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 Happy Friday of the May long weekend all!I am so excited for this extra time to spend with my family. What are your plans? Spending time with family, camping, gardening, BBQing, scrapbooking, getting crafty? I'd love to hear from you!Take a few minutes to visit my website to enjoy savings during our FLASH SALE from Friday, May 21 at 3 pm Mountain time to 11:59 pm on Tuesday, May 25! Here's a sneak of what will be on that sale (while supplies last):Memory Protectors (we all need those!) (I tried to post a picture but they're clear so it didn't work - check it out on my website)Flip Flaps (perfect for adding those extra pics to

Happy National Scrapbooking Day everyone!Wherever you may be I hope you'll join Close to My Heart home office and I during our virtual event. We will be starting at 11 am Mountain time for about 12 hours - WOW! 12 hours of fun!There will be prizes and of course lots of laughs! 

Happy April and Happy Easter!I hope you and your family had a blessed and wonderful Easter long weekend. As we continue on in our journey of celebrating our everyday lives with the My 2021 Album, here is the April edition!This was such a fun double page layout! I used watercoloring pencils and a waterbrush as well as the Months of the Year - April stamp set and Daisy Meadows paper packet and enamel dots. Easy, cute & fun!I invite you to check out all of our new products as well as our April specials that you won't want to miss out on!Visit my website for more details:Click here to visit my websiteEnjoy!Nancy

WOW! We have a wonderful treat for you to join us in celebrating NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY at the end of April/beginning of May!Check out these 5 INCREDIBLE workshops AND when you can save some money by getting them all on one bundle!You can order NOW! Get excited - this is going to be a 2 day virtual event where we can craft together, learn, and laugh!Order yours today! Shop Now!Enjoy!Nancy 

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!Let's celebrate the color GREEN and the month of MARCH!To see more of our amazing products, visit my website:Nancy's WebsiteEnjoy!Nancy

Daisy Meadows is the perfect paper collection for your Spring, Easter and every day scrapbook layouts and cards!The colors and patterns featured in this collection are FUN and JOYFUL!Here is Page 1 of the Workshop Kit! It was fun to use watercolor paint splattering technique on the white background.I will be featuring more completed layouts from the kit in the coming days - please come visit my blog again soon!Enjoy!Nancy

 Happy March 5th all!As promised, here is the March 2021 edition of our My 2021 Story album. I love creating simple, beautiful and meaningful pages. This project is truly guilt free and no pressure - I LOVE it!I hope you are also creating your own album with no guilt or pressure. I would love to hear from you - please come visit me on my Close to My Heart Facebook Business page and share! When you do, I'll send you a gift!The featured Close to My Heart products and techniques used this month, include:Mix In Paper Packet - March - April Mix In Paper PacketMix In Coordinating Cardstock - March - April Mix-In Coordinating CardstockMonths of the

 It's here! The NEW March-April catalogue is here!It's springy and fun and colorful!Here are a few pics of the great new products in store for you!DAISY MEADOWS COLLECTIONEAT PLAY LOVE COLLECTIONLOTS OF NEW STAMPS!Check out the entire catalogue by visiting my website!Visit the website!

 Hi all!It's crazy how fast February flies - it's the last day to order from this amazing catalogue!Happiness Lives Here CollectionSweet Safari CollectionIt's also the last day to order the Bring Back My Pack - Blossom. Ordering is easy - just visit my website:Nancy's WebsiteEnjoy! Come visit again tomorrow to see our new March-April Catalogue!Nancy

 An awesome new Pocket Card Collection is available starting today until March 31st!These special Picture My Life cards perfectly coordinate with the Lovely and Party Time paper collections from the 2020 - 2021 Core Products catalogue! They are perfect for creating simple, easy and beautiful cards as well as for your pocket page scrapbooking and adding elements to your scrapbook pages!Purchasing is super easy, just visit my website atNancy's Website

