Share the Love - February Specials

Welcome to February, where everything is coming up Penelope!

This beautiful fresh zingy collection is just gorgeous! From scrapbooking to cardmaking to picture my life, everything this month in my studio is Penelope!

This card is my own design based off a pattern I saw on pinterest.

Check out all my studio events and book your places here. Bookings are essential!

Beautiful Stamps, Amazing Discounts
A wild new stamp of the month is in town, Balloon Animals. Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $7.50. When you place an order of $75 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing. This stamp is definitely one to get!

Share the love this February by purchasing the exclusive My Acrylix® Share the Love D-size stamp set (CC1060). Filled with adorable icons and loveable sentiments, this stamp set will be a beautiful addition to your collection—but there is more to this stamp set than meets the eye!

Not only will you be getting a high-quality, swoon-worthy stamp set by taking part in this promotion, but Close To My Heart will also donate $7 USD of the proceeds from this stamp set to Operation Smile™, an amazing organisation that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world!* Check out our social media channels all month long to see this stamp set in action, and remember to post your own artwork using the hashtag #ctmhsharethelove to help bring attention to a wonderful and worthy cause. But wait, there's more! The Operation Smile™ Share the Love Challenge is a special Consultant opportunity. The challenge will run through the 2016 calendar year. Here’s how it works: The Consultant who raises the most Operation Smile donations (the largest US dollar amount) during the 2016 calendar year will be able to go on an Operation Smile mission of Close To My Heart’s choosing for free! The winner will work alongside doctors and nurses as part of the non-medical staff, providing care for children, screening applicants, teaching parents, and assisting in every way in this important endeavour. Any Consultant is eligible to win this amazing service opportunity, so encourage your customers to add extra Operation Smile donations to their orders or to donate on your Online Business Address without ordering products.

There's so much to discover this month in my studio.

All workshop spaces are limited. First in best dressed. Workshop fees are prepay via direct deposit only and MUST be received in advance. Email me for payment details. Please note: Be sure to book your workshop spots early. Your spot is not guaranteed until payment is received. Contact me asap to book your spot!

I love to party and spoil my hostesses. Start making your wish list now, then contact me today to set up your very own party and reap the rewards. I'll help you get everything on your wishlist for free or half-price. I'm available to party all month long! Parties do not need to be very long, they can be as simple (show and tell style), or as elaborate (with make and take projects) as you like. They can even be in your pajamas or online!

My calendar is booking up very fast, and all party dates are first in best dressed.

Whether you love scrapbooking, cardmaking, or pocket scrapbooking with new companions, crafty shenanigans, chocolate, coffee, tea, yummy baked goods, plenty of laughter and sisterhood, or just getting your crafting supplies at a discounted rate... my team Heartwork Sisters is for you!

For $130 you get not only a kit jam packed with new products (valued at $435+), you get heaps of training and assistance and new friends who share your crafting obsession! For more details, contact me. To become a Heartwork Sister, simply visit my website!

It's easy to shop with me, simply follow the arrows! Be sure to click JOIN when you shop.

If you missed the news, we now have planners! Get them while you can as stocks are limited. Pages are now half off!

Check out the Everyday Life range and mix&match to create your pefect planner, MyCrush album, PictureMyLife album, or a lil of everything!

To stock up on your favorite and new items, shop with me today!

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January News

Welcome to 2016! Good bye Holiday Expressions, hello Seasonal Expressions 1!

Lots of new goodies to love!

Change is in the air
It's called Workshops Your Way! This new workshop format is what I like to call a "one packet wonder". Using the materials in each WYW kit (plus a few extra supplies you may already have in your stash), you can make 6 traditional pages, 2 PictureMyLife pages, and 6-9 cards! Its an incredible value! The big difference to note is the WYW kits DO NOT include an exclusive stampset like the WOTG kits. There are coordinating stampsets for each new WYW kit that you can purchase if you wish.

My theme for January is Charlotte, the first of the 3 new paper collections in SE1. All my events this month will revolve around using the Charlotte range. I explain more about the WYW kits here.

Check out all the goodies in this kit! Papers, cardstock, ribbon, chipboard accents, stickers, puffies!

New to my shop, we have die cuts! While we all know that several stampsets have a matching Cricut cartridge to cut out shapes for stamping, there's a new range of Thin Cuts and coordinating stampsets! For those with a Cuttlebug or Bigshot, now you too can have diecut shapes ready for stamping! Check out these 2 that coordinate perfectly with the Regatta collection!

My Anchor Thin Cuts

My Anchor

Beautiful Stamps, Amazing Discounts
A beautiful new stamp of the month is in town, Beloved Bouquet. Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $7.50. When you place an order of $75 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing. This stamp is definitely one to get!

There's so many beautiful projects you can make with this sotm.

National Papercrafting Month
During January, purchase the limited edition Picture My Life™ Live Your Day scrapbooking program for only $13.50 in honor of National Papercrafting Month!

This collection was designed to coordinate perfectly with the sensational Everyday Life™ 2016 Planner Pages and My Crush® Everyday Life Pages, so you can seamlessly integrate pocket scrapbooking into your 2016 planner. Whether in the planner or on their own, these cards make it easy to preserve your everyday moments all year long. Get yours today for only $13.50 before this offer is gone!  Watch the Live Your Day video and contact me for more details

There's so much to discover this month in my studio.

All workshop spaces are limited. First in best dressed. Workshop fees are prepay via direct deposit only and MUST be received in advance. Email me for payment details. Please note: Be sure to book your workshop spots early. Your spot is not guaranteed until payment is received. Contact me asap to book your spot!

I love to party and spoil my hostesses. Start making your wish list now, then contact me today to set up your very own party and reap the rewards. I'll help you get everything on your wishlist for free or half-price. I'm available to party all month long! Parties do not need to be very long, they can be as simple (show and tell style), or as elaborate (with make and take projects) as you like. They can even be in your pajamas or online!

My calendar is booking up very fast, and all party dates are first in best dressed.

Whether you love scrapbooking, cardmaking, or pocket scrapbooking with new companions, crafty shenanigans, chocolate, coffee, tea, yummy baked goods, plenty of laughter and sisterhood, or just getting your crafting supplies at a discounted rate... my team Heartwork Sisters is for you!

For $130 you get not only a kit jam packed with new products (valued at $435+), you get heaps of training and assistance and new friends who share your crafting obsession! For more details, contact me. To become a Heartwork Sister, simply visit my website!

It's easy to shop with me, simply follow the arrows! Be sure to click JOIN when you shop.

If you missed the news, we now have planners!

Check out the Everyday Life range and mix&match to create your pefect planner, MyCrush album, PictureMyLife album, or a lil of everything!

To stock up on your favorite and new items, shop with me today!

Stay up to date with all the fun, join my community!
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My Crush™ Madness

It's autumn now here in Queensland, and that means some holidays are coming up. School holidays, ANZAC Day, the ANZAC Centenary, and Mother's Day are all approaching. Do you have someone special in your life that could use a lil dose of happiness? Something unexpected in the mail? Something unique and longer lasting than just a run of the mill card?

Have you seen the two new My Crush™ books?

There's one For Her.

And one For Him.

Each book features a mix of various pages, page protectors, vellum, writing prompts, and artwork. All you do is print your photos, stick em down, and write. These are sweet little gift ideas that will be treasured for a long time to come.


How would you use For Her?
How about for mother's day, grandmas, aunties, nieces, daughters, sisters, girlfriend... Really, these are ideal for any woman in your life! They also make really cute gifts for mothers of the bride or groom after your wedding.

Guys, how about a sweet unique anniversary gift for your wife? Fill it with pictures from throughout your relationship, and funny or romantic memories, hopes and dreams and memories. I guarantee she'll treasure it. Plus, you can say with pride "I made this for you"!

They also make for a sweet memento for a bride from her bridesmaids, or as a thank you gift for your wedding party. Get your wedding photos printed and make up a darling little book for each of your 'maids? How thoughtful! I bet even your flower girl would love getting a personal little book from the bride.

