If you have even thought for a moment about joining Close to my Heart's team, now is the time to do it! Sign up between April 1st-April 30 for these great offers!  You won't be sorry that you did!

Signing up as a new Consultant with Close To My Heart during April is more rewarding than ever. When you sign up as a New Consultant you alreadyget:
o New Consultant Kit with essential supplies for only $75 USD/$95 CAD
o $50 USD/$60 CAD in Select Product Credit to spend on additional supplies o The chance to earn fantastic Straight To The Top start--‐up rewards

It gets even better:
And only during April, you can also earn your choice of a FREE Cricut® collection or an additional $100 USD/$118 CAD in Select Product Credit when you submit $350 USD/$400 CAD in personal sales within your first 30 days! So, if earning money—and rewards—through your love of scrapbooking and stamping sounds like a dream job, then now is the perfect time to join Close To My Heart. Believe us, it’s worth it! 

Contact me for more information!  I would love to have you on my team!  Don't miss this opportunity!  

Video 2 of 4: Penelope Workshops Your Way™ Scrapbooking Layout Assembly

Close to my Heart's You Tube page is so helpful!  They have uploaded several videos to help you "see" how to create with your Workshop Your way kits!  So far they have Charlotte and Penelope Workshops Your Way videos.  I have uploaded the video that shows how to complete the cards from this kit.  From there you can find all of the other videos.  If you need any help working your way through the videos, please let me know! If there are any products that you do not have to create with these kits, you can order them from "Shop with Me" to the right of this post.  We did just receive notification that the Springtime Wishes die cuts, shown in the Charlotte videos, has been retired due to an excess of orders for it and the Spring Critters will be out of stock before the end of the Seasonal catalog in April.  Please get that one ordered as soon as you can!!  You can always stamp and fussy cut if needed so you can still create these beautiful pages and cards!  They will be posting Regatta videos soon!!  Have fun!

March special! 
The wait is over! Who is ready for Stampaganza 2016? Buy any two ®
My Acrylix stamp sets (M-, A-, B-, C-, D-, or E-size) at full retail price and get a third stamp set of equal or lesser value FREE! That is a savings of up to $29.95 USD! This offer is only available during March, so start submitting your stamp orders as soon as possible, and let the Stampaganza begin!
*Offer valid March 1, 2016 (9:00 am MST)–March 31, 2016 (11:59 pm MDT) while supplies last. No tax will be charged on the free item(s). Shipping/handling is calculated based on the full retail price of all items, including the free item(s).

January went by quickly and February came in out of nowhere!  Here is a card I made for my February card swap.  I love the Balloon Animals stamp of the month!  Remember, it's only available for the month of February, so if you haven't ordered yours yet, visit the "Come Shop with Me" icon and order yours now!!  Only $5.00 with a $50.00 purchase!

I stamped the elephant and horse directly on the paper, but the monkey I did have to stamp and fussy cut.  I ended up making 30 of these and had plenty of paper left over.  The card is a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" size.

Materials I used: 

*Regatta paper pack (X7206 B $9.95)

*Balloon Animals February Stamp of the Month (S1602 $17.95 or $5.00 with a $50 purchase)

*Cricut Artistry Cartridge (for the sign) (Z3167 $99 for the collection ~ includes the cartridge, 3 D-size coordinating stamp sets, 1 Enchantment card stock combo pack of paper)

*Dot embossing folder (Z1924 $8.95)

*Sapphire Exclusive Ink stamp pad (Z2648 $6.95)

* Pomegranate Exclusive Ink stamp pad (Z2653 $6.95)

*Flaxen Exclusive Ink stamp pad (Z2642 $6.95)

*2 red enamel gems (Z3090 $3.95 for a pack of 108 adhesive-backed, faceted, enamel pieces in 3 sizes: 4 mm, 5 mm, 7 mm and in 3 shades of red) Love these!!

Enjoy!!

Workshops Your Way

Workshops Your Way is all new and better than ever!  The first kit to share here is the Charlotte Scrapbooking Kit.  Included in this kit is 1- Charlotte paper packet, 1- Charlotte complements, 3- card stock sheets (1 black, 2 whisper), 1- black & gold ribbon, and 1-treasured puffs.  This kit provides all the supplies you need to create 3- 2 page layouts, a 2 page Picture My Life layout, and 9 cards (3 of each design) using the remaining workshop materials and a few extra supplies.  Visit my online business address at www.http://lauriesmith.ctmh.com to download the online guide for this kit.  Check out the additional supplies list in the new Seasonal Expressions available now through April 2016.

CC: Picture My Life™ - Live Your Day

Happy New Year!  Have you made your 2016 resolutions?  Honestly, I have not.  I've been thinking about all of the things that I would normally set as my goals: lose weight, exercise (not more, just get started!), read more books, learn to cook, and so on.  Instead, I have been working on cleaning, painting and organizing my new scrapbook studio!  My only goal right now is to get it done so I can start playing with all of my new Close to my Heart toys!  The new book has so many fun products!  The new papers are amazing, as are all of the coordinating products!  We also have die cuts now!  They are spectacular!  So, instead of setting resolutions, I am going to finish my studio and then decide what I want to accomplish next and work on that until I have met that goal.  Setting too many goals at once is just too overwhelming to me and frustrating when I don't stick with the goals that I set!  Tomorrow I plan to also get started on my CTMH planner.  Using the new Picture My Life-Live Your Day cards, I think I will have a great start!  Watch the video below to see the new cards and a few ways you can put these cards to work for you!  This set of cards is only available during the month of January so be sure to place your order soon!

This month's stamp is so cute and fun! I created this card for my stamp of the month swap. I used white daisy card stock for the base, pear card stock for the mat and then white daisy card stock for the top. I sponged all edged with pear exclusive ink. I stamped the bouquet of flowers and mason jar from the Candlelight Garden stamp of the month. Using our ShinHan markers, I colored in the flowers and used a pink embellishment in the center of the large marigold colored flower. Next I painted the blue water in the bottom of the jar using our fun set of watercolor paints. Using 2 sheets of B&T papers from the Kaleidoscope packet, I cut out 2 squares from each piece so I could see the design on both sides. Altering the designs, I placed them on the base of the card to the right. I then added the stamped top to the pear paper and attached that to the left side of the card. I cut out a rectangle of white daisy paper paper, stamped "Thank You" cut the right end, sponged all edges and attached it to the front of the card. The coloring and painting took a little bit of time, but putting the card together took very little time!

To order some or all of the products used for this card, I have listed all of the products below. Simply click on the "Come Shop with Me" icon on the right of this page to go to my online order site and enter in your order. All products will be shipped directly to your door!

Products used: S1512 Candlelight Garden December Stamp of the Month
Z2163 White Daisy Cardstock
Z2197 Pear Cardstock
X7202B Kaleidoscope Paper Packet
Z2205 Black Exclusive Inks (I would recommend to use the new Memento Tuxedo Black ink instead)
Z697 Sponge (I cut this into 6 equal sections)
Z3132 Watercolor Paints (LOVE!!)
Z3188 Paintbrush Set
Z2457 YR24, Marigold ShinHan Marker
Z2448 R11, Carmine ShinHan Marker
Z2454 GY234, Leaf Green ShinHan Marker
Z2466 G46, Vivid Green ShinHan Marker
Z2463 GY235, Sap Green ShinHan Marker
Z2464 RP198, Tender Pink ShinHan Marker
Z2462 P282, Peony Purple ShinHan Marker
Z2449 B262, Cerulean Blue Lt ShinHan Marker
Z3091 Pink Enamel Gems