Monday, November 26, 2018

CTMH Cyber Monday 2018

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful weekend. You might have seen my earlier post that CTMH is having a Cyber Monday sale.


Earlier this morning I woke up and took some screenshots of the products included in the Cyber Monday sale.

With about 13 hours to go, some items have sold out, but there are still some great deals available. To see which items are available, please visit the Cyber Monday Sale page on my Consultant Website. The following photos show what was available at approximately 3:45am EST.
















Have a great rest of your Monday. I hope you have a great week.

CTMH Cyber Monday 2018

I hope you had a fun weekend and are ready for Cyber Monday. The CTMH Cyber Monday specials are now posted on the Promotions Page of my Consultant website.


The sale gives us a chance to save up to 50% on selected items. Quantities will be limited, so be sure to place orders early!

The Cyber Monday sale just started and will end at 1:59 am EST on November 27 (11:59pm MST on November 26).

Sale prices for Cyber Monday are only available on orders placed through my Consultant website today. All discounted items ordered as part of the sales count towards Stamp of the Month qualifying order totals. Shipping and handling will be based on the full retail value of sale items.

To see which items are discounted during today's Cyber Monday sale, visit the Promotions Page on my Consultant website. All of the offers are only available while supplies last—so be sure to get your orders in before the sale ends!

CTMH will be emailing all newsletter subscribers at the beginning of the sale—the message should be in your in box now—to let you know it has started.

Have a great last week of November.

Friday, November 23, 2018

CTMH Black Friday 2018 - 14 Hours Remain

Good morning! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Maybe you would like to sit back and relax on this day after the big feast and do some shopping at the CTMH Black Friday sale?


Around 3:30 this morning I was awoken by some commotion overnight. In these frigid temperatures (-4 degrees) there was a cat wandering around on my deck which drew the attention of the three furry ones inside. Since I was up, I looked at the Flash Sale on my tablet (but didn't stay up to order) and took some screenshots of what was available then; I was dismayed to see an item I would have ordered has already sold out! Wow, some shoppers are early birds (or night owls). Oh well, they say you snooze you lose, but I needed my sleep. [insert big grin]

To see what items are still available, please visit the Black Friday Sale page on my Consultant Website. The following photos show what was available just before 4am EST.













A little more about our overnight visitor; I noticed the cat on Sunday and Monday nights (my cats woke me up then too). On Tuesday when we learned the temps were going to go so low on Thanksgiving, we put out an electric bowl (made primarily for dogs and small farm animals) that keeps the water from freezing and a box we built years ago. The box is insulated top, bottom and sides and has a dog bed that warms when it senses pressure. I saw the cat drink, but it didn't go inside the house. It eventually made its way down the road, I am assuming to visit other houses or perhaps go home. Please keep the cat in your thoughts and, if it does not have a forever home, help me will it to use the house we provided to stay warm.

I hope you have a great rest of your day.

CTMH Black Friday 2018

I hope you had a fabulous and restful Thanksgiving and are ready for Black Friday. The CTMH Black Friday specials are now posted on the Promotions Page of my Consultant website.


The sale gives us a chance to save up to 50% on selected items. Quantities will be limited, so be sure to place orders early!

The Black Friday sale just started and will end at 1:59 am EST on November 24 (11:59pm MST on November 23).

Sale prices for Black Friday are only available on orders placed through my Consultant website today, before the stroke of midnight Mountain time. All discounted items ordered as part of the sales count towards Stamp of the Month qualifying order totals. Shipping and handling will be based on the full retail value of sale items.

To see which items will be discounted during this Black Friday sale, visit the Promotions Page on my Consultant website at any time today. All of the offers are only available while supplies last—so be sure to get your orders in before the sale ends!

CTMH will be emailing all newsletter subscribers at the beginning of the sale—the message may be in your in box now—to let you know when it has started.

Be sure to stop back on Monday for the Cyber Monday sale which will begin at 2:00 am EST on Monday, November 26, and end at 1:59 am EST on Tuesday, November 27 (that is 12:00am MST to 11:59pm MST on November 26).

Happy Black Friday shopping!

Thursday, November 22, 2018

Happy Thanksgiving, Black Friday & Cyber Monday

Happy Thanksgiving!

Grateful Heart Paper Packet, Grateful Heart—Cardmaking, Erin’s Hand
On this Thanksgiving I hope that you have the opportunity to spend some time with good food and good company (not necessarily in that order).

As I speculated yesterday, Close To My Heart will be having Black Friday and Cyber Monday specials.


CTMH will be offering flash sales featuring current and retired products on each of these big days! The sale gives us a chance to save up to 50% on selected items. Quantities will be limited, so be sure to place orders early!

The Black Friday sale starts at 2:00 am EST on November 23 and will end at 1:59 am EST on November 24 (that is 12:00am MST to 11:59pm MST on November 23).

The Cyber Monday sale will begin at 2:00 am EST on Monday, November 26, and end at 1:59 am EST on Tuesday, November 27 (that is 12:00am MST to 11:59pm MST on November 26).

Sale prices for both of these sales are only available on orders placed through my Consultant website during these times. All discounted items ordered as part of the sales count towards Stamp of the Month qualifying order totals. Shipping and handling will be based on the full retail value of sale items.

To see which items will be discounted during the sales, visit the Promotions Page on my Consultant website at any time during the sale. All of the offers are only available while supplies last—so be sure to get your orders in before the sale ends!

CTMH will be emailing all newsletter subscribers at the beginning of each sale to let you know when it has started.

Once again, Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Holiday Expressions 2018 & Christmas Blessings

The CTMH Holiday Expressions 2018 Idea Book is valid for less than six additional weeks. Where have the past few weeks gone?


