CTMH Activity Advent Calendar from CTMH Pear and Partridge

This project lets you play, play, play! I used ALL the patterned paper designs in the Pear and Partridge packet! I got out all my BLING and Holiday stamps.....piled my coordinating ribbons and ink pads around me and PLAYED! This is a project that I will use for years to come! Instead of counting down to Christmas with gifts and toys, the pockets are filled with cards labeled with family activities  Decorating the tree, hanging the lights, donating to charity, taking a meal to a friend, watching our favorite holiday films, and MAILING OUR HOMEMADE CARDS!! I am selling kits with directions, pre-cut papers and assorted "BLING" and embellishments. Let me know if you are interested and I will price it out. If you would like to start your own from scratch, all the necessary supplies can be ordered from my shopping website at www.nwpaperworks.ctmh.com

Nov 17th- Holiday Crafts

I'm in LOVE with the Pear and Partridge paper pack from CTMH. I love the combination of reds, greens, and browns= with a dash of pink! Here is what I have started for our next workshop on Saturday, November 17th- 6-9pm.

CTMH is offering an awesome November promotion. Not only can you get the Stamp of the Month for only $5 with a $50 purchase, but when you do- you can also pick out ANY stamp set for 50% off. Get the Stamp of the Month, a $17.95 value for only $5 AND choose ANY stamp set (up to a $29.95 set) and get it for HALF PRICE!!

Comment below or email me if you would like to attend the workshop, just want to buy a kit, or would like to purchase finished cards or layouts.
Workshop is $10 for 3 cards or the above layout! Project fee is waived with a $30 purchase the day of the workshop. Can't wait to share these fun designs with you all- Happy Holidays!- Korie

Oct 20th Clementine Scrap Layout!!

Great 7-picture layout....I can see this for pumpkin patches, fall family photos, Thanksgiving pics....the "flavor" could be changed quite a bit by substituting the "Sorbet" block lower right for a blue "Twilight" block or a yellow "Creme Brulee" piece! Can't wait for our party :-)

So Excited to get my Studio J Pages!!!

The kids and I played around for less than an hour last night and created 5 2-page Studio J layouts!! They had a great time picking out pictures with me to upload and then a paper design "kit" and a layout. From there, everything is drag and drop!...pictures, changing papers, ribbons, accents, embellishments, stickers, titles, journaling...and my closet didn't get any fuller with leftovers! The hardest part was choosing between all the cool new and retired paper kits and the endless layouts.

Here is Abby's tribute to her grandpa Lolo's recently deceased dog:

 And here is the page that Carson put together for his First Grade Un-Birthday Party (Yes, he is now in 3rd grade!!)

I did back to school layouts for both 2nd and 3rd grades!!

 And a layout commemorating my college roommate annual get-together....

 Created and ordered last night and my high-quality 12x12 prints are already on their way by FedEx...they will be here in time to share at our party on October 20th!! Hope you are planning on attending! See you soon- Korie

Book some GIRL TIME for yourself!

Saturday October 20th, 6pm - 9pm....come hang out with the girls, make some cards or a 2-page scrap layout. All the "work" is done for you. Cards and layouts are prepared so that you just do the FUN stuff. Copy my design- or mix it up on your own!  $10 pays for all the materials- you don't need to bring anything, except maybe a girlfriend!

If you are interested in building your own supply stash - we have several great deals running in October. The Stamp of the Month is only $5 with a $50 purchase. Online scrapbooking with our Studio J Online Site is buy 9 layouts get the 10th free, up to 4 free layouts! A great time to try out Studio J and even start thinking about Seasonal Gifts!!  If you purchase $30 in product through me as part of this party order, your $10 project fee will be waived. I will also be holding a drawings that night for all guests for a free Double-Stamp set that was only available during National Scrapbooking month in September.

Cards to make on October 20th, 6pm-9pm

October Stamp of the Month- Red Lines indicate shapes that can be cut out with Cricut Artiste cartridge!


See the post below for the great Double Stamp Set that I am GIVING AWAY on October 20th!
Email me by October 10th to RSVP so that I can prepare your cards or scrap layouts.

