Time to say Goodbye!

Yes, sadly, it's that time again!

Time to rid out the old and bring in the new products! I really hate to see them go, but, I can't wait to see the new and exciting products coming in the Spring/Summer Idea Book-2014 that will be available for you Feb. 1.  I also love how Close To My Heart has made it so easy to shop from this list!

Retirement List

November is a great month to join my team!

If you really enjoy paper crafting, you might enjoy being part of our wonderful company~ click on the link and check out the information then feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Find out how you can earn an extra FREE product that will be in the new Spring/Summer Idea Book~2014!!!!!!!!! 

Join my team

Here is a sneak peek of the new item you can earn when you sign up to be a Consultant! Introducing, our new Picture My Life scrapbooking program! Hurry, this Campaign ends Dec. 15!

Wow! This is one great product! Not only are they all going to make your scrapbooks easier and faster, they are absolutely cutesville! 

Holidays from the Heart

October-December 2013 Constant Campaign

Choose a festive, new product free this holiday season with your qualifying order! When you place an order of $100 or more (retail price) between October 15 and December 31 from the Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide and/or the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book, you qualify for one free “star” item from the Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide. You’ll love the sparkle, the ease, and the savings! Receive one free "star" item for each $100 in your order.

Dates: Offer valid October 15–December 31, 2013.

When you purchase $100 in product, you will also be eligible for the October Stamp Of The Month!

Workshops Schedule:

Wish you could get a lot of cards made in one eve? Pick a date, there will be at least 2 dates to choose from for each workshop, so, join us for one or all of them! You will make 15 cards with all of your products in one handy kit! The only thing not included are the stamp pads, blocks and adhesives. The cost of the Workshop is just your products and if you want to use my blocks and stamp pads it will be an extra $5. 

I have been so glad time after time to have so many cards on hand for those special occasions when I didn't have time to make a card! 

G1064-Laughing Lola Card Workshop On The Go-$29.95...... November 7 and/or 8.
6 pm at my house.

G1063- Frosted Card Workshop On The go- $29.95.....November 14 at 6 pm and/or on Saturday the 16th starting at 9 am at my house.

Alternate Christmas Card Workshop- This card workshop is one I have designed for you using the patterns from our how-to books and using the Christmas Paper Pack from the Christmas bulletin.We will make 15 cards-3 designs/5 of each-$29.95 **Special Note- This workshop you will need to call me with your order. 
November 21 and/or 22.........6 pm my house
        
                          *Pictures coming soon.......

                                    

Z1038-My Acrylix Organiser makes a great holder for all those cards!

Remember- Click on the shop button to purchase your Workshop On The Go Card Workshop. It takes at least 7 days for your product to get to you so, keep that in mind in accordance to the dates of the Workshops! Don't want to shop online? Feel free to e-mail me with your order at:
stampingranny56@gmail.com


*I also have Tombow refills for $3 and the cartridges for $5.
                   

Rediscover Close To My Heart!

Click on this blog button every month (posted on the side) for free downloads and lots of information about Close To My Heart! On the first of every month for a full year you can download free artwork of specially designed colorful gift tags,notepaper, home decor and more!

Let me introduce to you our brand new Artbooking Cricut Cartridge bundle. I have posted several pages of the book and some information about it on my Pinterest so feel free to take a look. On August 1 you can order your bundle (3 chipboard sheets, 3 exclusive stamp sets and the cartridge) for $99 or book your own Gathering + free mini workshop in August and when your sales reach $250~ you can get it for 1/2 price! Pre-order or book a Gathering today and I will send you a new FREE Fall/Winter~2013 Idea Book! 

