DECEMBER PROMOTIONS

HAPPY DECEMBER

I am excited to share this month’s great promotions with you...

It's the Little Things!

Adorable mini albums for celebrating the little things you love! So often it’s the little things that matter most—and what better way to celebrate the little things in life than with adorable mini albums? Whether looking for a meaningful gift idea or a treasured keepsake, these mini albums are a fast and easy option, and this month you save 30%-off the retail price of the products you need! 

Plus, CTMH has partnered with Persnickety Prints this month to have your small photos printed at a discount! Persnickety Prints’ archival photo chemical process is water resistant and resists fading. They are a great option for photo processing those smaller photos that fit in our mini albums. 

Choose from the following:

Blush Mini Album Bundle | CC1198 Instalife™ Album—Blush #Life™ Cards—Hello Gorgeous #Life™ Overlays—Gold Memory Protectors™ Mini 4" x 4" Memory Protectors™ Mini 2" x 2" Retail Value: $35.75 Your Price: $24.95

Blue Jean Mini Album Bundle | CC1197 Instalife™ Album—Blue Jean #Life™ Cards—Enjoy #Life™ Overlays—Black Memory Protectors™ Mini 4" x 4" Memory Protectors™ Mini 2" x 2" Retail Value: $35.75 Your Price: $24.95

Adventure Mini Album Bundles | CC1200 Everyday Life™ Album—Stripes My Crush® Adventure Calls Memory Protectors™ (Choose 6" x 8" (CC1199), 4" x 6" (CC1200), or 3" x 4" (CC1021)) Retail Value: $38.25 Your Price: $25.95

Order your mini album bundles here.

* Offer valid December 1–December 31, 2016, while supplies last. Normal shipping/handling & tax apply.

  

Stamp of the Month — Thoughtful Flowers

With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-sized Stamp of the Month set for just $6! Add the stamp set to your cart here at full retail price ($23.00) or, with your qualifying order of $50, get it for just $6!

Planners Gonna Plan!

Discover your inner artist while staying on top of your schedule with our new 2017 planner system. Featuring seasonal designs you can color by hand, this exclusive planner system combines the worlds of work and play to give you a planner you can truly make your own. Choose a bundle with either the Everyday Life™ Sea Glass or stripes album, or just the planner pages if you already have an album—the choice is up to you!

  Everyday Life™ Sea Glass Album

  Everyday Life™ Striped Album

Planner Pages without Album 

Get your planner today, because this planner system is only available while supplies last!

Limited-time Constant Campaign

Love getting a great deal on crafting supplies to add to your stash? For Black Friday this year, you’ll have the opportunity to get amazing crafting supplies at an amazing price with Close To My Heart! For 24 hours only, we’ll feature themed mystery boxes filled with retired Close To My Heart products, all at a major discount! These mystery boxes will have five different price points ranging from $55 CAD to $160 CAD, with some mystery boxes being offered at 50% off the retail value! All mystery boxes will be available beginning November 25, 2016 at 12:00 am (MST) while supplies last—so grab a box for your stash before they’re gone!

     

http://barbsinclair.closetomyheart.ca/default.aspx

CHRISTMAS CARDS

I've been working on some Christmas cards lately.

Some for classes and some just for myself.

I love so many of our new  products featured in Holiday Expressions 2016.

                        Here I used Perfectly Pine and Hello Winter stamp sets.

They are both so versatile, they can be used for Christmas, winter or even camping/outdoor scrapbook pages.

It's hard to see but I used the Shimmer Brush on the pine cones and the branches which adds just the right amount of glitz.

The red strip on the left side is our Shimmer trim cut in half.

I also used retired sequins and twine for the embellishments.

The colours are New England Ivy, Cocoa, Cranberry and Chocolate for the sentiment.

Although the next cards both use the Oh Deer paper pack they look completely different.

On the first one I used White and Sea Glass Glitter paper for the Thin Cut Snowflakes.

The Sea Glass cardstock and ink are used for the sentiment, which is one of the

Mini Christmas French stamps Joyeux Noel

The second card uses the negative cut for the main mat in White Glitter paper and the snowflake is Sea Glass Glitter paper. 

All mounted on Sea Glass cardstock, and a White Daisy Card base.

This last card uses a variety of Cricut cuts for the deer and the trees.

The sentiment is from the Very Merry stamp set and is stamped in Cocoa ink.

Thanks for looking.

