our color palette - you will love it!
• organizers
• embellishments
• ribbons, ribbons, oh and ribbons
• a new digital cricut collection

That is it - hope you will love it as much as I do. If you missed some of the items from the previous books, you can always stop by in the clearance section or in the Going Soon section. 

My new crafting space!

My new crafting space!

Recently we decided to update our upstairs of our home - that included my crafting space. I wanted to share what my studio looks like now. When I hold smaller workshops and card buffets - you get to share that space with me. Enjoy!

Much of the artwork serves to inspire me or are reminders of some of the events I may have attended. The green bug eyes you may see peeking out, remind of the last Cub Scout Day Camp I was leading as the Program Director - fun times! 

The Bee on the shelve - well, my handle is the "Scrappingbee", enough said - ha!

Throughout the room you can see some of our organizational tools, our Workspace Wonder, our other organizers on the shelves. I love to be organized. Our papers and inks all have their place, so I know where I need to go. 

If you should need a hand on getting organized, please let me know. Sometimes it does not need a major reno to get organized, but just a need to know what you want to do with a space.

Have fun crafting!

CC: Picture My Life™ - Live Your Day

These cards work wonderful with our new planner. This video shows examples for the planner and scrapbook pages, but I know you can also use these cards on cards. As soon as I make some samples, I will post them.

Have fun!

Margit

$810 for FREE - It's True!

This special might sound too good to be true...but it's not.  It's "too good", but it's also TRUE!

I usually don't announce the Close To My Heart specials until the day they begin. The one I am announcing today is an exception. This one is too good not to tell you about NOW so that you can start preparing.  You'll need $99 start with and you can get over $810 in products and money back with this deal (including a refund of your $99 initial cost).   Hold on to your hats!  Keep reading for details...

Thinking about joining Close To My Heart? March is the month to do it!  Wait until March 1, and then click here to take advantage of the deal below.

1.   During the month of March, new Consultants who enroll will receive a FREE shoulder tote ($26.95 value) in their New Consultant Kit. The kit is only $99 and includes about $370 in products and supplies. When you add the shoulder tote, you are getting over $396 in products and supplies for your $99!

2.  Additionally, new Consultants who remit $300 worth of commissionable sales in their first 40 days after their New Consultant Kit ships will receive the rolling tote ($149.95 value) for FREE! You minimum commission would be $66 on your sales or purchases as well!  When you add all of that together, that gives you over $612 in products, supplies and commissions for your $99 kit cost.

 

Description of rolling tote:  Durable rolling bag designed to hold organizers in various sizes. Top zips all the way down for easy loading. Front pocket sized to fit 12" × 12" paper, plus two additional side pockets to store more! Finished size 25½" × 16" ×17½". Some assembly required.  As you can see in the photo above, they perfectly fit the Close To My Heart small, medium and large organizers.

Here is how you put the tote together:

https://youtu.be/1bxEeP5jiuY

 3.  As if that weren't enough, if you remit $1200 worth of commissionable sales in your first 90 days, CTMH will also refund your $99 kit cost!  Add to that the minimum of $264 you will earn in commissions on that and you are getting over $810 in products, supplies and commissions for FREE!

I've created a chart to help you understand a bit better:

I know I already posted about it once - but I did not have the chart yet - this just makes a bit clearer for you. I also did not want you to miss this chance. These totes and organizers can be used for so much more than just scrapbooking and card making. Even if you are in the business of Direct Sales. Just think about what you can "tote" around! All that jewelry, makeup and so many other items could go into that stylish tote and organizers. Let me show you how easy it would be to get you organized and make quick and easy "Thank you" cards for you customers and hostesses!

New CTMH Rolling Tote

Just thought I would share my video I just made of the new rolling tote from Close to my Heart. I love the versatility of the tote. You can put so many different items in the case. When you don't need you can easily take it apart and fold it up and stow it away - love it!

Totes To Go - get organized for your next crop!

They are finally here! Just watch what you can do with those wonderful totes!

The port closures and strikes on the west coast have made us wait forever for these new totes! We love them, they are absolutely wonderful! Don't delay - they are flying off the shelf! They are designed around our other organizational plastic totes. 

Just see all the wonderful things you can get to get organized:

Organization

Large Organizer
Z1834 $24.95

Tabbed Dividers
Z1839 $4.95

Daubers Foam Insert
Z1897 $14.95

Pigment Inks Foam Insert
Z1898 $14.95

Resealable Bag 13" X 13 1/4"
Z329 $6.95

6" X 6" Paper Organizer
Z335 $5.25

12" X 12" Paper Organizer
Z334 $7.95

Exclusive Inks™ Organizer
Z4131 $69.95

Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad Tower
Z4132 $11.95

Exclusive Inks™ Re-Inker Tray
Z4135 $8.95

My Acrylix® Organizer
Z1038 $14.95

Craft Boxes
Z4137 $6.95

Small Organizer
Z4138 $14.95

Medium Organizer
Z4139 $19.95

Craft Boxes Foam Insert
Z4140 $8.95

My Acrylix® Blocks Foam Insert
Z4141 $8.95

Shoulder Tote
Z3031 $26.95

Rolling Tote
Z3032 $149.95

Save now!

