June: CTMH Flash Sales!!

I'm so excited June is here!  Summer is my favorite.  I get to be home with my kiddos and enjoy our days together each day.  We are so looking forward to that and have started our 'Places to Go, Things to Do' lists!  4 more school wake-ups for us until Summer Vacation! :)

Bonus:  CTMH Convention is in June this year.  I get to go again and this year it's at Walt Disney World in Florida.  eeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! So looking forward to that!

What's on your summer-to-do-list?  I hope tons of things you enjoy!

THANK YOU!! Thanks to all of you who participated in my National Scrapbooking Month week event!  I had fun finding goo things to share, getting in my own scrapbooking  room and getting some challenges down myself and BINGO was a riot!!!  If you missed out mark July 17-25 on your calendar for Christmas in July!  ...more challenges, games, giveaways, fun and sneak peeks of new product coming in August!  You don't want to miss it!  If you're not on Facebook (to be included in the group) let me know and we'll figure out a way to stay connected!

FLASH SALE!!

CTMH is excited it's June too!  In addition to Convention this month they have a party for all of us all month long!  CTMH is having Flash Sales throughout the month of June.  They will be offering great deals on bundles of discounted Close to My Heart products every weekend!  You can find these deals on my Online Business Address (OBA) each Friday afternoon at 4pm CST.

There will be lots to choose from, but you'll need to snatch them up quick, because they're only available through the following Monday while supplies last!  Bundles will vary each weekend.  Some will have only new product, some will have only retired product and others will contain both!  CTMH will also be posting artwork on their blog (blog.closetomyheart.com) each weekend showing what you can create with some of the bundles offered for the weekend.

Bundles will be available at various discount levels and price points through the month, so check every weekend to see the new offerings.  They even have a countdown here!  hahaha! Remember, these discounts won't last forever, and some will be gone in a flash, so act quickly to score the best deals!

Stamp of the Month: The Long Way Home
It's traveling season!  This stamp set will compliment any of your destinations!! During June, you can get this SOTM set, The Long Way Home for only $5 with every $50 purchase!

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#AlltheAlbums Sale Continued
CTMH has decided to extend this sale and offer 25% off the retail prices of the remaining inventory of albums.  These albums will retire July 31st.  Act fast, some of these beautiful albums have already sold out with this great deal.  All albums available can be found on my OBA here.

Until next time... Happy Crafting!

National Scrapbooking Month!

Happy National Scrapbooking Month!!! 

May is flying by!! I hope you have been enjoying the beautiful weather and then when it's not so beautiful.... some scrapbooking time!!

Who's seen the new Idea Book?! the new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book went live May 1st! You can get a new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book either from me or add it to your next online order for free! You can also peruse through it on my online site, here.

Be sure to check it out if you haven't!! Three new paper packs -- bright summer colors, papers perfect for theme parks (think Disney!), Fourth of July ready, bold summer colors, flamingos and pineapples!  New watercolor brushes, new Picture My Life collections, fun stamp sets and Stamp of the Month sets through August! 

Let me know if you'd like an Idea Book and I'll get one to you!

National Scrapbooking Offers and Events through Ellie:

National Scrapbooking Month Event on Facebook 

Join me next week for a week of challenges, games and giveaways! I will set up a private group this wknd and you can join! If we are already "friends" on Facebook I'll invite you. I'll post a reminder on my Facebook Business page when things get started so leave me a comment (or email) if you'd like to be added!

Mystery Hostess!! 

Each person who places an order through me in May will qualify to be put in a drawing to be the Mystery Hostess of all May orders and receive the benefit of the free product and possible 1/2 off items!! Orders can be placed online (ellielundstrom.ctmh.com), be sure to join the "National Scrapbooking Month!" Party or you can place an order directly me! 

Wait! There's more...

Close To My Heart is Celebrating National Scrapbooking Month with a FREE Paper Pack this month!! 

