Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Earn free goodies in my Creative Club


A huge CONGRATS to my January Creative Club hostess, who earned $120 in Hostess Rewards (free goodies) AND 3 items at 50% off! Wondering how you can earn free goodies too? Click the Club Info tab at the top of my blog or contact me for more info on my monthly Creative Club.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Team Builders Conference


Hello Everyone! I just returned from beautiful Salt Lake City, Utah where I attended this year’s CTMH Team Builders Conference! Team Builders is an event that CTMH sponsors every year for Directors and this year they opened it up to anyone who has earned an incentive trip and to Managers and above. I had so much fun! As always, it was the perfect balance of business training, creative projects, fellowshipping with other CTMH Consultants, and of course eating. (CTMH provided three AMAZING catered meals for us in addition to a visit from the Waffle Love truck.) I’m still full!

CTMH spoils their Consultants at their events. This year we received an adorable handmade, hand-lettered name tag, a CTMH thermos, and a sweet Alex and Ani style bracelet with custom charms, among a few other fun things!


Here we are getting ready to create some fun scrapbook layouts during the creative time. (I will post photos of the layouts as soon as I add pictures to them.)


My good friend Kristina Livingstone was a Consultant who was on the Advisory Board with me a few years ago and now she works for the Home Office. I just adore her!!


My roomie gift this year was matching PJs and socks. I forgot to take a picture of the gift bag and tag that I made for them. Here I am with my awesome (and amazingly talented) roomies Michelle Snyder, Chris Hill, and Karen Pedersen. 


My roomies gave me some cute gifts. This jar of homemade salsa is from Karen. SO GOOD! She also gave us a sweet “Sisters” necklace. Don’t you just love the adorable tag she made?


Chris gave each of us this really cute 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" wooden block that she created using the heart Thin Cuts dies and my favorite new Blush Shimmer Ribbon. 


This is a photo of many of our team members that attended the event. I love that so many of them have become like family to me. They truly are “close to my heart.” 


It is always a thrill to be able to attend the many events that this wonderful company sponsors. If this sounds like fun to you, I would love to give you more information on how you can sign up and join us at the next CTMH event.

Click here to contact me for more info.
Click here for more info on becoming a Consultant.
Or if you are ready to sign up now, click here.

Monday, January 16, 2017

Love, Love, Love You Card


The January Stamp of the Month called Adore You is perfect for Valentine’s Day, birthdays, thank you cards, or just everyday “Thinking of You” cards. I used the heart image to make this 5" x 5" card for my hubby’s birthday/Valentine’s Day card for next month. (His birthday is on Valentine’s Day.)

I heat embossed the image on a piece of Kraft cardstock and colored the flowers in with some markers. If you look closely, you can see that I used the Gold Shimmer Brush to add some sparkle to the flower centers and to the tiny flowers. It really sparkles in the light.  The sentiment is stamped in the middle with Cranberry ink.


After matting the Kraft cardstock to a piece of Cranberry cardstock with Thin 3-D Foam Tape, I adhered the entire piece to a 5" x 5" piece of White Daisy cardstock that I ran through my embossing machine with the Simple Chevron Embossing Folder. Finally, I adhered the entire piece to a 5" x 5" Cranberry cardstock base. It’s a simple card, but was lots of fun to make.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Dreamin' Big Hello Card


CTMH’s new Dreamin’ Big Scrapbooking stamp set can also be used on cards. I made this 5" x 7" card using the floral “HELLO” sentiment and larger flower from the Dreamin’ Big Scrapbooking stamp set. I stamped them with Black Memento Ink and colored them in with the ShinHan Touch Twin alcohol markers.


The sentiment on the bottom is from one of the stamp sets that come with the Flower Market Cricut Collection. I trimmed the sentiment out and matted it with a piece of patterned paper from the Some Kind of Wonderful Collection with some Thin 3-D Foam Tape. I matted the “HELLO” panel with a piece of black cardstock and another piece of the Some Kind of Wonderful paper with some Thin 3-D Foam Tape and then adhered it to a black 5" x 7" card base. I finished it off by adding some Bitty Sparkles to the small flowers and a larger Clear Sparkle on the larger flower.

There are so many possibilities with the stamp set. I can’t wait to make more fun goodies with it!

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

January Project Kit - Welcome Home Wreath


I love the National Papercrafting Month promotion so much that I decided to use it as this month’s Club project. We will be celebrating the joys of paper-crafted home décor with the beautiful Welcome Home wreath kit. The kit includes die-cut paper pieces and gold foil accents, including enough alphabet stickers to allow you to choose your own message. You can simply pop out the pieces and attach them to the sturdy chipboard wreath base, making a welcoming décor piece for your home.

