2012 Spring/Summer RETIRING LIST…while supplies last :)

I have created a retiring list, by comparing the last 3 Idea Books.  

This is not an official list from coporate…but it’s a list that will help you immensely as you check out the items that will not be available after July 31st!!! 

I believe I did get everything listed correctly - BUT I know I'm not perfect - LOL- so please let me know if you see any mistakes.   

ALL retiring items are shown in either the 2011 Fall/Winter Idea BOOK 

OR the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book.

Here are the CURRENT Retiring Items

2012 Retiring list

WHILE Supplies LAST!!!

starting July 16, 2012

these items are shown in the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book

To find an item CLICK HERE to type in the description in the search engine...

Z1367	Bitty Brads Basic Assortment
Z1368	Bitty Brads Metal Assortment
Z1397	Canvas Badge Buttons
Z1337	D.E. Ornaments
Z1261	ColorReadyIrresitiblesLotsofDots
Z1321	My Creations A-Door-Ables
X7154C	Cruisin' Complements Silver Foil Images
X7139C	Complements Typeset Canvas Shapes
X7152C	Superhero Complements Rub-Ons
X7140C	Roxie My Stickease® Adhesive Sheets
X7141C	Complements Elemental Dimensional Elements
X7143C	Sonoma My Stickease® Adhesive Sheets
X7151C	Footloose Complements Dimensional Elements
X7149C	Lucy Complements Glittery Rub-ons
Z1691	Bottle Caps
Z1635	Heirloom Assortment
Z1693	Seaside Wooden Shapes
Z1104	ClearSparkles
Z1690	Bitty Buds Assortment
Z1403	Photo Hangers
Z1688	Comic Badge Buttons
Z1402	Hinges
Z1320	Mini Medley Tulip
Z1338	Mini Medley Sunset
Z1488	Mini Medley Accents Honey Collection
Z1698	Mini-Medley Accents Pacifica Collection
Z1383	Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon (bulk)
Z1384	Designer Ribbon Pink Collection
Z1405	Quick Pic™ Album Dark Cranberry
Z1406	Quick Pic™ Album Dark Chocolate
Z1404	Quick Pic™ Album Outdoor Denim
Z4110	SnapeaseAlbumSystem12x12
Z1334	My Creations Mix & Mingle Album
Z1152	MyCreationsCube
Z1224	MyCreationsAll-SortsMiniAlbum
How-To Books 9030	Imagine
9034	Magic
9029	Cherish
9033	WishesCardConfidenceProgram
9032	OriginalsCardConfidenceProgram
9031	ReflectionsScrapbookProgram
Re-inkers Z2242	ReinkerParchement
Z2254	ReinkerTaffy
Z2257	ReinkerVineyardBerry
Z2231	ReinkerKeyLime
Z2233	ReinkerLilacMist
Z2252	ReinkerSunnyYellow
Z2202	ReinkerBabyPink
Z2269	ReinkerVanillaCream
Z2251	ReinkerSunkissYellow
Z2241	ReinkerPansyPurple
Z2200	ReinkerAmethyst
Z2248	ReinkerSpringIris
Z2250	ReinkerSunflower
Z2219	ReinkerDutchBlue
Z2234	ReinkerMoonstruck
Z2220	ReinkerGardenGreen
Z2221	ReinkerGarnet
Z2224	ReinkerGreyFlannel
Z2208	ReinkerBrownBag
Z2261	ReinkerPetal
Z2225	ReinkerGreyWool
Z2227	ReinkerHolidayRed
Z2226	ReinkerHeavenlyBlue
Z2266	ReinkerTulip
Ink Pads Z2120	StampPadGardenGreen
Z2108	StampPadBrownBag
Z2169	StampPadVanillaCream
Z2148	StampPadSprigIris
Z2124	StampPadGreyFlannel
Z2150	StampPadSunflower
Z2131	StampPadKeyLime
Z2166	StampPadTulip
Z2134	StampPadMoonstruck
Z2157	StampPadVineyardBerry
Z2121	StampPadGarnet
Z2125	StampPadGreyWool
Z2127	StampPadHolidayRed
Z2154	StampPadTaffy
Z2161	StampPadPetal
Z2119	StampPadDutchBlue
Z2152	StampPadSunnyYellow
Z2141	StampPadPansyPurple
Z2102	StampPadBabyPink
Z2126	StampPadHeavenlyBlue
Z2133	StampPadLilacMIst
Z2142	StampPadParchment
Z2100	StampPadAmethyst
Z2151	StampPadSunkissYellow
Z4204	ShoulderTote
Z1323	Clear Cards 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Z1309	Clear Cards 4 1/2
Cardstock X5926	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 8.5 x 11 Group 5
X5922	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 8.5 x 11 Group 1
X5925	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 8.5 x 11 Group 4
X5923	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 8.5 x 11 Group 2
X5924	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 8.5 x 11 Group 3
X5910	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Red 3
X5907	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Green 3
X5902	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Blue 1
X5915	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Orange 2
X5921	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 12 x 12 Group 5
X5917	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 12 x 12 Group 1
5571	Cardstock12x12GreyWool
X5913	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Neutral 3
X5903	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Blue 2
X5914	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Orange 1
X5646	Cardstock12x12VanillaCream
X5916	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Purple
X5901	Cardstock 6 Pack Colonial White
X5912	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Neutral 2
X5900	Cardstock 6 Pack White Daisy
X5905	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Green 1
X5908	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Red 1
X5904	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Blue 3
X5911	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Neutral 1
X5918	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 12 x 12 Group 2
X5919	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 12 x 12 Group 3
X5906	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Green 2
X5909	Cardstock Combo 12 Pack Red 2
X5920	Cardstock Combo 24 Pack 12 x 12 Group 4
B&T papers X7139B	Typeset Paper Packet
X7154B	My Reflections® Cruisin' Paper Packet
X7152B	My Reflections® Superhero Paper Packet
X7141B	Elemental Paper Packet
X7151B	My Reflections® Footloose Paper Packet
X7149B	My Reflections® Lucy Paper Packet
X7140B	Roxie Paper Packet
X7143B	Sonoma Paper Packet
Tools 1766	DottoDotsDispenser
1767	DottoDotsDispenserRefill
Z340	EuroReplacementBlade/Scoring
Z339	EuroReplacementBlades
Z338	EuroPersonalPaperTrimmer
Z1163	DoubleScrubber
4275	MyLegacyWriterBlackPenSet
1764	CraftTray
Z1006	MicroFiberCloth
Z1299	DistressingKit
WOTG  G1035	Workshops on the Go™ Victory Kit
G1037	Workshops on the Go™ Superhero Kit
G1039	Workshops on the Go™ Cruisin' Kit
G1034	Workshops on the Go™ Lucy Kit
G1038	Workshops on the Go™ Florentine Kit
G1036	Workshops on the Go™ Footloose Kit
G1033	Workshops on the Go™ Pemberley Kit
G1032	Workshops on the Go™ Stella Kit

