Do you BUNDLE?

The latest and best way to get a discount on your cable bill, is by adding phone and Internet service.  The cable companies call it a bundle.  Did you know you can bundle when you scrapbook?!  You absolutely can!  Close To My Heart has several different ways for you to save money by bundling.

Let me show you how:

CTMH New Product Starter Bundle

New to paper crafting?                                   

This New Product Starter bundle is the perfect way to get some basic tools and materials to help you jump right in and start creating.  The item number Z1972 includes the following items:

SureCut (TM) Deluxe Craft Paper Trimmer (Z1783; $34.95 retail)Memory Protectors (R) Clear Value Pack (qty. 50) (Z4115; $22.95 retail)

Outdoor Denim My Legacy (R) Faux Leather Album (Z1346; $24.95 retail)

3 album posts and screws, 1" (1011; $2.50 retail)

White Daisy Cardstock 24-pack (1385; $9.50 retail)

Total Retail Price: $94.85

Your Discount Offer: $90.00     

Have a Cricut?  

All Close To My Heart Cricut cartridges (with over 700 images per cartridge!) come bundled as a collection with 3 coordinating stamp sets as well as 3 sheets of coordinating Dimensional Elements shapes!   

The Art Philosophy Collection is a great foundational cartridge complete with basic shapes, numbers, an alphabet and images for most of life's occasions.

The Artiste Collection features an amazing amount of 3-D images such as boxes, bags, cupcake holders, and party favors.  It truly is a party in a box!

The Artbooking Collection is our newest and is designed to make scrapbooking easy.  With one key, you have 14 coordinated images fitting a specific theme such as birthday, school days, Halloween and many more!

Total Retail Value:  approximately $125.00

Your Discount Offer: $99.00

Want everything you need in one kit?  

Workshops on the Go is the answer! These cardmaking or scrapbooking kits include all the materials that you will need to make 15 greeting cards or 2 two-page scrapbooking layouts.  The kits come complete with paper, embellishments and a coordinating stamp set!  

There are 2 cardmaking kits; one featuring the adorable Laughing Lola paper collection, and a second one featuring the pretty holiday paper, Frosted.

For scrapbooking there are 6 kits!  One for each new paper collection in the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book:  Laughing Lola, Sarita, Babycakes, ProPlayer, Huntington, and Frosted.




Total Retail Value:  $36.78 (cardmaking kit) or $41.46 (scrapbooking kit)
Your Discount Offer:  $24.95 or $29.95



See how easy it is to save by bundling?  Get more bang for your paper crafting buck by purchasing a bundle of goodies with Close To My Heart and me, your Independent Consultant!

Jacksonville, FL is Close To My Heart!

Thank you Jacksonville, FL paper crafters for being such a welcoming bunch of ladies!  

When my husband and I moved to the city in December of last year, we didn't know a soul.  I really wanted to make friends in my new home, but as many of you know, the city is so big and spread out and people are busy going about their lives, it is very hard to make a personal connection.

I decided to reach out to those that I had a common interest with: paper crafters!  I've always found scrapbookers, card makers and stampers to be such wonderful people that enjoy getting together to work on their projects.  I personally, get so much more scrapbooking done in a social setting then I do at home on my own!

Utilizing meetup.com, I decided to organize my own group as a way to meet new people with the same interests.  I set up Scrapbook, Stamp and Socialize in the Jacksonville area to reach out to other paper crafters and make new friends.


Just before we relocated, I had joined Close To My Heart as an Independent Consultant, so I  have been able to use the fabulous supplies that I have access to and the techniques that I have learned to share my love of scrapbooking, stamping and card making with those that attend our group.

I'm pleased to say that there are now over 50 members in the group!  Ladies from all over Northeast Florida that love to get together and have a great time creating things with paper.  We meet at least once a month to do a Create & Take together and to spend time working on our personal projects.  We also do group workshops together such as card making and scrapbooking.  

I am so grateful for the new friends that I have made and thrilled that we were brought together because we all love to play with paper!

CTMH at Creating Keepsakes Convention Jacksonville and Flip Flaps!

