Welcome to October!

Fall has hit us here in the last few days so it is most definitely time to come inside have a cup of coffee and start to create! Close to my Heart has a couple of great promotions for the month of October to get you started in that process.

The first one up is this super cute Stamp of the Month- Home for the Holidays. What a great way to decorate your Holiday treats. Spend $50 and get this stamp set for just $5. More details here.

The second promotion is...

A Surprise Just for You!

During the month of October, with each qualifying purchase of $50 USD / $55 CAD, you are eligible to receive—as a special bonus—one of two chevron ribbons FREE! Each chevron ribbon—Ruby or Outdoor Denim—has an original retail value of $6.95 USD / $7.75 CAD. So which ribbon will you get? It’s a surprise! Quantities are limited, so make sure to place your orders as early in the month as possible. Be sure to take advantage of this fantastic offer so you can enjoy embellishing your creations with your own surprise roll of bonus ribbon!

You can find more details here.

Enjoy! Chris

Tool Time Tuesday

The tool I picked for this week is Liquid Glass. This is one of my very favorite tool. The adhesive from Close to My Heart can be used to adhere lots of things that just need a bit more strength. It is great for using with the Base & Bling line of product. There is another great use of this product is to adhere clip board and anything to the great line of Glitter papers. You can also add it to the top of an embellishment to create a shiny finish.
Here is a short video,

Enjoy! Chris

#30yearsofhappy Recap

I just wanted to remind you there are just a few more days to get the fabulous #30yearsofhappy stamp set. Here is a collage of a few of the projects I have used it on this month.

The detail on the special are here.

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our on-going celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping!

Make sure to get it before it is gone!

Enjoy! Chris

Family Is Forever Layout

Well the Stamp of the Month series of posts would not be complete without I layout!

This is my take on the idea directly from the Idea Book on page 13 but I had to change it up to make it mine. I went with different colour theme as well as adding the new  Lagoon Hearts, Sunset Chevron washsi and a few star from the Scaredy Cat Assortment. I still think this is an excellent stamp set for a card maker and scrapbooker. Here are more details on the Stamp of the Month, Family Is Forever, here.

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Enjoy! Chris

#30daysofhappy Gift Tag

Here is another quick project with the #30daysofhappy stamp set. It is a gift tag cut out of the Chalk It Up paper, with a piece of Teal Shimmer trim added, topped off with a rosette cut from pg. 50 of the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the "For You" image from the stamp set. Who wouldn't love to see this on the top of their gift?

The details of the September special can be found, here.

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our on-going celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping! 

Enjoy! Chris

Tool Time Tuesday

The tool that I am highlighting today has to be one of the most economical tool Close to My Heart has to offer. I don't think it could get much better the a useful tool for $3.35 (Canadian) for the Rub and Eraser.
Here is a video that highlights this useful tool.

Enjoy! Chris

Another #30yearsofhappy Card

The whole #30yearsofhappy stamp set lends itself so nicely to "petit" cards. This was just a really quick 3x3 card, topped with Lagoon and some Chalk It Up paper, along with a Sorbet flower. I also added the Lagoon Heart Washi to a piece of White Daisy cardstock to make it stand out, but I also trimmed it down so it was not too large for the card.

The detail on the September special can be found, here.

September is National Stamping Month, and Close To My Heart is ready to celebrate all month long! When you spend $30 on any current retail-priced stamps during the month of September, you qualify to receive the exclusive C-sized stamp set #30yearsofhappy for FREE! This special offer is part of our celebration of National Stamping Month and in honor of our on-going celebration of our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton’s 30-year anniversary in the scrapbooking and stamping industry. The exclusive stamp set features 30 mini images and sentiments perfectly suited for 30 days of happy stamping!

Enjoy! Chris