Countdown with Dotty for You- Card #3

LAST DAY

**CLICK HERE to vote for my Dotty for You Layout on CTMH facebook page! ** Thank You!!!  J

Dotty for You card #3 was created by myself. J 

(To see the first TWO Dotty for You cards, CLICK HERE and HERE)

Have you noticed how much I LOVE this combination of colors?  Sweet Leaf green is my favorite color, and lagoon and grey flannel complement it nicely!

I used the papers from the Dotty for You paper pack, and decided to cut off the bottom of my card for a different approach.  If you look closely, the green scallop is the bottom front of my card.

I used a Dimensional Element to raise up my sentiment…and I completely covered it with the blue Dotty paper.  I then stamped the “BABY”’ stamp on a Cricut cut square, and popped it on top of the D.E. with 3D foam!

I LOVE how the color of the seam binding ribbon turned out on this card!  It is so vibrant and matches the colors of the card PERFECTLY!

  This Ribbon is SOOO amazing!!!  It comes white(as you can see in the picture), BUT with a sponge dauber and an ink to coordinate with your creation – you can create this ribbon to ANY COLOR that you need!! It is so quick and easy to add ink to this ribbon!!

Supplies I used…

• Dotty for You paper pack
• New Arrival stamp set
• Diverse Backgrounds stamp set
• Eclectic Edges stamp set
• Color Ready Seam Binding Ribbon
• Corner Rounder (to create scallop border)
• Silver Glitz Glitter Gel
• Inks: Sweet Leaf, Lagoon & Grey Flannel

Krista J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

Website: www.kristah.ctmh.com

There are 3 DAYS LEFT to get your OWN Dotty for You paper pack!!!

The actual paper pack is almost sold out (I’m waiting for the update this morning)

…BUT there are still two ways to earn this paper pack!

1- Have a book party or home gathering BEFORE June 2nd AND have your party subtotal sales reach $400 and you will get a paper pack for FREE!!!

2-Join my TEAM…and this month, a Dotty for You paper pack will be an EXTRA item in your basic start up kit (ONLY $99!!!) as a THANK YOU for joining the CTMH family!

My MYSTERY HOSTESS Contest will end at midnight on May 31st!

Place an order at the SPECIAL LINK on my website…and earn YOUR chance to WIN $40-$100 in CTMH PRODUCT!!!

What is a Qualifying Order?

For every Dotty for You paper pack, or May Stamp of the Month that you purchase on a special link on my home page…

you will be eligible to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS and earn $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!

Click on the “May Orders w/Krista…” link on my website and when you make a qualifying purchase….

…when you add the Dotty for You paper pack ($5 with a $35 purchase) OR the May Stamp of the Month ($5 with a $50 purchase) you will EARN tickets!

These tickets will be entered into the Mystery Hostess drawing and earning YOU a chance to WIN $40-$100 in Hostess items!!!

CLICK HERE for all the details and find out who was my April Mystery hostess!!!

Countdown with Dotty for You–Card #2

**CLICK HERE to vote for my Dotty for You Layout on CTMH facebook page! ** Thank You!!!  J


My next Dotty for You card (CLICK HERE to see the 1st Dotty for You card) was created by Stephanie Huber.  Stephanie has a Blog as well that you will want to check out…just click on her highlighted name! J

Stephanie created a fun 3x3 card and used the Dotty For You paper pack as well as a Dimensional Element (D.E.) banner shape that coordinates with our Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. 

Stephanie topped off her card with some cute images…the flower stamped on her D.E. banner AND the butterfly stamped in the top right corner, both come from the NEW ARRIVAL stamp set.  A WONDERFUL stamp set to welcome any child!!!

I appreciate so much that Close To My Heart’s Cricut Collection is a BUNDLE of items!  (bundle being the key word! J)

Our Cricut Collection is MUCH MORE than the “regular” Cricut cartridge! J

As you can see, when you purchase this AMAZING package – you will be receiving the cartridge, 3 exclusive Art Philosophy stamp sets AND 3 sheets of Dimensional Elements!!! 

How is CTMH’s Art Philosophy Cricut Bundle different than others?

1. It cuts over 700 images! Not shapes…700 images!!!

Here is a picture of the 6 different 3D flowers you can create with this cartridge…love it!

But this cartridge, doesn’t just cut flowers…it cuts

• borders
• alphabets
• tags
• card bases
• 3D boxes(chinese take out box, pillow box, purse, etc)

and SOOO much more!!!

2. It coordinates with many of our STAMP sets!!!

How does this work?

You will notice in our current IDEA BOOK, there are some stamp images outlined in red.  These outlined images coordinate with our Cricut Cartridge!!!

When you purchase that stamp set, you will see a measurement on the stamp carrier sheet. Find the image shape on your Cricut machine, and then set your size dial to the size listed on your carrier sheet.

