Summer fun for the Kids Giveaway

Kids getting bored yet? Go to www.frugalmom.net and enter to win! One winner will receive 2 outdoor games from Sportcraft.com just in time for summer. These games will fill your summer months with friendly competition and wholesome family fun, and they are perfect for beach vacations, summer barbecues, camping trips, tailgate parties and more.

Win a Scrapbox

These scrapboxes are awesome. Everyone should try to win one by clicking the link.

Jackpot June

From June 1, 2010 at 9:00 AM – July 1, 2010, can get a huge variety of Close To My Heart products at great discounts or even FREE! Take advantage of a different deal each day only on MyCTMH® websites. Click on the Jackpot June link to see each day's deal. Each day will either be a Jackpot day or a Goodie Box day. Deals will run from 9:00 am (MDT) to 8:00 am (MDT) the following day, while supplies last. Go shopping here.

On Jackpot days, 5 products will be offered for sale at special discounted prices. On each Jackpot day, we've selected one of the 5 products to be the Jackpot item for that day, but you won't know which one it is (isn't it exciting!). If you happen to order the Jackpot item, lucky you! We'll reward you with a fabulous Close To My Heart jackpot, which may be one FREE product or a bundle of several FREE products! For those of you who aren't risk-takers, you'll want to purchase all 5 items to guarantee you'll hit the Jackpot!
If you purchase multiple quantities of the Jackpot item, you'll receive multiple products FREE. So, buy as many as you'd like of each item—there's no limit—and you could be a big winner!
The free items will be featured on the Jackpot June shopping page, alongside the 5 discounted products. We'll send your FREE items with the products you've ordered—and we'll pay the shipping/handling for your free items! Special shipping is offered on the discounted products you purchase: just $0.99 US / $1.99 CAN for each item.


So, how do you know if you've hit the Jackpot? Each day we'll announce what the Jackpot item was for the previous day on www.facebook.com/closetomyheart and at www.closetomyheart.com.

On Goodie Box days, you will be able to purchase a Goodie Box filled with wonderful Close To My Heart products at 50% or more off retail value. The Goodie Box contents will vary by day (we're not revealing specifics but you'll be thrilled!) and will include favorite current and retired stamp sets, paper packets, embellishments, and other great scrapbooking, stamping, and cardmaking items.
We have made every effort to differentiate the Goodie Box offerings by date so you can purchase boxes on different dates and receive a wide variety of products. The prices of the boxes will vary but each will be at least 50% off retail value. The higher the box price, the greater your savings from the original retail value. We're also offering discounted shipping.

Important Notes:

On Goodie Box days, only one Goodie Box and no other items may be checked out in a single transaction.
On Jackpot days, only the discounted items may be checked out in one transaction; no limit on discounted items per transaction.
(There is a flyer attached for your information.)

Have fun shopping!!

Backpack Mini Album

I created this mini album for Jonah's "end of the year/retirement" gift. I got the pattern from the Digichick website. I used several different school related stamp sets, Silhouette Creative Basics, Tulip and Cranberry paper and accessories, and the new Cherry-O Pearl Stickers.

Win this "So Cute" apron!

Tell your friends and family to become fans of Close To My Heart, and when they reach 15,000 fans, the first ONE THOUSAND people to place product orders on any Consultant’s MyCTMH shopping site (order here: www.crystalpledger.myctmh.com) will receive this adorable apron absolutely free! It’s a custom designed apron, valued at $14.95 US.

Tell everyone you know—your free apron awaits!

Become a fan at www.facebook.com/closetomyheart

Cherry-O Kit of the Month Workshop--Oh So Sweet!!

You have 3 chances to attend June's Kit of the Month workshop.

June 7th (in Tahoka)
June 10th (in Tahoka)
June 14th (in Lubbock)

This months kit includes 2 adorably "sweet" layouts and 12 cards. You can choose to work on 6 cards or 1 two page layout at the workshop. You can also choose the kit that fits your budget.

Best Kit--$43.23

G1008 Basic Workshop Kit

• Cherry-O Level 2 Paper Pack
• My Acrylic Bowl of Cherries stamp set
• Mini-Medley’s Tulip Collection
• Workshop Guide

Z1274 Colonial White Designer Brads

Z1088 Chocolate Waxy Flax

Basic Kit--$35.00

G1008 Basic Workshop Kit

• Cherry-O Level 2 Paper Pack
• My Acrylic Bowl of Cherries stamp set
• Mini-Medley’s Tulip Collection
• Workshop Guide

Budget Kit--$19.20

X7123b Cherry-O Level 2 Paper Packet

Z1320 ½ Pack of Mini-Medley Accents Tulip Collection

Workshop Guide

Please let me know a week in advance if you plan to attend a workshop so I can have your materials ready.

Hearts for Haiti Buy One Get One Sale

Our hearts go out to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, and like so many of you, we’re eager to help. We’re excited to announce Close To My Heart’s February Campaign, Hearts for Haiti—where you can get a great deal while doing great good for those affected by the devastation in Haiti.

From February 1-28, 2010, our 12” x 12” textured cardstock combo packs are buy one, get one FREE—and with every offer purchased, Close To My Heart will donate $2 US to Operation Smile’s Haiti relief efforts. For only $14.95/$17.50 CAN, you gets] two packs of 12” x 12” textured cardstock (a great deal at about $.30/$.36 per sheet!) and Operation Smile will receive $2 US to benefit the urgent, important cause in Haiti. I encourage you to stock up on every color combination: Basic, Spring Harmony, Summer Celebration, Autumn Harvest, and Winter Cozy packs are available. Operation Smile is always a fantastic charitable partner—offering free facial reconstruction surgeries to needy children throughout the world. They’ve currently marshaled their medical teams and resources to provide emergency relief in Haiti, and the donations given as part of Hearts for Haiti will be used exclusively for Operation Smile’s efforts in Haiti.

For more information on their on-the-ground response, you can visit www.operationsmile.org/haiti.

You can order online at crystalpledger.myctmh.com or call me and I can order for you.

Happy Fall Card

Are you feeling the chill in the air and getting a need to create seasonal things? I am! Here is a fall pumpkin card I created for a home gathering. I used laying and ink distressing with the sponge dobbers to give it dimension. The stamp set is October Word Puzzle (retiring soon) and Grace level 2 paper pack.

Happy Fall Ya'll!

Snowman Shaker Card

The idea for this card came from Splitcoaststampers. If you have not been to this site plan to be there a while. Their gallery has fabulous hand crafted items to browse through for inspiration. The cup I attached to the card is from Stampin Up. My Stampin Up consultant is Elisa Powell and you can order them off her website. All other products used were Close To My Heart. I used jingle level 2 paper pack, All Decked Out acrylic stamp set, prisma glitter (the perfect snow), and Cranberry ribbon rounds (the ribbon is velvet).

Studio Slurge!

Have you ever considered becoming an Independent Consultant like me? Interested in saving some time with Digital Scrapbooking? Well October is a perfect time to sign up and earn free digital layouts.

STUDIO J,™ OUR PREMIER ONLINE DESIGN SOFTWARE (coming soon...), uses Close To My Heart’s proprietary patterns, papers, and color palettes so you can easily create memorable layouts. I am offering a special treat to everyone who signs up as a new Consultant from October 1–31, 2009. When you successfully complete both levels in our exclusive program designed to kick-start your business, Straight To The Top (STTT), you’ll receive even more than the STTT reward of $150 in free select products. You’ll receive 10 FREE Studio J scrapbook layouts! When you add it all up, you can earn approximately $480 in free product! Now is a great time to become a Close To My Heart Consultant. Sign-up today at my website!

Want to know more about Studio J. Click here.

Retired List

There are some products that will be retiring at the end of December. Some have asked me what all is on it so I wanted to post the list here for you. There are some great products and many will sell out before December. Click here to see the list.

There items are already gone.

Item #	Description
1012	Eyelet organizer
1394	Vellum Paper 12 x 12
1505	Memorabilia Pockets
4206	My Legacy Writers
X7080B	Route 66 Level 2 Paper Packet
X7084B	Floral Tapestry Level 2 Paper Packet
X7099B	Whoops-A-Daisy Level 2 Paper Packet
Z1043	Dimensional Elements Bookplates
Z1084	Olive Waxy Flax
Z1109	Cranberry Brads
Z1144	Coluzzle Big Circle
Z1253	White Daisy 12" X 12" Work-in-Progress Album
Z1254	Black 12" X 12" Work-in-Progress Album
Z1255	Chocolate 12" X 12" Work-in-Progress Album
Z368	Coluzzle Cutting Mat
Z370	Coluzzle replacement blades
Z371	Coluzzle Circle
Z374	Coluzzle Oval
Z825	Clear Inspirations Friendship Dangles

You can order online at my website 24 hours a day, even in your pajamas. Have a wonderful Monday.

All Sorts Acrylic Album

This project was made by Jennifer McGuire over at Two Peas In a Pod website. She loves the quality of Close to my Heart products. She combined the Acrylic Album and the All Sorts Album to create a masterpiece for her mother. Click here to see more pages and more details on how to do it. I just love it!

