July 2016 Specials and Retiring Items from Close To My Heart

July Stamp of the Month:  From the Notebook

BEAUTIFUL STAMPS, AMAZING DISCOUNTS

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $6. When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Or get it at the regular price of $21.25 - available until July 31, 2016

Early Bird Sign-Up Special

July Constant Campaign

New Consultants who sign up during July will receive their choice of a new Fundamental paper packet* bundled together with its coordinating Complements FREE—and that’s in addition to the $60 CAD in Select Product Credit they get for signing up! 

This Early Bird Special is an excellent opportunity for those that simply can’t wait to get their hands on the exciting new products coming in Annual Inspirations 2016–2017 idea book.

*Choose from Whimsy, Adventure, and Enchantment Fundamentals. No tax is charged for free items. Standard New Consultant Kit shipping rates will apply. No additional shipping/handling will be charged for this promotion.

Dates: Offer valid July 1, 2016 (9:00 am MDT) – July 31, 2016 (11:59 pm MDT).

Going, Going, Gone!

Last month to order from the current Annual Inspirations Idea Book!   There are many items retiring at the end of this month, including:

• CTMH Cricut Collections:  Art Philosophy, Artiste and Artfully Sent and coordinating stamp sets.
• All current Paper Packs and coordinating Complements and Workshop Kits
• CTMH Rolling Tote

Retiring Items Lists:

• Stamp Sets
• Retiring Products

In Canada? You can purchase CTMH products on my website:

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Or start your own CTMH business for just $95. 

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CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2 2016 Catalogue Now Available!

It's here! The new Close To My Heart Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalogue for 2016 is now available!

It's full of great new products! I love the new paper packs, and the Calypso Workshops Your Way Kit is one of my all-time favourite CTMH products!  

I absolutely love the Flamingo cardstock and washi and there is a fun stamp set and matching thin cut dies, too!  

And for those of you who love Disney as much as I do, you will be excited to learn that we have a new Workshops Your Way Kit called Magical and fun theme park stamp sets, too. 

These are great kits for hostessing a CTMH Gathering:  

Simply select a date for your Gathering & you and 5 friends purchase this kit to assemble at your Gathering.  A fun night out with friends and you also earn FREE product with 

CTMH Hostess Rewards. 

 Contact me for more information & available dates.  

Online Gathering option also available.

Visit my CTMH website today to see all the new products in the Seasonal Expressions 2!

New CTMH Annual Inspirations and Holiday Expressions Idea Books Now Available

Today marks the launch of two new Idea Books from Close To My Heart.

The Holiday Expressions Idea Book runs until December 31, 2015 and is filled with tons of Holiday Craft ideas and Gift Items.  

It also features the Stamp of the Month Stamp Sets for Sept - Dec.  

The new Annual Inspirations runs until August 31, 2016 and has so many great new products in it. 

All new Picture My Life sets, new My Reflections Scrapbook Products (paper and accessories) and a fun Instalife line with albums and accessories in 4x4 page size. 

 Lots of great new stamp sets, many coordinate with the new CTMH Artistry Cricut Collection that was launched on August 1st.

The Canadian Idea Books are available for download in pdf or viewing online here.

In Canada? You can purchase these products on my CTMH website:

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Or start your own CTMH business for just $149. 

 Receive regular updates of upcoming Classes & Workshops 

by signing up for my Monthly Newsletter.  Link in right hand column.

Close To My Heart Items on Retiring List

 Six more weeks until the new Idea Books are released by Close To My Heart.

There are a lot of items in the current Idea Book being retired,  I have created a document listing the stamp sets that retire as of August 31 & November 30.  Take a look so you don't miss out on a favourite set, items are available while quantities last.

Retiring Stamp Set List - if you place an order by July 31 with $25 or more in stamp sets you can get the July Stamp of the Month for FREE or any Hostess Set for $5 without Hostessing a Gathering

You can also view all the paper packs and accessories that are retiring on my Close To My Heart website.

CTMH Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalogue Now Available!

It's here! The new Close To My Heart Seasonal Expressions 2 Catalogue is now available!

 

It's full of great new products! I love the new paper packs, and the Blossom Workshop on the Go Card Kit is one of my favourites!  

Love the colours and what a fun stamp set!  This kit includes enough supplies to make 15 cards (5 cards in 3 different designs) along with a full sized stamp set.  

This is a great kit for hostessing a CTMH Gathering:  

Simply select a date for your Gathering & you and 5 friends purchase this kit to assemble at your Gathering.  A fun night out with friends and you also earn FREE product with 

CTMH Hostess Rewards. 

 Contact me for more information & available dates.  

Online Gathering option also available.

Visit my CTMH website today to see all the new products in the Seasonal Expressions 2!

Cards for Greta's Craft Fair

Just a week and a half until Greta's Craft Fair, a fundraiser to help out a little girl with a rare form of Cancer.

I've been busy working on cards to sell at the craft fair - I will be donating 50% of my sales from all handmade items that day along with 15% of all catalogue or internet orders with Close To My Heart

These cards were made with CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge & CTMH Skylark cardstock (retired).   I used CTMH Desert Sand Ink to stamp the sentiment and sponged around the edges of the tag. 

