Hearts for Haiti

I'm excited to announce the Close To My Heart's February Constant Campaign, Hearts for Haiti - where customers can get a great deal while doing good for those affected by the devastation in Haiti.

From February 1-28, 2010, our 12"x12" textured cardstock combo packs are buy one, get one FREE - and with every offer purchased, Close To My Heart will donate $2 US to Operation Smile's Haiti Releif efforts.

Operation Smile is always a fantastic charitable partner - offering free facial reconstruction surgeries to needy children throughout the world. They've currently marshaled their medical teams and resources to provide emergancy relief in Haiti, and the donations given as part of Hearts for Haiti will be used exclusively for Operation Smile's efforst in Haiti. For more information on their on-the-ground response, you can visit www.operationsmile.org/haiti.

CTMH Textured Cardstock - Buy one get one free

X5747 Textured Basic $14.95

Bamboo, black, chocolate, cocoa, colonial white, and desert sand

X5681 Spring Harmony $14.95

Amethyst, baby pink, heavenly blue, key lime, sunkiss yellow, and taffy

X5745 Textured Celebration $14.95

Bubblegum, citrus leaf, dutch blue, topiary, and watermelon

X5669 Textured Harvest $14.95

Autumn terracotta, barn red, new england ivy, outdoor denim, pansy purple, and sunflower

X 5670 Textured Winter Cozy $14.95

Blush, crystal blue, honey, petal, sweet leaf and twilight

X5671 Textured Daisy White $12.95

Please let me know if ou want in on this awesome deal.

True Friends

Like what you see? You can buy it here. . . or earn it at a discount or even FREE. But hurry, its only available through the end of January.

National Papercrafting Month 2010

You still have time to get this darling collection. Contact me for more info. Leave a comment and I'll get back to you.

Holiday Heyday

Need some EASY gift ideas for the paper lovers in your life? Then look no further. . . .

SIT BACK AND RELAX. I T ’S OK TO START YOUR HOLIDAY
shopping a little late this year, because the best deals start in December! You can buy everyone on your list a gift and stock up on much-needed supplies, leaving you time to enjoy the festivities!

Beginning December 2*, you’ll want to get in on the amazing deals like My Acrylix® stamp sets from $2 and My Refl ections® paper packets from $5. But that’s not all—we have “grab bags”
for $30, each fi lled with over $100 in retail products! Plus, great shipping deals on orders over $100. These products are only available while supplies last, so mark your calendar and be the
first to fill your shopping cart!

*Sale continues through December 17 or while supplies last. Shipping/handling: US orders of $100+ have a flat rate shipping of $5 US. Canada and non-continental US orders of $150+ have a fl at rate shipping of $10 US/ 12.50 CAN. Tax is charged based on discounted amount.

Peace on Earth

This is my Christmas Card this year. Its in a DVD envelope with a Christmas DVD inside. The tree and text are embossed with a glittery green.

Merry Christmas!

I hope you enjoy this card idea.

Christmas Gift Idea

This is the gift we are making for some of the men in our family this year. . . I just hope they aren't all regular readers of my blog. :-)

I used a 5"x7" photo as the base and printed the text on a piece of vellum and centered that over the photo. Pretty easy and a nice gift, too.

Home Sweet Home

Here it is! The November Stamp of the Month!

Think of all the fun themes you can do with these. . . . IE

"Home for the Holidays"

"No place like home". . of if you have just moved

"Our new home"

Do you have other ideas?

Share your idea by leaving a comment.

You can earn this set for FREE with a $100 purchase. SHOP HERE!

I am Thankful for. . . . .

. . . . my family, music, paper and STAMPS! If you are thankful for stamps, too you may want to participate in STAMPAGANZA!
Stamp sets make a great gift for you, your stamping friends or family members. Just buy two and GET ONE FREE!

Before and After

This morning my friend Julie and I put together these pages. This is a great idea when you want to do a layout with a "Before and After" Theme.

We chose one picture to highlight (the large 5x7 in the upper left corner), added before and after pictures in the bottom right corner (later we stamped "Before" and "After" above the photos) the yellow square we kept blank to add journaling and then. . . . .

. . . . used wallet sized pictures to show the progression of the the project. Added some ribbon, buttons and a bitty brad for embellishment.

Pretty great idea I think! Well done Julie!

Idea adapted from a pattern in IMAGINE by Jeanette Lynton.

Scrapbooking vs. Therapy

Sometimes life gets little hectic for me. . there always seems to be something to do. Often I think that I really want to scrapbook, but that I don't have enough time. Well yesterday I took a few minutes to work on some layouts while my youngest little ones were napping. I am so glad that I did because even though I only had about 20-30 minutes to use, I felt so rejuvenated afterwards. I felt refreshed was ready to face the rest of the day.

Other things that I think are therapeutic. . .

* a massage
* a date with my husband OUT of the house
* exercising
* playing the piano . . . loudly
* when someone else makes dinner
* doing something nice for someone else
* watching Close To My Heart TV
* making cards with friends
* laughing
* playing in the water outside with my kids

and my favorite therapy. . . . .

BEING GRATEFUL!