The New Fall/Winter book is now available!

 

The New Fall Winter Cattie has arrived.  You can view all the new products here.

 

Thanks for stopping by…

Laurie

Open House

Open house at Laurie Flannery’s house at Pipestone, Sunday July 29th from 7-9pm

There will be:
New product and artwork displays
Cash and Carry Products
Cricut Demo
Door Prizes
Open House Only Specials
Free Make and Take
Snacks and Refreshments
Free Fall/Winter 2012 Catalog to take home        and much, much more.

Call 854-2928 for directions

Bring a friend!

Thanks for stopping by…  

Laurie                                       

My website has a new design

 

My website has a new design and a new web address.  I would love it if you could go and check it out and while you are there save the new web address to your favorites on your computer. 

The new website is here: http://westmanscrapbooks.ctmh.com/

The old address will redirect you for a little bit so please save the new one soon. 

 

Thanks for stopping by…

Laurie

Get the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge FREE in March by joining my team

 

NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO JOIN CLOSE TO MY HEART because when you sign up as a new Consultant between March 1–31, you'll receive a FREE Cricut® Art Philosophy collection*! The collection's retail price of $99 adds incredible value to your New Consultant Kit and will give you hours of creative fun with the included exclusive Cricut® cartridge, three coordinating My Acrylix® D-size stamp sets, and three sheets of matching Dimensional Elements shapes. Already own the collection? You can always give your free one as a gift or choose to receive $100 in select product credit** instead. Now is the time to embrace the philosophy of fun—Consultant and Cricut® fun!

 

Join my team Here

Thanks for stopping by…

Laurie

Exciting News!!!!

I have got some exciting new to share today!  Close To My Heart has teamed up with the makers of the Cricut machine and we now have our own exclusive cartridge!  It is called Art Philosophy and it is paired up with 3 of our My Acrylix Stamp Sets and 3 Dimensional Elements Sheets to make some awesome artwork.  On top of that, numerous other My Acrylix Stamp Sets in the Idea Book pair wonderfully with images on the cricut Cartridge. 
There are 700 different shapes on the Cricut cartridge, ranging from elegant rosettes and lace to trendy gift boxes and banners. Oh, and there is an alphabet too! 

 This is a photo of the CTMH Cricut Bundle Art Philosophy with the 3 exclusive stamp sets and the Dimensional Elements. 

 This is a picture on the back of the Cricut Box.  This is just some of the images you will be able to cut. 

 This is the overlay Keypad that shows the functions. 

And the best news is that you get the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection for only $109.95. 
It includes:
1 Cartridge (700 images, font, Shapes and 3-D items)
3 Coordinating My Acrylix D Size Stamp Sets
3 Coordinating 9x12" Dimensional Elements Sheets (tags, mixed shapes, banners)
This collection along with all the other NEW Close To My Heart items unveiled in our New Fall/Winter 2011 Idea Book starts on Monday, August 1st. 
You can see all the current Idea Books here.  Note: the New fall/winter idea book will not be live until Monday August 1st so be sure to stop by on Monday to check out the link then. 

Just ask me how you can get this collection for 50% off! 

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Start your own Close To My Heart Business for only $70!

 Have I got a deal for you! 

From May 1 until May 31 2011 you can start your own Close To My Heart business for only $70!  How great is that? 

You get all the business supplies you need PLUS You get to choose 3 of the 5 bundles shown here to customize your own kit.  

 Bundles 1-4 are product bundles

And bundle 5 (not shown) is a 12 month membership to Studio J, our very own digital scrapbooking site. 

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Plus you will also receive the beautiful Me and You scrapbooking kit absolutely FREE!  (Value $38.95) Click here to view

Total Value of the kit is well over $300 but for May 2011 only you can get it for $70! 

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I would like to build my team so you would be helping me out too! 

 It is a win/win for both of us! 

For more info or to sign up now click here

Offer available only in Canada. 

3 Constant Campaigns for April!

 Count them...1...2...3!  That's right there are 3 Constant Campaigns for April.  How cool is that? 

A Perfect 10

SCORE A PERFECT 10 IN FEBRUARY! IF YOU’RE A STUDIO J®

member, you can take advantage of this great opportunity to fill up
your scrapbook. For every 9 custom-printed Studio J layouts you
buy, you’ll receive the 10th layout free. To receive the discount,
just add 10 or more layouts to your cart. You’ll see a discount reflected
in your order total. And you can totally take advantage of this
promotion by ordering in multiples of 10. Buy 9, get 1 free. Buy 18,
get 2 free. Buy 27, get 3 free. And so on! If you’re not a member yet,
now’s a great time to join! Contact me for more information. 
Start your Digital Scrapbooking here.

