July 6-10th FREE items & Retiring items!

Make sure you don’t miss out on the

“Perfect Pair” special that runs July 6-10th!!!

Place a qualifying $75 order on my website HERE and receive this set (retailed at $14.90) for FREE!!!

July 6-10 ~ Dreamin’ Paper Pack and Harvest Charms

A few samples of the talented design team at CTMH and the artwork they created with Dreamin’!

What are the details for this month’s “Perfect Pair”?

Place a qualifying $75 order on my website HERE during the month of July…and you will automatically receive a PAPER PACK and a coordinating ACCESSORY for FREE!!!!

This is a WONDERFUL Opportunity to purchase SOON to be RETIRED items!**

Current List of RETIRING ITEMS


***Cardstock Shade Paper Packs ~retiring July 31, 2012
Pg. 9…retail $7.95


***Exclusive inks MARKERS ~retiring July 31, 2012
Pg. 8 & 9…retail $2.95 each



***6 paper packs & their coordinating My Stickease OR Complements~retiring July 31, 2012
Lucy Paper Packet (pg. 28)
Footloose Paper Pack (pg. 40)
Superhero Paper Packet (pg. 46)
Crusin’ Paper Packet (pg. 58)
Typeset Paper Packet (pg. 62)
Roxie Paper Packet (pg. 62)
Elemental Paper Packet (pg. 63)
Sonoma Paper Packet (pg. 64)

Paper Packets that will TRANSFER to 2012 Fall/Winter Idea Book…

Stella (pg. 16), Pemberley (pg. 22), Victory (pg. 34) and Florentine (pg. 52)



***Workshop on the Go kits ~retiring August 31, 2012
Retail $29.95
While it is true that 4 paper packs will be carrying over (see above), ALL of the Workshop on the Go kits (including the 4 paper packs that are transferring to the next book )will be retiring at the end of August!
If you like to have a great value for the price you pay– THESE kits are it!!!  They have an exclusive stamp set, plus instructions to create a layout using this paper kit PLUS more layout ideas on my personal website under “Ideas & Inspiration”!




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Some suggestions when placing your “Perfect Pair” order…


1. Make SURE you place your order as quickly as possible!!!  Each of these specials are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!!



2. Check out what DAY of the month you are ordering!!!  Every couple of days, there is a NEW paper pack and accessory that are being given away!!!  



Here is the chart showing you what FREE items you will receive according to what day in JULY you place your order online…

Feel free to click on the “July Orders with Krista” link as you place this “Perfect Pair” order.J

Check out the pictures below to see the UPCOMING FREE Collections!!!

All of these items are from the Fall/Winter 2011 Idea Book.

 CLICK HERE to go directly to the Idea Book.

Mark you calendars for the day(s)

you want to receive certain FREE items!!!

(I personally LOVE the Lucky collection! J)

July 11-15 ~ Fanfare Paper Pack and Fanfare level 2 Assortment

July 16-20 ~ Lucky Paper Pack and My Stickease

July 21-25 ~ Mayberry Paper Pack and My Stickease

July 26-29 ~ Sophia Paper Pack and My Stickease

July 30-31 ~ Believe Paper Pack and Holiday Pockets OR    Wonderland Paper Pack and My Stickease

(one set of corporates choice will be placed into your order)

Blessings to you!!!

Krista Hershberger J

CLICK on the “Shop with me” picture to start shopping right away!!

BLOG HOP ~November Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is Cherish the Day, a set of 44 stamps.
If you have come here from Nikka's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants HERE.
This month we have over 55 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This Blog Hop is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!
Here we go!J

I did get a chance to work on TWO projects using the Nov SOTM– YAY!!!  BUT since we are STILL out of electric from Saturday’s snow storm (snow storm in eastern PA in Oct?!?!?)…I didn’t get a chance to completely finish the tag booklet.  
The FIRST item I created using this ADORABLE November SOTM set is this card!

Thank you to fellow consultant Aaron Brown for her inspiration in creating this! J  As you can see I used the November SOTM tickets to create a background!  What FUN!
I used our WONDERFUL fall paper pack called Dreamin’ to create this card…I did add a piece of Colonial White Cardstock for stamping the ticket images too. 

For the beautiful scalloped square, I used our AMAZING Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge!!  I cut a 2 3/4” <square2> shown on page 33 of the Cricut booklet. 

I used chocolate ink to stamp the ticket images and I also used chocolate to sponge the edges of the colonial white square AND the goldrush colored scalloped square.

For the words “cherish the day”, I thought it might be nice to use our Cocoa embossing powder and heat embossed the image. 

As a finishing touch, I used the FABULOUS Glitz Glitter Gel!! (as most of you know, I can’t get ENOUGH of this glitz! LOL!!J )
My 2nd Project is still in the creation process J, BUT I will share with you a few pages that are almost complete.

When I first saw this November stamp set – a coupon booklet came to mind. J  So…here is the front cover of this book.  What A PERFECT gift for the upcoming holiday season! J

An inside page…
If you would like to see some more pictures of the inside pages, please feel free to scroll down towards the bottom of this post….

BUT if you would like to continue on this Close To My Heart, November SOTM blog hop - "Hop" on over to Kristine’s Blog to see her work!

Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the November SOTM is only available until November 30th!!! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!
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I thought this ticket coupon booklet would be something that the children and I could create for Dad.  So…we have an EARLY Christmas gift in the works! J

I still haven’t decided on what each coupon will say – I wanted each of our children to think of something that they can give to Dad too…so we will work on this over the next month or so. 

Here is the inside cover of the booklet.  On the left side, I will place the wording for the coupon that he can use for January.  As you scroll down through the pictures, you will notice a pocket page with smaller tickets in them.  These are the “reimbursement tickets” that Dad can use to cash in his ticket.  Silly me, I didn't want him to pull the coupon book apart! J

As I was creating the wording for the tickets, I decided I would print them using my computer.  As I printed them out, I thought about how nice it would like if they were cut in a ticket shape….hmmm, how will I do THAT? J

Never fear – the Cricut Expression 2 is here!!!  Did you ever notice the “Center Point” button on your Cricut Expression machine?  I didn’t notice this "special" button until about a month ago.  This button is FABULOUS!!!!!  The Cricut, once again, has made my creating easier!!!

I moved my Cricut blade into the middle of the wording…so the knife was in the blank white area under the “e” in “chose”…maybe a bit to the right. J  I set my ticket size to 2 1/2”, made sure the ticket shape was the image I was going to cut. (pg. 64 – <rctngle3>) and hit the cut button! 
It turned out BEAUTIFUL!! The wording was aligned PERFECTLY in the middle of my 2 1/2” ticket!



At the back of this little book, I made a pocket where Dad will be able to pick his ticket and “cash it in”!  I can’t wait to see what coupons the children will be giving him. J
The items I used to create this coupon booklet are as follows…
Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
E1021 Trinity Alphabet
D1481 Vintage Type stamp set
C1464 Blue Ribbon stamp set
Z1364 Green asst. brads
Z1464 Milepost Shapes
Z1393 Mini Medley Black
Z1266 Just Blooms – Spring Blossom
 
Ink colors that I used…
Z2118 Desert Sand
Z2165 Juniper
Z2167 Crème Brulee
Z2105 Black
Z2157 Vineyard Berry
 
I hope this inspired YOU to get your own copy of the November SOTM!!!!  Have a wonderful day!!!
 
Blessings to you! J