Merry Christmas!

Whooo's Your Valentine?

Display Tray Workshop

Saturday, January 12th
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$50
Bring your own photo(s) to make this beautiful artwork all your own!

Whooo’s Your Valentine

Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with an incredible deal—our Whooo’s Your  Valentine kit (CC1022) for only $10! Combine your love of papercrafting with the contents of this kit to create personalized valentines—perfect for classrooms and other group settings. This darling kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for only $10 when you spend $35 or more in Close To My Heart product from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book. You’ll receive 12 die-cut boxes, 3 cardstock sheets, 1 sheet of silver glitter paper, 12 treat tubes, and an exclusive D-size stamp set create sneak peek at two new Spring/Summer 2013 products: the treat tubes and the silver glitter paper! Decorate the die-cut boxes with the stamp images, cardstock, and glitter paper. Then attach the clear tube and fill with treats for valentines in a cinch!

  

Kit includes:

• 12 — Die-Cut Boxes (3 each of 4 colors: Blush, Hollyhock, Ruby, White Daisy)
• 3 — 12" x 12" Cardstock Sheets (Blush, Hollyhock, White Daisy)
• 1 — Sheet Silver Glitter Paper—new product for Spring/Summer 2013!
• 12 — Treat Tubes with Lids—new product for Spring/Summer 2013!
• 1 —My Acrylix® Whooo’s Your Valentine Stamp Set (D-size)

Shipping/handling may apply. Offer valid December 13, 2012— January 31, 2013. Maximum of one Whooo’s Your Valentine kit per qualifying order.

Holiday Last Minute Shop at the Avon Inn

Visit me next Saturday:

Holiday Last Minute Shop at the Avon Inn

Saturday, December 15th from 10 AM- 2 PM

30 vendors to help you with all of your gift giving needs!  From gifts to stocking stuffers, finish your shopping under one roof!

Jen’s Magnetic Connection, Arbonne, Tupperware, Mary Kay, Purely Posh, Sugar Snaps Photography, Ribbons, cookies, glass etchings, ornaments, MANY local crafters that specialize in hand crafted jewelry, purses, photo books, greeting cards, wreathes, crocheted, knit and sewn gifts!

Clearly the Best: Cluster Luster

Clearly the Best: Rock & Roll

Upcoming opportunities to buy my "Reader Pillows"

Allendale Columbia Holiday Market
519 Allens Creek Road, Rochester, NY
Saturday, Dec. 1st 
9am - 4pm 

St. Jude's Christmas Fair
707 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe, CT 
Saturday Dec. 1st
10am - 4pm 

 Support your local Artisans & Vendors!

Clearly The Best: Re-vamping with Overstamping

Clearly The Best: How to Kiss—with Stamps

HELP THOSE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE SANDY

 To show our support of Red Cross relief efforts for those areas of the US severely affected by Hurricane Sandy, Close To My Heart will donate $1 for every Stamp of the Month set sold as a part of this promotion during November.

In celebration of our Stamp of the Month program, we’re throwing in a little something extra: a 50% off stamp set! In November, when you place an order of $50 or more in full retail products and purchase the November Stamp of the Month set, Capture the Date, for just $5, you can pick any stamp set* at 50% off! 


*Shipping/handling may apply. Offer valid November 1–30, 2012. Offer valid for A, B, C, D, and E size stamp sets only; K-size, Workshops on the Go®, Cricut® collection, and Stamp of the Month stamp sets are not eligible for this promotion. Maximum of one 50% off stamp set per order.

Clearly the Best: Pigment or Dye

Workshop Schedule

Hope you can join me for these fun, inspiring workshops.  Space is limited, so contact me soon to reserve your spot!

Christmas Cards Workshop
Thursday, November 15th
 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
$20
It's that time of year!  Kick-start your inspiration with these five designs!

Toilet Paper Roll Mini Album
Wednesday, December 5th 
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
$20
Recycle your empty toilet paper rolls into this lovely mini album with lots of spots for your photos.  A great gift, you can incorporate the idea with any theme!

