Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Deal of the Day - The Last Mystery Goodie Box!

This is it everyone...the big one! Today you can get at least $300 in CTMH products for only $125! That is a HUGE savings! (Shipping is only $10!) Split a box with your friends or get your own! They have had a lot of FANTASTIC products in the last goodie boxes. Click here and here to see what was in my smaller goodies boxes. This one is even bigger and better!

PLUS, don't forget that everyone who orders from my website this month will be entered into a drawing to receive a $25 gift certificate from me! I will announce the winner on my blog tomorrow.

Click here to get your goodie box now.

Monday, June 29, 2009

July Creative Club Projects

I will be highlighting the new Wishes Card Template How-To Book at our July Creative Club. I am sure if you have ever visited my blog in the past, you already know how much I love CTMH’s How-To Books. The best thing about this book is that it comes with a CD that has the card and envelope templates on it. You can print them out and use them over and over again!

We will be making these three cards along with matching envelopes...

Click here or email me at lisa@myctmh.com for information on joining this fun club. You do not need to be local to join!

All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Extreme Happiness, Sensational Seals, February Word Puzzle (curved dots on card), You're a Hoot, Treetops
Inks: Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, Garden Green, Desert Sand, Chocolate, Olive, Blush
Paper Packet: Moon Doggie, Back Country, Bella
Other: Holiday & Autumn Buttons, Waxy Flax, Foam Tape, Coluzzle, Foam Sponge, Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Black Bitty Brads, Blush, Orange, Bamboo, & Hollyhock Markers, You”ve Got Flair (July Stamp of the Month, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Versamark Ink, Scoring Blade on Paper Trimmer, Sanding Kit, Edge Distresser, Hollyhock Ribbon Rounds

Why I LOVE Close to my Heart! (And a FREE gift for you!)

People often ask me why I love being a Close to my Heart Consultant. There are soooo many reasons. I thought I would share my top 10 reasons with you today...

Top 10 Reasons Why I LOVE CTMH:
1. Top-notch, trend-setting products
2. Fantastic Online Training Classes (I earned my CTMH PhD last year!)
3. Great Compensation Program and Product Discounts
4. Wonderful Friends and “Co-Workers”
5. Trips and Conferences
6. Our “How-To” Books and Programs
7. Operation Smile (the charity that CTMH supports) is such a worthy cause.
8. Jeanette Lynton (Founder & CEO) and the Corporate Staff are wonderful and they actually listen to the Consultants and implement many of the ideas that we suggest.
9. They appeciate business builders & hobbyists and do their best to support all of us.
10. The New Consultant Kit is an AMAZING Deal!

(If you ever thought about joining CTMH as a business builder or hobbyist, now may be the time. Anyone who signs up under me by the end of June (tomorrow) will get a free Tickled Pink Stamp Set and Scrapbooking Kit. This was a limited time promotion last month but I have a couple of extra kits that I want to give to you!) Click here to sign up or email me at lisa@myctmh.com if you have any questions.)
This is what is in the Tickled Pink Kit:
Featured Colors: Blush, Crystal Blue, Twilight, Hollyhock, Sweet Leaf
1 – My Acrylix® I Am Stamp Set (D-size)
2 – 12" × 12" Floral B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)
2 – 12" × 12" Stripe B&T Duos™ Paper (1 with glitter)
1 – 12" × 12" Blush Textured Cardstock
1 – 12" × 12" Crystal Blue Textured Cardstock
5 – 12" × 12" White Daisy Textured Cardstock (1 sheet with die-cut shapes)
1 – Mini-Medley Accents White Daisy Collection
1– Foam Texture Tool
1– Step-by-Step Brochure

Deal of the Day - FREE White Daisy Just Blooms Flowers

Today's “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free tube of White Daisy Just Blooms when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling!
Below are a few projects that use the Just Blooms. (I dyed some of the flowers with re-inker.)
More info on this card can be found here.
More info on this card can be found here.I know you have seen these before, but I thought I would show them again. I used the White Daisy Just Blooms for this layout. Click here to see more details on this layout.
I also used the White Daisy Just Blooms on the layout below. (I dyed some of the flowers pink with some re-inker.) You can see more details about this layout here.
Click here to get your FREE tube of White Daisy Just Blooms when you order a stamp set of your choice*.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Sunday, June 28, 2009

FREE online photo editing class!

