December Events (Plus online sale of Gift Tag Workshop Kits!!)

JOIN US for any of my upcoming events in December!!

LAST CHANCE to make ANY of the Christmas Cards

I've offered in recent months and/or ANY of my newest card

designs (shown below) will be at these CREATE DATES:

Saturday 12/10* (10am-5pm)

*bring a potluck dish to share!

Sunday 12/11 (1pm-5pm)

Monday 12/12 (9am-Noon)

Create these beautiful layouts (below) with this month's 

Oh, Deer! Scrapbooking Workshop Kit

on any of these dates:

(RSVP required by 12/12 to guarantee

your kit will arrive in time for 12/19):

Monday 12/19 (9am-Noon)

Friday 12/30 (6pm-9pm)

Saturday 12/31* (10am-5pm)

*bring a potluck dish to share!

AND finally...

I'm most excited to announce my first ever!

WORKSHOP KIT 

(with instruction file)

THAT IS AVAILABLE

FOR PURCHASE ONLINE!!

(local customers can join me to participate in-person

on Friday 12/16 (6pm-9pm) for just $15!)

“PERFECT PRESENTS” GIFT TAG WORKSHOP!

Each Workshop Kit option that I’m offering (listed below) includes ALL of the pre-cut papers needed to make 12 Gift Tags (2 each of 6 designs), plus the pre-cut and pre-scored cardstock to create the Display Tray (with the cellophane gift bag and cranberry ribbon as shown!) All wrapped up, these will make great little gifts!!

*All coloring, assembly, and embellishing is completely up to you!

**All online kits will be ready to begin mailing on Monday, December 12th!!

THREE ways to participate:

1).  For fellow Consultants and Customers (U.S. residents only) who may already own most of the items on the “Supply List” (below) necessary to complete this workshop:

$10 Pre-Cut Paper Kit with the Instructions file emailed to you!

            (papers only, embellishments not included!) TWO kits for $18

$12 Pre-Stamped Paper Kit with Instructions file emailed to you!

(papers are stamped for you, embellishments not included!)

TWO kits for $22

PayPal your payment (friends/family) to:  StampwithJen@ymail.com

2).  Use the “Supply List” (below) to determine which supplies you want/need to purchase to complete this workshop, and order them from me online at:

www.StampwithJen.ctmh.com

A $25+ Online Order from my website gets you:

ONE Pre-Cut Paper Kit mailed to you

and the Instructions file emailed to you!

A $50+ Online Order from my website gets you:

TWO Pre-Cut Paper Kits mailed to you

and the Instructions file emailed to you!

3).  Local Customers can join me for an in-person workshop on Friday 12/16 (6-9pm)!

$15 per Pre-cut Kit includes all of the embellishments!! Plus the use of my stamps, inks, markers, and tools. *Bring your own tape-runner adhesive.

SUPPLY LIST:

D1697  Perfect Presents Stamp Set ($17.95)

Z899  Black Memento™ Ink Pad ($7.95)

Z2816  Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad ($7.95)

Z2850  Fern Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad ($7.95)

Z1979 Black Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen ($3.25)

Z2448  Carmine ShinHan™ Touch Twin Marker ($5.95)

Z2454  Leaf Green ShinHan™ Touch Twin Marker ($5.95)

Z2463  Sap Green ShinHan™ Touch Twin Marker ($5.95)

Z2465  Turquoise Blue ShinHan™ Touch Twin Marker ($5.95)

Z4014  White & Gold Twine ($2.95)

Z3093  Fern Thick Twine ($3.95)

Z3274  Clear Sparkles ($2.95)

Y1009  2” x 3.5” My Acrylix® Block ($8.95)

Y1000  1” x 1” My Acrylix® Block ($4.95)

Z1999  1” Circle Punch ($9.95)

Hole Punch (I prefer the smaller hole on my Crop-A-Dile)

For my CTMH consultant friends planning to host your own workshop(s) for customers, you do have my permission to print and share the instruction pages with them (but please no sharing and/or selling of this file beyond that). Thank you :)

Suggested PAPERS needed to prepare 7.5 workshop kits*

*Easily substitute similar papers/colors as desired if you don’t have the exact papers shown.

1 “City Sidewalks” Paper Packet (X7213B)

Cricut-cut 1 sheet each of Lagoon and Willow B&T Duos.

2 sheets Black Cardstock (1386)

5-6 sheets Colonial White Cardstock (1388) (or substitute White Daisy 1385)

1 sheet Cranberry Cardstock (1272)

9 sheets Fern* Cardstock (X5777)

Cricut-cut only 2 sheets!

1 full sheet (times 7) is needed to make each Display Box/Tray.

