Boxing week Sales

Get ready for the amazing deals during Boxing Week with Close To My Heart! We’re keeping the festive fun alive with a flash sale every day of the week, featuring current and retired products! Quantities will be limited, so be sure to place your orders early!
 
The Boxing Week sale starts at 11:00 am (CST) on December 26 and will end at 11:59 pm (CST) on December 31. Each day will feature a different selection of sales items which will be available for 24 hours.

Shop with me at the link on the right or type in dianeanthony.closetomyheart.com in your browser.

Thanks for stopping by! Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!
Diane

Black Friday Sale and Cyber Monday

There are still some deals left, but only while supplies last! Don't miss out on the sale exclusive wooden banners! Sale ends at 3:59 today! Place your order today by clicking on the link at the right. 

Then check back on Monday from 4:00pm until 3:59pm Tuesday for some more great deals!

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Inspired by...Jars

This is the card I made for the Inspired By...Jars challenge that is hosted by Laurel Seabrook. I used some old retired products from Papertrey Ink, the jars and the sentiment. I also use a retired Close To My Heart stamp set for the pumpkin. I used the stitched circle embossing folder from CTMH and also used the French Vanilla and Glacier card stocks. I used Toffee Ink and Glacier Ink and a water  brush to add color to the pumpkin. 

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A 24-hour Christmas in July sale is coming to my Consultant website on Monday, July 29, starting at 4:00 pm (CDT) and ending at at 3:59 pm (CDT) on Tuesday, July 30! As with other sales, the items featured in this sale will only be available while supplies last, so you'll want to visit the sale early!

Here are a few things to keep in mind about this sale:

• Sale prices are only available on orders placed on my Consultant website.
• The sale features a selection of current products as well as retired items. 
• Any current items that sell out during the sale will return to availability at normal price once the sale has ended.
• Shipping and handling is based on the full retail value of the sale items.

Happy shopping! You can use the shop with me link in the right to go to my website dianeanthony.closetomyheart.com

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True Love Cards

Today I am sharing with you the two cards I created for a challenge with the Close To My Heart team  that I am a member of. They both use the True Love paper packet (X7244B). 

This first card uses the stamp set from the Workshops Your Way Thinking of You Cardmaking Kit (G1181). I also used the Doily Thin Cut (Z4063) with vellum paper (Z3367). The sentiment was stamped with Sapphire Ink (Z2848). The wreath is stamped with our Intense Black Ink (Z4189) which is recommended for watercolors and alcohol markers at it is waterproof, non-smearing and fast drying. The leaves and flowers were then watercolored with our New England Ivy (Z2835) and Eggplant (Z2847) Inks using the small round Water Brush (Z3224). The wreath was also accented using Loose Gold Sequins (Z4235).

The second card is made with the same True Love paper pack. I also used the watering can and Thin Cut die from the Where Happiness Blooms Stamp + Thin Cuts Bundle (Z4086) with Pewter Ink (Z2832). I paper pieced the flowers using the cake image from our June Stamp of the Month It's Your Day To Sparkle (S1906). The floral image was masked and stamped on True Love papers 4 times with Pewter Ink and then fussy cut and glued together before placing on the card front. The blue scallop was created using the Lace Border Thin Cut (Z4060). The sentiment from the It's Your Day to Sparkle was stamped using Sapphire ink on a Fancy Tags Thin Cut and tied to the watering can with Sapphire Crochet Thread (Z4058).

I hope you enjoyed these cards. If you would like to purchase any of the supplies I used to make them, please shop at the link on the right. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

June Special has Free Layout Kits

Free Layout Kits w/ select stamp set purchase in June! Celebrate the best moments during June with four My Acrylix® stamp sets and coordinating layout kits designed to preserve some of your favorite memories. This special features three stamp sets from our Seasonal Expressions idea book and one exclusive set—Then & Now—designed just for this special.  Here is a close up of the Then & Now stamp set-

For this month only, Close To My Heart has paired each of these stamp sets with materials for creating a 2-page scrapbooking layout at no additional cost! You pay the price of the stamp set and get the layout materials FREE—a savings of up to 40%!

Save an additional 25% by purchasing all four kits as part of the special The Best Moments Are Free bundle! You can also get one of these workshop kits FREE when you become a Consultant or host a qualifying party in June!

Please note that though pictured with a full ribbon spool, the kits come with 1 yard of the ribbon to complete a two page layout. If you are not a scrapbooker, these kits would work well to design your own cards as well. You can purchase these by shopping at my website with the link on the right. Thanks for stopping by and I hope to post more projects that I have completed soon. 

