CTMH Smitten Collection

Get an early start on your Valentine’s Day celebrations with the Smitten collection! This adorable Valentine’s Day-themed collection incorporates a fun variety of vibrant colors and designs, all of which are reflected in a new paper packet, sticker sheet, stamp set, and Thin Cuts metal dies. Smitten makes a wonderful base for all your Valentine’s Day projects.

Smitten is available through February 28, 2022 (while supplies last!)

Smitten’s cheery paper packet, sticker selection, stamps, and Thin Cuts are all showcased in the Smitten Product Bundle and the Smitten Workshop Kit, both of which are available at a 20% discount! 

The Smitten Workshop Kit includes all the materials you’ll need to create twelve slimline cards, a single page and 2-page scrapbook layout, and a variety of cute treat holders. The instructions for this workshop is available for download here.

The Smitten Product Bundle includes the Smitten Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, the Smitten Coordinating Cardstock, and the Smitten Stamp + Thin Cuts, so you get all the Smitten products you need to design and create your own projects, all at a discount!

CTMH Smitten Collection

Get an early start on your Valentine’s Day celebrations with the Smitten collection! This adorable Valentine’s Day-themed collection incorporates a fun variety of vibrant colors and designs, all of which are reflected in a new paper packet, sticker sheet, stamp set, and Thin Cuts metal dies. Smitten makes a wonderful base for all your Valentine’s Day projects.

Smitten is available through February 28, 2022 (while supplies last!)

Smitten’s cheery paper packet, sticker selection, stamps, and Thin Cuts are all showcased in the Smitten Product Bundle and the Smitten Workshop Kit, both of which are available at a 20% discount! 

The Smitten Workshop Kit includes all the materials you’ll need to create twelve slimline cards, a single page and 2-page scrapbook layout, and a variety of cute treat holders. The instructions for this workshop is available for download here.

The Smitten Product Bundle includes the Smitten Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, the Smitten Coordinating Cardstock, and the Smitten Stamp + Thin Cuts, so you get all the Smitten products you need to design and create your own projects, all at a discount!

CTMH Smitten Collection

Get an early start on your Valentine’s Day celebrations with the Smitten collection! This adorable Valentine’s Day-themed collection incorporates a fun variety of vibrant colors and designs, all of which are reflected in a new paper packet, sticker sheet, stamp set, and Thin Cuts metal dies. Smitten makes a wonderful base for all your Valentine’s Day projects.

Smitten is available through February 28, 2022 (while supplies last!)

Smitten’s cheery paper packet, sticker selection, stamps, and Thin Cuts are all showcased in the Smitten Product Bundle and the Smitten Workshop Kit, both of which are available at a 20% discount! 

The Smitten Workshop Kit includes all the materials you’ll need to create twelve slimline cards, a single page and 2-page scrapbook layout, and a variety of cute treat holders. The instructions for this workshop is available for download here.

The Smitten Product Bundle includes the Smitten Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet, the Smitten Coordinating Cardstock, and the Smitten Stamp + Thin Cuts, so you get all the Smitten products you need to design and create your own projects, all at a discount!

CTMH Days of December Album Workshop

Commemorate your sweetest holiday moments with this year’s Days of December album bundle and workshop!

We’ve brought back this popular project, so you can create a unique Everyday Life album with one page for each magical day in December. This year’s album project features brand new paper from the Holly Jolly collection, plus cardstock and embellishments to match!

Be sure to order your workshop and download the workshop guide before it's gone!!

CTMH Magnolia Frame Kit

Happy New Year!!!  So exciting to have a brand new year to look forward to so many creative possibilities!!!  

To kick off our creativity in 2019, Close to My Heart has introduced a beautiful Magnolia Frame Kit that's ONLY available in January 2019!!  

The Magnolia Frame Kit includes sturdy chipboard frame (including backing), double-sided frame overlay, “love” and “home” sentiments, shiplap-printed backing sheet, 3 sheets of die-cut leaves and flowers, and 1 sheet of gold foil die-cuts. 

The kit also includes step-by-step instructions that show how to put the frame together and ways that this project can be personalized with additional products. 

