Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders.

July 30 & 31: Believe My Reflections Kit and Holiday Pockets

                                      
                                                                        OR

Wonderland My Reflections Kit and Wonderland My Stickease

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!

Going, Going, Gone

I just wanted to repost a list of the CTMH products that will retire when the new Idea Book goes live on 8/1.  Some items have already sold out, so, if you have something you must have, it's best not to wait any longer to order.  You can order any of these items by going to My Online Shopping Cart.  You can also contact me via email or phone for me to place your order.  Of course, if your order is $150 or more, you are entitled to Hostess Rewards.  In order to get Hostess Rewards, you must email your order to me.  All orders placed between today (July 27th) and Tuesday, July 31 will receive some bling.

Retiring Products 

(Not included in the Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book)

The following products are scheduled to be retired from the CTMH product line and are not pictured in the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book.
All of our How-To Books have been retired and are sold out.

Paper Packs/Stickease/Complements
·        Cruisin’ Paper Pack                                           X7154B (Sold out)
·        Cruisin’ Complements Foil Images                     X7154C (Sold out)
·        Elemental Paper Pack                                       X7141B
·        Elemental Complements Dimensional Elements X7141C
·        Footloose Paper Pack                                      X7151B
·        Footloose Complements Dimensional Elements X7151C
·        Lucy Paper Pack                                               X7149B
·        Lucy Complements Glittery Rub-Ons                  X7149C
·        Roxie Paper Pack                                             X7140B
·        Roxie My Stickease Assortment                         X7140C
·        Sonoma Paper Pack                                         X7143B (Sold out)
·        Sonoma My Stickease Assortment                     X7143C
·        Superhero Paper Pack                                      X7152B
·        Superhero Complements Rub-Ons                     X7152C
·        Typeset Paper Pack                                          X7139B
·        Typeset Complements Canvas Shapes              X7139C

Workshops on the Go
·        WOTG Cruisin’ Kit (Sold out)
·        WOTG Florentine Kit
·        WOTG Footloose Kit
·        WOTG Lucy Kit
·        WOTG Pemberley Kit
·        WOTG Stella Kit
·        WOTG Superhero Kit
·        WOTG Victory Kit

 Stamp Sets:
A1095 Always Remember
A1099 Angel Sent
A1107 A Twinkle
A1108 A Flitter
A1109 A Sip
A1110 A Timber
A1113 A Game
A1115 A Holiday
B1356 St. Nick
B1359 Fright Night
B1361 Tannenbaum
B1362 Tag The Occasion
B1381 Holiday Cheer
B1393 Joyful Jar
B1394 John 3:16
C1379 Holiday Commentary
C1382 Holiday Commentary – Spanish
C1383 Holiday Commentary – French
C1401 Friendship Alphabet Small
C1408 Live Inspired
C1419 Harvest Home
C1420 Snow Days
C1423 Captured Moments
C1424 Nature’s Gift
C1425 Month By Month
C1426 Thanksgiving
C1427 I Believe
C1429 Party Pennants
C1465 Unscripted
C1468 Winter Joy
C1470 Gnome Garden
C1471 Happy Clusters
C1472 Bundled Buddies
D1136 Giggle Caps
D1137 Giggle Lowercase
D1267 Rustic Numbers
D1306 Treasure Life
D1308 All Decked Out
D1373 Childhood Portrait
D1384 Snow Flurries
D1386 Save The Date
D1387 Made With Love
D1397 Save The Date – French
D1398 Save The Date – Spanish
D1401 Authentic
D1436 The Present
D1437 Party Animal
D1446 Adorn-able
D1449 Father Christmas
D1493 Fill In The Blank – Holiday
D1499 Live Your Style
E1002 Rustic Alphabet
E1006 Baroque Alphabet
E1011 Headline Alphabet Large
E1016 Friendship Alphabet Large


