Scrapbooking Rewards Club

I am forming a Scrapbook Hostess Club! I am personally inviting you to join. If you are interested in scrapbooking and/or card making, I would love to show you how Close To My Heart products can help you create faster, simpler and easier. This club will have so many benefits for YOU.


Here are the exciting PERKS:


~You will receive over $60 in FREE products just for being a club member!
~You will get a FREE 12 x 12 linen album at the end of the 12 months, if you complete all 12 classes (a $31.83 value)!~You will get the stamp of the Month FREE during your month! It's a $26.13 value!
~You will get Connection Club gift located on the back of the Idea Book, FREE with each new book.
~You will get the Idea Book ($3.95 value) FREE of charge each term (three per year.)

Here are the details of the Scrapbook Hostess Club Commitment:


· Each month you will purchase the supplies to make 4 or more scrapbook layouts.
· The club meets for a year.
· This exciting Scrapbook Hostess Club will begin in February.
· Your minimum purchase will consist of the kits and accessories you will need to create the 4
themed layout pages.


· The cost of the kit is $25.00. You will get a minimum of $25.00 in supplies. Most months you
will have enough left over supplies for several other projects.

A sample of your kit may be: Our beautiful coordinating Background and Texture Paper and cardstock from a themed Level 2 Paper Pack, andItems such as coordinating My Stickease, My Acrylix Stamps, or coordinating accessories such as Ribbons, My Accents, Bigger Brads, Chipboard, etc.· Your cost provides you with 100% products and no class fees. (You pay for materials but not a class fee.)

1. These pages are created with tools and techniques so you learn as you go/grow.

2. Many of these designs come from our unique Scrapbook Programs, such as Cherish and Reflections.

3. I provide a make-up day with the same format, in case you can't make your scheduled one, but still want to attend.

4. You are required to BYOBasics: paper trimmer, adhesive, scissors,
glue dots, etc.

5. If you can not attend your scheduled class or the make up day, then I will have a class kit with directions ready for you and you can pick it up at your convenience.

6. When joining, you will be assigned a month to bring drinks and refreshments for your class. That is the month that you will receive the Stamp of the Month for FREE!

Another benefit to belonging to this exclusive scrapbook club is you will receive a FREE monthly scrapbook class from me! I will teach you new techniques, show you new products, and guide you as you create 2 or more incredible layouts each month! I'm so excited to teach you the many wonderful things you can do with the products you purchase. They won't sit on the shelf and stay packaged up in the bag! We all know how often this becomes a problem, but I guarantee you won't be dealing with this issue by being in this club!

I want to go one step further and offer you an extra incentive to get even more products FREE:· If you recruit a friend that I haven't invited to join the club with you then you will receive any "A" size stamp set ($10.95 value) or Level 1 kit ($9.95 value) in the current catalog FREE! · If you recruit 2 friends to join you will receive any "B" size stamp set ($13.95 value) or a Level 2 paper pack ($12.95 value) in the current catalog FREE! I am very excited about this Scrapbook Hostess Club and would love for you to be a part of it!Feel free to contact me via email or phone if you have any questions or if you would like to sign up. Sign up soon, groups are forming NOW and I only have 4 spots left.

The Latest Buzz

I am awaiting the arrival of the Spring Close To My Heart Idea book. It should be here any day now. Here's a peek at the cover.


January is National Paper Crafting month and to celebrate all things made with paper CTMH has an incredible gift.

This is a scrumptious kit with two sided printed paper, and a E sized stamp set (meaning big).

Here's a note from CTMH about this special.


The gorgeous new Key to My Heart Level 2 paper packet features all of our luscious
new exclusive colors: Tulip, Juniper, Sorbet, and Crème Brulee. The packet is
accompanied by the awesome new E-size My Acrylix® Key to My Heart stamp set
brimming with elegant, charming designs. It’s a great combo with a retail value of
$47.90—and from December 16 through January 31 it can be yours at substantial
savings, or even FREE!
Fun for All!
Celebrating National Papercrafting Month
What’s more, hostesses can get the kit FREE with a Home Gathering sales total
of $400 or more. And if you join Close To My Heart between January 1–31, you’ll
receive the kit FREE in your New Consultant Kit.
National Papercrafting Month promises something for everyone!

Or you can receive this when you spend $130, you’ll get the Key to My Heart kit FREE
When you spend $75, you can purchase the kit for just $20



I also wanted to share with you the Stamp of the Month for January. Just in case you were wondering what it looked like.

Need Some Creative Christmas Ideas?

I've been in such a creative and Christmas mood lately. I wanted to share with you a few items I've made. I used Close To My Heart's new Festive Frills stamp set to create the trees. So did you notice the tree trunks? They're made using the tail from the larger bird in the stamp set. How cool is that? To create this and the following card I made a triangle stencil to mask the area I didn't want stamped, leaving a triangle hole to stamp in. The trees on the top card do have pop dots on the foreground trees to give it dimension.

I stamped this tree in Close To My Heart's White Daisy ink and then went back over it with a silver gel pen and added the sparkle at the top. I really think it's got a classy and polished look to it.

