CTMH Holiday Expressions 2018 Retiring Items

Close To My Heart published the retiring list and wow, some items I really like, items I consider staples, are going to be gone soon.

Below is a visual representation of most of the retiring items. I have not had a chance to add all of the retiring stamp sets yet; since this list is getting very long and the stamps will be available until December 31, I decided to not stay up too late getting this list ready to publish. The stamps are made at the Corporate offices in Utah and more can be quickly manufactured for late December sales so I am not concerned about their availability. I will post the rest of the retiring stamps in the next day or two.

Just the Way You Are (A1224) page 4	Junior Varsity Alphabet (D1807) page 4
A Thousand Words (C1734) page 5	Craftermath (B1633) page 5
Dream Catcher (C1744) page 6	Creative Soul (D1795) page 7
Everyday Life™ Album—Bashful (Z9996) page 15	space intentionally left blank
Boutique Paper Packet (X7235B) page 27	Boutique Coordinating Cardstock (X7235D) page 27
Boutique Complements (X7235C) page 27	Boutique Puffy Stickers (Z4234) page 27
Mink Twine (Z4221) page 27	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Boutique Scrapbooking Kit (G1159) page 28	WYW® Boutique Scrapbooking Kit page 28
Boutique Deluxe Bundle (Z4500) page 29	WYW® Boutique Scrapbooking Kit page 29
Boutique—Cardmaking (C1726) page 30	Boutique —Scrapbooking (D1793) page 31
Bunches of Love (D1815) page 32	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Hugs for You Cardmaking Kit (G1164) page 33	WYW® Hugs for You Cardmaking Kit page 33
Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet (X7236B) page 37	Hello Pumpkin Coordinating Cardstock (X7236D) page 37
Hello Pumpkin Complements (X7236C) page 37	Hello Pumpkin Shapes (Z4222) page 37
Hello Pumpkin Washi Tape (Z4214) page 37	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking Kit (G1160) page 39	WYW® Hello Pumpkin Scrapbooking Kit page 39
Hello Pumpkin—Cardmaking (C1742) page 40	Hello Pumpkin Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z4239) page 40
Hello Pumpkin—Scrapbooking (D1806) page 42	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Epic Birthday Cardmaking Kit (G1165) page 42	WYW® Epic Birthday Cardmaking Kit page 42
Picture My Life™ Cards—Perfectly Imperfect (X7236E) page 43	space intentionally left blank
Grateful Heart Paper Packet (X7237B) page 47	Grateful Heart Coordinating Cardstock (X7237D) page 47
Grateful Heart Complements (X7237C) page 47	Grateful Heart Cork Shapes (Z4229) page 47
Fern-stitched Ribbon (Z4215) page 47	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Grateful Heart Scrapbooking Kit (G1161) page 49	WYW® Grateful Heart Scrapbooking Kit page 49
Grateful Heart—Cardmaking (C1727) page 50	Grateful Heart—Scrapbooking (D1794) page 51
Living My Best Life (D1814) page 52	space intentionally left blank
WYW® You Got This Cardmaking Kit (G1166) page 42	WYW® You Got This Cardmaking Kit page 42
'Tis the Season Paper Packet (X7239B) page 57	'Tis the Season Coordinating Cardstock (X7239D) page 57
'Tis the Season Complements (X7239C) page 57	'Tis the Season Buttons (Z4227) page 57
'Tis the Season Snowflakes (Z4226) page 57	space intentionally left blank
WYW® 'Tis the Season Scrapbooking Kit (G1163) page 58	WYW® 'Tis the Season Scrapbooking Kit page 58
'Tis the Season Deluxe Bundle (Z4501) page 59	WYW® 'Tis the Season Deluxe Scrapbooking Kit page 59
'Tis the Season —Cardmaking (C1737) page 60	'Tis the Season - Scrapbooking (D1801) page 61
WYW® Mistletoe Wishes Cardmaking Kit (G1168) page 62	WYW® Mistletoe Wishes Cardmaking Kit page 62
Picture My Life™ Cards—Christmas List (X7239E) page 63	space intentionally left blank
Oh What Fun Paper Packet (X7238B) page 67	Oh What Fun Coordinating Cardstock (X7238D) page 67
Oh What Fun Complements (X7238C) page 67	Oh What Fun Felt Shapes (Z4228) page 67
Raspberry Baker's Twine (Z4216) page 67	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Oh What Fun Scrapbooking Kit (G1162) page 69	WYW® Oh What Fun Scrapbooking Kit page 69
Oh What Fun—Cardmaking (C1746) page 70	Oh What Fun Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z4240) page 70
Oh What Fun—Scrapbooking (D1803) page 71	space intentionally left blank
WYW® Bestie Therapy Cardmaking Kit (G1167) page 72	WYW® Bestie Therapy Cardmaking Kit page 72
Picture My Life™ Cards—Holiday Style (X7238E) page 73	space intentionally left blank
Seasons Mix-in Paper Packet (X9000) page 74	Seasons Mix-in Coordinating Cardstock (X9001) page 74
Cut Above® Recipe Kit—Holiday Kitchen (Z4300) page 76	Cut Above® Recipe Kit—Holiday Kitchen (with Memory Protectors™) (Z4301) page 76
Cut Above® Holiday Kitchen Bundle (Z4302) page 77	From the Kitchen (D1810) page 77
Cricut® Season of Joy Digital Collection (Z3296) page 117	Cricut® Artbooking Physical Cartridge Collection (Z3299) unavailable – page 123
Thin Cuts—Merry Christmas (Z4306) unavailable – page 124	Thin Cuts—Falala (Z4307) page 124
Thin Cuts—Season's Greetings (Z4308) page 124	Thin Cuts—Winter Flurries (Z4236) page 125
Thin Cuts—A Big Thank You (Z4174) page 126	Thin Cuts—It's Your Day (Z4175) page 126
Grey Gems (Z3089) page 136	Red Gems (Z3090) unavailable – page 136
Gold Pearls (Z3371) unavailable – page 136	White Shimmer Trim (Z3024) unavailable – page 137
Black & Gold Ribbon (Z3197) page 137	Blue Burlap Ribbon (Z3325) page 137
New England Ivy Burlap Ribbon (Z4170) page 137	Paintbrush Set (Z3188) page 138
Chalk Marker (Z1767) unavailable – page 139	Metallics Markers (Z1768) unavailable – page 139
My Acrylix® Spritz Cleaner Refill 8 Oz (1779) page 140	Edge Distresser (Z1297) unavailable – page 141
Tweezers (Z1382) unavailable – page 141	Quilling Tool (Z1795) unavailable – page 141
Hook & Loop Dots (Z1805) unavailable – page 143	space intentionally left blank
My Legacy™ D-ring Album—Red (Z5205) unavailable – page 147	My Legacy™ D-ring Album—Pink (Z5208) page 147
My Legacy™ Post-bound Album—Red (Z5305) page 147	My Legacy™ Post-bound Album—Pink (Z5308) page 147
Resealable Bag 13" × 13 1/4" (Z329) page 154	space intentionally left blank