Papers/Inks/Re-inkers
(Card stock, ink pads, and re-inkers are all included. Check your Idea Book for part numbers.)
Some ink pads and re-inkers are already gone!
·        Amethyst
·        Baby Pink
·        Brown Bag
·        Dutch Blue
·        Garden Green
·        Garnet
·        Grey Flannel
·        Grey Wool
·        Heavenly Blue
·        Holiday Red
·        Key Lime
·        Lilac Mist
·        Moonstruck
·        Pansy Purple
·        Parchment
·        Petal
·        Spring Iris
·        Sunflower
·        Sunkiss Yellow
·        Sunny Yellow
·        Taffy
·        Tulip
·        Vanilla Cream
·        Vineyard Berry
Other Card stock
·        Colonial White 6-pack    X5901
·        White Daisy 6-pack        X5900
Cards
·        Clear Cards 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”
·        Clear Cards 4-1/2”
Albums/Accessories
·        Quick Pic Album-Dark Chocolate                        Z1406
·        Quick Pic Album-Dark Cranberry                        Z1405
·        Quick Pic Album-Outdoor Denim                        Z1404
·        Snapease Album System 12×12                        Z4110
Embellishments
·        Bitty Brads Basic Assortment                 Z1367
·        Bitty Brads Metal Assortment                 Z1368
·        Bitty Buds Assortment                            Z1690
·        Bottle Caps                                           Z1691
·        Canvas Badge Buttons                          Z1397
·        Clear Sparkles                                      Z1104
·        Color Ready Irresistibles- Lots of Dots    Z1261
·        Comic Badge Buttons                            Z1688
·        Dimensional Elements-Ornaments          Z1337
·        Heirloom Assortment                              Z1635
·        Hinges                                                  Z1402
·        Mini-Medley Accents-Honey                  Z1488
·        Mini-Medley Accents-Pacifica                Z1698
·        Mini-Medley Accents-Sunset                  Z1338
·        Mini-Medley-Tulip                                  Z1320
·        Photo Hangers                                      Z1403
·        Ribbon-Designer Pink Collection            Z1384
·        Ribbon-Sweet Leaf. Stitched Grosgrain (bulk) Z1383
·        Seaside Wooden Shapes                     Z1693 (Sold out)
My Creations Products
·        My Creations A-Door-Ables                   Z1321
·        My Creations All Sorts Mini Album          Z1224
·        My Creations Cube                                Z1152
·        My Creations Mix & Mingle Album          Z1334
Tools/Organization
·        Craft Tray                                              1764
·        Distressing Kit                                       Z1299 (Sold out)
·        Dotto Dots Dispenser                            1766
·        Dotto Dots Dispenser-Refill                    1767
·        Double Scrubber                                   Z1163
·        Euro Personal Paper Trimmer                Z338
·        Euro Replacement Blades                     Z339
·        Euro Replacement Blade/Scoring          Z340
·        Microfiber Cloth                                     Z1006
·        My Legacy Writer Black Pen Set            4275
·        Shoulder Tote                                       Z4204 (Sold out)

Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders.

July 26-29: Sophia My Reflections Kit and matching My Stickease

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!

Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders.

July 21-25: Mayberry My Reflections Kit and matching My Stickease

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!

Freebie Friday

It's Freebie Friday again :)  First to announce this week's winner..........

Everybody's a winner!!  Shawna, byondbzr, mccuja1, and Tamalee email me your address and I'll get the Idea Books out to you!

Today's Freebie Friday is The Great Cricut© Giveaway!  I'm changing it up!  When I have 50 followers for my blog, I'll give away the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut© cartridge.

How would you like to own the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut® cartridge?

 Included in the Cricut Bundle:

• 1 – Cartridge (700 images: font, shapes, and 3-D items)
•  3 – My Acrylix® D-size stamp sets
•  3 – 9" × 12" Dimensional Elements (3 sheets of different shapes)

It's a $99 value!

How can you get a chance to win it?  Easy!!  Simply sign up to follow this blog!

Then.....when I have 100 followers, I'll be giving away the NEW CTMH Artiste Collection Cricut© cartridge.

