Group Order To Be Placed 1/13/2013

If you are local and want to get in on a group order, just email me your order before Sunday, 1/13 and I will add you in.   I always have a small little gift for people joining my group orders.    You can also put an order in on my website, anytime, day or night.

Several specials going on right now:
-- Stamp of the month (check your catalog for a photo - I can't get one downloaded right now).

--Whoo's Your Valentine

 

--New Spring Catalogs Released February 1st!

Whoo's Your Valentine?

Whooo's Your Valentine?

I know Christmas isn't here yet, but I wanted to share this great special with you so you can start planning ahead for Valentines Day!

Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with an incredible deal - our Whooo's Your Valentine kit for only $10! Combine your love of papercrafting with the contents of this kit to create personalized valentines—perfect for classrooms and other group settings. 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, and an exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit (picture below). 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!

As always, you can shop on-line on my site or contact me to purchase at one of my events!

Thank You Card

Another card for my local swap group.    We are meeting for dinner tomorrow and I'm excited with this card.   Note: the hexagons are really spaced correctly - some are popped up and it looks distorted in this photo.

Supplies:  Cardstock, patterned paper, stamp and ink: Close to My Heart (CTMH); butterfly punches: Martha Stewart.  Pearls: CTMH and Recollections; Hexagon die: Sizzix.

Christmas Card Swap

I have really been out of swapping much in the past year. Life just seems to have taken over without time to spare. I have joined two swaps lately - the first was Fran's tea swap. That is always a fun and easy swap since you are only swapping with one partner. What could be easier than that?

The second swap I joined is hosted by a local scrapper. I had been eyeing her swap notifications for many months but life was busy and there is usually just a few weeks from notification until due. But I really wanted to do a Xmas card swap this year. I love seeing all the fantastic ideas for Xmas cards and the cards are all usable immediately so don't just stockpile in my stash (I do keep my favorites!). This is my swap card for this swap (and the label will NOT be crooked on my swaps). We will meet up Tuesday at a local restaurant to swap.

November CTMH special and SOTM

Capture the Date, Capture the Savings!
November 2012 Constant Campaign

To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.

In November, you’ll get something extra when you buy the Stamp of the Month—50% off another stamp set! When you qualify for and buy the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, you’ll receive another stamp set* of your choice for 50% off—it’s like two promotions in one! The versatile Capture the Date stamp set is great for any layout, card, invitation, or calendar, and now you can choose another stamp set at half-off for more wonderful papercrafting. Get Capture the Date and then capture the savings today!

* Offer valid for A-E and M size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go^®, Cricut^® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.

Dates: Offer valid November 1–30, 2012

 

Xmas tag for tea swap

I participated in the November tea swap that Fran hosts and made two of these tags for my partner Mary in MA. I hope she likes them. They went postal yesterday.

Halloween treats

I made a little care box for my daughter at college -- 22 of these cute little Halloween treats for my daughter and some of her sorority sisters.  It is a "s'more kit".  There are graham crackers, a mini Hersey bar and ghost Peeps.   Just stack and nuke for 5-10 seconds.   I hope they enjoy them!

National Stamping Month!

National Stamping Month!

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are bringing back our popular double stamp set promotion! You can get the exclusive, new My Acrylix It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90, which drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!   Email me to place an order or order from my website www.karenc.ctmh.com -- be sure to select Karen's August Order to earn a special gift!