January Specials - CTMH Kick of to 2021

Hello Fellow Crafters!

I am not sure if you have seen the newest CTMH catalog, but there are some super cute, fun projects shown! We also have some great special projects available right now!

I am currently $60 shy of my goal for the month of January and would love to help you find some fun things to work on for your spring projects. Please look through the images for some ideas and let me know what I can do to help.

 

Check out my website Here: ericawalsh.closetomyheart.com

Happy Crafting!
-E

Perfect Match

Papercrafting and Valentine’s Day are a match made in heaven, and the Perfect Match collection has everything you need to make absolutely gorgeous love-themed artwork! This stunning collection features a new paper packet and sticker sheet, the My Acrylix® Perfect Match stamp set, and adorable mini heart accents! You can even save 20% when you purchase these amazing products in the Perfect Match Product Bundle or the Perfect Match Workshop Kit!

NPM Home Sweet Home

Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with a beautiful wood frame designed for year-round décor! This adorable paper crafting project allows you to decorate a wood frame with a wooden “Home” sentiment and a variety of interchangeable accent pieces for every season

and holiday.

Goodbye 20, Hello 21

The start of a new year is the perfect time to begin your Close To My Heart Maker journey! From January 1 through January 31, the already low enrollment fee has been reduced to just $20, with $21 CTMH Cash at sign-up! After joining, be sure to also get the Business Basics Bundle—which contains a few essential business supplies—for just $15 with free shipping*. This incredible offer is only available during the month of January, so if you’ve been thinking about signing up as a Maker, now is the time!

BBMP Blossom

Enjoy a blast from the past with the return of Blossom, one of our most popular paper collections! The Blossom collection features the same classic paper designs that made it popular the first time it was available, with a refreshed color palette and several coordinating products, including a new sticker sheet, a coordinating cardstock packet, and two My Acrylix® stamp sets—one originally available with this collection, and one new, exclusive stamp set with coordinating Thin Cuts! Get all of these items and more at a 20% discount with the Blossom Workshop Bundle!

VIP Project

Join us for our exclusive VIP Customer workshop, We Are Good Together! This workshop will be featured in our very first VIP Customer virtual crafting event on February 25! This workshop is only available to our VIP Customers and Makers and contains all the materials you need to create 3 gorgeous 12" x 12" scrapbooking layouts and 10 fabulous cards! Make sure to order your workshop kit early in preparation for this exciting event! Not a VIP Customer? Let me know you would like to sign up.

Happiness Is

Bring a ray of sunshine to scrapbook pages, cards, and any other paper crafts when you work with this cheerful paper collection and its coordinating products.

Hand Sanitizer Wrap

Bath and Bodyworks 

Hand Sanitizer Wrap (pocketbac)

This was a cute gift I shared with my coworkers this year! Fitting for 2020.

Materials:
Solid cardstock
Patterned cardstock
Paper Trimmer
Scoring Tool (scoreboard, or bone folder and trimmer)
Adhesive
5/8” circle punch
Corner rounder
Small Velcro dot
Stamp/Decoration for top edge (Optional)

Instructions:
Cut 2” by 11 5/8” strip of solid cardstock

Score at: 1”, 3 ¼”, 4 ¼”, 7 ½”, & 8 ½”

From the edge with the 1” score line, punch a circle in the center of that section.
On the other end of the strip, round the corners

Cut patterned paper pieces with the dimensions:
2”x 1 ¾”
3” x 1 ¾”
2 7/8” x 1 ¾” – round corners on one end

Adhere 2” patterned piece to section next to circle.
Adhere 3” patterned piece to center section, pay attention to orientation if your pattern is directional.
Adhere 2 7/8” patterned piece to rounded end.

Fold up the box with the patterned pieces on the outside of the wrap.

You can add embellishments and stamping now if you like.

To wrap around the bottle, you will need to remove the lid to get the neck through the circle.

Adhere the Velcro dot where you would like the wrap to close.

July Sneak Peek - Gnome Matter

JULY SNEAK PEEK!
Playing with my Spectrum Noir Tri-blend pens and my Gnome Matter* stamps from CTMH. These guys are so cute!! Learning how to blend and color is cathartic.
Products:
*Gnome Matter Stamps and Thin Cuts (Z3741)
Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers - Fair Skin, Pale Pink, Dark Red, True Blue, Green Turquoise, Light Yellow, Earth Brown.
Black - Exclusive Inks Pad (Z2805)

*The Gnomes will be available in the July /August Seasonal catalog.

Workshop Tuesday with CTMH

Each Tuesday throughout the summer Close to my Heart is offering free virtual workshops for specials and projects in the catalog. 

Today they are offering the Aurora Card Making Workshop! If you purchased this kit you can follow along as the creative team at the corporate office assembled it. There will also be drawings and fun stories!  

