Close To My Heart Retirement list... Going Going Gone!

The following items are available through July 31, 2012 

or while supplies last:

Z1163 Double Scrubber (Note: Being replaced with a new version.)
Z1006 Microfiber Cloth
Z1404 Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Dark Cranberry
Z1405 Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Outdoor Denim
Z1406 Quick Pic 12x12 Album - Dark Chocolate
Z4110 Snapease Album System
Z1323 Clear Cards - 4 1/4" x 5 ½" Asst.
Z1309 Clear Cards - 4 ½” Asst.
Z1383 Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon
Z1384 Designer Ribbon - Pink Collection
Z1397 Canvas Badge Buttons
Z1367 Bitty Brads Basic Asst
Z1368 Bitty Brads Metal Asst
Z1104 Clear Sparkles (Note: Being replaced with all round sparkles)
Z1698 Mini-Medley Accents - Pacifica
Z1320 Mini-Medley Accents - Tulip
Z1338 Mini-Medley Accents - Sunset
Z1488 Mini-Medley Accents - Honey
Z1403 Photo Hangers
Z1402 Hinges
Z1690 Bitty Buds Asst
Z1691 Bottle Caps
Z1693 Seaside Wooden Shapes (SOLD OUT)
Z1688 Comic Badge Buttons
Z1635 Heirloom Asst
Z1337 Dimensional Elements Ornaments (Note: Updated to coordinate with Cricut Artiste)
Z1224 My Creations All Sorts Mini Album
Z1334 My Creations Mix & Mingle Mini Album
Z1321 My Creations A-Door-Ables
Z1152 My Creations Cube
4275 My Legacy Writers
Z338 Euro Personal Trimmer (Note: Being replaced with Fiskars SureCut Deluxe Craft Trimmer)
Z339 Euro Trimmer Replacement Blades
Z340 Euro Trimmer Replacement Blade/Scoring
1766 Dotto Dots Dispenser
1767 Dotto Dots Refill

Stamps:

A1095 Always Remember
A1099 Angel Sent
A1107 A Twinkle
A1108 A Flitter
A1109 A Sip
A1110 A Timber
A1113 A Game
A1115 A Holiday

B1356 St. Nick
B1359 Fright Night
B1361 Tannenbaum
B1362 Tag The Occasion
B1381 Holiday Cheer
B1393 Joyful Jar
B1394 John 3:16

C1379 Holiday Commentary
C1382 Holiday Commentary - Spanish
C1383 Holiday Commentary - French
C1401 Friendship Alphabet Small
C1408 Live Inspired
C1419 Harvest Home
C1420 Snow Days
C1423 Captured Moments
C1424 Nature's Gift
C1425 Month By Month
C1426 Thanksgiving
C1427 I Believe
C1429 Party Pennants
C1465 Unscripted
C1468 Winter Joy
C1470 Gnome Garden
C1471 Happy Clusters
C1472 Bundled Buddies

D1136 Giggle Caps
D1137 Giggle Lowercase
D1267 Rustic Numbers
D1306 Treasure Life
D1308 All Decked Out
D1373 Childhood Portrait
D1384 Snow Flurries
D1386 Save The Date
D1387 Made With Love
D1397 Save The Date - French
D1398 Save The Date - Spanish
D1401 Authentic
D1436 The Present
D1437 Party Animal
D1446 Adorn-able
D1449 Father Christmas
D1493 Fill In The Blank - Holiday
D1499 Live Your Style

E1002 Rustic Alphabet
E1006 Baroque Alphabet
E1011 Headline Alphabet Large
E1016 Friendship Alphabet Large

  You you've been wanting anything from this list...

don't wait any longer!

This list was posted on the CTMH Consultant's Bulletin Board by Debra Van Patten.

Retiring Close To My Heart Colors

 

Heads Up.... the below Close To My Heart colors are going to be retiring.  If you want the paper, ink pads, or re-fills order them now while they are still available.... come Aug. 1st they will be GONE, or sooner if they run out. Don't wait! 

 Oh how I will miss you Sunflower and  Vineyard Berry

 And don't forget 

During July, get a free paper packet and coordinating accessory with a qualifying online purchase.

 

Order @ http://papercuts4u.ctmh.com

Retiring colors:

Grey Wool
Grey Flannel
Vanilla Cream
Parchment
Brown Bag

Baby Pink
Taffy
Sunkiss Yellow
Key Lime
Heavenly Blue
Lilac Mist
Amethyst

Holiday Red
Sunflower
Sunny Yellow
Dutch Blue
Moonstruck

Vineyard Berry
Tulip
Garden Green
Spring Iris
Petal

Garnet
Pansy Purple

It’s Stampaganza Time!