Unfortunately some items in Holiday Expressions 2018 have become unavailable:



Since the Silver Glitter Paper is temporary unavailable until the end of the year, the Christmas Blessings Workshop Kit (CC12182) has a substitution.


Rather than two silver glitter paper sheets, the Workshop Kit will come with two silver foil paper sheets (Z3366) in place of the silver glitter paper.

I anticipate that the Corporate Office will be releasing a Holiday Expressions 2018 retiring list in early December. Keep checking back to learn if any of your favorite items are being retired.

Finally, there haven some Black Friday and Cyber Monday CTMH specials the past couple of years, but we typically do not learn of them very far in advance. Please check back on Thursday or Friday; as soon as I hear any news, I will post as soon as I am able. Until then, please have a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Friday, November 16, 2018

Merry Christmas Blessings Blog Hop

Welcome to the Merry Christmas Blessings Blog Hop featuring Christmas and Demember holiday-themed Close To My Heart products. There are almost 20 Consultants on this hop. We try to keep our blog hop easy: just keep clicking on the link to the next blog (typically near the bottom of the post) to visit the next post. Our blog hop is circular so visiting the next blog will take you back to where you started.


You should have arrived here from ***Michelle Loncar's Show and Tell, with Michelle***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt keeps a list of participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

For this hop my first thought was black and gold, but then something made me think non-traditional.


I stamped the background using Raspberry on the ombré paper from Oh What Fun Paper Packet. I used my stamp platform so I could double-stamp to make sure the Raspberry was dark enough on the Raspberry paper. I love the Merry Trimming stamp. I did not want to cover too much of it, so I stamped on Vellum. I love that the sparkle from the Silver Tinsel Embossing Powder shows in the photo even if it looks dark.


This close-up shows how I placed the Silver Embellishing Thread and Silver Glitter Gem (thanks for the sharing the idea on an earlier hop Krista). It also shows the Silver Tinsel more true to color.

Before you head to ***Catherine Nowak's CatScrapbooking***, the supplies I used to create my project are listed below.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:
If you are not already working with a CTMH Independent Consultant, you may purchase all of the supplies I used at my Consultant website.

I love to hear what folks think about the items I create. If you have a little time, please leave a comment letting me know what you think of my card. I hope you are enjoying the Christmas projects shared on this hop. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Catherine Nowak's CatScrapbooking***.

Monday, November 5, 2018

Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Workshop

In addition to introducing Days of December on November 1, Close To My Heart also released the Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop.


The Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop gives us a fresh look at the Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet and two 12″ × 12″ single-page layouts and two 12″ × 12″ 2-page layouts that are not Halloween-themed.

Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop
with Stamp & Thin Cuts (CC11182)
  Kit contents:
  • 1 – My Acrylix® Colorful Texture Stamp Set (D1784)
  • 1 – Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet (X7236B)
  • 6 – cardstock sheets (2 Ballerina, 1 Glacier, 1 Peach, 2 White Daisy)
  • 1 – Boutique Complements (X7235C)
  • 1 – White Ribbon (Z4196)
  • 1 – Thin Cuts—Stitched Circles (Z4181)
  • 3 – Top Load Memory Protectors™
  • photo placeholders
Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
WITHOUT Stamp & Thin Cuts (CC11183)
  Kit contents:
  • 1 – Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet (X7236B)
  • 6 – cardstock sheets (2 Ballerina, 1 Glacier, 1 Peach, 2 White Daisy)
  • 1 – Boutique Complements (X7235C)
  • 1 – White Ribbon (Z4196)
  • 3 – Top Load Memory Protectors™
  • photo placeholders

CTMH created two bundles, one with stamp and Thin Cuts for those of you who do not have them, and one without stamp and Thin Cuts. Additional supplies needed:
The list of items in the Bundle and additional items needed are also in the Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop flyer which can be downloaded here.

Purchase the bundle and, if needed, the suggested additional supplies then follow the Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop Instructions to complete the following pages.

Single page Project 1
Single page Project 2
Two-page Project 3
Two-page Project 4

The Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop Bundle is available now until December 31 while supplies last.

Sunday, November 4, 2018

Days of December – 31 Days of Memories

On November 1, Close To My Heart released Days of December.


The Days of December workshop is designed to help us capture all of the wonderful memories of December. There is a place for daily photos and room to tell the stories of those photos. Purchase your bundle now so you can complete your album before December.

Days of December Bundle
Days of December Bundle

  Includes:

  • 6 – 'Tis the Season sheets
  • 7 – cardstock sheets (2 Candy Apple, 1 Fern, 2 New England Ivy, 2 White Daisy)
  • 1 – Gold Foil Paper sheet
  • 6 – Everyday Life™ Memory Protectors™ 6″ × 8″
  • 6 – Everyday Life™ Memory Protectors™ 4″ × 6″
  • 5 – Everyday Life™ Memory Protectors™ 3″ × 4″
  *This bundle is a base kit to create the scrapbooking pages in the Days of December Everyday Life™ Album using the easy-to-follow instructions found below.

Additional supplies needed:

Additional optional supplies:
The  list of items in the Bundle and additional items needed are also listed on the Days of December flyer which can be downloaded here.

Purchase the bundle and suggested additional supplies then follow the Days of December Workshop Instructions to complete the following pages.

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Cover Page
Days 1 and 2
Days 3 and 4
Days 5 and 6
Days 7 and 8
Days 9 and 10
Days 11 and 12
Days 13 and 14
Days 15 and 16
Days 17 and 18
Days 19 and 20
Days 21 and 22
Days 23 and 24
Day 25
Days 26 and 27
Days 28 and 29
Days 30 and 31
Back Page
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The Days of December Workshop Bundle is available now until December 31 while supplies last.