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Gift Certificates Make Great Gifts!

Do you have someone on your list that would love scrapbooking, stamping and card making supplies?

Gift Certificates are available in any amount. With each gift certificate you will receive a handmade Christmas Card and a current Idea Book plus a brochure for the January Promotion.

E-mail me today to purchase gift certificates.

Monthly Scrapbook Club - January Layouts

In January we will complete 3 Christmas Layouts.

You can choose either January 28 from 6:30 - 9 PM or

January 29 from 10 - 12:30.

All layouts are from the Magic Scrapbooking Program Book.

E-mail me or call to order your supplies by January 15.

Supplies you will need to complete theses layouts:

X7130B - Mistletoe Level 2 Paper Pack

X7130C - Mistletoe Level 2 My Stickease

Z1330 - Mistletoe Level 2 Assortment

Additional Supplies used in these layouts:

Z1102 - Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon

Z1103 - Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon

Z2114 - Cocoa Ink

Z2116 - Cranberry Ink

Z1217 - Metal Brad Assortment

C1401 - Friendship Alphabet Stamp ( small)

E1016 - Friendship Alphabet Stamp (large)

9034 - Magic Scrapbook Program

Monthly Scrapbook Club - December Layouts

For the December Layouts there will NOT be a date scheduled to put them together. If you are able to make both dates in January you are welcome to work on these layouts at one of them!

Magnifique #1

Magic: Magician's Choice

Right hand page with intereactive accordian album.

Magnifique #2

Magic: Card Trick

Magnifique # 3

Magic: Backstage

Supplies you will need to complete these layouts:
X7127B - Magnifique Level 2 Paper Pack
X7127C - Magnifique level 2 My Stickease
Z1340 - Mini-Medley Lagoon Collection

Additional supplies you will find helpful:

9034 - Magic Scrapbook Program

C1422 - Unity Stamp Set

D1384 - Snow Flurries Stamp Set

E1016 - Friendship Alphabet Stamp Set

Z2195 - Lagoon Ink

Z2192 - Pacifica Ink
Z1102 - Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon

Z281 - White Hemp

Call me, or e-mail me to order, or order from my web site.

Happy Scrappin'

Monthly Scrapbook Club

I've found that when I am part of a club I get more done! So to help you (and myself) get more done in 2011, I decided to start a monthly club.

Here is how it will work:

• Each month I will post the layouts and supplies needed for the next month.
• You can choose to purchase those supplies on a month by month basis.
• Everyone who participates will have a chance to receive hostess rewards.
• Your name will be on a list and each month that you order it will move up the list. If you don't order one month your name will stay in the same place. If you don't order for 2 consecutive months your name will begin to move down the list.
• When it is your turn to be the hostess I will let you know so you can collect additional orders, boosting your reward amount.
• You will receive a minimum $25 in Hostess Rewards.
• If you are local to me we will meet at the end of each month to put together the layouts. $5 will get you all the extras I will add (additional cardstock, ribbon, materials for interactive layouts, etc.)
• This is replacing the Workshop on the Go Club.

So why don't you join me and we'll see if we can knock out some layouts for our scrapbooks this next year! Comment on this post or e-mail if you plan to participate so I can add your name to the list!

What have you been up to lately?

I have been busy creating items to sell at the Trout Lake Holiday Market coming up next Saturday! When our Women's Ministry organized our Fall Bazaar I had a table and a couple of ladies that were there encouraged me to participate in the Trout Lake Holiday Market. I have been using a lot of my old supplies (BC - before Close to My Heart!)

I also finished my Christmas pages for the January Workshop and pages using Magnifique for this Wednesday's Girl's Night Out! Sneak peek coming soon....

So, what have you been creating?

What is your favorite Close to My Heart Product?

That is a loaded question! haha

I would have to say the thing that absolutely sold me on Close to my Heart is the My Acrylix Stamp Sets. Several years ago I had been introduced to stamping on my scrapbook pages and loved it. With stamps I could make any paper go great with any layout. But wood mounted stamps take up so much space.

Then I was introduced to Close to My Heart and the My Acrylix stamps. Wow! You don't have to cut them out before you use them and mount them permanently to a wood block. They come on a carrier sheet, you peel them off, put them on the acrylic block, then when you are done, you clean them and put them back on the carrier sheet. Plus you can see exactly where you are stamping. I LOVE that!

So I was hooked. I signed up as an Independent Consultant with Close to My Heart in January 2008 and have been sharing my love of scrapbooking and stamping with others ever since.

Watch for upcoming workshops. Check out my facebook page (link on the right) and my web site.

Happy Scrappin'