Have you ever wanted to take a photo editing class? Well now you can take a FREE class online. I think today is the last day to sign up for Jessica Sprague’s free photo editing class. Click here to visit her website and sign up. I did and can't wait to start! *Ü*

Deal of the Day - Nature's Ambiance Rub-Ons

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free package of Nature's Ambiance Rub-Ons when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling! This is a great deal because you get (3) 6"x12" sheets of Rub-Ons in black, chocolate and white! Normally they would cost $9.95, but you can get them FREE today!

Click here to get your FREE Rub-Ons.

PLUS, don’t forget that anyone who places an order on my website this month get’s entered into a contest to win a $25 CTMH gift certificate!

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Friday, June 26, 2009

Deal of the Day - Another great Goodie Box for only $25!


Today’s deal of the day on my website is a surprise goodie box at 50% off! For only $25 you get approximately $50 worth of popular product! And what's more, you get discounted shipping/handling of just $6. (Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one goodie box only.)

Click here to get your own goodie box before they sell out!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Deal of the Day and Goodie Box Contents

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free package of Chocolate Brads when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling!

Click here to get your FREE Chocolate Brads.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Would you like to know what I received in my $60 surprise goodie box? I just received the package and am very happy! I calculated how much each item was worth and I got over $145 for only $60! I received the following:
  • Atomic Lowercase Stamp Set
  • Cup of Friendship Stamp Set
  • Friendship Small Alphabet Stamp Set
  • Peaceful Seasons Card Kit
  • All About Nature My Child's Reflections Scrapbooking Kit
  • Spring Harmony Dazzling Die-cuts Pack (includes (12) 12x12 Textures die-cut sheets and (1) chipboard die-cut sheet)
  • Winter Cozy Dazzling Die-cuts Pack (includes (12) 12x12 Textures die-cut sheets and (1) chipboard die-cut sheet)
  • Heirloom Level 1 Kit
  • Just Chillin' Paper Packet
  • Just Chillin' Stickease
  • White Daisy Ribbon Rounds
  • Cocoa Ribbon Rounds
Don't worry if you missed out on this last goodie box, there will still be two more offered this month. (And rumor has it that one of them will be a really big one!) I can't wait.

Don't forget that anyone who places an order on my website this month will be eligible to receive a $25 gift certificate. See the post below for details.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

$25 CTMH Gift Certificate up for grabs!

Those of you who receive my monthly email newsletter already know that I am having a drawing for a $25 gift certificate at the end of the month. For every order that you place on my website this month, your name will be entered into the drawing. The winner will be announced on July 1st! I thought those of you in “blogland” might like to know as well. Good luck! *Ü*

Deal of the Day - FREE Rub-Ons

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free package of Love Letter Rub-Ons when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling! This is a great deal because you get (3) 6"x12" sheets of Rub-Ons in black, chocolate and white! Normally they would cost $9.95, but you can get them FREE today!

Rub-Ons can be used in so many ways. I have used them on layouts, cards, buttons, ribbons, mugs, and even on my nails! *Ü* Here is a cute mug that I decorated with the Love Letter Rub-Ons...
Here is a card that I made using the Rub-Ons on the vellum and also on the White Metal Tag (from the Mini-Medley Accents Collection.)
Click here to get your FREE Rub-Ons.

