Last Day for Autumn/Winter Idea Book and Whooo's Your Valentine.

I'm back!  I apologize for being absent for SO long...during the holidays, something had to be put on the back burner...unfortunately my blog posts suffered.  I bet you can relate...everyone is so busy these days.

It's not that I wasn't creating...I was!  In the upcoming days, I will share more of what I created over the holidays as gifts...I knew I had to get pictures so I share with you when I came up for air and the dust settled from the holidays.

That time has come.  Today, marks the last day to get your Whoo's Your Valentine kit.  So many of you have already ordered yours, and I've seen some very adorable treat tubes.  I want to show you the value of this kit, even after Valentine's Day.  At our last team training, I put a challenge to my team to create a card with a non-Valentine theme...showing the versatility of the stamp set alone.

So, I dug into my stash (actually I was purging papers and used up more scraps!) to create these cards:

Do you recognize the papers?  It's Sonoma...somehow the B&T papers just spoke "owls" to me.

So, then my friend Shari challenged herself...here's what she came up with using the Moonlight papers:

Tomorrow, the Spring/Summer Idea Book goes LIVE...I think you're going to LOVE what you see inside!

Saturday YouTube Video - Whoo's Your Valentine

CTMH is celebrating National PaperCrafting Month with an incredible deal - our 

Whooo's Your Valentine  kit for only $10!  Check out the video...so much fun!

The kit, which retails for $40, can be yours for only $10 when you spend $35 or more in CTMH products from the Autumn/Winter 2012 Idea Book.

The kit includes:

This kit offers you a sneak peek at TWO new Spring/Summer 2013 products: the treat tubes and the silver glitter paper!

This offer is valid NOW through January 31st! Order yours today!

December Stamp of the Month ARTWORK

December Stamp of the Month, Year-Round Cheer

I hope you're inspired to create cards, gifts and more using this fun year round stamp set...perfect for just about any occasion!

 Click on images for more detail

 Remember...with a order of $50 or more during the month of December, you can add this stamp set to your order for only $5 more.  You qualify for one set at $5 for every $50 you spend...get another for a gift for a friend!

Saturday YouTube Video - The Right Tools Make All the Difference

Discover how easy crafting can be when you use the perfect tool for your project. Whether you are creating 3-D flowers, applying rub-ons, or writing on chalkboard sheets, there is a tool for you!

Enjoy!

For more information on any of these tools, click the links below:
Z1795 - Quilling Tool
Z1796 - Rub-On Tool
Z1767 - Chalk Marker
Z1789 - 12"x12" Chalkboard Sheet
Z1788 - Chalkboard Shapes

From personal experience, the quilling tool and the rub-on tool are worth the investment!  I rarely accented any artwork with 3-D flowers prior to having the quilling tool...it really does make rolling flowers SO much easier!  And I was never a fan of the popsicle sticks for applying rub-ons...sure it works, but the rub-on tool is SO much more ergonomic...no more sore fingers.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I found this card fitting to share with you today.  The card uses the Flirty papers, and Casual Expressions stamp set, the card design is from Originals, page 91, Puzzle Background.

As we gather together with family and friends on this Thanksgiving holiday, I want to express my gratitude to all of you who, because of CTMH, have become close friends and like family to me.  I cherish the friendships this wonderful company has brought into my life, and without you, I wouldn't be doing the business that I love.  Thank you for your continued support!
Happy Thanksgiving~
Julie

Studio J - Shining Bright

Many of you know that my husband, Ken, transports new semi-tractors from the manufacturer to the dealerships across the US and into Canada.  During the week of Halloween, he came home with these trucks heading to British Columbia, Canada...and coincidentally the trucks were color coordinated for the Halloween holiday.  One of his friends mentioned it looked like he was driving a big ol' pumpkin down the road.  

Ken was so excited to show me all the amber lighting on these trucks...normally the trucks just have the bare bones, and aren't much to brag about.  These trucks were decked out with exterior lights.  Even the full moon was shining bright during our photo op.

I don't want Ken to feel like I am leaving his interests out of my scrapbooking pages...so I find that Studio J is perfect for these pictures.  I can get a quality layout finished from start to finish in a matter of minutes, and don't have to worry about whether or not I have the right size photos...the Studio J software does it for you!  I know he's going to enjoy looking back at these pages someday.

Do you have lots of digital photos?  You'll love Studio J, CTMH's patented online design software that gets your photos off the memory card and into your life!  Have you tried Studio J yet...click here to try for free, you only pay when you put your layouts into your cart and check out.

I love FUN MAIL days!

It's not everyday that you open your mailbox and find a hand-stamped card from a friend (Thanks, Shari!).  It's one way to surely brighten someone's day!

The stamp set used is Fall Favorites (S1209), which was September's Stamp of the Month, and currently not available...but I bet it will be featured again soon in a near future catalog.  So if you didn't get it in September, it might just come around again!  The paper, Florentine, is still available and I find it's perfect for autumn cards.  

I know so many of us tend to hoard our papers (myself included), and you may or may not realize that papers really do get dated over time.  In the years I've been with CTMH, we've gone from one sided light-weight monochromatic B&T papers, to today's beautiful double sided cardstock-weight B&T papers in a variety of colors and patterns, with a zip strip border (how can we improve upon that? lol).  Over the last couple of years, my friend Shari has ingrained in my brain "use what you have"...so when you find you have scraps of paper you just can't toss, in this modern day of high-tech, create artwork from your heart to share with a friend!  I bet it will brighten your day too.