New for March: Creative Memories Black & White Collection

Monday was Launch Day and once again Creative Memories did not disappoint.  

This month we have the new Black & White Collection which includes a paper pack, mat pack, stickers, album, Fast2Fab pages and an Album Bundle. 

Here are all of the new products for March, you can find them on the What's New page on my Creative Memories website. 

In addition to the Black & White Collection, we also have a new Double Chevron Border Maker Cartridge and a Starburst Punch.  Be sure to check out the Going, Gone Section this week, a couple of the Border Maker Cartridges will be discontinued when sold out. 

We have quite a few alphabet stickers available in classic Black & White.  Perfect for all occasions. 

Check out these videos for a closer look at some of the products in the new Black & White Collection:

Paper Pack

Sticker Pack

Black & White Mat Pack, perfect for using in Creative Memories Pocket Albums or as an accent on a traditional scrapbook layout. 

Digital versions of the new Black & White Collection along with the newly released National Scrapbook 2018 Kit are also now available for purchase.  Use with your favourite digital scrapbook or die cutting software. 

Here's a closer look at the new Fast2Fab products, available as a Bundle or also sold separately. 

Check out this video for a closer look at the new Black & White Fast2Fab pages and White Embossed Album Cov.  

The new Stone, Cloth, and Timber paper packs were released mid-February. 

Also available in digital format. 

I love the texture in these new packs,  they remind me of the Adventure pack that was released last year. 

Cloth Paper Pack

Stone Paper Pack

Timber Paper Pack

All these products are now available for purchase on my Creative Memories website.  

Looking for a digital scrapbook program?  All of the digital kits from CM work in many different programs including My Memories Suite Version 9.  Use code STMMM3762 for $10 off software and 10% off photobooks and giftware.

New for August: Bookworm and Go! Fight! Win! Collections

On Monday, Creative Memories released the new products for August.  Two new Collections for scrapbooking plus new Tools and Digital Artwork.

Back to School time is near and the Bookworm Collection is perfect for scrapping the school year. 

Coverset, Papers, Stickers, Embellishments and Mat Pack make up this school-themed collection.  

Here's a video by Creative Memories using the new Bookworm Collection. 

Instructions for this project are available on the CM Blog

The Go! Fight! Win! Collection has everything you need for documenting your child's extra-curricular activities.  Sports-themed Paper, Stickers, and Album Coverset make up this Collection.  

I was impressed by how many different activities were included in the sticker pack. 

You can see all the different activities in this video from Creative Memories.  Stay up to date on new products and instructional videos by subscribing to the Creative Memories YouTube channel. 

The Dancing Daisies Border Maker Cartridge is the latest addition to the Border Maker System.

Here are all the Border Maker Cartridges that are currently available.  They do retire the cartridges as more are added so make sure to order early to avoid disappointment.  

Once put on the Going, Gone list they are usually out of stock within hours due to the popularity of the Border Maker System.  

Here are all the new products that were released on Monday.   The Crop Caddy will be available to order towards the end of the month, unfortunately, there was a delay with the shipment.

The new products are all available to order now through my CM Website (with the exception of the Crop Caddy).

Not in Canada?  Check out the Advisor Locator on the website to find a CM Advisor near you. 

The new paper packs and embellishments are also in available in digital format.  

I use My Memories Suite software for my digi-scapping.  

Download a free trial from the My Memories website or use code STMMM3762 for $10 off your software purchase and a 10% discount off of photo books or giftware purchase. 

New for July: Creative Memories Slice of Summer and more!

So many great new products now available from Creative Memories for scrapbooking your Summer Memories.

I'm loving the new Slice of Summer Paper and Mat Pack and co-ordinating stickers.  Also available in digital format for use with your favourite digital scrapbooking or diecutting software. 

There's also a new border punch - how fun is this for creating Sun-inspired borders for your layouts.  

And check out the foil accents on the spine of these matching coversets! 

And as if all that wasn't awesome enough!  

You need to see the latest CM Border Maker Cartridge - Footprints!!

How perfect is this for your Beach or Baby layouts?

And that's not all....there is also a new addition to the Custom Cutting System and new Mix & Match patterned paper and embellishments.  See the What's New Flyers below for more information.  

The new products are all available to order now through my CM Website.

Not in Canada?  Check out the Advisor Locator on the website to find a CM Advisor near you. 

The new paper packs and embellishments are also in available in digital format.  

I use My Memories Suite software for my digi-scapping.  

Download a free trial from the My Memories website or use code STMMM3762 for $10 off your software purchase and a 10% discount off of photo books or giftware purchase. 