Click on picture to get your free stamps! 

 Purchase any two stamp sets (sizes A, B, C, D, or E) at full retail price and receive a third stamp set of your choice FREE (of equal or lesser value)—a savings of up to $29.95! Stamp sets that count toward the qualifying purchase include full-priced A, B, C, D, and E sets only. Stamps that do not count toward a qualifying purchase include customizable (K), Workshops on the Go™, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month (both discounted and full-priced) sets. Dates: Offer valid June 1 (9:00 am MDT) – June 30 (11:59 pm MDT)

Liberty

All my favorite Cricut things wrapped up in one. 

Banner, flowers, and birds. 

I made the red white and blue liberty banner for June and July.
The other side (done in yellows, blues and greens) is for August and September.
Stay turned to see it come August!

All supplies are Close To My Heart. 

I just can't express how much I LOVE and use the 

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge by Close To My Heart.

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More Stamp Camp Projects

We are having a great time, making lots of wonderful projects.
At this point we are working on very little sleep, but lots of chocolate.

Erin's class, made by Janice. Cute mini banner.

Below is a cute card pack that goes in a paper carry pouch.

This is a sweet bunch of paper flowers in a picket fence box. Karen Scott's class.

Wine bottle with Christmas lights inside.

Erin's tag book... made by Erin

Paper flag by Janice.

Stamp Camp 2012 in Sedona, AZ

It's Stamp Camp time again....
We are back in Sedona, but this time it's cold and snowing.
Stay tuned for more projects to be posted.


Janice taught us this class... a super cute magnate board.
I made mine a prayer request board.






This is Karen Scott's board. A menu board for the week. Below is the class I'm teaching. Very simple milk cartons.

Well, Hello CHAIRS!

It's been months since I've darken the doors of my local Salvation Army. But yesterday I was feeling something calling me from deep inside the store.
I walked around and first found the cute swivel yellow stool.
Other then the layer of dirt and wobbly back it was perfect.
Then I found the cute pink and yellow chairs. It was love at first sight! One of the chairs was "recovered" with fabric and cat hair which I promptly removed when I got home and found the yellow vinyl seat was still in great condition.
A little citrus cleaner and elbow grease and I have three new retro chair in my craftroom!

Not sure why, but the pink is two different shades of pink.
Maybe one lived in the sunlight for years.

They look right at home!

I also got this great salt shaker, which is now a prisma glitter shaker.
And the picture which I really wanted just for the frame,
but now the picture is starting to look cute to me.

What did I pay for all this you ask?
An unbelievable $17.00!
That also included a road atlas and two other books.

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New Kind Of Crafting

Lauren broke into a new sorta crafting area for us. Using a friends Cake Cricut, Lauren started with making sugar cookies, which came out very yummy, but were frustrating to make.

So she stepped it up to gum paste and that's where the magic began. She made this beautiful yellow butter cake with a raspberry layer. So pretty and so yummy.

Test flower

Retro Birthday Card

I love all the funny retro birthday cards with pictures of days gone by.
I have boxes of those types of pictures and have decided to print copies of them and start making my own humorous retro cards.

The picture isn't great, but this is a birthday card for my life long friend Cindy. It's a picture from the 70's at one of my birthday parties. (in the photo I'm on the left and Cindy is on the right, and some unknown girl is in the center)

The card reads:
We'll always be friends...
The inside says:
Except for that shifty eyed girl.

Dog Memory Wall

I've been wanting to do this project for YEARS.

I LOVE dogs! I LOVE them and always have a small pack running around my home. Anyone who's ever loved a dog knows how hard it is when one of them dies. I always keep their collars because, for me, they hold all the memories of that dog.
I've also kept the muzzles that my retired racing Greyhounds came off the track with, along with the plastic racing collar... for me it's a reminder of what that dogs past was, and to give them just one more hug each day.
All these memories have been hanging on a peg board in my laundry room, but I really wanted them to be part of memory wall.
The new memory wall is still in my laundry room, but now it's a display that brings back lots and lots of happy memories every time I walk into the room.

Autumn and Bear (Greyhounds)

Cresta (Greyhound)

I used the Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridge (Art Philosophy) to cut the file top tabs. Printed the dogs names on the tabs and attached them to chipboard coasters. I modge podged to attach the dogs pictures to the front of the coasters, I also applied two coats of modge podge to the front of the photos to help protect them. The jump rings are just attached with hot glue and make them easy to hang with just a tack from the wall.

It's not a piece of art, but it makes me smile.