My favorite Retiring items from CTMH~ 2014

 While there are over 125 Items that are retiring from Close To My Heart this month…I thought I’d share just a few of my favorites (although it was hard to just pick a few! LOL!) 

• To see the COMPLETE up-to-date Retiring List…CLICK HERE.
• Before placing your July order please CLICK HERE for all FOUR specials!

Here are some of my FAVORITE retiring items….

C1473 Remarkable Wreath

C1524 Words of Comfort


















D1483 Glory God





















G1075 Balloon Ride Workshop on the Go kit


















Z1647 My Creations Card Box

Z1930 Choc. Woodgrain Washi












Z1917 Lagoon Zipper Lace















X7183C Lollydoodle Stickease

























G1077 Timberline WOTG kit

There are MANY MORE items I adore…but I tried not to overwhelm you! LOL!! 

Double check the list twice & head over to my website and make sure you have the products you’d like before they are gone!!

Remember the FOUR July Specials happening this month!

Also -

 CLICK HERE for the most recent up-to-date

CTMH Retiring List!!

Blessings to each one of you!!!

Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

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Annual Fall/Winter Open House!!

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Thurs, August 7^th from 6-9:30pm

Fri, August 8^th from 12-5pm

***You can “attend” my Open House & take advantage of my personal specials even if you can’t be here in person!!***

Stay tuned to my blog for more details to come!! J

Merry Christmas!

As we are ALL getting final preparations made for this Christmas season, I wanted to take a moment and Wish EACH of YOU a

Merry Christmas!! 

I’m so thankful for the connection we have made with each other,  through our enjoyment of CREATING & Paper crafting J …and I wanted to take a moment to say THANK YOU for your part in making my CTMH business a fun endeavor!

As I go about this day with many things to accomplish, I wanted to take a moment and share a Christmas card that I created a few years ago.  Even though this card uses a “retired” paper pack, this stamp set  is still current and still remains one of my favorites!!

Glory To God & Holiday Cheer

 

I am so thankful that Jesus came as a babe a Christmas long ago…not only that he came as a babe, but that he ALSO lived on this earth and 33 years later he choose to die & rose again and took punishment for OUR sins!!! 

What an AMAZING gift he gave us…yes GIFT!! 

All we need to do to CHOOSE JESUS is “confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart…and you will be saved”(Rom. 10:9)!  Jesus is the ONLY way to an everlasting life!!J

I pray this Christmas season, that if you do not know Jesus as your own personal Lord & Savior that you would seek His face, the God of this universe, and ask him to be Lord of your life!!  He is our amazing Lord & Creator and wants US to choose Him as Lord of our lives..he will never make us love him, but gives us the choice and allows us to decide…will we live our life for Him???  Or chose to live for ourselves??

May you have a wonderful Christmas & New Year and I look forward to continuing to share with you as a new year approaches!! 

Blessings to each of you!!

Krista J

Pear & Partridge Christmas Scrapbook Pages

I LOVE Close To My Heart’s

Christmas paper pack this year! 

I am a traditionalist, and enjoy the red, green colors of Christmas…but I also was quite DELIGHTED at how CTMH brought neutral tones into this paper pack as well! 

I was excited to create items using the Pear & Partridge paper pack and here are two items I created!!

When I host a home gathering, we always complete our evening together by creating a card.  

This is the card we have created at my most recent home gatherings…

I LOVE how this card turned out…but it was SO simple to create!!!

One of my new FAVORITE embellishments is our Silver Shimmer Ribbon – the BEST part…it’s ADHESIVE backed!!!!

If you would like to re-create this card on your own…

here are some more details! J

I used page 65 in the Art Philosophy Cartridge to cut the bracket frames (rctngle 8)

 

I used the page 80 of the Artiste cartridge for the poinsettia flower.

(poinsettia flower sizes listed below)

I also used my go-to idea book – the Make It From Your Heart, vol. 1., pattern #27

  This book is used as my “starting point”…I can create so much FASTER, just by looking at the FUN sketches in this book!!!

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I know not everyone enjoys card making J…so I also create a 2 page layout to show everyone at my parties.

I create the layout by using the card design we made at the party and incorporating that card into scrapbook pages!

I again used the MIFH how-to book and I used pattern #5.

Take a look at these poinsettias on the layout…

After cutting these from the Artiste cartridge, I took my bone folder and scored the center of each flower petal. I then inked the flowers in ruby ink.

How did I create the leaves?

They are the SAME flower shape as the poinsettias!!!!

I tore off 2 green points of my flower, and left 3 “leaves” to add to the bottom of my poinsettia flower!

