Monday, August 25, 2014

Come JOIN us - Christmas Cardmaking Day 2014!!!

Hi EVERYONE!
I wanted to take a moment & INVITE each of you 
 to our upcoming 
Christmas Cardmaking Day event! 


If you have joined us before, you KNOW what an ENJOYABLE day this day is!  This day is about creating Christmas cards...but more than that it's a day to celebrate YOU! 


You our friends (& customers) are a part of WHY we are at CTMH.  By hosting this day at an amazing price (to just cover our expenses) 
we want to THANK YOU for joining us in our Crafting adventure!!

There are still a spaces available for you to JOIN us at this FUN, creative day!! 
Read below for all the details & I look forward to seeing you there!! J



7th annual Christmas Card Making Day

Sat, Sept 27 - 9am-3:30pm

The FIRST "Early Bird"  registration deadline for our Christmas Card Making Day is quickly approaching!!!



Please JOIN US for an ENTIRE DAY where we CREATE together & begin to start thinking about the Christmas season!! 




We have 30 min. to create each of the beautiful Christmas Cards!


With all of your pieces pre-cut 
(by my lovely consultants) & directions on how to create these beautiful cards (from the CTMH experts) 
J, you will have an ENJOYABLE day as we TREAT you to a day of crafting!!


Take a look at all the GOODIES you will receive this day... 
**Door Prizes
**Yummy refreshments,
**Our traditional "taco soup"' lunch

(of course there's a lot more food too!),


**A copy of our NEWEST Idea Book (value $6!),
**Samples, samples, SAMPLES of the new product
**ARTFULLY SENT Cricut display,
**You will be creating
 (& take home) 10-12 Christmas cards....


This day is
FILLED with Creativity, Learning & FUN from my FABULOUS team of consultants!!!You have until Friday, August 29th to send me your registration form and pay the EARLY BIRD cost of ONLY $25!!!


You are also welcome to JOIN Us after the Early Bird deadline!! 
J 



 The cost would ONLY be $30 for all of the AMAZING goodies listed above!  It's not a big difference in price- especially for everything that is INCLUDED in this day!!! 



Spread the word  to your friends and share a girls day of creating together!! 

Any questions just let me know...or
 CLICK HERE to see some pictures from last year's Christmas Card Making Day!!!




***Here is the registration form.  Please print this out & mail the bottom of the form & payment to me at the address on the form.****
If you would prefer me to mail this form to your inbox, please let me know.J


Christmas Cardmaking Day flyer
Have a wonderful day!  Happy Thursday!


Krista Hershberger J
Director, CTMH Independent Consultant
 
Call/Text: 610-587-9116
Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com 
Blog:kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/kristascrafty  NEW!!

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kristascraftycorner


 
As always, feel free to
CLICK HERE to go directly to my website 24/7 and have your CTMH items shipped directly to your door step!!
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Paper Fundamentals by CTMH- Pretty Petals card

Hello & Welcome to today’s Blog Post! J
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I’m excited to share with you the Make n Take card my customers were able to create at my most recent Fall Open House!! 

If you would like to see the post concerning my Open House re-cap…please CLICK HERE.

This card was created with one of Close To My Heart’s FABULOUS how-to-books

 If you do not have any of these books - I HIGHLY recommend them!!  By having a pattern design already created, all I need to do is choose my paper pack & stamp set that I would like to use with the pattern design!

As you can see…this is a VERY simple card!!  I chose not to sponge the edges, but rather focused on using as much of NEW PRODUCTS that I could!!




I chose to use a new stamp set called “Pretty Petals”.  It is Cricut compatible stamp set, so that made my creating even EASIER!!  I used the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge from CTMH.

(Want to see all 3 EXCLUSIVE Cricut cartridges?  CLICK HERE)








I also used one of our NEW Mini stamp sets!  I LOVE these mini’s & I love their price point - ONLY $2.95!!
(CLICK HERE to view ALL of our mini stamp sets)









Take a peek stamped flowers at close range…
Pretty Petals_fall OH card_make n take_flowers_DSC_0014I used Sunset ink, Lagoon ink & Pear ink to create these flowers. 


If you look closely at the smaller flower, do you see the darker“outline” around the outside of the flower? 

This was done using our NEW ShinHan alcohol markers!!  The color used was peacock green (not shown in picture). Shinhan Markers_DSC_1571
Let’s take a peek at the bottom of this card   

I didn’t realize it at the time, but I was AMAZED at all the NEW items I added to the bottom of this card!!
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AND my FAVORITE NEW products….
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I hope you can get a bit better glimpse of the 2 different sides of these Paper Fundamental cardstock sheets


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These are BEAUTIFUL pieces of cardstock & I was EXCITED to see how much “pop” one tiny strip of the sunset colored paper fundamentals added to this card!! 



If you’d like to re-create this card J , here is the list of the items I used. 









Products Used to create card…
9041              Wishes Card Confidence Program…card #7 from Greetings Card Workshop
M1048         A Quick Hello
C1599          Pretty Petals
X7192B        Seaside paper packet
Z2033          Whimsy Fundamentals cardstock
Z1686          Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Cardstock colors: Glacier, Lagoon, Pear

Z1985          Gold Shimmer Trim
Z1998          Chevron Border Punch
Z2461           Peacock Green Shinhan Marker
Z2012           Gold Sequins
Ink colors: Sunset, Pear & Lagoon



How to_Cardmaking how-to-books-2014Remember - the card pattern can be found in CTMH’s Wishes How-To-Book on page 115. 