 

 Cricut© Artiste Cartridge contains:

700 unique shapes which include:
18 cupcake liners
50 + cards with matching envelopes
50 + 3-D boxes
14 welded sentiments
7 pre-scored rosettes
4 spiral rolled flowers
100's of images including ferris wheels, owls, skeletons, bows, silhouettes, robots, dress forms, banners, medals, tags, brackets, frames, playing cards, pinwheels, road signs, ornaments, pumpkins, birds, butterflies, aliens, hearts, hot-air balloons and much more!!


The sooner we hit 50, the sooner I'll draw a winner for the Art Philosophy cartridge!  And, the sooner we hit 100, I'll give away the New Artiste Collection cartridge.  Be sure to tell all your friends!

Good luck!!

The Artiste Collection Cricut© cartridge is fabulous! 

The new Cricut© Artiste collection takes your creativity over the top! It contains 700 shapes hand-selected by our company founder and CEO, Jeanette Lynton. As with the Art Philosophy cartridge, CTMH worked with Provo Craft© to bring you a cartridge that meets many of your needs.

Just pop your cartridge into your Cricut© and you're ready to cut the shapes at the touch of button. You'll have cupcake wrappers, crafty banners, mini albums, lots of unique gift boxes, rosettes, and so much more! The exclusive images are designed to be used with specific My Acrylix© stamp sets. Fun, fun, fun!

Preview the Artiste Collection

Recommended blocks for the included stamp sets:

2" × 6½" (Y1010), 2" × 3½" (Y1009), 3" × 3" (Y1006).

Art Philosophy Cartridge 

 

 

 

 

 

Recommended blocks for included stamp sets: 
1" × 1" (Y1000), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 2" × 3½" (Y1009), 3" × 3" (Y1006).

Cricut® is a registered trademark of Provo Craft & Novelty, Inc. All rights reserved.

Ready to go shopping?

Z1686 Art Philosophy $99  

Pre Order - Z1790 The Artiste Collection  $105.93 with tax and FREE Shipping

Create a Card

I'm a little off on my schedule these days!  Summer is so busy with enjoying the outside, all my sewing items, painting items and CTMH.

This card was created using Close To My Heart's C1458 Paper Lantern stamp set.  The paper is a retired Close To My Heart My Reflections kit.

Here's your directions to recreate.

4 ¼” x 5 ½” side fold card base

4 ¼” x 5 ½” Cranberry cardstock

3 ¾” x 4 ¾” Star B&T

3 5/8” x 3” Pacifica cardstock

3 ½” x 2 7/8” Sky cardstock

3 ¼” x 2 ¾” white cardstock

Distress edges of Cranberry cardstock

Fold down top left corner of Star B&T and secure with large cranberry brad

Stamp string with Cranberry.  Stamp lanterns with Sky and Sunny Yellow.  Stamp tassels with cranberry.

Stamp sentiment with Pacifica

Attach stamped image to Sky cardstock and then to Pacifica cardstock

Attach the Star B&T ¼” from top and side.

Attach matted sentiment with just a tiny bit of Star B&T on left, bottom and right sides. Attach card front to card base

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me.  

Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders.

July 16-20: Lucky My Reflections Kit and Lucky My Stickease

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!

New CTMH Cricut Cartridge - The Artists Collection

You just have to see this cartridge!!  Cricut has the link handbook on their website!  Check it out!  I'm so excited!  I can't wait for mine to arrive.  It's due here Wednesday.  Good thing I have lots of things to keep me busy between now and then.  :)

This cartridge includes 700 images, themed projects, cards, fonts, shapes, cupcake papers, pinwheels and so much more! Plus, you'll also get three (3) D-sets of stamps and three (3) 12" x 9" Dimensional Elements. All for $99! And....as an added bonus, pre-order your cartridge from me before 8/1 and I will pay the postage!!!!!!!!!

This collection contains:

3 adorable stamp sets that coordinate with the cartridge
3 pages of dimensional element chipboard pieces that coordinate with cartridge- including word bubbles, pennants and a mini album.


