February Newsletter

Hello Everyone,

I hope that everyone is enjoying the New Year, and acheiving their New Years Resolutions! My goal once again, is to complete at least one two page layout a week! I can honestly say, I am nowhere near this goal, and it is only February. The New Spring 2008 Idea Book is in full swing. If you have not received your copy, please contact me. I am very excited to bring you some great opportunitied this month- check out what is in store:

1) February Special
2) Workshops on the go
3) Tips & Techniques
4) Booking Specials
5) Open Crop


February Specials

Totally Textured

CTMH's February Campaign features an incredible 144 sheet pack of textures cardstock, including four sheets of every colour from Spring Harmoney, Summer Celebration,Autumn Harvest, and Winter Cozy palettes, plus White Daisy and four sheets each of the following colours:

Bamboo
Black
Chocolate
Cocoa
Colonial White
Desert Sand

The Campaign runs Feb. 1- 29 or while supplies last. The Totally Textured Cardstock can be ordered for just $77.75 (retail price$ 99.00) . This comes out to about .54 cents per sheet. This is a great deal to split with a friend or two!


Workshops on the Go

I would love to start offering more workshops, but I want to hear what you ladies would like. Do you like card workshops, scrapbook layouts or anything altered for example: picture frames, calenders, explosion boxes.
Please send me a quick e-mail and let me know, so I can start planning for March and April.


Tips and Techniques

I have been hearing from some customers lately that they love our products so much that they buy everything, but then when they go to use it - they have no clue what to do with it. Well, if that is you, then I need you HELP. Please respond to this email and let me know which products you want to see featured here. I will pick one or two a month and give detailed uses for those items. Afterall, why let something sit in a box when you can use it to enhance your pages and cards>? All responses will be kept anoynmous- so go ahead and sumbit them.

This month ........ Paper Flowers

They are all the rage and if you haven't seen our new Big Pinks- you don't know what you are missing. We carry 6 different types of paper flowers:
Big Pinks
Just Blooms Summer Poises
Just Blooms White Daisy
Just Blooms Autumn Daisy
Just Blooms Autumn Sunflower
Just Blooms Autumn Leaves

The tips I am going to share will work with any of these products. Inking them will work best on the lighter colors and are great for the White Daisy when you are trying to color match. Add color to your flowersDye your flowers using the waterbrush and any color re-inker. Use a craft jar to pour in a small amount of reinker and dip the tip of your waterbrush into it. Apply to the tips or any part (try the seams) of your flower and let dry. (tip....to dry them faster use your heat gunSponge the flowers with ink from your inkpadApply ink from a reinker or ink pad with a stipple brushMix a small amount of reinker with pearl paint and apply to flower.You can also use chalk and apply with sponge daubers.Add Pizzaz or Change the LookUsing the write and rub pen add glitter to your flowers.Fold your flower in half to get a different kind of blossomStamp of your flowers using a flourish or a dotted floral image (such as that in Celebrate Life).Cut the flowers apart and use to form a butterfly or a turkey!Adhering your flowers to your pageYou can use anything to do this - the more creative the better!Use brads, buttons, waxy flax, glue dots, sparkles (with glue dots on both!), the new mini medleys chocolate collection, etc. etc. Where to use themAnywhere and Everywhere!Add dimension to your pages. The flowers are great for girls....and boys (especially the autumn colors). Accent pages, fill empty spaces, use as "O" in a word, put in corner of a picture, add several cascading down or across the page as a border, clump a bunch together in the corner of a page to resemble a flower patch, place a Big Pink alone on the front of a card for a dramatic effect, pile the Autumn Leaves up at the bottom of your Fall pages to resemble a leave pile or have them "falling" down the page for a dramatic effect. The list goes on.In a word - PLAY. Have fun and experiment....some of the best pages come from messing around!

Booking Specials

I am now accepting bookings for gatherings featuring the Spring book.
Our hostess program is wonderful with free products and the ability to earn 1/2 price items- but I always love to sweeten the deal.

If you hold a gathering featuring the Spring Idea Book (Feb.- April) you will receive the Stamp of the Month for FREE!!

Open Crop

I have booked the Arkona Seniors Centre on Feb. 15th, 2008 for an open crop. The cost is $3.00 and will run 6-11pm. There are only 25 spots so you need to reserve your spot! I have compiled a list of things to help make your crop a success, please see the attached file, Successful Cropping 101.


Is there something that you would like to see featured in a future newsletter? Have a question that you want to ask? Please let me know - I love suggestons, comments, ANYTHING and welcome them.

Have a great month and please let me know if there is anything that I can help you with

Amanda