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Free, Free and Fabulous!

WHEN YOU BECOME A CLOSE TO MY HEART CONSULTANT DURING February and achieve Straight To The Top, you will receive a rebate of $140 on your New Consultant Kit, plus $110 in select product credit rewards. That’s a total retail value of up to $544 in products and business supplies for FREE! Your kit’s free, your select products are free—how fabulous!
Reach Straight To The Top by:
• Submitting sales of $330 or more in your first month and
• Submitting total sales of $1,330 or more during your first three months.
Then redeem your $110 in select product credit for My Acrylix® stamps, blocks, Exclusive Inks,® cardstock, My Reflections® paper packets, and more!

Ask your Independent Consultant how you can join their Team in February and earn the Free, Free, & Fabulous rewards.
Sign up today!

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Sneak Peak at some new Products

Take a sneak peak at some of the Spring/Summer Idea Book Products - including some amazing deals on new stamp sets and the January Stamp Of the Month when you buy the Wings Workshop on the Go Kit.  You can view the Inspirations flyer here

Call or email me with your order today. 

Also I am starting a Workshop on the Go Club. Each member is required to make a minimum purchase of the Workshop on the Go Kit for the price of 33.50 (plus shipping and taxes) each month for 6 months. Once in those 6 months you will get the hostess rewards of $30 that you can use to purchase paper, inks, markers, stamps or blocks. This is a great way to get some supplies without breaking the bank.


These Kits come with:
1 Level 2 paper packet
1 My Acrylix Workshop Stamp set
1 accessory...varies each kit
and 1 workshop guide with full instructions to put together a two page layout and 6 cards. There is also additional instructions on my website for another 2 page layout and 6 more cards.

I will offer a FREE workshop to put together one of those 2 page layouts but attendance at the free workshop is not mandatory. You can do these workshops at your convenience at home if you choose to do so.

There will be 8 new Workshop on the Go kits in each new catalogue. Our club will be for 6 of these kits, but if for some reason you do not like the kit that we are doing a certain month you can choose another one of the two kits that we will not be doing. If you live in the Pipestone, Reston, Virden, Souris or Brandon areas we can arrange a drop off of the kits if you cannot attend the FREE workshop at my house. If you live outside of these areas additional shipping may be required.

The first kit we will be doing is the Wings Workshop Kit. It is featured on page 3 of the inspirations flyer (attached) I will need orders by January 15th and the Free Workshop will be on February 13th. At this time you will order the next kit to put together in March and so on. If you have any questions please let me know, sometimes it is hard to explain. I will limit the club to 6 members so the first 6 that orders will be included. If there is enough interest I will hold two or three clubs depending on the numbers.

I tried sending out emails to some of my customers today.  Alot of them bounced back to me.  If you did not receive an email from me and would like to receive one please send me your email address to flannery@mymts.net


Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Plenty for $20

Close To My Heart has an exciting Constant Campaign for December. 

PLACE AN ORDER OF $20 OR MORE* ON Laurie's MyCTMH website from December 1–31, 2010, and we’ll reward you with a popular, retired D-size stamp set for FREE! Talk about getting more for your money—the free stamp set is valued at $22.95 US/$26.95 CAN! We’re sure you’ll be thrilled with the set we pick out for you. We’re also giving you FREE shipping/

handling and tax on your free stamp set. That’s a lot of Plenty for your Twenty!
Grab Plenty for Twenty in December by visiting your
Consultant’s MyCTMH website and making a qualifying
purchase today!
You can view the products here

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Studio J Digital Layouts

I have a confession to make.  We have been selling CTMH Studio J Digital Scrapbooking for almost 1 year now.  I was not interested in it because of the cost.  It was just too expensive and then when you add the shipping to Canada it was not something I was interested in promoting to my customers.  Then this summer at Convention in Washington DC they announced a membership program to Studio J.  This made it totally affordable to us in Canada! 
Studio J memberships include:

• FREE hi-res JPG files for every custom printed layout purchased
• Special Members only patterns and kits
• FREE Shipping and handling on your monthly order
• FREE Memory Protectors
• Exclusive Campaigns and Deals throughout your membership
• 50% off custom printed layouts...Your cost is only $7.50 per layout...that works out to only $3.75 per 12x12 page! 