Sizes I used to CREATE flowers…

Small Poinsettias

1 1/2” ruby cardstock

(2) 1 3/4” ruby cardstock

2” New England Ivy cardstock (leaves)

Large Poinsettias

2” ruby cardstock

2 1/2” ruby cardstock

(2) 2 3/4” ruby cardstock

3 1/4” New England Ivy (leaves)

Stamp sets used…

Love Life

Glory To God

Frame It Up

Christmas Joy

For the finishing touches of the card, I added BROWN & TAN sparkles in the center of my flowers. I also sponged the edges in our new CASHMERE ink.

Now – off to create some more with this paper pack!!! 

Have a blessed week!

Krista J

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Choose between the $49 or $99 Consultant Start up kit…

and I WILL personally include a

Dotty for you Paper pack (retail value $19.95)

AND an It’s Your Day stamp set (retail value $35.90)

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Christmas Card Making Day cards–2nd post

In case this is the first time you happened upon our Card Making Day post – you’ll want to make sure to take a moment and go back to the other TWO posts prior to this! J

CLICK HERE to read the 1st post explaining all about our annual Christmas Card Making Day.

CLICK HERE to see the 1st set of cards we created that day!

TODAY, I will be sharing the 2nd set of cards we created in the afternoon of Christmas Card Making Day!!!

Here are the SIX cards we created during the 2nd part of our ANNUAL Christmas Card Making Day!!!

DETAILS….

Martha Zook’s Card




This card was created using our Kraft Cardstock…I have been using Kraft Cardstock as a card base more and more!!  I love the rustic feel it brings to my creations.


Products used: To You & Yours stamp set, Dakota paper pack,Black ARCHIVAL ink, Cranberry Alcohol marker, Honey alcohol marker, Harvest Baker’s Twine, Metal Brads,












Nickie Hoffer’s Card

I love this card design that Nickie came up with!  The tag circles, are popped up with 3D foam tape, and the tag shapes are cut from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge!!!

Products used: Perfect Fit-holiday stamp set, Cricut Artiste Bundle, Inks used…Topiary, Sweet Leaf, Pear & Cocoa, Clear Sparkles, 3D foam tape


Brenda Rutt’s Card…

To create this card, Brenda used the stamp set from the Pear & Partridge Workshop on the Go (WOTG) SCRAPBOOKING kit!!!

Check out this EXCLUSIVE stamp set on page. 65 in current Idea Book!  This stamp set is ONLY available when you purchase the Scrapbooking WOTG kit – Item G1052 ~ you receive this WONDERFUL kit for a cost lower than retail price! 

Products used: Pear & Partridge WOTG stamp set, Pear & Partridge paper, Pearls, Prisma glitter, Liquid Glass


Stephanie Huber’s Card…

I love using non-traditional colors for Christmas cards.  La Belle Vie paper pack works VERY nicely with this card!

Products used: Merry & Bright stamp set, La Belle Vie paper pack, burlap ribbon


Gennette Feagan’s card -

This was a favorite by all during Card Making Day– lots of GLITZ and GLAM to make this a completely SPARKLY Christmas card!

Did you notice – it’s a postcard like card, where the band slides away from the actual card…

This card was completed by using the ARTISTE cartridge!!! LOVE how easy Artiste makes creating!!!

Products used: Ornamental Cheer stamp set, Moonlight paper pack(yes the halloween paper J), Cricut Artiste Bundle, Bling assortment, Clear Sparkles, Red Glitz Glitter Gel, Green Glitz Glitter Gel


Krista’s card…
 
Again, a simple and easy card – thanks to the Artiste Cricut Bundle & the Art Philosophy Cartridge!!!

I love to use colors different from the traditional Christmas colors and was happy how this turned out!

Products used: Frame It Up stamp set, Christmas Joy stamp set, Glory to God stamp set, Scholastic paper pack, Avonlea paper pack, Artiste Cricut Bundle, Cocoa cardstock, Outdoor denim cardstock, Silver shimmer ribbon, Silver Glitz Glitter gel.

I hope you enjoyed our “tour” of Christmas Card ideas!!!

Now – OFF To create your own Christmas Cards J OR maybe you would like to purchase some new items to complete your cards? 

October is my MYSTERY HOSTESS month ~ and YOU could be one of my 3 Mystery Hostess’s earning anywhere from $30-$60 in CTMH products!!! !!

EVERY $25 in purchases you make (on the special LINK!) on my WEBSITE during the month of October– YOU will be entered into my personal Mystery Hostess Drawing!

This is a special that I, Krista Hershberger, am giving to my CMTH friends!!!

You will have until Oct. 31st to place your order, earn tickets and get YOUR chance to be one of my THREE Mystery Hostess winners – winning FREE Close To My Heart Products!!!

(Studio J orders DO count and can EARN you tickets too! This month’s special – purchase 9 Studio J layouts, get the 10th FREE!!!)

CLICK HERE for all the details!!!

Happy Creating!