STAMP SETS

these stamp sets are listed in the 2011 Fall/Winter Idea Book – starting on page 36

C1465	Unscripted
C1468	Winter Joy
C1419	Harvest Home
C1426	Thanksgiving
C1423	Captured Moments
B1359	Fright Night
D1437	Party Animal
A1109	A Sip
C1424	Nature's Gift
C1420	Snow Days
C1472	Bundled Buddies
D1384	Snow Flurries
D1308	All Decked Out
A1115	A Holiday
B1381	Holiday  Cheer
D1446	Adorn-able
A1107	A Twinkle
B1361	Tannenbaum
D1493	Fill in the Blank--Holiday
C1427	I Believe
D1449	Father Christmas
A1110	A Timber
B1356	St. Nick
A1099	Angel Sent
B1394	John 3:16
D1436	The Present
A1108	A Flitter
D1306	Treasure Life
C1429	Party Pennants
A1095	Always Remember
B1362	Tag the Occassion
C1471	Happy Clusters
B1393	Joyful Jar
C1425	Month by Month
C1470	Gnome Garden
A1113	A Game
C1408	Live Inspired
D1373	Childhood Portrait
C1379	Holiday Commentary
C1382	Holiday Commentary—Spanish
C1383	Holiday Commentary—French
D1283	Say It in Style
D1401	Authentic
D1387	Made with Love
D1499	Live Your Style
D1386	Save the Date
D1397	Save the Date—French
D1398	Save the Date—Spanish
E1006	Baroque Alphabet
C1401	Friendship Alphabet Small
E1016	Friendship Alphabet Large
D1136	Giggle Caps
D1137	Giggle Lowercase
E1011	Headline Alphabet Large
D1267	Rustic Numbers
E1002	Rustic Alphabet

Don’t FORGET J

Today a NEW “Perfect Pair” begins…

while supplies last!!!!

