Kickoff SEASONAL Expression 1 Celebration with Krista! :)

UPDATE: Would you like to keep up-to-date with all the latest announcements regarding this event?  Head on over to my Facebook Event page by clicking this link here! :) 

https://www.facebook.com/events/2000861230168116/

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You are invited to ATTEND my Close To My Heart

2018 Kickoff  Catalog Celebration (Open House)

to be held on January 11& 12, 2018!

Come join me in celebrating the arrival of the

 NEW 2018 Seasonal Expression 1 mini-Book!

Thurs., Jan 11 ^th from 6-9:30pm

Fri., Jan 12^th from 10am-4:30pm
Mon, Jan 15^th morning/early afternoon - BY appointment

at my home in Elverson, AND on-line too!!

Join me at my Open House, and receive your very own

Seasonal Expression 1 mini-book 

for FREE!! 

View the NEW idea book ONLINE here...http://bit.ly/2017-CTMH-Ideabooks

When you join me IN-PERSON or ONLINE and you place your order (that day or until Jan 12^th ) and your subtotal* reaches the $30, $50, & $80 mark – you will RECEIVE a, NEW item from the Seasonal Expressions Idea Book  as a THANK YOU for your order!

Purchase $30 in CTMH goodies* – RECEIVE your choice of one of our NEW M-size stamp sets for FREE!

      

Purchase $50*–your choice of Bashful Shimmer Brush OR Spool of Ribbon for FREE!

Purchase $90*– your choice of 1 of 4 NEW Complements Packs for FREE!

(*subtotal sale is total prior to shipping and tax.

This does NOT apply to website orders, unless approved by myself, Krista Hershberger. This special only applies to me, Krista Hershberger - CTMH Independent Consultant, and will not be honored by other CTMH Consultants )

PLUS – with every $50 order you place,

you are eligible for the January Stamp of the Month stamp set for

ONLY $5!

AND...one more JANUARY special!!!

It's NATIONAL Papercrafting Month...

and we are CELEBRATING at Close To My Heart!!

This BEAUTIFUL "Love Letter" special, is available as we honor NPM!!  Take a peek at these GORGEOUS letters!!

During the month of January, you can purchase these delightful letter kits for ONLY $18.95.

 Each kit comes with the parts and pieces to create gorgeous monogram décor pieces, including a chipboard base, paper and rose-gold overlay piece, die cut florals, banners, and rose-gold foil alphabet stickers.

As a special bonus, when you purchase five individual Love Letters kits, you’ll receive a sixth kit of your choice for FREE!

There are 2 other ways to get a FREE letter....
1. Host a Level 3 party ($350 in sales) and you will receive a letter of your choice for FREE as an ADDED BONUS on top of your other Hostess goodies! :)

2. Join my CTMH family in January 2018, and get a free letter - ALONG with the brand NEW consultant kit! :) You can check out that kit by clicking this link here.... http://bit.ly/joinintheCTMHfun

What is included at this Open House Event???

• NEW product for you to touch and see
• a BRAND NEW Idea Book for you for FREE
• make n’ take ~create with NEW product!!
• BRING a FRIEND receive FREE gift
• BOOK a GATHERING receive a FREE stamp set!
• Door PRIZES to win (lots of ways to earn tickets!)
• Cash & Carry items you may need right now OR missed when they last retired. J
• used STAMP SETS..$10 & under!
• yummy food for your taste buds to enjoy!

****Come early to my in-home so you have time to complete your make n take, (we’ll be creating a card) eat some goodies AND uninterrupted time browsing my samples of NEW products! I will also have my cash & carry items set up too!! ****

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If you can’t be present at my Open House that day, you can still qualify for the FREE gifts above by earning tickets!

WAHOO!!

Take a peek at these FABULOUS Door prizes!!

Click on the photo to see a larger image.....

Head on over to my "Kickoff Catalog Celebration" event page on Facebook to see beautiful SNEAK PEEKS of these gorgeous NEW goodies!! ;) 

 Call me & place your order by January 15^th  & you can earn the Free Item with qualifying order, make n take card, free stamp for hosting a party & EARN tickets for door prize drawings too!

Would you like to keep up-to-date with all the latest announcements regarding this event?  Head on over to my Facebook Event page by clicking this link here! :) 

https://www.facebook.com/events/2000861230168116/

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!

Krista Hershberger

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

Celebrating 11 years with Close To My Heart!

The perfect place for ALL of your Scrapbooking, Stamping, & Papercrafting Needs!

ADDRESS: 359 Warwick Road , Elverson , PA 19520

PHONE/TEXT: 610-587-9116

EMAIL:fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com

WEB: www.kristah.ctmh.com

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January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Bloom & Grow

Welcome to our monthly Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!!