Happy Times is a fun paper pack full of beautiful colors patterns and gold foil designs; I personally love the white wash wood and bright ombre sheets!  You can get the Happy Times paper pack for FREE with a qualifying purchase of $60.   You can also purchase this exclusive paper packet at full retail for $14.95 with no purchase requirement.  Additionally, there is a coordinating D-size stamp set, My Acrylix Happy Times,available for $17.95. Together this duo will create a beautiful space in your scrapbooks for you precious memories!

Also, when you make a qualifying purchase and get this paper pack for FREE or when you purchase this paper pack this month you will also receive from me instructions to create 3 beautiful two-pages layouts and instructions to create 12 awesome cards! 

#AlltheAlbums (All the Albums Promotion!)

Through the month of May, you can save 25% off the purchase of Close to My Heart's My Legacy albums!  That is a saving of over $8.50 per album!  Choose from our a gorgeous variety of colors and patterns available in both post-bound and D-righ styles.  This offer is while supplies last, so place your order soon to get the styles and colors you love.  They are built to last and are going fast -- order yours today!

​Celebrate with Cake (Stamp of the Month)

This month you can purchase this D-size stamp, Celebrate with Cake, for just $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50.  What a great stamp set to use with watercolors, pencils and markers! 

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Have a great weekend!! Squeak in some crafting time! 😉

~~ Ellie

Exciting April Promotions!

Welcome!!!  I'm so glad you stopped by today and because I'm soooooooo excited to share the New Consultant Special for April with you today!!! Do you remember Close to My Heart's mission?  (Refresh yourself here.)  Ah-mazing, right?!  I love it!  I love the heart in this company and I truly believe in the mission of Close to My Heart - this is exactly why I'm so excited to share this opportunity with you.  I believe you're gonna love it! :)

Ready?  Drum roll please.... Introducing the brand new New Consultant Kit and the "Baby, You're Worth It" April special.  The kit is just $75!  There's SO MUCH MORE so keep reading!

• Your kit will be filled with basic business supplies that includes a Medium Organizer!  
• Your kit comes with $50 Select Product Credit to spend on additional supplies. You get to make your kit whatever you'd like it to be!  
• The opportunity to earn Straight to the Top rewards.

In April, if you sell $350 in your first 30 days, you will receive: 

• FREE Cricut Collection of your choice OR an additional $100 in Select Product Credit!
• THREE exclusive stamp sets that can only be earned by reaching these sales in your first 30 days as part of the Straight to the Top rewards. ($54 value)
• A party total of $350 also earns you another $60 in Select Product Credit plus one item 50% off!!  (Not to mention 22% commission = $77)  I will walk you through the process step-by-step.

Let me tell you a little bit more... 

• During April, Consultants are in the Consultant Preview Period for Seasonal Expressions 2 and the May National Scrapbooking Month special.  This means you will get to order BRAND NEW product, only available to consultants, in any order your place effective immediately! 
• You are in charge and can make signing up whatever you want.  
• Sign up for this hot deal and see where it takes you.
• Sign up as a hobbyist for yourself or a group of friends.  Quarterly minimums are just $300.
• Interested in making income doing something you love?  You can do that too!  Let me show you how!
• Your instant commission is 22% and you earn Select Product Credit monthly according to your sales

* Select Product Credit is essentially money that you get to spend (kind of like a gift card) on papers, complements, workshop kits, stamps, stamp blocks, inks, re-inkers, ShinHan markers, Picture My Life cards and more!

Seriously, if I could, I would sign up again!! I'm so excited about this deal!! :)  I have been part of the Close to My Heart family for 2 years this month and have LOVED every minute!  I am head-over-heels with the product, the people I have met are some of the nicest around and oh my goodness, so creative and talented!  I love this crafty gig and would love to have you join me!!

You can get started today at my online site! 

• Go to ellielundstrom.ctmh.com
• Click on "What We Do" and "Be a Consultant"
• Click on "Let's Get Started."

Wahoo!!! Once you submit your application you and I will both get an email.  You can be sure I'm ready with a big, warm welcome!! :)

These 3 exclusive stamp sets can be yours when you place your initial order of $350 in your first 30 days.

