Magnifique Layout

If you came to my New Catalog Open House last Sunday, you were able to make this awesome layout! It is using our NEW Magnifique paper! Don't you just love it! The paper is so beautiful.

We stamped on the Colonial White in chocolate and used our waterbrush (1771 $9.25) dipped in our NEW Pacifica stamp pad and "painted". If you have never used our waterbrush, you need to give them a try. Just add water, get the brush tip a little wet and they can be used in a "puddle" of ink from your stamp pad.

You can even use these with our watercolor pencils. Just wipe the waterbrush on the pencil to pick up the color and start painting with it, OR you can color with your watercolor pencils and then take your waterbrush and brush over the colored area and it gives it a watercolor look. VERY COOL! Then to clean your waterbrush, simply "paint it" across your paper back and forth until you don't see color anymore. It's easy and way cool!

You can also see in this close up picture I added our NEW Mocha Opaques (Z1333 $2.95). They are self adhesive and make a GREAT addition to your pages or cards. They also come in Licorice (Z1335) and Pearl (Z1336). You get 108 of these in the package in 4 sizes. They give your pages a lot of bang for your buck!

Book a Party = FREE Stamp Set!

Are you ready for the NEW AUTUMN/WINTER CATALOG! It's here! And you can get it free by hosting a party! You will also get this stamp set FREE, and lots of GREAT Close to my Heart products free! AND, if you host a party in September and your party reaches $300 or more, you will ALSO get our Triple Play 3 mini albums FREE TOO!

September is a GREAT month to host a party! Call or email me to reserve your date!

Close to my Heart NEW Autumn/Winter Catalog IS HERE!

It's HERE! The new Close to my Heart Autumn/Winter Catalog! And I invite you to come on over and get your copy!

Join me for my New Catalog Celebration (Open House) on Sunday, August 29th from 1:00 - 5:00. I will have all the new kits, new products, new COLORS...yes...we have NEW COLORS, our new How To Book - Magic, lots of new stamps and a 12 x 12 layout for you to make using new products!

If you have not RSVP-ed, please do so to reserve your supplies!

The Autumn/Winter Catalog is free if you are in a monthly group, free if you host a party in September or October or $2. There are LOTS of ideas in there. This is the least expensive idea book you will ever get your hands on!

So make sure you mark down the date and time and I will see you on Sunday!

4th of July Layout

Each year we invite a few people over to watch the fireworks from our deck. The golf course by our house puts on an amazing fireworks show and our deck just happens to face the RIGHT direction! YEA!

We also have a screened in deck so it makes watching the fireworks BUG FREE! lol

I used our Zippidee papers to make this layout. It was quick and easy and so cute.

I also used In the Month of July (C1417), Boom (B1354) stamp sets to create this layout.

It's time to get out your 4th of July pictures and our Zippidee kit and start creating!

National Stamping Month

Celebrate National Stamping Month (September) with our Triple Play Special!

Starting August 15 - September 30th (while supplies last) we have our cute mini albums on special. You will get:

Love This Stamp Set

4 mini stamp pads (desert sand, hollyhock, indian corn blue and sunset)

9 - 4 x 12 panels to make 3 mini books

3 - 6 x 12 die cut sheets

72" Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon

3 hook and loop fasteners

1 color brochure

Everything you will need to make these 3 mini albums. And now you are wondering how you get it?

You can purchase the kit for $29.95

Purchase $25 in stamps and get it for $15

Purchase $40 in stamps and get if for $5

Host a gathering with $300 in sales and get it FREE!

Sign up to be a consultant in the month of September and get it FREE!

Add your pictures and you have great little gifts for co-workers, families or friends. Don't miss out on this great special!

Organize Your Patterns

Do you use our How To Books? If you have our How To Books (Cherish, Imagine, Reflections - all scrapbooking and Originals and Wishes - for card making) you know that there are patterns to print from the CD that is enclosed. What do you do with those patterns once you have them printed? You don't want to print them each and every time you need them. So what I have done is make a pocket and adhere it to the inside of the front (or back) cover. My pocket is just a large envelope that I cut off the top part and stuck it to the book. Now I have my patterns and don't need to reprint them each time I want them.

I also notate on the layout (in the book) that I have the pattern printed already. So then I know it is in my pocket in the front! How organized is that! And just in case you are wondering, we have a NEW How To Book coming out September 1st! Do you believe in Magic? I DO! And on September 1st, you will too!

Outdoor Layout

If you were at my last crop, you got to make this layout! It is an outdoor themed layout, but I used pictures of my husband and our cat Corley. Don't you just love the versatility of our products!

This layout (called Disappearing Act) is from our new How To Book Magic. You can get your copy starting September 1st! Just wait until you see it! It's Magic!

The stamp sets that I used are True Happiness, Treetops, Simple Stitches and Over the Rainbow.

You will want to get your hands on this AMAZING book. Just a couple more weeks!

In the month of August Stamp set

What a cute kid! And the layout is darn cute too! lol I used the In the Month of August stamp set (C1418 $18.95) and Cranberry, Honey and Black cardstock and ink. I used our Imagine How to Book and the layout was Swing Rhythm on page 113.

The strip of paper that has the stamped imagines on it is from our Grace kit (X7117B). (I am using what I have). It was the one with a honey scaly pattern. I just stamped on it with those stamps from In the month of August along with our Good Works (D1385 $22.95) Set. My favorite stamp in this set is the ruler! This layout was quick, easy and darn cute!

Ready to get out those school pictures from past years? Ok, maybe you are caught up...you will have to wait a few weeks to use this until you get your kids pictures back! LOL Either way, you HAVE TO HAVE this set!

Close to my Heart Scrapbooking Supplies ON SALE starting Tomorrow!

If you are looking for some GREAT deals, then make sure you are on my website tomorrow morning at 10:00 central time!

We are selling My Stickease for $2 ($4.95 value), Level 1 paper packs for $4 ($9.95 value) and Level 2 paper pack for just $6 ($12.95 value).

But hurry, this sale is ONLY good for 8 days (that is where the 8 comes in...lol)

Starting Wednesday, August 4th - Wednesday, August 11th...but here is the bad news...it is WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so make sure you get out there and order what you want!!!

In the month of August Stamp set

Are you loving our In the month of stamp sets? Here is my August Events Calendar card. This will go on that Events Calendar I keep talking about. You can recreate this on your own, or wait until the fall when I host an Events Calendar Workshop where you can make these.

I stamped the "back to school" circle in Garden Green, then I stamped it again in Honey on a scrap piece of cardstock. I cut out the bus and then popped it up. Quick and easy! Want to see a cute layout using this set? Stop back on August 6th to see it!