September 2010 – Cards 5 for $10

These cards created by Marla will be available the 2nd Saturday of September or the make up date, yet to be determined.  Paper is cut, kits are ready to be stamped.  How much easier can it get?  Sign up now to reserve your kit!!  Start thinking ahead as cards, wrapped with a ribbon, with a beautiful pen attached, make great Thank You gifts, Thinking of you, and even Christmas gifts!  In this world of texting and emails, it’s really special to get a hand written note.

September Calendars

Ok, I’m going to be the first to admit that I LOVE the new colors, Smoothie, Sunset, & Pear!!  I’m using them all over, so be prepared to see them in October too!!!  I hope you love these circle flowers as much as I do – they make me smile!

  

Circle Thank You cards by Judy Harreld

 

These cute little cards made by one of Close to My Hearts newest consutlant, Judy Harreld, were inspired by a workshop Tanya took to me to.  The workshop was hosted by one of Tanya’s friends Shelly, who is a Stampin’ Up Consultant.  Yes, I said it Stampin’ Up!  Love their stuff too, but just can’t switch over to the wooden stamps.

Great job Judy!!!

 

                   

August Calendar

 

Enjoy this Little Box!

Tanya and I met with about 10 other CTMH consultants for our tri-annual gathering, Create Day. We covered the "My Creations Recipe/Photo Box" (A1322). I selected the Top Stitch Paper and Stickease Assortment.

This box is a brand new CTMH product. I think I'll use mine store photos, but it can be used for recipes, notecards, greeting cards, and treasures of any kind.

Check out Tanya's blog to see her recipe box and a Zoo interactive page that is just about the cutest thing I've seen in a VERY long time!!!

August - Card Workshop

Sign up for August's Card Workshop - using the popular Level 2 Splendor packet (X7124B)and the Stamp sets - Hot Diggity (C1407) and Over the Rainbow (D1426.

5 cards for $10 - all cards are pre cut & stamped, all you need to do is put the kit together.

These cards will be available for purchase at August Workshop on August 8th, held at the Appleton Blood Bank 8am to 8pm or the Sabre Crop on August 21st from 5pm to 1am.

Sign up now so that you don't miss out as supplies are limited.

Contact me @ colettedramsey@yahoo.com or Tanya @ tmdvorak@yahoo.com

August - Layout Choices

The great thing about being a CTMH Consultant with a partner is when you are not feeling creative, your partner is there to hold you up! For me, this creative block occured in the month of May/June, so Tanya actually designed this Happy Camper layout and let me use it as my selction for August workshop. I was thrilled to accept her help and especially excited to place my own camping pictures on it!!

For this layout papers from the Back Country Level 2 paper packet were used along with stamps from Campin' Fever. The colors include Outdoor Denim, New England Ivy, Olive, Crystal Blue, Barn Red, Goldrush,Autumn Teracotta, a little Cocoa ink, pewter photo clips and lots of hemp.



From Tanya:
I saw the title "You're My Cherry on Top" on a layout done by one of my favorite artists, Lisa Stenz. I REALLY wanted to make an August workshop layout with that title but, alas, I didn't have what I felt was a proper alphabet font or the perfect space to put such a long title. So, in a continued effort to make really great but really simplified layouts, I went with "You're Sweet" for the title of this one. I'm planning to write "you're my cherry on top" in the journalling lines instead of doing "real" journalling :)

I am using almost a full 1/4 of a My Accents in Tulip pack for each participant. I just HAD to have the Tulip buttons for the cherries and the tiny ribbon and photo clips are adorable.





New in August - One page layouts!! Yummy & Beachy Keen created by our newest CTMH partner, Marla, can be purchased for $3 each. A great addition to our monthly 2 page layouts the one page layouts are a simple solution to the pictures you just can't not scrap, but don't have enough to complete a two page layout.

Please sign up for layouts as soon as you can so that we can be sure to have enough kits available for August workshop.

July Calendar Club

July Calendars designed by Tanya - check out thescrappinsisterhood.blogspot.com!!

Happy Anniversary to Me!!

May marked my 1 year anniversary as a Close to My Heart Consultant - I owe a HUGE Thank You to my partner, Tanya!!! Without her I wouldn't have made it. She is always there when I need her!! I used Card Chatter (C1381) and Amore paper to create this card box and Thank You cards in honor of this very special lady!

June/July 2010 - Hostess Club Layouts - Found w/the Heart & You Are My Sunshine & 4th of July

Found with the Heart - Colette:
This page was designed to be used as a Father's Day layout if so desired.
I used the new paper packet entitled Passages (C71268). Everything is distressed in Cocoa and I used the June Stamp of the Month entitled Wonderful Friend (D1422) for the title - which is kind of blurry but reads "The Greatest Treasures are Invisible to the Eye & Found with the Heart". This stamp has the word Dad and an adorable neck tie!



You Are My Sunshine - Tanya:
I'm pretty sure that the new "Splendor" paper packet in the Summer Idea Book is my favorite paper packet ever. EVER. And maybe for all time. Just wait until you all see the Stickease! This is not the last you've seen of this paper :) I designed this layout as an option for Hostess Club members for their June layout. Besides the Splendor paper, I also used "Treasures" stamp set. Colors are Moonstruck, Topiary, Goldrush, and Heavenly Blue. I used some of the white posies from the Just Blooms posies tube (which are on sale starting May 1st!) I also colored some sparkles Moonstruck and Goldrush for flower centers and ribbon tacks.



Marla Krause has decided to join Tanya and I and help design monthly layouts for our groups. This will enable us to offer you all more choices in the future. To start out with, however, we have decided to cram June and July hostess clubs into one day in June to accommodate everyone's crazy summer schedules. So, Marla designed this wonderful 4th of July page as a choice