Studio J Layouts

I hope everyone survived Sandy and is safe and sound. It was very windy here, but not too much damage, Thank Goodness.

It has been quite a while since I posted, but time seems to have gotten away from me. I hope everyone was able to take advantage of the October Special and get your free layout. Here are my layouts. I will be getting them soon to place in my book.  I am so glad we have Studio J.  I was able to put these 10 layouts together in 2 days. I think I would have been able to get them done faster if my server was faster at downloading my pictures.

If anyone is interested in learning more about Studio J, please let me know and I will be happy to show you how you can use Studio J for your own layouts. You can also go to my website to try it for FREE.

 

Thanks for looking. Hope to hear from you soon.

Adding Color To Your Crafts

 

Check out the new video from CTMH. I hope this inspires you.

 

 

 

August Happenings

I hope everyone is having a great summer. It has gone by so fast. I just wanted to let everyone know of all the exciting specials being offered by Close To My Heart this month. I dont want anyone to miss out.

First, there is still time to JOIN MY TEAM!

When you become a new Consultant in August, you will receive a free Damask Tote Bag (retail value $50), while supplies last. This handy, attractive tote with the Close To My Heart logo lets everyone know you are a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant — with class and style! Choose the $49 New Consultant Essentials Kit or the $99 Master Kit which includes more supplies and tools, and we will send you a tote bag free — only in August and only while supplies last.

Next, starting today:

Celebrate your everyday moments with the My Acrylix^® It’s Your Day double stamp set. Get it for just $5 with your qualifying purchase.

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are offering a double stamp set! You can get the exclusive 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. With a retail value of $35.90, this set drastically increases the value of your qualifying purchase. Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new It’s Your Day double stamp set!

The HUGE WEBSITE CLEARANCE is still going on! Huge discounts on While Supplies Last items on my website

AND

If you make a $50 purchase from me this month, I will enter your name in my contest to win the new Cricut Artiste Cartridge Bundle (retail $99). See my blog for details.

I will be at the Reisterstown No Frills Crop Saturday, Sept 8 10am-8pm $8, contact Barb at barbsretired@comcast.net for more info.

The Hiss Church Fundraiser Crop Sept 28-29 Fri 6pm-10pm and Sat 9am-4pm. Contact Sue Crue at gstrp1429@aol.com for more info.

This year we will be making the Christmas Cards featured in the Pear and Partridge Card Workshop Oct. 13 in Reisterstown. You will receive instructions and materials to create 15 beautiful cards (5 each of 3 designs) for $35.

I ask that you pre-pay if you are interested.

You will need adhesive, scissors, paper trimmer and piercing tool. I will provide the inks and other stamp sets if you prefer a different image.

If anyone needs a copy of the new Idea Book, I will be happy to send one to you. You pay for postage and handling and I will include a $5 coupon for your future purchase. If you are interested in earning FREE product by hosting a Workshop or Gathering of your own, please let me know and I will be happy to assist you.

Thanks everyone. I hope to hear from you soon.

Win A FREE Cricut Artiste Collection

How would you like to win your very own Artiste Cricut Collection for FREE? To celebrate the launch of Close To My Heart's new Fall/Winter Idea Book and new Artiste Cricut Cartridge I have a bundle to give away to one lucky person.

To enter, place a $50 product order with me from August 1-31, 2012 and your name will be entered into a drawing for the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.  You will receive an entry for every $50 product order. For example, if you place a $100 product order, you will receive 2 entries, $150-3 entries and so on. Product order excludes taxes and shipping costs.

If you are wondering, “What in the world is an Artiste Cricut Collection?” I must say that it contains the most amazing Cricut cartridge I have seen yet. Just like the incredible Art Philosophy Collection, this one will take your creativity over the top! With 698 exclusive images (and a square and a circle), the cartridge features themed projects, interactive cards, awards, and more! From robots and spooks to wedding and Valentines, your cupcake liners, invitations, and party favors will coordinate and quickly come together for any celebration! Cutting and assembling the MANY 3-D items is a snap using the projects reference chart and separate, step-by-step assembly book.

The Artiste Collection includes:

• 1 – Cartridge (with 700 exclusive images including themed projects, cards, font, shapes, cupcake liners, accordion and rolled flowers, and TONS of 3-D boxes, purses, and other items)
• 3 – new D-Sized coordinating stamp sets
• 3 – sheets of coordinating chipboard shapes (with speech bubbles, a mini album, and lots of banner shapes)
• 1 – project reference guide
• 1 – step-by-step assemble book

Check out all of these great shapes including 50+ boxes, bags, tags, sentiments, banners, borders, a font, 50+ different cards and coordinating envelopes, 18 cupcake liners, 3-D flowers and rosettes, 3-D bows, and 100s more incredible images that coordinate with CTMH stamp sets!

Click here to download the full color Artiste handbook.

Click here to download the full color assembly instruction book.

Plus, don’t forget that when you purchase the Cricut Artiste Collection, you’ll also receive three exclusive D-size stamp sets and three sets of Dimensional Elements (chipboard) designed to perfectly coordinate with images on the cartridge. That’s a retail value of nearly $125 for just for $99!

 And,  if you can’t wait until September 1st to see if you won, order the Collection now and if you win, I will reimburse you $99 for the full cost of the bundle!

I will post the winner here on my blog on Saturday, September 1st. I will also email the winner. He/She will have (1) week to contact me or I will choose a new winner.

Thanks for visiting and good luck!

This giveaway will close at midnight (Eastern Time) on August 31st. The winner will be announced on September 1st.

Please note that this giveaway is sponsored by Susan Acheson and not by the Close to my Heart Corporate office or any other Consultant.

New Cricut Artiste

I am so happy to announce Close To My Heart will have a new Cricut Cartridge, Artiste, available for purchase August 1, 2012.

Click here for images.

The new Cricut® Artiste collection takes your creativity over the top! With 700 images, the

cartridge features themed projects, interactive cards, awards, and more. From robots and spooks

to weddings and Valentines, your cupcake liners,invitations, and party favors will coordinate and quickly come together for any celebration!Cutting and assembling the numerous 3-D items is a snap

using the project reference chart and separate, step-by-step assembly booklet.When you purchase the Cricut® Artiste collection, you’ll get three coordinating exclusive stamp sets and three Dimensional Elements 12" x 9" sheets that will help your artwork come to life, transforming the ordinary into amazing!

Contact me today to get the entire collection—with a retail value of nearly $125—for just $99!

 

New Home Decor Workshops

Check out the video featuring our new Home Decor Workshops available in the Fall/Winter Idea Book August 1, 2012.

New Idea Book

The new Fall/Winter Idea Book is available now with new products available for order August 1. Contact me to reserve your copy.