23 Years and a FREE Stamp Set to Celebrate!

Happy anniversary to me!  23 years ago today I embarked on my Close To My Heart journey. Little did I know then what would happen in my life because of that decision. I'm offering you a FREE stamp set today to celebrate.  Keep reading for the details.

I signed up with CTMH because I needed $600 for something I wanted to do for myself and I felt guilty taking that money out of the family budget. My goal was to earn that $600 and then move on. I earned that money in my first full month as a Consultant, but was having fun so I decided to hang around.  23 years later, here I am! I am a Senior Executive Director, have hundreds of people on my team, lead a million dollar team, have earned 13 incentive trips with the company, have won numerous awards, spoken at countless events, have even been on television, and have built a fantastic income.  WOW!  Who knew? Sometimes the journey of a lifetime just requires taking a first step. Sometimes you don't even know it will be the journey of a lifetime!

Just for fun, I decided to look in our Idea Book and see what was on page 23.   It was this awesome stamp set called "Great Job"!  Apropos, don't you think?  I'm sending this stamp set FREE to anyone who places a $50 or more order on my website today.  It will come to you directly from me, separate from your order. Your order must be placed on my website on January 12 before 11:59 pm (MT). Not exactly sure what you want to spend your $50 on?  Why not some awesome Clearance Items that have just been added to my website!

Product Description

Set of 8 stamps

Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 1" (Y1000), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 4" × 5" (Y1012)

Look how cute this layout is, made with this very set:

Happy Anniversary!!!

Today's post is dedicated to our son, Tannon and his beautiful wife, Brookley. Today is their 1-year wedding anniversary. HAPPY ANNNIVERSARY, you two!

Spend $99 and Get Over $688 in Cash and Products Back: Close To My Heart

I celebrated my 21st anniversary as a Close To My Heart Consultant last week and CTMH send me this beautiful card to congratulate me. I love being a part of a company that not only has great products, but truly cares for its consultants and lets us know!  I am excited to 'scrap-lift' this card and make some for my friends!

Becoming a CTMH Consultants is a decision I have NEVER regretted. In fact, it's one that I have been grateful for every day for the past 21 years.

Let me show you how to spend $99 and get over $688.95 back in cash and products:
1.  Spend $99 to sign up as a Close To My Heart Consultant.
2.  Get over $300 in product for that $99.
3.  Get that $99 back in cash.
4.  Get a free 12 x 12 album of your choice ($24.95-$34.95 value)
5.  Make over $265 in commission right away (in addition to that $99 cash back in #1 above)

Feel free to call or email me with questions (801.360.9896, pedermom@aol.com).  Signing up is easy, peasy, lemon squeezy.  Just click here.

Happy Anniversary, Baby!

Happy 28th Anniversary to the love of my life. There is nothing sexier than a man who can make me laugh in any situation and who thinks I'm hot, even on days (or years) that I'm not. I love you forever, Dan-o! You are the perfect man for me and I'm so grateful you asked me to marry you when we were both really just kids. For kids, we made a pretty great decision. I think it's safe to say we are growing older together, but maybe not growing up. I like it that way.

 

Circle Card with Chantilly and Rose Gift Enclosure Card with the March Stamp of the Month

I'm back today with another card made with our beautiful new Chantilly papers.  I love circle cards, don't you? Well you can make them easily with our Artiste Cricut Collection and our trust old Cricut machine!

CTMH products used:  Artiste Cricut Collection, Hooray Bouquet Stamp Set, Chantilly Paper Pack, Garden Wooden Shapes, Pink Glitter Gems, Versamark Pad, White Daisy Embossing Powder (see yesterday's post for easy embossing tutorial), Blending Pen, Champagne Stamp Pad.

Here's a quick detail shot of this card:

Also, don't forget the elegant March Stamp of the Month that can be yours for only $5 with a $50 order.  Here's a 3.5" x 3.5" card I made with the set and a scan of the carrier sheet (actual size of the sheet is 6" x 6"). 

You can purchase any of these products on my website 24/7, or you can call or email me (801.360.9896, pedermom@aol.com).

Happy Anniversary to Me and a Whooo's Your Valentine Layout

I celebrated my 20th anniversary as a Close To My Heart Consultant this past week.  I sure did! And, in case you were wondering, yes, I was 5 years old when I signed up. At least that is what I keep telling myself!

I received this beautiful card in the mail from CTMH signed by the Corporate Executive Team and will be presented with a pair of diamond (yes, that deserves a bold!) Close To My Heart earrings at our annual convention this Summer.  I love being part of a company that celebrates it's consultants and makes us feel so valued.  Thank you, CTMH for being a place that I have loved being for the past 20 years. I look forward to many more! If YOU would like to have a  business where you make money by doing what you love (stamping, scrapbooking and papercrafting), then head to my website to sign up for as little as $49!