You will receive the Lucky paper pack and stickease for FREE with every $75 order that is ordered through my website!!! J

July 16-20 ~ Lucky Paper Pack and My Stickease

Feel free to click on the “July Orders with Krista” link at the bottom of my home page, as you place this “Perfect Pair” order.J

As you are shopping, especially if you are participating in the “Perfect Pairs” campaign…

Keep in mind that with every $50 subtotal order, you qualify to receive the JULY SOTM for only $5.00!!!

Mark you calendars for the day(s) you want to receive the items below !  


With every $75 order, on the specified days – you can get these items for FREE!!

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)

Please contact me if I can help you in any way!!!  Hurry and get the RETIRING ITEMS quickly!!!!  My guess is the ink pads & re-inkers will go especially fast!!!

Blessings to you!!!

Krista Hershberger J

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

I’m back to reality! :)

How are ya’ll doing? J  Texas was GREAT – and it may have some lasting effects too!! LOL!!!…I’m sure the accent will leave, but the memories created there will last forever!!! 


Close To My Heart kept us quite busy while at Convention, which was a good thing – but it did limit my time online.  I was hoping to post on my blog more often – but instead, I will do a quick re-cap now! J There is sooo much to share about sooo many things that happened at Convention!!! 


To find out EVERYTHING about the new upcoming products - you will want to make sure to attend my Fall Open House on Thursday, August 9 from 5-9pm and Friday, August 10th from 12-6pm!! 


At the Open House there will be TONS of new products to share, lots of ways to earn tickets to win prizes, free new product for you with qualifying orders, a new idea book for you…and SOOO much more!!!


Ok…here are some re-caps from Convention – ENJOY!!! J



My team members in attendance…
Stephenie, Nickie, Sheri, Meredith and Elizabeth!!!  We had a great time getting to know each other better and it’s so much fun learning about new things when you can share it with one of your CTMH sisters! J





This is what the foyer looked like as we were waiting for General Session doors to open!!  Can’t you just “feel” the excitement coming out of this picture???









Close To My Heart always finds very interesting and usually funny ways to introduce the new products! J  This is one of my favorite parts about Convention!!  You never know WHAT they will come up with – but they ALWAYS do a wonderful job!!!

This was the “Beverly Hillbillies” debuting some new accessories for us. 
Corporate also created some FABULOUS videos for us to watch showing us MORE new products!!!








We had lots of creating time…


Or course, Convention is a GREAT time to connect with old friends!!!  These ladies and I (plus Lori, Shannon and Audrey – not in picture) met each other at the 1st Scrapbook Spa Getaway in fall of 2010.  A time we will never forget as many friendships were formed!!!  Love you gals!


AND we had a GREAT Saturday morning of learning about the 8 new paper packs, embellishments and the NEW Cricut cartridge called “Artiste”.   I was privileged to teach at this years Convention and my paper pack to teach was “La Belle Vie” – BEAUTIFUL paper pack! 

Other new items we learned about at this years Convention…

• 53 New Embellishments
• Home Décor Kit Projects
• 2 New Card Workshop Kits
• Alcohol Markers
• 6 New Colors
• 1” cubes of Pigment Inks
• All Cardstock Colors in BULK 24 packs!!!!
• Express Layouts in Studio J
• NO Memberships needed with Studio J – and still a GREAT price!!!
• Artiste Cartridge

and sOOO much more!!!

*****Look for my RETIRING list of items that I plan to post later on today....******

JULY is your LAST chance

to get retiring items!!!

Don’t miss out on this opportunity!!!

Also, don’t forget the July Special!!!

“Perfect Pair” – CLICK HERE for details!!!

Blessings to each of you,

Krista Hershberger J

Convention in Dallas, TX–Day One! :)

Howdy Everyone! J 


I am  in DALLAS, TEXAS and we have completed our 1st day!!! 
We are having SOO much fun and I thought I’d share a few pictures so you can be here with me! J

We are staying at the Hilton Analote – a HUGE motel!!  It takes us a bit to walk to our classes, but there are many things to see along the way.

The grounds are beautiful and the atrium is a relaxing place to be.  Do you see the small wall on the right…that has water flowing over it and the couches are a great place to connect your Wi-Fi.  

Isn’t this amazing????

We had business classes all day today – a day for the Leaders of CTMH.  The VP’s of the company had a Q & A time for us and we learned a lot …more details coming soon! 

Enjoy your week and don’t forget the NEW set of Perfect Pair special that started TODAY!!!  The FANFARE collection – check it out!

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

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

***Don’t forget about the retiring items!!! Click HERE to see the list and to find out how YOU can get the Fanfare paper pack and embellishments for FREE with a qualifying order!!****

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 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!!

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”!




~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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!!