Close to my Heart
Close to my Heart
Candlelight Stamper News
October 2007
Greetings!

Congratulations to everybody who either got some of those free stamp sets or free card kits in September! Don't you just love that card kit! You got 16 wonderful cards and everything with it you needed to make those cards! Have a lot of fun with that set! Some of you also found "Sticky Boy" (lol). The little gift will go out to you shortly ... thank you for playing!

And here is our new chance to save:

Merry Season for Kids!
From October 2-31, 2007, customers or Consultants who place an order of $25 US  or more can purchase their choice of one of two holiday My Originals™ card kits for only $10. The two card kits available in the Merry Season for Kids campaign are the Peaceful Season card kit (campaign item number: X8613A) and the Beautiful Holiday Photo Greetings card kit (campaign item number: X8614A), each with a retail value of $12.95. To help jumpstart the upcoming season of giving, $5 US of a customer's $10 card kit purchase will be donated to Operation Kids, making each card kit worth so much more! You cannot order this special on my website, so please email me your orders and I will make sure they will be sent directly to you! The website cannot deal with donations, I will be more than happy to help you out. In order to make it more interesting I will have a drawing of all orders collected with this special for a mystery hostess for every $150 in orders! So, don't delay!

Bundle Up Winter Sale!

This is an exclusive MyCTMH sale. As an end-of-season thank you, Close To My Heart is offering 15 great bundles of product at 50% off retail. All you need to do is make a purchase of $25 in My Acrylics stamps and you can go shopping! These bundles include some of our most popular products, including:
  • My Child's Reflections™
  • Seasonal Kits
  • My Reflections® Level 1 Kits
  • My Reflections® Paper Packets
  • My Stickease™ Assortments
  • Seasonal Card Kits
  • And more!
If you should not have access to a computer to be able to place your order, please let me know and I will be more than happy to place your order for you so you will not miss this opportunity! But hurry - many of these bundles will not last long! Last time these bundles were offered some bundles sold out in the first few days!

New Fall Idea Book
I have the brand new books in my hot little hands. All my club members are getting their books already. If you would like to get your own copy you can either get your own copy by placing an order and I will send your free copy, join a club or be a hostess. Or just click on here  - the book is $5.00, which includes the shipping. I will post the image as soon as I have it.

Fall Idea Book $5.00
We have added lots of embellishments, great "toys" and more kits for you! You will absolutely love the new products in this book!

Previous idea books are available for $3.00 each which includes shipping, just email me and let me know which ones you would like and I can invoice you with paypal.


October Color Club
Summer colors

The color for this month is Cranberry.  You want to remember that you can always add the Stamp of the Month at a reduced rate, especially when you add the supersized featured to the color club! Many of you already do that every month!

The colors over the next months will be:

September: Cocoa with Simple Pleasures Combo Pack papers

October: Cranberry with Everlasting Combo Pack papers

 November:  Autumn Terracotta with Enchanted Combo Pack papers

December: Blush with Life Delights Combo Pack Papers (as a Christmas gift if you have been a color club for at least three months you will get an accordion album from me with this!)

Here are the options again:
1. 6 sheets of cardstock, 12 sheets of b&t paper (combo pack), 1 inkpad $14.50
2. 6 sheets of cardstock, 12 sheets of b&t paper (combo pack), 1 innkpad, 1 maker $18.00
3. Supersize and get bigger brads (approx. 30), 1 ribbon from ribbon rounds, 1 ribbon from designer ribbon rounds, eyelets when available and items from My Acrylics, when available, if not I will add other embellishments, such as paper flowers, buttons, etc. - be surprised! Add $7.50

There is no long term commitment, however, if you join the club I ask that all payments are made by the 15th of that given month. That ensures that I can make my orders in a timely manner. As a member you can always add additional items to your order which will give you the option of additional savings for the Stamp of the Month. All club members will receive a free ideabook with their first order! Active club members will receive each new seasonal idea book as they are issued for free! As long as you have received at least one color club shipment during the quarter.

If you need the club shipped to you contact me for more information.