September Special and New Party Dates!!

                     

Close to my Heart runs monthly Stamp Specials....but this one is double the stamps for even LESS buy-in!! With only $35 in product purchase (before tax and shipping) you can get this DOUBLE STAMP SET for only $5 more. If there were any items you were waiting on...now is the time. I will be placing an order on Monday, Sept 24th or place your own order on-line at my web-shop at www.nwpaperworks.ctmh.com 

Open Paper-Crafting Sessions: 3rd Saturday of each Month 6pm-10pm at my home in Big lake

I am starting up my paper-crafting sessions again. We will meet the 3rd Saturday of each month. Our first meeting will be October 20th showcasing a great new paper set called Clementine. For a $10 project fee, you can show up and create a 2-page scrapbook layout or 3 prepared cards that all use this cute new paper packet with awesome Fall colors. Let me know by the first of each month if you would like to attend so that I can prepare your project. Once you sign-up, you may pay when you arrive, but please consider it a commitment as I am buying materials for your project. If you HAVE to back out, I will pack up your materials for you to keep for a future party or at home play! Project fee is waived with a $30 purchase that party.

Step up to "Club" Membership- same dates, same projects + more flexibility in design, take home leftover product, and receive membership benefits, aka FREE STUFF!!

 If you would like to join my "Club"- you commit to spending $20 a month in product purchase- $10 of that buys the featured paper kit and the other $10 can be spent at your discretion on embellishments to add to your project or tools to add to your collection! Club members will have about half their paper packet left over for other projects at home. The benefit of Club membership is you are enrolled in revolving benefits that only Club members enjoy. When it is your "hostess" month, you provide a light snack for the group, and become eligible for AT LEAST $25 in FREE PRODUCT!! With some minimal effort to increase sales that month- like inviting a few friends to club that month or showing your catalog to your scrapbooking of card making friends- that amount of free product can increase drastically! Use YOUR MONTH to stock up on some tools, purchase product for Homemade Christmas gifts, or get that item that you've had your eye on. If you are interested, please let me know by the 1st of October so I can make sure I have your supplies for our first meeting :-)

Combine two Awesome deals in ONE!

Even better, sign-up NOW for club, and your $20 monthly product purchase ($10 for the paper-packet and some cut embellishments to add to your pages or cards, tools, inks???) can count towards the $35 product purchase to get the above stamp set. This stamp set is really scrapbook friendly- but would also make really cute note cards. I've already used it on a super-cute scrap layout, see my blog for my latest projects and more info on club dates- nwpaperworks.blogspot.com  Don't have a catalog yet? Visit my web-shop above to browse- order from there or let me know what you want- I might be able to save you some shipping....

Clementine

Clementine is the first club project. I will provide several scrapbook or card designs for you to copy or you can design on your own and use my tools, inks, and stamps!!

Clementine Paper packet : $9.95

6 color coordinating sheets

2- Saddle

2- Champagne

1- Cashmere

1- Sorbet

6- Dual Sided duos designs-shown

And then the FUN stuff!!

For more details on these items, check out the on-line catalog at:

www.nwpaperworks.ctmh.com

Start scheduling time for YOU!

I will be holding a Close to my Heart Open House on Saturday, Sept 15th from 6-9pm. Participants will get to make a free card, check out a bunch of new CTMH products and see what I have in store for the year.

I will be holding regularly scheduled events on the 3rd Saturday of each month. If there is enough interest, I may expand to the following Monday as well. If you are interested in joining a paper-crafting club with a $20 a month commitment, you will earn hostess rewards 1-2 times per year.  What could be better than crafting with your friends AND CtmH FREE stuff!?!

Afraid of commitment? You are more than welcome to attend on a month-to-month basis for a $10 project fee. You will make the same scrapbook layout or cards as the rest of the group, but will not be eligible for hostess rewards and will not have extra supplies and goodies to take home as well.

Send me a email if you are interested in attending on Saturday. If you would like to join "The Club", just need $10 to order your first CTMH Exclusive Paper packet and your name will be placed on the Hostess rewards list.

Where has my summer vacation gone??

