Friday, February 11, 2022

Catalog Delivery Schedule

"As a measure to help minimize the effects of the ongoing supply chain difficulties, CTMH will be transitioning back to a three-month catalog schedule beginning with the July catalog release.
The upcoming May–June catalog will be the final two-month catalog before the change, giving us time to make the necessary adjustments. After that, the catalog releases will follow this schedule:
July/September, October/December, January/March and April/June"
What do you think ladies? I myself LOVE it! More time to use our products that we LOVE! This announcement has MADE MY DAY!





Monday, November 8, 2021

Let's Make A Christmas Card


It is almost mid November.... time to get thinking about making some Christmas Cards. I typically mail out around seventy five cards each year. My Mom always had her cards written out, addressed, stamped, and  ready to be mailed the day after Thanksgiving. I have desired to do this my whole adult life, but I think I only pulled it off once in my forty-five years of marriage, but I keep dreaming and trying. Never giving up. 

I knew the first minute I first saw this stamp set that I wanted to make it appear that the Angel was placing a beautiful star on top of a Christmas Tree. My card went together quickly....until I got to coloring the Angel. I think I colored the Angel four to five times in several different shades, but nothing clicked. When my daughter came over I asked her opinion on it and she suggested a gold gown. Initially I thought the gold was too much with the two gold glittery stars and a piece of gold foil used on the strip of designer papers, but in the end I went with it. I stamped the image on card stock and then paper pieced the Angel over a white base layer using the coordinating die. 

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don't hesitate to contact me. Here is a link to my website. cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy Scrappin and card making!

Cheryl

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Deck The Palms


I am REALLY excited over this Christmas collection "Deck The Palms". We normally annually celebrate our wedding anniversary over Thanksgiving at Orange Beach in Alabama, but my husband was not able to get off work in November, so we are going for a few days after Christmas instead. Winter in Alabama is January and February, so I am sure it will be pretty chilly, but hoping to still roll up our pants and have a walk or two along the beach. Plus the restaurants, condos, and the beach go all out decorating for Christmas. We are not sun worshippers. We actually enjoy going for the fresh seafood. We have our delicious stand-by restaurants that we love going to, but with each visit we will try one or two new venues. This past July we were stuck in the tourist traffic.... it was awful, so we stopped and went into a Mexican restaurant that was in the parking lot. It was totally wonderful and amazing and reminded us both of our favorite restaurant that was located in Hueytown many years ago when we lived in Birmingham. We normally only eat seafood while at the beach, but we actually went twice here that week. It was delicious! Sorry for the lane swerve! 

This collection special is available from November 1st to December 31 2021. You can purchase individual beach and/or beach Christmas themed pieces within the collection. There is also an option to buy the full kit that includes both themes and all of the pieces offered in the collection. The colors are bright and beautiful. I am really enjoying our two recent paper collections using our new "color of the year" Wild Berry. I am not a pink gal, but I totally LOVE this color and even after it retires this fall, it is a keeper. This collection will be perfect for our vacation. I cannot wait to create using it. I placed my order yesterday and will be stalking my mailman for it's delivery. Listed below are TWO newly released YouTube videos showcasing this new Christmas collection and my pictures of the collection.

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don't hesitate to reach out to me. My website is cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrappin and card making!

Cheryl

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6KHgcGzqwo

https://www.facebook.com/CloseToMyHeartOfficial/videos/892559458299017/




















Thursday, October 28, 2021

Day 16 Of My "31 Days of Halloween"

Today is the last day of my treat boxes for the two Littles school. As I have mentioned, they only attend school days Monday through Thursday, so I only needed sixteen days of treats. I have never done a large project like this before and I have learned a lot along the way. I think my two biggest lessons were to start making them much sooner than two weeks prior to the start date and to buy the treats/snacks first and then create a treat box accordingly to the size of your treat. I have a large bag of leftover candy that was not used . Looks like I already have my sweets for Halloween night. I had thoughts of doing a "25 Days of Christmas" also, but will have to wait and see how long it takes me to clean up the mess I made making these. 

