DECEMBER GOODIES

Spend $20 or more in December and receive a FREE D-size stamp set! Thats right, FREE!!

Place an order of $20 or more on my website from December 1 - December 31st, 2010, and CTMH will reward you with a popular D-size stamp set for FREE! Talk abut geeetting more for you money - teh free stamp set is valued at $22.95 US/ 26.95 CAN. I'm sure you will be thrilled with the set they pick out for you! They are also giving you FREE Shipping & Handling on the FREE stampset. Thats a LOT of Plenty for your Twenty! So go to my website and make a qualifying purchase today!

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DECEMBER STAMP OF THE MONTH:

Amore

This D-size stamp of the month can be yours FREE or at a large discount with a qualifying order! Here is how it works:

You spend $25 - you get 25% off and pay $17.21

You spend $50 - you get 50% off and pay $11.48

You spend $75 - you get 75% off and pay $5.74

You spend $100 - you get it FREE!

So hurry over to my website & make a qualifying purchase to get yours Free!

THATS AMORE!

November Stamp of the Month

Visit my website to see how you can get your 2 sets of stamps FREE!

OCTOBER STAMP OF THE MONTH

Guess Whats NEW??

September Stamp Of The Month!!!

And our NEW Idea Book - its not just another pretty book, but its an IDEA BOOK! Filled with beautiful items, projects, and all things needed to perserve your precious memories, Faster, Simpler, and Easier, one photo at at a time!

So go to my website and check out the new Idea Book!

August SOTM

August's stamp of the Month - something splendid!

My clear cards...........

Making these to do a class on the 14th of August!

My Very First CTMH card!

Just a sample of the cards I am making to put in my customer's orders! I know its not perfect, but I'm a scrapbooker and just getting into the card side of things, so bare with me!

I am a 'scrapbooking supplies collector' so it was very hard to cut into all my pretty paper!! But I did it! :) YAY me.

Happy 4th of July!

Stamp of the Month - Forever Happy (D1423)--

Forever Happy

Every month Close To My Heart offers you an exclusive My Acrylix D-size stamp set FREE or at a large discount. The stamp set is available to qualifying customers for that month only. It's our way of saying thank you, and your way of getting fantastic deals on our amazing stamps! Here's how to get a fabulous deal on your very own Stamp of the Month!

You spend You save You pay only
$25 US 25% off $17.21 US
$50 US 50%off $11.48 US
$75 US 75% off $5.74 US
$100 US 100% off FREE!

Let me know if you want to take advantage of this great offer - adorable stamp set this month! Will be happy to help you - teach you how to scrapbook - faster, easier, and simpler!

National Scrapbook Day

Looking forward to going to my NSB event this year! Tomorrow! Am really excited, yet dreading it. We are supposed to have severe weather tomorrow, storms, tornados, heavy winds! But its prepaid so I feel like I NEED to go - besides I have projects I need to get done - have a tag swap due Monday on "the Beach" and 2 albums due by mother's day! Can you say YIKES? Being sick to weekends in a row hasn't helped in the 'scrapping' department either so its put me majorly behind! Anyways, nuff of that - here are some layouts I did earlier this year and still on my camera card! Time to get them off so I can upload new ones!

Big Bugs

Want to share with you my layouts of our adventure to our local Botanical Gardens "Big Bugs" exhibition. I took 2 of my granddaughters, Emma and Savannah, my mom and my youngest daughter with me. Savannah was terrified of the big bugs and wouldn't get near them, Emma on the other hand wanted to get on top of them! In the Butterfly house - the girls enjoyed the pretty butterflies and turtles were a big hit. But again, Savannah was terrified whenever a butterfly would get near her. Thanks for looking.

Ta-Ta till next time :)

My Scrapbook Area

Saturday I worked all day in rearranging my scrapbooking area. Since the top of my folding table was beginning to warp and was warping my magnetic mat that I work on I decided to utilize my sewing cabinet for my table top. Since I don't sew much at all anymore, I put my machines away (if needed I can put them on the dining room table if I get in the mood to sew) and moved the cabinet & table around. I put a thin MDF board to cover the 'hole' for the sewing machine. And it works out perfect for me. This is a sewing cabinet my daddy built for my move over 40 years ago.

My bookshelves that seperates my scrapbook area from my bedroom area.



I took a ClosetMaid shoe rack and made it my printer stand. Works perfect for me - I have room for my printer & then I have a shelf underneath to hold my printer paper & plain cardstock. And a shelf under that to hide all the electrical cords. I also have my computer & my Cricut on this table. Underneath I have all my 'extra speciality' paper, paper kits, and other items I don't use everyday.




I found this cute ClosetMaid cabinet at Target for only $5 - it doesn't match my other furniture, but for $5 I couldn't just leave it on the shelf at Target. So it came home with me. I put it together myself (go me) and have my Cricut cartridges and Xyron products in there!

This last cabinet holds all my other supplies, my inks, pads, Sizzix sidekick (which I need to sell)

and see all thoes 'plastic cases' on the top shelf? Those are layouts I've done (2005 - 2009) that have not found themselves in my albums yet. But since I am a Chronological scrapbooker I want to get all the layouts done, sorted by event/month and then put them in the albums.

So this is my 'haven' I have all for myself. And the best part - I have room for 2 people to join me and we could have our own mini crop! How cool is that?

Thanks for looking.

Ta-ta till next time.

Head over to INJOY Stampin with Robyn for a give away

She has some yummy stuff to give away! Head on over there!

Got my Close To My Heart kit

I got some awesome goodies in my kit - acrylic stamp sets/ inks, papers/ stickease/ embellishments, flowers.....the list goes on & on! Can't wait to really 'play in it'. Have been watching videos on line and from the CTMH website - very interesting & I'm sure it will be much fun to share my passion with others.

Here are some more random layouts I've done I want to share with you.

Ta-Ta till next time :)

Still waiting on my CTMH kit

Am really excited! Its supposed to be here tomorrow & the good part - I get to be at home when it comes! I will be working from home tomorrow to care for my twin granddaughters and grandson while my daughter has an appointment! Lucky me :)


Am looking forward to 'exploring' everything in the kit & learning how to use things & see what I can create! I've been scrapbooking since 2003 and have done tons of layouts, but am new to the CTMH world, so am looking forward to having lots of fun & sharing my fun with others :)

This is a layout I did in 2006 - awaiting the arrival of my 3rd granddaughter.

More to come :)

Close to My Heart

Many things are close to my heart, God, my family, my wonderful grandchildren. Another thing that is close to my heart is preserving the memories of my life. I am starting this blog as a brand new chapter in my life. I signed up to be a "Close To My Heart" consultant. On this blog I want to share my layouts with you. The CTMH products are not used exclusively in my layouts. If you have any questions, leave a comment & I'll get back to you on it.

Enjoy!