Happy Labor Day

BREAKING NEWS!!! 

We're excited to be working with My Craft Channel, an online craft TV network, to create a new video series called "Clearly the Best." Mark your calendars; it airs September 4! Check out the promo at http://bit.ly/NUA2Lm!

It's a sale!

Lots of items on sale on CTMH under - While supplies last. Be sure to grab some Mistletoe Level 2 assortment. Item # 1330Was $4.50 now only $2. They work well with our current Christmas paper. Item #1330
Lots of other great items available at great prices. Shop now by going to my website - www.maryk.ctmh.com
Then click on shop and go to While supplies last.

New Friends

WELCOME! I hope that some of my new friends are coming to my blog for the first time. I just got back from the Chicago Expo which was held in St. Charles, Illinois. What a great show with lots of scrapbookers and paper crafters looking for new ideas and great products. I worked the Close to My Heart booth with three other CTMH consultants. I taught one of the make and takes. We made the cute Sweet Treat cards. It was great to meet lots of new friends who love paper crafting.

The new idea book for Close to My Heart has so many wonderful products in it. There are just so many that it will take me several posts to tell you about them all.

First, I have to tell you that I am the owner of several paper cutters. To be honest, I own way too many. I have a great craft room but I enjoy bringing my projects out by the TV so my hubby and I can watch a movie or show together while I craft. The problem is that the paper cutters have a small platform which sometimes makes it difficult to measure the size paper I need on my small lap desk. Well, the new idea book has a new cutter. I tried it and I love it. The platform is nice and wide and I can measure my paper easily on this new cutter. It is actually the widest base on the market. There is also a wire that show exactly where the paper will be cut. This is very helpful. It is made by Fiskars so you know it is of high quality.

This item is Z1783 and sells for $34.95. Do I have deal for you? Buy it from my webstore - www.maryk.ctmh.com and you are pennies away from the $35 minimum for our double stamp special. Add any small item (or lots more if you like) and you will get the double stamp set for just $5. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90, which drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!

Don't feel like spending that much money on a cutter? Why not host a gathering and get items for free. Just give me a call and we can set up a gathering for you today.

While supplies last!

While Supplies Last - A plethora of discounted and retired products are available to you at phenomenal prices. Check back often to take advantage of these products that are offered while supplies last!

 check it out at maryk.ctmh.com and click on while supplies last.

It’s Your Day

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are bringing back our popular double stamp set promotion! You can get the exclusive, new My Acrylix^® It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90, which drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!

I am hosting a card workshop on Thursday at 6:30 at my home. I used the Avonlea card workshop on the go. The three cards above are the ones you will make. After I was done cutting all the supplies for the cards (kit makes 15 cards), I had product left. I used the August Stamp of the Month to make these cute cards. Order the card kit and a few supplies to get to $50 and you can get the August Stamp of the Month for just $5. AND... add the It's your day double stamp set for just $5 more. What a deal!!!!

 

 

 

Convention Updates

At every convention, Close to My Heart invites someone to speak to us as our Keynote Speaker. This year we were thrilled and humbled to hear Stacy Julian speak.

Stacy is the founder of Big Picture Scrapbooking, as well as the editor of the now defunct Simple Scrapbooks Magazine, and so much more. She is a Big Deal in the scrapbooking world! She also used to be a consultant for CTMH, back when our company was called DOTS (Dozens of Terrific Stamps). That's what thrilled us so much; not only is Stacy a leader in our industry, she is also intimately familiar with OUR company, CTMH.

Stacy's message is a simple one: Be present in your life. Scrapbook your LIFE, your PEOPLE, not events. Not to use every cute little sticker that you found. Your scrapbooks should tell a story to whoever reads them. You don't have to document every EVENT with all those photos you've taken. It's okay to NOT put them in your album. But document your FEELINGS, your HOPES and DREAMS, and be PRESENT in your life as it is right now. (Yes, we were all crying!)

Stacy created a video for our convention, you can watch it below. Have your tissues handy.

From Stacy’s Blog:

“My message is that time moves so very fast and most of the time we do too. But, we can choose (with practice) to slow down and to savor simple everyday moments. We can pull out our cameras and take pictures and we can live with these pictures and let them work magical things inside of us. Doing so will make us more grateful, more content, more aware and more happy. There is so much that is overwhelming and challenging in life. Efforts to capture and  share your memories should be neither." 

There is just so much to share from convention. Please call me or email me so we can plan a time to share all the new stuff.

Slow down and take some pictures today!

Mary

Just posting a little info from Close to My Heart.

There is a NEW CRICUT COLLECTION AVAILABLE TO SHIP ON AUGUST 1. It is called "ARTISTE"!!! This one tops the last one if you can believe it.

The NEW Cricut® Artiste Collection
 Every single element on the cartridge was personally selected and shaped by Jeanette Lynton the founder of CTMH, so it’s a cartridge that really thinks like you do.
Artiste includes 700 ALL NEW images on the cartridge PLUS 3 coordinating Exclusive (available only IN the bundle) stamp sets and coordinating chipboard
 All for just $99.00
PRE-ORDER THE CRICUT ARTISTE BY JULY 31 and RECEIVE the FALL/ WINTER IDEA BOOK and AUGUST STAMP OF THE MONTH for FREE!!
The new idea book goes live on August 1 and I will be hosting an open house. More details to come on that.

Lovin' Studio J

Our CTMH convention is just a month away and as part of the registration, we got to complete 5 Studio J layouts. There were complete instructions that made learning new things so easy. I use Studio J for all of my personal scrapbooking. I enjoy the ease of uploading my pictures and making super cute layouts in a jiffy. I can also print more copies if I choose AND I can store my jpeg files in case anything would every happen to my scrapbooks. Many have experienced the heartbreak of a flood, fire or other disaster that could erase all those memoires. Storing the files on a disk just ensures that you could recreate all those priceless memories.

Take a look at my 5 layouts. I did change them up just a little from the instructions.

 Why not try Studio J and see if it works for you? Just give me a call and I can help you get started.