Happy National Papercrafting Month - and New Year!

As if starting off a brand new year wasn't enough cause for celebration - it's also National Papercrafting Month! So when you're a company that specializes in papercrafting, you know they're going to do something great to celebrate! This year, Close To My Heart is offering a fantastic, exclusive card kit that I know you are going to want to get your hands on. Introducing the "Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit". With this all-inclusive kit, you will be able to make 10 adorable cards (2 each of 5 designs) using three sneak-peek accessories from the upcoming Idea Book (yea!), a new D-size stamp set, and exclusive papers. What's more - when you acquire this exclusive kit for just $15 with a $35 purchase from the Autumn-Winter 2013 Idea Book, you automatically qualify for the January Stamp of the Month for just $5! That's $63.95 worth of product for only $20 - a savings of $43.95! What's not to love?! But wait, there's more! Sign up as a new CTMH Consultant in January and submit a total in sales of $300 or more before June (easy!), and receive the "Cloud Nine" kit for FREE. Check out these sneak peeks:

A peek at the five card designs you will create from the kit (see more on my website at funforyou.ctmh.com).

The D-size stamp set that comes with the kit. How fun!!

The January Stamp of the Month, "Cross-Stitch Wishes", images (set of 13).

I can't wait to put my card kit together! In that spirit, I am holding an exclusive Card-Making Workshop for just THREE PEOPLE, during which we will be making the FIVE cards from the "Cloud Nine" Kit.

The Date:  Sunday, January 12 from 1-4pm.
The Place: my house
The Cost:  $10
PLUS, one lucky winner will be taking home the fun stamp set that comes with the kit - simply place an order that day and be entered to win!
The first three people to respond WITH payment will have their place secured! I look forward to seeing you there!

Happy New Year!

The Frosting on the Cake

Anything frosted sounds pretty good, don't you think? Even things that don't involve actual icing, like frosted glass, are quite attractive. Well, now I've got one more thing to add to the wonderfully frosted list - it's the "Frosted Workshops on the Go Cardmaking Kit" from Close To My Heart. I was finally able to break mine out and complete the cards (fifteen of them - five each of three different designs), and I LOVE them!

The kit comes with everything you need, including an exclusive D-size stamp set:

I absolutely love these images and sentiments. I used them on all of my Christmas cards! Here, however, are the three designs that you will make from this kit:

(This card actually calls for stamping the trees in Cocoa ink, but I preferred mine to be Olive.)

I wish my photos were better - they look really bright white, but they are actually on Colonial White cardstock (not that there's a really big difference).

In addition, I also stamped the envelopes with coordinating images:

This is just one of the fun and beautiful card kits you can find in the Autumn-Winter Idea Book. You can order your kit online anytime on my website (funforyou.ctmh.com) for $24.95. Happy stamping!

Laughing Lola

I must apologize for the delay in my posting. I have been SO good at updating every Wednesday, however this past Wednesday I started a full-time job - after being at home with my kids for 12 1/2 years! It has been a HUGE adjustment! I have not had the time to even turn my computer on in the past three days. SO, today I am going to post the three cards that you will be able to create with the "Workshop on the Go Laughing Lola Card Kit" from Close To My Heart. The kit costs $24.95 and comes with it's own Exclusive D-sized stamp set, Laughing Lola B&T paper, cardstock, White Daisy cards and envelopes, Baker's Twine, Purple Gems, and an instruction booklet. When you've completed the kit, you will have 15 cards (5 each of 3 designs). I love the stamp set that comes with this kit! Here are the three designs that you will create:

The stamp set also includes several images that you can cut directly on your Cricut machine using the "Artiste" cartridge. Fun and easy! Be sure to check this kit out on page 68 of the Autumn-Winter 2013 Idea Book!