With All My Heart

My husband recently informed me that I didn't give him a card for our anniversary or for his birthday and how much he likes receiving them. I was shocked both by how much it meant to him and that I had somehow forgotten to make him one. He then reminded me that we spent our anniversary at the hospital; they had to take him back into surgery because he was bleeding internally after his first surgery. They had to place a drain in and we spent a week emptying his drain so in my defense it was a little crazy around here. Now for his birthday it's another case of our entire family gets really busy working for our church for our annual Christmas Train. I decided to rectify that since he always spoils me rotten and a card is the least I can do for him. He's been building me a custom scrap island for my studio all this week and so I decided to write him a special note to let him know how much I appreciate him and all he does for me and our kids.

I decided to use this weeks mojo sketch 273 and CTMH January's stamp of the month as well as the Flirty paper pack which will be retiring in January. I used Art Philosophy cart to cut the circles and the heart. I stamped everything with black ink and embossed with black embossing powder. It makes coloring a breeze with our alcohol markers.

Supplies:
CTMH Art Philosophy cart
CTMH happy Valentines stamp of the month
CTMH cotton Candy marker
CTMH Blush marker
CTMH olive marker
Black embossing powder
Black ink pad
Flirty paper pack


You can order all the supplies online by clicking on the links above or the shopping cart below.

Don't forget National Papercrafting Month and our incredible deal—Whooo’s Your Valentine kit for only $10!  This darling kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for only $10 when you spend $35 or more in Close To My Heart product from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book. 

You’ll receive 

• 12 die-cut boxes
• 3 cardstock sheets
• 1 sheet of silver glitter paper
• 12 treat tubes
• exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit.

This kit offers you a sneak peek at two new Spring/Summer 2013 products: the treat tubes and the silver glitter paper! Decorate the die-cut boxes with the stamp images, cardstock, and glitter paper. Then attach the clear tube and fill with treats for valentines in a cinch! Soooo cute! 


Don't forget to add your Stamp of the Month for $5. 

Be sure to check out the While Supplies Last Section of the website where they just added cardstock packs for only $2.50!! These deals go quick so don't delay!

As a bonus anyone that orders this month and gets the Whooo's Your Valentine kit will receive the NEW Spring/Summer 2013 Idea Book from me FREE. I have them in my hot little hands and would love to get one in yours as well! You're going to love the new products we have coming!!

It doesn't go live until Feb 1st but you can get an early peek by ordering from me so what are you waiting for?


Hugz
Tina Gale

Cricut Artiste Interactive Cards

If you have the Cricut Artiste cartridge and have drooled over the fabulous interactive cards on there but wondered how to create them you're going to be amazed at how easy they are to create.

Check the great how-tos out and then show me your own cards right here.

Isn't fabulous how the cricut can size up your envelopes for you?! So quick and what a wow factor to line your envelopes. You're friends will think you're a creative genius.



November Specials ~

Capture the Date 

Stamp of the Month

Remember this stamp is available ONLY during the month of November! You can purchase it for just $5 with your $50 order of Close To My Heart Products. BUT WAIT!! When you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5, you get any stamp (A, B, C, D, E & M) for 50% off!

I'm having a Mystery Hostess Party!

No need to dress up, fix up or even get out of your house! you can shop in the comfort of your own home and not even fight the holiday crowds! For every $100 in total sales for the Mystery Party I will draw a Mystery Hostess and they will each get $20 in FREE Select Product!

HOW DOES THIS WORK? Go to my website and JOIN "Mystery Hostess" party and place your order by November 24th. Your order will be shipped directly to you. For every $25 in product you order (before shipping & tax), your name will be entered. For instance, if your order totals $55 you will have two chances to be Mystery Hostess!
On November 25th I will tally the total sales from the party and will draw from all of the names who submitted orders. I will call each Mystery Hostess for their selection of $20 in FREE Select Product!

So what are you waiting for?? Start shopping today!

What are the benefits of shopping on line?

1. Your order is shipped directly to you!
2. You can choose the $4.95 or 4.95% shipping ( a lower option that may take 1 or 2 days longer)
3. You can shop from the WHILE SUPPLIES LAST section. It's a great place to buy up lots of great discontinued scrapbooking supplies at a VERY LOW cost! (Can you say STOCKING STUFFERS??))
4. STUDIO J Layouts qualify as purchase as long as you choose the option to Join the Mystery Hostess party when you purchase your Studio J Layouts.
5. Novembers specials will qualify . When you purchase Capture the Date for $5.00 you can choose ANY stamp for 50% off.

Pigment or Dye?

Have you ever wondered the difference between pigment or dye based inks and which you should be using? Here is some quick info and tips on both.