All products can be purchased on my website : Patterned Paper: That's Amore Other: White Daisy Mini-Medley Accent Collection, Blush Ribbon Rounds, Love Letter Rub-Ons, Vellum, Corner Rounder, Love Always Journaling Spots

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Deal of the Day - FREE Sassy Strands

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free roll of Autumn Harvest Sassy Strands when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling!

Click here to get your FREE Sassy Strands.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Deal of the day - FREE White Daisy Organdy Ribbon

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free roll of White Daisy Organdy Ribbon when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling!

Here is a card that I made a while back using some of the White Organdy Ribbon. This card was inspired by the fabulous Kathi Carlson. Click here for more info on this card.
Click here to get your FREE 3/8" White Daisy Organdy Ribbon.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Happy Father's Day!

Father's Day has been a bittersweet day for me for 18 years. My dad was a wonderful man who I loved more than anything. We were very close. When I was 21 years old, just finishing up college, he was killed in a plane crash. (He was a pilot.) Every Father's Day since had been hard because it reminds me of how much I miss him. However, since having kids of my own almost 6 years ago, I now have a new reason to celebrate Father's Day. Today is all about the man who is the father of my two wonderful children! I want to wish a Happy Father's Day to the man that I married 9 years ago. He is an amazing father! Happy Father's Day hunny! I love you very, very much!! XOXO

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Treetops Card

Here's a quick little card that I made using a template from the new Wishes Book. I used some Daydream patterned paper along with a little Sweet Leaf cardstock. The tree comes from the new Treetops stamp set. The lines on the cardstock are made by using the scoring blade on my Paper Trimmer and then sanding them with a Sanding Block. (Gotta love CTMH's white core cardstock.) The ribbon comes from the Hollyhock Ribbon Rounds. I also distressed the edges with an Edge Distresser and spondged some hollyhock ink with a Foam Tool. If you like to distress your projects, check out this awesome Distressing Kit. It comes with everything you need to distress your projects in so many different ways. Plus the storage box it comes in is pretty cool! *Ü* I added a little Foam Tape to the tree to give it some dimension. I just love these trees and can't wait to make more projects this set!

Deal of the Day - FREE Heavenly Blue Ribbon Rounds

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free tube of Heavenly Blue Designer Ribbon Rounds when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling!
Click here to get your FREE Designer Ribbon Rounds - Ric Rac Collection.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Friday, June 19, 2009

Deal of the Day - Another great Goodie Box at 50% off


Today’s deal of the day on my website is another GREAT surprise goodie box at 50% off! What a deal! For $60 you get at least $120 worth of popular product! And what's more, you get discounted shipping/handling of just $8 continental US, $12 APO, $15 PR, AK, HI. (Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one goodie box only.)

Check out my post below to see what was in my last goodie box! Each one is a bit different which makes it so much fun to open. It is like Christmas! Think of how many products you can get to give as gifts or make gifts this year at a great price!

Click here to get your own goodie box before they sell out!

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Baby Girl Card

My friend Kim just had her third baby girl, so I wanted to make her a cute, but simple card. This is what I came up with. I used a retired CTMH set called Baby Impressions and a SU! set called Short & Sweet and stamped them both in Blush ink. I used my Rectangle Nestabilities with my Cuttlebug to mat the cute little baby feet. I love making quick and easy cards like this. *Ü*

Goodie Box Contents and new Deal of the Day

Are you just dying to know what was in my $100 surprise goodie box? I just received it and was so happy with the contents! It added up to $249.05 worth of product! What normally would have cost $292.37 (including tax and shipping) only cost $117.45 (with tax and shipping.) It was a savings of $174.92! Oh my word. It was a great deal! This is what I received:

Dimensional Elements Bookplates
Eyelets (Star Spangled Blue)
Black Ribbon with White Flowers (Silhouette)
Autumn Terracotta My Accents Tube
Cranberry My Accents Tube
Designer Hollyhock Ribbon Rounds
Holiday Collection Ribbon Rounds
Legacy 6x6 Album (white leather)
Pack of 6x6 protector sheets
Bundled Up Stamp Set
Magic Stamp Set
Speckled Backgrounds Number Stamp Set
Let Freedom Ring Stamp Set
Accents, Etc. Stamp Set
Laid Back Paper Packet
Key To My Heart Paper Packet
Just Chillin' Level 1 Paper Packet
School Zone Paper Packet

School Zone My Stickease Assortment
If you are bummed because you missed the goodie box deal, don't fret. They have promised us that there will still be 3 more goodie boxes offered during the promotion! Check my website daily to see the great deals of the day!

