Monday, June 8, 2020

May–June 2020 CTMH Catalog Paper Collections

May is over, we are several days into June and I haven't shared much about the May–Jun 2020 CTMH Catalog.
Cover May–June 2020 Catalog

You can view a pager-turner of the May–June catalog on here (you may need to scroll down). You can download a PDF of the catalog for off-line viewing. The Recipes will list the products used to create the samples in the catalog.

There are two new Patterned Paper Collections–Aurora and Stitched Together–and a coordinating Mix-in Paper Packet.

Aurora Paper Packet
Stitched Together Paper Packet
Mix-in Paper Packet

New in this catalog are smaller Cricut® collections that coordinate with the Aurora and Stitched Together Paper Collections. The Cricut® collections are pictured below (two images for each collection); the affiliate link below the collection images will take you to the Cricut® website to purchase the collection.

Here are the current Patterned Paper Collections from Close To My Heart:

Featured colors in Aurora:
Eggplant, Sapphire, Peacock, Evergreen, Sage, Linen, Charcoal
Aurora Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
(X7254S)
Aurora Paper Packet
(X7256B)
this paper included in both the Aurora Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Aurora Paper Packet
this paper included in both the Aurora Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Aurora Paper Packet
this paper included in both the Aurora Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Aurora Paper Packet
sticker sheet only available in
Aurora Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
Aurora Coordinating Cardstock
(X7254C)
Aurora Picture My Life™ Cards
(X7256D)
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Aurora Acrylic Shapes
(X7256E)
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Aurora—Cardmaking
(C1840)
Aurora—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3713)
Aurora—Scrapbooking
(D1922)
Aurora—Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3711)
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
includes Memory Protectors™
(G1201)
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
without Memory Protectors™
(G1203)
Project 1
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Project 2
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Project 3
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Project 4
Aurora Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Aurora Cardmaking Workshop Kit
(G1205)
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Project 1
Aurora Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 2
Aurora Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 3
Aurora Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 4
Aurora Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Featured colors in Stitched Together:
Candy Apple, Smoothie, Peach, Canary, Sweet Leaf,
Sapphire, Lagoon, Mint, Charcoal, French Vanilla
Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
(X7257S)
Stitched Together Paper Packet
(X7257B)
this paper included in both the Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and
Stitched Together Paper Packet
this paper included in both the Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and
Stitched Together Paper Packet
this paper included in both the Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and
Stitched Together Paper Packet
sticker sheet only available in
Stitched Together Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
Stitched Together Coordinating Cardstock
(X7257C)
Stitched Together Picture My Life™ Cards
(X7257D)
Cricut® Stitched Together Collection
Cricut® Stitched Together Collection
Cricut® Stitched Together Collection
Cricut® Stitched Together Collection
Wood Buttons
(Z3668)
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Stitched Together—Cardmaking
(C1842)
no longer available

Stitched Together—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z3718)
Stitched Together—Scrapbooking
(D1923)
Stitched Together—Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z3717)
Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit includes Memory Protectors™ (G1202)
Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit without Memory Protectors™ (G1204)
Project 1
Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Project 2
Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
Project 3
Stitched Together Scrapbooking Workshop Kit
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Stitched Together Cardmaking Workshop Kit
(G1206)
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Project 1
Stitched Together Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 2
Stitched Together Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 3
Stitched Together Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Project 4
Stitched Together Cardmaking Workshop Kit
Featured colors in Mix-in:
Charcoal, Peach, Peacock, Mint, Sweet Leaf, and Linen
Mix-in Paper Packet
(X9015)
Mix-in Coordinating Cardstock
(X9016)
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet
paper in Mix-in Paper Packet

There are many new stamp sets and stamp sets + Thin Cuts in this catalog. Unfortunately a couple of stamp sets + Thin Cuts have sold out and several stamp sets + Thin Cuts have limited stock remaining.

Mason Jar Bouquet
(C1845)
Mason Jar Bouquet Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3730)
From the Deep Blue
(D1924)
From the Deep Blue Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3728)
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Palm Paradise
(D1927)
Cricut® Aurora Collection
Palm Paradise Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3723)
Make a Splash
(C1839)
Make a Splash Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3719)
When Skies Are Grey
(D1921)
When Skies Are Grey Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3721)
A Million Little Things
(D1925)
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Sweet Hummingbird
(C1844)
Sweet Hummingbird Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3725)
Shine Bright
(C1850)
Original Work
(C1846)
Snuggle Up
(C1843)
Snuggle Up Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3727)
Queen Bee
(C1838)
Queen Bee Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3720)
Here & There
(C1841)
no longer available

