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Some Christmas in july fun Launching of the New August Inspirations Book

I held a Christmas in july Card making workshop on friday night with my regulars and had a great time showing them lots of the new product available for Christmas from CTMH. they all fell in love with the  new designs and papers and Can't wait to get their hands on all the lovely new products. We had a special secret santa and lots of yummy christmas treats. We made 4 xmas cards to get the ball rolling on their christmas card supply.

Radiate Beauty with the July Stamp of the month. Circus alphabet

some sample cards using the free to be me paper pack available until the end of May

 Thank you to the amazing talents of Deborah Fenn for the cards below. Stunning

More cards from new stamp sets

Base & Bling Style New from Close to My heart

New!!! embossing folders coming in the new catalogue

During the month of February you can qualify to receive a free embossing folder for every 2 packs of bulk single colour or combo cardstock you purchase. Pick from our 5 new embossing folder designs—dot, chevron, quatrefoil, damask, or stripe—with your qualifying order. Every 2 packs of cardstock you purchase qualify you for an additional embossing folder. Make sure you act fast—designs are available only while supplies last!

Dates: Offer valid 1–28 February 2014.

Valentines ideas using the February stamp of the month

Here are some Foxy valentine ideas for the love of your life. The Feb stamp of the month is sooo cute it has inspired me to make all these lovely things for my valentine. You are going to love it available with a qualifying order of $75 in February

The New ideas book and product catalogue

Only 7 more sleeps until the new ideas book is released for customers. I am so excited 145 pages of new and existing product and in a larger format to make it even easier to see all the lovely designs. There are some lovely new paper ranges to wet the creative appetite.
Here is a sample of what you will see in the new ideas book. Start making that wish list now and consider joining my hostess club.Details are in the January new entry further down in my blog.
Enjoy!!!

21st Birthday card for my gorgeous niece

Was very happy with how this worked out using forever paper and a message from one of the great hostess stamp sets and a hot air balloon from the Artiste Cricut cartridge all blinged up of course. I wrapped her present in the same colours and it all looked lovely

Cloud Nine Stamp Kit for national Papercraft Month

Here is my take on the cards from the kit. I added afew more messages and images from my other stamp sets to suit my style but mostly I just followed the instruction sheet and it was dead easy. Hope you like.

What's happening for my customers in January

Hello Everyone, I trust and hope you have had a very nice Christmas and New year. It's time to get busy catching up on those scrapbook projects and get the creative juices flowing again at a card workshop. Firstly some news from Close to my Heart. January is National Papercrafting month and Close to my Heart is celebrating by offering The Cloud Nine card making kit for just $20 with a qualifying purchase in January of $55 so now is a good time to stock up on consumables like adhesives, inks, album refills and the like to get this lovely kit which contains decorative 12x12 papers & card, shimmer tape, embellishments, stamps and 10 base cards and envelopes along with  the instructional sheet and cutting guide. you can have a good look at the kit and offer by clicking on the cloud nine link here on my blog. great way to get the card making juices flowing for the new year and a great kit for beginner stampers. New consultants that sign up in January receive the kit with the consultant kit ($130 with a value of $420) and also one of the new Picture my life scrap book project kits just for signing up in January to look at the consultant kit click here and also view the new picture my life project kits featured on my blog. They make scrapping your photos a breeze. Now the best news. The new 145 page, full size product guide will be online on 1st Feb 2014 and I will have hard copies to supply early so that you can start making a wish list now to view on line just visit my online business address frommyheart.ctmh.com.au from 1st Feb in the meantime if you would like to pre order a hard copy of the catalogue please just let me know and I will put aside a copy for you. They will retail at $5 which is great value as it is full of beautiful new product and paper ranges and stamps and lots of creative ideas. Ask me how you can receive your catalogue for free!! The Stamp of the Month Campaign will continue right through 2014 and the 6 month preview I have seen is awesome. With a purchase of $75 you will qualify to purchase these once only offered stamp sets for $5 and thats one set for every $75 you spend! I will be starting a Hostess Club from Feb for those that are trying to purchase wisely on a budget. I only need 6 people to join and you are given a month (randomly)between Feb and July. each person commits to a minimum $55 purchase (inc shipping) and the hostess for that month will earn the hostess rewards of $30 in product and any 1 catalogue item at 50% off the retail price. shopping this way keeps your spending on track and also gives you the freebies. Please contact me ASAp if you wish to participate and as soon as I have 6 people we can go ahead. Now for the upcoming dates for my home based workshops. I have attached a timetable foe the next 6 months to this email if you would like to attend please let me know ASAP Card making nights are from $15 (may vary) and scrapbooking crops are $10 All equipment and refreshments provided. Just a basic tool kit and adhesives are all you need to bring unless otherwise advised when you book email me or Phone/text 0404870859. That is all for now. I will keep you posted with news and campaign updates as the year progresses but don't hesitate to contact me if you have any enquiries or pass this email on to anyone else you think may be interested. Happy paper crafting, Melissa Child Independant consultant Close to my Heart Australia Timetable of classes 2014 Date Workshop type time Wed 15th Jan Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 17th Jan National papercraft night Cardmaking 6.30- 9.30 Fri 31st Jan Cardmaking workshop 6.30- 9.30 Wed 12th Feb Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 28th Feb Cardmaking workshop 6.30-9.30 Wed 12th Mar Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 28th Mar Cardmaking workshop 6.30- 9.30 Wed 16th Apr Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 25th Apr Cardmaking workshop 6.30- 9.30 Wed 14th May Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 30th may Cardmaking workshop 6.30-9.30 Wed 18th June Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 27th June Cardmaking workshop 6.30- 9.30 Wed 16th July Scrapbook crop night 6.30-9.30 Fri 25th july Cardmaking workshop 6.30- 9.30  Please email me childmelissa@bigpond.com or phone /text 0404870859 to make a booking