New for June: Creative Memories Adventure Collection

I'm really starting to like Mondays - that's the day that the new Creative Memories products are released (at least once a month)

New for June:

The Adventure Collection - camping, nature and outdoors themed products, including a beautiful coverset with a coppery-foil tree silhouette on chocolate bookcloth.

Coordinating sticker, paper, and mat packs are also available along with the new Outdoor Adventure Quartet Punch.

The Adventure Collection is also available in digital format for use with your favourite scrapbook or die cutting software.

If you prefer pocket scrapbooking there is also a Father's Day Outdoor Adventure Bundle available for a limited time.  The bundle includes a one-of-a-kind 11x14 Pocket Album featuring beautiful foiled wild animals, the Adventure Mat Pack and a Brown Dual-Tip Pen for $65. Available through June 23, 3 pm CT

In addition to the Adventure Collection, Creative Memories also added a new Border Maker Cartridge and two new solid cardstock colours,  Orange and Goldenrod.  

Here's a complete list of the current Border Maker Cartridges:

Order early to avoid disappointment.  The one thing I've noticed is that Creative Memories is really good at cycling through inventory to prepare for the new items released each month.  

See all the new items in the What's New Section on my Creative Memories website

Check the Going, Gone section to see the current list of items that will be unavailable once they sell out.

CTMH Sugar Rush Featured Project: Pocket Scrapbooking Layout

Each month CTMH highlights a paper pack from the current Idea Book.
This month's featured pack is Sugar Rush.

Today's Artwork can be found on page 15  of the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book. 

Scrap your favourite summer treat memories with CTMH Pocket Page Protectors and CTMH Sugar Rush. The Sugar Rush Paper Packet includes pocket cards ready to cut apart and add your personal touches with Complements and journaling.  Or create your own cards using the double-sided cardstock.

Page Protectors are available in assorted 12x12 sizes and we now have Pocket Plus Protectors available to add a few extra cards or photos to your traditional layouts or pocket pages.

To see an example of how to use the Pocket Plus Protectors download the free Project Guide from the Workshops Your Way® Sugar Rush Scrapbooking Kit page.

Project Supplies:

• Sugar Rush Paper Packet
• Sugar Rush Complements
• Sugar Rush Dots
• Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen
• Memory Protectors™ Variety Pack
• Memory Protectors™ Pocket Plus™

CTMH December Special: Everyday Life Planner Bundle

Planning your year has never been more fun!

Attention all planner lovers!

During December, you can get your hands on the new, gorgeous Everyday Life™ album from Close To My Heart, the accompanying Everyday Life 2016 planner pages, and the coordinating Everyday Life Perfect Plan roller stamp in an exclusive Everyday Life Planner Bundle for only $35.95 CAD.

That’s over 15% off the retail price!

With the new Everyday Life Line, you’ll experience “memory keeping on the go” as you track your water intake, stamp reminders, keep appointments, and tuck away precious memories—plus much more—all at once!

This offer is only available while supplies last, so plan to place your order early in the month and start 2016 off right.

The Everyday Life Line also has coordinating My Crush Scrapbook pages & two styles of 6x8 Memory Protectors (4x6 or 3x4 pocket pages).  Use with the Everyday Life Planner or create your memory book using these products with the Everyday Life Album.

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

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Or start your own CTMH business for just $149. 

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Pocket Scrapbooking Fast Track Go-Kart Races with Canon Selphy

I spent some time last week printing off pictures from the beginning of this year with my Canon Selphy.  I like pocket scrapbooking because it is fast and easy.  I don't do the weekly Project Life spreads, I still tend to do my layouts based on themes and in somewhat of a chronological order.

I printed my pictures with the Canon Selphy using the Project Life App 

on my iPad to do the 3x4 journaling card. 

I used the CTMH Geometric Backgrounds Stamp Set (retired) to match the checkered flag on the Fast Track Karting logo.   I used my Cricut Explore to do a Print & Cut of the logo and added it to the foreground of the photo to break up the blank space.

I used a 3x4 CTMH Flip Flap to add in the results from all three go-cart races.  I used the PictFrame app for some of the 3x4 pictures and used the label feature so we would know which race the results were from (my family can be a little competitive).  

I like this app because you can save the pictures with a high-resolution for printing.  

Using Canon Selphy Photo Printer for Pocket Scrapbooking

I ordered a Canon Selphy CP-910 last week from Staples.ca.  I've been looking at these personal sized photo printers for a couple of months and decided to try it out.  

After the inconvenience of Walmart & Costco online photo centre having their systems compromised a few month ago I thought this might be a little easier.