Here & There Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3722)
Party Time
(A1248)
Party Time Stamp + Thin Cuts
(Z3729)
Celebrating You
(C1847)
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Baby Bump
(B1706)
You Are Loved
(M1269)
Tender Thoughts
(B1707)
Be Kind
(A1249)
Ladybug Shaker Window Thin Cuts
(Z3710)
Hello Ladybug
(B1703)
Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts
(Z3726)
Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts
(Z3726)
Bluebird Shimmer Brush
(Z3669)
Evergreen Shimmer Brush
(Z3670)
Constellations Embossing Folder
(Z3665)
Woodland Embossing Folder
(Z3666)
Mountain Peaks Embossing Folder
(Z3664)
created with Constellations and
Woodland Embossing Folders
Wilderness Embossing Folders
(Z3667)
Wilderness Embossing Folders (Z3667)
includes 3 embossing folders:
1 - Constellations
1 - Woodland
1 - Mountain Peaks

Quilt Embossing Folder
(Z3663)
created with
Quilt Embossing Folder
You Make Me Happy
(D1920)
When you purchase Make Me Happy (D1920), CTMH will donate $7 of the proceeds to Operation Smile™, a non-profit organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world.

I hope you have enjoyed this tour of the May–June 2020 Close To My Heart catalog. Have a good week ahead.

Saturday, June 6, 2020

Bring Back My Pack–Brushed

For June and July, Close To My Heart brought back the the popular collection Brushed.

Bring Back My Pack–Brushed
Bring Back My Pack–Brushed
Brush was originally introduced in Annual Inspirations 2014-2015 which was valid August 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015. Back then the featured colors were Black, Canary, Cranberry, Flaxen, Hollyhock, Juniper, Pear, Pixie and White Daisy.

The re-imagined Brushed collection features Canary, Candy Apple, Green Apple, Smoothie, Pixie, and Lagoon.

The Brushed collection options are:

Brushed Paper Packet
(CC6201)
Brushed Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
(CC6202)
this paper included in both the
Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Paper Packet
this paper included in both the
Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Paper Packet
this paper included in both the
Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and Paper Packet
sticker sheet only available in
Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet
Brushed Coordinating Cardstock
(CC6203)
featured colors:
Canary, Candy Apple, Green Apple, Smoothie, Pixie, and Lagoon
2 sheets of each; 12 sheet total
Your Own Kind of Wonderful
(D1627)
A Budding Friendship
(D1602)
Brushed Bundle
(CC6204)
Brushed Bundle includes:
  • 1 – My Acrylix® Your Own Kind of Wonderful Stamp Set (D1627)
  • 1 – My Acrylix® A Budding Friendship Stamp Set (D1602)
  • 1 – Brushed Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet (CC6202)
  • 1 – Brushed Coordinating Cardstock (CC6203)

The Brushed collection is available until July 31 while supplies last. I will be participating in a Brushed Blog Hop on June 21; I hope you will stop back then and hop with us.

Close To My Heart is having a free Facebook Live Event featuring the Brushed Bundle on the Corporate Facebook page. Mark your calendar for 4pm EDT on June 30. There we will create along with CTMH Staff from the Corporate Office. The virtual events will be saved to the Facebook page and available for viewing after the event in case you are unable to join us live. Be sure to visit my May 30 blog post to a list of all upcoming Facebook Live Events.

Have a fun, crafty and safe weekend!

Monday, June 1, 2020

CTMH Garden Tags SOTM Blog Hop - June 2020

Welcome to the June 2020 SOTM Blog Hop featuring the stamp set Garden Tags. This month there are approximately 22 Consultants sharing projects created with the CTMH Stamp Of The Month Garden Tags. Our blog hop is a circle; visiting the next blog (typically via a link near the bottom of the post) will take you back to where you started.

Garden Tags SOTM Blog Hop
You should have arrived here from ***Crafty Happy by Darlys Recker***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt also keeps a list of all participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

Garden Tags Stamp Set
This stamp set coordinates with the Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts (Z3726). The Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts were so popular that the first shipment received at the warehouse was depleted, but fortunately more stock is expected in mid-June.

I am desperately behind in creating Thank You cards, so I decided to use the tags to decorate the front of some Thank You cards. On my first card the tags were stamped with Intense Black and colored with TriBlend™ Markers.

Garden Tags SOTM Blog Hop
card created with Garden Tags and TriBlend™ Markers
I embossed a piece of Ballerina cardstock with the Floral Garden Embossing Folder. I framed the embossed piece with Charcoal cardstock. The sentiment was stamped with Pewter ink on Pebble cardstock. I layered a piece of Gold Glitter Paper under the hole on the tag then added Liquid Glass in the center to give the illusion of a gold glitter gem.

On this card I stamped the tags with Pewter ink and colored with the Watercolor Pencils, using them dry. Since I did not do a great job centering one of the images, I trimmed on the outline, cut tags from Thistle cardstock and then layered both.

Garden Tags SOTM Blog Hop
card created with Garden Tags and Watercolor Pencils
To create the background I used second generation ink and Strokes of an Artist then splattered with Gold and Bashful Shimmer Brushes. I used second generation Pewter ink behind the sentiment and Intense Black for the sentiment. This time I layered the Gold Glitter Paper between the tag layers; I added Liquid Glass to the center, but this time the Liquid Glass was still quite wet preventing the glitter from shining through.