As a teacher, you NEED summer vacation by the time June rolls around...the possibilities seem endless to fill those 2 1/2 months with the family and projects that you have neglected during the school year. So you do FILL THOSE MONTHS! And they fly by- then the letter is in the mailbox announcing the back-to-school trainings and the soccer schedules are posted and you think, Where did all that delicious time go?

My triplets b-day is in July. This photo was snapped at their party with one of their cousins. My scrapbook abulms are organized around the kids ages and the teacher "Year". Every album ends with their b-day so that the final page is a picture of the three of them from their party. This will be the last picture in their "7 year old" book. Since I haven't even started that book, I got a t-shirt shadow box for 1/2 price at Michaels (around $6) and put the page in there so I can admire it for awhile.

Details:

Paper: Superhero B&T

Card stock: Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Black, Cranberry, Moonstruck

Inks: Cranberry, Crystal Blue, Outdoor Denim

Stamp Collections: Stars from....Love Life (D1482), Cricut Artiste Collection (D1530), American 

Celebration (D1458)

Embellishments: Corrugated Stars, Cricut Art Philosophy (to cut stars, circles, banner tags), 

Adhesive Shimmer Trim, Black waxy flax, 

Pinwheel was a b-day wrap topper that I stole 

and broke to fit into shadow box)

Mojo Monday 252

I've been visiting Mojo Monday for quite awhile now for card ideas. Today, I finally decided to try to participate in the contest using some of our brand new Close to my Heart products from the Autmn/Winter 2012 catalog. I love the great new stuff and can't wait for our next parties!!

MOJO252
 Korie Virata
nwpaperworks.blogspot.com

Recipe:  My Exclusive Inks: Saddle and Desert Sand

My Acrylix: Casual Expressions - Occasions

My Reflections: Clementine , Twilight, Sorbet, and Creme Brulee cardstock

NEW! Burlap Ribbon

Tools: Piercing set, Microtip Scissors, 3" x 3" block, Bonding Memories

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Loving Studio J!!! Check it Out....

I have a lot of "Scrapper's Guilt" over the empty books on my shelf. My kids are 8 now and the last book that looks like it might be finished (it really isn't) is when they were 3!! I love the cutting and pasting and planning and choosing- let's face it everything- about scrap booking, but my memory is not what it used to be. I am not good about writing things down- so I'm afraid that precious things that went along with the pictures are being lost...thus, the GUILT.

Close to my Heart has a companion web version of scrap booking that shares the same"look" and design principles, papers, and embellishments- but in an electronic version. Layouts can be designed online in a matter of minutes and are printed on the highest quality of 12" by 12"  papers and print finishes and shipped to your home to drop into your sleeve protectors. No photo processing to pay for (and guessing what size you will want) and no need to haul out the mountain of supplies. (Don't get me wrong.....I LOVE my mountain of toys!)

At first, I balked over the idea of putting a picture of a scrap book page in my precious albums....but then I thought, it's going underneath a plastic sleeve....in an album. Most of it's pretty flat anyways. And my end result is a family history. Let's face it. Someone wants to know who was the fist kid to walk....I dunno.....let's get out the albums.

I have several layouts waiting for printing. I have done them in 10-15 minutes each- in between activities or waiting for the spaghetti water to boil. I will ship them together for one $6 shipping fee and the pages are only $7 for a 2-page layout. A bargain when you consider that I didn't pay for any photo processing, papers, adhesives, or embellishments- but I still get that great CTMH "look". When a layout is ordered, High quality jpegs of the files will be emailed to me if I choose to reprint on my own or so that I can share them with you all here or email them to family on the East Coast. The jpegs are FREE with purchase!

Sorry for such a long post...but this is a product that I am very excited about using and one that I am excited to share with you....keep checking back for images of my Studio J layouts!!

My Box of NEW products is on the delivery truck!!

I can't believe how excited I am to get this Close to my Heart delivery....tracking says it's on the truck for delivery from Burlington...I keep peeking out the window :-)

As suspected, CTMH came out with a new Cricut cartridge jam-packed with great ideas- 3-D nets to make all sorts of items, fancy cards AND matching envelopes, coordinating die cuts to go with stamps, and Holiday and Party themed pages....I can hardly wait to get my hands on it!!