These have been fun to follow and work or just watch and learn. If you don’t have the kit, you can order it and watch the video replay. All you have to do to we eligible to win is mark yourself as GOING on the event page. No need to watch live to win. 

https://www.facebook.com/CloseToMyHeartOfficial
Head over to the Close to my Heart Facebook page / Events to register and watch. You will also find the replay here if you missed it.

CTMH - Stamp Shammy "LOVE"

I wanted to take a quick minute and highlight a great core catalog product. 

Stamp Shammy (Z3579) $10.95 for a set of two. 
It is simply a 6x6” shammy used for cleaning stamps. I have attached the link to the video for you to watch, but I also wanted to share mine. I never thought I would use it until I ran out of wipes mid-project and grabbed the one that came in my consultant kit. 

To use it I soak it in water until it’s soft, wring out the water. While I’m working on my projects, I stamp off excess in on a scrap page and then stamp or wipe my block clean. When I’m done I rinse it out and let it dry flat on my block box. I’ve been using it almost daily for 3 months and it’s still going strong! It does NOT leave any lint or film on your stamps and I find it getting stamps cleaner than when I used wipes previously. 

Certainly an inexpensive piece to add you your wish list!

https://youtu.be/vCwfvM9_9dg

Walsh Family - COVID-19 Album

Today I finished our Family COVID album! 
It has taken a while because the whole thing has been very emotional for me. I put it together with a 6x6 book I’ve had for years. I used the Every Little Thing scrapbook kit and stamps from across the years. It ended up 7 double pages and two singles using a variety of techniques learned over the last two months.

 

CTMH - June Stamp of the Month

Tonight I have been working with the June Stamp of the Month - Garden Tags to see the flexibility and options. I worked with the May mix-in papers, circle windows, and shimmer pens. Peach cardstock on the light side, peach and sweet leaf ink, clear and gold shimmer brushes, gold foil paper, and some glisten stickles. The top tag is stamped with two stamps, the first layer is in peach with the daisy's and the second layer is the wildflowers with the words. The second tag is the wildflowers stamped in charcoal on peach cardstock. All tags are fussy cut. I wish the video was better so you could see the shimmer pens better! This card was fun to make and so sparkly! 

Check out my website to order. You can get the stamp of the month for just $5 with a qualifying purchase. 
ericawalsh.ctmh.com

CTMH Bring Back My Pack - Brushed and June SOTM

Welcome to June!!

We are in month two of our current seasonal specials and we have a beautiful “Bring Back My Pack” in the Brushed set! They have updated the color scheme, added a new sticker sheet, coordinating cardstock, and have two new exclusive stamps sets. You will get a 20% discount when you purchase the bundle!

https://youtu.be/5SopU9c3pbU

We also have released the new June Stamp of the month - Garden Tags! The tags and tabs set is also back in stock and match perfectly with these beautiful stamps.

Please visit my website to add to your order! 

EricaWalsh.ctmh.com

One Sheet Wonder Card Set

Happy Friday!

I intended to share with you this great One Hit Wonder card set using the Blue Skies paper and the May Stamp of the Month... Unfortunately, technical difficulties struck mid-video so I don’t have a full walk-through. I am sharing the video, cutting diagrams, and sample cards so you can see the project and get a feel for the paper and the idea.

For the project you need:

1 - 12x12 patterned paper

1 - 12x12 solid paper

12 - card bases and envelopes

Stamp set for sentiments

Inkpad

Stamping blocks

Adhesive

3D Foam Tape

Paper Trimmer

Optional Embellishments

The video, samples, and cutting guides are here.

Let me know is if you have any questions about the project or placing your order! https://www.closetomyheart.com

Paper Fold - Quilting

Happy Wednesday!!

Today I worked on a super cute scrapbook layout using double-sided paper. It was super quick and has a few options for layouts!  It uses one piece of patterned paper and 1-3 pieces of solid paper depending on your choice of layout. The first image is the full page layout. The second images are the layout cut in half and added to a base page to make a two-page layout.
It can also be adapted for cards. - see in the final image. This used half of a 12x12 sheet of two-sided patterned paper.

CTMH - Seas the Day Card Kit

Hello Friends! I hope you had a beautiful Saturday!

Today I got to work on the Seas the Day Cardmaking kit with my new Die-Cut machine earned from my party. I had a blast and they came out great!

Check out my site for some of this month's beautiful card kits with Aurora, Stitched Together, and Blue Skies. You can still get the National Scrapbooking Day Bundles while supplies last and there are a few of these adorable Seas the Day Kits as well! I hope to put together an assembly video soon. Stay tuned!

ericawalsh.closetomyheart.com