I also wanted to share (with permission, of course) a BEAUTIFUL layout that my dear friend, and CTMH partner in crime, Michelle Snyder created  with the awesome "Whooo's Your Valentine" kit that can be yours for only $10 ($40 value) with a $35 order this month.  If you are ordering on my website, you'll be prompted to add this awesome kit before you check out. You can visit Michelle's blog for inspiration at: http://somethingaboutsharing.com/

Here we are together:

The Whooo's Your Valentine kit includes:

• 12 die-cut boxes
• 3 cardstock sheets
• 1 sheet of silver glitter paper (so pretty!)
• 12 treat tubes 
• An exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit!  (see below)

Whooo's Your Valentine with the January Stamp of the Month

When I was creating my cards to show here on my blog with the January Stamp of the Month (that you can get for only $5 {$17.95 value} with a $50 order this month), I really wanted to incorporate the stamp set included in the awesome "Whooo's Your Valentine" kit (that you can get for only $10 {$40 value} with a $35 order this month).  I love both sets!

Here is the January Stamp of the Month set:

January Stamp of the Month

And here is the stamp set that is included in the Whooo's Your Valentine kit:

Stamp set that is part of the exclusive "Whooo's Your Valentine" kit available only through January (while supplies last)

The kit includes:

• 12 die-cut boxes
• 3 cardstock sheets
• 1 sheet of silver glitter paper (so pretty!)
• 12 treat tubes 
• An exclusive D-size stamp set created specifically for the kit!  (see below)

Remember, I am offering a special of my own this month in addition to the 2 awesome CTMH specials. This special is available EXCLUSIVELY through me in January only. I have set a goal to sell at least 50 of the Whooo's Your Valentine Kits this month. I have 37 more to go!  The reason for this goal of mine is it helps me earn points toward the CTMH incentive trip for this year to Costa Rica (which would the the bomb diggity to earn!).  So, I decided to offer my own special so that I might not only reach that goal, but show my love and appreciation to you, my valued customers and friends.

Here's how it works: 

•  You can take advantage of this special only by calling or emailing me with your order (801.360.9896, pedermom@aol.com). If you email me, please list in your email a phone number I can call you on for your credit card information. This special is not good on website orders.
• If you spend $50, and purchase the Stamp of the Month for $5 ($17.95 value) then I will purchase your Whooo's Your Valentine kit for you for FREE! ($40 value).  
• Not too bad: you spend $55 (before shipping and tax) and I will give you the $40 Valentine Kit for FREE!  You end up getting a total of $107.95 in merchandise (including the retail value of the Stamp of the Month) for only $55 (before shipping and tax). 

We BOTH win with this special!  You get $107.95 for $55 and I get to earn points for the Costa Rica trip!

Call or email me TODAY with your order (801.360.9896, pedermom@aol.com).
Can you see the stamps I used from both sets? This card was made using 3 neutral colors from Close To My Heart: Saddle (darkest color on the card), Cashmere (medium color on the card), Champagne (lightest color on the card) .  After I stamped everything with Saddle ink, I also filled one of our awesome little spray pens to the 2nd measurement line with Saddle reinker and then up to the 5th line with water, shook it up and sprayed away. I love that little dude!

As always, you can get the Stamp of the Month for $5 {$17.95 value} with a $50 order. So, if you order $50 then you can add the Whooo's Your Valentine for only $10 and the Stamp of the Month for only $5. That's a total of $107.95 in products for only $65 ($55 if you take advantage of my special above)!  Cool beans!

If you are ordering on my website, you will be prompted to add both of them before you check out. Nifty Snifty!

LOVE Card - Great for Weddings or Anniversaries

I'm back today to share a card I put together last week with the Avonlea papers. I thought it turned out kinda nicely!

The card base is a 5"x 7" Colonial White card (just cut your card stock 7" x 10" and fold in half). I added a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of seafoamy patterned paper from the Avonlea Paper Pack.  I then cut a 3/4" x 4" piece of the large floral patterned paper from the Avonlea Paper Pack. I mounted that on a 1" x 4" piece of Chocolate Cardstock.  I also cut a 4" and 4 1/2" Colonial White Cardstock circles and a 4 1/4" Chocolate Cardstock scalloped circle (all with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge).  I embossed the doily stamp from the new (and much loved by me) Pirouette stamp set with my Versamark Stamp Pad and some Cocoa Embossing Powder.  I made the pinwheel in the middle with the small floral mint patterned paper from the Avonlea Paper Pack.  The word "LOVE" was made using our new Irresistbles Houndstooth Alphabet. It is white chipboard that comes with with a clear embossed houndstooth pattern on each letter. All you do to create a little color is sponge some ink from a stamp pad (I used my Chocolate Pad) on top. The embossed part resists the color. Cool beans!  Lastly, I added a button and satin bow.  Voila. I think this is a perfect card for a wedding or anniversary.  In fact, I liked it so much that I made several.  I hope you liked it too.

You can shop for the products I used on this card, and so many other awesome products on my website 24/7...even in your jammies!

Blog Candy Winner and 25!

Congrats to my blog candy winner, Michele H who said, "This is a great tool for playing with layouts, colors and embellishments; so much time is spent trying to figure out what size and how to place pictures."

Michele, please email me at pedermom@aol.com to give me your mailing address. I'll get that $25 in new product in the mail to you right away. THANKS!

Don't forget that YOU can still play with Studio J any time you'd like, for free. There is no cost at all until you decide to order any of the layouts you created. Just click here to play.

Today is the 25th anniversary of the day that Dan the Man and I were married in the Salt Lake City LDS Temple for time and all eternity. I love you, Dan-O! Thanks for the best 25 years of my life...and here's to at least another 25! Dont-cha LOVE that 80's dress and hair-do?

Have a wonderful day, everyone!