Nan's Creating Place

Mystery Hostess Drawing How would you like to earn $30.00 in select product credit from Close to My Heart?  Just place an order for $30.00 or more, by 1:00 pm on February 29th and your name will be entered into a drawing for $30.00 in hostess rewards. That's all there is to it and you double your stash. Go here then scroll down to the Mystery Hostess show and click on join to place your order.  Happy shopping! Then check back on March 1st to see if you are the lucky winner.  Thanks for shopping with me and Close to My Heart. Nancy 

Operation Smile Quarterly Crop   Next Saturday, February 20th  is our quarterly Operation Smile Crop We have a few openings left,  if you would like to join us  8 am to 5 pm Cost is $20.00 Includes your work area, make n take, lunch, and Door prizes Hope you can join us. Please reserved your space with me if you plan to attend. Nancy

With the new year comes new plans and goals.  Let CTMH help you get on track and stay there with their brand new Everyday Life Planner.   Hardcover black album with gold foil design. 9⅜" × 8¼" × 1½"; 1" 3-ring. Cover made of polyurethane-covered dense paperboard; inside lined with white photo-safe paper Everyday Life Planner Pages   Product Description: 154 pages including 1 pocket folder page, 12 monthly dividers with tabs, 1 designed page finder, and 4 sheets of stickers; 3-ring hole punched; 8⅜" × 6⅞". The pages include monthly and weekly spreads that begin January 2016 and run through December 2016. The monthly spreads run from Sunday to Saturday, like a calendar; the weekly spreads run from Monday to Sunday, making it easy to review your weekend plans at a glance. The monthly tabs are reinforced with a Mylar coating for extra durability. The stickers are designed to work perfectly with the Everyday Life™ Perfect Plan roller stamp.  ...

  2016     May 2016 bring you good health, loving family and friends and the desire to be a better you!   Nan

LA VIE EN ROSE Workshop Supply list: Card Workshop Artwork coming soon! X7201B La Vie En Rose Paper Pack Inks:  Black, Pixie, Pomegranate, and Poppy Z3091 Red Enamel Gems Z3130 Foil Tape Silver Z2060 Thin 3-D Foam Tape White Cards & Envelopes (Page 145) Layout Workshop G1100 La Vie En Rose WOTG Kit Inks:  Fern, Peacock, Pomegranate and Poppy

Close to My Heart CYBER SALE! Nov 30 - Dec 4 Good News!  Starting Monday, November 30 through Friday, December 4, CTMH is having a Cyber Sale! There are nearly 40 items from our current catalogs that will be reduced by 25%. What a great deal!   The products included in this sale, come from our current idea books. All items will be shown in a special shopping menu entitled “Cyberweek Sale!” on my CTMH website where you can see the reduced price Click here  to check out this great sale.  Happy Cyber shopping. Nan

Are you looking forward to our Christmas Luncheon this weekend?  This is always special where we take time to visit, share a meal, exchange gifts and enjoy being with each other and sharing life.  Thank you all for another great year of crafting, laughs and friendships.  Definition of a customer - a person or organization that buys goods or services from a store or business.  I would have to say you each are much more than that to me.  And though I am thankful to have you as customers that purchase goods from Close to My Heart through me, I am grateful to have come to know each of you over the years and to call you my friends.  Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your life. I wish you so much joy and happy times this Christmas season with family and friends. Merry Christmas to each of you. Nancy

Happy December!  Join us tonight for our Kaleidoscope Cardmaking and scrapbooking workshops. Don't forget we are meeting at Lisa's tonight. Call if you need directions. Supply List Kaleidoscope Cardmaking kit Inks: Canary, Pear, Pixie, and Slate Thin 3-D foam tape Blocks: 1 x 1; 1 x 3.5; 2 x 2; 2 x 3.5; 2 x 6.5 Supply List: D1677 Friend Tree E1032 Typography Kaleidoscope paper pack Inks: Pomegranate, Sweet Leaf, and Topiary Z2155 Enamel & Glitter Duos Green Triangles Z3088 Coral Shimmer Trim 3-D Foam Tape Blocks: 1x1; 1 X 3.5; 2 x 2; 2 x 3.5 See you tonight. Nan 

Here is our November Stamp of the Month that is great for bringing in the new year! Cheers, 2016 Get your layout completed early and ready to just add pictures right after the champagne and celebration of another year.  It's amazing how fast the years pass but this one is on it's way out. Thanks for stopping by, Nan 

Yesterday at our monthly club meeting we had a great time making these 3 - D Pumpkin Place Cards Happy Fall Ya'll Nancy

Hello everyone - hope this weather has been enjoyable for you. I am loving it! We will meet for club on Saturday at Maureen's at 2:00pm. Thanks Maureen for opening your home to all of us! Bring a snack to share and your basic tools and we will enjoy a little Close to My Heart crafting time. Thanks for stopping by, Nan

Check out the White Pines Workshop on the Go for November: Get a jump on those Christmas cards and layouts for the upcoming Christmas season with Close to My Hearts White Pines Workshop on the Go.  Join us for an evening of crafting fun!                                                            CARD WORKSHOP                                                  Workshop date:               Nov...

