January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. I am so excited you have hopped by to visit me!

This month we are featuring January’s SOTM, True Friends , a set of 11 My Acrylix stamps.

If you have come here from Judy's Blog, you are on the right path!

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This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products. It is so simple to hop along with us - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

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For this month’s post, I chose to create two square cards using Wishes Card Confidence Program and a few new paper packets. On the smaller card, I used the Felicity Collection which is only available through 01/31/2010. You can order your Felicity Collection HERE. For the larger card, I created a 6” x 6” card using the new Caboodle Level 2 Paper Packet available 01/01/2010 from the new 2010 Spring Idea Book.

I just love the colors in the Caboodle Level 2 Paper Packet…Crystal Blue, Sorbet, & Sweet Leaf.

I used coordinating markers to color in the dots in the focal image along with some bitty sparkles. the focal image is pop dotted to give some dimension to the card.

I especially enjoyed creating the 4-1/2” x 4-1/2” card below using the Felicity Collection. The die-cut circle paper is so striking with a little bit of it peeking out behind the focal point image.

I stamped the focal point image twice, once in Desert Sand and once in 2nd generation Sorbet. I cut out both images, but on the 2nd generation Sorbet, I cut out only the line with dots and then layered it onto the Desert Sand image. I also pop dotted this image because of the Colonial White Ribbon I placed behind it.

I hope you enjoyed my projects. Both of these are very simple to re-create. I hope you take the opportunity to do so! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

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Now "Hop" on over to Cindy's Blog to see her work…I’m sure she has something adorable to share with you!

Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the January SOTM is only available until January 31st!

Contact me at pamela@myctmh.com to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even FREE with a qualifying order!

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If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click HERE for a complete list of participating blogs.

Have a blessed day and make it from your heart with Close To My Heart!

What a Cute Little Project to Wrap Up 2009!

I love making these Post-It Note Keychains! They are so stinkin’ cute and will be great to have on hand on Saturday when the new 2010 Spring Idea Book is revealed at my Idea Book Celebration!

I will be giving one of these to each guest as they arrive along with their very own copy of the 2010 Spring Idea Book so they can easily mark their favorite new products.

Here are the instructions for creating your own post-it note keychain…

You will need:

• 3-1/4” x 2” piece of Chocolate Cardstock
• 1” x 2” piece of  Topstitch Heavenly Blue B&T Duo
• 3/4” x 2” piece of Topstitch Stripe B&T Duo
• Colonial White Cardstock scrap (for stamped image)
• Vineyard Berry Exclusive Inks Pad
• Baby Pink Exclusive Inks Pad
• 1-1/2” x 2” post-it note (divided into 1/4ths)
• coordinating ribbons
• Sparkles
• book ring
• Crop-A-Dile
• My Acrylix Stamp Set Love is in the Air (exclusively available in the Topstitch Workshop on the Go Kit)
• 2” x 2” acrylic block

Score the 3-1/4” x 2” piece of Chocolate Cardstock on the long side at 1-9/16” & 1-11/16”. Fold at score lines. Insert post-it notes and then punch hole using the Crop-A-Dile through all layers in the upper left corner.

Adhere the 3/4” x 2” piece of Topstitch Stripe B&T Duo to the 1” x 2” piece of Topstitch Heavenly Blue B&T Duo then adhere this to the front of the Chocolate Cardstock, centering it between the punched hole and the bottom.

Next you need to attach the book ring through the punched hole and tie some coordinating ribbon around the book ring.

Stamp the pinwheel image onto the Colonial White Cardstock scrap in Vineyard Berry ink then after you clean your stamp, turn it over on your block and stamp the back of the image on top of the previous image you stamped in Baby Pink ink. This will color in the stitching on the pinwheel stamp and give it a rich color.

Cut out and adhere the stamped image using a glue dot onto the front of the Chocolate Cardstock. And finally, adhere a large sparkle to the center of the pinwheel. Viola!

Be sure to check back later this evening for the January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop which goes live at 7p CT! There will be over 60 CTMH consultants sharing their projects using the January Stamp of the Month and I’m sure you will get to see a lot of new 2010 Spring product reveals before the 2010 Spring Idea Book goes live tomorrow, January 1st!

Happy New Year’s Eve & here’s to a amazingly blessed 2010!!!

Out with the Old/In with the New

Out with the Old & In with the New!

Close To My Heart 2010 Spring Idea Book Celebration

***Clearance Sale*** 

***Open House & Crop ***

***R.S.V.P. by 01/01/2010***

To Reserve Your 2010 Spring Idea Book

Saturday, January 2nd

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Come 'n Go or  Crop All Day

Pamela's Home @

6225 Bryka Rd, Christoval, TX

January is a very exciting time of year for Close To My Heart!

I would love for you to join me at my open house and crop this Saturday to celebrate with me the unveiling of the new 2010 Spring Idea Book & Catalog and National Papercrafting Month!

