Bring Back My Pack - Magical Blog Hop

Welcome to today's Blog Hop where we are featuring a retired, but returned, product line called "Magical"! Surely you remember it!

Close To My Heart has brought back the ever-popular Magical Paper Pack for a limited time! Now, through September 30, you can get the More Magical paper packet, and coordinating products - including what was an exclusive and adorable stamp set at the time. These products are suited for all-purpose crafting, including your visits to amusements parks, parties, and other adventures!

Save 25% when you purchase the workshop kit, which includes the paper pack and a selection of other products you can use to create four, 2-page scrapbook layouts, eight cards and much more! You can find all the details on my website.

If you are coming from Miss Carrie's Creations, you are on the right track. You can find a list of participants by clicking here, if you were to get lost along the way.

Close To My Heart held Convention at Disneyland and World for several years, giving me many reasons to use this paper pack for those wonderful memories. And I have plenty more! 

You can tell I especially love the polka dot pattern and then loved using the other coordinating colors to accent the photos. This layout makes me completely happy and reminds me of some fun times with my Mom and fellow Consultant friends. 

Enlarged views of the two pages are shown below. 

I can't wait to finish preserving other Disney memories, even with us visiting Disney World on Christmas day just this year! I guess I need to get to work! ;)

Head on over to Michelle's Blog to see what she has to share with you and then continue to follow the links around the Hop.

Wishing you an upcoming weekend of fun and blessings! Thanks for stopping by!

Fun with the Heartfelt Sentiments Team

If you have been watching my blog for long, you know I enjoy leading the members of the Heartfelt Sentiments Team. It is the team I started almost 18 years ago when I became a Close To My Heart Consultant and we are still going strong!

This photo was taken before our Awards Banquet at our Convention held in June.

Besides the fabulous products I get to showcase whenever possible, it is the relationships I have with my team members that matter most. I am blessed in that I get to develop friendships with them well beyond our businesses. For that, I am thankful.

One of the things I enjoy doing is giving handmade gifts to those who attend Convention. These handmade pocket pages, made with the Magical product line, were exclusive gifts to the Leaders on my team who attended Leadership Day.

Here are the pocket cards incorporated into pocket scrapbook pages. You will notice I spread them across the two pages. Aren't they and the photos too much fun? I definitely think so!

Forgive the glare I got on these photos due to the pocket pages but I did want some good lighting on them so you could see some of the fun had.

These photos show fun experienced with both my team members and Home Office staff. I am so thankful to know who is working behind the scenes of the products and events I get to enjoy and they are great friends who I respect a lot.

Team members join me from all across the country and I work diligently to support them no matter where they are located. So...if you want to join Close To My Heart, I would love for you to consider my team! It does not matter your location. You will feel a party of our family in no time!

Off to create some artwork for the company! I hope you are enjoying a blessed and enjoyable weekend!

Make It From Your Heart,

Melissa

Convention was Magical!

Check out this fun layout I made, commemorating SOME of my Convention memories. There are definitely plenty more to come but I thought I would start with this one. (You will find enlarged views of the pages below.)

Our Magical product line is totally fun and can be used for various occasions. It can scream Disney if you want it to but it doesn't have to. While the polka dot pattern matches Minnie's dress perfectly - don't you agree?, you will see the layout below without the photos to be appreciate its versatility.

Magical Workshop Your Way

Here is the layout without the photos. With a change in title, you could definitely use it beyond Disney.

It went from that...to THIS! I just love it and all the memories it makes me relive. I love gathering near and afar with my team members. We truly do have too much fun when we are together and I love it!

I would not want to ride on this journey without them but there is always room for plenty more! Why don't you join us?!

Wishing you a fabulous weekend full of whatever it is that you want to do!

Melissa

CTMH Paper Blog Hop - Magical

Welcome to our Hop this month where we are featuring artwork made with the Magical product line from Close To My Heart. I absolutely love it and while it does scream "Disney" it is also very versatile. However, for the case of this piece of artwork, I did lean the Disney way because I created these layouts for 14 team members who attended Convention with me last week in Disney World. 

