SOTM Blog Hop - Postcard Perfect

Hello and welcome to CTMH's Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. This week we are featuring our National Scrapbooking Month Special called Postcard Perfect.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can start at the beginning with Melinda's Blog as she has the complete list. If you came here from INKY SCRAPPER you are in the right place. Now on to my project:

May is here and so is National Scrapbooking Day! Whoohoo. What did you do to celebrate? I held a fun open crop in my local town and got together with friends and team mates to scrapbook and make cards. It was nice and relaxing!

Another way you can celebrate is to take advantage of our May Special with CTMH called Postcard Perfect! This special features a collection of coordinating products, including an exclusive paper packet, stamp set, cardstock combo pack, and Cut Above^® layout kit. Save 20% when you purchase the Postcard Perfect product bundle, which includes all of this month’s featured items in one convenient bundle. It is PERFECT for a tropical vacation!

Postcard Perfect Coordinating Cardstock
12 cardstock sheets; two each of Bashful, Canary, Peacock, Sorbet,White Daisy, and mint.
12.75$

Postcard Perfect Paper Pack
16 sheets, including 4 white vellum sheets in two different designs.
19$

Postcard Perfect Stamp Set
Set of 9.
23$

Postcard Perfect Complete Bundle
Includes Postcard Perfect paper pack, coordinating cardstock, stamp set, and the Postcard Perfect Cut Above Kit.
Retail Value: 86.50$
Discounted Price: 68.95$

Are you excited yet? I am! I even made a workshop. Check it out! Layouts 2-4 are made with the Cut Above Kit and everything else is original work!

Anyone that purchases the bundle through my website will get the instructions for FREE! Also, anyone who ever joins my team gets ALL my workshops for FREE. If that interests you please visit this page. Products available NOW!

Supply List:
Postcard Perfect Bundle
Gold Glitter Gems


Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to place an order for any of these supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Catherine Novak from CATSCRAPBOOKING. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.
 
Have a great day!

New Products Blog Hop - Annual Inspirations

Hello and welcome to CTMH's New Products Blog Hop. This week we are featuring our awesome new Annual Inspirations.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can start at the beginning with Melinda's Blog as she has the complete list. If you came here from MY CREATIONS WITH MICHELLE you are in the right place. Now on to my project: 

So there are quite a lot of new products in the Annual Inspirations. At a first glance you might feel underwhelmed but fear not! CTMH has a plan! There are are actually lots of possibilities with the new lines and this catalog is meant to be a basic reference book. All the paper in here can be used for year long themes and different varieties of occasions. The new Holiday Expressions that will go live September 1st will have your themed paper packs. :) 

Anyways I started playing a bit with our products and new colors. Before I got my new paper I made this page to showcase the new Adventure palette by using our watercolor paints and mixing to try and get the new colors.

Next I tried out the new Enchantment fundamentals and our new French stamps. Yes, We now carry some translation stamps! It's so exciting!

Here are a couple layouts I made using a wide mix of product to test out the beautiful new heart thin cuts! I absolutely LOVE these hearts! Notice that beautiful blue-green color? It's our color of the year, called Sea Glass. It is a stand alone color that doesn't fit into any palette but is beautiful on it's own!

 
Supply List:
new
supplies
*Sorry I am super busy today and will edit this later!!!

Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to place an order for any of these supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Michele from EVERGREEN MEMORIES. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.
 
Have a great day!

National Scrapbooking Month Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to CTMH's National Scrapbooking Month Blog Hop. This week our featured promotion is called Happy Times.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can start at the beginning with Melinda's Blog as she has the complete list. If you came here from KRISTA'S CRAFTY CORNER you are in the right place

Here is a look at all the stamps and beautiful paper offered in this set:

For this month only if you spend 70$ you can add the Happy Times Paper Pack to your order for FREE! Or buy it at retail value at 17.95$. The stamp set is 21.25$. Isn't this set fabulous and a great way to celebrate National Scrapbooking Month?! I absolutely love it! Plus there are fantastic free workshops provided by Tina Lovell and Michelle Snyder I can email to you for FREE. Just send me a message at kirstendesorcy21@hotmail.com. Now on to my project:

I did the original workshop by Tina Lovell (featured below) and still had over 5 full sheets of paper left and a bunch of scraps. So I made this lovely 2 page layout for my wedding album. (I'm really determined to get this album done this year lol). I also wanted to test out the waterpaints on the Gold resist PML cards. Isn't it gorgeous? And super fun too. Just a tip if painting on the cards don't use too much water or it will run everywhere. I wiped my extra off with a baby wipe and it ended up blending together to make a very soft and beautiful card. I love it.

I also made this cute card for my Mom for Mother's Day! :)

Supply List:
Happy Times Paper Pack (new product)
Happy Times Stamp Set (new product)
PML Gold Resist Cards (new product)
Gold Shimmer Trim
Gold Sequins
Glacier & Pomegranate Cardstock
Glacier, Canary, Pomegrante, Fern & Smoothie Ink
White & Gold Ribbon
Pink Enamel Gems
Fundamental Basics Complements
Metallic Markers
Gold Glitter Paper
Gold & Silver PML Overlays
Watercolor Paints
Journaling Pen
Gold Embossing powder 

Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to place an order for any of these supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Jeanie from CLEARLY CARDS. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.

