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Good evening!I am having lots of fun playing with Close to My Heart's Twitterpated Paper Packet!Here are 2 Fall cards I made tonight! Happy Fall included the following product:Twitterpated Paper PacketDimensional Elements in Color - OrganicGrown With Love stamp setMany Thanks Stamp SetChocolate Ink PadSorbet Ink PadCrystal Blue Ink PadSweet Leaf Ink PadWhooo Loves You Stamp SetNatural Hemp Enjoy Fall included the following product:Twitterpated Paper PacketMany Thanks Stamp SetRustic AlphabetFoundry Metal BookplatesChocolate Ink PadSorbet Ink Pad Enjoy!Nancy

Good evening!My team members, Kathy, Lara, Lorraine, Deb & I, had a wonderful time at the Calgary Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show - Scrapbook Carnival! Thank you to all of you! And Thank You to those who visited us on Friday and Saturday!I love Fall and it is definitely here! The leaves are changing and the weather is turning cooler - and windier. This card is using Close To My Heart products:Bamboo CardstockCocoa CardstockIndian Corn Blue CardstockAutumn Terracotta CardstockBasic ButtonsHempMany Thanks Stamp SetChocolate Ink PadOlive Ink PadAutumn Terracotta Ink PadEnjoy!Nancy

Hi everyone!It was a fantastic day at the Calgary Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show - Scrapbook Carnival!It was wonderful to see so many of you!Only one day left! We will be at the BMO Center from 9 am - 5 pm tomorrow! Our booth is across from the Canadian Scrapbooker Cropping area. Come see our great new products and get your Idea Book!See you tomorrow!Nancy

Good evening,I am super excited about Calgary's Creative Stitches and Crafting Alive Show - Scrapbook Carnival at the BMO Center in Stampede Park (used to be the Round Up Center)! It is going to be amazing! Our booth looks spectacular (thanks to my team members!) and we have lots of great Close To My Heart products! Come and see us! We are across from Canadian Scrapbook magazine's scrapbooking area.Friday, September 25 - 9 am to 6 pmSaturday, September 26 - 9 am to 5 pmI look forward to seeing you there!Nancy

Hi everyone!I just love Close to My Heart's new Workshops on the Go! The following cards are from the Sweet Home Workshops on the Go kit. The base kit is only $37.50! It's a great value! You get the Sweet Home Paper Packet, an exclusive stamp set that coordinates with this kit, a matching accessory kit and the Workshop Guide. The retail value is $44.65 - you save $7.15 when you purchase this kit! Order your today and make some beautiful scrapbook pages and cards!Enjoy!Nancy

Hi everyone!Thank you to all of you who came to my Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book Open House! Congratulations to Tracy Wright who won the draw! She will receive a $25 gift certificate for product from the new Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book.I just love Close To My Heart's Jingle Creative Basics package! I made these 3 cards all using this paper packet and a variety of stamp sets, including:NOEL - from the Holiday Jingle stamp setWinter Wonderland - from the Snow Flurries stamp setMerry Christmas - from the Ornate Ornaments stamp setThe ink colors I used were Juniper and Tulip. I'd love to get your feedback on which card you love the best!Have a wonderful, safe

You are invited to my Open Houseto celebrate Close To My Heart's Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book launch! Come see the brands new products, pick up the new Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book, enter your name to win some great prizes and get some fantastic deals!Friday, September 4 from 4 pm - 9 pmSaturday, September 5 from 9 am - 6 pm212 Montclair PlaceCochrane, AlbertaI hope to see you soon!Nancy

Good evening! My family and I love visiting Lake Louise! It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever visited and we are fortunate to live only 1 1/2 hours away. We visited there 2 years ago and spent the weekend at Chateau Lake Louise - it is a gorgeous hotel! We went on a day trip to Jasper and to the Columbia Ice Field Interpretation Center. The scenery was amazing! Close To My Heart's new My Reflections Kit - Sweet Home was perfect for creating layouts for these special pictures. Here are 3 layouts created using this kit. (I haven't finished the journaling yet - once I do I

Good evening!I LOVE all the brand new product in the New Autumn/Winter 2009 Close To My Heart Idea Book and I am sure you will too!Here is a sneak peek at a 2 page layout using the new kit Twitterpated - isn't it cute! This will be one of the projects at my September Open Club. For more details, please contact me. If you would like a copy of the Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book please contact me. Enjoy!Nancy

Thank you to all of my Hearts of the West team members for all of your efforts during the past year! Our Hearts of the West team was awarded #1 in Team Sales for our team size in Canada! YAHOO! Nancy K.

