Dotty For You

Celebrate National Scrapbooking Month in May by mixing and matching to your heart’s content with our new Dotty for You paper packet! The trendy patterns on the front of the papers coordinate perfectly with the dots on the reverse side, giving you lots of options for crafting colorful layouts, cards, and other projects. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing.
There are three ways to get this exclusive Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95:

• Place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, and add the Dotty for You paper packet for just $5*.
• Host a Gathering with a sales total of $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling, and Operation Smile^® donations) between April 17 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE.
• Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant between April 1 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE.

I can't even begin to tell you how great this paper pack is!  So make sure you get yourself one!

Creativity Time for Me

So I finally got some time to create this weekend!  It felt so good to actually make some progress on my wedding album!  I really love the Sonoma colours and they fit so well with my wedding colours!

Sorry for my crappy cropping and picture taking!  I will get better :)  I haven't done that in quite some time now!

These ones I actually completed some time ago ... I was just waiting to get a 5x7 picture printed.  I also had to decide what to put on the purple strip.  I cut the strips out with the AP Cartridge!

These are some of my favorite photos of my hubby and the best man!  Again I'm loving the AP Cartridge!

These last two I did quite some time ago as well.  I just am really bad at taking photo's and posting on the blog!

Either way ... I now have 10 full pages completed for my wedding album!  I'm hoping to get a few more completed next weekend because I've got friends coming over to just play!  Going to be a good time!

April Stamp of the Month

Oh wow ... forgive me!  I've realized that I haven't shown you want the April SOTM is!!

If you want to make these cool projects, here is a shopping list that allows you to get the Stamp of the Month for just $5.00!

Bright Blue Cardstock Shade Pack
($7.95, X5902, p. 9)

Mini-Medley Accents
Black Collection
($4.95, Z1393, p. 127)

Dimensional Elements Stars
($3.25, Z1680, p. 130)

My Creations® All-Sorts
Mini Album
($5.95, Z1224, p. 131)

Color-Ready Evergreen Cork Shapes
($3.95, Z1719, p. 129)

And don't forget to contact me if you would like a copy of the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book!  I'll be happy to send you one!

Adorable Bunny Card

So I saw this idea of a bunny coming through a hole in a card ... I so wish I could remember where and who so that I can give proper credit!  But this is what I did with that idea!

I changed the card from a basic card base to an egg shaped card base!  The feet help it stand up fine on it's own!  I gave him a cotton ball tail ... LOL ... and some button eyes!

Here is the back side of the front card flap!  See he is trying to jump out of the hole ... LOL ... this idea was too cute to pass up, especially for Easter!  And learning the different shapes on the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge ... I'm having a blast!

Thanks for looking!

Spring Cards - AP Cartridge

Well, I finally had a chance to actually create some things!  I've got a card workshop on Saturday and here are a couple of the cards we will be making!

I'm just learning with the Cricut, so we are starting off pretty simple ... but man what an effect it can have!  I love that you can cut out these images and then add the layer image to make it look 3D!

I love the flowers that you can make with the cartridge!  They really give such a great look to any project you make!

So yeah, here are a few of my creations!  I thought it was about time that I finally get some of my own work on this blog!  I've been cramming all the deals at you ... LOL ... but I cram those at me too, so don't worry!

I promise that I will get more of my own artwork up here as well.  I'm going to schedule some time for me to just create!  I've got to finish my wedding album!  I've got a 2 page layout that is just about done, so once I get that done I will post pictures!

Get Creating!

So I've been telling myself to get creating ... LOL ... and yet here I am ... empty handed still!  I can't wait, I've got the Art Philosophy cartridge coming ... I can't wait to start playing with that!  A new downline has been playing with hers and she said that it is fantastic!  I'm just a bit jealous ... LOL

No but seriously ... I'm really going to start getting some of my own artwork up on here for you to see!  I want you to see just how fantastic the products truly are!  Just wish I had more time to play with them!  What I need to do is pull out a table and just leave it all set up out here in the livingroom.  That way I see it and I start playing right away!

But I just wanted to let you know that I'm still here!  And very soon there will be artwork being posted!

National Scrapbooking Month—Dotty for You

Hey guys!  So there is this neat promotion going on for National Scrapbooking Month!

When you place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, you may add the Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95, for just $5. Dotty for You includes 24 specially designed, coordinating B&T Duos^® sheets (2 each of 12 patterns) and an artwork idea insert to get your creative juices flowing. But that’s not all! There are two ways your customers can get this darling paper packet FREE!

Hostesses will receive a free Dotty for You paper packet when their Gathering sales total $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling, and Operation Smile donations).  So be sure to book a gathering!  Contact me to book the perfect day and time for you and your friends!

New Consultants who sign up between April 1 and May 31 (two full months!) will receive a free Dotty for You paper packet with their kit.

Don't Forget! FREE AP Cartridge!!

Hey all!  Remember, for the month of March, if you sign up to become a Consultant with Close To My Heart, you receive the Cricut AP Cartridge for FREE!!  What a great product to receive when you sign up!

So be sure you check it all out and contact me for any questions you may have!

And the free gift you receive!





Retiring - How To Books

All of the CTMH How-To Books will be retiring soon! Despite being featured in the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book, quantities for these titles are extremely limited and inventory will not be replenished once they run out. CTMH anticipates running out of some of the How-To Book titles as early as this month, so if you have been waiting to order one or more of these books, now is the time to order yours!!

These are invaluable to the scrapbooker and the card maker!  So be sure to get yours before they disappear!  You can contact me about ordering them or you can order them through my online shop.  Just click on my link to go to a secure website for ordering right from Close To My Heart!

March Stamp of the Month

Well, it is a new month and time for a new stamp of the month!  I really like this one!  Make sure you check it out and place your order so that you can snatch up this limited time only stamp set!

Available March 1–31, 2012 only.
With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for just $5.00! Add the stamp set to your cart on this page at full retail price or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

Spend:	$50.00	No purchase req.
You pay only:	$5.00 (72% Off!)	$17.95 (full retail)

Set of 8
Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 3½" (Y1002), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 6½" (Y1010)

Huge Deals!

Ok guys,

So the last day of February!  This means that today is the very last day you can order the Studio J 5 Free deal!  If you're a digital scrapbooker, this is ideal!  So please don't forget about this one!

It also means that it is the last day to order the February Stamp of the Month!

Now the beginning of March starts the fantastic deal of getting the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for FREE!  When you sign up with Close To My Heart, you will get this amazing deal!  I'd love to have you on my team!  So if you need any details about this deal, be sure to ask!

February Stamp of the Month

Don't forget, this month's stamp of the month!

6 of these stamps coordinate with the Art Philosophy cartridge for the Cricut!  You don't want to miss out on this one!