*Please note: I used Olive cardstock (a retired color) for some of my kits sold and for the samples shown here because I have a lot to use up and it matches closely enough to me.

1 sheet Glacier Cardstock (X5770)

1 sheet Kraft Cardstock (Z1375) (or substitute “Rustic Home Fundamentals” Z3262)

1 sheet Timberline Bulk B&T duos (retired X7182B) (or substitute “Rustic Home Fundamentals” Z3262)
2 sheets White Pines Bulk B&T duos (retired X7200B) (or substitute any Red patterned paper)

December SOTM Blog Hop featuring Thoughtful Flowers!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

Thoughtful Flowers S1612

If you've just arrived here from

NANCY's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.
If you get lost along the way, you can find
a complete list of all of the participating
consultant blogs here on MELINDA's BLOG.

My first standard-size card features the Oh Deer! papers 
with Cocoa and Fern cardstocks. Flowers were stamped
with a Memento Black Ink Pad and colored with
Carmine and Sap Green markers.

I love the variety of so many different kinds of flowers

included in this stamp set! I'm not sure if the specific flower

stamp I used on my first card (above) was intended to be 

a poinsettia (as it could easily be colored to look

otherwise), but I wanted it to be a poinsettia, so I hope

that my attempt to make it look like one worked, lol.

Update: On Friday 12/2, I just couldn't stop creating

and ended up making a few more cards 

using just a little bit more of the Oh Deer!

papers with (retired) Blossom papers (X7196B).

The ShinHan Touch Twin Marker colors I used here

(below) include: Golden Yellow, Lavender, Leaf Green, 

Light Orange, Marigold, Peacock Blue, Peony 

Purple, and Turquoise Blue.

Now you can continue on with the hop,
and be inspired by more creativity
using this stamp set by visiting
DONNA's BLOG next!
Enjoy the hop!!

Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our
Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop!

Today, 23 consultant artists are sharing

artwork they've created using this, the 
newest Cricut cartridge/collection

only from Close to my Heart!

Just in time for our
CYBER MONDAY promotion...
When you spend $30 on retail-price product,
you can purchase any one of our Cricut collections
at 30% off!! The sale starts Monday, November 28th,
at midnight (MST) and 11pm (pacific).
Here's the link to shop with me:
www.StampwithJen.ctmh.com

If you've just arrived here from
KRISTA's BLOG
then you are on the correct path.

The standard-size card I created (above) features the Oh Deer! papers (X7214B) with Cocoa, Desert Sand, and Fern cardstocks. I especially love the look of the three silver sequins stacked on top of one another and finished off with a clear sparkle.

The wreath was cut at 2.75"

The holly, stems, and sprigs were cut at 1.5"

Now you can continue on with the hop,

and be inspired by more creativity
using Flower Market by visiting
CAT's BLOG next!
Enjoy the hop!!

November Cards, Giftables, and Layouts (featuring mostly City Sidewalks!)

For my local peeps, we still have two more CREATE DATES left this month!! If you want to join us to make any of the cards/goodies I've designed for November (shown below!), you can still plan to join us just after Thanksgiving on Saturday 11/26 (10am-5pm potluck) and/or Sunday 11/27 (1pm-5pm). PLEASE RSVP and let me know which date you plan to join us by leaving a comment here, on Facebook, or by calling/texting me at 760-220-0683.

 Cards featuring the Stamps of the Month! (October and November)

 Cards featuring City Sidewalks papers

Cards featuring Oh Deer! papers and Thin Cuts

Hand-stamped Snowman Treat Tubes (filled with Rolo's and/or Kisses)!!

Let me show you how to create these for just $2.00 each (chocolate included).

Cricut-cut Reindeer Stocking with a Candy Cane inside!!

(Designed by my super-talented upline/team-leader, 

Denise Anderson-Turley, of www.DelightfulDenise.com).

Let me show you how to create these for just $1.50 each.

Lastly, here are the City Sidewalks Scrapbooking layouts (below) that my scrapbooking workshop participants are making with me this month also! It's not too late to order additional kits (for Nov. 26/27th) if anyone else wants to join us! (as long as you rsvp to me by the evening of Sunday 11/20!!) Just $30 per kit (pre-cut for you by me) to create the three 12x12 festive Christmas layouts shown here!

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

New Year's Cheer S1611

If you've just arrived here from

DONNA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.
If you get lost along the way, you can find
a complete list of all of the participating
consultant blogs here on MELINDA's BLOG.