This month’s local class will be held on Saturday, January 28th at 10am. Note the day/time change this month. (If you’d like to order a kit(s) to be mailed to you instead, see the information below.)

There are four ways you can get the wreath kit:
  1. Buy it for $18.95—no qualifying purchase required!
  2. Get it for free with a qualifying $60 purchase from my website here!*
  3. Get it for free by hosting a party that reaches the second level of Hostess Rewards. (Contact me if you would like to host a Home Gathering or an Online Gathering.)
  4. Get it for free when you sign up to be a Consultant! (Visit my New Consultant FAQ page here or contact me if you have questions.)
*$60 qualifying purchase must be full-priced retail product not including tax and shipping. Offer valid January 1 – January 31, 2017 while supplies last. Normal shipping/handling & tax apply.

The kit includes the following:
  • chipboard wreath base
  • gold foil alphabet stickers
  • die-cut shapes including flowers, leaves, and more
  • step-by-step instructions

Extra supplies that will help you complete the project:


Get a closer look at the wreath and what is included in the video below.




Use the gold alphabet stickers to create any saying you like.


The flat pop out flowers easily turn into beautiful 3-D flowers with a little adhesive.


Use a Quilling Tool or another round object to create the 3-D pretty roses.

  
Contact me for more information or to sign up for this month’s class. Please contact me no later than January 14th if you would like to join us for the local class. 

Four ways to order this month’s kit!

Since there are four different ways to get the kit this month, the ordering process will be a bit different. You can order directly from my website here. You may choose to get the kit for $18.95 plus tax and shipping, or if you fill your cart with $60 in regular priced items, you will be prompted to add the kit for free.
  1. Buy it for $18.95 from my website here—no qualifying purchase required!
  2. Get it for free with a qualifying $60 purchase from my website here!*
  3. Get it for free by hosting a party that reaches the second level of Hostess Rewards. (Contact me if you would like to host a Home Gathering or an Online Gathering.)
  4. Get it for free when you sign up to be a Consultant! (Visit my New Consultant FAQ page here or contact me if you have questions.)
*$60 qualifying purchase must be full-priced retail product not including tax and shipping. Offer valid January 1 – January 31, 2017 while supplies last. Normal shipping/handling & tax apply.

To find out more about my monthly “no-commitment” Creative Club, click here.
You do not need to be local to participate. *Ü*

Sunday, January 1, 2017

January Promotions

Happy New Year! CTMH is certainly kicking 2017 off with a bang! I am excited to share this month’s great promotions with you including an all new Seasonal Expressions catalog...

New Seasonal Expressions Catalog



The brand new Spring Seasonal Expressions catalog is here! It is jam packed with tons of fabulous new products and filled with lots of incredible artwork inspiration. You can get a free copy with your next online order. Just be sure to click the link to add it to your cart at checkout. You can also view it online here.

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Stamp of the Month — Adore You




With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-sized Stamp of the Month set for just $5! Add the stamp set to your cart here at full retail price ($17.95) or, with your qualifying order of $50, get it for just $5!



Set of 12
Recommended My Acrylix® blocks:
1" × 1" (Y1000), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 3 ½" (Y1009)

Click here or on the image below to order your Stamp of the Month.




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National Papercrafting Month - Welcome Home Wreath Kit



Every January, we celebrate National Papercrafting Month as a way of acknowledging the pure joy of playing with paper! We scrapbook with it, we make cards with it, we decorate with it—in short, we craft with it!


This year, we’re celebrating the joys of paper-crafted home décor with the beautiful Welcome Home wreath kit. The kit includes die-cut paper pieces and gold foil accents, including enough alphabet stickers to allow you to choose your own message. You can simply pop out the pieces and attach them to the sturdy chipboard wreath base, making a welcoming décor piece for your home.


There are four ways you can get the wreath kit:
  • Buy it for $18.95—no qualifying purchase required!
  • Get it for free with a qualifying $60 purchase!*
  • Get it for free by hosting a party that reaches the second level of Hostess Rewards.
  • Get it for free when you sign up to be a Consultant!
No matter how you get your Welcome Home wreath kit—or how many you get—you are going to love how easy this kit makes it to add a little more papercrafted beauty to your life.

*$60 qualifying purchase must be full-priced retail product not including tax and shipping. Offer valid January 1 – January 31, 2017 while supplies last. Normal shipping/handling & tax apply.

Happy New Year!


Happy New Year everyone! Wishing you a wonderful 2017 filled with blessings!