Our hosts are special!

We offer great rewards to the host of workshops.  Invite your friends over to make a greeting card or a scrapbook page.  I'll bring all the supplies you just have fun!

 Hosts can earn products and there are special items only available to hosts!

 Let me know when you'd like to have a workshop!

Let me know if you need an idea book!

Spruced Up

Spruced Up is available in the current seasonal catalog.

 There are an assortment of embellishments available.

 You can create beautiful scrapbook pages.

 Make lovely greeting cards

 There is a scrapbooking workshop available. You can create two 2-page layouts and two 1-page layouts.

A card making workshop is also available, you can create an assortment of gorgeous greeting cards.

Contact me in the comments or click on the shop now button if you need an idea book.

Celebrate Today

Celebrate Today is a lovely stamp set available in the current seasonal idea book.

 

You can create beautiful cards

 or scrapbooking pages.

It's also available as a cardmaking workshop

and a scrapbooking workshop. 

You can get complete instructions to complete it or you can have a workshop in your home to earn them.

Leave a message if you would like a current idea book or for questions.

Click the shop now button to order.

Disaster Relief Fundraiser

Our hearts go out to all those who have been affected by the devastating wildfires in Australia. To help support Red Cross relief, we’ve created the My Acrylix® Keep Your Head Up Stamp Set (W1202). This stamp set is available for $10, and all proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross as they work to provide aid and relief to the victims of these terrible fires.

Color of the Year

Julep is the color of the year!

Oh My Heart!

Show some Valentine’s Day love with the Oh My Heart special! This special is featured in our January/February catalog and includes a brand-new paper packet, sticker sheet, and stamp set. With the fun patterns, colors, and stamps included in this special, it’s sure to capture your heart and is an absolute must-have! 

Along with the Oh My Heart paper suite itself, we’ve also created a workshop kit with the materials to help you create 40 cards and beautiful scrapbook layouts! No matter who you share the Oh My Heart special with, there’s sure to be something everyone will love! The full workshop kit, which includes the My Acrylix® Oh My Heart stamp set, is available at a 25%-discount! 

This special is available from December 15 to February 29

Be Mine!

Add a little pizzazz to your home with this adorable Be Mine! Perfect for Valentine’s Day and beyond, this banner is a great way to add some perennial décor to your home! Each banner is made of sturdy, lightweight plywood for easy display and storage. These adorable wooden banners are also easy to personalize.  Whether you’re going to keep it in your own home or give it as a gift, you are sure to please with this too-cute banner!

The special includes one banner kit with 5 wooden hearts and an SVG file that includes a heart shape and fun word accents to help you add your own unique touch to this banner. 

This special is available from January 15 to February 29, while supplies last.

February Stamp of the Month

 

This lovely stamp set could be yours for only $5 with a qualifying order.

Stamptacular!

Hold onto your hats, because Stamptacular is here! During this month-long stamp extravaganza, you can save 35% on selected stamps, including five exclusive favorites from the past that are coming back for one last hurrah! You can even save up to 50% on stamp and Thin Cuts bundles, and we can guarantee you won’t want to miss out on the savings. Stamptacular deals are available from February 1 through February 29.

Catch Up On Idea Books

Hello everyone!

I've been away far too long.

I need to get you updated on Close to My Heart!

There is a new catalog out and another on its way.  There was a new idea book issued in September 2019, it's the core catalog. Which means everything in it is available until September 2020.

Leave a comment to let me know if I should send you one!

There are also seasonal idea books.  The current seasonal catalog is good through the end of  February, it'll be included if you ask for a catalog!

Here's a link to my email if you want to send your mailing address to me.

You can also visit my website to see the catalogs and specials!

Presidents Day Sale!

A 24-hour President's Day Flash Sale is coming to your Consultant website as part of our 35-year celebration! This sale will include a variety of current and retired items at 20%, 30%, or even 50% off! The sale starts at 3:00 pm on February 18 and will end at 2:59 pm (MST) on Tuesday, February 19. All of the flash sale deals will only be available while supplies last, so you'll want to visit the sale early!

35 Year Specials!

Close to my Heart is celebrating 35 years and they have some wonderful specials!