This month I created a standard-size card using the
Cut Above Fiesta Card Kit (Z3222) for my card base.
*(This retired item is still available for purchase
here online for a limited time, while supplies last).
I also used Black, Lagoon, Peacock, and Whisper ink pads
to do the stamping. Embellished with clear sparkles, silver
shimmer trim, and mini staples (all from CTMH!).

Now you can continue on with the hop,
and be inspired by more creativity
using this stamp set by visiting
MICHELLE's BLOG next!
Enjoy the hop!!

October Cards and Layouts (and one bonus card) featuring Swan Lake!!

 THANK YOU to my lovely creative friends
who joined us for card class on Saturday evening 10/8!
(Sandra, Gloria, Jackie, Debbie, and Carolyn)!
As usual, I had a great time with you ladies!

These are the four new card designs I'm offering for the
making during October (plus one bonus card I just added)!
There are still two more dates this month to join us to make
any of these cards (or others from my pre-cut card buffet).

Upcoming October dates still include...

an all-day CREATE DATE and potluck

on Saturday 10/15 (10am-5pm)

and an afternoon CREATE DATE 

on Sunday 10/23 (1pm-5pm).

Swan Lake Scrapbooking workshop participants

will also be joining our card-makers 

to create their pages on these dates, so I expect a full

house, bustling with fun and laughter, on each date!

It's not too late to plan to join us if you want to

(please contact me to RSVP ASAP
though, as space is limited)!!

The bonus card (above), I designed for my friend Gloria, since she is in need of a "Retirement Card" soon. The "Happy For You" stamp set (C1660) shown here, includes a great variety of congratulatory sentiments that might be useful to you if you know anyone who has retired, been promoted or taken on a new job, graduated, adopted a child, welcomed a new baby, and/or moved into a new home. This stamp set is also available to purchase with sentiments in Spanish and/or French if you'd prefer! Gloria, you can expect to get one of these cards in your mailbox from me very soon! Enjoy!!

Lastly, here are the Swan Lake Scrapbooking layouts (below) that my scrapbooking workshop participants will be making with me this month as well! It's not too late for me to order additional kits (for the 23rd) if anyone else wants to join us!! Just $30 per kit (pre-cut for you by me) to create the three lovely Fall 12x12 layouts shown here!
  

Spread the Love Operation Smile Blog Hop! (featuring the "True Love" stamp set - D1711)

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our
Spread the Love
Operation Smile Blog Hop!

Today, 15 consultant artists are sharing

artwork they've created using this stamp set

available NOW through the end of July 2017
only from Close to my Heart!

When you purchase this stamp set 

(True Love - D1711) for $17.95,
a $7.00 donation will be given to
Operation Smile, our affiliated charity!
(Learn more at OperationSmile.org).

If you've just arrived here from
SHEILA's BLOG
then you are on the correct path.

I just adore this stamp set! It inspires so many creative possibilities, but I'll start by sharing just one card I've designed with it for now. This Standard-size card features the Swan Lake papers (X7212B). All images are stamped with a Black memento ink pad (Z899) and colored in with Shin Han Touch Twin Markers (Barely Beige for skin, Golden Yellow girls hair, Marigold boys hair, Turquoise Blue dress, Warm Grey 4 on the heart & boys shirt). SPECIAL TIP:  To achieve the "Peacock" color on the small balloon & boys shorts I simply colored them in with a Marine Blue marker first, then colored a second layer on top of that color with Peacock Green!...Super easy!!

Finally, I couldn't decide which side of the Poppy B&T duos paper I liked the best, so here's a view of the card (below) shown both ways. I love that it's so easy to simply flip our patterned papers over for another option whenever we want to change the design up just a little bit. The top card is perfect for giving in the Summer/Fall, while the bottom card looks more appropriate for Valentine's Day.

Now you can continue on with hop...

and be inspired by more creativity

using this stamp set by visiting

GINA's BLOG next!

Enjoy the hop!!

  

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

THANK YOU for stopping by to enjoy our

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

featuring this month's SOTM:

Yuletide Joy S1610

If you've just arrived here from 

KRISTA's BLOG

then you are on the correct path.

This month I created a variety of three different cards with the City Sidewalks paper pack (X7213B) that features the following colors: Black, Cranberry, Lagoon, Peacock, White Daisy, and Willow. All images are stamped with a Black Memento ink pad (Z899) and colored in with Shin Han Touch Twin Markers (Leaf Green, Peacock Green, and Carmine). Cards are embellished with Black Shimmer Ribbon (Z4012), Black Shimmer Trim (Z1809), and green and blue Epoxy Bubbles (Z1806 retired).

  

 

Now you can continue on with the hop...
and be inspired by more creativity
using this stamp set by visiting
MELISSA's BLOG next! Enjoy the hop!!