Display Tray Workshop 
Saturday, January 12th
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
$50
Bring your own photo(s) to make this beautiful artwork all your own!

Christmas Gift Cards & Boxes Workshop
Monday, December 10th
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
$20
You'll go home with 6 complete gift cards/boxes for your holiday gifts!

Clearly the Best: The Magic of Monograms

Happy Halloween!

Clearly the Best: The Stamp Behind The Mask

Holiday Open House - October 27th @ 1 p.m.

Learn how I made this forest of trees - and start your own - at my Holiday Open House.

Saturday, October 27th
1:00 p.m.

Demos, treats, and project ideas.
Plus - check out samples from my upcoming workshops.
Hope to see you there!

Studio J Promotion

For the month of October, when you buy 9 custom-printed Studio J layouts, you receive a 10th layout for free!

October is the month to save on Studio J^® layouts. In this special promotion, when you buy 9 Studio J layouts, you’ll get another custom-printed layout for free! It’s the perfect opportunity to use any Member Bonus layouts you may have on your Studio J account, or to try this fast and easy online software for the first time. The discount is automatically applied to your cart when you order 10 or more layouts. You can get up to 4 free layouts with this fantastic promotion! So what are you waiting for? Start your online scrapbooking today!

Visit http://gstumme.ctmh.com/ to place a qualifying order and get your free layout—only in October!

*Taxes and shipping/handling may apply. Offer good during above-specified dates, while supplies last.

Clearly The Best: Alcohol Marker Madness

Tricks & Treats Workshop

Join me in making five Halloween-themed projects. Guaranteed to delight goblins of all ages! 



Cost:  $20

Tuesday, October 23rd - 6:30 p.m.
@ Gretchen's House

I will also be teaching this workshop at the Friday Crafting Crop: 

Friday, October 19th - 3:00 p.m.
@ Calvary Assembly,  3429 Chili Avenue, Chili, NY

Contact me soon to register!

Clearly the Best: Terrific Two-Tone

October Friday Crafting Crop & Workshop

OCTOBER 19TH

10 AM – 9 PM

Bring your scrapbooking and paper-crafting projects

and join us for a day of fun!

stay the day or just a few hours

CALVARY ASSEMBLY

3429 CHILI AVENUE

CHILI, NY

DONATION - $5

Contact me to reserve your space!

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I will be teaching the following workshop at the crop...

Desk Accessories
Friday, October 19th - 11:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.
$25

RSVP your spot by Saturday, October 6th

Display Tray Workshop

Sunday, October 14th
1:00 p.m.
$50

Limited space available - contact me by Saturday, October 6th to register!

Avonlea Workshop on the Go

You too can make these two beautiful layouts with the Avonlea Workshop on the Go Scrapbooking Kit.  Check it out!

Friday Crafting Crop

SEPTEMBER 21st

10 AM – 9 PM

Bring your scrapbooking and paper-crafting projects

and join us for a day of fun!

stay the day or just a few hours

CALVARY ASSEMBLY

3429 CHILI AVENUE

CHILI, NY

DONATION - $5

Contact me to reserve your space!

Luxury Birdhouse Workshop

Friday, September 21st - 6:30 p.m.
@ Friday Crafting Crop - Calvary Assembly Church
$20

RSVP by Sunday, September 16th

Most birds have only dreamed of living in a house with this much style and sparkle! Decorate your windows, homes, or offices with these cute little birdhouses.  They would also make great centerpieces for a shower!

  

Friday Crafting Crops

August 24th

10 am – 9 PM

Bring your scrapbooking and paper-crafting projects
and join us for a day of fun! 

stay the day or just a few hours

CALVARY ASSEMBLY

3429 Chili Avenue

Chili, NY

Donation - $5

Contact me to reserve your space!

National Stamping Month Promotion

To celebrate National Stamping Month in September, we are bringing back our popular double stamp set promotion! You can get the exclusive, new My Acrylix^® It’s Your Day double stamp set for just $5 when you place a minimum order of $35 in full retail products from August 15 through September 30, 2012. You’ll love this double set—two D-size sets in one envelope—which includes nearly 50 trendy images that makes it easy to capture the everyday moments in your life. The double set has a retail value of $35.90! Have twice the fun stamping during National Stamping Month with our new, exclusive It’s Your Day double stamp set!

