Exciting Changes coming to your Craft with Heart Subscription

 

I am so excited to tell you about some of the amazing changes CTMH is making to their Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Subscription programs called Craft with Heart. If you have never heard of their Craft with Heart program, let me tell you a little about it. 

A few years ago, Close to My Heart came out with a subscription program with beautiful layouts and/or card kits that had everything included for you to create, including full-color instructions, die cuts, base pages, etc. All you need is adhesive and a journaling pen. Each kit is beautiful and looks intricate while actually being super simple to put together (layouts take an average of 30 minutes to complete and cards 5 minutes each to complete).  You had the option of receiving a box monthly or every 4 months and they gave you the option of signing up for a month, every 4 months or annual payments.  With each tier there were incentives to help save money - the 4-month kit and annual payment plan were discounted, as well as, the annual subscribers received FREE shipping and 30 FREE prints at Persnickety Prints per shipment. 

 Here is a sampling of the current Craft with Heart kits.

Scrapbooking: receive 2 layouts for each month, or 8 layouts per each 4-month shipment

 

Cardmaking:Receive 24 cards (2 of each design) in each 4-month shipment.

CTMH has seen such an amazing response to customers purchasing the 4-month and annual subscriptions that they have decided to discontinue the monthly subscription, because, really, who wants to pay full price when you can get the kits at a discount and are now offering even more perks to those participating in the annual subscription.

Beginning September 1st when you sign up for a annual subscription or renew your subscription for either the Scrapbooking or Cardmaking Craft with Heart program you will now receive a FREE stamp with your subscription box.  

The scrapbooking stamp set is perfect for sayings to highlight your pictures and help tell your story of the events in the pictures. 

The Cardmaking stamp  set is a perfect addition to stamp your envelopes or the back of your cards. 

PLUS: 

• Now when you sign up or renew your subscription you EARN V.I.P. Credit on your subscription. Credits can not be used towards your subscription but they do earn you credits - that is 15% of the cost of your subscription to be used on future Close to My Heart orders!!!
• The amount paid for a Craft with Heart™ subscription on each order counts toward earning the Stamp of the Month at a discount or free for VIP's

If you haven't tried the Craft with Heart subscription programs, I highly encourage you to.  They super cute and a fun way to receive quality scrapbooking or cardmaking supplies at your door  3 times a year that will help you preserve your memories, faster, simpler and easier then ever before.  Head on over to my website to see the next layouts being shipped in the September subscription box.  And as always -

Happy Scrappin',

Heather

Deep Roots Blog Hop

 

Welcome to this months Blog Hop featuring the Strong Roots Stamp set.  If you've been following the blog hop train, you are coming here from Krista's blog.  We are happy to have you join us on this journey to see some beautiful creations from several Close to My Heart Makers.

If you're not familiar with the Stamp of the Month, each month Close to My Heart releases a special stamp that when you spend $50 you can receive for ONLY $5!  BUT if you are a VIP customer, when you spend that $50 you receive 15% credit in your account for future purchases AND the stamp of the month for FREE. Our VIP's get the royal treatment at Close to My Heart. Click here to find out more about our VIP program. 

Now on to this months Stamp of the Month - Strong Roots. 

 

The watercolor bug has bitten and as soon as I saw this stamp set I knew I was going to get to play. I grabbed my basic supplies and then a few extras:

Of course: 

• White Cards & Envelope Value Pack X254
• Strong Roots Stamp Set S2107 
• Watercolor Paints Z3132 
• Small Round Waterbrush Z3224 

And then I saw some new items from our July-August Catalog that I knew would complement this stamp set so well:

• July-August Mix-In Paper Pack X9030
• Stitched Scallop Bracket Thin Cuts Z3688   
• Wander-Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts Z3959 for the pond with Glacier Cardstock
• New Isabella Cricut collection for the leaves 
• Espresso Ink and Cardstock and New England Ivy Cardstock

Here is my creation:

I feel like this would be a great Grandparents Day card which is coming up September 12th, Father's Day or birthday card. I tried to keep it fairly simple with not much embellishment so it wouldn't overwhelm the men in my life - you know how they are with glitter; it's like cooties to them - haha!

The watercolor made this stamp set feel so tranquil and soft.  Have you played with our watercolors yet?  The Close to My Heart home office did a whole series on YouTube showing different watercoloring techniques.  You can check them out here.

Now hop on over to Lauren's CTMH Craftings for more artwork using this rustic and heritage inspired stamp set. 

 Happy Scrappin'!

    ~Heather

 
 

It's Your Day to Sparkle Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month Blog hop!  If you came here from Kristine Pointe's blog you are in the right spot. The blog is a big circle so when you get back to me you know you have completed the whole hop.  You can find the next blog to hop to below. 

This month we have this beautiful, super versatile, celebration stamp set as our Stamp of the Month.  As my daughters get older and we celebrate the entry to teenage years for one (please pray for me!) or her sweet 16 for another (double the prayers please!) I can see so many uses for this stamp set. However, I know several people celebrating their anniversary and/or getting married this summer so I wanted to create a card for the occasions. 

In this card, I used the True Love papers as my base. I stamped the cake image on white daisy and cut it out.  I then stamped the cake plate on the blue patterned paper from the True Love paper packet, trimmed it out and paper pieced that on top of the white daisy cut out.  For the flowers, I simply colored in the flowers with the color of the year - Sugarplum Shimmer Brush and the leaves with the Sap Green ShinHan marker. As an added embellishment, I stamped on scrap paper 3 more of the small rosettes, colored them in and cut them out to decorate the rest of the cake and add to the bottom of the card. Making a small banner out of scraps I added the saying "always & forever" in New England Ivy.  I popped the title and the cake up with our Thin 3-D Foam Tape (the thin tape is perfect for cards and sending them in the mail) To give the look of the banner sticking out of the cake I glued down two small strands of the new Sapphire Crocket Thread to look like stakes holding up the banner. As always, I couldn't leave it my card along without a little extra sparkle.  I love the sparkle the Sugarplum shimmer Brush gives the flowers and decided to use the gold shimmer brush and trace the lines of the cake.  It's hard to show the shimmer in the picture but it gives it such a special feel. Perfect to celebrate the occasion.  I added a little silver embellishing thread between the background papers and three bitty clear sparkles around the bottom flower. With a stamp set titled It's Your Day to Sparkle, I couldn't not add lots of sparkle!

 Ta-da!  I hope you like!

Don't forget: The It's Your Day to Sparkle stamp set is only available during the month of June and is only $5 with any $50 purchase!  Make sure to get yours before it is gone!

Now to see what the fabulous Jen Rubio created select here!

Happy Scrappin’!

Having fun "This Moment"

The other day I had one of those rare moments where I wasn't called into 5 different directions and I had some play time in my office.  I pulled this months stamp of the month - This Moment and decided to get creative.   Sometimes it is fun to have no plans in mind but just to see what you can do.  Here's a couple of the cards I was able to create.

I cut the frog using our New Artfully Sent pocket card. I hate waste so wanted to create with both the negative and the positive.  For both the eyes in card 1 and the pumping heart in card 2 I used the fun Adhesive Springs (Z1725).  I love how the target/bulls eye worked perfectly for the eyes and heart.

This stamp set is only $5 with your $50 purchase this month only so get yours today.