CTMH March Specials and Stamp of the Month

Purchase any current Thin Cuts or Thin Cuts bundles at 25% off in March.

Thin cuts give you a fast and easy way to cut all kinds of shapes for your crafting, and this month they are all available at 25% off! 

Choose from titles, sentiments, and a wide variety of shapes to stamp on so you can get precise, dimensional shapes in no time!

New Consultants: Anyone who signs up in March will receive a set of Thin Cuts in their New Consultant Kit at no additional cost to them!

March Stamp of the Month - Tea-rrific

Isn't this just adorable - a set of 11 Tea Themed images and sentiments!  Available this month only!

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for that 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. Also available at the regular price of $23.

CTMH Hello Lovely Featured Project with February SOTM

Each month CTMH highlights a paper pack from the current Idea Book.

The featured paper pack for February 2017 is Hello Lovely.

Today's Artwork can be found on page 58 of the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book - these projects are both made using the Hello Lovely Paper Pack along with the February Stamp of the Month.

The February Stamp of the Month is Easter Bunny, a very pretty set featuring an adorable rabbit family, perfect for your Spring projects and layouts.

Available this month only, for just $6, when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products or purchase it for the regular price of $23.

Supplies used:

12x12 Bunny Layout

• Easter Bunny—February Stamp of the Month
• Hello Lovely Paper Packet
• Sugar Rush Paper Packet
• Whimsy Fundamentals
• Uptown Fundamentals
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Fern Cardstock
• Watercolor Paper
• Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
• Dreamin' Big Sequins
• Watercolor Paints
• Paintbrush Set
• Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen

Happy Easter Card

• Easter Bunny—February Stamp of the Month
• Hello Lovely Paper Packet
• Sugar Rush Paper Packet
• Dreamin' Big Paper Packet
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Watercolor Paper
• Archival Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad
• Gold Glitter Gems
• Blush Shimmer Ribbon
• Thin Cuts—Basic Circles
• Watercolor Paints
• Paintbrush Set
• Shimmer Brush—Gold

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

Today is the start of the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book from Close To My Heart featuring some gorgeous Spring paper packs and stamp sets, available now through to the end of April 2017.

Each month CTMH highlights a different paper pack from the Seasonal Idea Book - the featured pack for January is Sugar Rush.   I will be sharing artwork on the blog this month using the Sugar Rush WYW and Sugar Rush - Cardmaking Stamp Set.

The January Stamp of the Month is Adore You, a very pretty set featuring hearts and flowers, perfect for your Valentine's Day projects and layouts.

Available for one month only, for just $6 - when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products.  Or purchase it for the regular price of $23.

All this month, we are celebrating National Papercrafting Month with the beautiful Welcome Home wreath kit.

This kit comes with pre-cut pieces you can simply pop out and attach to the sturdy chipboard wreath base, making a welcoming décor piece for your home.

There are four ways you can get the wreath kit:

Buy it for $24.25—no qualifying purchase required!
Get it for free with a qualifying $60 purchase!
Get it for free by hosting a party that reaches the second level of Hostess Rewards.
Get it for free when you sign up to be a Consultant!

No matter how you get your Welcome Home wreath kit—or how many you get—you are going to love how easy this kit makes it to add a little more papercrafted beauty to your life.

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. 

 Receive regular updates of upcoming Classes & Workshops 

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

CTMH September Stamp of the Month with CTMH Watercolour Paints

Trying out my new CTMH Watercolour Paints with the September Stamp of the Month - Paper Garden.

I stamped the backgrounds with CTMH Whisper Ink then went over them with the Watercolours, blending and adding in different shades until I got the look I wanted. 

I also tried out a couple of backgrounds.  I wet the watercolour paper first then added my colours and let them bleed together, then went over them with a clean wet brush and blended the colours out to the edge.   It was a lot of fun,  I've never really used watercolours, so I was happy to just experiment and see how they worked.  

I haven't been able to get back to the craftroom to finish my cards due to a shoulder injury.  

I'll be adding sentiments from the Hello, Life stamp sets and some embellishments and will post my finished cards in a future blog post. 

The CTMH Stamp of the Month - Paper Garden is available until September 30, 2015

 for $21.25 or just $6 with your qualifying purchase of $50

Also available this month only, for National Stamping Month - Hello, Life. 

Available for $16.50 each or get the bundle for $41.50

Each set is designed for different types of papercrafting, and coordinate with each other for endless possibilities.  

They also co-ordinate with cuts on the new CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge.

Pocket Scrapbooking Set

Cardmaking Set

Scrapbooking Set

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.

CTMH September Stamp of the Month - Paper Garden

Close To My Heart September Stamp of the Month - Paper Garden is now available for purchase. 

 It co-ordinates with images from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.   

Available until September 30th for $6 with your qualifying purchase of $50 or more.  

