Invitation to a Close To My Heart Test Panel

Please consider joining me and some of my fellow consultants at our first ever Close To My Heart Test Panel!  Our special guests are YOU!!! You’re Invited to our Inaugural Test Panel Event! We value your feedback on our new products! Note that there is no cost to attend and is open...

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TBT

Music evokes so much emotion in me!  It helps me decompress and honestly helps facilitate my creative juices.  Enjoy one of my faves from 2011 for #TB...

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TBT

I'm posting this TBT for two reasons. First, it of course represents TBT in that the picture shows my beautiful son in 2006 in the high school marching band.  The band was getting ready to march for the city Christmas parade.  I persuaded my son to hold off meeting with his friends and...

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TBT

It's time for TBT again!  Today I chose a scrapbook page I made with a very old page kit that CTMH used to sell.  Anyone know what it is??? #tbt #ctmh #easter #scrapbooking A photo posted by Joyce Gough (@jgough7ctmh) on Aug 13, 2015 at 8:19am PDT If you guessed the Easter My Reflections Collection Kit, you would be correct! Does anyone have a layout made with the kit that they would...

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Early Release of Selected CTMH Products

Did I get your attention?  Yes, Close To My Heart has a new Cricut cartridge to add to your collection!  In fact it is available for purchase right now!!!  The new CTMH Annual Inspirations was released to consultants earlier this month at convention.  I was lucky enough...

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TBT

I suspect not everyone is familiar with the acronym "TBT", but many of you reading this have likely seen it.  For those of you who are not familiar, it means "Throw Back Thursday" and has become a widely used acronym and hashtag across the internet to typically show pictures, images and other items from years past.  Therefore, I thought it might be fun to do a weekly feature to include the...

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Blossom Card Workshop!

Blossom is an amazingly gorgeous paper pack!  I have used it for so many things, I decided that I really needed to share and do a card workshop before it finally goes away. For this workshop, we will be making 20 cards using 10 patterns.  You will be assembling the cards using pre-cut pieces, Glacier twine and plenty of sparkles!  You can even choose the sentiments you want to use...

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Get Organized!

During the month of August, get your hands on the latest and greatest in organization products from Close To My Heart — with a few perks thrown in! Simply place an order for the new marker roll-up at full retail price and receive the new D-size stamp set My Acrylix® Balloon Wishes...

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August 2015 Stamp of the Month - Framed

The "Framed" Stamp of the Month for August is perfect for applying sentiments to cards and other paper crafting projects. For the following sample from my Instagram account, I used the Blossom paper pack with this stamp set to create a "thinking of you" card for a special person in my life. The sentiment and frame were both embossed using pigment ink and clear embossing powder. I love to emboss!...

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