If you have come here from Haley's Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE January SOTM stamp set called "Bloom & Grow". 

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can START HERE & work your way around to the many consultants on this “hop”! If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have 21 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items using this month’s stamp set.  So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of each post to see what EVERY consultant has created.

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Here is this months EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with your $50 CTMH purchase in January 2018.

This stamp set makes me think of SPRING...and I chose to pair it up with a BEAUTIFUL, new paper collection that was just released today - "Chelsea Gardens".  

Here is the card I created for today. 

Look at those pretty blues & greens...our green "Sweet Leaf" has been my favorite green for so long!! 

 I also chose to pair up these papers with our "Color of the Year" - Bashful!  I used some Bashful glitter paper, pearls AND the NEWEST addition of a Bashful item - Bashful Glitter Brush!!! 

We also have some beautiful NEW ribbons in the Seasonal Expression 1 mini catalog that was just released. You'll see here that we have a grosgrain gray ribbon - Hooray!! I love adding a touch of ribbon to all of my papercrafting creations. 

  

I took this picture in the sunlight to try and show you the shimmer & sparkle the Bashful Shimmer Brush created...here's hoping you can see it! :) A piece of the Bashful Glitter paper is to the left, and each of the leaves on the seed packet, were colored in with the Bashful Shimmer Brush.  

Lastly, the heart was stamped in Bashful ink, onto the lighter side of our Bashful cardstock.  The heart was then colored with the Bashful Shimmer Brush....that's a LOT of Bashful going on! :)  

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas for when you create with your OWN Stamp of the month stamp set. Happy Crafting to each of you! 

Now – it’s time to head over to check out Tracie's blog to see what CRAFTY items she has created using this stamp set!

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their blogs to get some GREAT crafting ideas!!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment below. 

****Remember*****

The January Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Bloom & Grow” – is ONLY available until January 31, 2018.

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant to answer any questions you many have. (or click here if you need a consultant )  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day & Happy NEW Year!!!

Krista 

Gold Foil–Behold- Christmas Card

Hello to you!

Today, I wanted to take a moment & share with you a Christmas Card I created.  This is one of my FAVORITE  Christmas cards I created this year....but I "almost" feel bad sharing it because it is SO incredibly simple to make!! I was pleasantly surprised at how this card turned out & excited to share this with you today!

  So let’s take a look….

Have you created projects with our wonderful, GOLD FOIL paper? If not, you'll want to give it a try!

LOOK at the main background of this card, & how BEAUTIFUL it embossed, when I used our ROSE 5x7 embossing folder on this Gold Foil!  I ran the foil through my Cuttlebug machine!, to acheive this beautiful result. (You can use any embossing machine - big shot, ebosser, etc)

And yes…we have GOLD & SILVER foil paper…just in case you were wondering.  

As you can see, the rest of the card was just very simple...I stamped the words in our Black ink.

I used the BEAUTIFUL stamp set called "Hallelujah"...and I will MISS this stamp when it RETIRES on December 31st!!!!

Then I added the black shimmer ribbon to the gold foil paper before I glued it down to my white card base. Black matting to the words, made it "jump" out at you as you looked at it & 2 black dots in the bottom right corner (from our Black & White enamel dots collection).

I made a list of all the supplies I used on this card below …

AND feel free to page through our ONLINE Holiday Expressions mini-catalog…because MOST of the items in this book ARE retiring on Dec 31, 2017 OR While Supplies Last! Make sure to check out these FABULOUS products before they are gone for good!!



http://bit.ly/CTMH-Christmas-stamps
http://bit.ly/CTMH-speciality-papers
http://bit.ly/CTMH-embellishments

SUPPLIES USED TO CREATE CARD….

C1689     Silver & Gold Cardmaking stamp (Z4042 bundle)

X7226B  Silver & Gold paper

1385       White Daisy CS

X5974     Raspberry CS

Z3365     Gold Foil Paper

Z3360     Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3293     Clear Shimmer Brush

Z3369     Bashful Pearls

Z3197     Black & Gold Ribbon

INKS:       Raspberry, Bashful & Black

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day & Happy Papercrafting on whatever it is you may be working on at the moment!
Blessings, 

Krista Hershberger 

 CTMH Independent Consultant
Celebrating 11 years with Close To My Heart!!
--Beautiful, quality products for ALL of your Scrapbooking, Stamping & Papercrafting needs!-- 

Call/Text: 610-587-9116

Email: fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com 

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Blog:kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com
Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/kristascrafty  
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OR….

Ask to JOIN my CTMH VIP facebook group.

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Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Frosted Christmas card

Welcome to our monthly hop!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using PRODUCTS

from Close To My Heart!!