New Consultant Kit~ only $49 (retails $155)

Love papercrafting? Like meeting new people? I am looking for someone like you to join my team! Here is a few reasons why you will like being a Close To My Heart consultant:

• At least a 22% discount on everything you buy yourself and for profit when someone else purchases product from you.
• One month pre-order period just for consultants before every catalog comes out
• The opportunity for unlimited income
• The opportunity to build a team of your own
• Personal training, weekly training e-mails, your own website (free),team meetings, and personal mentoring from me.
• The option of going to an annual CTMH Convention for Consultants only. Next year~ Disney Land (June 26-28, 2014)! It's something to look forward to because its fantastic!!!!
• Regional Celebrations~ another truly fantastic way to get business and creative training for Consultants only!
• Album Retreat~ For Consultants only, you will complete a whole album. (Oct. 17-19, 2013 in Salt Lake City)!
• Tax benefits for home based business owners.

 I find it very rewarding to have my own business where I can be home and that allows me to have time to help my family when they need it and that has given me the opportunity to meet new people. It has taught me sef-disipline, to stay on track and actually finish things I have started. I have also learned and improved alot with my artwork and how to run a business. It is something I can share with my family. It not only furnishes a great income it is also a wonderful tax perk. For only $49~ you can start today living a job of your dreams.

CONTENTS OF THE NEW CONSULTANT ESSENTIALS KIT INCLUDE:

Everything to meet your crafting and career needs. Approximately $155 in retail value!

• Read Me First Letter
• Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Books (qty. 3)
• Hostess Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Customer Order Forms (qty. 5)
• Close To My Heart Color Swatches (W471)
• Autumn/Winter 2013 B&T Duos® Sampler (W1125)
• Petite Perks™ A Touch of Fall Incentive Stamp Set (W2026)
• Laughing Lola Complements Dimensional Elements (X7170C)
• Workshops on the Go® Laughing Lola Scrapbooking Kit (G1065)
• Reflections® Scrapbook Program (9037)
• Originals Card Confidence Program® (9036)
• Black Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2105)
• Gypsy Exclusive Inks® Pad (Z2190)
• My Acrylix® Paisley Perfect Stamp Set (C1556)
• My Acrylix® Cityscape Stamp Set (C1563)
• My Acrylix® Swirls Around Stamp Set (D1551)
• 3" × 3" My Acrylix® Block (Y1006)

(Some items may not be shown. Contents are subject to change without notice.)

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Just click here and get started.

Thought I would share the 3 cards we are making tomorrow with the South Bend group. I did 3 different techniques to make the colorful B&T which I will share after the workshop. Don't want to spoil it for the girls now do we?

The flower and leaves are cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge and stamped with our June Stamp of the Month. This stamp set lends itself well to doodling.

This sun comes from the Just Chillin'- C1495 stamp set. The word Celebrate comes from the Card Chatter- Birthday Occasions-D1475 stamp set. The doodled dots are freehand.

All the stamped components on this card are from a retired Stamp of the Month. I freehanded the frame around the edge. The top card was a tweaked design from Mojo Monday designs and the other two cards were just based off the idea of keeping it simple. 

June is here already and I just updated everything! Be sure and check out all the promotions for June! I will list the links below:

Relief for Oklahoma!

It's A Banner Day!

Let's Get Patriotic!

And of course the June Stamp Of The Month! I just made 2 cards with this super stamp set and colored it with my alcohol markers. Will try to post soon but, meanwhile, you can see a sample when you click on the Stamp Of The Month tab above.

 Right now I am trying to get ready for a Scrapbook Retreat this weekend I am a vendor at. Some of you will be there and I can't wait to see you again!!! I am working on the class I am giving, "Dressing Up Those Die Cuts" and lots of samples to show. 

I am so excited by my 2 groups of ladies who are excited about our gatherings. They are excited about the things they are learning and the projects they are getting done. Last week, the South Bend group decorated our chipboard star for their home decor projects. I am going to have to start taking pictures and posting the pictures for the girls. They all did a beautiful job and their own personal creativity certainly shines through. The Albion group named themselves the Scrappin' Sistahs and boy do they love to scrapbook!  Every month we do a Workshop On the Go scrapbook kit and do 2~2page layouts. Of course, their individual pages change with their pictures and stories~I see their personal creativity shining also. 

Both groups the ladies take turns each month to be the Hostess. They bring the snacks and earn the Hostess Rewards. Best of all, they enjoy getting together and getting their projects done!

