Hurricane Sandy has had a devastating effect on the Eastern United States and Close To My Heart wants to help. We are offering relief through the November Constant Campaign! When customers place an order of $50 or more in full retail products and purchase the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, for just $5, they can receive a stamp set of their choice (size A–E or M) for 50% off! To help with relief efforts, Close To My Heart will donate $1 to the American Red Cross for each November Stamp of the Month set that is sold in conjunction with this campaign.

November is fast approaching and I wanted you to see the kits so you can sign up soon for our classes.   We are having the option of doing two kits this month.  You can do both or choose one or the other.  Here are the pictures of the Flirty pages.  Wish my pictures were a bit better.  The colors are just not as great in the picture as in real life.

And here are pictures of the Dakota Layouts.  Sweet huh?  ...........

For the Card workshop in November we will be making Christmas Cards.

We will be meeting November 8th at 12:30 or at 7:00.  or November 13 at 5:30 or Saturday November 17 at 10:30.  One other option is to attend a class in Idaho Falls on November 10.

The cost for the each of the layout kits come to $19.50 with the tax and shipping added in.  So to do both Dakota and Flirty it would be $39.00.   In December we will do the Pear and Partridge Christmas layouts.

So sign up soon! 

October is here and here I am...ready to have some crafting fun.  So this is what is on the docket......  Moonlight is the name of this paper packet and it is a favorite with the smokey plum, goldrush and sweet leaf colors.  So, for the Creative classes you will want to sign up soon.   These two layouts will be great for your trick and treating or holiday party pics.  The pockets on the second layout are perfect to put in  a few of your favorite candy wrappers.  So much fun!  The cost with tax and shipping comes to $19.50 and you will have paper left for these or other fun projects. (like the display case below)  I can cut the cards for you if you like.

For you card makers we will be doing some of these and several other projects, including treat bags and boxes and the cost will be close to $10.  I know we don't usually send a lot of Halloween cards, so most of these will be little gifties.  I did think it might be humorous with the eek! card on the inside to say "How old are you?"  Any "over the hill" birthdays coming up?  Or not so humorous to some of us.

The display boxes have been so much fun to put together.  (Tray is $20 + t&s) If you do the pages, you will have enough paper and elements left to do a very nice display box.  The box is a perfect size and adding a few photos in makes it a great "frame" for the season.  Here is a sample of what you can do at my house...........

Jen put this one together for us to display at expo and what you can't see in the photo is all the 3-D details.  Like the tombstone is out about an inch...similar to how we do some pop up cards.  Anyway, so many cute layers and then throw on a few cute pictures too!

We also did a display tray using the pear and partridge paper which I love... except that now I want to 3-D it like the Halloween one.  I may change it up a bit by popping up some of the elements and will put a few photos in, but the idea is the same.  A very quick and easy project, but so nice.  Here is a pic of it..........

So many fun options.  Choose what you want to do and let me know.  I plan on having people here to do these projects at my home in Orem on...

OCTOBER 9 (Tuesday), arrive any time after 5:30
OCTOBER 16 (Tuesday), arrive any time after 6:30
OCTOBER 20 (Saturday), in the morning around 10:30

Or if you are in Idaho and want to participate.  LeNora is hosting in her home on Saturday Oct. 13 at 11:00

Photos and details coming soon....SORRY slowed down being so busy with expo this weekend.  Will put up details asap!!!!!!   MB :)

AHHHH....September.....Summer is winding down....fall, holidays, snow, so many things to look forward to that are coming up soon.  I am amazed to see beautiful fall colors on the mountains already!  As we head indoors it is a great time for scrapbooking and projects.  A good time to make Christmas cards before the holiday rush.  It is Expo month for us and we are excited for that....coming up during the last weekend in September.  We have a discount code to save you a bit getting in. It is CLOSE2.  It helps out with our costs so we would love to have you use it!!!!

 Now is the time to sign up for September's Creative Class and we are using  the Scholastic CTMH paper kit.  It is rich and great for masculine pages but could work for girls too, you may want to use it for school, but it is not necessarily limited to school...  Would be great for any "super amazing" event or any time there is a story to be told.  I have a lot of pictures of my kids reading that would work well or pictures of the spelling bee or graduation.  How about a blue ribbon event at the fair. There is a cute library card pocket on the first layout...  photos of a trip to the library would be a good thing to capture.  Talent show...hmmmm...So many fun options.

Class times are during the 2nd week in September so sign up soon...........

September 11, 2012 Tuesday evening:  Come start anytime between 5:30 and 7:00.
September 13, 2012 Thursday evening:  Come start anytime between 5:30 and 7:00
September 15, 2012 Saturday morning:  Start time:  10:00

Option 1:  We will be making the two pictures layouts with cards ready to assemble.  Cost including tax and shipping =  $19.50.  The gold antiqued mini medleys really add to the rich quality and you will have a few extras for other projects or for the cards.

Option 2:  We will be making 8 cards.  2 each of 4 designs.  I will have a photo up very soon.... and pricing should be close to $10.  Same time and place.