Close To My Heart booth at Jacksonville CKC

I had such a fabulous time at CKC this weekend!  The Creating Keepsakes Convention was a great success here in Jacksonville, Fl.  I was fortunate enough to be able to assist Close To My Heart Presidential Director, Tina Sutton in her booth at the vendor faire.  I met so many wonderful paper crafters and was able to teach for both days at the Create and Take table.

The Create and Takes featured the amazing Flip Flaps!  Have you heard of them?  Do you know what they do?  I'm serious when I say that they have changed my scrapbooking life!  They make your scrapbooking pages interactive!  They are clear, self adhesive pockets that attach to your page protectors that allow you to expand your layouts even more!  You can slide in additional photos, journaling, and paper souvenirs such as theater tickets, boarding passes, etc. to really tell your story.  It even saves on paper if you have just a few extra photos to add, but don't want to continue onto another layout!

I will be sharing more about how to use CTMH Flip Flaps at my next Scrapbook, Stamp and Socialize crop on September 21st.  You won't want to miss it!  Click HERE for upcoming crops and class schedules. 

The Create and Takes also featured designs from the newest CTMH Artbooking Cricut cartridge, as well as "hybrid" layouts using both Studio J digital layouts and traditional scrapbooking embellishments.

I can confirm that arts of scrapbooking, card making and stamping are alive and well in Jacksonville.  I look forward to sharing even more tips, tricks and fun ways use products from Close To My Heart in my upcoming workshops.

Close To My Heart September Stamp Specials!!

September is an amazing month to get great deals on clear, My Acrylix stamp sets from Close To My Heart.  In recognition of "National Stamping Month", CTMH is offering two great promotions that are sure to get you thinking of all of the creative ways you can decorate a card, scrapbook page or home decor item.

The best thing is that both specials are combinable!  

For just a $50.00 minimum order, you can purchase the September Stamp of the Month for only $5.00 and the exclusive "You Are My Happy" trio stamp set for $10.00.  That's a retail value of $65.85 for only $15.00.  Wow!

I have to say that my favorite of the two are the "You Are My Happy" trio.  It is an amazingly complete set that will get you far in so many projects.  It contains a full alphabet on one carrier sheet, a sheet of fun sentiments and a sheet of whimsical and cute images such as a heart, flowers and a star.  All very versatile and adaptable to a variety of paper crafting.

Watch the video below for a close up of the images and ideas about how they can be used.








In addition to this exclusive and special National Stamping Month offering, you can always count on CTMH for a great deal on a Stamp of the Month!  This month's featured stamp is called Poster Tidings, a version of the very trendy subway art movement.  Check out how cute these are.  You get two large stamps; one for fall and one for Christmas!

Want ideas on how to use these for your cards or scrapbook pages?  Watch the video below.









If you've been waiting all year to find a great deal on stamps, wait no longer!

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CTMH Huntington Scrapbook Layout

Scrapbook layout using CTMH Huntington

For me, Labor Day weekend is the start of Fall.  I know the calendar doesn't agree, however, that's when I start thinking about all things pumpkin!  Yesterday, I had my first taste of what my husband and I call "pumpkinpalooza" with a pumpkin doughnut at Dunkin' Doughnuts!  I promise, this will be the first of many pumpkin items consumed by me in the next three months!  

To celebrate my favorite season, I reached for the new Huntington paper collection from Close To My Heart.  I love the richness and warmth of the colors and how well suited the papers are for anything Autumn.  The featured colors are Barn Red, Cocoa, Champagne and Desert Sand.  However, what really stood out for me and what I wanted to make pop were the shades of Goldrush and Olive.  To highlight these two colors, I stamped images from the Harvest Happiness stamp set onto Colonial White using the coordinating Exclusive Ink pads.

CTMH Huntington (Item # X7174B)

The featured colors are Barn Red, Cocoa, Champagne and Desert Sand.  However, what really stood out for me and what I wanted to accent were Goldrush and Olive which I used to heavily accent my layout by stamping images from the Harvest Happiness stamp set.  I used both the large leaf on the top left of the carrier sheet as a boarder that I stamped in Goldrush across both pages on the Colonial White paper background.  Since this stamp coordinates with the Cricut Art Philosopy cartridge, I cut two on Colonial White paper and stamped the image in Olive and tied them together with a piece of Natural Hemp.