There is plenty of room on my calendar each month if you want to get together with your friends also and get your projects done plus earn some FREE Hostess Rewards as an added benefit. Contact me to get your group started, and you can name your group of ladies too!!!!

There is still time to purchase the May National Scrapbook promotion for only $10!!!!!!

Click on the Promotion button above and see the details. Meanwhile, here are a few pictures to show you what you can make with this amazing paper pack loaded with exclusive colors and fun paper!

Introducing:

The May Stamp Of The Month is being used with this paper pack also! Click on the Stamp of the Month button above to see how to get it for only $5! Any purchase you make in While Supplies Last will count towards your Dream Pop paper pack purchase and the Stamp of the Month.

Click here and start shopping!!!!!

Thankyou for stopping by.

Well, it's April, so, I updated again. In fact, if it hadn't been for a friend of mine looking at the Color Club, I would have totally forgotten to update. So, Color Club is updated for this month, Stamp of the Month is updated for this month and...............that's all, done. 

I do know that there are some new things added to the Clearance rack in my shop online area! You might want to check that out. I already know what I want to get!!!!! Those pens! I have a set and love using them on my pages to journal or if I want to add some lines to a die cut. I have had them a long time but, maybe its because I haven't used them alot? I just know they still work and they are permanent. I still want to get some new ones if these are going to be gone though.I see they have my all time favorite Boquet Assortment resin flowers! I liked these so much, I have an extra batch. I have used the Milepost Shapes on some pages. They are really fun to use. You can swipe your inkpad over the raised bumpy edges and distress the edges and make them match whatever B&t you are using. 

Well, must keep moving along. Fixing food, getting gifts and door prizes ready for the BIG weekend coming up! My very first Weekend Crop Retreat I am hosting on beautiful Lake Webster! It's suppose to be in the 50s but, it's suppose to rain. Oh well, Spring is coming! It always does. I will post pictures of the weekend later, of course. Well, thanks for stopping by. Leave a comment for me and say Hi. ;-)

February Stamp Of The Month Card

Hello, are you bored today? Have cabin fever because winter just won't go away? Well, I am posting a challenge for you to try today! You are welcome to copy the card here or make something of your own. 

Here is a card I made and a turtorial on how I did the edges. Not sure where I got the idea, maybe a Tim Holtz thing.I seem to gravitate to his blogsite alot for inspiration! The card sketch may be a Mojo Monday or from our book. I just can't remember. What I do know is it is a very, very simple design you can pretty much figure it out if you like it.The center sentiment was basically cut to fit the sentiment with a mat of juniper. I used Whisper and Slate and the leaves are juniper stamped on juniper cardstock. Not sure what color the flowers are. I stamped and cut 3 layers and stacked them together . Outlined the YOU with our glitz glitter. Everything is Close To My Heart.

Cut a piece of cardstock (or copy paper would work fine) to fit as a mask where you don't want the color. Sponge your chosen color all the way around. You can add more to make the edges darker if you want to.

Stamp over the color or can stamp before either way works all the way around the edge. It won't hurt a thing to get color up on the mask because.....

It won't show when you take the temporary piece off!

I used a flower stamp set from a Workshop On The Go that is retired. But, no fear, there are plenty more in the Spring/Summer Idea Book to choose from and my website has even more!

Ok, now, let's see what you can do with this technique and post it on my page in Facebook. Make a 2 page layout or a card or even a gift item but try the masking technique I showed you here. 
Click here and post your photo in the photo section: Papercrafting with Stampingranny When you post your photo and description of your project I will put your name in a jar to be drawn for a prize! :-)
Leave a comment below or on my Facebook page so I know if your going to participate. Thankyou!

Updates!

Ok, the snow is melting and it's warming up. The robins have already been here awhile so, is it Spring yet? Can I come out of my hibernation? Are you in the mood to get out for a day away to scrapbook?

Come and join us at the monthly All Day Crop! It will be here at my house unless I get people RSVPing like crazy and I have more than 8! Please contact me by Wednesday, so, I can let Timbercrest know what were doing! They will so kindly set up our tables for us if we need them. 