Close to My Heart

Hello Everyone!

A number of years ago I was a Close to My Heart consultant.  Due to tragic life changing event I stepped down.

They have wonderful papers and supplies that I continue to use.

Well, I've taken the plunge and signed up once again.  It's a great company and I hope you'll go on this renewed journey with me.  If you ever need any products let me know or you can shop with me at
http://www.mannmade.closetomyheart.com. 

Cricut Stuff

Hi there,

All I can say is "baby steps" I really want to be more consistent, but alas!  Here I am anyway, today I played with some adorable svg files and I made a Butterfly Fairy House, from Dreaming Tree.  So cute, there's a set of three, I'll start the next one tomorrow, yay!

Just so you know, I took creative license with this project.  That's my only excuse.  But hey! It was fun and I love it.

Back to Krafting

Hello Everyone!
It's been a long time.  I've missed crafting so much and I really want to get back to it.  Last week my twin girls celebrated their birthday so to get back in the swing I created some cards for them.

  My girls are identical so I made their cards alike but in their favorite colors.  It works for them as long as there's money inside!

I had so much fun I'm setting up some classes!  The first class will be September 5 @ 2pm and 6pm.  We'll make Thank you cards.  I hope you'll be able to join me, there will be a $5 fee for supplies.  RSVP in a comment below

I'm Back

Hello
I've been gone way too long.  I've haven't had a good year and I want to change that by getting back into my crafting.  Creating is good for ones soul.
Earlier this week I had some friends over to help me make up some corsages for our group.  I think they turned out pretty cute!

It was tons of fun and everyone loved them!
It did get my creative juices flowing so I'm working on some cute containers to hold chocolates, I'll probably get them finished to show off in a few days.
Take care!

New Classes and Workshops!

The seasons are upon us!  Soon the Halloween costumes will be put away to make way for the fall decor for Thanksgiving!  Such beauty in all of it, well, except some of the costumes!  They go way out sometimes, but what fun!

The following is a photo of the projects from a class I did earlier this month. They were so fun!

I've got some new classes posted after a long and fun break.  I've been having lots of fun with family and friends, but now it's time to get serious with the crafting!  I love papercrafting and love to share with friends.  I hope you can join me.

Go on now, get creative! Have a great day!

Fun Sunday

I was invited to do a demo for some ladies and had a lot of fun.  I met some new friends and got to visit with a friend.  We made a quick little card, then I tried to show them how to cut and make a box from the Art Philosophy cartridge, but my Cricut quit! Bummer, they were very understanding and even invited me back!

Here's the card, they really liked it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sit Down Saturday

How funny, I just can't figure out how to create a blog title so I'm going to 'wing it' for awhile until I come up with just the right ones.  But if you're reading this I appreciate that you're not running off.  Thank you!

The card I created for today is so cute and simple.

It's a 4x4 card.  I used Colonial White for the card base, Sarita for the mat, Goldrush and Buttercup for the flower, cut using Artiste (pg.55) and the banner cut from Buttercup using Artiste (pg.35), Happy Birthday is from the Banner Wishes, My Acrylics stamp set.  All are products from Close to My Heart.

Don't forget to make a comment and/or follow my blog to be entered into this months drawing!

Have an enjoyable day and get creative!

Timely Cards

I'm a member of a card club.  They are a super group of ladies, monthly we take turns hosting and coming up with ideas for cards or, well, sometimes, anything.  This month the challenge was sympathy cards, sadly something that we all need occasionally.  The girls made some beautiful cards and I am very appreciative for all of them.

This is the card I made.  I'm pleased with it and everyone seemed to like it.

I used White Daisy cardstock, Twilight ink, the design element was cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (pg. 26), the stamped element was from the Swirls Around stamp set.

All are from Close to My Heart.

I did make two designs but opted to use only one of them.

I'm getting a late start this month, but there will still be a drawing.  This month the prize will be one of each of the items I post each day, that I make.  Sometimes there may be items I share that are made by others and those won't be part of the drawing and I will remind you of that if it happens.

The drawing will be over at midnight, August 31, 2014, Pacific time.  You can enter by making a comment and you'll get an additional entry if you follow me.

Have a great day, now go get creative!