You may want to check out ALL 8 of Close To My Heart’s FABULOUS How-To Books for Scrapbooking & Cardmaking!!



I hope this has INSPIRED you to do some creating on your own!



I’d love to see what you have created!!  Please feel free to share it with me on my Facebook Business Page - http://www.facebook.com/kristahershberger.craftycorner


Blessings to each of you!

Krista Hershberger J
Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

PHONE/TEXT: 610-587-9116
PINTEREST: http://www.pinterest.com/kristascrafty/



CLICK HERE to go to my website to get your own Fabulous CTMH items!!



August Specials


Purchase any 
of the 13 available Picture My Life™ (PML) kits at their full retail price of $24.95,

& you can  purchase
a
10-pk. of 12x12 Memory Protectors™ for
ONLY $3.00!











There are 2 ways to receive this Exclusive stamp set this month

Pay retail price of $17.95

OR
Spend $50 in CTMH products and get the SOTM for ONLY $5.00!!!

***Just a reminder…these stamp sets are ONLY available during their month and it can be purchased through a home gathering, my website or just by giving me a call.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Open House re-cap ~ Fall 2014

A HUGE 

THANK 

YOU
to EACH OF YOU that were apart of my Fall Open House!!! J


It's so much fun to be able to share all that Close To My Heart has created this 2014 Fall/Winter season  for you and me!!!


Come join me TODAY, as I’ll share with you a little bit about what Open House time is like with Krista.



You will see NEW PRODUCT, Artwork & the WINNERS of my door prize drawings! J

As you walk into our home, you will first see my display of Cash & Carry items!!
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This is a highlight for many of you, as you enjoy looking for those retired items that you wanted just “one more” item of.

I chose to have a DISCOUNTED table at the Open House this year….lots of treasures at reduced prices!
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The next direction you will head, is into our Living Room - and THIS is where you will find lots of displays of NEW items!!!
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Take a peek at these different NEW goodies….
9 NEW Paper packs!!!
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August Stamp of the Month

Fall 2014 OH_SOTM table_DSC_4026I’ll share these cards up close in personal in an upcoming Blog post!!

This Hostess Special is available for anyone who hosts a book party, home party or Online Party during the rest of 2014!!
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Most of you look forward to creating a Make n Take card at my Open House too!!  Of course, I do my best to use ALL new products!!
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(Come back, this Thursday - Aug 21st to see HOW MANY new products I used in creating this card!!  I LOVE the new Paper Fundamental colors!!) 

and of course…DOOR PRIZES!!JFall 2014 OH_door prize table DSC_4017
CONGRATULATIONS
to each of YOU who were the winners at this Open House!!
 Wahoo!!! J

Take a PEEK to see if YOU were one of the DOOR PRIZE Winners!!  J

Door Prize #1 - Scandinavian Wishes ~ Mary Lou Nolt


Door Prize #2- Sparkle & Shine Complements ~ Michelle Hoover
Door Prize #3- Big Hug stamp set ~Mary Lamb
Door Prize #4-24 pack of Buttercup Cardstock ~Elsie Stauffer

Door Prize #5- Snowhaven paper, embellishments, ribbon
Thelma Nolt

Door Prize #6- 6 pack of handmade cards & envelopes ~ Cora Ford



Congratulations to EACH one of you!!!

We also had 2 SPECIAL door prizes & those winners are…
RSVP Drawing ~ Cindy Westra
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Attending Actual Open House Drawing ~ Ruth Ann Martin
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Wahoo!!!  So excited for EACH of you!!


*** I will include your door prize items with the order that you placed.  
Please get in touch with me to let me know when you will be able to get your order.



Even though everyone wasn't able to win a door prize -
 EVERYONE was a winner at my Open House , whether you were here in person...or placed an order online!  When you placed a $30, $50 or $80 order, you received THESE items for FREE!!!  
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When you purchased $30 you received your choice of  our NEW enamel stars or hearts OR a pack of sequins

Purchase $50–your choice of one of our 5 NEW Ink Pad colors! 

Purchase $80– your choice of one of our NEW 1” Washi tapes
!!


I hope you were just as Excited
about the FUN extras that my Open
House brought to you!!! J



***If you would like to stay up to date with what is taking place with CTMH & me by receiving updates
CLICK HERE to sign up to join my email mailing list!****
Welcome to our ctmh team_2014_monarch butterflies


Feel free to check out my BLOG (
click here) for samples of NEW ARTWORK and creations (and some updates too!)





If you still haven’t had a chance to look through this BEAUTIFUL  NEW Idea Book...feel free to click on the book below to go check it out! 
2014 fall winter annual inspirations
This book is NOW available in a PDF file download!!  Save this Idea Book to your phone or laptop to have it available at a moment’s notice!!

We only have 2 more weeks of our GREAT August Specials!!!  Check out those specials by CLICKING here!   J

Blessings to EACH of you for a WONDERFUL day!

Krista J