Black Friday Sale

Hi all!


In the spirit of Black Friday, I am having a sale!  YAY!

In addition to 10% off your order, you will also be eligible for CTMH's monthly specials. 

November Stamp of the Month
Each month Close To My Heart offers a special stamp set available that month only. Customers can purchase the Stamp of the Month at full retail price, at a discount, or earn it for free as determined by their purchase total. Check out more info here.

A Little More Thanks
A Little More Thanks
When you place a minimum order of $100 US / $117.50 CAN (before shipping / handling and tax) you will receive the November Stamp of the Month set, A Little Thanks, free PLUS one bonus stamp set, size A through D, of your choosing from the 2010 Autumn/Winter Idea Book (excluding Workshops on the Go™, Stamp of the Month retail, E-size, and K-size custom stamps). It's our way of imparting A Little MORE Thanks to our great customers this season!
Notes: The minimum qualifying order can include any Close To My Heart products currently for sale (excluding Studio J®).

The 10% off sale is only running until Midnight on Friday. If you would like to place an order, please contact me by email at angievcrafts at gmail dot com or give me a call from the button on the right.

Christmas Workshop 2010

We have a time, we have a place! Christmas Workshop 2010 is here! What are we going to be making?

I WANNA GO!  When, where, how much?

The workshop will be held on Nov. 20th from Noon - 5pm at the Super 8 motel in Seatac. We will be in their meeting room there. The cost is $20 and includes everything but the glue. All paper will be pre-cut and the workshop comes with printed instructions and recipe sheets.

We will be making 6 cards, 1 gift certificate holder, 1 glass ornament, 2 paper ornaments, and 2 gift tags. We are loving the design process and may add more items.

There will also be snacks and door prizes!

Registration closes on Thursday and space is limited. Please let me know at angievcrafts at gmail dot com if you would like to join us. It is also available as a pre-stamped kit (no glass ornament) that can be shipped to your home for the same price. Payment will be due on date of registration so that we can get everything ordered and ready for you.

Now before you think Kassi and I are the best designers out there, I need to confess that we have scraplifted a few of these designs.  The gift card holder was designed by Tresa Black. The snowman card, gift tags and paper ornament were inspired by people from the CTMH consultant board (can't find the originals to reference the artist!).

Boo to you! Banner

Quick post!

I wanted to share this banner I made with you.  I am super proud of it.  I made almost everything is from scratch.

I am not going to talk about how long it took me to figure out the math to make the pennant triangles correct and then to cut them out of cardstock.  The edging on the tops of the pennants are American Crafts ribbon.

The paper used is from My Mind's Eye and is called 'Boo to you!'.  I love it.  It is technically retired but there are still a ton of places you can get it online.

 The mummy was paper pieced together using textured cardstock and CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

The letters are Tim Holtz grungeboard that is painted using a glittery acyrlic paint.

They are matted on scalloped circles cut with my new Spellbinders Nestabilities on my NEW Sizzix BigShot.  I am so in love with Nesties and my Big Shot.

 

The candy corn pieces are from a $1 necklace that I picked up at Michael's and cut apart.  I am a knitter (couldn't tell by my lack of knitting posts!) and had some fun fur yarn in the stash.  I lined the pennants with the yarn to give it a fun little look.

 

I created the little spiders with small pom-poms and scraps from the scalloped pennant edges when I used my corner rounder on strips of paper.

I created the big spider by embossing a piece of CoreDinations Black Magic paper with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I then sanded it to bring out the green core of the paper.  I used pipe cleaners for legs and paper pieced the eyes and mouth with some black rhinestones for the pupils of the eyes.

Hope you like it!

Hooligans

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and once again I am excited for it.  I want to share with you some new product that came out in our newest catalog that went live on Sept. 1!  This card features some our new colors:  Pear, Lagoon, and Gypsy!

Hooligans is one of our newest paper packs and I have to say it is so cute! CTMH has also provided cute matching felt embellishments that are just the best.

This card design is copied straight out of Keynotes, a magazine/newsletter for CTMH consultants.  I thought it was too cute not make myself.

Making this card, I was introduced to a new technique of stamping onto the head of a brad then decorating it.  It gave the card just a little more bling!

I hope you like it!

Supplies Used:
Paper pack:  Hooligans
Stamp set:  Thriller
Embellishments:  Hooligans Level 2 Felt assortment, Lagoon mini-medley, Pear mini-medley
DMC Black Embroidery Floss