The Creative Scoop from the Hen House.: Video Tutorials

November 8, 9 & 10, 2013 WEEKEND SCRAPBOOKING RETREAT

Starts Friday at 4:00 ends Sunday at 4:00
OR

Jolene McCormick 616-608-2653
Independent Close to My Heart Consultant

Unleash your creativity while enjoying a weekend away scrapbooking with your crafty friends. Join us for a fresh creative adventure and just imagine 3 days of scrapbooking with no interruptions; a six foot table all to yourself, a tool station with punches, cricut cartridges, idea books, stamps, inks an more. Discover the wealth of scrapbooking information available to you as you experience the all artistic talent in the room. It’s inspiring, invigorating and informative. Join us & discover the creative possibilities!

CROP INCLUDES:
**Breakfast Buffet daily with each overnight stay at the Hotel
*Bottled water, coffee, tea, pop & juice
*Your own 6’ table
*FREE use of CTMH Stamps and Inks
*Tool Station
*Games & Prizes
*Grand Prize Basket Entries for each day you are at the retreat
*Free Technique Demonstrations
*Visit my creative “Help Desk” for inspiration
*Cricut with large cartridge library available to use! (Please bring your own 6 x 12 Cricut matt)
NEW***Receive an extra Grand Prize Entry for each overnight stay during the crop.

Scrapbook the weekend away for only $55.
Or join us daily Friday $20. Sat. $30. Sun. $15.

*** Held at the SpringHill Suites, 5250 28th Street, GRR, MI (behind Target) Reserve your room under the “Close To My Heart Block” to take advantage of a $20. per night savings. Call SpringHill Suites @ 464-1130. You must reserve your room by Feb 1st to insure Blocked Room Rate of $89. & room availability. The hotel is newer & very nice. Rooms are spacious & clean.
*** Register:
Send in your $30 Crop deposit. Your deposit is what saves your cropping spot. Spots are first come first serve. Email me for the address.

A Joyful Start!

I have always loved art, but some how my life got very busy (Imagine that) with a husband, four children and a pretty puppy named Missy! I really missed my creative expression, and was thrilled when I discovered scrapbooking! (At my sisters urgent & relentless pushing!! Thanks Joanne)

She & I were looking at various scrapbooking companies, when our Mom suggestes we call "Marcia" (my very creative & now excellent BFF & oh almost forgot...cousin by marriage) anyway...we called Marcia, made a visit & she showed us how to make a beautiful card using vellum & embossing, then (no doubt!) we were hooked on Close To My Heart Products! Where do we sign...My sister & I said together! So low & behold that is the beginning of my Close To My Heart Career in 1998!

When I joined CTMH I thought we had awesome tools for stamping, card making, scrapbooking and paper crafting, but I had no idea what the future held. Close to My Heart has beautiful stamp designs, papers, inks, embellishments & memory albums designed to last through my children's lives, but that was only the beginning of wonderful things to come!

Close to My Heart has enriched my life in so many ways! By forging new relationships, joining a sisterhood of caring friends & allowing me to share my creative expression with friends, family, and clients! I have always wanted to be an art teacher and now I have the medium to use my creativity & share my love of art with everyone. This is a dream come true! I feel truly blessed to be a part of such a wonderful company!

Wow...sniffle, sniffle (as I wipe the tears away from reading my touching & trueful declaration!!) Let's get on to the Good Stuff!! I've invoked on this adventure of designing a blog to share artwork & My families funny, trying & always busy lives.

p.s. Where's the spell check on this blog!!