October projects will be posted early, so check in again soon.  I will be offering a very cute home decor item for the Halloween festivities.  Can't wait to show you!  Plus I am planning on a Christmas card workshop using our beautiful Pear & Partridge paper pack.  LOVE IT!  So mark your calendar for the 2nd week in October too.

August is Here!  Footloose creative classes next week!!!!!!!!  3 things to check out in this post:  

           1.  Footloose Creative Scrapbook Classes,

2.  Card workshop, 

 3.  Cricut Special.

1.  Footloose Creative Scrapbook Class:
Here are the Footloose layouts and cards that go with the layouts....

Cards you can make with the extra paper from the pages.

We will be meeting on August 7th between 5:30 and 10:00 in the evening.  The next class is on Thursday, August 9th  at 12:00 noon.  then on Saturday, August 11th,  we will be meeting at 10:00 in the morning.  If you are interested in signing up, please e-mail me or call as soon as possible.  We have limited number of the wooden shapes available, so let me know now if you would like to participate.  The cost comes to $19.50 with the tax and shipping added in....that includes all the paper and wooden shapes.  There are about 30 + cricut cuts...but I do those and all the cutting for you, so all you have to do is bring your own adhesive and assemble these beauties.  Add your pictures and bring back next time for a fun prize from the product bin.  Sweet!  Loved the layouts the ladies completed with the Pemberley paper!  So fun to see their creativity used in finishing their layouts.


My team and I are working on our new layouts for the new catalog, so stay tuned for September's projects...hopefully to be posted before you get your newsletters!  If you don't do layouts and want to do only cards...that is no problem....

2.  Here is the info on the CARD CLASS:  You will make 8 beautiful cards that include a pack of the wooden sea shapes.  The cost is a little more at $11 because of those cute accessories.  So excited to be offering the cards for you that don't scrapbook.  You can choose any of the times that are mentioned above to come put together your cards.  I still have a table to fill with people.

3.  CRICUT SPECIAL:  So, if you don't have Close to my Heart's Art Philosophy cricut cartridge, you still can get it as part of this deal, or you can get the new Artiste cricut cartridge.  They are both the same great deal: Loaded with images to cut (the equivalent of 3 other cartridges), complete with 3 D-size stamp sets, plus 3 fun chip board cut outs that coordinate with the stamps and cuts you can make.  All this for $99 + 6.78 tax + 7.87 shipping = $113.65 is the cost to you....A great deal as is....but ordering in August and combining orders for group buying power makes the deal even sweeter for you.  (I can combine orders like this any time...there is just a great special that goes with it in August and September.) 

Here is how it works....I will group people buying the cartridges in to groups of 4 and put it together as a party.  We will split the hostess rewards evenly, so that the cost of the cartridge only comes to $99 each (including tax and shipping) thus saving all four of you $13.65.  Then to further make this deal sweet, you get to choose $10 in free product...that could be....  a pack of paper, a B-size stamp set, or 2 stamp pads, etc.  Because you are doing an order over $35 (Aug/Sept. Special)  you have the option to get a Double D-size stamp set for only $5 + tax and shipping.  How sweet is that?  So let me know soon so we can start getting things ordered for you cricut lovers.

CTMH really does have the best cricut cartridges.  You can see what the images look like on each cartridge if you go to cricut.com and go to cricut craftroom.  I would be happy to show you how to use your cricut some time if you haven't gotten things figured out yet.  Here is the Aug. Sept. Special Stamp Set.

Happy Summer everyone.  Can't believe the first month is over and July is next.  It was a good month and I had a great time at girls camp.  I will be scheduling things a little differently for the Creative Classes for this month.  July 26th will be workshop day and that is when you can come and make the SuperHero pages and cards.  Another option is to come and do the beautiful Pemberley Card kit (10 cards for $10.44)  Choose a time that is good for you and come at your convenience.  There are some gals coming at 12:30 and early evening is another spot.  Just let me know.  I know some people have labeled these kids pages, but the super hero page has the message from the July stamp of the month "Imagine the Possiblities". (restamped the message using the archival black ink and it pops much better now...why didn't I use that ink before now...so cool!!!) Anyway, that message can apply to any hero in your life or person with potential to become someone's hero.  The second layout is perfect for July...Red, White and Blue with stars.  You can do the message "Live out Loud" from the Stamp of the month set, or 4th of July.  We added a small white star layer to brighten it up a bit. Those black photo mats will really make the photos pop!  We also reworked the cards to be less super-hero ish and more versatile too.  I am excited to add my son's photos to the first layout.  He and his friend wore the red capes and whitey-tighties over their shorts pretending to be Captain Underpants.  Perfect for a 5 year old.  Just glad I got photos, because my boys never wear capes around the house anymore....

So come on July 26th for a few hours of creative fun.  Any time (ok, within reason)
Cost of this kit:  $17 for supplies and it comes to $19.51 with the tax and shipping added in.  Sweet.
                            You will have some of the cool comic paper left for your own future projects.

If you haven't done any of the creative classes, remember you can join in any time.
Also, just have to note that Jen Mahan is the photographer for our team and WOW is she great!!!