Free, Free, Free...Plus

Happy Friday my friends!

Earlier this month I told you about Close To My Heart's March Special, Stampaganza!  Well, now they have taken this special to the next level.

This D sized stamp set is called Hello Paradise and will only be available during the month of March....and yes, it WILL count toward the Stampaganza special, buy two get one free stamp set.  Woo Hoo!  Isn't it so cool looking!  I can't wait to get my hands on it and play!  So many possibilities!

Click on the Shop Now tab above and check it out!  And be sure and join my March Mystery Hostess orders for your chance to win the Hostess Credits for the month!

Have a great weekend,
Sue
Ink on my fingers, Glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Free, Free, Free!

Happy March My Friends.....

Who doesn't like to get free stuff?  I know I do! 

If you do to then this is the time to check out this month's Close to my Heart special....Stampaganza!

For every two stamp sets you purchase you will get one of equal or lesser value for FREE! 

There is no limit on this special so stamp away and start creating!

Let me know if you have any questions on this great special.

Hope to hear from you soon...

Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Share The Love: Raise Funds for Operation Smile

More about this wonderful organization and ways you can support it.  Please take a look....

Thanks for looking.  Hope to see you soon,

Sue

Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Share the Love....

Happy February....

This month's special from Close to my Heart is for a wonderful group who is dear to our hearts....Operation Smile.  Operation Smile is the volunteer group of doctors, nurses and support teams who go around the world performing cleft pallet surgeries.  Families travel from near and far when they hear that Operation Smile is coming to their part of the world to begin the screening process to be selected for the corrective surgeries.  It is a wonderful group that offers a chance of a normal life to those who are born with this condition.

For the month of February Close to my Heart is offering a special stamp set, Share the Love.  This is a fun stamp set that would be great for both card making and scrapbooking. 

 During the month of February Close to my Heart will donate $7 to Operation Smile for every set that is ordered.  And to sweeten the pot....I will pay your shipping.

At my Scrappin Glitter Galz Getaway last weekend we help a raffle to support Operation Smile. 

 These wonderful ladies raised $540 purchasing raffle tickets and 11 ladies also ordered the Share the Love set so CTMH will be sending $77 to OS on their behalf.  That is $617!  YOU GLITTER GALZ ROCK!

Here are the prizes from the drawing....

A CTMH Album with 12 picture ready layouts made with the Live Your Day cards

Close To My Hearts cute new Planner Bundle

CTMH Artistry Cricut Bundle or a Spellbinders X-plore machine

Please consider supporting this wonderful organization in their work for the children of the world.  They need our support and prayers for a chance at a more normal life!

Keep smiling my friends.  Thank you for looking.

Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Paper Pumpkin

Wow, I haven't been on here for a while.  November sure was a whirl wind in our house!  Before the month is completely over (it still has a few hours, lol!) I wanted to share a special project that I did this month.

I started with an 8 in styrofoam ball and sliced off some at the top and bottom to give it the shape of a pumpkin.  I then covered the ball with strips of burlap - both to cover the styrofoam from peeking out among the flowers and to give me a better surface to glue the flowers to.

I then used the CTMH Cricut Cartridge Art Philosophy to cut the different types of flowers.  I cut them at 4 and 4 1/2 inches.  Once I rolled all my flowers (let me just say that the CTMH Quilling Tool REALLY helps) I started from the bottom and glued the flowers on using Quick Dry Tacky Glue.  To top it off I simply rolled some Olive cardstock and glued 'the stem' to the top.  Add some leaves and vines, cut using the CTMH Artbooking cartridge.  And TADA!  I think when I put it out next year I am going to add some glitter highlights....because I am after all the Glitter Queen!

 This brings me to some exciting news....

CTMH is holding an AMAZING Cyber Monday Special....20% all of our awesome Cricut Cartridges!  Wowza!  These cartridges are not your average cartridges.   CTMH has worked with Provo Craft to bring you incredible Cricut^® cartridges filled with inspiring shapes and projects hand-selected by company founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton. You’ll love how fast and easy it is to cut embellishments, cards, 3-D flowers, gift boxes, and more with the touch of a button. Simply insert the cartridge into your Cricut^® machine (sold at retail stores), add your paper, and presto!—perfectly cut shapes appear.  Artbooking has tons of predesigned layouts and overlays and Artfully Sent has all kinds of pop up and fancy fold cards to make creating your special projects much easier.  Click here to see all of the details for our wonderful Cricut bundles.

To order simply click on the 'Shop Now' button above and let your fingers do your shopping.  Remember to Join my 'December Mystery Hostess Orders' and you will be entered in to a drawing for the Hostess Rewards for all of my December orders....and who doesn't like free stuff!

Thank you for looking.  I hope you have a great day!

Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Let's Get Happy...

Card Workshop - Send Someone a Smile

The second Tuesday of the month means it is time to get together to make some cards.  In this self-paced workshop you will be making four cards, all designed to Send Some One A Smile.  The idea of the workshop is to have a casual gathering to create some cards, make new friends and spend a relaxing evening the Glitter Queen's Studio.  The cards will be designed for all levels of card making experience from beginner to expert.

I hold these card making sessions on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm and the cost is only $5.  Our next gathering will be on September 9.