Cricut Artiste Cartridge contains:

700 unique shapes which include:
18 cupcake liners
50 + cards with matching envelopes
50 + 3-D boxes
14 welded sentiments
7 pre-scored rosettes
4 spiral rolled flowers
100's of images including ferris wheels, owls, skeletons, bows, silhouettes, robots, dress forms, banners, medals, tags, brackets, frames, playing cards, pinwheels, road signs, ornaments, pumpkins, birds, butterflies, aliens, hearts, hot-air balloons and much more!!

Or
Email me to order your new cartridge today!  I will  be ordering them first thing on 8/1 for you.

Have fun going through the handbook!

This Bag can be YOURS!!

How adorable is this bag?? ($50 value)

How can you get it?  Easy!!

Simply join my Close To My Heart team in August, and it's yours! (while supplies last)

You may choose to sign up for only $49, and get this great Essentials kit (value $130).

Or, for only $99, you can choose the Master Kit. The Master kit includes the Essentials kit, plus all this! A $280 value!

View Flyer for more information

Freebie Friday!

The winner of last Friday's Freebie Friday layout was Sam I Am!  Email me with your address so that I may get it right out to you.

This week's Freebie Friday prize is a copy of the new Fall/Winder Idea Book.  It's chocked full of gorgeous products, plus a ton of artwork. 

How do you win?  Easy!!  Just tell me what you're doing to stay cool this summer. 

Exciting Close To My Heart News!

I'm not getting much done today. LOL! CTMH convention began yesterday and the products coming out are so exciting!! I'm tied to Twitter! LOL

New pigment ink pads, new colors, new My Reflections Kits, Studio J improvements and so much more!!

Starting today, you can now join CTMH for only $49!! The Essentials kit is valued at $130. Or, you may still sign up with the $99 kit...a $280 value.

AND>>>>>>>>>>>> A new Cricut cartridge called the Artiste Collection. This cartridge includes 700 images, themed projects, cards, fonts, shapes, cupcake papers, pinwheels and so much more! Plus, you'll also get three (3) D-sets of stamps and three (3) 12" x 9" Dimensional Elements. All for $99! And....as an added bonus, pre-order your cartridge from me before 8/1 and I will pay the postage!!!!!!!!!

Or
Email me to order your new cartridge today! They will be available on 8/1.

You may pre-order your Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book.  I'll have them in my hot little hands in about a week!  Lots of great new products and artwork!

And, one more thing!  20 colors are retiring at the end of the Spring/Summer Idea Book.  Supplies will run out quickly and probably won't last until the end of the month.  So, if you have any favorite colors on the list, it's best to order them quickly.

Grey Wool
Grey Flannel
Vanilla Cream
Parchment
Brown Bag
Baby Pink
Taffy
Sunkiss Yellow
Key Lime
Heavenly Blue
Lilac Mist
Amethyst
Holiday Red
Sunflower
Sunny Yellow
Dutch Blue
Moonstruck
Vineyard Berry
Tulip
Garden Green
Spring Iris
Petal
Garnet
Pansy Purple

Order from my website

Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders. 

July 11-15: Fanfare My Reflections Kit and Fanfare Level 2 Assortment.

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!  

Magic Club

Here's the second two page layout we created in the May Magic Club.

It's a little difficult to imagine the layout without photos or mats, but, there will be a large photo on the light grey and two small photos on the darker grey on the left layout.  On the right page you'll put photos on each of the dark grey spots.

The layout was created using X7154B Cruisin' My Reflections Kit.

Monday Sketch

This week's sketch is from the Close To My Heart Reflections How-to book.

As you probably know by now, this Roxie paper packet is one of my absolute favorite!  X7140B Roxie.  The roses were created using the Close To My Heart Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge.

Click HERE to download the sketch.