It is also available for purchase at the full retail price of $21.25.

                                     

Clean & Simple Birthday Card with CTMH Framed August Stamp of the Month

Here's a Birthday card I made today with the August Stamp of the Month - Framed & my new CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge.
The August Stamp of the Month is available until August 31st for $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50 or at the regular price of $19.75.

 I used CTMH Maximum Power (retired) tire track stamp to make the border strip with CTMH Juniper Exclusive Ink on Juniper Cardstock.   The Juniper Houndstooth patterned cardstock is from the Paper Fundamentals Whimsy Assortment (retiring at the end of this month).

Close To My Heart Products Used:

CTMH Artistry Cricut Collection

CTMH August Stamp of the Month - Framed

CTMH Whimsy Assortment Paper Fundamentals

CTMH Juniper Cardstock

CTMH White Daisy Cardstock

CTMH Juniper Exclusive Inks

CTMH White Shimmer Trim

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. 

CTMH New Product Releases & August Specials

The new Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations and Holiday Expressions 2015 aren't available until September 1st but CTMH has made a few of the new products available now!

The new CTMH Artistry Cricut Collection is available starting today!  

It has a brand new cartridge, 3 new co-ordinating full sized stamps sets and a full pack of the Enchantment cardstock with the new colour palette.

It is available for $117.75 for the Artistry Cartridge bundle or $93.75 for the Digital Collection for use with Cricut Explore or Cricut Explore Air.

The August Stamp of the Month - Framed is now available for purchase and it co-ordinates with the new Artistry Cricut Cartridge.   Available until August 31st for $5 with your qualifying purchase of $50 or more.  It is also available at the full price of $19.75 if you prefer not to spend $50.

If you do not have a Cricut you can easily hand cut the frames.  

So cute with the matching sentiment stamps. 

The Special Promotion for August is Get Organized - featuring more items from the new Idea Book.

Marker Roll-Up Combo: When you place an order for the new Marker-Roll Up organizer you qualify for the new D-sized stamp set Balloon Wishes for FREE

Accessory Roll-Up Combo: When you place an order for the new Accessory Roll-Up Combo you qualify to receive 2 new Base & Bling style sheets (Affirmations & Lovely Blooms) for FREE

A paper pack from the new Idea Book has also been pre-released.  

Zoe is now available to purchase:

• Scrapbooking Workshop on the Go - includes full sized stamp set, instruction booklet & accessories
• Paper Packet
• Zoe Assortment
• Zoe Complements

There is also a special Zoe Express Collection available in Studio J until September 30 - visit 

Studio J,  CTMH Online Digital Scrapbooking Software Site for more information.

New Consultant Kit is also available now!  It is full of new products and includes the new Annual Inspirations & Holiday Expressions catalogues.  Everything you need to start holding Gatherings is included in this Kit.  For a full list of products visit my CTMH website.  You can start your own CTMH business today for $149 CAD.  

Former Consultants:  When you re-sign up using the same email address from your previous Consultant account in August,  you can choose a business building essentials kit for only $58 or the full kit for $149.

View full details and kit contents here

If you would like to receive a new CTMH Annual Inspirations & Holiday Expressions Book in September contact me at: nshelmer@icloud.com

The online edition will be available to view starting September 1st on my CTMH website:

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com

Mojo Monday 377

I was finishing up some layouts from CTMH Brushed Workshop on the Go this weekend and was wondering what to do with all the leftover cardstock.

I came across the Mojo Monday blog and liked the sketch for this week so I thought I would give it a shot and use up some of that Brushed cardstock and I was also looking for something that would go with the December Stamp of the Month - Cutie Pie.

Love how this turned out - although the picture makes the Canary cardstock look quite harsh. It is actually a softer pretty shade of yellow.  I need to remember to take my camera out to my craftroom so I'm not always using my cell phone for pictures.

I used my Cricut with the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the circle at 2"  & scalloped circle at 2.5".  I coloured the cupcake with chalks, added some glitter and added a ribbon under the scalloped circle to finish it off.



CTMH products used:

Brushed Paper Packet  (x7190b) $10.95
Cutie Pie - December Stamp of the Month (s1412)  $19.75 or just $5.00 with your $50 purchase during December 2014
Black Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad (z2105) $6.50
CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (z1686) $109.00

From my stash:
Glitter, Chalks & Ribbon

For more information about these products visit my CTMH website at:
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.

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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,

Today ONLY! CTMH Cyber Monday Cricut Collection Sale!

Visit http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com 

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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Link in right hand column below Blog Archive list.

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 November Stamp of the Month - It's the Little Things

November Stamp of the Month - It's the Little Things.

$19.75 cad or $5.00 with a $50 qualifying purchase.

Visit my Close To My Heart website for more details.

http://nancyhelmer.ctmh.com