Below are some additional examples to inspire your creativity!  Don't miss out on the BIG SAVINGS when you purchase multiple kits!!  

On this one we left off the title and let the magnolia flowers be the star:

Here are a few more ideas incorporating a few other products (chipboard monograms, glitter paper, foil paper, cardstock):

And let's not forget the frame as a FRAME to display photos of people you love.  This frame does a beautiful job whether you choose to frame a collage of smaller photos or a single 12" x 12" photo!

Save when you get 2 or more kits

The Magnolia Frame Kit gives you the materials to create beautiful papercrafted décor. There are so many different ways to use this versatile kit, which is why we’re offering special pricing when you buy more than one! Save 15% when you buy two, or save 30% when you buy three!!

Buy 1: $29.95
Buy 2: $24.95 each—15% off!
Buy 3: $19.95 each—30% off!

BONUS, you can get one Magnolia Frame Kit FREE by signing up as a Close To My Heart Consultant in January!

The Magnolia Frame kit is ONLY available January 1–31, 2019 while supplies last.

ENGAGE: A Creative Retreat

I was blessed to enjoy a fabulous retreat with some of my girlfriends at a beautiful new facility in Dripping Springs, Texas:  Engage A Creative Retreat!  This place is AMAZING!!!  I wanted to share some of the pictures we took and a little about our weekend...it was so awesome we booked a repeat before we left!!

I'll start with the crop room, since (let's be honest), that's the most important room for a crafty getaway!!  Here is a "rarely" captured photo of me actually scrapbooking, lol!!

Each station (14 of them) is equipped with a comfy office chair, desk mat, lamp, garbage pail and shelves!  

Plenty of tools available for use, to include Cricut Expression, Cricut Explore, and Sizzix. Plus Close to My Heart and Stampin' Up Inks, punches and bins of other miscellaneous tools, stamps, blocks and more!  I confess, I overpacked (although I think 90% of us do)...but now that I've been there, I know I can cut my toolbags way down!

 The TV is internet connected so you can access Pandora for music, Netflix, etc. 

The dining room is right off the crop room next to the kitchen and very spacious!  Plenty of seating, plus a coffee bar in the back corner with Kuerig and wetbar for easy coffee making!  (the door on the left leads out to the balcony)

Seriously, this coffee bar got a lot of use during our visit!!  Love that it was so easy to refill the kuerig from the wetbar and was out of the way so as not to clog up the kitchen.

The kitchen is fully stocked with basic tools, appliances, utensils and dishes.  
TIP: bring Ziplock bags and plastic containers to store/transport any leftovers you have.  We chose to dine out most evenings for dinner and everyone did their own thing for breakfast/lunch (although with our group we had WAY TOO MUCH food, lol!)  

The front entry has a nice sitting area (only partially pictured in this photo) if you're looking for a comfy, quiet place to read or relax.

The retreat is actually located right off the main road...but you wouldn't know it from the retreat center! Quick and easy access to the restaurants, breweries, distilleries, shopping and adventures that can be found in the local area but with a sense of peace and quiet surrounding the facility!

Here's that back deck I mentioned earlier!  You can access it from the dining room and from the crop room!  We visited in October, so enjoyed some amazing weather that was perfect for outside relaxing with a cup of coffee or glass of wine!

There are 5 bedrooms and 3 full bathrooms (even a handicapped accessible one), 14 beds (no bunks)!!  And we're not talking hotel facilities here...we're talking about beautifully decorated plush accommodations (to include ceiling fans, night stands, lamps and power strips)!!  Visit the Engage website to see even better pictures of the rooms and accommodations!!

If you're looking for a crafty getaway, Engage A Creative Retreat is THE place to be!!  You can book the facility for a private retreat, or contact the owner about a mixed retreat!  Our group had an amazing time!  Not only crafting, but we also took the time to explore the local area with brewery tours, shopping, distillery tours and of course dinner at the Salt Lick!

Here are some photos to share our shenanigans as we "home-based" at Engage A Creative Retreat...we all got tons of crafting done, but also enjoyed a rare opportunity to get out and experience the local area with a group of friends!  I highly recommend booking your creative retreat and enjoying some quality friend time!