October Stamp of the Month
Oct stom
Capture the whimsy of the season with this charming set that is positively festooned with fluid lines. Let these enchanting images infuse your artwork with pure joy. Available October 1-31, 2007 only. Visit my website for more artwork and how you can get this set at a discount and even for FREE! The purchase of this stamp set will qualify you for the bundle packages!



Available bonus Dates in October of gatherings:
Oct 10
Oct 25
Oct 30
Contact me now to get your date! If you would like to have a gathering, but you don't see your "dream" date above contact me and lets "talk". I would love to do a theme gathering with you!
Upcoming Events:
If you want to see my Website come alive visit me every Monday at 8:30 ET at the Monday Mixer
On Tuesday's I will be at the Tuesday Expos, times will vary, so check the calendar there  Tuesday Expos
On Friday's you will find me at the Expo Connector, we have other parties during the month. You can check our hall calendar in hall 4.
Oct 5, 6 - My own Yard Sale - why am I telling you about this? Because if you are looking for some very reduced woodmounted stamps - this is it! I am pulling out all my items that are retired, not just stamps, but calendars, stamp pads, markers, etc. come on over and go through my box and see what I have - I want to move it out!

Oct 18 - QF Fundraiser for Highschool in Ludlow. If you are part of an organization or school that would like to earn some extra money. Remember, my network might be able to help you with our QF. Let me know and we can talk to you about it!

Oct. 20 - Villa Madonna, Craft Show

Oct. 23 - Quarter Fest. 6:30 at the Edgewood Sr. Center, 550 Freedom Park Dr, Edgewood KY.  Proceeds will be going to our charity again! At this point I would like to mention again - whenever you purchase a stamp set a portion of that set goes to our charity OK Kids we support. Love those kids! Also, as my guest you will be able to deduct $1.00 from your order that night and an additional $1 for each new friend you bring! Be sure to find me!

Oct 19 - PMS Part! Pizza-Music-Scrapbooking! Bring your projects and lets have some fun. We will begin at 6:30 pm. Please call first, so I will know how many guests to expect. You will have a chance to look at new book and maybe take your own copy home.

Oct 17 - 1 pm Technique class, fee is $5.00 or free with $15.00 purchase. Please RSVP if you would like to participate due to space. Please bring your favorite scissors and adhesive.
The Creative Corner  - this is a new addition to my newsletter. Each addition will have a new tip or Product Highlight!

Care of the White Daisy Re-inker
Following the suggestions below will help you get the maximum use and benefit from Close To My Heart's White Daisy re-inker-especially if you're concerned about the nozzle coming out when you squeeze it.

· Be sure to shake your White Daisy re-inker well before every use.
· After using it, clear the nozzle of excess ink by holding it upright and tapping it lightly so the ink will drain from the nozzle.
· Before using it again, make sure the nozzle is clear of dried ink by inserting a needle into the nozzle and drawing it out again.
· Be patient with this re-inker and don't squeeze too vigorously. Remember that the White Daisy is a thicker ink than our other re-inkers, so it will take longer to re-ink your pads, but it gives you greater control over where you put the ink.


Can you believe that with the next new idea book we are already getting ready to retire some of  our products? We will not retire the items until the end of this year, but it means that some of the items may run out of stock! For a complete list of the retired items, check out my Training and Events of my website.  The items that sold out are highlighted in red! I would post a list right here of the items that are already not available, but it is too long already to add here, so I will have to start a new item in that same section. Please check for that list to change on a regular basis as well as the items go out of stock as people place their orders. That means, if you have a favoriate item on that retired list - order it now and don't delay, because there is no guarantee how long it will be available. Now is the time to get those stamp sets you still wanted to get that are on that retired list and get ready for the holidays and help those kids!

if you like our little buttons, like the baby buttons, wedding buttons, etc - get them now!

In the meantime, hope to hear from you soon.

Margit McCabe
Close to my Heart

Question of the month:
How many different designs are in a card kit?

Get me the answer and you will get a little gift.

Have fun playing ...