Creatively Cricut!

I love my cricut! Just a couple of years ago, I remember several friends put on a board they found a great deal on a cricut expression and I went out and bought one - and there it sat, because I had no clue how to use it or what to do with it! It took one of my sons to actually just pick the thing up and start playing with it. He had no trouble creating with it. Leave it up to the techie generation to run with it (ha). Once Close to my Heart came out with their first Cricut cartridge I actually really started to play with the machine (by then it was sitting around for two years!). I finally realized how easy it was to really use it and what you could really create with it. Now I love it! If you have not used one yet - be careful, it can be addictive :).

Have fun!

Creating with Canvas

Make your own Canvas art! Love our new canvas frames! We have our 12 x 12 Workshop on the go kit or you can get our cute little 3x3 frames as they are featured in this video. My problem will be, I'll be running out of wall space to put all the cute things I can make with all this! Have fun ... :)

Join my team and Celebrate today!

It’s time to sign up as a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant! When you sign up as a Consultant in April, you’ll receive a little something extra for joining the Close To My Heart family — the April, May, June, and July Stamp of the Month stamp sets for free! These D-size stamp sets are a great for a new Consultant to create artwork, bring to Gatherings, and show off to everyone. Now that’s a reason to celebrate!

Please contact me for any questions you might have. 

This opportunity is not for you - but you might know someone, who would love to know about this! Please share it with them. Let me know you shared this opportunity with them and I will send you a gift!

Contact me today to sign up as a Consultant!

*No additional shipping/handling or tax will be applied for the free stamp sets. Only new Consultants who sign up during the month of April will qualify for the free stamp sets. Offer valid April 1–30, 2013.

I am ready - sign me up today!

A few Studio J layouts to share

Over the last few weeks I have been busy making a few layouts of my family. My sister from German sent me this treasure trove of old pictures after my mother passed away. Many of the pictures cannot go into a regular scrapbook, first of all she want the pictures back, second they are damaged (due to a fire that destroyed our home many years ago). The best thing I could do was to scan them. Studio J is a great forum for me to put my history together at least in a little way. Share a little bit of where I come from. My mother was a very strong woman. She was born into a farmer's family with 7 other siblings. Her mom died when she was only a young girl of cancer. She never really knew her mom. As was custom, her father remarried shortly thereafter to help take care of the family. But tragedy struck again and her father passed away as well. The stepmother did not want to keep all the kids - so the children were spread all over to relatives. My mother ended up with a great aunt. She loved her to her dying days, I loved hearing stories from her. She also was the one who told my mother that one day she would find the right church. In 1957 the missionaries from the LDS taught my mother and she knew that is what my mother was waiting for. Yes, my mother was a strong woman of faith and passed it on to me. I just always hope I will be able to pass that faith and strength on to my children.  Thank you mother.

Soon I will be able to work on more layouts of the rest of my family - I have lots of pictures of my father and my siblings. My father has his own set of history! You can see his grandfather up above in his "Kaiser uniform". We still had the spiked helmet when I was young. Unfortunately, we lost many of those memorabilia in our house fire.

Well, be watching for my next sharing of my pictures ... :)

It's my Anniversary!

Yes, it's been 19 years now that I signed with Close to my Heart. Back then, when I signed up as a consultant, all I was looking for was source I could make some money on the side while staying home with my kids. At the time I had a full time job, but I had to put both of my small children into daycare - not good. At night I barely had tome to get them ready for bed, read them a bedtime story, cuddle with them, pray with them and that was it - that was not good! So, on faith, I quite my job. We were ready to buy a new home, we really needed my income, my husband did not have a job that really made enough to pay for the home at the time, nor did he have the health care - I did. Yet, I knew I needed to quit my job to stay home with my children. Like, I said, after many prayers I knew it was the right thing to do - I quit my job. I found Close to my Heart right after and another job I could do from home. My husband also found a job, that paid better and had healthcare! Yes, prayer works.

When I first signed up as a consultant my husband was not sure, people would really buy stamps. Mind you, we still sold wood mounted stamps at the time. After he saw, how much I sold after the first month, I had him convinced - ha! Yes, I did well. However, I gained so much more than just money over the years. So many times I would walk into a home with guests or a hostess and I would be told - I cannot create - and they would leave saying - I can't believe I did this!

I was able to empower people! For me that was actually one the most important compensations of all.

Over the years, I had to put my business on hold many times, because of our family situations, with my husband in the military or traveling for the government. He was gone more than home. But I never went inactive with my business. I was always able to keep customers, always able to stay in touch. So, here is a great thank you to those of you who have stuck with me over the years. It is nice to not only call you "customer", but a friend.

Hopefully, I will see you again at my next Open House, so we can play again with some of our new toys!

As a little token - everybody who places an order this month will get a little gift from me and your name will go into a drawing for a free stamp set!

Cricut Craft Room tutorial

Here is a great little tutorial for the free Cricut Craft Room you can use that with our two exclusive cricut cartridge bundles or any of the cartridges you own. I have used and love it! Have fun creating!

Close to my Heart - Idea Book Premier Open House

Close to my Heart – Idea Book Premier Open House
Mar. 9 , 10 am - 2 pm, Hempsteade Dr, Union, KY 41091. Margit McCabe, 859-918-5879
Call to RSVP Now!

The new Spring/Summer Idea Book is here and you can join me in the introduction of the book! You won’t believe all the goodies you can get! Every adult guest will get a FREE idea book as my gift! See the new products! We’ll have drawings throughout the evening, including a mystery hostess drawing! Bargains of retired items to clear my shelves! Don't miss your chances to earn those tickets and here is how:

1 ticket for RSVP,
1 ticket if you bring a friend who was not on the invite list
1 ticket for each $25 order
2 tickets if you book a party
2 tickets if your friend books a party
5 tickets if you sign up as a consultant
5 tickets if your friend signs us a consultant

I will have an early bird drawing at 10:15 pm! So, don't delay.

If you live too far too attend, you will still have a chance to win a free book by responding to the invitation! Refer a friend to me for a door price, if you place an order you qualify for the mystery hostess! It just takes a click and the order will come straight to your house! Join the "Open House" on my opening screen to qualify for the drawing. Email me at scrappingbee42@gmail.com or visit me at www.scrappingbee.ctmh.com!

If you can't make it to the Premier Night, why not have your own gathering and have fun night out with your friends - contact me now to get your date! Hope to see you then.

   Yeah, the new Spring/Summer book is here, with lots of great new delicious papers, kits, home decor, bling, stamp sets, you want to get comfortable and browse through it - click here and see what you can find!

   Here is our newest kit - if you spend about $100 or more over 3 months on your "habbit" you may want to consider checking a consultant kit out. It is only $49 to get started, but you get much more than what you pay for. Click here to get started and I will be more than happy to answer any of your questions. You still have time to join me this summer at Disney World at our next convention. I would love to have you as part of my team there!

Be my Valentine!

Only a few more days left in our "Valentine's" Promotion. In order to qualify for the $10 Valentine's promotion, you need to order $35, just add another $5 and you will get the stamp of the month for only $5 extra. As an added bonus I will give you the new idea book and a thank you stamp set. All in all you will get over $60 in free product! Remember all tax and shipping is not included. Stop by at my website or blog. Thanks. 

Basic Stamping Technques

 

Another great video to help you get started in your stamping adventure! Its a great refresher or a great start - depending on where you are in your skills!

Hope you will have fun with this!