For today's treat box I made a cute rectangle box. Inside was a granola breakfast bar. My Grands love eating these. My daughter keeps extras on hand in their car so if they have activities that delay dinner, they have something good for them to tide them over until dinner. I bought a pack of twenty-four plastic toy fangs. My plans were to take them to the donut shop and ask that they put one in the center of each glazed donut we would buy, but the school mentioned someone had already signed up to bring donuts, so instead I tied one with a bow on the outside of each box. I thought they turned out cute. Enjoy!

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don't hesitate to contact me. Here is a link for my website. Thank you! cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrappin and card making!

Cheryl

 





Day 15 Of My “31 Days of Halloween “

Sadly just one more day! Day fifteen for the two Littles school treats. I am sort of glad things are winding down. My desk and floor needs a major clean up. One day I will learn how to make things easier on me.

For today’s project  I made a mini match box treat holder. Inside is a small box of raisins. It has been a challenge to find a variety of snacks that don’t have nuts in them. I have never read so many labels in order to make sure it is a safe snack. Enjoy!

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Here is a link to my website. cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrappin and card making!



Cheryl




Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Day 14 Of My "31 Days of Halloween"

Today is day fourteen of my "31 Days of Halloween" Only two treats left to do. My craft room will be excited for me to take the time and clean things up..... my husband will too. I have multiple stamp sets, dies, papers, and projects scattered everywhere. Putting things back after I am finished with it is not my forte. 

For today's project I made a treat holder that holds a SpongeBob Krabby Pattie. All four of my Grands love these candies. Jameson likes them the best and a close second is Madison. I have never had one and I am totally okay with that. The two Littles are having a school party tomorrow and again on Thursday. I have a variety of leftover candy from my treat boxes. I think I will take it to the school and let them have it. I sure don't need to be tempted. 

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don't hesitate to contact me. Here is a link for my website. cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrappin and card making!

Cheryl

Monday, October 25, 2021

Day 13 of my "31 Days of Halloween"

Lucky #13. This is the last four days of my Halloween treats for the two Littles at school. They do not attend school on Friday's so I only needed treats for the 16 days that they will be attending in October. Almost done for the month. I have had a lot of fun making these. I have to admit, it is much easier to make one project than it is 20, but the kids have enjoyed it. There was just one day when Jameson said he did not like one of the treats. It was the orange snowball hostess cake that had coconut on top. He said he did not like coconut, but he ate it. Lesson learned. No more treats for him with coconut. 

This little bag was quick and easy to make. I picked up a cute bag of individually wrapped coloring books with two small crayons included from Target. I love their dollar spot at the front of the store. I can always find something there. My saved measurements were not quite wide enough for this treat, but it was easy to keep the same original design, but to make modifications to fit. Enjoy!

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please don't hesitate to contact me. Here is a link to my website. cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrapbooking and card making!

Cheryl



Wednesday, October 20, 2021

Day 12 of my "31 Days of Halloween"

Wow.... only five days left of my "31 Days of Halloween". We have tomorrow and then Monday through Thursday of next week. October has flown by. There is now somewhat of a welcoming cooler temperature in the mornings, I have had to use my heat in the car once already in the early morning, but in the house our AC is still going 24/7.  Admittingly, it is not running as it did during our hot summer, but it is still too soon to turn it off and have a warm house. The two Littles have their Halloween costumes and cannot wait to finally be able to wear them. Jameson I think has two or three of them because he has changed his mind on what character he wanted to dress as. I think Ella was happy with whatever Disney costume that was bought for her. 

For today's treat I thought I would change things up and go with a school themed box. The box was made using my Cricut. Inside was a candy bracelet, an inked stamp, and a miniature candy bar. I went over to see the kids tonight and I noticed Ella had stamped all over both of her arms using the stamp this afternoon after school. Maybe I will stay away from inked stamps in the future.

I am a Close To My Heart Maker. If I can be of service to you, please do not hesitate to contact me. Here is a link to my website. cherylarbo.closetomyheart.com

Happy scrappin and card making!

Cheryl

Catalog Delivery Schedule

"As a measure to help minimize the effects of the ongoing supply chain difficulties, CTMH will be transitioning back to a three-month c...