Cut out your Cricut image…and TA-DA…you have a perfectly cut image that you can stamp your image on!!!

Here are the EXCLUSIVE stamp sets that will come IN your Cricut Collection.

Notice the measurements on the carrier sheet – this tells you the size image you will need to cut!  How EASY is that?!?!

 

These stamp sets ONLY are available when you purchase the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Art Philosophy Seasons stamp set

Art Philosophy Celebrations Stamp set

Art Philosophy Tags Stamp Set

CLICK HERE to get your OWN Cricut Art Philosophy Collection EXCLUSIVE available through Close To My Heart!!!!

So often I hear...is there any way I can get this AMAZING bundle for less than $99...because I'd REALLY like to own one of these! J

There is ONE other way to get this Cricut Collection at 1/2 price... 

when you host a Gathering (book party, online gathering or in-home gathering) and your sales reach the $250 mark...

you can chose to get an item for 1/2 price!!! Meaning you would pay $49.50 for this AMAZING Cricut BUNDLE PLUS you will also receive $40 FREE in CTMH Products too!!!!

Contact me today if you would like to earn your Cartridge for this WONDERFUL, DISCOUNTED price! J

Would you like to get one of these AMAZING Dotty for You paper packs???

The actual paper pack is almost sold out BUT there are still two ways to earn a paper pack!

1- Have a book party or home gathering BEFORE June 2nd AND have your party subtotal sales reach $400 and you will get a paper pack for FREE!!!  Contact me for more details!

2-Join my TEAM…and this month, a Dotty for You paper pack will be an EXTRA item in your basic start up kit (ONLY $99!!!) as a THANK YOU for joining the CTMH family!  CLICK HERE to sign up now

Would you like to earn $40-$100 in CTMH products???

Become one of TWO Mystery Hostesses when you place a qualifying order BEFORE May 31st at 11pm!

What is a Qualifying Order?

For every Dotty for You paper pack, or May Stamp of the Month that you purchase on a special link on my home page…

you will be eligible to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS and earn $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!

If you'd like YOUR CHANCE to WIN some WONDERFUL, QUALITY Close To My Heart Product....

Click on the “May Orders w/Krista…” link on my website and when you make a qualifying purchase….

…when you add the Dotty for You paper pack ($5 with a $35 purchase) OR the May Stamp of the Month ($5 with a $50 purchase) you will EARN tickets!

These tickets will be entered into the Mystery Hostess drawing and earning YOU a chance to WIN $40-$100 in Hostess items!!!

CLICK HERE for all the details and find out who was my April Mystery hostess!!!

Have a wonderful day!!!J

Krista J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

Website: www.kristah.ctmh.com

Countdown with Dotty for You–Card #1

**CLICK HERE to vote for my Dotty for You Layout on CTMH facebook page! ** Thank You!!!  J


We had a FUN Team Meeting earlier this week.  Here is a recent picture of a few members of my team. J 

We had a CTMH Corporate event in New Jersey at the end of April and got a group picture of those that attended.  This is 10 of “my girls” out of my group of 59! J

For our monthly Team Meeting, we talked about our normal business items and I had also asked everyone to bring along their Dotty for You paper packs and some type of Dimensional Elements (D.E.) shapes for our create time. 

We each created a card design using the Dotty for You AND a D.E!!  Then we took the time and created multiplies of our card – so that everyone received a card sample!

Yay!!!!  Let’s get started with the 

COUNTDOWN to DOTTY for YOU!

blog posts! J

The first card in our Dotty for You series that I’ll share with you is by Nickie Hoffer.  Nickie has a great BLOG you will want to check out too!

For her card, Nickie used the yellow & gray diagonal striped design from the Dotty for You paper pack.  She popped up the “hip hip hooray!” saying by placing a D.E shape, from our Mixed Shapes Dimensional Elements, underneath it!

She cut the flowers from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, but then did some great things with her sponge daubers to give the flower a depth look and feel! 

Check out these AMAZING flowers!!!

Using the Paradise Paper Flowers, Baker’s Twine (gray) and a sparkle completed her card! 

How can YOU get a Dotty Paper pack of your own?

The actual paper pack is about gone (ONLY 10% left!!)… so you can CLICK on the SPECIAL LINK  “May Orders with Krista…” to order your Dotty for You paper IMMEDIATLEY…

BUT there are also  two MORE ways to earn this AMAZING paper pack!

1- Have a book party or home gathering BEFORE June 2nd AND have your party subtotal sales reach $400 and you will get a paper pack for FREE!!!

2-Join my TEAM during this month of May …and this month ONLY, a Dotty for You paper pack will added to your kit as an EXTRA item in your basic start up kit as a THANK YOU for joining the CTMH family!  CLICK HERE for more details on joining my team!!

