Receive the Felicity Collection FREE

If you're like me and you absolutely love papers, stamps, inks and anything else related to papercrafting, then you will love what CTMH has in store for you this month!! In case you didn't already know, January is National Papercrafting Month and, in order to celebrate, CTMH is featuring a truly special collection of papers and stamps in their Felicity Collection...

This two-page layout that is just the "tip of the iceberg" when it comes to this beautiful collection of papers and stamps. Below you will see a picture I took of all the papers and the stamp set which includes a full alphabet!! Altogether, there are 12 sheets of B&T Duos papers (2 each of 6 patterns), along with 6 die-cut papers - each is uniquely styled...

There are four ways you can earn this Collection (retail value of $34.95) for FREE through the end of this month:

1. Be the FIRST to e-mail (christinemhealy@yahoo.com) or call me (703-927-2404) and book a Home Gathering during February and you will receive a FREE Felicity Collection from me when you host your Gathering. Available dates are 5th, 13th, 21st, or 27th. (I will determine who was "First" based on time/date stamp of e-mails and voicemails.)
2. Go over t0 the upper right-hand column on my blog and click the image that says "National Papercrafting Month." This will take you to the Felicity Blog where you can post a response to the question of the day and be entered in a daily drawing to win a FREE Felicity Collection.
3. Go to my web-site (http://christinehealy.myctmh.com/) through January 31 and purchase stamp sets totaling $60 or more, and you will automatically receive a FREE Felicity Collection along with your order.
4. Go to my web-site (http://christinehealy.myctmh.com/) and place an order of $125 in CTMH products, and you will automatically receive a FREE Felicity Collection along with your order.

I'm also gearing up to offer new papercrafting classes in February, March and April, featuring the new paper packets showcased in the new Spring Idea Book 2010. So please come back to visit my Blog soon...thanks for stopping by!!

New Year and New Projects!!

Happy New Year to all!! I have been so fortunate to have two weeks off around the holidays and, during this time, I have had some extra time to do some papercrafting. One of the things I did was to make some gifts for friends and family. I would love to take credit for the following two designs, but I cannot. The first project was inspired by a fellow CTMH consultant - Kelly Rizzo. She made one of these Write On Wipe Off Memo Boards and I received it in a gift swap at a CTMH holiday party back in December. I decided to take Kelly's basic design and tweaked a couple parts to make it my own. One thing I did was to use the CTMH November Stamp of the Month (Around the Block) to stamp the house in the bottom right corner. Since I gave this exact board to my neighbors (the Bowers family) for a Christmas gift and we live in a townhome community, I thought this house stamp was perfect!

This second project was inspired by a very talented papercrafter whom I met at a local craft fair back in October. Her name is Sonja Peake and she makes beautiful papercrafts including cards and gift items. The two memo boards below have magnets on the back so that they can be placed on a refrigerator or could be attached to a metal desk/file cabinet at work. I basically copied Sonja's design, but added my own touch with CTMH papers and by stamping the recipient's name to personalize the gift. Also, there is the option of including a pen with a matching paper insert.