Meaningful Gifts

This month, save 30% on the supplies you need to make fun and easy mini albums that make perfect gifts!

Here are three easy gifting ideas for these albums:

• Complete an album for your bestie including some pictures of the fun times you’ve shared.
• Give the supplies themselves as a gift, letting the recipient determine what photos and memories they will preserve.
• Give yourself the gift of beautifully preserved photos by printing out your favorite photos from your phone and making an album for yourself!

Take a look at all the bundles you can purchase~

Blue Jean Mini Album Bundle

Blush Mini Album Bundle

Adventure Mini Album Bundle

(choose 6x8, 4x6, or 3x4 memory protectors)

Shop online for full details and pricing! Happy gifting!

New Items Available

Close To My Heart has some new items available now that are not in the Annual or Holiday Idea Books. I'm also happy to tell you that all of the exclusive ink colors are now available to order in the new magnetic packaging. Check out all the new products online.


Are you a planner? Brand new coloring planner pages are here! The Stripe or Sea Glass album with planner pages bundle is $31.90. You can get just get the pages for $16.95/

Bundle includes the Everyday Life™ stripes album (Z9979) and the 2017 planner pages (CC2017), which come with a clear pencil bag and three gold paperclips.

Available for a limited time, so get it while you can!

 Do you love Thin Cuts? Do you wish we had more of them? Wish granted! There are four new Thin Cuts that coordinate with stamps sets from the Annual Inspirations. Check them all out online!

My Favorite Projects of 2013

Looking back through this year of several Blog posts, I have found some of my favorite projects. Some projects are still in my home or scrapbooks, while others are in the hands of the loved ones I made them specifically for. I enjoyed creating each of them from my heart and hope that the recipients of some of these items are cherishing them also!

In no particular order~


I took a risk with pairing some winter snow pictures on a black background, the result was awesome and that's why I love it!

A folding album for a little baby girl turning one! Why I love it... The Clementine papers were so pretty and soft. It only needed a few embellishments, because the sweet girl will be the star of this album!

This card was from a Spring card exchange. I fell hard for the honeycomb trend! This card has multiple layers, lots of trendy supplies and fun techniques!

This layout is wild and is a favorite for many reasons! One of my first layouts using background layers created on the new Artbooking cartridge. It has a great pocket feature to hold more photo's and a informational booklet. It's also a favorite, because the pages capture one of the best adventures of our summer!

If you know me, you know that I love bicycles! I repainted this metal bike and display it in my craft room. I also incorporated a bicycle on some canvas artwork. Both are super fun projects!

I always look forward to the Stamp of the Month. This was one of my favorites all year...it has chocolate...who doesn't love chocolate!!

A Pinterest inspired project! How sweet are these onesie cupcakes?! Not too sweet, they are 0 calories!!

Close To My Heart has offered several home decor options this year. The display tray is incredibly easy to decorate and looks so nice in any decor!

I used the Frosted papers and a trio of trees stamp set to create this soft and elegant Christmas card. I love all the elements and dry embossing, it came together beautifully!

Another fun seasonal project was this "Be Merry" gingerbread banner. It just makes me happy!

Mini albums everywhere!! Thanks to the Artbooking cricut cartridge I am able to create several mini albums. This Halloween album was a workshop I did in conjunction with a card exchange. It was a big hit!

My Summer album has lots of fun elements. It also features the very cool Dream Pop papers that were a special promotion this year!

Often my inspiration comes directly from my customers. They always find interesting products and ideas for me. These Valentine heart trees turned out super cute! {Cra Cra Adorbs!!}

Finally, this Halloween luminary/card for Halloween was a great idea and later inspired a Fall and Christmas luminary.

I love looking back at past projects, they often inspire future projects! Who knows what this next year will bring. Please visit my Blog in 2014 to see new creations, amazing products and hopefully be inspired!

New Specials & Holiday Workshops

There are so many great specials going on this month and into December. Plus, I have fun Holiday projects planned for you and a Christmas Card Exchange event!

Holidays from the Heart

When you place an order of $100 or more in retail-priced products between October 15 and December 31, you qualify for one free "star" item from our Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide!   You'll love the sparkle, the ease, and the savings!

Picture Your Life!

 

 

Choose a free PICTURE MY LIFE Scrapbooking Program for FREE when you join my team!

 

Consider this an exclusive sneak peek into the Spring Idea Book!

 

When you purchase a Consultant Starter Kit and submit a qualifying order of $300 or more by March 31, 2014 you will receive the PICTURE MY LIFE kit of your choice for FREE.

PICTURE MY LIFE is a stunning new product from CTMH.  You can select from eight different themes - from vacation to childhood to friendship - each featuring 122 double sided cards plus 10 unique new page protector styles to capture it all.    Picture it - then capture it!

To see more details and become a consultant click here.

 

November Stamp of the Month ~ Illuminate

 

 

View more details of the Stamp of the Month on the Current Specials page. You can also find more inspiration using the stamp on my Pinterest Stamp of the Month Board here.

Holiday Workshops

 

This month I will be hosting a Kraft Pocket Album workshop. This album can be created for multiple uses, it's your choice. My album has been done with a Huntington "grateful" theme, perfect for showcasing some Fall pictures of my family. You can choose any paper packet and embellishment assortment to make your album your own. The pockets don't only hold photographs! You can use the album to capture those great Christmas cards you'll be collecting soon or how about some favorite family recipes to keep safe! I can give you more details on this workshop if you are interested and will help you make your choices.

 

Also, when attending the Christmas card exchange you can stay to create a festive Sparkle & Shine flip album. Mini album pages using some photo mats from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge and a clever Ikea frame! It's very cool, you don't want to miss out on this workshop!

 

I could be sneaking in some more projects throughout this month, so stay tuned!