I will have a ton of retired/retiring product for sale that I no longer am in need of and it will be deeply discounted just for you! I would love it if you would help me get the OLD stuff out of here so I can get some NEW stuff to play with and to share with you! :O)  

Please make plans to join me for a wonderful time of fun, food, & fellowship with some of your OLD scrapbooking & stamping friends and you may make a NEW friend or two as well. It will also be a great time to catch up on some of your OLD personal projects or to create a few NEW projects from the make 'n takes I will have available for you!

Here is what you can expect when you R.S.V.P

by 01/01/2010:

Copy of the NEW

2010 Spring Idea Book & Catalog

Goodie Gift

Sneak Peek of Studio J!

Make 'n Take Projects

Refreshments

Croppin' Space

(space is limited...rsvp early!)

& Much More!

There will also be a number of ways for you to earn

tickets for the door prize drawing:

R.S.V.P = 1 Ticket

Create Make 'n Take = 2 Ticket

Reserve Your Crop Table = 5 Tickets

Purchase $15 of OLD Stuff =  10 Tickets

Purchase $30 of NEW Stuff = 15 Tickets

Purchase the Felicity Collection = 20 Tickets

Earn the Felicity Collection = 25 Tickets

Join a Scrapbook Club = 30 Tickets

Host a Home Gathering = 40 Tickets

Become a CTMH Consultant = 50 Tickets

Be prepared to earn more through out the day!

Tickets can only be earned 01/02/2010

to be eligible for the Door Prize Drawing.

Remember...R.S.V.P by 01/01/2010!

Call or Text Me @ (325) 656-3547

or Email Me @ pamela@myctmh.com

I hope to see you January 2nd!

Happy New Year & God Bless!

Pamela

Pamela O'Connor - CTMH Independent Consultant

Call or Text Me: (325) 656-3547

Email Me: pamela@myctmh.com

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Setting My Sights on 2010!

“Focus on Your Potential instead of Your Limitations” ~ Alan Loy McGinnis

2010 will be the year that I will FOCUS on my potential instead of my limitations.

Stay in Focus

by Michael Charles Messineo

Stay in focus on your goal, don’t let the outside win.
If your center tends to move, your focus surely spins.
One look back can’t change the past, but lets you twist the now.
March past doubters who are wrong, and show them closely how.
Interruptions come and go, distractions are the norm.
Stop and regroup, bend the course, create your special storm.
All around you moving slow, the influence looks real.
Marching forward stay ahead just break the rules then heal.

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To help me stay focused on the business goals I have set for myself in 2010 , I created this cute little 4x4 Easel Card that I can set on my desk to remind myself of my potential instead of my limitations.

Oh, if you haven’t noticed, I’m giving you a sneak peek at some of the fabulous new products from the 2010 Spring Idea Book that will go live on January 1, 2010! Be sure to check back January 1, 2010 for the January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop to see much more!

On this project, I used the darling new Topstitch Level 2 Paper Packet & My Stickease Assortment along with the new My Acrylix Stamp Set, Togetherness and the exclusive My Acrylix Stamp Set, Love is in the Air from the Topstitch Workshop on the Go Kit.

You probably would like to have the instructions to create your own Easel Card, right? Well, you can find the instructions by clicking on the thumbnail below…

Enjoy!

 

Christmas Wishes & Last Minute Gifts & Goodies

This adorable handmade card came in the mail a few days ago from my sweet friend & downline with Close To My Heart, Katy. She is so creative & it always brightens my day when I see her beautiful artwork, especially when it shows up in my mailbox!

Caitlyn & I have had a lot of fun the last few days making edible goodies for Christmas Eve. We made these yummy candy coated pretzels with peppermint sprinkles together and she also made some snowball cookies & sugar cookies for Santa.

I also spent some time this week making up these fun dry erase boards for a few of my best girlfriends. We meet together every week to encourage one another as we strive to live for Christ daily and follow in His footsteps. I can not put into words how grateful I am that God has put these wonderful women in my life. It fills my heart with joy to know they are always there for me when I need a word of encouragement, a shoulder to cry on or someone to listen to my ramblings. They are the best!

One of them loves to scrapbook as much as I do too so I thought it would be fun to fill in her to do list…

Now that looks like the perfect to do list to me! :O)

Merry CHRISTmas!

Merry CHRISTmas!

What a glorious time of year! We woke up this morning to snow in West Texas! I can hardly believe it. I’m pretty sure this is the first time I ever remember it really snowing this close to Christmas in West Texas. We had to move to Hobbs, NM one year for it to snow on Christmas Day…way back in 1991!

We have already had a pretty exciting and exhausting day and we haven’t even gone to the Christmas Eve Service at church yet. Here in just a bit we will do that and then my parents and my uncle and his boys will come over and the kids will get to open their presents. Tomorrow, after Santa comes, we will go over to Mike’s folks house and spend the afternoon with them.

Earlier today we went to town and picked up my grandmother, Poppi, and we all went to Ihop for lunch. The kids really enjoyed having chocolate chip pancakes for lunch. LOL!

The hostess took a great picture of us all…

When we were done at Ihop  we went back to grandma’s apartment to exchange gifts. Poppi gave Bevyn a Tinkerbell sleeping bag with a sleeping mask and night light. She was hilarious walking down the halls with the bag on her back like a backpack.

