August CTMH newsletter

August 2021: Tutti Frutti Summer Spend $50 & get this stamp set for $5 Each month, purchase a new D-size stamp set (valued at $18.95) for JUST $5. Qualify for special pricing by placing a $50+ order in CTMH products. Special available until August 31st. WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!  (Item # S2108, set of 15 stamps) Recommended Blocks: 1" x 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½″ (Y1002), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 6½″ (Y1010). Shop Stamp of the Month Holiday Stories Save on kits designed in collaboration with renowned storyteller Stacy Julian & tell the stories you love! Telling stories is a fun part of any holiday celebration & you will love having your own stories to tell with the Story by Stacy™ Holiday Stories I Love Workshop Kit. This kit guides you through the process of exploring the memories behind your most treasured photos & then writing detailed stories to go with them. The Holiday Stories kit includes stickers designed especially for the holidays — including some shiny silver foil accents — while the traditional Stories I Love kit includes stickers designed for any other stories you have to tell. Both are available at discounted prices for a limited time during this sale, including bundled together in the Holiday Stories Bundle! After picking out your Stories I Love kit, be sure to join us for a virtual crafting event hosted by Stacy Julian herself on August 17! Learn more about the event on our Facebook page. See Featured Products Boo Crew Prepare for extra fun this Halloween with an exclusive product collection featuring a new paper packet & coordinating items. The Boo Crew special makes Halloween crafting more fun than ever with an exclusive collection of products, including a paper packet, sticker sheet, stamp set, sequins & more! Save 20% when you purchase these items as part of the Boo Crew Product Bundle or the Boo Crew Workshop Kit. Check out the Boo Crew Workshop Guide for instructions in using the materials in your workshop kit plus some additional supplies to create three 12″ × 12″ two-page layouts & a set of papercrafted treat holders! View Collection CTMH July-August 2021 Catalog Close To My Heart is the “Let Me Show You How™” company. From easy-to-follow patterns in our how-to books to coordinated embellishments for fast & gorgeous pages, we can show you how to discover your creativity & celebrate relationships — with handmade projects from the heart! View July-August 2021 Catalog CTMH Annual Catalog Close To My Heart is the “Let Me Show You How™” company. From easy-to-follow patterns in our how-to books to coordinated embellishments for fast & gorgeous pages, we can show you how to discover your creativity & celebrate relationships—with handmade projects from the heart! View Annual Catalog Bring Back My Pack: White Pines Rediscover this popular Christmas-themed paper collection with new stamp sets & workshop kits! The White Pines collection features the same classic paper designs that made it popular the first time it was available, with a refreshed color palette & several coordinating products, including a new sticker sheet, a coordinating cardstock packet & FOUR My Acrylix® stamp sets! You can save 20% on this great collection of products with the White Pines Product bundle, which contains each of these special items. You also get discounted prices with the two workshop kits, which include materials for creating scrapbook layouts or cards using items from this great collection, plus a few additional items. View Collection White Pines Scrapbooking Workshop Guide White Pines Cardmaking Workshop Guide POLL: Which type of workshops & events would you like to see moving forward? Click reply to provide valuable feedback for our crafting community. Visit My Website Visit My Facebook Page Margit McCabe Become A Consultant Shop Promotions NEWS & UPDATES Upcoming virtual events from Close To My Heart: They're free - all you have to do is join here! Hope to see you there. If you'd like to use the same product, you can get the bundles ahead of time through my CTMH website. Please join me in my Facebook VIP group by clicking here. Happy August! -- Margit

 

Let's Stay Home together Artwork

Stay Home and Stamp! Last week we released a new stamp set, Let's Stay Home, designed to equip you with sentiments and images that are especially suited to our present circumstances. Here is some new artwork we have created with this set to help you envision some ways to use the set in your own memory keeping.

Spending more time at home? The "Home is where the heart is" sentiment paired with the adorable house icons make a great accent for a scrapbook page focused on all of the activities you are doing in your home. The house images are attached on the stamp, but are easy to trim out to fit your page just the way you like.

The images in this set work beautifully in pocket pages and mini albums like this one, showing more images of our collective "new normal." The "Play" and "Read" icons are sure to come in handy when capturing the story of right now, and they are a great size for accenting 6" x 8" pocket pages in an Everyday Life album.

You may find yourself paying a bit more attention to the news recently than you normally do. If that's the case, the Let's Stay Home stamp set is there to help once again with timely sentiments like "In the News" and "Current events." For especially noteworthy events, consider using numbers from the Classic Alphabet Thin Cuts set to create a bold, eye-catching element on your page.

See More Artwork on YouTube

We've just released a new YouTube video showcasing this and other artwork and talking all about this new stamp. Watch the video now, and keep your eye on our other social media channels for more great artwork ideas and inspiration.