Freebie Friday

Happy Freebie Friday....although a day late!  I've been busy sprucing up the exterior of our farm.  You know how it is, once you paint one thing....in our case the foundation on the front of the house, everything else looks shabby.  So, it was then time to repaint all of the exterior doors.  I went with a really dark blue (red brick house) and I absolutely love it!  But, then by repainting the doors, our big barn door and the windows of the barn looked bad.  Thus, it was on to them yesterday.  They're looking good, but, there's a window higher up above the door that I'm going to have to kidnap somebody from the street to do.  LOL!  It's higher up than either my husband or I dare to go on a ladder.  I don't know if it's reachable by painting it from being inside and stretching out to do it.  If I don't snare somebody by fall to do it, I just might have to try it.  It's in the hay mow and it's just way too hot to go up there now.  That gives you some idea of what I've been up to.  LOL! 

Now I need to get busy and sew as it's tourist season in the city where I sell my wares.  Better get busy!  I've added a couple of great selling tu-tu items and the NYC ballet is in residence for 12 days beginning this Tuesday.

Anyway.....the winner of last week's Colonial White Mini-Medley assortment is Mara!  Be sure to email me with your information so that I can get it in the mail to you.  Congratulations!!

This week's Freebie Friday giveaway is this double page layout.

To enter, simply leave me a comment letting me know if you prefer single page layouts or double page layouts.  Good Luck!!

Perfect Pairs

This is an amazing promotion!  Did you miss out on the paper packs and embellishments from some of your favorite My Reflections Kits?  If so, you can still get them, and for FREE!

Place an online shopping order of $75 or more during July and receive a paper packet and coordinating embellishment FREE—it’s a Perfect Pair!  This campaign applies to online shopping orders.

July 6-10 you will have the opportunity to receive the Dreamin My Reflections Kit and the Timeless Charms for FREE! (retail value $14.90)

This is a great time to stock up on the many items that will be retiring from the Spring/Summer Idea Book when the new Fall/Winter Idea Book comes out on 8/1.

Supplies are limited on the Perfect Pairs items, so, be sure to shop early!

Stamp a Stack Club Cards

These are the cards for the May Stamp a Stack Club.  Each card is an original created by me :)

The main stamp set used for this club was D1514 Just a Number. I love the sayings in this set.  Also, we used stamp sets from D1504 Fashionista, C1499 Perfect Day, and C1467 Sweet Moments.  The papers came from X7149B Lucy My Reflections Kit and also the retired paper packet called Sweet Home.

If you'd like to join our Stamp a Stack Club, it's only $27 a month (includes postage to you).  In the club you will receive the stamp set, papers, and all the embellishments used to create the cards.  After a year, you will also receive a free My Acrylix Stamp Organizer.  If you would like to join us, drop me an email.

FREE Perfect Pairs

During July, get a free paper pack and coordinating accessory with a qualifying online purchase. 

Place an online order of $75 or more in July and we’ll send you a popular paper packet and coordinating accessory—a Perfect Pair—for free! That’s a retail value of up to $17.90! Different Perfect Pairs are available on different dates throughout the month so you’ll want to place more than one qualifying order to snatch several Perfect Pairs. Place your order early in the availability period, as the promotion is while supplies last.

Order Dates	Perfect Pair	Original Retail Value
July 1–5	Mischief Paper Packet (X7144B) and Midnight Felt Shapes (Z1462)	$15.90
July 6–10	Dreamin’ Paper Packet (X7142B) and Harvest Charms (Z1633)	$14.90
July 11–15	Fanfare Paper Packet (X7138B) and Fanfare Level 2 Assortment (Z1400)	$17.90
July 16–20	Lucky Paper Packet (X7137B) and Lucky My Stickease® Assortment (X7137C)	$17.90
July 21–25	Mayberry Paper Packet (X7136B) and Mayberry My Stickease® Assortment (X7136C)	$17.90
July 26–29	Sophia Paper Packet (X7131B) and Sophia My Stickease® Assortment (X7131C)	$17.90
July 30–31	Believe Paper Packet (X7145B) and Holiday Pockets (Z1486) OR Wonderland Paper Packet (X7146B) and Wonderland My Stickease® Assortment (X7146C)	$14.90

Monday Sketch

This week's sketch is a layout from the Close To My Heart Reflections How-to book.

The papers used are from Close To My Heart -  X7152B Superhero.

Click HERE to download the sketch.