Stamp of the Month: Life in Pictures

​This great stamp set, Life in Pictures, can be yours this month for just $5, with a qualifying purchase of $50.  All the fun camera images and sentiments in this stamp set make it one you'll use over and over again to help capture the moments in life you treasure most.

Upcoming Workshops! Tuesday, April 12th, 6pm-8pm: Creative Card Buffet at my house.  Come make as many cards as you can in 2 hours!  This workshop is $12.  Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 6th. 

May: National Scrapbooking Month Online Event Join me for an online event that I will host for National Scrapbooking Month, all month long!  Watch my blog and Facebook page for more information!

Saturday, May 7th, 9am - 11pm: National Scapbooking Day Crop!! Come join me at my house to get scrappy and craft the day away!! More information will be sent out and will appear on my Facebook page, be on the lookout! :)

Tuesday, May 17th, 6pm - 9pm:  Scrapbooking Layout Workshop.  

I hope April Fools Day brings you a few giggles!! 
Happy Crafting!

Sunday Paper: Jackson Layouts

It's the end of May already!  At the beginning of May I challenged myself - and YOU - to create a layout a week in celebration of National Scrapbooking month.  How'd you do?  I made 7 layouts and a few cards!

When I started the challenge I had ideas of finishing up a scrapbook but my Jackson paper pack was laying out from a previous workshop so I decided to go to town with it.  Often I get busy making layouts, adding stamped images and other embellishments I forget about the coordinating complements.  Jackson Complements are cute!  There are many pieces and sentiments I really like.  My mission in creating layouts with my Jackson papers that I also use as much of the coordinating complements as possible!  In the end, I have a few left but I also have the Jackson Picture My Life cards and I can use up the rest of my complements with those. And... truth be told another Jackson paper pack is on my list to get because I like it that much!

Where do you get your inspiration for scrapbooking?  Pinterest, magazines, idea books...  Sometimes it's one element of the layout that gets me started, other times the sketch and in this case... the whole sha-bang!  I scraplifted this first layout from a layout I found on Pinterest.  This layout was designed by Dana Kessler, a fellow CTMH consultant.  She has a knack for creating beautiful pages.  The chevron on the outside of the pages grabbed my attention and it was the perfect layout to get me in the complement-embellishing mojo. 

This layout was created with Jackson papers, Jackson Complements and Brave Enamel Shapes. I went quick and easy with this layout.  There is are no stamped images and no cricut cuts.  Although, I'm sure the chevrons on the sides could easily be cut using the Artbooking cartridge!  I had different pieces cut from different projects and hand cut everything.

Jackon Paper, Jackson Complements, Brave Enamel Shapes

Clean, straight lines in my layouts really appeal to me.  They are definitely my go-to.  This next layout was created using Jackson papers and Jackson Complements.  I also added some embellishments from My Crush Wildwood Sticky Tabs and My Crush Wildwood Clips.

Jackson Papers, Jackson Complements, My Crush Wildwood Sticky Tabs and Clips

Each paper pack has 3-double-sided designed papers.  Depending on the papers that are pared together the layouts can take on a completely different look.  This layout was created using Jackson papers, Jackson Complements, CTMH Spray Pen (with Chocolate Ink and Create-A-Shade Paint), Boardwalk Washi Tape, Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape, Artisian Studs and Magic Mesh.  The sentiments on the bottom of the left pages are from the zip-strip on the Jackson papers.  I'm telling ya' every bit of this paper pack is fun!

Jackson Papers, Jackson Complements, Spray Pen, Boardwalk Washi Tape,
Lagoon Houndstooth Washi Tape, Artisian Studs

I wrapped up my Jackson layouts with this fun layout.  I was inspired by a layout that my upline Karina McQuistan created and scraplifted this idea.  This is the perfect layout to use up scrap papers!  This layout was created using Jackson papers, Jackson Complements and Brave Enamel shapes. 

That's a wrap for my Jackson layouts for now! Like I said I'm going to get another paper pack because I really enjoyed playing with the patterns in this paper.  With 3 boys and all the outdoor adventures we have I'm certain I'll be filling these layouts quickly with cute smiles and fun memories!