So to summarize...$3.75 per page and free shipping...What is there not to like! 
The cost of a 12 month membership is only $115. or you can try a 3 month membership to see if this is something that you will like for only $35.

We also carry a 5 pack which includes 5 - 2 page printed layouts, 5 memory protectors, and free shipping and handling.  This option will cost $73. 

And to make this even more affordable become a Close To My Heart Independent Consultant on my team!  A one year membership may be one of your 3 choices you can make on a custom made consultant kit! 

The above layout I whipped up yesterday in only a matter of minutes.
You can try Studio J out here

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

It's Here!

The New Fall/Winter Idea Book is here and ready to be viewed by you!  Just click here to see all the wonderful new products! 

If you would like a paper copy of this new idea book, I am having an open house at my house on Saturday Sept. 18th from 1-4pm.  All in attendance will get a new idea book FREE just for coming.  Also all who attend will get another free gift...a surprise!  Call for directions. 

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Celebrate National Stamping Month!

ONE’S GOOD, TWO’S GREAT,

and three’s best of all! Celebrate  your love of stamping by using

stamps to embellish the three  mini albums in our exclusive

National Stamping Month kit, Triple Play. With inks, stamps,

albums, and pre-cut accents for stamping,

you’ll complete all three albums in a jiffy. Since each album has

its own color scheme, all three are unique and ready for many

different kinds of photos. Make one for yourself and two to give

away—if you can bear to part with them!

In honor of National Stamping Month, you can get huge discounts

on the Triple Play kit when you purchase My Acrylix® stamps from

your wish list, or get it free when you host a qualifying Gathering

or become a Close To My Heart Consultant. Here are five ways to get

this outstanding mini album kit: (Note: We’ve saved the best for last,

so be sure to read all five!)

1. Buy the Triple Play kit for $34.95.

2. Purchase $30 in My Acrylix® stamps and get the Triple Play

kit for just $15.

3. Spend $47 on My Acrylix stamps and get Triple Play for only $5!

4. Host a Gathering with sales of $350 or more and get

Triple Play FREE!

5. Join Close To My Heart as a Consultant and get the kit FREE!

National Stamping Month is always fun, but this year you’ll get
three times the excitement with Triple Play!
 
Offer valid for customers and hostesses August 15–September 30, 2010. Offer valid for new Consultant enrollees September 1–30, 2010. Limit one discount-priced Triple Play kit per order per customer. Offer valid while supplies last.
 
You can order from my website here or give me a call. 
 

I decided I only wanted one mini booklet and I wanted to use the rest of the supplies in this kit to make some other things.  Here is the cute little album I made of my granddaughter Novalee's first trip to the playground. 

And for those of you that are cardmaker's here is the little card set I made using  the blue one of the triple play mini album kits.  There is 6 cards in this cute little card holder. 

And for the scrapbooker, Here is the 2 page layout I made using the brown/orange triple play kit.  I did have to add the two Bamboo base pages for this layout.  In this layout I am in Washington DC and I am at the White House and at the Lincoln Memorial, with my friend Glennys. 

So you can see, that in this awesome kit for National Stamping Month there is something for every type of paper crafter, whether it be card makers, scrapbookers, or mini albums.  The possibilities are endless! 

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Super Deals start Today!

The super deals start on my website today!  Here are the details again:

We want to show how much we appreciate you!  And to do so, we are bringing a Constant Campaign with SUPER deals to you for 8 days only. From on August 4 at 10 am through August 11, while supplies last, you  can purchase selected My Stickease® assortments for only $2, My Reflections® Level 1 kits for only $4, and My Reflections® Level 2 paper packets for only $6 on my MyCTMH® website.  The deals are amazing!

 
You can go to my website and start shopping here

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

$2, $4, $6, for 8...It’s YOU We Appreciate!

We want to show you how much we appreciate you!  And to do so, we are bringing a Constant Campaign with SUPER deals for you for 8 days only!  From August 4th at 10am through August 11th while supplies last, you can purchase selected My Stickease assortments for only $2, My Reflections Level 1 Kits for only $4, and My Reflections Level 2 Paper Packets for only $6 on my website.  The deals are amazing!  So remember on August 4th this will be available while supplies last to hurry and get yours before they are all gone. 

Just click here to get to my website

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Summer Splendour Art and Soul TV!

There is a new episode of Art and Soul on Close To My Heart TV! In this episode you will discover how to mask some images on your stamp so that only the part you want gets inked. Watch it here

You will also get to see a visual of how to use the corner rounder to make scalloped edges on your paper. My last post explained how to do this but now you can see a quick visual of it being done.