Chat & Scraps -
Do you need some inspiration to get restarted (or even started) on your latest scrapbook project?  Or a place to go and work without family interruptions?  Or just want to get out for the evening?   Then you need to come over for a Chat & Scrap!

What is a Chat & Scrap?  Bring your project over to the 'Glitter Queen's Studio' and work without any of the  interruptions that you get at home.  You will have access to all of my tools, stamps, inks, punches and even my Cricut and the Close To My Heart Artbooking, Art Philosophy and Artiste Cartridges.  Very soon we will have a new cartridge, Artfully Sent, to play with too.

Friday Chat&Scraps start with dinner and Sunday Chat&Scraps start with lunch

Fridays @ 6 pm:
September 26
October 10
October 24
November 14

Sundays @ 11 am:
September 14
October 19
November 11

Please check out My Calendar for more....I hope you find something you like.  I will be adding some new workshops very soon so be sure to check back!

September Special...
September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our on-going celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping! Plus, make sure you check out Close To My Heart’s Facebook page and Instagram during September to follow all the ways we’re celebrating #30yearsofhappy for a full 30 days!

I look forward to having you over for some papercrafting fun.  Thanks for looking.

Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart. 

Want a FREE Cricut Bundle????

Tomorrow is the last day to get the CTMH Cricut Bundle of your choice for FREE.  How you ask?

If you sign up as a Close To My Heart consultant in April for just $99 you will not only receive the New Consultant Kit with $300 worth of CTMH products....

But you will also be able to choose the CTMH Cricut Bundle of your choice.

These bundles alone sell for $99!  The only hard part is choosing which bundle to get.

CTMH consultants are awesome because we have an awesome product line to offer and a company that gives us great opportunities to share our love of papercrafting with others.  As a consultant you can set your own goals and work as much (or little) as you like.  No one is going to be nagging you.  And the best part is you will be elegable to attend our annual convention this summer....at the DISNEYLAND HOTEL!  Yes, another trip to Disney for this girl.  I am looking forward to some fun in the park with the girls, as well as new products, creative art ideas and wonderful Make & Take time.  How fun is that.

You can signup online by clicking on the 'Special Promotions' tab above and then on 'What We Do'.  There you will find the online enrollment form.  Easy peasy.

If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me....my email is Susieque@SBCGlobal.net.  But don't forget, this great offer goes away with April....

Hope to hear from you soon....
Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart!

Embossing is Boss...and FREE!

Another great new (to CTMH) product in the Idea Book is embossing folders.  We all use them, admit it!  It is a great way to add dimension to our projects.  Just adding a bit of texture can really make a difference.  And now we have them for you.  Our folders are 5X7...great for your larger cards.  Here is a video from Close To My Heart with some great tips on how to use our embossing folders...

And now for the FREE part...

During  the month of February, you are eligible to receive your choice of a new embossing folder FREE (a savings of $8.95) for every 2 packs of single color or combo cardstock you purchase.  Pick from our 5 new folder designs - dot, chevron, quartrefoil, damask, or stripe - when you make a qualifying purchase.  Add a touch of texture and flair to every cardstock project you create - gorgeous and easy!  This offer is only valid while supplies last, so make sure to get your order in early. 

Thanks for looking.  

Sue

Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.

Sneek Peek at the NEW Cricut Cartridge

Last week we were in Orlando for the Annual CTMH Convention.  I had a great time of coarse.  How could I not with my two favs....Disney and Close to My Heart!  If only we could have gotten rid of the humidity...but oh well.

I spent time doing the parks first with my family and then with my Stamping Sistas.  And convention started and we got to see the new Idea Book.  You are going to LOVE it.  I will make sure you all get one when it goes live August 1.

But now for a preview of the new Cricut Artbooking Cartridge.  OMG!  It is soooo cool.  There is so much on this! It is packed with 700 different cuts:

• 30 Themed Double Page Layouts (total of 60 layouts) all size coordinated
• 10 Themed Mini Albums (8X8, 6X6, 5X7) with a minimum 8 pages each
• Full page and partial page overlays (square and rectangles of each overlay) which can also be used as stencils for inking or misting.  They can also be sized for use on cards.
• Loads of phrases
• Themed accessory images
• Themed and decorated photo mats
• Cute font
• So much more....the possibilities are endless

An example of one of the Mini Albums

And if you say to yourself, will this one isn't for me because I mostly do cards, gifts or home decor then think again because ALL of it can be re-sized and used as pieces for any kind of papercrafting project.  Its got everything from a sweet little giraffe to a man and woman outline shape holding hands and the most adorable snowman I've ever seen!  The bundle includes the cartridge, 3 D sized stamp sets that coordinate with shapes on the cartridge and 3 Dimensional Elements sets in coordinating shapes, all for just $99, plus shipping and tax.

Artbooking will be available to order on August 1, but I am offering a PRE-Order special....call me and order this awesome cartridge by July 31 and you will get FREE shipping and I will give you the August Stamp of the Month for FREE!  What can be better?

The following pics will give you an idea of all the fun on this wonderful cartridge.....

So call me today and order this great cartridge and take advantage of my special.  I will place the orders on as soon as the Idea Book goes live on August 1 so you can start playing with it.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Sue
Ink on my fingers, glitter on my face and a smile in my heart.