If you are coming from Tonya's Blog you are on the right track. You can find a complete list of participants at the bottom of this post.

I loved pulling this polka dot paper for the main paper on this layout. I added in Black, Sapphire and Canary cardstock as well as a Zip Strip (the blue starred paper on the bottom of the photo mats). 

 The various elements added to this page are cuts from our exclusive Cricut cartridges.

These layouts were super fun to create and seemed to be liked by all. I usually give team members a layout to give them a starting point to preserve their Convention memories.

Let me know what you think of this layout and then head on over to Cathy's Blog and see what she has created using this product line.

Enjoy the rest of this first week in July 2016! Can you believe that?! Happy hoppin'!

Melissa

Here is a list of participants:

1. Melissa Robinson *YOU ARE HERE*
2. Cathy Bufano
3. Katy Taylor
4. Tonya Whitehurst

Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Magical

I hope you are enjoying a wonderful 4th of July wherever you are. I am thankful to live in a country where I am free and protected. Thank you to all who have served or our currently serving our country and providing us with the freedoms we have. I am also thankful to the families who endure the time away from their loved ones so we may enjoy the conveniences of living in the USA.

This Magical product line, which is the focus of this month's Heart 2 Heart Challenge, is perfect for celebrating or commemorating this holiday. I love that while it could take on a certain theme, it doesn't have to as you can see here.

I chose to make this card a little whimsical and incorporated the stamp set called, "Beyond Awesome", which has some fun sentiments. (Photo posted below). The fun polka-dot pattern actually comes from one of the Pocket Card designs included in the paper pack. It's totally one of my favorites! I did use some of the fun striped Sequins for some added bling as well as took Black Shimmer Trim and cut it vertically, to make for thinner borders.

Image of the stamp set:

If you have any questions regarding the design of this card, please feel free to contact me. I hope you like it.

Join us by sharing your artwork creation, using Magical and other Close To My Heart products by linking up to us at Heart 2 Heart. I look forward to seeing your creativity there. Be sure to...

Make It From Your Heart,

June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - The Long Way Home

Welcome to our hop where we are highlighting the June Stamp of the Month, The Long Way Home.  Look at all the cute images in this stamp set!  I have enjoyed the pleasure of making a couple of cards from it up to this point and look forward to incorporating it into other artwork.  It can be yours - this month only - for just $5 with a qualifying purchase.  You can view details about that by clicking here.

If you are coming from Melinda's Blog, you are on the right track.  You can find a complete list of participants on her blog.

I created this fun card incorporating the Magical paper pack and "Bunch of Love" stamp set (for the sentiment).  A few Blue Dots were added.

Thank you for stopping by.  Head on over to Wendy's Blog and see what she has created to share with you.

Happy hoppin'!

NEW Products!

It's been an exciting 10 days with Close To My Heart as new products were released on May 1st! This is the front cover of Seasonal Expressions 2, the supplement, and you can get it FREE with any order!  It is filled with FABULOUS stuff!  I think I already own one of everything!  LOL  You can view the entire book, online, by clicking here.

Here are a the three new product lines called, "Magical", "Calypso", and "Florence".  I have selected a fun image to represent each and provided a link to all the yummy items that coordinate.  (Keep reading for an opportunity to win some Blog Candy!)

Magical

Calypso

Florence

You can place an order by visiting my website through this link.

HOW TO BE ENTERED TO WIN SOME BLOG CANDY!
Click on the links and peruse the various product lines.  In a comment tell me which paper packet/product line is your favorite from the ones shown above - you can only SELECT ONE for this purpose, but I do love them all.  If at least 10 different people respond (CTMH Consultants are not eligible - sorry ladies!) I will draw for an "A" or "B" size stamp set of your choice from the new supplement!  (You can identify which stamps are eligible by noting those that start with an A or B in the order number.)  There could be more winners if participation takes place in multiples of 10!  :)

As soon as 10 people comment, I will do the drawing and contact the winner to select their prize.  This will go through the end of the month - so if I get 20 people total...I will draw for two prizes, etc.

Enjoy this blessed day!