 Happy Friday and welcome to the February edition of My 2021 Story with you!This My 2021 Story mini album is all about creating fun, beautiful pages easily and focused on fun with no pressure of guilt!For this month's feature 8 1/2 x 11 pages, I am featuring ombre stamping and a shaker accent. Here are my in progress pages:I wanted to use one of Close to My Heart's special paper collections called Perfect Match - isn't it fun?Here is a cute shaker card accent - fun and easy to make - and one of the stamps from the Months of the Year - February stamp set.I created my own "ribbon" border with ink pads, foam tape,

 Yup - it's true! When you join today, you get an extra $1 to spend! For only $20, you will receive $21 in product credit - crazy awesome deal, right? I totally agree!You have nothing to lose! Give it a try now and enjoy 25% off your favorite products, learn new techniques, hang out with amazing people, and so much more!Do it for yourself - you'll be glad you did!Joining is super easy! I'd love for you to join our amazing team today!Join by clicking here!Enjoy,Nancy

 Hi all!TGIF! Are you happy it's the weekend? I am!Many people have asked me what printer I used to print the small photos for my everyday photos on My 2021 Story album pages. Well, it's my Canon Ivy printer! I LOVE this mini printer - SO easy to use! All you do is snap a photo with your iPhone, use the Canon Print app and viola - a mini photo perfect for your scrapbook pages! It's perfect for those scrapbook pages where you want to document your everyday life - i highly recommend it!If you have any questions please let me know - I'd love to hear from you!I'm on Facebook and you can also

Celebrate early milestone's in a child's life with this new Hello World special, which features the Milestone Wood Circles! So cute for taking photos and using on scrapbook pages!Have a look:Enjoy!Nancy

 New Year! New Opportunity! New You!I love my Hearts of the West Team! As you see from the pic above, our team is starting a new program on Thursday called Build a Terrific 2021! It's about personal development, growing, learning, sharing, and connecting to enrich our lives. Close to My Heart is not just about papercrafting - although that's a big part of it - it's about community and growing with each other to be the best we can be, live our best life and make a difference! I invite you to be a part of our fun community! To be part of this amazing experience is only an investment of $20 this month AND you get

 Hi everyone!Welcome to my partially completed two page 8 1/2 x 11 layout for January 2021.As I posted yesterday, this My 2021 Story mini album is to document your year simply and beautifully with no pressure or guilt! You are special, you are unique, your perspective matters - YOU MATTER. This album is about what brings you joy. I know you want your pages to be perfect but it's okay if they're not. (If you look closely I have an ink smudge where it shouldn't be.) Don't judge your pages. This is about having fun and enjoying the creative process no matter the outcome. Explore, reflect, experiment. Here are my in progress pages:I decided to use

 Hi everyone - thanks for visiting my blog - I am so grateful you're here!I admire so many amazing creators in our paper crafting industry, including Stacy Julian who used to be a Close to My Heart consultant, and who created Close to My Heart's Story by Stacy line. I've had the incredible pleasure of hearing Stacy speak and of meeting her on a few occasions - she is amazing! As Stacy's website says, she adores stories. I can relate! I have been journaling and scrapbooking for a very long time - I used to scrapbook in the magnetic albums with puffy smelly stickers - who remembers those? :) I now journal daily in my

 Happy Sunday! Have you seen the new January-February catalogue? If you haven't yet, take a look - you can find it on my website atNancy's WebsiteHere are some classically simple and easy to make birthday cards using the following Close to My Heart products:* New Mix In Paper Packet* White Daisy Cardstock*Celebrating You Stamp Set* Intense Black Pigment Ink Pad* My Acrylix BlocksEnjoy!Nancy

 Happy New Year!Here's to 2021! Wishing you and your family a happy, healthy, prosperous year filled with joy and peace!I have been a Consultant/Maker with Close to My Heart for over 17 years and I LOVE it! Many of my most cherished friends are part of Close to My Heart and that's how we met - because we love papercrafting! Our Hearts of the West team is an award winning team in Canada and we love sharing, laughing, learning and having FUN! You can earn money and love what you do!Do you want to get your favorite papercrafting products at a 25% discount? Meet new people who love papercrafting like you do? Make some extra

 Today is the last day to order from the November-December catalogue and the last day of our Boxing Week Sales - check it out! Note that all of the Chipboard Monograms are on sale but not all are pictured below.Nancy's Website