Get your CTMH Cricut Cartridge FREE this month!

I am so excited about the news from Close To My Heart!  Joining my crafting club/team is already a great deal for hobbyists and business builders alike.  With over $309 worth of products in the kit (mostly craft products) at the price of $99, it is like getting a 67% off coupon to your favorite craft store!  Not only that but the discount continues for three months and if you put in orders totaling $300 (yours and/or collecting orders from family and friends) you continue for another three months.

When you join in April 2014 you also get your choice of one of the three amazing Cricut Cartridges from Close To My Heart (Art Philosophy, Artiste, or Artbooking) for FREE!

This is too good a deal to pass up as you literally have nothing to lose only lots of beautiful creative products to gain!

In addition on my team you will find a group of like minded creative people waiting to share ideas and answer questions.  We have a group on Facebook where we encourage one another.  In addition to that we have a monthly (or more) conference call to discuss ideas, I'm available via e-mail, phone, or Facebook (or my business page) to answer your questions and share ideas, and we do other fun things together like team crops, meetings, and blog hops!

I look forward to chatting with you more about this opportunity!


 

Close To My Heart Celebration

Good morning crafting friends!  And a special welcome to Pink Cricut readers :)  I'm here just to share a quick special and super deal with you today.  

 

From August 15th until September 30th celebrate life's everyday moments and the love of stamping with Close To My Heart!  Get this double stamp set (valued at $35) for only $5 with a $35 purchase.

If you are here visiting from Pink Cricut welcome!  I am currently not blogging because of some severe pain and health issues I'm dealing with over the past week and a half.  If you know me at all you will remember that I broke my ankle in several places on June 1st and now to be sick like this at the end of the summer - I'm struggling quite a bit.  As a Mama of three little ones (ages 5, 4, and 2) I just wanted this to be the best summer ever for them . . . instead it has been the best summer ever for me learning to be patient and trust God has the best in mind for me.  Will you keep me and my family in your thoughts and prayers.  I'm asking God to give the doctor's wisdom because this pain is physically draining and to be honest a little scary. 

If you are not here from Pink Cricut, you should head on over and check out some of Sarah's beautiful projects.  She created some lovely things with the Close To My Heart Artiste cartridge.  To celebrate her creativity I am having a Pink Cricut party on my website and anyone who orders the cartridge joining that party will get a FREE paper pack from the current CTMH Idea Book and an Idea Book shipped to your house from me.  So head on over - get your cartridge, the double stamp set for only $5 and a FREE paper pack! Thanks for stopping by and for all your support - I am blessed by each one of you :) 

 

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Feature a Friend {on Friday}

Welcome back to Feature a Friend - Happy Friday!  Today is a big day!  It is the last day to place an order from the Customer Appreciation Party on my website and be entered to win a brand new Artiste Bundle or $100 shopping spree from Close To My Heart!  More details on that can be found here and believe me right now your chances of winning are GOOD!

We are also partying over on my facebook page with games and prizes so stop on over and play along :)

It is also Feature a Friend day :)  I am so happy to have Mary Ann Jenkins from Rock, Paper, Scissors blog (great name right?!).  I stumbled across her blog from pinterest and she is one talented paper crafter!

I was thrilled when she agreed to be a guest poster (especially considering we had to reschedule because of my absent mommy brain).  So here is Mary Ann with a fabulous project for us . . .

I'm excited to be Guest Blogging here @ Broken Treasures,  a special thank you to Elizabeth for having me!

First, a little about me...

I have 3 awesome boys, 1 sweet little princess and a wonderful husband that are the subjects of many of my scrapbook layouts. I love recording the memories and stories we create in our everyday lives. I've been scrapbooking since 1986, when I heard a commercial on the radio about learning to preserve my family memories. A few patterned papers and decorative scissors later I was hooked, and never imagined scrapbooking would become a passion, or that I would have a room in my home dedicated to the hobby.

One of my favorite things to scrapbook (besides my kids of course!) are old family photos. I like knowing that I am handing down a part of our family history to the next generation.  On this layout, are photos of my Dad in-law when he was just a newborn, along with what would be my kids Great Great Grandparents.

Since there are very few pictures of my Dad in-law as a newborn,I scanned the photos,re-printed them at home, then cut the edges of the photos with a pair of those scissors from 1986 (yep, I still have them!) to give them a vintage look just like the photos did way back when.

I also added the hand made flower that is very quick and easy to make!

For the flower, I punched 7  1" circles from double sided paper.

I then folded 6 of the circles in half to have a center line to follow. Next I folded the sides in, meeting at that center line

After folding, I glued each of the 6 pieces to the last unfolded circle, then added a button to the center. You now have a perfect embellishment to match your favorite papers!

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope I have inspired you to get out some of those old family photos and start scrapping!

Mary Ann 

Thank YOU Mary Ann for being willing to guest post and inspiring us with your beautiful page!  That flower is adorable and I forsee some of these on my future layouts and cards :)

Have a great Friday and don't forget to stop by my house tonight for some great crafting and fun!  Those not local you are welcome to join us on my facebook page - we'll be playing games all night long :)

Great party going on this week - check out the details here 

One Year Anniversary/New Idea Book Party

 

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Close To My Heart Party (Day 4)

Welcome back :)  I hope you are having fun!  We had a ton of fun yesterday over on my facebook page playing the ABC game!  The winner won a brand new ink pad from Close To My Heart!  Lots of prizes so be sure to come on over to my facebook page and join in on the fun and games :)  Life is not all fun and games but this week on Elizabeth Mindemann Independent Consultant with Close To My Heart's facebook page it is - lol!  Hope to see you there tomorrow for another fun game!

Today I have some inspiration for you using the brand new paper packs Scholastic, La Belle Vie, Avonlea, Pear & Partridge, Clementine, Flirty, Moonlight, and Dakota!  Jeanette Lynton shared some great layouts over on her blog so you should check them out.  Here are a few . . .

Clementine

 Moonlight

Dakota

  

My favorite artwork from the Idea book is this wall hanging using the Flirty paper pack.  

We are going to make this in a workshop this fall.  

One of the sweetest CTMH consultant's I had the opportunity to meet at convention (and very talented), Lisa Stenz, made these projects using the 

La Belle Vie paper pack

She also made this adorable frame using the Pear & Partridge paper. 

Finally my very favorite paper pack Avonlea

Now it is your turn :)  Head on over and take a look through the new Idea Book at the new paper packs.  Then come back here and leave me a comment letting me know which one is your favorite!  Random.org will choose a winner on August 11th to receive their favorite new paper pack from CTMH :)

Optional extra entries:

Blog about this giveaway (leave a comment telling me you did with a link to your post)

Pin this giveaway (leave a comment with a link to your pinboard)

Post this to facebook (leave a comment with a link to your post)

Tweet (leave a comment with a link to your tweet)

Thanks for stopping by - hope to see you tomorrow on facebook for another game and prize!  

Great party going on this week - check out the details here 

One Year Anniversary/New Idea Book Party

 

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