After leaving Poppi’s house, we went to the mall shopping and Bevyn walked through the whole mall with the sleeping mask on her head! Caitlyn got a bargin on a makeup set and some jewelry and Shaymus thought about buying Bevyn some Vans that look just like his…he still might, he said. LOL!

Well, it’s getting close to time for the Christmas Eve Service, so I better get ready.

May you each have a Blessed and Merry CHRISTmas!

The Gift that Keeps on Giving in 2010 & Beyond!

Give yourself the ultimate gift this season  when you start your own Close To My Heart business for as little as $99! 

Start your Close To My Heart business now and you'll:

• Get a jump start on the new year doing something you love to do. Now is the perfect time for new beginnings!
• Receive the New 2010 Spring Consultant Kit with the option to add-on both the Scrapbooking Bonus Kit & the Cardmaking Bonus Kit. They are filled with hundreds of dollars of our new 2010 product line.
• Show your family and friends how to celebrate their relationships through the art of scrapbooking & stamping.
• Earn $650+ in cash & free product by working  just 6 nights as a New Consultant through our Straight to the Top Program!*
• Have the option of signing up for a My CTMH Tier II website & we’ll waive the $24.95 one-time set-up fee**
• Receive all the support, training & rewards that our team of Consultants enjoy from Close To My Heart & myself!

*Figures based on CTMH home gathering average of $300 sales; STTT Program = earn $25 free product for $300 sales first month, $125 additional for $1800 total sales in three months. Grand total earnings of $150 free product (more than the cost of the basic consultant kit!!)

**When you sign up for a MyCTMH Tier II website by 12/31/09, we’ll waive the $24.95 US one-time set-up fee. Now it’s more affordable than ever to offer your customers round-the-clock online shopping as well as Studio J™ online design software when it launches in early spring. Prepare yourself now for a host of new, excited customers anxious to try Studio J by signing up during this promotion!

Unwrap your gift today!

New Spring 2010 Consultant Kit - $99

(Click here to see all the details)

Scrapbooking Bonus Kit - $60

Cardmaking Bonus Kit - $50

  

Click Here to Sign Up Today!

I Love What I Do & So Can You in 2010!

Let Me Show You How Today!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year,

Pamela

Online Clearance Sale Ends 12/17!

 

Online Clearance Sale Ends Thursday, Dec 17th!

Click on the picture above to shop online now for incredible savings! Stamp sets starting at $2, $100 Grab Bag for only $30, Scrapbook Kits & Paper Packets, Accessories & lots more!

Only $5 shipping on orders of $100 or more, so collect orders from your friends to save on shipping if you need to!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Make Your Plans to Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with Felicity!

Happiness is sure to be yours as you enjoy these beautiful papers and delightful stamps. Close To My Heart has included a charming array of ideas to spark your imagination and take your papercrafting joy to new heights.

The Felicity Collection features decorative die-cut paper, three gorgeous color schemes, and a D-size stamp set that includes flowers, flourishes, argyle, birds, and an entire alphabet!

Close To My Heart has also including a color brochure with a collection of stunning scrapbooking & papercrafting artwork ideas that you can re-create!

This collection has a retail value of $34.95 US. You can buy it outright, or get it FREE!

There are two ways to qualify for a FREE Felicity Collection:

• Purchase a minimum of $60 US in full-retail priced stamp sets (A, B, C, D, and E-size). (Excludes Stamp of the Month, Art & Soul®, Workshops on the Go™, and customizable (K) stamp sets.)
• Place an order of $125 US or more in full-retail priced Close To My Heart products. 

The campaign also has enticing opportunities for hostesses and new Consultants. Hostesses get the package FREE with a Home Gathering sales total of $400 US or more, and New Consultants who join Close To My Heart between January 1–31 will receive the package FREE in their New Consultant Kit.

Celebrate with the Felicity Collection today by contacting me to schedule your home gathering or catalog party in January!

Campaign Dates:
Customers and Hostesses: December 15, 2009—January 31, 2010
New Consultants: January 1–31, 2010

Limit of one FREE kit per order, which includes part numbers CC1008, CC1008A, or CC1008B. Standard shipping
and handling is charged on full retail value. Tax may apply. While supplies last.

Click HERE to order from MyCTMH website 24/7!

Surprise Yourself with a Grab Bag of Goodies!

There are still some incredible deals to be had at http://pamela.myctmh.com!

Check out the

Holiday Heyday Online Clearance Sale

to find something sweet to put under the Christmas tree or to stuff into a stocking for yourself or your crafty friends & family.

***Great Idea***

Buy yourself a

GRAB BAG full of over $100 in Close To My Heart products for ONLY $30!

When it arrives at your front door, DO NOT OPEN IT!!!

Gift wrap it with a pretty bow and tag and put it under the Christmas tree for yourself or a friend or family member.

What a wonderful surprise gift!!!

You never know what you might get, but here is what one lucky lady got in hers…

Now do not wait any longer!

These fantastic deals are only good through December 17th or while supplies last!

Shop early for the best deals and to get yours before Christmas!

Sweet Christmas Blessings to YOU!