Space Party

IT'S HERE!!!

At long last, the Autumn/Winter Idea book is HERE!!!  You can find all the fabulous new products on my shopping site:  http://gstumme.ctmh.com/.  All hostesses who book an gathering (online or in-home) with $250 in sales during the month of August will be entered into a drawing to win great CTMH products.  Don't forget, you'll also earn all those great hostess rewards!

New Exclusive Cricut Cartridge!

The new Cricut® Artiste cartridge includes 700 one-of-a-kind images that help you create themed projects, interactive cards, 3-D items, party ensembles and more! For only $99 you'll receive the entire collection - the cartridge, three exclusive stamp sets, and three Dimensional Elements chipboard sheets designed to coordinate with cartridge images.  Browse the handbook and included images.

This incredible collection will be available on August 1st.  Contact me now to pre-order.  With your purchase, you'll also qualify for received the August Stamp of the month set for only $5 (a $17.95 value.)

Join My Team in August...

And get this Free Exclusive Tote Bag!

When you join my team as a new Consultant in August they you will receive an exclusive Damask Tote Bag for FREE (retail value $50)! Yes, this is the same cute bag given to Consultants who attended Convention 2012 in Dallas.   This awesome, coated-canvas tote can be slung over the shoulder, across the chest, or worn as a backpack.

This offer is good for both the $49 and $99 New Consultant Kits (while supplies last). 

A Sneak Preview...

Check out these great new projects featured in the new Idea book, available August 1st.  Stay tuned for workshop schedules and more ideas!

Retiring CTMH Product

The following products are scheduled to be retired from the CTMH product line and are not pictured in the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book.

All of our How-To Books have been retired and are sold out.

Paper Packs/Stickease/Complements

X7154B - Cruisin’ Paper Pack

X7154C - Cruisin’ Complements Foil Images

X7141B - Elemental Paper Pack

X7141C - Elemental Complements Dimensional Elements

X7151B - Footloose Paper Pack

X7151C - Footloose Complements Dimensional Elements

X7149B - Lucy Paper Pack

X7149C - Lucy Complements Glittery Rub-Ons

X 7140B - Roxie Paper Pack

X7140C - Roxie My Stickease Assortment

X7143B - Sonoma Paper Pack

X7143C - Sonoma My Stickease Assortment

X7152B - Superhero Paper Pack

X7152C - Superhero Complements Rub-Ons

X7139B - Typeset Paper Pack

X7139C - Typeset Complements Canvas Shapes

Workshops on the Go

G1039 - WOTG Cruisin’ Kit

G1038 - WOTG Florentine Kit

G1036 - WOTG Footloose Kit

G1034 - WOTG Lucy Kit

G1033 - WOTG Pemberley Kit

G1032 - WOTG Stella Kit

G1037 - WOTG Superhero Kit

G1035 - WOTG Victory Kit

Cardstock, inkpads, and reinkers in the following colors:

Amethyst

Baby Pink

Brown Bag

Dutch Blue

Garden Green

Garnet

Grey Flannel

Grey Wool

Heavenly Blue

Holiday Red

Key Lime

Lilac Mist

Moonstruck

Pansy Purple

Parchment

Petal

Spring Iris

Sunflower

Sunkiss Yellow

Sunny Yellow

Taffy

Tulip

Vanilla Cream

Vineyard Berry

Other Cardstock

X5901 - Colonial White 6-pack

X5900 - White Daisy 6-pack

Cards

Clear Cards 4-1/4” x 5-1/2”

Clear Cards 4-1/2”