The retiring list can be downloaded as a PDF here or an Excel file here.

A few products have become unavailable. They are:

If any of your favorite items are on the retiring list, please act fast before they sell out. Have a great day!

Story Starter Special

Story by Stacy™ products teach us how to focus on the story in our memory keeping.

This is a fun 4" × 4" workshop kit which will walk us through the steps of uncovering meaningful memories related to the people, places, and things we love! Individual workshop kits and stamp sets are available at 25% off; buy the workshop kits and stamps bundled together to save 30%!

Colorful Texture (D1784)	Quotable Words (D1786)
Story by Stacy™ Story Starter Workshop Kit—Dots (Z4207)	Dots Story Starter Workshop Bundle (CC12184)
Story by Stacy™ Story Starter Workshop Kit—Candy Apple (Z4208)	Candy Apple Story Starter Workshop Bundle (CC12183)
Story by Stacy™ Story Starter Workshop Kit—Stripes (Z4209)	Stripes Story Starter Workshop Bundle (CC12185)
Story Starter Workshop Kit Bundle (CC12186)	Story Starter Workshop & Stamp Bundle (CC12187)

All you need is adhesive, a Journaling Pen and your photos to complete the workshop.

The Story Starter Special is available December 1–31 while supplies last. Tax is assessed on actual amount customer pays for items. Normal shipping and handling rates will apply and will be based on the full retail value of all special items. The Story Starter flyer can be downloaded here.