Menu:

Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Salad
Chips
Dessert
Ice Tea/ Water or bring your own.

Cost: $5 unless its at Timbercrest: $10
Time: 9am-6pm- Come and go when you can.

You can bring a snack to share or not to share ;-) if you want to. Bring your own supplies.

The use of my non perishable supplies ex: Cricut, Cartridges, Stamp sets, stamps: $5 for the day

Tombow Refills: $3

Note: I do not carry inventory so, supplies will need to be ordered ahead of time. You can order through my website anytime but, it takes 7 days to ship unless you pay the extra price to get it here by Saturday. Click on the Shop Online tab above and be sure to click on the "join" button for the March Mystery Hostess Gathering and be eligible for the Mystery Hostess Drawing! 

By the way, speaking of shopping, check out the Clearance button! They have added some new embellishments there at a deep discount!!!!!! There are so many things you can do with these wonderful embellishments!

Oh yes, one more thing. This month is a really great time to have your Gathering!

During the month of March, when your Gatherings reach a minimum of $250 in sales, you as the hostess will jump up to the next Hostess Rewards and Hostess Rewards Plus! levels. For example, if a Gathering reaches the $550–$649 sales level, you the hostess will receive rewards based on the $650–$749 level. This means an instant reward boost of $20 and an additional item at 50% off!

All you have to do is provide a light snack, send me your guest list on the provided labels, make your calls and I will do the rest. I send your invitations for you. You can even have your Gathering at my house!!!!! We will do a FREE mini workshop, walk thru the catalog and play a game or two. You get to hang out with your friends and conveniently have the advantage of shopping right in your seat! Sound easy? Fun? Contact me today and let's book your Gathering!
Book Parties and Online parties are available also.

Well, it's Monday, laundry day for me. Better get cracking. Thanks for stopping by and visiting today.

Studio J Sale!

This sale is on for only 5 more days! Click here: website and start creating your pages today!

Digital Delights!

February 2013 Constant Campaign

February and March are sure to be months of digital delights because you can purchase any Studio J^® layout for only $5—that’s a savings of $1.95 per layout! This is a great opportunity to try Studio J for the first time. Create adorable baby layouts with the Wishes and Fishes kit (shown), or use the new Express Collections with collections of 10 ready-made layouts plus a front and back cover that are easy to use and professionally designed. Preserve your memories at a low price for a truly digital delight!

Dates: Offer valid February 1 – March 15, 2013

I almost have about 3 sets of 2 page layouts made.  It's really fun to play with and easy to use! Remember, you don't have to pay to play! I would be happy to help you get started and there are lots of videos showing different techniques here: CTMH TV-Love Your Layout

February Mystery Hostess Countdown!

Today, we stayed in. Still recovering from a bug that I thought was over with but, felt like it was rearing it's ugly head again today! ugh! So, I did a little shopping online and found the neatest little gift I had to get for any future Hostesses in March! If you are coming to the Weekend Retreat April 5-7, you will be getting one also!


 When you book a Gathering in March, you will not only get the cute little stamp set,but you will also get this fun gift I am going to add to the stamp set as a special Thankyou for booking! Since I don't have it yet, I can't show you what it is. ;-)

When you book a Gathering in March, you will also have an opportunity to get more FREE Hostess Rewards! When your Gathering reaches $250 or more, you get to jump up to the next level of Hostess Rewards and Hostess Rewards Plus!!! 


Just a reminder, you have 11 days left to participate in the February Mystery Hostess Gathering in my website and get your name in for the Free Hostess Rewards! We already have enough orders for $25 worth of FREE product!!!! Will YOU be the next Mystery Hostess?

It looks like the Flirty paper is all gone. So sad to see it go. Was one of my favorites, but, there are still plenty of bargains in the "untill supplies last" to shop from! Also, if you haven't tried the Studio J yet, this month is the time to do that! You don't have to pay to play and if you decide to purchase you will be able to get your 2 page layouts for only $5!!!!!