Do you like to save money? Here is your chance to save on your favorite items before the new idea book launches August 1. Unfortunately, materials get more expensive and so prices must go up - but you can save money by getting some of your favorite items now. Its like a pre-launch sale!

These items will increase and you can get your biggest savings here:

• Inkpads
• Reinkers
• Bonding Memories Glue
• Spritz Cleaner
• Blending Pen
• Water Color Pencils
• My Acrylix Organizer 
• Sanding Kit
• Edge Distresser
• Ruler
• Large Organizer
• Stitch Guide
• Small Organizer
• Medium Organizer
• Sponge Daubers, both the single and value pack

Join the Mystery Hostess online party and you may end up with free product as well! Don't delay, savings will go away July 31.

New Product Collections

Have you seen the new cool product collections yet? With each collection you can get a savings of $5 to $10 plus you are on your way to qualify for the current Stamp of the Month plus this month you will qualify for the National Scrapbooking special or any other current monthly campaign! Savings all the way around! 

Oh, did I forget, you will also be close enough to qualify for a gathering. That means you could get $25 in free product.

Contact me today and let me help you get the most for less!

CTMH Tools of the Trade

The right tool can make all the difference in your artistic scrapbooking, especially in the details. See the tools we have to offer to enhance your creative experience, and then try them out for yourself!

I love those organizers, not just for the inks as shown above. I use them when I go to crops and I use them at home to keep my stamp sets, my embellishments, markers, pens, glue, and whatever else one needs to organize. Yes, I do have a stack of them. The fit nicely on a shelf, but they do fit nicely on top of each other. Of course, Close to my Heart did not only make boring plastic organizers - no! They put a nice little design on the side of the organizers! Love those things! Have fun!

New Fall/Winter 2012 idea book is now live

Here is the new book you have been waiting for you can find all the cool new products in our online version right here. 

Here are some of the cool new things you will find:

• A new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge with 3 stampsets, 3 dimensional sheets and 700 designs - and your imagination is the limit. You can make layouts, cards, mini albums, home deocations and so much more with this cartridge. You will love it!
• Of course new scrapbook themed kits and card kits
• Workshop on the Go kits
• Wearable art - yes you can make it and wear it, give it as a gift or share and it does not break your bank!
• New decor items - love those frames!
• More organizational tools
• Did you love those early DOTS stamps? Do you know what I am talking about? We are bringing a bit history back. Next year we are celebration 30 years for Jeanette being in business with DOTS and some of her favorite designs are in this idea book for a limited time only! Catch them while you can.
• And of course lots of new bling :)
• There are probably a few more things I missed, you will have to go through the new book page by page to find out all the other new things to find them yourself ... can't take all the fun away from you - ha!

Its time again for our online party - yeah! This Month you can get get our Stamp of the Month for only $5 with any $50 purchase!  The set is stinkin' cute! Check it out on the website!





This month is also a great month to check out Studio J, because when you purchase 10 layouts you will get the 10th layout free - there is no limit!

Hope you are taking advantage of all our great tutorials we are putting out. Close to my Heart is almost taking my work away by not having to show all the cool things you can do with our stamps - almost ... ha! I would love to show you more! So, get in touch with me - I would love to help you get started with your projects. Get those things out of the drawer! Things in the drawer are very expensive. Only when you pull them out and do something with them do they become a bargain!

If you are looking for a quick project - check out one of our Workshop of the Go kits. Everything is in one place. Love those kits!

Need to get quick pages done - consider our Express Layouts in Studio J. Check it out, play around - you don't pay until you press the purchase button. And yes - they count towards a party, hostess rewards. It cannot get better!




My special incentive this month is that for every $75 order you will receive a free marker set of your choice. Just email me with your choice  with "Free Marker set" in the subject line and I will send you the marker set. Remember - I always have a drawing for the free product from the orders placed in those online parties. The more orders - the more I can give away. Maybe you want to have your own party to get it all - :).

Take care for now and happy stamping.

Margit aka scrappingbee

Just received a couple more of my shipments from my last orders - love all of my items and the versatility of the new products. I just added a picture of our newest little how to book - Make it form the Heart - love that new booklet. It only has 16 pages - but boy - it packs a punch, lol. It has everything you need for your sample scrapbook pages and cards, step by step instructions, cuttings guides and tips on how to make those guides make even more different cards or pages. As I said - love it.

Again, I love it when I can purchase something and I can get way more out of it, then just one thing.

Have you checked out our new organizational carriers yet? I will be ordering those as well. They are great to carry all your stamp pads, embellishments and stamp sets all at once with you. They fit on my shelves at home. it makes it so easy for me - I don't have to struggle to repack for a crop. I can just pick the organizer and go. That is what I like, make things easy for me.

Well, I am thick in packing already - of course I am not packing any of my scrapbooking or stamping things yet - lol. They will go last! I will pack all my china and other things first ... ha! We should be moving back in our new - old house in KY in early December again and hope to be able to do workshops again in January. This time I will have the whole basement for my crop room. In October we will be going back for oldest son to get married and while back, we will be repainting the basement for my room. Always busy, busy, busy.

Until the next time.

Happy scrapping.

Margit (ako) Scrappingbee