If you are ready to get your hands on this fun, adventurous Jackson line hop on over to my Online Site and get yours today!  The products in the layouts posted today are from Seasonal Expressions 2 that came out April 1st.  If you still need a copy in your hands let me know and I'll send one your way!  The ideas in the book are stunning and the supplies are yummy - you don't want to miss out!

Wait, just a minute! I said I completed 7 layouts didn't I?  Sure did!  All 7 layouts were CTMH papers too!!  The next 3 layouts I created this month were using Blossom papers.  I will feature the Blossom paper pack in June and share those layouts then.  

Here's a little teaser... A sneak peek at a Blossom layout that you can create at my June Layout Workshop!

If you haven't signed up for my June 9th Layout Workshop and would like to please RSVP by June 3rd to save your spot and give me time to make sure I have supplies ready for everyone!  The workshop will be at my home and will begin at 6pm.  If you can't make it but don't want to miss out let me know and I can create a kit for you with directions to assemble on your own!

Finally, the last drawing for the layout challenge this month will happen tomorrow morning!  You have the rest of the day to post a picture to my Facebook post with a layout you created this week for a chance to WIN!  Prizes so far have been: embellishment pack, sequins, Picture My Life cards, flip flaps... Week 5 will bring _____ !

See you back tomorrow announcing June's promotions!

Happy Crafting!

Jackson Cards

Hello everyone! Today I'm here to share some cards I've been creating using Jackson paper pack and some of my favorite stamp sets with you.

Common theme in all the cards...
 *I'm lovin' the Jackson Paper Pack.
 *I'm lovin' CTMHs Thick Twine (it comes in 4 different colors). 
 *I love my embellishments! Sequins, staples, triangles - oh my!

The first card was a free make-n-take at my Seasonal Expressions II Preview Party!  I used Jackson paper pack and the Dizzy Circles stamp set.  This stamp set is a newly released stamp set from SEII.  Isn't it fun?! Flash back to childhood Spirographs!  For sure, my favorite flair stamp set from the new Seasonal Idea Book! I embellished this card with Oceanside Sequins and Glacier Thick Twine. The images are stamped in Juniper and Bard Red inks.

Jackson Paper Pack, Dizzy Circle Stamp Set

This next three cards were cards that were part of my card workshop.  This first one, was created using Jackson papers and Finding the Words stamp set. I embellished this card using Oceanside Sequins, Flaxen Thick Twine and used my Edge Distresser to add texture to the the edge of the glacier piece.  I used Glacier, Cocoa and Barn Red to stamp the sentiment.

Side note: If you're looking for a stamp set that has it all "Finding the Words" might just be that one for you.  It is loaded with 37 sentiments and images to create the perfect message!

Jackson Paper Pack, Finding the Words Stamp Set

Using Jackson papers and April's Stamp of the Month, Typed Note, I created a fun birthday card.  I embellished this card with Flaxen Thick Twine and Triangle Durables.  The typewriter was stamped in Cocoa and I used Flaxen for the sentiment.

Jackson Paper Pack, Typed Note Stamp Set

This next card was SO fun to make! I just went with it!  I was inspired by the layout on page __ of Seasonal Expressions II.  I love how they used that stamp set to create the stamped triangle images in the background and I had just the perfect stamp set to use. I used Jackson papers and Born To Roam to create this card.  I embellished this card with mini staples and Flaxen Thick Twine.  I grabbed a stack of inks and got inky with Cocoa, Desert Sand, Barn Red, Juniper and Glacier.

Jackson Paper Pack, Born to Roam Stamp Set

That's that on this Thursday morning - some Jackson artwork to get you inspired!

Make it a great day!
Happy Crafting!

Taste of Summer Layout

Who's ready for summer? I am! I am!!

The Taste of Summer paper pack, CTMH May promotional paper pack, is full of summery-colors to compliment all your sweet summer photos! I have used my Taste of Summer pack to create this layout that uses all these vibrant colors in one space! 

Close to My Heart Taste of Summer Paper Pack

I plan to use that white space created by the lime boarders to add some fun, summer pictures of my boys!