Are the Clear Cards that Close To My Heart sells not brilliant! These are really fun to make and on this episode of Art and Soul there are some tips on how to use the clear cards.

Another fun technique is making paper flowers using the circle punch. You will see how to make these wonderful flowers and get all the paper measurements.

One last tip that Close To My Heart has on the Art and Soul episode is how to make mats on our Digital Software...Studio J. This is a free software that you can play with FREE and you only have to pay for the layouts you print. This is very user friendly and can do things like whiten teeth, remove red eye and blemishes and to make your photos black and white or sepia...just to name a few of the different techniques that can be done on Studio J. Go ahead, and try it...it won't cost anything until you print them. Try it FREE Here

Now off to watch the latest Art and Soul TV

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie

Convention News!

I have some really exciting news about the convention that I just attended in Washington DC, but first I have to apologize for the blank post the other day. I have a new IPad and thought I would be ahead of the game if I posted some news about the new products etc while still at convention and my IPad would not let me add text in the body of the email...Or at least I could not figure it out...sometimes me and technology do not get along. Anyways now for the exciting news

We have 8 new colors for our color palette: Gypsy, Pacifica, Sunset, Cotton Candy, Lagoon, Pear, Sky and Smoothie. These will replace the colors Clover Meadow, Hydrangea, Orange, Star Spangled Blue, Bubblegum, Citrus Leaf, Ocean, and Watermelon.

We have 4 new paper packs...Magnifique (pretty blues) , Olivia Nice fall colors), Hooligans ( Halloween) and Mistletoe (traditional Christmas Colors). We also still have the Workshops on the go with these paper packets and I will be doing the FREE classes with them again starting in September.

We have Plenty of new stamp sets...Halloween, Christmas, Birthday etc. Always lots to choose from as usual.

We have new Albums...Faux Leather 12x12 albums...these will replace the linen albums so if you are collecting certain colors of linen ones I would suggest that you should order them soon.

We have lots of new embellishments like Colored sparkles and designer brads. Me also have a new mini album called Mix and Mingle.

The card at the top is made using the New Olivia Paper Pack and "The Present" stamp set. Stay tuned for more artwork from the new fall catalogue!

Thanks for stopping By...

Laurie

JACKPOT JUNE!

Close To My Heart has an exciting campaign for June.

Hit the jackpot and win FREE products OR grab loaded goodie boxes at 50% off or more. Enjoy two types of deals in June.

On Goodie Box days...you can purchase one box filled with popular products at 50% or more off retail value! Each goodie box day will feature different surprise items so you can score a wide variety of current and recently retired products.

On Jackpot days...5 products will be offered for sale at discounted prices. One of the 5 products is the mystery jackpot item for that day, but we're not telling which - exciting isn't it! If you happen to order the mystery jackpot item, we'll reward you with one or more FREE Close To My Heart products, with shipping included on the free items! If you purchase all 5 products, you're guaranteed to hit the jackpot! There's no purchase limit - if you order multiple secret jackpot items, we'll send you the same number of free items.

The special offers include discounted shipping/handling and are only available on my website here

Check back everyday for the latest offer.

Offer valid June 1 - July 1 on my website only. New deals are posted each day at 9 am (MTD) .

To be eligible for discounted prices, your order must contain only Jackpot June items. Visit here to see what the mystery Jackpot Item was for the previous day. Offers are while supplies last.

Thanks for stopping by...

Laurie

The new Summer catalogue is here!!!!!!

The new summer 2010 Idea Book is now available! It has so many wonderful new products in it. I just love the new passages paper pack, the new Zippedee paper pack, the Splendor paper pack...you get it...I just love everything!!!!! There is many wonderful stamp sets and New Clear Card Bases....yes just like the acrylic albums, now you can decorate these clear bases. I am not going to spoil it for you...you just have to take a look yourself here

Also for everyone who orders off my website for the Month of May 2010 will receive 2 FREE GIFTS. Yes two free gifts from me...how great is that!

Close To My Heart has just unveiled their new

DIGITAL SCRAPBOOK LINE called STUDIO J.

Studio J is online digital software that helps you easily create 2 page layouts using our foundational scrapbook patterns, exclusive color palettes, and themed designs all delivered in 12x12 custom prints ready for your albums. For more details see here.

May also brings a new Stamp of the Month called Cherish the Moment.
It is a set of 8. You can see all the details here

Thanks for stopping by...
Laurie