MUST.....CLEAN....HOUSE......BEFORE......FEDEX......Driver arrives!!!!

Introducing .... Kid Kits!!!

My 8-year-olds and I have designed Birthday Card kits so that you can stop going to the store and wasting $3 every time your kid gets invited to another party!!! Each kit is made from Close to my Heart papers, stamps, and inks and will make 15 cards (envelopes provided) with just a little creativity and a glue stick! The entire kit only costs $20 (plus shipping if necessary) and comes with the following:

• 15 envelopes
• 7 Colonial White cards, 4 each of two coordinating colors
• Approximately 60 coordinating die cuts - some stamped and some plain
• 10+ coordinating paper strips and scraps
• 1 Inspiration Page of cards created by my kids to give your kids some ideas!

Our First Creation is called 

Girly Girl #1- Flowers and Hearts

Here is the die cut selection....each kit will have a variety selected from these items......

Envelopes and Cards

5 1/2" by 4 1/4"

And the beautiful artwork created by my daughter, Abby:

Now the boy's......my boys, Baylor and Carson, were working on a transportation theme...then thought up the cutest shark card....we just HAD to include it....

We're calling this one Boy's #1 

(I'm running out of naming magic tonight!)

Die cuts will be selected from similar to these (this is a work in progress)

And include Cards and Envelopes:

And checkout the artwork the boys created from this kit!

-----------the octopus is on the inside of the Shark card!!

If you are interested in either kit...email me at nwpaperworks@gmail.com and we will whip one up for you so your kids can have as much fun as mine did!!

Spoiler Alert! The next boy kit is going to be Dinosaurs and Space Aliens!!!

Sign Up now for Summer Scraptastic!

Phase One of Ta-Ta Trade-in is now complete and I'm ready to party again!

Tuesday, July 24th, I'm opening my basement craft room from 3-10pm for crafting!

I'm asking each participant to pay a $10 workshop fee for either a 2-page scrapbook layout or a card 3-pack. (The $10 fee will be waived with a purchase of $30 or more that day) Here are the kits to choose from:

Scrap: Dotty Hearts and Stars
Photos: 5"x 6", 3- 4"x4", 3- 4"x3"
-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square

Scrap: Dotty Garden
Photo: 8"x8" (or 4- 4"x4"), 3- 3"x3"

-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square








Scrap: Dotty- Memories Flutter By

Photos: 5"x7", 3- 3"x3", 3- 4"x3"

-one photo spot could be switched to a journaling square








Cards: Dotty- Kids???
Cupcake, Stars, Ready Set Blow

Cards: Dotty- Adult???
























After your initial workshop kit has been purchased, additional card kits can be purchased at $2.50 each (regularly $3)  and Scrapbook layout kits can be purchased for $7.50 each (regularly $10). Any of the above can be purchased as an "additional" indivual add-on as well as the cards listed below. If you are sure you would like to purchase any specific additional pieces....please let me know so that I can be sure I prepare enough of that specific design. I'm very excited to get together and play!!!

Card and Layout Kits available!!

Here are past projects that we have created that will be available for $3.00 per card or $10.00 per layout:

Dotty- Mother's Day Card
Card Sentiment could be altered
5" x 7" card





Footloose- Simple Pleasures
           4" x 4"

Footloose- Flower and Circles
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Stella- Just a Note
4" x 4"

Stella- Love Card
4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Stella- You Make me Smile
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Footloose Banner Layout, adapted from Teresa Black







Are you a CTMH Consultant? My directions include the exact measurements needed to create each project! Feel free to reproduce for your own workshops...all that I ask is that you leave my name and blog web address attached to directions!

Ta-Ta Recovery means more Scrapbooking Time!

When I wasn't allowed to lift anything heavy....scissors and tape runners will still allowed! Here's some page layouts that I did trying to fill in the 4 year gap!! Most are using my stash of Pre-CTMH papers...but still cute!!

This last one is CTMH Pemberley papers- a Layout from the CTMH Spring Summer 2012 Idea Book