  Do you love Close to My Heart's first class products?  Purchase regularly from your CTMH consultant?  Ever considered being a consultant?  Well October is the perfect month to do just that.  Sign up with Close to My Heart in October and receive this fun convention bag absolutely free. I would love to talk with you about becoming a consultant and joining my team!  It would be a perfect fit.  Click here to join Thanks for stopping by, Nancy

Our mystery hostess winner for August is Maureen K.   Maureen has won $25.00 in select product credit.  Congratulations Maureen. For your chance to win the mystery hostess drawing place an order of $25.00 or more on my website under the mystery hostess party for that month.   Scroll to the bottom right of the screen to find a listing of the shows.  Join the mystery hostess party to place your order.  It is that easy.  Thanks for stopping by. Nan Sorry but these orders do not count toward club orders or any other specials that I personally am offering.

Just a quick note to show the cute card we made at our quarterly crop.  The braided technique makes this cute card even cutier.  Line template up with the fold of the card.  Center it up.  Paper clip at top and bottom to help hold template in place.  You don't want the lines of the template to be too close to either end of the card or you will cut through the card. Cut on each line - be sure to cut to end of each line but not beyond.  Remove template (save to reuse) Open card with the inside face down ^^^^^^^ Take bottom 1st piece and fold down toward you then cut that piece straight across. Save piece to be used later in the card Next go to 3rd piece and fold it down in the same manner but do not cut anymore pieces.  Tuck the point of this piece under the point of the one below it. Proceed to every other piece and fold down and tuck. Once complete you can see at the top where the pattern is incomplete.  This is ...

Here it is ......the 2015 Annual Inspiration Idea Book 2015 Annual Inspiration Idea Book Grab your beverage of choice and take a few minutes to check out what is new at Close to My Heart HERE You won't be disappointed. **************** HELLO LIFE! September is National Stamping Month, and this year Close To My Heart has something to help every kind of papercrafter say a big “hello” to life! Available only during the month of September, these exclusive C-size My Acrylix ® Hello, Life! stamp sets can be purchased for $13.95 each! Or, for an even better deal, you can purchase all three for only $34.95 —a savings of $6.90  Each stamp set is designed to fit with a specific type of papercrafting, whether that’s scrapbooking, cardmaking, or pocket scrapbooking. However, all the stamp sets coordinate with each other and can be used together to create dynamic artwork. These stamp sets also coordinate with shapes from the new Cricut ® Artistry co...

DON'T MISS OUT ON THE CHANCE TO BE OUR MYSTERY HOSTESS FOR AUGUST *****DEADLINE AUGUST 31******* To qualify for the mystery hostess drawing place an online order for $25.00 or more on my website at CLICK HERE   by 6:00PM Central time on August 31, 2015.  If your name is drawn you will receive $25.00 in select product credit from Close to My Heart.  This offer is exclusively through me and not valid through anyone else.  Don't wait...place your order now so you don't forget. Happy shopping, Nancy

I thought I might share with you this journey that my husband, Robert and I have been traveling for about the last 18 months.  If you did not know, Robert has heart issues that over his life time have reared its ugly head many times.  Each time we make changes to our life style and the situation seemsd to improve.  Until the next time...... So... many of you know that about a year and a half ago Robert had another episode and was taken to the hospital with severe chest pains.  They ran a multitude of tests and decided that there was nothing they could do for him.  It seems that the artery on the backside of his heart (known as the widow maker) is blocked.  And evidently because of the location of this artery a stint cannot be done.  The cardiologist said that the best thing Robert and I could do is to make changes to our life style.  Eat a plant based diet, exercise at least 3 times a week and remove as much stress from...

The Zoe Collection is now available on Studio J !

FRAMED S1508 STAMP OF THE MONTH   Purchase this new D size stamp set, available for one month only , for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products (excluding purchases made in Studio J ® ), you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.  Click here to shop. Thanks for stopping by. Nancy