****ONLY 4 more days J…****

for YOUR chance to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS earning $40-$100 in products!!!!!

For every Dotty for You paper pack, or May Stamp of the Month that you purchase on a special link on my home page…

you will be eligible to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS and earn $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!

If you'd like YOUR CHANCE to WIN some WONDERFUL, QUALITY Close To My Heart Product....

Click on the “May Orders w/Krista…” link on my website and when you make a qualifying purchase and add the Dotty for You paper pack ($5 with a $35 purchase) OR the May Stamp of the Month ($5 with a $50 purchase) you will EARN tickets!

These tickets will be entered into the Mystery Hostess drawing and earning YOU a chance to WIN $40-$100 in Hostess items!!!

CLICK HERE for all the details and find out who was my April Mystery hostess!!!

Enjoy the extra day to your weekend!! J

Krista J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

Website: www.kristah.ctmh.com

Dotty for You layout–Vote for me! :)

I am so excited to enter the Dotty for You contest on Facebook that is sponsored by Close To My Heart!!! 

If you’d like J, feel free to  vote for my Dotty for You layout by clicking here!!! 

My Entry is called “Flowers & Swirls w/Dotty for You!” and HERE is the layout I created! J

I am REALLY enjoying the Dotty for You paper pack!  I believe this layout shows my favorite designed papers from this pack. 





This paper pack, that was created by CTMH to honor National Scrapbooking Month, is GOING fast – there is only 10% of this paper pack left – so HURRY and order yours today!!!




I will share the DETAILS and TIPS I used in creating this layout…but first

Here are the supplies I used to create this layout…

Dotty for You Paper Pack

Colonial White Cardstock

Grey Flannel Cardstock

Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

Magic Book

Petals Paper Flowers

Paradise Paper Flowers

Sparkles Flourishes

Green Brad Assortment

Garden Wooden Shapes

Lagoon Mini-Medley (retired)

Sponge Daubers

Inks used…Grey Flannel and Sweet Leaf

Now DETAILS…
I LOVE when any embellishment is just “plain” white.  Why, you ask?  That means I can COLOR it to whatever color I need to coordinate with my creation!!!

Take a look at the Large Green flower and the Gray flowers…yup, you guessed it!  These flowers came from our Petals Paper Flower collection.  I used my wonderful, handy sponge daubers and inked the flowers to be the colors I needed!!!


Notice the Lagoon (turquoise/blue) flowers – they are from our Paradise Paper Flower Collection – already colored for you!!!  I am using these flowers sooo much!!!  With a variety of four colors, Crème Brulee, Smoothie, Lagoon & Sunset, they add a splash of color to any creation!



When you purchase the Paradise Paper Flowers you will receive …
*68 different flowers, (make sure you pull them ALL apart! J ) 
*in 4 styles
*and 4 colors!!!




One of the NEW items I used in this layout was our Sparkle Flourishes!!! Believe it or not – I haven’t used these before!




Love, LOVE these flourishes and how EASY they are to add to anything! 
I chose to cut the flourishes apart J…and then I did add a few more bitty sparkles to create my own flourishes as well!






The Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge (once again) came to my rescue as I added this bracket AND the scalloped border on the left side of the page! 

You’ll want to stay tuned to my Blog starting on Monday, May 28th!!!

I will be having a COUNT down with Dotty for You!!!  I will post a NEW CARD each day,  that was created with this FUN paper pack!!! 

Stay TUNED!!!

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A Reminder J…

My MYSTERY HOSTESS Contest is still taking place!!!

For every Dotty for You paper pack, or May Stamp of the Month that you purchase on a special link on my home page…

you will be eligible to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS and earn $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!

If you'd like YOUR CHANCE to WIN some WONDERFUL, QUALITY Close To My Heart Product....

Click on the “May Orders w/Krista…” link on my website and when you make a qualifying purchase and add the Dotty for You paper pack ($5 with a $35 purchase) OR the May Stamp of the Month ($5 with a $50 purchase) you will EARN tickets!

These tickets will be entered into the Mystery Hostess drawing and earning YOU a chance to WIN $40-$100 in Hostess items!!!

CLICK HERE for all the details and find out who was my April Mystery hostess!!!

Enjoy the LONG weekend!! J

Krista J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

Website: www.kristah.ctmh.com

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Watch this GREAT video that shows you how simple that can be!!! 

If you’d like to browse and see close ups of these GREAT A size stamps– CLICK HERE to go to my website and start browsing! 

Don’t forget J…

My MYSTERY HOSTESS Contest is still taking place!!! 

For every Dotty for You paper pack, or May Stamp of the Month that you purchase on a special link on my home page…you will be eligible to be a MYSTERY HOSTESS and earn $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!

If you'd like YOUR CHANCE to WIN some WONDERFUL, QUALITY Close To My Heart Product....