It's hard to believe that Leadership Conference 2009 in Long Beach, California is almost over! It was so fantastic to see so many of my CTMH friends!Last night was fantastic! The directors went to California Adventure and we were given a Fast Pass to a ride! I have never been on California Screamin' and had never intended on

Yahh! My family and I are finally here in Long Beach for Close To My Heart's Leadership Conference! It is beautiful here! It's great to spend time with friends.Leadership Conference starts tomorrow evening with a Create and Take - yahooo! I can't wait to share with you what we do and what the new products in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book will be! It's so exciting!Have a great evening!Nancy

Hi everyone,The stitches are now out and I can scrapbook and stamp again! Yahh! I am really excited about that! Here is a card I made using Close To My Heart's Animal Cookies Paper Packet and My Stickease. I added White Ribbon and buttons. I think it is super cute!I am busy packing for Close To My Heart's Leadership Convention in Long Beach, California! I am really excited! I will send info on new products from there! If you would like a copy of the Autumn/Winter 2009 Idea Book when it becomes available, please send me an email at nancy.klein@shaw.caHave a fantastic weekend!Nancy

Hi everyone,I can finally type using both of my hands again - yahh! I am super excited about that! Can you tell?The stitches are not out yet but they will be on Tuesday sometime. I can't wait to get them out.I have been asked about the roses that were in the vase that broke. Here are some pictures of them. My hubby, Aaron, gave me a dozen roses for our 12th anniversary - they were beautiful!I am hoping that my hand is feeling well enough to stamp and scrapbook very soon so I can post some artwork. Only one more week until my family and I start our family vacation to California!

Hi everyone!I am so excited to tell you about Close To My Heart's July special!Have you ever wanted to own your own business? Do you want a job where you create your own schedule? Do you want to meet new people? Do you want to make some extra money to pay for your scrapbook hobby or save money to take a family vacation? All of those are great reasons and with Close To My Heart you can have all that!When you join Close To My Heart in July, you get 5 free products from a select item list! Yahhoo!Visit my website for more details and to join! Website: http://www.nancy.myctmh.com/Nancy

Happy Monday everyone!I am reading a fantastic book right now called "Peaks and Valleys" by Spencer Johnson, M.D. He is also the author who wrote "Who Moved My Cheese". I loved that book too! I wrote a report for one of my Human Resources courses based on that book. I highly recommend both of them. They are parables that really make you think and have some great insights into humans and how we think and how we work.I would love to hear from you and some great books you are reading or have read! I will need some reading material for our road trip to Close to My Heart's Leadership Convention at the end of

Hi everyone!We have had 2 spectacular thunderstorms - one last night and one tonight.  Last night my family and I watched the lightning and listened to the thunder for about an hour and a half. We would count between the lightning and the thunder and we watched as it came closer to us.  Finally it started to pour rain and we headed inside. Today we had been to the movie "Ice Age 3" and on our drive home we could see the lightning. We got home and prepared supper and the lightning and thunder came over our house. It poured for a long time and then hailed too. When the sun reappeared it was a

It was a great day at the Calgary Stampede!Aaron & I went to the Rodeo and it was amazing to see it so close up!  I am going to share a few great photos Aaron took.  I hope to scrapbook some of them tomorrow and will share more with you then.Happy 4th of July to all my American friends!Nancy

I know that it is not Canada Day - yet!But I want to celebrate the wonderful country we live in! I am so thankful to live here with my family. I appreciate the freedom we experience every day.Join me in thinking about the things you love about Canada!Happy Canada Day!Nancy