CTMH Harvest Happines (Item #C1463)

I wanted to use this gorgeous paper to focus on the great afternoon that I had at Grandad's Apple Orchard and Corn Maze in Hendersonville, NC.  As you can see, this was a perfect place to celebrate the season. Filled with boxes of pumpkins, squash and apples, this orchard was a combination farmers market, bakery, and corn maze.  I made sure to try the hot apple cider and apple fritter before heading through the acres of corn stalks.

Page 1 - CTMH Huntington Scrapbook Layout

I used two sheets of the Cocoa cardstock as my background base.  The zip strip from the top of the patterned paper had a great sentiment about leaves, so I added that as an accent.  I also cut out a strip of Barn Red cardstock the same length and width and repeatedly stamped the chain of leaves in Cocoa Ink to create a vine effect.  I matted my photos using the Champagne cardstock and added two of the Durables Artisan Studs for a dimensional accent.

Page 2 - CTMH Huntington Scrapbook Layout

I wish you a Fall filled with pumpkins, apples and fun! 

Organize Your Paper Crafting Supplies with Close To My Heart

Are your craft supplies scattered throughout your home or even your car?  Do you ever find yourself buying duplicate items at the craft store because you forgot that you already had it at home?  Have you ever had to stop in the middle of creating to find the coordinating embellishments for your project because they weren't with the rest of your supplies?  

Close To My Heart has the perfect solution!  The CTMH organizers, inserts and dividers are the perfect way to keep all of your crafting supplies at your finger tips in a beautiful and affordable system.

Watch the video below to see the versatility of the Large Organizer and continue reading below for more creative storage ideas!

Small Organizer (Item # Z41380

The Small Organizer (left) is perfect for embellishments, pigment inks, sponge daubers and/or My Acrylix stamping blocks.  Several foam inserts are available for you to customize this sturdy plastic, see through container.

Small Organizer
My Acrylix Blocks Foam Insert
Craft Boxes Foam Insert
Craft Boxes
                                                                                     Pigment Inks Foam Insert
                                                                                     Daubers Foam Insert

Medium Organizer (Item #Z4139)

The Medium Organizer (right) is great for your Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads or all of your miscellaneous tools and supplies.  I think it is perfect for bringing things like a paper trimmer, Crop-A-Dile to an away from home crop.

Medium Organizer

Large Organizer (Item #Z1834)

The Large Organizer (left) is an amazingly versatile 14 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 7 1/2"! If you only by one container, buy this one!  You can add tabbed dividers and use this as your one stop crop in a box!  Stack Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads, bring several My Acrylix stamp sets, throw in sponges, Exclusive Inks Markers, a sanding kit, embellishments and ribbons.  Everything that you need to create beautiful scrapbook layouts or cards can be organized in one small space!
Large Organizer
Tabbed Dividers






For a great way to keep your My Acrylix stamps sets corralled in a beautiful container; consider the My Acrylix Organizer below.  It's designed specifically for CTMH stamp sets!  

My Acrylix Organizer (Item #Z1038)

It's easy to keep your paper crafting and stamping supplies neat and organized with Close To My Heart!

What's New in Stamps from Close To My Heart

Watch the latest video from Close To My Heart; "What's New in Stamps".  You will love seeing and hearing about the improvements and additions to the My Acrylix line of stamp sets.  Contact me to schedule a time to see these and other CTMH products in person!

• E size stamps now on two 6" x 6" carrier sheets for easy storage in your My Acrylix Organizer.
• New Mini Stamps!  A brand new collection of single 2" x 2" stamps that are only $2.95 each!
• Exclusive Hostess Rewards stamp sets for a limited time.  Seven sets to choose from at a special discounted price to say thank you for hostessing your own gathering (either online or in person).
• Improved stamp sets in the already amazing Workshops On The Go kits.  The coordinating stamp set is now D size!  Even more stamps for the same price!
• Jeanette's Stamp Archive - What's old is new!  Limited edition, hand drawn stamps from CTMH founder, Jeanette Lynton are now available in clear My Acrylix versions.

Happy stamping!