Quilted Sympathy

This card was inspired by a fellow CTMH consultant Laura Beacham. Hers used our new and currently available for purchase, Budding Peony stamp (D1831). Mine uses the retired Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking flowers and leaves. The sentiment is from the recently retired January stamp of the month. Sorry these retired items are no longer available, but when inspiration strikes it is often fun to use items you have on hand rather that waiting to order brand new everything! I uses one of my favorite color combinations Glacier, Sweet Leaf and Charcoal.

Products used on my card that are currently available are Stitched Quilt Shapes (Z4258), White Daisy card stock (X6027), Glacier card stock (X6004) and ink (Z2841), Sweet Leaf ink (Z2853), Charcoal ink (Z2831) and White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack (X254).

I hope this card will inspire you to do some creating of your own.  If you are interested in any of the products I have used, please shop with me at the link on the right!

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

February Specials

Close To My Heart has some wonderful specials this February. Remember all of these items are available while  supplies last so order soon if you see something you would like to order!

Love Blossoms is a beautiful card kit creating 12 cards, 4 each of three designs. There are a variety of bundles included with this set. Please click on the shop with me link on the right and select specials to find out all the options. My stamp set will be arriving this week and I can't wait to play with it!

These next two pictures show you the very fun Heart Happy papers which are also available while supplies last in February. The first kit features layouts and cards, the second kit features the instructions for one of our Everyday Life Albums, our 6x8 size. I have completed both kits, just need to add photos and journaling. They are all very fun! Once again, if you see something you would like, please shop with me at the link on the right.

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

Playing with Old Things

I recently had some long distance inspiration from my sister in Rochester. These were the cards I created with the same idea she had using an old retired hostess reward stamp set for the background stamping. I used the sentiments from some more recently retired sets as well as a stamp and die from Papertrey Ink. I also had fun digging into my October Afternoon papers for the black borders. 

All of the cards use current Close To My Heart ink colors, Canary, Smoothie, Glacier, Sweet Leaf and  Black. The colored twine was some I had in my stash thanks to my sister! I used the Scallop Border Thin Cuts Die with Smoothie card stock on the two cards below. 

It was so much fun to create these cards in our freezing cold temperatures last week. Though we live 5 hours apart, it was fun to inspire each other with our creations. Thanks, Leslie! Wish we lived closer so we could create together in person!

Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

Thinking of You cards

I was inspired by fellow CTMH Consultant Tracey McWaters to use up some old papers with some new stamp sets! The retired papers are from Boutique. I also used our color of the year Sugarplum Cardstock (X5989) and Ink (Z6500). The sentiments are from the January stamp of the month Card Captions S1901 which is now also retired, sorry! I used the circle tag from Fancy Tags Thin Cuts (Z4305) and the Butterfly Friendship Stamp and Thin Cuts. 

Thanks for stopping by! I will be posting more soon!

Diane

So Much Happy Cards

These are the cards that I created for the swap I participate in with each new Close To My Heart catalog release. I used the new So Much Happy papers (X7241B). 

For this first card, I also used the So Much Happy-Scrapbooking stamp set (D1817), sentiment from Butterfly Friendship (C1773) and Silver Glitter Gems (Z4191). The inks were Lagoon (Z2895), Sapphire (Z2848), Smoothie (Z2896) and Candy Apple (Z6509). I also used the Marvy Uchida LePen Journaling Pen (Z1979) to frame the stamped image. There is also a scrap of Linen card stock (X6009).  Each of these cards were made using white cards and envelopes (X254).

This next card is probably one of my favorites! It uses the new Swiss Dot Embossing Folder (Z4232). I absolutely love the stitched line on this one. I used Linen card stock (X6009),  the Butterfly Friendship Stamps & Thin Cuts (Z4263), Fancy Tags Thin Cuts (Z4305), Basic Circles Thin Cuts (Z3318), Erin's Hand Alphabet (E1039), Lagoon Ink (Z2895) and Charcoal Ink (Z2831). I used the Clear Simmer Brush (Z3293) to add a little sparkle to the butterfly image. The little lagoon sprig is stamped using the new Custom Tags stamp set (1832).

My final card uses some cuts on the Cricut using our Artbooking cartridge. The notebook paper and the cupcake images were the ones that I used here. The stamp set is Years of Sweetness (D1827). It also uses images from the same stamp set as my first card, specifically the Clover (Z6507) tab. Other ink colors used were Sapphire (Z2848), Candy Apple (Z6509) and Lemon (Z2808). There is also a strip of Candy Apple card stock (X5992) and some mini staples. 

I hope you enjoyed these cards. If you would like to purchase any of these items, please shop with me using the link on the right! Thanks for stopping by!

Diane

New Year, New Catalog

Close To My Heart is celebrating 35 years in the scrapbooking and stamping industry! Shop with me at the link on the right and check it out for yourself! Many new products, papers, Story By Stacy, stamps, thin cuts....

Let me know what your favorite item is!

Happy shopping!