Before you head to ***Alyson Mayo's Create with Alyson***, 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 this idea. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with Garden Tags — the June 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 ***Alyson Mayo's Create with Alyson***.

June 2020 CTMH News

Hello! I am finding it difficult to write this post with everything happening in the world right now. I do hope you and your families are staying healthy during this time.

June 2020 Stamp Of The Month Garden Tags

Garden Tags (S2006) - CTMH SOTM June 2020

Garden Tags (S2006) is an exclusive D-size set of 8 stamps that is only available for purchase during the month of June 2020. 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 $18.95. Recommended CTMH My Acrylix® Blocks for this stamp set are: 1" × 1" (Y1000), 2" × 2" (Y1003) and 2" × 3½" (Y1009).

Garden Tags (S2006) coordinates with Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts (Z3726). Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts are sold separately and are shown on page 45 of the May–June 2020 Catalog. The Tags & Tabs Thin Cuts are temporarily unavailable, but are expected to be back in stock in mid-June.

CTMH Corporate Artists created this gift tag using the Garden Tags stamp set.

tags created with Garden Tags (CTMH June 2020 SOTM)

If you would like a list of the products used to create the above cards, you will find the information in the Recipes, a PDF file that lists the products used to make the samples in the May–June 2020 Catalog. I am participating in a Garden Tags blog hop this month; you will find my post here tomorrow. Please visit my June SOTM (S2006) Garden Tags Pinterest Board for other ideas to use the Garden Tags stamp set.

Bring Back My Pack–Brushed

Bring Back My Pack–Brushed
Bring Back My Pack–Brushed

Brushed was first introduced in Annual Inspirations 2014-2015 which was valid August 1, 2014 through August 31, 2015. When first introduced, Brushed featured Black, Canary, Cranberry, Flaxen, Hollyhock, Juniper, Pear, Pixie, White Daisy. The updated collection has a Paper Packet or a Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and features Canary, Green Apple, Pixie, Candy Apple, Smoothie and Lagoon.

Bring Back My Pack–Brushed Flyer Page 1
Bring Back My Pack–Brushed Flyer Page 1
Bring Back My Pack–Brushed Flyer Page 2
Bring Back My Pack–Brushed Flyer Page 2

If you would like a PDF copy of the flyer, you can download it here.

National Scrapbooking Month–Blue Skies

National Scrapbooking Month–Blue Skies
National Scrapbooking Month–Blue Skies

While the National Scrapbooking Month–Blue Skies special discounts, bundles, and workshop kits ended on May 31, individual items in the Blue Skies collection are available through June 30 while supplies last.

Let’s Stay Home

In case you missed it, CTMH introduced Let’s Stay Home in late March. Then, in mid-May CTMH introduced two more stamp sets to document this extraordinary time in our lives.

Let's Stay Home (CC3212)
Let's Stay Home (CC3212)
The Great Indoors (CC5217)
The Great Indoors (CC5217)
On Repeat (CC5218)
On Repeat (CC5218)

All are D-size stamp sets; they include 28, 9 and 12 stamps respectively. Be sure to check out this video (you do not need to have a Facebook account to view it) on the CTMH Facebook Page to get a better look at the Let's Stay Home stamp set and to see a fantastic page. Just substitute the photo and alter the journaling a bit and it could be my experience the past week or two. There is another video on the CTMH Facebook Page that shows some additional artwork for documenting our pandemic experience. By the way, on a mid-May post, I shared photos of some artwork created by the CTMH Corporate Artists with The Great Indoors and On Repeat. Also, on the Let's Stay Home promotions page there are three free SVGs that you can use on your album covers, scrapbook pages and cards.

Legendary Father's Day

Legendary Father's Day
Legendary Father's Day

As with Mother's Day, Close To My Heart has some great stamps to use on Father's Day creative projects. Here's the flyer with all of the details about Legendary Father's Day.

Legendary Father's Day Flyer
Legendary Father's Day Flyer

I have a PDF of the flyer that you will find here.

CTMH Corporate Facebook Page Events

Close To My Heart announced a series of new events that will be happening on the Corporate Facebook page.

CTMH Corporate Facebook Page Events
Close To My Heart Corporate Facebook Page Events

The events will be a great opportunity to create projects with CTMH staff from the Corporate Office. When you join in there is the chance to learn some new techniques and tips and enter to win exciting giveaways!

The events are completely free and open to everyone to view. Events will begin at 4:00pm EDT and last for 2–3 hours. I posted a more information about the events, with links to the Workshop Kits that will be created during the Live Event, on May 30.

May–June 2020 Catalog

cover May–June 2020 Catalog

The May–June 2020 catalog is valid through the end of June. You can view this catalog online or download a PDF to view anytime you have your device, but no Internet.

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Stay safe, enjoy the warmer weather and may June be a fabulous month for you and your family.