HAPPY HAPPY CHRISTMAS DISPLAY TRAY

One of the beautiful products that's available during the Happy Happy Christmas promotion is our wonderful display tray.

I have made quite a few the past couple of years but thought

I would just show you a couple of them.

The first one is in memory of my mom who passed away in 2002.

The next one is my beautiful granddaughter Sarah and her new husband Jon.

These are their engagement photos.

COZY CHRISTMAS FUN

I've been having so much fun creating with the new Cozy Christmas Thin Cut Bundle.

This bundle is such great value as it includes both the thin cuts and the matching

My Acrylix Stamp set  for $34.50. You can't see in the photos but the thin cuts have a lovely little bevelled edge.

This first card is a Mom and Me class.

The kids were 7 yrs. old and were incredible.

They were very talented and quick learners.

They even figured out how to open our old ink pads by themselves!

They arranged the snow people like there own family, very cute.

Paper: White daisy, Crystal blue

Ink: Pacifica, New England Ivy, Willow, Black, Cranberry, Tangerine, Chocolate, Pixie, Saffron

Other: Shimmer brush

The next 2 cards use our new snowflake embossing folder as well.

Paper: White daisy, Cranberry

Ink: New England Ivy, Black, Sapphire, Tangerine, Chocolate

Other: Bitty Sparkles, Carmine shinhan marker, Snowflake embossing folder

This snow "shaker" card was inspired by my downline. It uses clear acetate in the window and is filled with sequins and glitter.

Paper: White daisy, Cranberry

Ink: Black, Cranberry, Willow, Sapphire, Tangerine, Chocolate

Other: Snowflake embossing folder, sequins and glitter, acetate, foam tape

The last item is a little Christmas treat that I scraplifted from Tracy Lunceford on the CTMH bulletin board. Thank you Tracy, these are super cute!

Paper: Cranberry, White Daisy, Black Glitter

Ink:  Cranberry, Black, Willow, Tangerine

Other:  Hershey Nuggets Candies, Ribbon, 1 1/2 x 7 Treat Bags, Red Stickles

MAKE IT A HAPPY, HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

Brighten the holiday season with festive scrapbook layouts and décor pieces! Get into the holiday spirit with several holiday crafting projects featuring our Happy, Happy Christmas products. It all starts with one of our featured 12" x 12" album bundles, which saves you 10% off the retail price of a collection of awesome crafting supplies. These bundles contain everything you need to create five 2-page scrapbooking layouts, with enough left over to keep your holiday crafting going! Choose your album bundle, and then choose from the additional products to create beautiful décor gift items or even a mini album! Nothing makes a happy, happy Christmas like holiday crafts! 

View the campaign flyer here:

https://cdn.closetomyheart.com/2016/promotions/campaigns/1611-cc-flyer-happy-christmas-ca.pdf

Here are a few samples of the artwork you can create using these wonderful products.

Now here’s what makes this workshop extra special.

The instructions for these layouts also include instructions for four additional Christmas projects. Purchase one or more of the products listed below, and then follow the workshop instructions to use your leftover paper and embellishments to make these Christmas crafts!

The workshop instructions can be downloaded from the following link.

https://cdn.closetomyheart.com/2016/promotions/campaigns/1611-cc-happy-happy-christmas-workshop-us_ca.

*Offer valid November 1 – November 30, 2016, while supplies last. Normal shipping/handling & tax apply.

One of my All Time Favorites

One of my colleagues at work wants to purchase a quantity of christmas cards from me this year, so I spent the weekend creating some samples for her to choose from.

I'll post some of them of the others this week, and let you know which one she picks.

One of my favorites is definitely "To You and Yours".

I just love the cardinal and the sentiment.

For this card I used a bamboo base with a ruby mat. The center rectangle is choclolate cardstock with a colonial white mat, both cut with Cricut AP.The branch is also chocolate cardstock cut with Cricut AP.

 The green stripe is a leftover piece of "Everlasting" and the ribbon is from my stash. 

I stamped the colonial white mat with the cardinal image as well as a spare piece which I coloured with alcohol markers, cut out and then popped up.

The top 2 holly leaves are also popped up. The bottom 2 holly leaves are coloured right on the mat.

The sentiment is stamped in chocolate ink.  All the edges are distressed with chocolate distressing ink.

I added a couple of opaque pearls to the ribbon as well.

The shading on the cardinal doesn't show up very well in the picture but it looks good in real life.