You have 2 choices, the Studio J layouts where you get to make them your own adding embellishments, stickease and changing colors to suit your photos. Or, the new Express Collections, where you just drop in your photos and they are done!!!! You also have the option of adding real embellishments after you receive your pages. 

Need help? Contact me for an appointment today and I will be glad to help you. Click on the Studio J button in my website and join the fun! Your purchase of Studio J or the Express Collections will count towards the Mystery Hostess Gathering if you click the join button before you purchase. 

All purchases from my website will automatically come directly to your door!

Hope your having a blessed day and staying healthy and thankyou for stopping by! Leave a comment and let me know you stopped in.

Valentine's Day~ Day 7

Well, today is the day! I gave my Sweetie his last one this morning at 2 am before he left for work. Tonight, he brought me flowers! Wow, what a Sweetheart! I dropped off the Sweets and Treats for my little Sweeties this afternoon and they gave us adorable little Valentine's Cards. Mya also shared a couple of her chocolate hearts with Grampa and I. So sweet! Shipped a box to Ohio for the Little Sweeties out there. Here is the last Valentine.

I have to say, I think this was my favorite one out of all 7 of them!

More Valentine Treats!

Whoooooo........... I can say I am done now! These took longer than I intended. Some will be shipped to some sweeties in Ohio tomorrow (I know, I know, they are late) and the rest go to some sweeties around here. I hope you don't get tired of the same colors but, I'm so liking this color scheme I can't quit using it. Besides, I don't have to think about it, I already have everything out for this combination so, why change now! LOL!

Here is 3 different cards out of 8 that I made. The rest all look like the top one.

Everything was either cut with the Artiste or the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. Yes, the card cut at 3" and this cut automatically cuts out the heart in the center, the little 1" and 1 1/2" doiley stacked at the tip of the heart, all 3 layers of heart ringing the opening of the card. On the inside I stamped on and glued down the heart that came out of the opening. The juniper and cotton candy hearts are stamped. I stamped a design in the center of the top doiley and added a sparkle. 

              Here are the other 2 that have a little different look to them. 

I wanted to show you something here. Some of you already know what masking is but, for those who don't I want to do a tiny tutorial. The top card was started without masking on the bottom of the pink square. You can see how the pink square comes through the juniper ink. So, I stamped the love u lots stamp on a sticky note up where the sticky is but on the right side of the note and then cut it out and laid it on the pink square. I then stamped the top juniper heart over the sticky note and onto the space above. Take off the sticky note and voila! It looks like its setting behind the pink. So, I did this with all of the cards as below. I looks so much more nice and neat. Don't you think?

Below is the bags of sugary, sweet, tooth decaying,gravity defying,  grandchild spoiling treats I am sending and giving to all my minature sweeties! Four who happen to be in Ohio and three right close by. 

Oh yeah, not only is there corn syrup laced candy in those bags, but I made peanut butter, rice krispie treats with chocolate chips on top too. The message heart candy is something new to me. They were called Ice Cream Flavors. Well, let me tell you, they are really good. The orange ones remind me of creamsicle ice cream!!!!! 

I made both treat toppers and cards with the stamp set from the Whoos Your Valentine kit. Even the tag is a stamp from in there. 

Now, here is a box for all of those Valentine's I made for my Sweetie that lives with me here. Tomorrow is the last day and they all fit inside this. He's been pretty amazed at all his tiny little cards everyday. 

Here is the front (above) and the back (below). Yes, there's 2 different sizes of owls. So adorable.

And the sides. I dry embossed, sanded and distressed the edges in Slate. The thing about all these Valentines, the box decorations and the Treat Toppers is, I used pretty much all from my scrap box. Except the card, topper, and box bases and the bigger pieces of Slate cardstock. 

Well, on to the next project. Thinking about a Stamp Of The Month project or 2. Thanks for stopping by and looking. Feel free to leave a comment! Would love to know what you think.

Countdown to Valentine's Day!

Day 6! Wow, only one more day! Are you ready! Leave me a comment and tell me what you are doing for Valentine's Day.