Order your Happy Times Stamp Set and Paper Pack ASAP! Have a great day!

Why I Became a CTMH Consultant Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Why I Became a CTMH Consultant Blog Hop. This week we are featuring New Consultant Starter Kit. 

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can start at the beginning with Melinda's Blog as she has the complete list. If you came here from CRAFTY HAPPY you are in the right place. Now on to my story:

I started scrapbooking in 2005. I was 15 years old. I was babysitting for a lady who scrapbooked and once the kids were asleep I started looking through her albums and LOVED the idea. I have always been passionate about preserving my memories and heritage. I am a very sensitive person. So I asked my Mom for some supplies for Christmas and moved on from there. Here is the oldest page I've done (that I hadn't thrown away). :P

As you can tell scrapbooking 11 years ago was a lot different. Plus I wasn't experienced. It was pretty much: stickers and construction paper. Ripping the paper was considered a cool technique lol. 

Then one day (5 years ago) I was searching the job ads in my local city and I came across an ad for selling scrapbooking supplies. At that time they were offering the Consultant kit for FREE if I were to make the money in sales in the first month. I checked out the website quickly and decided to sign up without knowing anything about Close to my Heart - the company nor the products. Once I got my kit, catalogs and started the online classes I WAS HOOKED. I had never tried stamping before because I wasn't interested in buying a bunch of rubber stamps on wood. When I saw the clear acrylic blocks and the acrylic stamps and started playing around with them - trying to copy the techniques seen on the website I was just SO EXCITED. I wanted to share CTMH with EVERYONE.

I threw my first party and invited everyone I know. Here is the first page I did using CTMH:

As you can tell it still wasn't good. I needed to get some stamping on my pages and start learning many new techniques. (You have to realize this was before Pinterest was invented). CTMH was very good at giving information and pumping me up. I started doing the Workshop on the Go's to a small group of friends. From there my pages started to get better and better and scrapbooking started to become more fun and relaxing. I started to get more creative on my own and confident. I also moved away from always JUST copying the Workshops and started my own little classes and workshops.

For me Scrapbooking is a way of relaxing and is a creative outlet. I've always loved anything artistic and I'm naturally a creative person. Scrapbooking also has therapeutic purposes too. When my Memere first passed away (4 years ago) I wanted to make a special page to jot down my favorite memories so I could focus on the happy times instead of the sad. It is still one of my favorite pages. I love to go back and read the memories. Sometimes memories can fade, that's why I believe it's important to preserve them.

Now I have 2 young girls and my life revolves around them so obviously so does my scrapbooking. I used to be able to fit 5 years in one album, then it became 2 years, then 1 year... now I can barely fit 6 months in one album. Lol. My kids are just too fun and I want to preserve every second of their childhood because before you know it it'll be gone. They grow up faster than weeds but prettier than flowers (cheesy I know but ahhhh <3). I definitely have more to scrap these days and am super busy but scrapping becomes my "down" time. This past weekend I went to a 2 day crop and was able to get some stuff done. (16 pages!) It was fun and all in good company! Here are a few layouts:

This page was a BLAST to make. I just love this stamp set. A much cleaner way to get splatter on your pages. I was trying to finish off a few paper packs so whatever scraps I had left of the "Claire" paper pack came on this layout. I didn't have enough to make a background and that is why the Ink Blot Stamp Set is so fun. You can use plain cardstock and just splatter around to make your own background. I love it.

Getting rid of the last little scrap squares of my Charlotte Paper Pack. I love how our new paper packs have SO much paper! I've been able to make around 12 pages for sure. It's great. Plus the PML cards that come with are perfect for adding journaling or little touches to your pages. 

CTMH has come a long way since I first started and you know what? I've never been disappointed! They evolve with the trends and they are always working to make beautiful artwork for beginners and experts alike. If you are curious about CTMH - the company OR the products we offer PLEASE feel free to contact me! I will gladly hook you up!

Right now in April we have a special promotion for anyone who wants to become a consultant! I signed up under one of these special promotions and have never ONCE regretted it. And neither will you! 

You can contact me or visit my site for more information!

Supply List:
Remember pages:
Sonoma Paper Pack (retired)
Some kind of butterfly stamp (retired)
Kidzone pages:
Claire Paper Pack (retired)
Outdoor Denim (retired), Colonial White, Smoothie, & Pixie Cardstock
Sapphire, Smoothie, Sorbet, & Sunset ink.
Artistry Cricut Cartridge
Journaling Pen
Love You pages:
Charlotte Paper Pack
Black Cardstock
Charlotte Complements
Some gray flower (not CTMH)

Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to place an order for any of these supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Priscilla from PRISCILLA'S PAPERIE. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.
 
Have a great day!