Win a Tickled Pink Kit!!

Jeanette Lynton, Founder of Close to my Heart is giving away a Tickled Pink kit every day this month. Yes, every day. All you have to do to be entered into this giveaway is visit the Scrapbook and Share blog (click on the picture above), post a comment on at least one of the posted layouts. Once you see all the beautiful layouts you will want to leave a comment for more then one layout.

My friend Toni M. has posted a few layouts so be sure to look for her name when posting. She is a new Close to my Heart Consultant so check out her blog too. Each day, everyone who has posted a comment that day will be entered into a drawing. To see if you've won, visit Jeanette's Blog every day in May where she is posting the winners! Click here to see all the details of winning a Tickled Pink Kit, which has a value of $34.95. May 1st post is the one with all the info.

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Moon Doggie Cards from Wishes!!

What an exciting day it was for me I received the new Wishes book from Close to my Heart. I always enjoy seeing the Man in Brown show up in my driveway. I have the best UPS guy ever. The two cards below are from the Wishes book. I used the new Moon Doggie Paper that is in the new Summer Idea Book. I also used the February Word Puzzle stamp set. All items can be found and purchased on my website.

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Would you like to do something you LOVE?!

The New Consultant Kit has everything you need to start your business right, including forms, manuals, and a huge supply of Close To My Heart products, all for only $99. You may add one or both bonus packs, with a scrapbooking or cardmaking emphasis, at a great price to complement your kit. Make your world a better place by touching hearts and changing lives as you share the joys of scrapbooking and stamping with Close To My Heart!


Consultant Kit Contents

Business Training and Marketing Supplies:
· Open Me First Brochure
· Summer 2009 Idea Books (10)
· KeyNotes®
· 2009 Product Review
· My Acrylix® Little Thoughts Booking Incentive Stamp Set
· My Acrylix® Dream Big Incentive Stamp Set
· Summer 2009 B&T Duos™ Sampler
· Connections Club™ Reward: Rhinestone Frames
· Connections Club™ Cards (25)
· Color Wheel

Hostess Supplies:
· Hostess Packets (5) which include:
· Home Gathering Postcard Invitations (25)
· Customer Register Envelope (5)
· Hostess Rewards Form
· Customer Order Forms (5)

Products:
· My Reflections® Back Country Level 1 Kit
· My Reflections® Back Country Level 2 Paper Packet
· My Reflections® Back Country Level 2
My Stickease® Assortment
· 12" × 12" White Daisy Cardstock (24 pack)
· My Acrylix® Backwoods Stamp Set
· My Acrylix® Campin’ Fever Stamp Set
· My Acrylix® Field Trip Alphabet Stamp Set
· My Acrylix® You’re a Hoot Stamp Set
· My Acrylix® 2½" × 2½" Block
· My Acrylix® 2" × 6½" Block
· Barn Red Exclusive Inks™ Pad
· Cocoa Exclusive Inks™ Pad
· Olive Exclusive Inks™ Pad
· Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks™ Pad
· Black Exclusive Inks™ Marker
· New England Ivy Exclusive Inks™ Marker
· Double Scrubber
· My Acrylix® Spritz Cleaner
· Bonding Memories® Glue (25g.)
· Sponge


W552 $99.00*
Retail value approx. $300 US

Items shown represent contents of New Consultant Kits
ordered between April 1, 2009 and July 31, 2009. Contents
are subject to change without notice, and change regularly
based on product and collateral availability.

*Plus shipping and handling and applicable taxes.



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Happy Mother's Day!!

May everyone have a great day with their families.

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Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is Be Yourself, a set of 14 stamps. If you have come here from Terrie's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's Blog and start from the beginning!

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This month we have 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I really have been having fun with this stamp of the month Be Yourself. This card was made as a birthday card for one of my friends. I used Close to my Heart's paper Unforgettable, Sorbet Ribbon, Desert Sand Ink, and Foundry Frames. All items can be purchased on my website.

Now "Hop" on over to Annie's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the May SOTM is only available until May 31st!

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You Did It!!

School is almost over which means graduations, which means cards. A true paper genius (like myself :)) does not buy graduations cards, definitely not, especially not a Close to my Heart Consultant so I am working on making my 10 cards that I need.

I am doing the same pattern for all of them. The design comes from the Originals book.

I used the Rough 'n Tumble Level 2 Paper Pack. I used Cranberry Ribbon, Summer Buttons, and the Stamp set You Did It! The inside of the card says You Did It!

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Looking Good!

This month's stamp of the month is so much fun to play with. I embossed on each of the cards with clear detail embossing powder using my embossing pen which allows you to emboss small areas. Don't these women look like they are having fun?

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No, you can't eat it!

Doesn't that frosting look good enough to eat? It really makes me want a real cupcake with the sugar frosting. Yummy! I used Liquid Applique mixed with Blush Reinker to make the frosting. I spread the frosting around until I got the desired thickness wanted. I then sprinkled Prisma glitter on top of the frosting. I took my heat gun and dried the frosting. Depending on how thick you make your frosting is how long you need to dry it. The Liquid Applique is so much fun to play with. Close to my Heart has 60 colors so you can make a lot of different cupcakes. The stamp set I used was Cupcake Sprinkles.

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A Couple of Cards

I used the Stardust paper on the first card and on the second card I used That's Amore paper. These were quick little cards to make. I got the patterns from the Originals card book.

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Mother's Day Cards

I got all my Mother's Day cards finished on Saturday. Wahoo!! I am done a week early that sure feels good. :)

Card Recipe

1245 Olive Cardstock

x5642 Cocoa Cardstock

1388 Colonial Cardstock

D1261 Simple Beauty Stamp Set

z821 Clear Detail Embossing Powder

z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

z2114 Cocoa Ink Pad

z2118 Desert Sand Ink Pad
z2137 Olive Ink Pad

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Lucia