Few Creative Outbursts

Here are two of the items I've created recently. The box is a gift box that I stamped on white cardstock using the CTMH "No Peeking" and the new CTMH "Frosty Borders" stamp set in Cranberry. This was really easy to do. Here's a link to the directions

The card is one I made for Nick's sister. She sent Kallie an Alligator costume and book about alligators. So I made this card as a thank you. On the inside I stamped "A bit of thanks". The stamp set used is CTMH's "Life's a Jungle" It was the July stamp of the month. I thought it was cute to cut a bite out of the card.

Season of Gratitude Tutorial #1

This is my first card tutorial on line. I made another very similar to it for Nick's mom (posted below this project). I loved it so much I made this card for my Aunt Dora as a thank you. I hope you find this easy to follow. Please leave me a comment if you have any thoughts about it or if you attempt it. All products excluding the stickles are Close To My Heart (CTMH). If you would like to order anything you see here please contact me and I'll be happy to get them to you.

Materials Needed:

3 x 4 white cardstock

3.5 x 5 Vineyard Berry Cardstock

8 x 5.5 CTMH Creme Brulee Card stock (card base)

CTMH Black Ink stamp pad

CTMH Autumn Terracotta Ink stamp pad

CTMH Tulip Ink stamp pad

CTMH Chococlate Ink stamp pad

CTMH Playful Flourishes Stamp Set

CTMH Give Thanks Stamp Set

2.5" x 2.5" clear block

2" x 3" clear block

Blending pen

Bone folder

Crystal Stickles made by Banger

3 CTMH Autumn Terracotta Bitty Brads

CTMH sponge tool

sponge

Eyelet Setter

Scrap paper

Step 1. Stamped pumpkin from the Give Thanks stamp set in CTMH Black ink. Make sure you leave room for the Season of Gratitude sentiment at the top of the card.

Step 2. Stamped the bottom left of the card using the U shaped flourish. I only inked part of the stamp. This will allow me to line up the other U shape flourish in the next step to complete the effect I want.

Step 3. I used the matching flourish and inked it in black so that it would line up with my image, thus making a complete U underneath the pumpkin.

Step 4. I used the small squiggly from the playful flourish set, inked it in black and lined it up on my stamped flourishes and stamped.

Step 5. I inked in black just the "A season of" from the Give Thanks stamp set. I wiped off any additional ink with a wet wipe. Then I stamped it on the card making sure to leave room for the word Gratitude.

Step 6. Oops! I forgot to clean my stamp properly. Therefore you can see a second generation stamp of the words A Season of when I stamped the word Gratitude. Make sure to clean your stamps each time. I'll attempt to fix it later. I did stamp the word Gratitude in black ink.

Step 7. Using Autumn Terracotta ink and the blending pen I colored in the pumpkin. To use the blending pen you'll need to squeeze the closed ink pad, then open it and using a damp blending pen use the ink that transferred to the lid tray. It helps to start painting your color from the edges and work your way in. This will give you a softer overall color creating a watercolor appearence.

Step 8. Using Chocolate ink and the blending pen I colored in the stem of the pumpkin.

Step 9. Using a piece of a dollar store sponge, I sponged around the top of the card with Tulip Ink.

Step 10. Using the Autumn Terracotta ink I sponged around the bottom edges on the card.

Step 11. I used the blending pen and the Autumn Terracotta ink and highlighted the words and the flourishes. Step 12. I used the Autumn Terracotta ink and a flourish stamp and did second and third generation stamping around the edges. Second generation stamping is when you load your stamp with ink, then you first stamp on a scratch piece of paper, and second on your project. Third generation is stamping twice on your scratch sheet and thirdly on your project.

Step 13. I did 3rd generation stamping all around the card with another flourish using black ink.

Step 14. I went over the flourishes and each of the curls in the words with the stickles.

Step 15. I adhered the card front to a vineyard berry textured card stock and set in three Autumn Terracotta Bitty Brads on the left hand side of the card. Step 16. I folded my Creme Bulee cardstock and then using the sponge tool and the Autumn Terracotta ink I sponged around the edges. Next I adhered the card front.

Finished Card and another version using all of the same supplies.

Get Your Scrap On!

CROPTOBERFEST

OCT. 25, 2008

Starlite Ballroom

10am-4pm


Get a head start on your holiday scrapbooking, or catch up on projects you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to complete them. Saturday October 25, you’ll have 6 hours of interrupted scrapping bliss, a catered lunch, snacks, and several opportunities to win great prizes. You’ll even learn something new in the free make-n-take and the optional workshop*. The cost is $30. You’ll receive lots room to spread out, good lighting, a catered lunch, a free make-n-take project, and the chance of winning great prizes.

To register call Leana Ott 422-4095
An independent Consultant with Close To My Heart


Starlite Ballroom is located on Airport Blvd. behind Mosley’s meat market at the intersection of Airport and University Road in Mobile, AL.

*There is an additional $10 cost for the optional workshop. Sign up in advance so that materials can be pre-cut and bought.

New Favorite Tool!

I'd like to announce my love for the brayer. I bought it years ago with much excitement only to discover I didn't know how to use it properly.
So I boxed it up. Well I found Michelle Zindorf's blog and whipped mine out to a rolling success. Here's a two of my creations. Michelle has easy to follow step by step instructions on her blog with lots of pictures and work she's created. Please take a look. http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/



I used the July SOTM from CTMH for the Friends card. You can see the CTMH stamp sets Paradise and retired Saling to create the sunrise card.