Candy Cane Alphabet CTMH SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the December 2018 SOTM Blog Hop featuring the stamp set Candy Cane Alphabet. This month there are approximately 15 Consultants sharing projects they created with the CTMH Stamp Of The Month. 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 a circle so visiting the next blog will take you back to where you started.

You should have arrived here from ***Snips, Snaps, and Scraps by Kathy Burrows***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt keeps a list of participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

Because it is getting closer to the time to mail Christmas cards, I kept my card simple so it could quickly be reproduced. It would be even faster with a second SOTM set so you would not have to go back to stamp the "R" a second time. I stamped directly on the card base, but you could cut a 4¼" × 1¼" strip of White Daisy. I brushed the Clear Shimmer Brush on the die cut word Christmas and added Silver Glitter Gems.

Before you head to ***Judy Faye Garner's Judy Faye's Place***, the supplies I used to create my project are listed below.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:

• My Acrylix™ Stamp Sets: Candy Cane Alphabet — December Stamp of the Month (S1812)
• Paper: 'Tis the Season (X7239B)
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: New England Ivy (Z2835)
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• Cricut® Collection: Flower Market Digital Collection/no cartridge (Z3501)
• Merry Christmas – #MD7AF2A – width set to 4" (which makes the height 1.433") – page 45 – Title <Holly>
• embellishments: Shimmer Brush—Clear (Z3293); Silver Glitter Gems (Z4191) 
• Cricut® Explore Air™ 2 (available at Level 3 of Hostess Rewards; see page 4 of Annual Inspirations 2017-2018) 
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

While I only used my Cricut® Explore Air™ 2 and Design Space to cut "Christmas", I used Design Space to create a sketch for my card.

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 this idea. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with Candy Cane Alphabet — the December Stamp of the Month. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Judy Faye Garner's Judy Faye's Place***.

December 2018 CTMH News

Happy December! I hope you had a great November and a fantastic Thanksgiving!

The December2018 Stamp of the Month is Candy Cane Alphabet

Candy Cane Alphabet (S1812) is an exclusive D-size set of 23 stamps that is only available for purchase during the month of December 2018. The stamp set can be yours for $5 when you place an order of $50 or more in qualifying Close To My Heart products (and you qualify for additional sets at $5 for each $50 you spend). Alternatively it is available at $17.95. Recommended CTMH My Acrylix® Blocks for this stamp set are: 1" x 1" (Y1000), 2" x 2" (Y1003), 1" x 6½" (Y1005) and 2" x 3½" (Y1009).

CTMH Corporate Artists created a page and a card using the Candy Cane Alphabet stamp set.

If you would like a list of the products used to create the above items, you will find the information in the Recipes, a PDF file that lists the products used to make the samples in the Holiday Expressions so you may re-create projects at home. I am participating in a Candy Cane Alphabet blog hop this month; you will find my post here tomorrow. Please visit my December SOTM (S1812) Candy Cane Alphabet Pinterest Board for additional ideas using the Candy Cane Alphabet stamp set.


December 2018 - Story Starter Special

Preserve your memories with Story Starter. This is a fun 4" x 4" workshop kit which will walk you through the steps of uncovering meaningful memories related to the people, places, and things you love! Individual workshop kits and stamp sets are available at 25% off; buy the workshop kits and stamps bundled together to save 30%! The Story Starter flyer can be downloaded here.


There are several other specials continuing through December 31 while supplies last.

Days of December

The Days of December workshop is designed to help us capture memories of every day of December. The Days of December flyer can be downloaded here.


Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop

This workshop is intended to give you another way to use the Hello Pumpkin Paper Pack – totally different than the layouts shown in Holiday Expressions. You will find the Hello Pumpkin Deluxe Scrapbooking Workshop flyer here.

If you would like to read more about the specials below, please click the link to view more information on my Consultant Website or visit my October 28 blog post for a brief summary.

Important Things

Christmas Blessings

Advent Calendar

The Great Outdoors

True North

Holiday Expressions only valid until December 31, 2018

December 31st is the last day to order from the current Idea Book Holiday Expressions. Unfortunately some items in Holiday Expressions 2018 have become unavailable:

I anticipate the Holiday Expressions retiring list will be published in the next few days. As soon as it is released, I will post the list here.

If you are ready to place an order or would like to read more about a product, the Shop Now button will take you there.

If you have any product or promotion questions, do not hesitate to email me. You will also find me on Facebook at Brenda's Paper Crafts. Thank you for visiting today.