The Dream Big Sentiment is from CTMH Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set

This card is the other side of the Skylark cardstock,  with a layer of CTMH Kraft cardstock behind the bird cut-out.

I resized the Scottie card in Cricut Design Space Ipad app - the one on the left is slightly smaller than an A2 card.  The one on the right is sized at 5x7.  I used CTMH Ruby cardstock, CTMH Red Enamel Hearts, CTMH White Daisy Cardstock and backed the dog and word bubble with scraps of black and yellow.

On these cards I used the Slice feature in Cricut Design Space to cut off the card front so I could add coloured cardstock behind the cutouts.  I resized it a little smaller than the original card front so it would have a border show around it also.  The card front and the Aliens are all from the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge.  I used CTMH Chalk It Up Cardstock for the card front, CTMH Pear and Sunset Cardstock for the card bases and CTMH Silver Shimmer Trim (cut in half to 1/4 inch) along the top and bottom edges. 

For more information on Close To My Heart products visit my Website:

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Support Greta - 15% of your online order will be donated to help her family.

Check out the Cricut Explore & Bundles at Cricut.com

They also have the wireless adapter and other accessories available online.

Free shipping over $35 with code:  MARCHSHIP

January Workshop & Card Class with CTMH Hopscotch Paper Pack and WOTG Kit

This month we will be working with CTMH Hopscotch Paper which is available for a limited time with the Seasonal Expressions Idea Book.

The first workshop is on January 25 at 2 pm and uses the CTMH Hopscotch Workshop on the Go Kit.

Kits must be pre-ordered by January 12th in order to arrive on time. Order online or email me at nshelmer@icloud.com if you would like to attend.

The Hopscotch Card Class is on January 31st at 2pm - class fee is $6.00. We will be making 2 cards with the Hopscotch paper pack and CTMH Happy To Be Friends stamp set.   The class fee covers materials, if you would like your own stamp set let me know and I'd be happy to order it for you.  RSVP by January 17th to nshelmer@icloud.com

CTMH Better With A Friend Hostess Set!

 In January you get Bonus Hostess Rewards with Close To My Heart!

Every Gathering over $350 gets an additional $30 worth of Hostess Rewards - that's $90 in Free product with that $350 Gathering.  Have a Cricut?  Now's a great time to check out CTMH Exclusive Cricut Collections and earn those extra rewards.

Here's a fun Stamp Set that is available only to CTMH Hostesses - it's called Better with a Friend and it's only $10 with Hostess Rewards.

I had lots of fun playing around with this set this afternoon.  I've had these Cuttlebug Animal Print embossing folders for quite a while but never got around to using them before now.  When I saw this stamp set in the Annual Inspirations Idea Book I knew it would go perfectly with those folders.  I just did some very simple cards, embossed but not a lot of embellishments & I got to dig through my scraps and use up some very bright colours of cardstock that I've had sitting in my craftroom for quite a while.

This first card is all CTMH products except for some of the colouring on the stamped image.  

I used CTMH Bamboo, Black & Ruby cardstock. CTMH Black & Desert Sand Ink and finished it off with a couple of CTMH Gold Bling Gems that I had leftover from my Pathfinding WOTG.

These bright coloured cards are done with cardstock and markers that I already owned before I joined CTMH.  The large rhinestones I found at a Dollar Store and the animal print Washi tape I found yesterday at Wal-Mart.  Of course since I'd already had these stamped before that I just had to buy it - couldn't resist. 

Contact me for more information on Hostessing a CTMH Gathering. 

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Last Craft Fair of 2014

I did my last craft fair for 2014 last weekend at the Murrayville Hall, just down the street from my house.  I had some handmade items available for sale this time. The first fair that I did there was in November and my tendinitis had flared up so I wasn't able to make much beforehand.

Love the ideas I see on Pinterest.  I was able to make up some bottle toppers and gift card holders to sell along with some cards that I had made before the craft fair I attended at the end of November.

Bottle toppers:

CTMH products used:

Champagne, New England Ivy and Ruby Cardstock &

Patterned paper from Yuletide Carol Paper Pack  X7187B  $10.95

Desert Sand (z2118) & Ruby  (z2170) Exclusive Ink $6.50

Stamps Sets:

Be Jolly (Hostess Set) B1455

Merriest Christmas B1468  $10.95

Yuletide Carol WOTG Stamp Set  g1084

Quatrefoil Embossing Folder z1926  $9.75

Poinsettia cut with CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge Collection  z1790  $109.00

Coffee Cup Gift Card Holder - really cute. One of my favourites, the lid pulls up and a gift card sticks to the inner card.

CTMH products used:

October Stamp of the Month - Home for the Holidays s1410

Kraft Cardstock z1375 $10.50

Snowhaven WOTG Stamp Set (clear embossed snowflakes) g1085

Glacier (z2641) & Cranberry (z2116) Exclusive Ink

My table at the Murrayville Christmas Craft Fair.

