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)

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!

Cricut Class on Friday 2/21!

You're invited to join us this Friday, February 21st at 6:00pm

for our monthly CRICUT CLASS!

This month we're making this fun little Cupcake Box!

At 3" tall, this box is the perfect size to hold a cupcake or ANY little gift/birthday goodies you can think of.  Each class attendee can make their choice of 1, 2, or 3 of these boxes with me for just $2.50 each (limit of 3 per person this time please).  IF there are extras left-over, then you will be allowed to make/purchase more than three...while supplies last.

We will cut and create everything you see here using the CTMH Artiste Cricut collection...and you will go home with these adorable and ready-to-fill gift boxes!

PLEASE BRING your adhesive, a straight-edge ruler, and a bone folder tool
(if you have one).  SPACE IS LIMITED to just 8 guests,
so please RSVP ASAP to guarantee your spot! :)

"Whooo's Your Valentine?" Blog Hop!!

Thank you for stopping by to enjoy our Blog Hop featuring

our newest kit just released to help us celebrate

National Paper-crafting Month in January...

Whooo's Your Valentine?!!
 
If you've just arrived here from Heather's blog then you are on the correct path.
  

While this kit makes fun little Valentine's gifts when used as shown (3rd image below), I thought it would be fun to show you how you can change it up just a little and use it to create Christmas-y treats to give this holiday season as well!  I simply stuffed the tube with peppermint candies and used a little Colonial White and Olive Green cardstock that I already had on hand (ink colors I used are Black, Cranberry, Olive, and Saddle).  I cut the Christmas Tree from Colonial White cardstock (AP cartridge at 3") and the Holly Leaves from Olive cardstock (AP cartridge at 1.75").  3-D foam mounting tape gives many of my elements some dimension and I topped it off with a little bit of Burlap Ribbon and Red Sparkles (adhesive gems).

My husband Jose and I will be celebrating our 18th wedding anniversary on December 17th, so I thought this would be a nice little gift for me to give him along with a few other things, next week.

Front view (below) 

Top view (below)

 

This darling kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for only $10 when you spend $35 or more on any Close To My Heart products from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book between December 13th and January 31, 2013.  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.  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!

 

Here are some examples of what you might create with your kit:

 
Here are the images that come in the stamp set that is included:

 

Now you can continue on with our Blog Hop to be inspired by more creativity using this kit and/or stamp set by visiting Fancy Melissa's blog next! Enjoy!!

Last day of school Teacher Cards and Gifts!!

Today is the last day of school for my 6th grader (Isabelle) and my 3rd grader (Wendy)! We were so blessed to have such excellent teachers again this past year. Isabelle actually had two teachers (Ms. Korsak and Miss J Nelson) and Wendy had just one (Mrs. R Nelson) for a total of three gifts to give...so these are the gifts we came up with for them:
 

  

They are getting Scentsy Layers Body Butter and Hand Cream (smells so yummy)!

 

 

Here are all three gifts together!

 

  

 ...and finally a close-up view of the card we made for them! 

 

Emily had her last day of school yesterday. She played her piccolo with the band at graduation last night and she is so excited to now be officially a "Junior" in high school! My 7th grader (Jose Jr.) is playing his saxophone with the band today at the 8th grade graduation at the Junior High (can't believe he'll be an 8th grader promoting next year)! Juan Steven is enjoying a special play day at the park with his pre-school class today complete with a bounce house and train rides - he was so excited for that! Juan Steven (age 4) still has a few more weeks of pre-school left to attend before we will ALL be home together for the summer! I just LOVE this time of year!! :)

Valentine's Day Countdown - Day 11

For day 11 of the Valentine's Day Countdown blog hop, I'm sharing this cute little Ghirardelli Chocolate holder/pocket card. This pocket card features the Sophia X7131B papers with Bunny Love B1324 and In the month of February C1403 stamps. I'll be back again soon to share all the cutting dimensions with you!

Valentine's Day Countdown - Day 9

I'm sorry I haven't been able to post any new ideas for the Valentine's Day Countdown blog hop these past three days! Between helping my kids finish up their science fair projects that are due this week and being sick (again!), I've been struggling to squeeze in any creative time over the past few days. I am thrilled to be back to posting again today though, and I hope you will enjoy this very easy but super cool idea! It's so simple, just cover a pack of gum (with matchbox-style packaging - the kind that slides out from a sleeve) with your favorite background and texture paper and embellish! You could use stamping, but for this particular design I used only paper and My Stickease (adhesive die-cut stickers) from the NEW Sophia My Reflections kit X7131B and X7131C.
Before and After pics (above)
Here's a photo of all the supplies I used to dress-up my sweet little gift (above). For now, you can still purchase the recently retired "Tiny Tabs" I used, online here from my myctmh website for just $2 a pack (49% off) during our special "while supplies last" clearance sale! I ordered a few extra packs of Tiny Tabs last week, so if you live locally and are in need of some really quick (since V-day is less than a week away) feel free to let me know and I can get some to you for your own creating fast! I found that our local dollar store has this type of gum available in packs of 4 for just $1 each, so these could easily make for some affordable little Valentine's Day gifts the kids could give out to their friends and/or teacher's at school. It's also a great way to use up left-over My Stickease and paper scraps while making each and every one you create unique! I will be back again tomorrow to share another creative idea for Valentine's Day, so I hope you will come back and visit my blog again soon as we continue on with the countdown!