Dye based inks are quick drying, they absorb into the paper which makes them appear slightly transparent and softer. They are super easy to clean up so it makes the great choice to do the majority of your stamping. We offer all 40 colors in our fabulous dye based inks for only $5.25 each.

Pigment inks are slow drying, more opaque giving a much more intense color which gives almost a look of being embossed. This also means they take a little more scrubbing to clean up and I highly recommend you purchase our stamp scrubber to get your stamps clean and lasting a lifetime. Pigment inks can be heat set for quicker drying and they can be used on fabric and then heat set for permanency. Your fabric items will hold up under gentle care washing. They also are a more light fast ink which means if you're creating items that will be exposed to light they will hold up and last where dye based inks will fade with time. We offer all 40 colors in our pigment inks. They're sold in smaller cubes in a tower of ten so it's a great way to acquire all of our fabulous colors inexpensively. For only $19.95 you can receive all 10 colors in one of our collections. We also have the full sized pads in pigment inks for colonial white and white daisy.

Check out Monica and Christine as they share some great projects using our pigment inks and see the difference between dye and pigments for your self.

Are you ready to start creating your own projects? You can purchase all of our inks by clicking the shopping basket below. if you have any other questions about dye vs pigment inks I'll be glad to help just drop me a line.

November Specials ~

Capture the Date 

Stamp of the Month

Remember this stamp is available ONLY during the month of November! You can purchase it for just $5 with your $50 order of Close To My Heart Products. BUT WAIT!! When you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5, you get any stamp (A, B, C, D, E & M) for 50% off!

I'm having a Mystery Hostess Party!

No need to dress up, fix up or even get out of your house! you can shop in the comfort of your own home and not even fight the holiday crowds! For every $100 in total sales for the Mystery Party I will draw a Mystery Hostess and they will each get $20 in FREE Select Product!

HOW DOES THIS WORK? Go to my website and JOIN "Mystery Hostess" party and place your order by November 24th. Your order will be shipped directly to you. For every $25 in product you order (before shipping & tax), your name will be entered. For instance, if your order totals $55 you will have two chances to be Mystery Hostess!
On November 25th I will tally the total sales from the party and will draw from all of the names who submitted orders. I will call each Mystery Hostess for their selection of $20 in FREE Select Product!

So what are you waiting for?? Start shopping today!

What are the benefits of shopping on line?

1. Your order is shipped directly to you!
2. You can choose the $4.95 or 4.95% shipping ( a lower option that may take 1 or 2 days longer)
3. You can shop from the WHILE SUPPLIES LAST section. It's a great place to buy up lots of great discontinued scrapbooking supplies at a VERY LOW cost! (Can you say STOCKING STUFFERS??))
4. STUDIO J Layouts qualify as purchase as long as you choose the option to Join the Mystery Hostess party when you purchase your Studio J Layouts.
5. Novembers specials will qualify . When you purchase Capture the Date for $5.00 you can choose ANY stamp for 50% off.

Mojo Sketch #266

Today I have a Christmas card that you could easily make several of really quick for the holidays thanks to Close To My Heart. Using the Art Philosophy cart and our coordinating stamp sets makes them quick and easy.

My list of supplies I used are below.

I used this weeks Mojo sketch #266 for my card. I love their sketches! Be sure to check them out.  http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/

Supplies:
CTMH Pear & Partridge Paper pack
CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut collection
CTMH Bitty Sparkles
CTMH Bakers Twine
CTMH Cranberry Ink
CTMH card with envelopes

November Specials ~

Capture the Date 

Stamp of the Month

Remember this stamp is available ONLY during the month of November! You can purchase it for just $5 with your $50 order of Close To My Heart Products. BUT WAIT!! When you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5, you get any stamp (A, B, C, D, E & M) for 50% off!

I'm having a Mystery Hostess Party!

No need to dress up, fix up or even get out of your house! you can shop in the comfort of your own home and not even fight the holiday crowds! For every $100 in total sales for the Mystery Party I will draw a Mystery Hostess and they will each get $20 in FREE Select Product!

HOW DOES THIS WORK? Go to my website and JOIN "Mystery Hostess" party and place your order by November 24th. Your order will be shipped directly to you. For every $25 in product you order (before shipping & tax), your name will be entered. For instance, if your order totals $55 you will have two chances to be Mystery Hostess!
On November 25th I will tally the total sales from the party and will draw from all of the names who submitted orders. I will call each Mystery Hostess for their selection of $20 in FREE Select Product!

So what are you waiting for?? Start shopping today!

What are the benefits of shopping on line?