Visit my website at http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com for more information on these products.

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Don't miss out on CTMH Deal of the Decade - with an order of $50 from either the Seasonal Expressions or Annual Inspirations Idea Book you qualify to order an unlimited number of C or D sized stamp set from the Annual Inspirations Idea Book for just $10 each.  That is a savings of between $5.25 - $9.75 per stamp set.  And many of our stamp sets are compatible with CTMH Cricut cartridges.  Offer available until December 31, 2014,

CTMH December 2014 Highlights

Close To My Heart December Highlights

1.  Cyber Monday Sale - 20% off all CTMH exclusive Cricut Collections, Monday December 1, 2014 only.


2. NEW!  Seasonal Expressions Idea Book -  only available from December 1 - March 31, 2015.  View it on my CTMH website or contact me for a copy.

3. Deal of the Decade!   With your qualifying purchase of $50 from both the Annual Inspirations & Seasonal Expressions Idea books you can order UNLIMITED C or D size stamp sets from the Annual Inspirations Idea Book for only $10 each.  Order also qualifies for $5 stamp of the month special.

4. December Stamp of the Month - Cutie Pie!  Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Order online at:
http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

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All December orders placed through my Close To My Heart website qualify for my Mystery Hostess giveaway.   Just join my Deal of the Decade Gathering when placing your order.

CTMH Annual Inspirations is Here!

I received my order at the end of June with my new product from the CTMH Annual Inspirations catalogue.  I LOVE the new paper packs that they have now!  I ordered two of the Workshops on the Go Kits.  I can't wait to make them.  Waiting on my wrist to heal a bit more before I try any cutting.  Here's a bit of a preview - I took the pictures with my phone and the lighting wasn't great but I was too excited to wait and re-take them.

The Annual Inspirations is a full year catalogue and there will be two smaller seasonal catalogues available also this coming Winter and next Spring.  View a pdf copy here

New to CTMH are Shin-Han Touch Twin Art Markers. Alcohol based - great for blending. I will post some pictures soon. I can't do much with my left hand but I can still colour with my right!

New Stamp Set - Your Own Kind of Wonderful  D1627  $19.75 cdn.  I will be using this set with the Brushed Paper Pack. So pretty together.

I added some new ink pads to my collection -  new colours Glacier & Canary.  Check out the catalogue on my website to see proper colours.  

Workshops on the Go Seaside

G1089  $32.95 cdn 

Workshops on the Go Brushed

G1087  $32.95 cdn

August Stamp of the Month - What A Hoot

Available August 1-31, 2014

$5 with your $50 qualifying purchase or $19.75 cdn

I also added one more of the scrapbooking program books to my collection. This book Magic is full of instructions to create beautiful layouts with interactive features on every layout.  

9040  $16.50 cdn

Check out my Close To My Heart website for more fabulous items.  

Using Studio J for Traditional Scrapbooking

Like to do traditional scrapbooking? Have odd size pictures you need printed. Here is a great way to use a No Limits layout to get all those pictures plus a few more. I've managed to layout enough photo wells for three 12x12 layouts that are for projects out of the new catalogue. And I still had leftover space for some 2x2, 2x3 & 2x4's that I will add to my Picture My Life cards. 

http://nancyhelmer.studioj.com

Happy Stampin' New Year!

July kicks off a New Year for Stampin' Up! 

The new 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue is now available, along with many new stamp sets and a beautiful new selection of In Colors for 2011-2013.  The Hostess Plan has also been revised - earn $$'s to spend on hostess only sets or save for any item in the catalog.

Click on the links on the sidebar to see everything new in the Stampin' Up Idea Book & Catalogue or visit my Stampin' Up Demonstrator website

Stampin' Up Sale-a-Bration Is on Now!

What's on your wish list?

Sale-a-Bration is a great time to get those items that you've been saving up for!

For every $60 that you spend you can choose one free product from the Sale-a-Bration brochure.

I love the Punch Bunch Set - the owl is so cute!  

I also want the Digital Content CD, which has digital images of the products that are in the Sale-a-Bration brochure.  Can't wait to do some digital scrapbooking with it!

You can also earn a free Sale-a-Bration product when you host a workshop with $395 in sales - this is in addition to the generous hostess benefits that are available to you from Stampin' Up.  

During Sale-a-Bration your $395 workshop will get you one free hostess set that you can choose from out of the Occasions Mini catalogue or the 2010-2011 Idea Book & Catalogue, plus your free product (value $45 or more), and a free Sale-a-bration item. 

Interested in starting your own Stampin' Up business?  Or maybe you would like a discount on all your Stampin' Up purchases.   During Sale-a-Bration you will receive 15% off the regular price of the Starter Kit plus a Sale-a-Bration bonus bundle that is valued at up to $60.

For more information about earning free Sale-a-Bration items visit my Stampin' Up Demonstrator Website

2010 Holiday Mini Carryover Flyer

Some of the fantastic products from the 2010 Holiday Mini Catalogue are still available.

Check out the flyer here. 

For more information about Stampin' Up products or to place an order visit my  Stampin' Up demonstrator website.