The stamp set that I used on this layout was new to me.  I received it in one of my April Grab Bags.  It is a retired stamp set and from last year's Jubilee Scrapbooking Workshop on the Go Kit. I was happy to get it and it paired perfectly.

Taste of Summer promotional paper pack is available until May 31st, while supplies last, for only $8.95.  The coordinating stamp set is $17.95 and can be used to compliment your scrapbook pages or create some cute cards!  

There is no qualifying purchase to get these good deals.  You can get yours today through my Online Site. There are just a few more days to grab this juicy paper.  Be sure to grab it quickly as it's available only as supplies last.

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back tomorrow with more artwork to share, see you then!

Happy Crafting!

Sunday Paper: Jackson Layouts

Jackson is such a fun paper pack to work with!! The patterns play well with each other and the colors put me in the mood to get outside!

The two layouts I'm sharing with you today are layouts from my Layout Workshop this last week.  This first layout is the alternate layout featured in the Jackson Workshop on the Go Kit.

Jackson Scrapbooking Workshop on the Go,
Inks: Cocoa, Juniper, Barn Red

This second layout is fun and has a lot of room for several pictures.  I didn't include photo mats but envision the center of the layout filled up with our family camping pictures!

This layout has several stamped images from three stamp sets.  "So Happy Here" comes from the Jackson WOTG stamp set.  The fun outdoor-sy images are from the Born to Roam stamp set; I think they complement Jackson well.  This hidden gem of a set can be found in the Idea Book by the Wildwood My Crush Album.   I also added a few tags from May's Stamp of the Month: Just Sayin'.

Side note:  What's in your stash?  Sometimes you might have just what you need right under your nose!  The background stamped triangles is an idea I pulled from Seasonal Expressions but because I didn't have that stamp set was able to use my larger but similar triangles from Born to Roam.

Jackson Paper Pack, Stamps: Jackson WOTG, Born to Roam, Just Sayin',
Inks: Cocoa, Barn Red, Flaxen & Juniper

Jackson is the paper pack I'm playing with the most this month!  If you'd like to get your hands on this cute paper or the awesome WOTG you can order yours on my Online Site today!

I hope you are taking time to enjoy National Scrapbooking Month!  If so, remember I have a challenge up each week to create a layout a week!  You can do it!! Post a picture of your artwork to my Facebook page for an opportunity to win each week!

Happy Crafting!

National Scrapbooking Day!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!  A special day just for scrapbookers!!

I have TWO fun ways to celebrate scrapbooking with you today!

FREE Embellishments for YOU, my customers!
I have a treat for you, again this year, on this crafty holiday!  Any order that is placed today through my Online Shopping site at any amount will receive FREE embellishments from me!

What you need to do:
1) Visit my Online Shopping site (ellielundstrom.ctmh.com).
2) Join my online "National Scrapbooking Month!" Party.
3) Shop for all the paper crafting supplies you'd like and check out.

I have a stash of embellishments just waiting to be delivered so once I see your order go through I'll pull some and put your name on them! Depending on how close we are to each other I'll deliver them to you in person or will mail them your way.

This sparkly, fun offer is good only TODAY, May 2, 2015!

Scrapbooking Challenge!

I challenge you all to create at least one layout per week this month.  Each Saturday morning I'll post a reminder on my Facebook page (Ellie Lundstrom: CTMH Independent Consultant).  When you complete your layout (one page, two-page spread, PML layout, cards, CTMH products or not -- the idea is to create!!) post a picture of it in the comments of that message, send me a picture text or email me to enter to WIN something each week!  Winners will be chosen from those that participate each week.  I will pick a winner each Sunday at noon Monday. - that'll get us all the way to the end of May!  Prizes, of course, will be some of your favorite CTMH products and will vary each week!

Well, whatcha think?  It is National Scrapbooking Month and if you participate each week that's 5 layouts!  We can do it!!

Ready, Set, GO!!! The first challenge starts NOW! I'll draw our first winner tomorrow at noon - let's see what you've got!

Happy Scrapbooking!