1. Your order is shipped directly to you!
2. You can choose the $4.95 or 4.95% shipping ( a lower option that may take 1 or 2 days longer)
3. You can shop from the WHILE SUPPLIES LAST section. It's a great place to buy up lots of great discontinued scrapbooking supplies at a VERY LOW cost! (Can you say STOCKING STUFFERS??))
4. STUDIO J Layouts qualify as purchase as long as you choose the option to Join the Mystery Hostess party when you purchase your Studio J Layouts.
5. Novembers specials will qualify . When you purchase Capture the Date for $5.00 you can choose ANY stamp for 50% off.

Ink it Up with CTMH

Discover the versatility of the Exclusive Inks alcohol based marker sets and pigment pad sets to bring your artwork to life!

If you haven't tried our new pigment based inks or markers you are in for a treat. In this video you'll see lots of tips to using both but I guarantee you'll have fun and they're so easy to use!

November Specials ~

Capture the Date 

Stamp of the Month

Remember this stamp is available ONLY during the month of November! You can purchase it for just $5 with your $50 order of Close To My Heart Products. BUT WAIT!! When you purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5, you get any stamp (A, B, C, D, E & M) for 50% off!

I'm having a Mystery Hostess Party!

No need to dress up, fix up or even get out of your house! you can shop in the comfort of your own home and not even fight the holiday crowds! For every $100 in total sales for the Mystery Party I will draw a Mystery Hostess and they will each get $20 in FREE Select Product!

HOW DOES THIS WORK? Go to my website and JOIN "Mystery Hostess" party and place your order by November 24th. Your order will be shipped directly to you. For every $25 in product you order (before shipping & tax), your name will be entered. For instance, if your order totals $55 you will have two chances to be Mystery Hostess!
On November 25th I will tally the total sales from the party and will draw from all of the names who submitted orders. I will call each Mystery Hostess for their selection of $20 in FREE Select Product!

So what are you waiting for?? Start shopping today!

What are the benefits of shopping on line?

1. Your order is shipped directly to you!
2. You can choose the $4.95 or 4.95% shipping ( a lower option that may take 1 or 2 days longer)
3. You can shop from the WHILE SUPPLIES LAST section. It's a great place to buy up lots of great discontinued scrapbooking supplies at a VERY LOW cost! (Can you say STOCKING STUFFERS??))
4. STUDIO J Layouts qualify as purchase as long as you choose the option to Join the Mystery Hostess party when you purchase your Studio J Layouts.
5. Novembers specials will qualify . When you purchase Capture the Date for $5.00 you can choose ANY stamp for 50% off.

CTMH SOTM Verry Merry Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to our October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month Close to My Heart is offering a stamp set called "Very Merry Christmas. This set can be purchased, exclusively through a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant for only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50. (That's a $17.95 value!)

In this hop you will see projects featuring this fun stamp set from many talented crafty ladies! Enjoy our blog hop - we hope we inspire you to create your "very" own Merry Christmas projects!

We are having a giveaway - that's right blog candy for you hoppers! Carolyn of Nuts 4 Scrappin is giving away a stamp set to one of our hoppers! She is giving away a stamp set called "Bonjour". You can see a picture of the stamp set on her blog. All you have to do to be eligible to win is to leave a comment on each blog and become a follower.

If you just hopped onto my blog, please start at the begiining at Lucy's blog - Love 2 Create. If you came from " Michelle's " then you are in the right place!


For my project I decided to make some tags and then created a box to put them all in.

A couple of tags and bakers twine around it and it's ready for gift giving or to keep for your self.

Your next stop on our Very Merry Christmas blog hop is "Jennifer  "

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way:

Lucy ~ Love 2 Create 

Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious

Michelle Stewart ~My Creations With Michelle

TinaGale ~ My Scrappy Ideas

Jennifer Kramer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking 

Carolyn Heniges ~ Nuts 4 Scrappin'

Stephanie Feist ~ The Quilted Scrapper

Amanda Cortez ~ Scraps of Love

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to 

create your own "Very Merry Christmas" projects.

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month  Very Merry Christmas 

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here >>

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website

CTMH Great Job cards

Today I thought I'd share a couple of cards we created at Regionals. Both cards use the Scholastic & Dakota paper packs but I used opposite sides of the paper and different colors of inks to totally change the look of the card. I love CTMH double sided paper!

Supplies;

CTMH Dakota paper

CTMH Scholastic paper

CTMH Burlap Ribbon

CTMH Pacifica Ink Pad

CTMH Gold Rush Ink Pad

CTMH Cocoa Ink Pad

CTMH Casual Expressions Stamp Set

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month is called Very Merry Christmas and coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have this cartridge you're going to definitely want this stamp set. It has beautiful Christmas images and some that are a great way to make some quick tags that will knock your socks off.