Come on in and see what BEAUTIFUL projects my crafty friends have creating using the AMAZING products from Close To My Heart!!

 This blog hop is easy to do…just click on the link at the end of the post to go to the next creation!!  If you get lost along the way, CLICK HERE to see the list of this month’s hoppers! 

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If you have arrived from my friend, Joyce's blog you are right on track.

Today, we'll take a look at a Christmas card, as this season quickly approaches! Let's take a look! 

This card design was taken from our Make It From Your Heart, vol 1 addition- and is pattern #29...however you'll notice I did change up the pattern a little bit. :) 

I was excited at how "easy" this card was to create, but so happy with the results!  I actually used 3 stamp sets in this creation...let's learn more about it!! :) 

Here is a closer look at the front of the card...

The beautiful "Frosted Christmas" stamp set, has been a popular one this year! I love the colors of purple & blues for my Christmas cards, and used Eggplant ink to stamp the Merry Christmas.  

 

The silver glitter paper, was added as my mat...and the card base was stamped with our "In the Background" stamp set in Glacier Blue ink!  I loved how the dots looked like falling snow! :) 

Take a closer look at this snowflake I cut from our Cricut cartridge.  See the pearl in the middle?  This pearl was white when I first started creating this card! :) 

I ADORE our ShinHan alcohol markers & LOVE that they can help me color my embellishments to whatever color I need!  In this case, I colored my white pearl with my Turquoise Blue ShinHan...and ta-da...it turned into a Glacier blue, that matched the border above it!   

Now...take a look at the eggplant cardstock strip at the bottom of the card.  Do you see the stamped snowflakes?  

This border stamp set is a PERFECT stamp set for the Christmas season - BUT...that gift border has me thinking I could use that particular stamp ALL  year long!! :) 

  Check out the "Christmas Borders" stamp...and make sure to check in with your CTMH consultant to see what other items will be leaving us soon!  This stamp set (and the Frosted Christmas stamp set above) will RETIRE on Dec 31, 2017!! To see the Holiday Expression idea book & all the items that are retiring CLICK HERE.   

I'm also entering this card into the Color My Heart Color Dare :)

That's all for today....thanks for stopping by, and I hope you were inspired to go CREATE something on your own! :) 

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to my friend Betty's  blog and see what beautiful, crafty item she has to share with us!

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - A Little Bit of Pun

Welcome to our monthly Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!!

If you have come here from Darlys' Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE December SOTM stamp set called "A Little Bit of Pun". 

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can START HERE & work your way around to the many consultants on this “hop”! If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items using this month’s stamp set.  So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of each post to see what EVERY consultant has created.

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Here is this months EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with your $50 CTMH purchase in December.

This stamp set is being released....just in time for the upcoming Valentine's celebration - however...these cute icons can be used for OTHER fun creations too!!  

Here is the card I created for today. 

I used our BEAUTIFUL Basics Fundamentals paper collection & some of our "Color of the Year" - Bashful cardstock. 

Is this card design familiar to you? It's from one of our current WYW Cardmaking kits in our Holiday Expression mini-book.  

I used 2 sets of Thin Cuts for this card...our Banner Thin Cuts & Circle Thin Cuts.  Love how easy it makes this! 
And take note of the left side of the card - I embossed the Bashful Cardstock with our 5x7 Buffalo Plaid Embossing Folder. I just adore the dimension embossing folders bring to our cards! 

  

Take a look at the scallop edging that is stamped on the circle.  This stamp comes from the Kind Thoughts WYW Cardmaking kit. This stamp set can ONLY be purchased with the entire kit....and it's a beautiful stamp that I know I'll use quite often!  

For the stamped white hearts, I used our White Daisy pigment ink to make them "pop" on the card, and then added some gold glitter gems to tie it all together. 

Here is a close up of the cupcake...yes, it's "fussy cut" (using a scissors & cutting around the cupcake by hand)....but take notice of the FUN shimmer on the cupcake.  Our Shimmer Brush adds so much sparkle, shine & design to our creations!!  If you haven't used these amazing brushes, talk to you your CTMH consultant! :)   

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas for when you create with your OWN Stamp of the month stamp set. Happy Crafting to each of you! 

Now – it’s time to head over to check out Jennifer's blog to see what CRAFTY items she has created using this stamp set!

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their blogs to get some GREAT crafting ideas!!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment below. 

****Remember*****

The December Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –
 ”A Little Bit of Pun” – is ONLY available until December 31, 2017.

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  I have a few more cards to share using this stamp set, so feel FREE to come back to my blog, to see what OTHER goodies I've created throughout the next couple weeks. :) 

Contact your CTMH Consultant to answer any questions you many have. (or click here if you need a consultant )  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista