Boxing Week with CTMH

Close To My Heart is ending 2019 with a week of savings!  Join us for our Boxing Week sale December 26-31st featuring new deals every day!

Merry Christmas
and
Happy New Year!

Black Friday and Cyber Monday

Get ready for Black Friday!  Save up to 50% in Close To My Heart's Black Friday sale, which starts Friday, November 29th at 3:00 pm MST:

And, if that's not enough, Get ready for Cyber Monday!  Save up to 50% in our Cyber Monday sale, which starts Monday, December 2 at 3:00 pm MST:

Shop my online store HERE:  https://kattisch.closetomyheart.com/

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas....

Check out the November-December Idea Book!  Just out today!  And yes, you can start ordering today (October 15th).

Ok, I will give you a peak at my favorite papers:  Cedar & Pine papers

And favorite stamp set?  I love Nutcrackers!!  Cedar & Pine Cardmaking Stamp Set:

So now, check out and download the new catalog (click the "download word" to get download of Idea Book)--it IS beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Retiring Colors

Thought you would be interested in knowing some news from Convention.  At the end of August the following colors will be retired:  Lemon, Heather, Pansy, Pomegranate, Willow, Emerald and the Color of the Year - Sugarplum.

To me, this means that if something runs out before the end of August, I'm pretty sure it will be gone forever.  So if these colors are ones that you love and you haven't had a chance to get yours yet, you should get it soon.

Happy Stamping!

Flash Sale - Thin Cuts

Flash sale starts today 7/8/2019 at 3:00 MDT and will last 24 hours.  If you have been holding out for that special thin cut set, now is the time to check it out!  Click on link to my Shop-On-Line:  http://kattisch.closetomyheart.com.

35th Anniversary Sale Starts Today!

Anniversary of 35 years flash sale 3-day celebration featuring a variety of items at 35% off the retail price!  The sale will begin at 3:00 pm (MDT) on Wednesday, May 29, and end at 11:59 pm (MDT) on Friday, May 31. Note that it is while supplies last and if items that are current sell out, there are no rain checks.  Enjoy!  Click on the picture to be transported to the Shop-Online Store.

Happy Stamping!

 

Sweet Girl Featured Paper Blog Hop

Welcome to our Featured Blog Hop featuring the new Seasonal Expressions II Papers: Sweet Girl.   We will be showcasing items from our Sweet Girl kit with various projects created by talented Close To My Heart consultants so get your sip of coffee and we'll be off.

If you are visiting from Brittany Allred's blog, you are on the right path. If not, you can start at the beginning with our hostess, Carol Loftus' blog is the beginning of the hop. You can start there or you can just continue as the hop goes around in a circle and you'll end up back here. Next check out Haley Dyer's blog, but please feel free to check out my artwork before you go....

Papers:  G1179 Sweet Girl WYW Kit; Peach, Sapphire and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps: S1905 To My Bestie - May Stamp of the Month
Inks:  Peach, New England Ivy, and Sapphire Exclusive Inks; Copic Markers
Embellishments:  Retired Sequins
Other:  Z4260 Stitched Rectangle Frames

Image for S1905 To My Bestie  - May Stamp of the Month

The next person on the hop is:  Haley Dyer's blog. Check out and see what beautiful eye-candy she has in store for you!

Happy Stamping!

So Much Happy Featured Paper Blog Hop

Welcome to our Featured Blog Hop featuring the new Seasonal Expressions I Papers: So Much Happy!   We will be showcasing items from our So Much Happy kit with various projects created by talented Close To My Heart consultants so get your sip of coffee and we'll be off.

If you are visiting from Lori Farmer Kutsch's blog, you are on the right path. If not, you can start at the beginning with our hostess, Carol Loftus' blog is the beginning of the hop. You can start there or you can just continue as the hop goes around in a circle and you'll end up back here. Next check out Carol Loftus' blog, but please feel free to check out my artwork before you go....

The first card is a 6" x 6" card that we made at our first Seasonal Launch Event. 

Then we look at the inside:

Papers:  G1170 So Much Happy WYW Kit;  Candy Apple and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps: D1827 Years of Sweetness
Inks:  Peach, Candy Apple Red, Sapphire Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  z4191 Silver Glitter Gems; z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush
Other:  Z3503 Artbooking Diginal Collection (Cricut)

Images for D1827 Years of Sweetness:

The next person on the hop is Carol Loftus' blog.

Happy Stamping!

I Heart Us Featured Paper Blog Hop

Welcome to our Featured Blog Hop featuring the new Seasonal Expressions I Papers:  I Heart Us! We will be showcasing items from our I Heart Us kit with various projects created by talented Close To My Heart consultants so get your sip of coffee and we'll be off.

If you are visiting from Danielle Wagner's blog, you are on the right path. If not, you can start at the beginning with our hostess, Carol Loftus' blog is the beginning of the hop. You can start there or you can just continue as the hop goes around in a circle and you'll end up back here. Next check out Brittany Allred's blog, but please feel free to check out my artwork before you go....

Here I have a standard size card made using the Got Snow Hostess Set.  I just fell in love with the images in this set!

I am loving the rainbow paper.  The next photo is a close up of the polar bear:

Last is the inside of the card.  I have a cousin I need to send a special hello to:

Papers:  G1171 I Heart Us WYW Kit; Black and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  C1764 Got Snow Hostess Set
Inks:  Z4189 Intense Black, White Daisy Pigment Exclusive Inks; Shinhan markers.
Embellishments:  z4224 Black Shimmer Brush; Z3314 Black and White Dots
Other:  Thin Cuts Party Banners (in clearance); Basic Circles and Stitched Circles Thin cuts; Border Punch from Stampin' Up (retired)

Here are the images in Got Snow Hostess set (click to enlarge):

Now, hop on over to Brittany Allred's blog to see what eye candy she has in store for you!

Happy Stamping!

Something Fierce Featured Paper Blog Hop

Welcome to our Featured Blog Hop featuring the new Seasonal Expressions I Papers:  Something Fierce! We will be showcasing items from our Something Fierce kit with various projects created by talented Close To My Heart consultants so get your sip of coffee and we'll be off.

If you are visiting from Brittany Allred's blog, you are on the right path. If not, you can start at the beginning with our hostess, Carol Loftus' blog is the beginning of the hop. You can start there or you can just continue as the hop goes around in a circle and you'll end up back here. Next check out Brenda Lapp's blog, but please feel free to check out my artwork before you go....

These cards were from several obligations I needed to fulfill.  My beautiful granddaughter, Hannah's seventeenth birthday is this month.  I had a gift card to give her as well, because, well, have you ever tried picking out a birthday present for a 17 year old?  Finally, I was part of a card exchange and thought it would be great to showcase one of our new embossing folders and of course, the January Stamp of the Month:  S1901 Card Captions (only available until January 31st).

The birthday card above features the Years of Sweetness Stampset as well as Something Fierce papers.

Next a close up of detail.  You can't really see the clear shimmer brush on the cupcake very well but it does show up in real life:

Next on the list is gift card holder:

I am really loving the confetti dots!!  Next is inside

Finally my exchange card. Now the funny thing about this was that one was how I meant it to be and the other was not.  But, they both looked pretty good and when I was holding them in real life, I had no real preference.

Close-up of the first:

And the second:

Inside of the card:

Papers:  Something Fierce WYW Kit; Clover, Raspberry, Lemon, Carolina and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  Years of Sweetness; January Stamp of the Month Card Captions
Inks:  Clover, Carolina, Lemon, Tangerine, Ballerina, Raspberry Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:
Other:

Here are the images of the stamps that were used.  First, January Stamp of the Month - Card Captions:

And next is Years of Sweetness.  Note that the red outline is for Cricut images:

 The next hop will be to:  Brenda Lapp's blog

Happy Stamping!