October Birthday Special!

 

My life has been a bit crazy the last little while, so I missed to post a birthday special last month! So, you get the chance today and tomorrow!

Place an order today or tomorrow and I will send you a special gift! You can even request this bag as part of your gift and I will make it and send it to you!

Just go to my website and join one of the ongoing parties right now (but you don't have to) and start shopping :)

 

So Happy Stamp Set - get it while you can!

Celebrate National Stamping Month and Jeanette Lynton’s #30yearsofhappy in the stamping and scrapbooking industry!

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our on-going celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping! Plus, make sure you check out Close To My Heart’s Facebook page and Instagram during September to follow all the ways we’re celebrating #30yearsofhappy for a full 30 days!
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*Offer valid September 1–30, 2014. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of the free item(s) ($13.95 USD / $15.25 CAD).

 This cute little set is so versatile! As soon as I make some more samples up, I will post them for you. You can use this set all year round - that is what we love! Use it as a background set, sentiment, decoration, on tags, cards, scrapbooking, just decoration - the uses are endless! What are you waiting for? Once you get the set, let me know how you used the set.

Happy Stamping!

Birthday card workshop

 These were the cards and gift bag we made at our last workshop. Don't you love those?! This time around I did not use any circut cartridges, but I used quite a bit of the new products and papers. Love some of those new papers - don't you?

 

This is one of my all time favorite gift bags to make - please let me know in your comments if you want me to make a video on how to make this little bag. It is super easy - once you know the fold - but you need to know the fold - so comment away! I may even do a drawing for a little gift if I get enough comments :)

Here are the products I used: B1462 Lovely Birthday

Z2197 Pear and Z2644 Pixie inks

scallop punch for top edge

Scaredy Cat B & T, white CS

 

This card was layered with:

Gypsy, Canary, Confetti wishes Paper, Lagoon, white CS,

Confetti wishes Paper

I also used the Lovely Birthday stamp set again, Thistle Ink pad, Itty bitty Sparkles, our new Sequins gold assortment, new thin 3-d foam tape, teal resin flowers and teal glitter trim

Ok, so I fibbed a little - I did use the Cricut for this card! The yellow flower was cut out with the Art Philosophy cartridge! For my cards I used a lot of layering, as you can tell - it gives the cards a lot of dimension and color. You may also be able to tell that I love to distress the edges of my cards with my scissors. Our cardstock has the white core and I like to bring that out.

As you use the cuddlebug and emboss our cardstock, go ahead and distress. It looks and it feels good to distress! Its good therapy :)

Here are the products I used B1417 Perfect Fit- Birthday, B1599 Pretty Petals, C1456 Heartfelt Treasures

Z2644 Pisie, Z2643 Canary, Z2114 Cocoa Inks

Desert Sand CS, Topiary CS, Pear CS

Z2023 Bling Gem Asst, 3-d Tape, red brads

Another note, if you ever have to look any of these items up in my website, just type the item in the search cube and it will pop up. You do not need to have the exact name of the item. Its a great feature.

I hope you can join us at our next workshop on September 22! 

 

Picture Perfection

Your picture-perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure awaits!

Choose from 1 of 8 Memory Protectors™ designs!

During the month of August, when you purchase any of the 13 available Picture My Life™ scrapbooking programs featured in the 2014–2015 Annual Inspirations idea book at their full retail price of $24.95 USD / $27.50 CAD, you are eligible to add your choice of 1 of 8 qualifying Memory Protectors™ 10-packs for just $3 (USD & CAD)! Each Picture My Life scrapbooking program already includes a coordinating 10-pack of Memory Protectors, so when you add your additional 10-pack for only $3 you will be well on your way to your own picture-perfect pocket scrapbooking adventure!
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*Offer valid August 1–31, 2014 while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of the free item(s) ($9.95 USD / $10.95 CAD).

 I love this system - not only can you use these cards for scrapbooking, but they are great for making cards or home decorating projects! If you want to check out the images of all the programs, I just found a fellow consultant who took the time to make a picture of all the kits, front and back. She was gracious enough to share them with us. Here is her link - check for the name of the kits on the right side of her blog.

When you are ready to order your own kit - just go to my website and make your choice! Remember, our awesome special this month with the savings of our protectors!

Base & Bling Style

With so many Base & Bling options, including metallic charms, adhesive images, patterned fabrics, and resin and acrylic flowers, gems, and jewels, you can be confident that your one-of-a-kind jewelry fits your unique personality! Learn how to create an elegant necklace in just minutes, and then show your customers how simple and fun it is to create custom-made wearable crafts! 

Project Inspirations: Cricut® Tags

 

Add some extra spice to your gifts with the Cricut^® Artiste cartridge and some adorable new My Acrylix^® stamps. Watch them come together to make the perfect sentiments for any goodie.

Just in time for the Christmas time tags! Yeah! I love these tags - I have used them in so many ways, not just for Christmas. and not just on Christmas tags. I have used them on cards, tags for gifts, there are so many ways to use these little things. Have fun!

Create with Cricut Collections!

Enhance the artist within you with our stunning Cricut^® Collections! Cut and assemble foundational shapes, 3-D items, and themed mini books to take your scrapbooking to a whole new level. Coordinating stamps sets and various embellishments are included, and with limitless options in shapes, themes, and sizes, our Cricut^® Collections will bring you hours of exciting creative sessions.

Each cartridge - yes, each cartridge contains at least 700 images. Only your own imagination is the limit as to what you can do with those cartridges. All occasions and seasons are covered for you. If you don't have one those cartridges yet, get going right here! The world of creativity will open up to you!

Artbooking made Easy: Getting Started

Welcome to Artbooking Made Easy! In this 8-month series, we will show you how to use the brand-new, revolutionary Close To My Heart Cricut^®Artbooking collection to create works of art! From mini scrapbooks to layouts, you’ll find themes to fit any occasion—just set one dial size and let Artbooking do the rest!

Join us each week for the Artbooking Made Easy series from September 2013 through April 2014. Watch the videos, learn tips on Jeanette Lynton’s blog, and get creating! Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel,bookmark Jeanette Lynton’s blog, and follow us on Facebook to stay in-the-know! 

Once you get going with this cartridge you will find all kinds of cool things to do with it - scrapbooking is not the only use for - use for cardmaking, decorating - share your ideas and I will gladly share some of your creations on my facebook page!

Irresistibles

Love what you can do with those dimensionals! You can find all the different available dimensionals here. Remember, you can always join an ongoing party, by just clicking "join" when you either start your purchase or end your purchase.

Ask me, how easy it is to earn your own free product!

Better Blending

Over 19 years ago I started with Close to my Heart, one of the things that I loved then was teaching how to use markers! I still love to use markers. There are so many cool things you can do with markers. Don't be afraid of them, even if you have never used them before - just go ahead, stamp some images and play with them. Set yourself free and play! I was always amazed at the wonderful things my friends and customers were able to create when they finally "let" themselves go and play with those markers. It is often just that inner voice telling them they can't do it.

So - go ahead, play - have fun with those wonderful markers! Make them your own.

Hook & Loop