Third Digi page

Oh yeah, I'm on a roll now. haha My third digi scrapbook page. I'm sure I will get much better as time goes on but, for now I am really enjoying playing around with it. Do you realize the tons of free digital scrapbooking stuff there is out there??? I never knew!!

Another digital page

So here is my second digital scrapbook page ever! Hopefully a little less plain than the last one....heck, I may have graduated to being a second grader now. Whadya think, Liane????
I'm sure in a couple of years I will look back on this page and laugh at how simple and cheesy it is but, for now...I'm darn proud of it!!!

**FREE** Card Kit

TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL STAMPING MONTH
in September we are giving you 3 ways to
get a FREE Everyday Celebration card kit
for making 16 beautiful cards!
• Purchase a minimum of $60 in stamp sets**
(includes A, B, C, D, and E-size) between
August 18–September 30 (CC1006C)
• Host a Home Gathering with minimum sales
of $400 between September 1–30
• Sign up as a new Consultant between
September 1–30
You can also buy as many card kits as you’d
like for $39.95 per kit (CC1006B). And
there’s more fun! Place any order between
September 1–30 and you’ll be automatically
entered in our daily drawing for a FREE
card kit! Winners will be announced on
your Consultant’s MyCTMH website and
closetomyheart.com. Express your passion for
stamping with this pretty new card kit today!

* Tax and shipping/handling may apply. Limit of one
free kit per order.
** Stamp of the Month, Art & Soul, Workshops on the
Go™ kits and K-size custom stamp sets not included.

everyday celebration card kit

1 – My Acrylix® Everyday Celebration Stamp Set
(D-size) (Only available with this kit!)
16 – 4 W" * 5 V" Colonial White Card Bases
16 – 4 W” x 5 V” Colonial White Envelopes
1 – 12" * 12" Dutch Blue Cardstock
1 – 12" * 12" Colonial White Cardstock
4 – 12" * 12" B&T Duos® Paper
1 – Chocolate Distressing Ink
1 – Dutch Blue Distressing Ink
1 – Mini-Medley Accents Shades of Chocolate
Collection
5' – Chocolate Ribbon with Colonial White Stitch
50 – 3-D Foam Squares
Sponge
1 – Full Color Step-by-Step Instructional Brochure
Featured Colors: Chocolate, Colonial White,
Dutch Blue, Sweet Leaf

My First Digital Scrapbook Page

OK, so it looks like a first grader did it....But, I'm still darn proud of it! I think I'm going to like doing this digital stuff, despite that prior to this I had my heels in the ground against it. Stay tuned to see if I get better at it. :o)

Retreat at the Rockin' R Retreat Center

Retreat at the Rockin' R Retreat Center

Wow, Wow, Wow!!! What an awesome time we had at my retreat this weekend! The Rockin' R Retreat Center in Temple, Texas is out of this world! It's a beautiful retreat center out in the country with a beautiful rustic decor and lots of room and accomodations with a homelike feel. We all had a great time and I have tons of pictures to prove it! My next retreat at the Rockin' R is October 23-25, 2009 in celebration of my 40th birthday. I hope you decide to join us then. If you would like to reserve a spot for the October retreat contact me ASAP as these spaces are filling up fast. In the meantime enjoy the slideshow from our retreat.

Upcoming Workshops

I have a few great workshops your not going to want to miss coming up in March.
The Mini Event Calendar Workshop will be held on March 7th and March 12th. This little book packs a great punch and is cute, too. You can keep it on your desk or carry it in your bag to keep up with important dates and phone numbers. See the calendar on my website at www.stacyengstrom.myctmh.com for further details.
The Message Board Workshop will make you the envy of all your friends! It will be held on March 21st and March 24th. We will be making a 13.5 x 17.5 message board that you can use dry erase markers to take notes on. These make awesome gifts and look good in any room of the house. See the calendar on my website for further details. I hope to see everyone at these workshops!!

Free Stamp Set!! Whoo!! Hoo!!!

Let The Good Times Roll!

How exciting!! Close To My Heart is giving away a FREE stamp set with a qualifying purchase to celebrate their 25th anniversary!!! How cool is that?!?!?!?!?

We’re celebrating an anniversary in 2009—but you get the gifts! That’s right—our founder and CEO Jeanette Lynton marks 25 years as a leader and innovator in the stamping business, and to celebrate, we’re giving all our stamp purchasers a fabulous gift! When you spend $25 US in My Acrylix® stamps (K-size customized, Stamp of the Month, and any discounted retired sets excluded), through me personally or through my website at www.stacyengstrom.myctmh.com you’ll receive a totally cool, custom-designed B-size stamp set, appropriately titled “Good Times.” It’s a celebration-themed set, with a variety of fun party icons and sentiments like “let’s party” and “hip hip hooray” that are oh, so versatile. Everyone will want one—or more! This celebration will be going on from February 3-28, 2009. Hurry and help us celebrate 25 years of stamping!!!

My baby isn't much of a baby anymore!!

I guess it's time to cut the apron strings...well, ok...how about if I just cut one for now...I'll cut the other one later when I'm ready...I swear...I will cut it later....I promise....Dang it! It's sure hard to sit back and watch your child become an adult. My 19 year old son, Kyle has grown up so much in the past few months. He joined the Texas National Guard in November under their School First program where he will be non-deployable while he is in college and then he will become an Officer in the Army. He also joined ROTC this semester in college. Friday he was issued his very first official uniform in ROTC and he is gone to his first Guard drill this weekend. I am so proud of him...he is so handsome in his uniform and he is such a sweet gentleman....which is kinda rare in this day and age. Besides the fact that he is quite handsome and charming!! I just wanted to share a few pics of my grown up baby...I'm not too happy with the one of me because I had just woke up but, he insisted on having a picture with his Mom with his first uniform on. The other picture is him and his brother, Dalton. Dalton swears he is never going to leave home, he is going to stay with me forever...I believe him...so I won't need to ever worry about cutting his apron strings. (snort of disbelievable laughter! haha)I am so proud of both my boys! Ok, so I swear I'm going to cut those apron strings.....later though...I can't find my scissors right now....that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Stacy

Copic/Prismacolor Marker Storage

Ok, so I had this brainchild moment the other day. I had been keeping my Copic and Prismacolor markers in a totebag because I didn't have anything else large enough to hold them. Well, you can imagine what a pain in the rump it was to dig through the bag to find the colors I wanted. So I get this brainstorm to try to see if they fit in the Close To My Heart Acrylic stamp case and BEHOLD, It works perfectly!!! I'm so excited about it. Both types of marker fit wonderfully in it height-wise. It's hard to see in the picture but, there are 2 permanant dividers in the box that divides it into 3 equal sections...this helps the markers stand up better. As you can tell in the pics, one box holds a ton of markers!! So it's super easy to see all my ink colors at once while I am working on coloring projects and when I'm done I just lay the box on it's side for storage so that the markers are being stored on their side and not on their ends. I hope that this might help anyone who can't find a good way to store their markers. If you wish to order one of these boxes you can email me or you can order it straight from my website at www.stacyengstrom.myctmh.com