I am still using the same colors and stamp sets as in the previous posts. My Sweetie is getting quite a few in his collection! Tomorrow, I will be posting the last card and a little extra project.

Countdown to Valentine's Day Cards

Whoops! I forgot to post yesterday! Here is the 4th. Valentine.

This one is made with the stamp set from the Whoo's Your Valentine Kit. I am really liking this stamp set! 

Here is Day 5~

  
The little heart stamps are from the Affection Stamp Set-C1441. The rest are from the Whoo's Your Valentine Kit stamp set.

Colors:

Cranberry
Cotton Candy
Juniper
Smoothie
Colonial White
Black
Blush
Slate

Two more days till the big day! What are you making for your Valentine?

Valentine a Day!

Day 3! Give your Sweetie a Valentine a Day to keep the Grumpies away! These have been making my Beloved smile!

The ruffle background is a stamp from the Avonlea Workshop On The Go Kit that is no longer available. I made a border with it and fussy cut the edges. The middle tag is cut from our Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. Again, I used the self adhesive silver ribbon cut in half and edged the cranberry strip.

Black, Cranberry, Whisper, White Daisy cardstock and inks. 
Card size: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2
Book Pattern: Originals- Locket~pg.22

Countdown to Valentine's Day~ #2

Hello, I almost forgot to post the Day 2 Valentine I made for my sweeties!

I used a retired stamp set for the polka dot stamp. The rest come from the same ones mentioned in the first post. The round filigree design is from one of the stamp sets from the Avonlea Card Workshop kit. The banner tag in the upper corner was cut using one of the Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridges (can't remember which one) and the sparkly paper on the back is our new silver sparkle paper. 

Cranberry, Whisper, White, Colonial Cardstock, Black and Smoothie. 

Hope you enjoyed visiting my blog. 

Mojo Monday Card!

It's been awhile since I have done a card for Mojo Monday. So, I needed to make a card for a Thankyou Gift for Jami for purchasing from my website in January and decided to use the Mojo Monday sketch for this week! She will be able to use it to give to her Sweetie! Here is the sketch:




And here is my card:

It is all Close To My Heart products. Again, I did not use any B&T paper but, chose to stamp on cardstock and make my own. Loved these colors. I was looking through the Jan/Feb 2013 Paper Crafts magazine and these colors were in a Bo Bunny paper pack for Valentine's Papers. I was able to match the colors with our cardstock and inks!

Juniper, Colonial White,Smoothie, Blush, Sorbet, Black, Cranberrry, Slate and Cotton Candy
The stamp set was the one from the Whoo's Your Valentine Kit that is no longer available. 
Our Silver adhesive backed ribbon. 
The oval center piece is cut from our Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

What do you think? Leave a comment and visit the Mojo Monday blog site for more fabulous cards made by several talented ladies!

Countdown to Valentine's Day!

Well, I ran as hard as I could but, it caught me, I think. The "bug" that's going around that is. Ughhhhhhh! So far it's just cold like symptoms and I have been taking a lot of Pure Herbs for this sort of thing. We will see how it goes.

Anyway, I have been making Valentine's for my sweeties. I will post one a day  until Valentine's Day and hope they will inspire you to make some yourself. If you choose to make some for your sweeties, I would love it if you could share. Go to my Facebook Page: Paper Crafting with Stampingranny' and post in my photos. Be sure and tell us what you used to make them.

All the cards were made with cardstock only~ No B&T papers at all! Designs were stamped on. All the cards were made with all Close To My Heart products .
Black, Whisper, Slate,White and Cranberry Cardstock and Inks
Glitz Stardust Glitter Gel
Stamp Set from the Whoo's Your Valentine Kit (no longer available)
C1441-Affection Stamp Set

These cards are 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches. I am making a holder for them and will post that later. 

Design is from the 9036-Originals Card Confidence Program which is in our new Spring/Summer Idea Book. The design is called~Bow Front.

Looking forward to seeing your interpretation for your 3 1/2x 2 1/2 Valentine's Cards. 
Leave a comment and let me know what you think.