Mother's Day is nearly here. How adorable would this be filled with pictures and notes from your kids to your wife or your mother? Monica Wihongi, one of our corporate head office ladies in Utah, did just that for her mom. Pop over here to see her results.

How could you use For Him? Easy, a unique funky lil piece of happy mail for any guy in your life! For father's day, grandpas, uncles, nephews, sons, husband, brothers, boyfriend, father of the bride or groom, for groomsmen, for the groom.... Any guy in your life that needs a lil bit of encouragement would probably love this. Imagine being away from home for a work trip or for uni and receiving this in the mail. Wouldn't your heart swell to see pictures and notes from loved ones back home? Wouldn't it brighten your day?

Now you don't have to keep these as just books, you can rip them apart! Use the pieces for cards, or even pages too! If you had a coil binding machine, you could even make and *add* your own custom pages to further personalize these.

At just $15.50 these little 30 page books are a super easy and quick gift just waiting to happen. Mother's Day is just around the corner on May 10. Why not pick up one or two of these for special women in your life and honor them this Mother's Day? While you're at it, pick up one for Dad and have it ready and waiting for later this year.

Get your For Her and For Him My Crush™ books (see the full My Crush range here) and wow your loved ones this year.

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Upcoming themes

Good evening my lovelies!

Now that the new Annual Inspirations Book is here, I've made up my list of monthly themes for my workshops. Have a look!

September
New Techniques: Cardmaking Basics with wet & dry embossing - featuring the Ranger Clear embossing powder and 2 Embossing Folders. September 13 

Changed! Brushed WOTG is being moved to 2015

October

Snowhaven Cardmaking

Christmas craft: Cut Above™ Holiday Treat Bag Kit

November

Yuletide Carol WOTG

Christmas craft: Cut Above™ Christmas Card Kit

December

Chalk It Up WOTG

Last minute Christmas craft: Cut Above™ Holiday Card Kit

January 2015

Wanderful WOTG

Post Christmas Catch Up: My Crush™ Holiday Happenings

Post Christmas Catch Up: Picture My Life™ Pear & Partridge

I'm in the process of finalizing my workshop dates and costs so keep an eye out. Check my Events tab regularly!

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New for 2014

Morning everyone! I'm finalizing my workshop dates for the next couple months. But first a bit of housekeeping.

Here's the details on how I'm running things this year.

-Workshop on the Go scrapbooking kit crops are the 3rd Wednesday *night* of each month from 7-10pm here in my studio.

-Cardmaking crops are the 3rd Friday *afternoon* of each month from 1-3pm here in my studio.

-Studio events are limited to 5 people each.
That's all the space I have in my studio currently. Don't worry, I will offer a second event if more than 5 people book in.

-All bookings must be paid for (by direct deposit) in advance.
This is for planning and catering purposes. Payment and location details will be given at time of booking. Bookings are not confirmed until payment has been made. I'll confirm your booking via email.

-You must must must pre-order your workshop kits.
Full payment is required at time of pre-ordering. Order cutoff dates will be announced well in advance. It can take up to 3 weeks for supplies to arrive from the California warehouse! Once the cut off date has passed, all fully paid kits will be ordered and notifications will be emailed out to you.

-I highly recommend that you bring a tool kit to each of my events.
This consists of scissors, a 12" paper trimmer, adhesive of choice, stamping blocks and stamp cleaner. These can be added to your workshop kits and ordered in for you. (I will have these supplies available for newbies.)

-Joint group events run with other Consultants have different booking and space requirements. These will be posted as soon as I have them.

NEW for 2014. For every Scrapbooking, Cardmaking, and Cropalong you attend in my studio you'll receive a ticket into a special drawing. Winners will be drawn on our big joint crop on National Scrapbooking Day - May 17th. You must be present to win. There are some fantastic prizes up for grabs!

My full event schedule will be posted in the morning. I'm up waaaay past my bedtime!

More crushing fun

I've finally gotten my photos printed and I'm finishing up some pages. I'm quite happy with how they've turned out. :)

Also, I'm now on instagram as @mamajillaroo.