The cost per print is more than what I pay to upload and do local pickup but I don't mind paying a bit more for the convenience and if I have large orders to do I will still get some prints at Costco (they use same system as Walmart but no credit card information is stored on server since you pay in store).

Unboxing Canon Selphy CP-910

It comes with paper tray, printer driver disc, instruction manual and a sampler size ink cartridge and 4x6 paper - just enough to do 5 prints.

Very small - doesn't take up much room on table.  Roughly 5x7 in size.

Here's the ink cartridge that came with it.

Really easy to use - just slide it in the side compartment until it clicks.

Paper Tray for 4x6 prints.

Open up the top two pieces to add your paper.  The first piece acts as a dust cover for when your not using the tray.  The second piece opens up to add paper then snaps shut to attach to printer.

Open all the way.

Ready to go into printer.   

Using my iPad -  the printer shows up in my wifi list.  There is a password for the wifi saved on the Selphy.

Ready to print!

Here's a quick video of my first photo being printed out. 

I used the Project Life App on my iPad to put these two pictures onto a 4x6 print.  

I've also downloaded an app called PicFrame that has a lot of photo collages on it - by choosing the 3:2 ratio I have lots of collages to choose from and they will print out just right for 4x6 sized print.  

I played around with the Canon app to print out some of the sample pictures and have also downloaded another app called PictPrint that also connects to the Canon Selphy CP-910.  

Handmade Journaling Cards with CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge

I was working on my pocket pages today and have a few pages of the kids playing in the Snow during Christmas Break.     

I used the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge to make the 3x4 pocket card then using the attach feature in Cricut Design Space,  I added the font from the Artistry Cartridge to cut the names out of the card.  I backed it with the same patterned paper that I used on the 4x6 card.  The Ambersand was stamped using the new CTMH Zoe WOTG stamp set.  I added a few Bitty Sparkles for embellishment.

I cut a 4x6 piece of patterned paper and rounded the edges with my CTMH Corner Rounder.  I used my Cricut Explore to write my journaling with a Pilot Precise V5 Blue Pen, then inked the edges of the White Daisy Cardstock.

I cut the Snow Day title from my new CTMH Artistry Cartridge in White Daisy and a blue cardstock from my stash.  I added a few small snowflakes for embellishment but they don't show up in the photo.

Close To My Heart products used:

CTMH Artistry Cricut Collection

CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Collection

CTMH Zoe Workshop on the Go Stamp Set

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Indian Corn Blue Cardstock

CTMH Corner Rounder

CTMH Bitty Sparkles

Close To My Heart's Mission Statement Video - This Is What It's All About!

I joined Close To My Heart last year in April, right after buying my first Cricut machine.  I was researching cartridges for scrapbooking and I kept finding all these posts using CTMH Cricut cartridges.  I decided to purchase one and when I went on their website I found a promotion for a free cartridge with all new Consultant kits that month.

So I figured, sure, why not.  I had previously been a Stampin' Up demonstrator to get a discount on my personal purchases and had been a Watkins Consultant for about 16 years before that.  I was familiar with how direct sales worked and getting some new products in the Consultant kit was a nice bonus.

When the kit finally arrived I was blown away.  The products were better than what I was expecting.  I knew they would be top-quality, but it was the How-To books that were included that really impressed me.  And as I went through the Consultant manuals and training programs I knew that I had found a company who's values matched mine.

I'm happy to be able to say that I have completed more scrapbooking since I joined CTMH than probably any other previous year.   I am enjoying the artistic side of papercrafting and love being able to create something that my family can cherish for years to come.

I'm glad to have been able to share my story and CTMH Mission Statement with you.

For more information about Close To My Heart visit my website at:

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Handmade Pocket Scrapbooking Cards with CTMH Snowhaven

I've got a few projects on the go right now, but I have mainly been working on my album for 2003. 

 Most of the album is already in pocket page protectors and I'm just going through and making or adding pocket cards and some co-ordinating 12x12 layouts.  

Here are the first of my pocket cards to co-ordinate with the layouts that I made using CTMH Snowhaven.   It's a great way to use up all those scraps.  I've added some embellishments with CTMH White Shimmer Trim and some silver twine from my stash.  

I'm working on the next couple of pages of cards and then will go and do my Cricut cuts all at once, using as many of the Teresa Collins cuts as I can to co-ordinate with my large layouts. 

CTMH Products used:

Snowhaven Paper Pack

Whisper Cardstock

Cranberry Cardstock

Slate Cardstock

Cranberry Exclusive Ink

Slate Exclusive Ink

White Shimmer Trim

Be Jolly Hostess Set

  (Hostess Only set - but check back in July or sign up for my newsletter to find out how it can be yours without hostessing a Gathering!)

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