Grateful Hearts

I am so thankful to God for all the blessing he has given me. Gary, Jeffrey, Amy, Amanda and Scott fill my heart with love. These are some cards I made to let them know how thankful I am that they are all part of my life!

The stamps I used are D1379 Flourished Blessings and C1372 Grateful Hearts. Making these cards was so much fun and I just love the way the leaves turned out. I stamped everything using orange, chocolate, sunflower and autumn terracotta. I hope you enjoy them and I would love to hear your feedback.

I wish you all a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday.

For my son's wedding!

Some of you already know that my son got married on September 26, 2009, just 10 days before he deployed to Iraq for the second time. It was my pleasure to make the invitations, gift card box and guest register for them. The card box is the CTMH My Creations Memory Keeper and the guest book is the CTMH My Creations 3 Ring Binder. I loved making these things for my son and new daughter and CTMH made the job easy with their wonderful products. Their theme was bamboo and the colors were CTMH cocoa and CTMH olive. The tag on the bamboo plant and other items is a custom CTMH stamp.

Please keep my son and all of the men and women that serve our country in your daily prayers.

It's a Stampaganza! That means FREE Stamps!

Whether you're a long time fan or just venturing into this fun hobby, now is the perfect time to grab some My Acrylix stamp sets! From November 3 - 30, 2009, when you purchase any two stamp sets (size A, B, C, D, or E) at full retail price, you will receieve a third stamp set of your choice FREE. I savings of up to $22.95. Choose from any stamp set offered in any 2009 Idea Book or Product Review. Take advantage of this month's great offer to add to your assortment of these innovative stamps.

Please feel free to email me your order at dandgblack@embarqmail.com or directly from my website http://www.dblack.myctmh.com/.

Jingle Mini Album

I love, love, love the products that Close To My Heart offers!! They are so fun and easy to create awesome projects. This is a mini album using the "My Creations All-Sorts Mini Album" (z1224) and Jingle level 2 paper pack (X7115B). I added my own tear bear touch to end up with a spectacular Christmas Album. I love finished product. If you are interested in any of the items used in the album, just email me and I help you get what you want. Thanks for looking and let me know what you think!

Get Twitterpated!

This fall workshop features the CTMH 6"x6" accordion album with the twitterpated level 2 paper pack. I just love CTMH products because everything coordinates together and makes projects like this so easy.

Jingle Workshop

This is the second workshop I planned for fall. It uses our new Jingle christmas paper and the assorted chip board album. What do you think?

Grace Fall Workshop

This calendar workshop features our beautiful new Grace paper pack and the memory album. My first day for this workshop is October 17. If you would like to create the album but can not make the workshop or would like to attend, just email me and I'll get you a kit with complete instructions. It's just that simple!

Kit of the Month

Close To My Heart has designed really cool Kits of the Month! They include cutting guides for layouts and cards, a level 2 paper pack, a coordinating stamp that is not available in the catalog, and embellishments to finish it off. These are the next four that my monthly clubs are doing. If you are near Hickory, NC and are interested in joining my club, just email me. Or, if you can't come to my club and would still like to get the kit again just email me and I'll get one right to you.

Delight in Every Day!

TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL STAMPING MONTH
in September we are giving you 3 ways to
get a FREE Everyday Celebration card kit
for making 16 beautiful cards!
• Purchase a minimum of $60 US/ $75 CAN
in stamp sets** (includes A, B, C, D, and
E-size) between August 18–September 30
(CC1006C)
• Host a Home Gathering with minimum sales
of $400/$500 between September 1–30
• Sign up as a new Consultant between
September 1–30
You can also buy as many card kits as you’d
like for $39.95/$49.95 per kit (CC1006B).
And there’s more fun! Place any order between
September 1–30 and you’ll be automatically
entered in our daily drawing for a FREE
card kit! Winners will be announced on
your Consultant’s MyCTMH website and
closetomyheart.com. Express your passion for
stamping with this pretty new card kit today!

Mini Album #3 - Baseball with Game On!

This last mini album that I did was for the baseball fan. The front cover has one of my tear bears made from mulberry paper but otherwise the products are all Close To My Heart. The base paper pack is Game On.

Mini Album #2 - Moon Doggie

I got the layout for this album from my friend and upline, Tina Horton. It makes a great vacation album. It uses the 3 ring binder and the Moon Doggie paper pack and Stickease.

Football Mini Album

I love the Close To My Heart 3 Ring Binder (Z1141) mini album! It is perfect for your vacation pictures, your child's sports game, new baby brag book, or to give as a gift! I'm going to post 3 that I have made and this first one is a fav of mine because my son played football and I am going to put his pictures in it. I covered the album with desert sand cardstock and used the "paper leather" technique. The ribbon is Colonial White Grosgrain (Z1102) and the title is stamped with olive ink (Z2137) using the Field Trip (E1013) letter set.

The inside front and back are covered with desert sand cardstock that I random stamped using 1st and 10 (B1189). The base paper pack for the other pages is Game On (X7097B).
I added these Memory Protectors Flip-Flaps (Z4114) so that I could add more pictures to these two pages.If you have any questions about this album just email me and I'll be happy to help you!

Leadership Conference 2009

WOW – that is what I have to say about the Close To My Heart Leadership Conference!! I started Thursday evening with a Create & Take workshop featuring Twitterpated, one of the new Workshops on the Go from the Autumn/Winter Idea Book. I can’t wait for you to see this new fall paper.

In General Session on Saturday morning, Jeanette Lynton shared her vision of what the theme, Own It!, means. She said, “You have the choice to OWN the future of your business. It is YOUR vision, YOUR passion, and YOUR willingness to step outside your comfort zone and dare to own your potential.” The Autumn/Winter Idea Book was passed out after General Session so I settled on the floor in the hallway of the Westin to devour it, …so many great new products and papers!

After a wonderful lunch on Friday and Saturday, I attended business classes to help me build my business. CTMH provides me with so many tools to help me grow and to mentor my team so that we are all successful! I love working for Close To My Heart!!

Finally, on Saturday night I attended our Awards Banquet! My new friend and roomie, Lori Leng from Hendersonville, NC won the Rising Star award and was handed a $1000 check from the owner Jeanette Lynton! Did I mention that I love working for Close To My Heart?

While other companies are floundering in this recession, Close To My Heart is financially sound and stronger than ever! As a matter of fact, CTMH is a debt free company!! There has never been a better time to become part of such an exciting company. Join my team and I will guide and teach you how to meet your goals and be successful with your OWN business. Do you dare to own your potential? Can you imagine turning your scrapbook and stamping passion into a profitable business? Just email me, …dandgblack@embarqmail.com and we will get started today!

I'm going to the CTMH Leadership Conference!

I can't wait - Wednesday morning my upline Tina and I will fly off to Long Beach, CA for leadership convention. I'll try my best to post pics but last year at convention we did not have a free minute for anything. Other than convention, we plan to go to the Aquarium, Hollywood, Laguna Beach, and Disneyland. I have 4 roomies because some girls are only staying 1 night in our room. I made these note pads for my roomie gifts. I used CTMH Notebook paper pack and stickease, Aspiration stamp set and Crystal Blue and Hollyhock ink.

This was my anniversary last year. We usually go to Myrtle Beach to play a few rounds of golf. I don't care as long as I'm with my husband!