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here 

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website

CTMH & All About Me

How often do you scrap about you? If you're like me and I know most are the answer is never. I mean you're lucky to find me in pictures because I'm always the one behind the camera. We all know that needs to change but we seldom do anything to change it. Thanks to CTMH I now have a page all about me. LOL

While we were at Regional Celebrations they took all of our pics the first day and told us we would be using it later. Well later they gave us a piece of paper with several fill in the blank sentences beginning with I. That's where my heart starts beating and my palms sweating because I have the hardest time journaling let alone writing about myself. They didn't give us much time and I was determined to get something down so it's not the neatest and I wished I'd put it on something else and then copied over later but of course I would have second guessed some answers and tried to improve on them so in  a way I'm glad I didn't. This is me on the fly and tells what's really in my heart; my family, my Savior, my creativity, family, friends, & church.

What would your page say? I challenge you to pick up a pen, put on a song, and write; but no longer than the song plays or even less. See what you come up with.

Make a page and put it in your album so you're family will always know what was in your heart.

Supplies:
CTMH Clementine
CTMH Sparkles
CTMH Love Blooms
CTMH Juniper Ink Pad
CTMH Blush INK pad

Shop for all your supplies below and don't forget this months Stamp. I'm working on some great Christmas gifts with it!

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month is called Very Merry Christmas and coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have this cartridge you're going to definitely want this stamp set. It has beautiful Christmas images and some that are a great way to make some quick tags that will knock your socks off.

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here 

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website

Check out some fabulous projects and techniques you can create with our CTMH Cricut Art Philosphy or Artiste Collection.

 If you haven't gotten yours yet what are you waiting for?  You can get it right here through me. When you order from me I will send you a special gift! Just pop me a line and let me know you ordered and I'll get it sent right away.

Don't forget your order will also qualify you for our STamp of the MOnth!

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month is called Very Merry Christmas and coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have this cartridge you're going to definitely want this stamp set. It has beautiful Christmas images and some that are a great way to make some quick tags that will knock your socks off.

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here 

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website

Dauber Technique for color transitions

I shared a version of this card this summer but I thought I'd highlight it again. I made 50 of these to swap with my fellow consultants at convention so while they look very detailed it is a quick technique to do. By using our sponge daubers and dye based inks you can achieve this soft and transition of colors effortlessly.

Here's Monica & Christine sharing how to do the technique and some samples of projects you can make using them.

I encourage you to try this technique and then I'd love for you to share with everyone here a link to your project.

Hugz
Tina Gale

Don't forget about the fabulous Specials

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month is called Very Merry Christmas and coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have this cartridge you're going to definitely want this stamp set. It has beautiful Christmas images and some that are a great way to make some quick tags that will knock your socks off.

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here >>

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website

St. Louis and CTMH Regional Celebrations

Last week was CTMH's Regional Celebrations and we decided to make a mini family vacation out of it so hubby and daughter went with me. We decided to go to the St. Louis Zoo because we had heard great things about it and it was free. Well we soon found out there's nothing free about the St. Louis Zoo except walking through the gate but of course you had to pay $15 to park before you could do that. LOL

 We were very impressed with their landscaping and foliage. I took several photos of the flowers and scenery. It was gorgeous! There were also several statues throughout that were very impressive. I loved these guys at the entrance. It reminded me of my two kiddos. If you look closely the one seal is spraying the other one with water. Typical siblings. LOL

While I was in classes they went downtown to several museums and site seeing doing things that my daughter wanted to do like the Art Museum. Hubby didn't think he was going to enjoy that one but he really got into it. I'm sad I missed it. Another day they did more of hubby's things which included a trip to Bass Pro & Cabellas. It's a good thing they have Starbucks to keep my daughter satisfied!

On our final day it was my day! I had never been to Archiver's and it was top on my list. I LOVED it! I'm almost glad there's not one close to me because it could be very dangerous. I also went to two local shops that kept some of my money too. St. Louis definitely has paper crafters covered with fabulous products. Even their Michaels was better than around here. I came home with a bag full of goodies to use in my Disney albums.

Of course this pic is before I went in so no bags YET. I'll share my projects and haul soon.

Hugz

Tina Gale

October Specials

October Stamp of the Month is called Very Merry Christmas and coordinates with the Artiste cartridge, so if you have this cartridge you're going to definitely want this stamp set. It has beautiful Christmas images and some that are a great way to make some quick tags that will knock your socks off.

As always this stamp set is only available this month (retail price of $17.95) but you can get it for only $5 with any order of $50 or more!

If you've been following my posts on my Studio J layouts and want to give it a try this deal is for you! Get 1 Free layout with every 9 you purchase. No code needed. When you place your 10 layouts in the cart it will automatically deduct the cost of one of them.

To order click here >>

 My Scrappy Ideas Close to My Heart Website