Click on the “May Orders w/Krista…” link on my website and when you make a qualifying purchase and add the Dotty for You paper pack ($5 with a $35 purchase) OR the May Stamp of the Month ($5 with a $50 purchase) you will EARN tickets! 

These tickets will be entered into the Mystery Hostess drawing and earning you a chance to WIN $40-$100 in Hostess items!!!

CLICK HERE for all the details and find out who was my April Mystery hostess!!!

Have a wonderful rest of your day!! J

Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

NEW Website: www.ctmh.com/kristah

My 1st Blog Challenges!!

Have you ever been a part of any challenges that are scattered throughout Blog land? J

I have been wanting to try so many challenges that I have seen on other consultant's blogs – it looks like so much FUN!!

Well, I was on my friend Gina’s blog yesterday, and loved the black & yellow theme that she was doing!  So it’s all GINA’S fault I started doing challenges! LOL!!  Make sure you check out Gina’s card HERE!

The challenge of the week comes from the “Dynamic Duo Challenge”.  In this challenge, we had to use two colors, black and yellow and we could add neutral colors.  We also had the option to add some dry embossing! J  For anyone that knows me well – dry embossing is one of my FAVORITE techniques!  J


I thought- “I am going to ACCEPT this challenge!!!”  So, here we go! J 


I am actually participating in TWO challenges…
The first challenge was from Dynamic Duo Challenge and I used the colors yellow and black and added some dry embossing….



Since I used the Dotty for You paper pack (get this paper for ONLY $5 until May 31st!!! – check out details below!!!) in the above challenge, I could also enter into The Paper Players challenge because I was using polka dots! J




Here are the cards I created…

I wasn’t sure which card I liked best…yes, they use most of the same products…but are created differently in a few ways. 


I’d love to hear YOUR feedback! J  Which one do you like best?  Feel free to leave a comment below.

The first card…

Notice the dry embossed lines on the white card base…I created these by using my embossing stylus and the groove in my paper trimmer.  Easy, quick and FUN!

I used the metal tag from the black mini-medley from Close To My Heart.  

I stamped the word “cute” from the “Play Day” stamp set and stamped flowers in Buttercup ink from the stamp set called “A Garden”. 

I used our Black Baker’s Twine to finish it off.

Here is a close up of my 2nd card…

This card, I quickly put together as my 2nd card…and now I believe I may like this one more than the first! LOL!! Isn’t that how crafting often goes?!?

I dry embossed once again, this time to frame my image.  After embossing, I then swiped the edges in CTMH’s black ink pad.  LOVE our inks!!!! 

I used CTMH’s Paradise Paper flowers & the our Petals Paper Flowers to stack 3 different kinds, and used the button brad (from the black mini-medley) as the center. 

I added some glitz glitter gel to the middle flower to give it some shine. I used the Card Word Puzzle stamps set for the wording.

It was my husband’s suggestion to color in a few things with my Crème Brulee marker…thanks hon! J

Supplies used on Both Cards…

Dotty for You paper pack!

Black Cardstock

White Cardstock

Play Day stamp set

A Garden stamp set

Card Word Puzzle stamp set

Black Mini-Medley

Paradise Paper Flowers

Petals Paper Flowers

Baker’s Twine – Neutral

Licorice Opaques

Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel

Black ink pad

Buttercup ink pad

Crème Brulee Marker

For those visiting for the first time – THANK YOU for joining me!  I love to meet new people and look forward to seeing you more often! J

I wanted to remind EACH of you that the Dotty for You paper pack is going FAST!!!!  There are only 20% of the paper packs remaining!!!  Make sure to order yours TODAY!!!

Check out the details to my PERSONAL contest  when you place your order on the special link on my website!!!

****Be entered to WIN my MYSTERY HOSTESS contest!!!  That means you could WIN $40-$100 in CTMH product!!!!****

HERE are the DETAILS! J

 Have you joined my Dotty for You Contest this month?

You could be

one of TWO Mystery Hostesses earning $40-$100 in CTMH Product!!!

 

J There is NO limit to how many times you can enter.  It is based on how many MAY specials you qualify for and order!!!

Make sure you order SOON - there are only 20% of the paper packs left!!

DETAILS…

**Place an order on my website using the special link that says “May Orders with Krista” at the bottom right,

 **Purchase the May SPECIALS (May SOTM & Dotty for You paper pack)

…and YOU will

EARN tickets to WIN $40-$100 in CTMH Product!!! 

I will be pulling TWO names on June 1st and they will be my MAY mystery hostesses!!! 

CLICK HERE  for YOUR chance to be one of TWOMystery Hostesses !!!

Want to know MORE??? 

CLICK HERE for additional information on Krista’s Dotty for You Mystery Hostess Contest and view my APRIL Mystery Hostess! J

Blessings to you!

Krista J