Albums/Accessories

Z1406 - Quick Pic Album-Dark Chocolate

Z1405 - Quick Pic Album-Dark Cranberry

Z1404 - Quick Pic Album-Outdoor Denim

Z4110 - Snapease Album System 12x12

Embellishments

Z1367 - Bitty Brads Basic Assortment

Z1368 - Bitty Brads Metal Assortment

Z1690 - Bitty Buds Assorment

Z1691 - Bottle Caps

Z1397 - Canvas Badge Buttons

Z1104 - Clear Sparkles

Z1261 - Irresistibles- Lots of Dots

Z1688 - Comic Badge Buttons

Z1337 - Dimensional Elements-Ornaments

Z1635 - Heirloom Assorment

Z1402 - Hinges

Z1488 - Mini-Medley Accents-Honey

Z1698 - Mini-Medley Accents-Pacifica

Z1338 - Mini-Medley Accents-Sunset

Z1320 - Mini-Medley-Tulip

Z1403 - Photo Hangers

Z1384 - Ribbon-Designer Pink Collection

Z1383 - Ribbon-Sw. Lf. Stitched Grosgrain

Z1693 - Seaside Wooden Shapes (sold out)

My Creations Products

Z1321 - My Creations A-Door-Ables

Z1224 - My Creations All Sorts Mini Album

Z1152 - My Creations Cube

Z1334 - My Creations Mix & Mingle Album

Tools/Organization

1764 - Craft Tray

Z1299  - Distressing Kit (sold out)

1766 - Dotto Dots Dispenser

1767 - Dotto Dots Dispenser-Refill

Z1163 - Double Scrubber

Z338 - Euro Personal Paper Trimmer

Z339 - Euro Replacement Blades

Z340 - Euro Replacement Blade/Scoring

Z1006 - Microfiber Cloth

4275 - My Legacy Writer Black Pen Set (sold out)

Z4204  - Shoulder Tote

August Classes

Desk Accessories
Monday, August 13th - 6:30 p.m.
$25

Get your favorite student ready to go back to school or inspire yourself to get organized with these beautiful desk accessories.  We'll make a divided box, decorated clipboard, and notepad & pen holder.

Luxury Birdhouse
Thursday, August 23rd - 6:30 p.m.
$20

Most birds have only dreamed of living in a house with this much style and sparkle! Decorate your windows, homes, or offices with these cute little birdhouses.  They would also make great centerpieces for a shower!

  

July Stamp of the Month - Live Out Loud

Spend $50 and get this Stamp of the Month set for just $5.

The Perfect Pair!

The Perfect Pair!

During July, get a FREE paper packet and coordinating accessory - a Perfect Pair - with every online purchase of $75 or more! 

 

Place an online order of $75 or more in July and we'll send you a popular paper packet and coordinating accessory - A Perfect Pair - for FREE! Different Perfect Pairs are available on different dates throughout the month so you'll want to place more than one qualifying order to snatch several Perfect Pairs! Plus with your Perfect Pair order you will also qualify for the fun July Stamp of the Month for only $5!

Here is what is available on each day:
July 1-5 ~ Mishcief Paper Packet and Midnight Felt Shapes

July 6-10 ~ Dreamin' Paper Packet and Harvest Charms

July 11-15 ~ Fanfare Paper Packet and Fanfare L2 Assortment

July 16 -20 ~ Lucky Paper Packet and Lucky MyStickease 

July 21-25 ~ Mayberry Paper Packet and Mayberry MyStickease

July 26-29 ~ Sophia Paper Packet and Sophia MyStickease

July 30-31 ~ Two Different Choices!
Believe Paper Packet and Holiday Pockets

-OR-

Wonderland Paper Packet and Wonderland MyStickease

Place your order early in the availability period, as the promotion is while supplies last!

Woof! Card Packet Class

Woof! Card Packet
Thursday, July 19th
6:30 p.m.
Cost: $17


Featuring the cutest stamped dog around. you'll love making these cards for dog lovers and kids.  In addition to three cards, you'll make a fun envelope to put them in.  You'll want to use this technique over and over again - it makes a great gift presentation!

YOUR’E INVITED TO A THIRTY-ONE PARTY!

JOIN ME ON:  June 28, 2012

HOSTED BY:  Gretchen Stumme

LOCATION:  Gretchen's House

TIME:  6:30PM

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Thank you,

Laura