Today's deal is a FREE 6x6 Memory Showcase accordion album with the purchase of any stamp set*.
*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Moon Doggie Layout and Card

Have I mentioned how much I love the new Moon Doggie Paper? I created a layout today using the Portrait Collection template from CTMH's Cherish Book. I created a card a couple weeks ago using a template from CTMH's new Wishes Book and when I couldn't figure out what to add on the bottom of the layout, I happen to lay the card on top and a light bulb turned on (over my head) and I had a great idea. (That doesn't happen too often. LOL!) I decided to use the card on my layout. Actually I made a new card that used a different sentiment, but I think it works. I love that I was able to use one of my cards on a layout! Here is the card I made a couple weeks ago...
And here is my layout...
All supplies are CTMH unless otherwise noted:
Stamps: Extreme Happiness, August Word Puzzle (flips flops), Sensational Seals, February Word Puzzle (curved dots on card)
Inks: Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, Garden Green, Desert Sand
Paper Packet: Moon Doggie
Other: Sparkles, Holiday Buttons, Waxy Flax, Foam Tape, Coluzzle, Foam Sponge

Deal of the Day - Goodie Box at over 50% off!

This is it gang! I think this is the best deal of the day so far this month!!!

Today’s deal of the day on my website is a surprise goodie box at 50% off! What a deal! For $100 you get approximately $220 worth of popular product! And what's more, you get discounted shipping/handling of just $8 continental US, $12 APO, $15 PR, AK, HI. (Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one goodie box only.)

If the contents of the last goodie boxes is any indication of what will be in this one, you will not be disappointed! The last goodie boxes included stamp sets, ribbon, paper packets, stickease, embellishments, and past promotional Scrapbook Kits, and more. I cannot wait to see what will be in this one!!!

Click here to get your own goodie box before they sell out!

Monday, June 15, 2009

Deal of the Day - FREE Ric Rac Collection

Today’s “Deal of the Day” on my website is...
Get a free tube of Designer Ribbon Rounds - Ric Rac Collection when you order any stamp set*. Plus pay only $3 for shipping/handling! This is a GREAT deal as you get 6 different colors/sizes of Ric Rac.

Normally these ribbon rounds cost $9.95. If you were to order them along with a D-sized stamp set on my website any other day, you would pay $9.95 for the ribbon rounds, $22.95 for the stamp set, $7.95 for shipping, and $3.57 tax (where I live it is 8.75%), which comes to $44.42. If you order the same exact things today, it will only cost you $29.09 which is a savings of $15.33! That's a pretty good deal.

Below are a couple of samples using the Designer Ribbon Rounds - Ric Rac Collection.

More details on this card can be found here.
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Click here to get your FREE Designer Ribbon Rounds - Ric Rac Collection.

*Customized Stamps and Stamp of the Month excluded. Incredible discounted shipping/handling of $3 applies to your Deal-a-Day purchase. (Limit one free item per order. Shipping/handling discount applies to orders of one stamp set and one free item only. The $3 rate also applies to all non-continental US locations (i.e. AK, HI, PR, APO/FPO, and Guam).)

Blog Awards

I am honored and humbled to receive these sweet blog awards from these lovely gals.
Thank you!
The Lemonade Stand award came from:
The Brae-er
Katie Paterson
Helen Onulak

The Lovely Blog award came from: