Holidays Buzz

Wow! Have I been busy for the Holidays. I taught a Christmas Card 101 class at the local Library. Had 2 more then I was prepared for but we split the difference and everyone made 1 card instead of 2. We had a great time. I've been pushing myself out side of my box and have made a few Holiday items that I'm pretty proud to show you. Number One! Another Consultant had made this. When I saw this little guy I just had to try. Rudy is made with the Cricut Artiste Cartridge and Close To My Heart paper which can only be bought through me.

I made this tree ornament using the Artiste Cricut Cartridge as well. It was a little time consuming but putting it together while I was watching TV wasn't so bad.

These little guys were so much fun to make and EASY. I bought some battery run tea lites. Colored the lites with my CTMH Orange marker. I cut the circles using my Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. Sooo much easier than cutting then one by one! I used my CTMH Black marker to color in the smile, eyes, and buttons. I drew and hand cut the hats. I used embroidery floss around the hat and ribbon for a scarf. The arms were also from Art Philosophy and the heart....well, I happen to have a punch hanging around that I've had for years and it finally became useful.

My next project will be making name tags for Christmas gifts. It's amazing what you can accomplish when the mood hits and the time is right. Get your creative mojo going and show me what you've made for the holidays!

HERE COME HURRICANE ISAAC

It looks like we are positively getting blessed with a Hurricane this coming weekend. The Hardware stores are going crazy. My Husband works for Lowes and they have already advised their employees to be prepared to put in long hectic hours. I have started our list of "must haves" to get ready. It's kind of exciting considering I have never experienced one before but yet it's very scary too. No too long ago we experienced our first Tropical Storm Debbie. I thought that was a hurricane. TV was advising everyone to prepare for evacuation but it turned out my neighborhood didn't have to. We had some 3 foot deep in water streets but that was about the worst of it. Some of the screens came off the pool enclosure but we were able to put that back up. This time we are going to be better prepared. Our neighbor has a generator, and he is the sweetest guy, and has told us he will help out as much as he can and we can stay with him if need be. Our street has the best people. We all look out for each other and we all socialize often. I love it here and couldn't be happier.

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are bringing back our popular double stamp set promotion! You can get the exclusive, new My Acrylix® It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90, which drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!

I've been busy the past few days so I thought I'd show you what I've been up to. Now keep in mind that these are not my original design. A sister Consultant came up with these, Madeline Morcelo, and I just had to try them. The paper and such is not the same as her's so that's what makes it original to me. Hope you enjoy!

Scissor Case

Chap Stick Holder

Gift Card Holder

Post-It-Note Holder

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Ok everyone this is the time to join Close To My Heart as an Independent Consultant! It only takes $49 to join and you'll receive a an awesome bag, valued at $50, free! I want one so bad but it's only for NEW Consultants. The amount of paper crafting you'll be able to do is phenomenal! From scrapbooks to cards to home decor...where ever your imagination takes you. Just think about being able to do all this and receive a discount too! You've got until August 31st to do this but don't wait because the bags are on a "while supplies last" basis. Call me, email me, I'm on Facebook and Twitter, or knock on my door. Get away from that TV and do it!

What an awesome Fall/Winter 2012 Idea Book this is! It will be available August 1, 2012. All you need to do is email me at scrapmemories@yahoo.com to mail you a copy OR you can go on my website, simmie.myctmh.com, to take a tour of it there. You can also place orders on my website and have them mailed directly to your home. It's going to be a fun winter!

Anyone that joins Close To My Heart as an Independent Consultant or, maybe you want to be a hobbiest, this Essentials package for $49 will certainly get you on your way. This package has and approximate value of $130. You will be paying for less than half it's value. How lucky are you!

That's not all! I've got a surprise for you! Check out the next post.

Surprise! You also get this bag abosolutely FREE! Yup! FREE! This $50 bag can be used as a backpack or a carryall. Oh I want one so bad but it's only being offered to Independent Consultants that come aboard between August 1 and August 31, 2012. You are sooo luck!

You are not going to believe this! Close To My Heart in conjunction with Cricut has created a new Cricut Cartridge called Artest. This cartridge is as awesome as Art Philosophy with coordinating stamps BUT this cartridge comes with a guide that will walk you thru your creations step by step. The 3D elements on this baby is incredible! This cartridge is an exclusive offer ONLY thru Close To My Heart Independent Consultants and this offer starts August 1, 2012.

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With the New Fall/Winter CTMH Idea Book making is grand entrance on August 1st, now is the time to grab the retiring items because the will be in "While Supplies Last" status. Below is the list of colors, stamp sets, papers and embellishments! Get them before they're gone! (Retiring colors include stamp pad, re-inker, marker, and card stock) COLORS: Grey Wool Grey Flannel Vanilla Cream Parchment Brown Bag Baby Pink Taffy Sunkiss Yellow Key Lime Heavenly Blue Lilac Mist Amethyst Holiday Red Sunflower Sunny Yellow Dutch Blue Moonstruck Vineyard Berry Tulip Garden Green Spring Iris Petal Garnet Pansy Purple WORKSHOP ON THE GO : Stella, Pemberley, Lucy, Victory, Footloose, Superhero, Florentine, & Cruisin’ PAPER PACK AND COMPLEMENTS: Lucy and Glittery Rub-Ons Footloose and Dimensional Elements Superhero and Rub-Ons Cruisin’ and Silver Foil Images Typeset and Canvas Shapes Roxie and My Stickease Assortment Elemental and Dimensional Elements Sonoma and My Stickease Assortment ACCESSORIES: Imagine Scrapbooking Program Microfiber Cloth Double Scrubber (this is being replaced with a different, smaller one) 12×12 Snapease Album System 12×12 Quick Pic Album – Dark Chocolate 12×12 Quick Pic Album – Dark Cranberry 12×12 Quick Pic Album – Outdoor Denim Clear Cards 4 ¼” x 5 ½” Assortment Clear Cards 4 ½” Assortment Designer Ribbon Pink Collection Bulk Ribbon Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Designer Buttons – Canvas Badge Buttons Bitty Brad Assortment – Basic Bitty Brad Assortment – Metal Clear Sparkles (these are being replaced with a circles-only package) Mini-Medley Accents Collection – Pacifica Mini-Medley Accents Collection – Tulip Mini-Medley Accents Collection –Sunset Mini-Medley Accents Collection – Honey Metal Accessories – Photo Hangers Metal Accessories – Hinges Bitty Buds Assortment Bottle Caps Comic Badge Buttons Heirloom Assortment Irresistibles – Lots of Dots Alphabet Dimensional Elements Ornaments (being replaced with different ornaments) My Creations All-Sorts Mini Album My Creations Mix & Mingle Album My Creations A-Door-ables My Creations Cube My Legacy Writer Black Pens Craft Tray Euro Personal Paper Trimmer (being replaced with a similar, larger trimmer) Euro Replacement Blades Euro Replacement Blade/Scoring Dotto Dots Dispenser Dotto Dots Refill MY ACRYLIX STAMPS: A1108 – A Flitter A1113 – A Game A1115 – A Holiday A1109 – A Sip A1110 – A Timber A1107 – A Twinkle D1446 – Adorn-able D1308 – All Decked Out A1095 – Always Remember A1099 – Angel Sent D1401 – Authentic E1006 – Baroque Alphabet C1472 – Bundled Buddies C1423 – Captured Moments D1373 – Childhood Portrait D1449 – Father Christmas D1493 – Fill in the Blank – Holiday B1359 – Fright NightE1016 – Friendship Alphabet – Large C1401 – Friendship Alphabet – Small D1136 – Giggle Caps D1137 – Giggle Lowercase C1470 – Gnome Garden C1471 – Happy Clusters C1419 – Harvest Home E1011 – Headline Alphabet Large B1381 – Holiday Cheer C1379 – Holiday Commentary C1383 – Holiday Commentary – French C1382 – Holiday Commentary – Spanish C1427 – I Believe B1394 – John 3:16 B1393 – Joyful Jar C1408 – Live Inspired D1499 – Live Your Style D1387 – Made With Love C1425 – Month by Month C1424 – Nature’s Gift D1437 – Party Animal C1429 – Party Pennants C1473 – Remarkable Wreath E1002 – Rustic Alphabet D1267 – Rustic Numbers D1386 – Save the Date D1397 – Save the Date – French D1398 – Save the Date – Spanish D1283 – Say It In Style C1420 – Snow Days D1384 – Snow Flurries B1356 – St. Nick B1362 – Tag the Occasion B1361 – Tannenbaum C1426 = Thanksgiving D1436 – The Present D1306 – Treasure Life C1465 – Unscripted C1468 – Winter Joy You can order all these items from my website: simmie.myctmh.com

Stationary and box

This was fun to make. I used My Creations Card Box. I adheared Pemberly paper pack paper cut at specific sizes to adhere to the box. I also cut and folded paper to place on the inside to accommodate the 3x3 note cards I made and envelopes. I also took apart a pen and slipped a piece of Pemberly in it to create a match set. I bought from a local craft supply store the little wooden legs. I combined some re-inker with Creat-a-shade Pearl Paint and painted the legs. I adhered them to the box use super glue.

4th of July

I recycled some yogurt cups to make this. I was going to put holes in the top and put red, white, and blue carnations in them but the party we were going to got canceled so here they are. I took strips of B&T and fan folded them to make the "Flowers". I used a miscellaneous Cricut Cartridge to cut the letters. It was fun to do. Too bad they didn't get used.

Are You Sleeping

I know my Husband is going to shoot me for putting this on my blog but I just had to throw it in the mix.

I think these pictures are just adorable! I got the idea from Pinterest. I used Dotty For You, again!, for the back ground and I drew the animals, cut them out and adhered them to the back ground. I painted all the frames white and then I added some miscellaneous ribbon from my supply. I sent these off to my Step-daughter for the baby's room. I almost wanted to keep them but you know how Grandmother's are?

This 2 page layout I made cutting the B&T at 8" so I would not divide the page exactly in half. I used card stock as matting for the pictures and the flowers were cut from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge offered exclusively from Close To My Heart. The lettering I printed from a miscellaneous Cricut Cartridge

Dotty For You

Close To My Heart had a special offer for this paper pack so I have decided I am going to make a scrapbook for my Step-daughter's first baby. This 2 page layout I decided to put Torin's name on the side. I stamped some little cars, bicycles, and balloons for embellishments. I adhered the balloons on Torin's name and the cars and bicycles were added to the boarder on the 2nd page. These little additions come from a stamp set called Neighborhood Item# C1384