Krista J

3 Simple Christmas Cards

Good Morning!J

It is near the end of October, and I am a little sad.  Not quite sure if I am ready for winter to arrive quite yet – HOWEVER…right now, here in Pennsylvania – it is SNOWING….yes, I DID say SNOWING!!!  What Crazy weather we are having and in OCTOBER!!!  And the AMAZING part is – they say we are getting 6-10 inches of this SNOW today!!!!  Oh my!J

With that in mind, I thought I’d post 3 cards that I created recently that have the “winter” theme. 

This past week, I went to a Ladies Day group at a local church where we did some card making.  I had 45min – 1 hour for them to create 3 cards, so I knew the cards had to be simple, but beautiful. 

I went to my wonderful CTMH Sisters for some inspiration, and came away creating these 3 cards!

The first card on the left has been a favorite card that many of you may already recognize.  This is a card that we have been creating at a lot of my gatherings this fall season. 

This is a FUN card that I created using our Wishes how to book.  The design did not stay the same as the original pattern shown on page 40 “Simple Expressions”, but I did start the card from there. J

I used the beautiful WONDERLAND level 2 paper pack.  I also used our FUN new “Snowflakes” stamp set!!!  This is a favorite of mine because it is a stamp set that coordinates with our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!!  I did not have to cut the snowflake out – the CRICUT does it for me!J  The Merry Christmas came from the stamp set called “A Holiday” – a GREAT Cricut compatible stamp set as well.

If you click on the picture to see more detail, you will notice we also used sandpaper to sand the chocolate cardstock.  The ladies loved each technique that was taught with each card. 

Our chocolate striped ribbon is so beautiful, for this card I cut the 1” ribbon in half, so we could have the frayed look.  We then used Glitz Glitter Gel for the finishing touch. (I know I been using the glitz a lot lately – LOL!!  I just LOVE adding the glitz to add that extra sparkle and shine! LOL!!! J)

The next card we used a NEW stamp set…believe it or not, this was the FIRST time I stamped with this set!!!  “Remarkable Wreath” is one of the most popular selling stamp sets this year!  I was inspired by my friend and fellow consultant Audrey Key for this card. 

This card was quite simple…but nice.  I used the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge to create the beautiful bracket (3 1/4”, <square4>, pg. 53) from Sweet Leaf cardstock.  We then used the corner rounder to round our 2 3/4” white daisy square. 

Stamp sets used were “Remarkable Wreath” and “Holiday Commentary”.  We also used the Believe level 2 paper pack.  And of course…I had to use some of the beautiful RED Glitz Glitter Gel to add some berries to the branches. LOL!  (I promise, the next card does not have glitz!)  Ink colors that were used are CRANBERRY and DESERT SAND.

The final card we created was using one of my favorite stamp sets this Idea Book season.  The “Glory to God” stamp set. 

This card was inspired by  Jean Johnson’s artwork I saw on our consultant bulletin board – I LOVE our CTMH family!!  We truly ARE sisters at CTMH and share ideas, advice, artwork, etc. with each other. J

To create this card, we used two items…the Glory to God stamp set and the Sonoma Paper pack.  Can ANYONE tell me where the diamond strip at the bottom of the card came from?  Hmmm…I LOVE this extra that CTMH has tucked into each of our new LEVEL 2 paper packs!  Did you guess where it came from?  If you haven’t, take a look at this picture below…

Do you see it now?  YES – the diamond strip is called a “Zip Strip”!!!  There is a strip at the top of all of our designer papers!  Each zip strip has the paper kit name, item # and colors used in the kit printed on one side of this 1/2” strip.  The OTHER side of this “zip strip” is a BEAUTIFUL border design that you can use as part of your creations!!!  How COOL is that?!?!?!!!! J

I hope these cards get your “creative juices” flowing. J and that you are able to start creating for the upcoming holiday season! 

If you would like to get an early Christmas present , check out this October special that runs for another 3 days!!!


It DOES feel like Christmas when this consultant kit arrives!!J  What a GREAT way to get items at a discount for all of your holiday creating needs!!!

I’d love to talk with you about how becoming apart of my CTMH team can be what YOU want it to be!! 
It is wonderful to be your own boss, and YOU get to decide if this is will be a business for you OR if you'd like to be a Hobbyist - getting Close To My Heart's quality products at a discount price!

Contact me today so that YOU can receive this AMAZING consultant kit for $99 (+shipping & tax) You will receive items in this kit that retail over $280, PLUS when you sign up,(for 3 more days) you will get an ADD-ON kit (retail of up to $130) for FREE!!!!

Enjoy your day – whatever type of weather you are havingJ and take time to CREATE today!!!

Blessings to each of you!
 Krista Hershberger

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

www.ctmh.com/kristah

~~~3 more days to receive this GREAT gift tag making stamp set~~~