Grace Kit of the Month Workshop

What: Grace Kit of the Month Workshop

When: Monday, October 19th @ 6:30pm

Where: My House

Sign up Deadline: Saturday, October 10th

If you haven't tried out the new Kit of the Month workshops your will love them. You are now getting 2 workshops (a scrapbooking and a cardmaking workshop) for the price of one and your getting an exclusive stamp set only available with the workshop. You will create one during our class time. You may choose to work on cards or scrapbook pages. Another great benifit of the redesigned workshops is you can complete them at home if you cannot attend the workshop because you will own the stamp set. All the Kit of the Month workshops are available for purchase anytime through the end of December. No need to worry if you missed one.

Check out the attached flyers of the gorgeous Grace Kit of the Month. (The photos use the best kit. You can complete the workshop with the basic kit but you will not get all the accessories show on the example.)

Here are the details:

Basic Kit is $35.00: Grace Level 2 paper packet; Beautiful Flourish Stamp Set; Rustic Edge Anchors; Workshop Guide (this is a discounted price)

Best Kit is $49.00: All items in the Basic kit plus Crystal Blue Waxy Flax and Basic Craft Buttons

Birthday Party Layouts

Jordan had a Mickey Mouse birthday/swimming party in July when he turned 2. I finally finished the layouts. I used the flip flaps to add extra photos. They are so handy when you have too many photos for one layout. It was so much fun to put together. Hope you like them.

Kit of the Month redesign

Close to my Heart has redesigned the Kit of the Month Workshops. I think you will love the changes. Your kit now comes with a level 2 paper pack, accessories, and an exclusive stamp set that is only available with the kit. The kit now comes with a guide for a one of a kind layout and 6 cards. It still gives you ideas for more layouts and cards to make after you complete the workshop just as it did before. The basic kit items have been discounted so that the price will be $35.00 (tax and shipping included) each month. The best kit will come with some extra accessories to embellish your works of art. You will want to consider getting these. They really add a finishing touch to your layouts and cards. The price of the accessories will vary. Another great thing about this kit is that if you have conflicts with the workshop time, you can purchase the kit and complete it on your own time.

September's kit of the month is Twitterpated. I absolutely love this paper and stamp set and you will too! You will get Twitterpated level 2 paper pack, Hello There Acrylic Stamp set, Chocolate Collection Ribbon Rounds, and a detailed workshop guide. The add ons for this workshop really make a huge difference so I recommend getting them. They are
Z1230 Dimensional Elements In Color—Organic $3.50, Z280 Natural Hemp $2.25, and Z1218 Brads Basic Assortment $4.95. The examples are shown with the add ons. The workshop will be on Monday, September 21st @ 6:30. Please let me know by September 11th if you would like to attend so I can get your materials ordered for you.

Fun with Cardstock and Chipboard

This is a layout I taught at my last club meeting. We embossed and sanded the white core cardstock. We also added a hidden journaling pocket. This layout will go in Jonah's school album. I use the true fit folios (12x12 file folder) for my layouts and all his school awards, report cards, and noteworthy papers fit inside.

Thanks-A-Bration

From August 3rd-17th you will be thanked graciously for your order. Place an order of $100 and receive the stamp of the month and a level 2 paper pack free. You won't even have to pay tax or shipping and handling on your free items. Contact me to take advantage of this offer. It won't last long.

4th of July Layouts

I created these kits for a class I taught at the Wayland Baptist Secretaries Convention. They were quick and easy. I think everyone was pleased with their work. I still have a couple of kits left over if anyone would like to purchase one. Just let me know. I am going to add a few more embellishments to mine. Found some cute ones on clearance for 4th of July. I used x7096b blue ribbon paper, E1004 Cobblestone Alphabet, Cranberry, Outdoor Denim & Indian Corn Blue Inks, z1103 Cranberry Grosgrain ribbon, z1109 and Cranberry brads.

Interactive Scrapbook Pages Tutorial

Here is a tutorial you will want to watch. It is very short but gives you some super fast and easy ways to add more pictures to your layouts using flip flaps and 9x9 page protectors. You are going to want to order some of these so email, call or order online.
CrystalPledger@myCTMH.com
www.crystalpledger.myctmh.com



Until next time,
Crystal

I scream, you scream....Ice Cream!

I finally had some time to sit out and figure this cricut. LOVE IT!! Here is a cute tag I made. I used Doodlecharms cartridge, daydream paper, and hollyhock cardstock, button and and ribbon. Now go eat some ice cream or scrap some to cool off in this 100 degree weather we are having.