Story by Stacy

I have always urged people to do journaling in their own handwriting in their scrapbooks.  Some people get intimidated by this.  the reason stems from my own experience.  I know how I felt the first time I saw my dad’s handwriting after he had died.  He had written in a book he gave to our kids when they were little.  Handwriting and stories are important.  I remember all the stories I heard when I was growing up and sometimes got bored hearing them.  Now I wish I had more video and audio tapes of the people telling them.  I can’t always remember all the details.

Stacy Julian has partnered exclusively with Close To My Heart and this Story Starter Workshop is the first.  You can order the kit and do this individually or I can lead you in about 2 hours through the process of filling this little 4x4 book with special memories. We can do this in person or online!

The kit contains: 1-      Title card, 3-      Quote cards , 1 -      Created by card ,   18 stories cards,     Workshop instructions and a 4x4 album.

There is room for 9 photos/stories so with the 18 cards there is room for mistakes and rewrites.  Imagine that your brain is an attic that is full of boxes that are labeled with memories.  Sitting here right now you don’t remember all the details.  Many of our memories are sensory and can help remind us of what are in our “memory boxes”.  This workshop is to access your memories and get them down in writing. 

This workshop is great to repeat for all the people, places, and things you have experienced.  Did you start your own business?  Make a book and share your story with people that come to your business.  Do you remember stories of your Mom or Dad?  Do you want to share your memories of your siblings?  You can make these as gifts as well as things you can carry around with you! Is there a significant birthday or event that you would want to honor your child or friend?

You may make 1 and through the process find out you want to make more!

Do you have 2 hours in June that you want to take a walk down memory lane and create a cute 4x4 album?  Contact me and lets get together! #ctmhxstorybystace  #storybystacy  You can check out and follow on Instagram Story by Stacy.  You can also find the products easily on my website at: 

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April is almost here!

There are some exciting things happening in April:

If you become a Close To My Heart consultant in April, you will get the next 4 months set of Stamp of the Month FREE!

Each Weekend in April there will be a 24 hour weekend sale featuring different items and product bundles at 25% off the regular price.

Create your own Important Thing bundle:

Create a meaningful EveryDay Life Album based on the journaling model inspired by Margaert Wise Brown's The Important Book.  You can create your important things from your life in an album to share and enjoy.

This is the last month for the Seasonal Expressions so make sure you have the paper and the stamps that you have been looking at for 3 months.  They will all be gone come May 1. 

Each of the 4 different papers have a Workshop Your Way that does 3 - 2 page layouts with cards.  There are also special card kits.  Have fun creating scrapbooks and cards and then have even more fun sharing them with family and friends. 

Where do you put your cards?

I have had several systems to share and save the cards I make.  This Christmas, I came across a Sterlite box that was great.  It was wide enough and tall enough and had a locked top.  I have gone through several versions of card dividers.  What you can do most easily is cut 12 x 12 paper into 4 6x6 size squares.  You can get the 3M sticky tabs and mark your dividers.  On one card you can stamp the 12 months so you can write the Anniversaries and Birthdays.  It is in front so you can look through the box and see if there is anything that month. With this system in place, you can see if you are low on a certain type of card and work ahead.  I hope you can find this as fun and easy and I did.

Spring Card Buffet

Tomorrow we will meet at the Indian Agency House in Portage at 12:30.  Monday the 19 we will meet at the First United Methodist Church in Baraboo (on Broadway off the square).  In
3 hours you will get a chance to make 8 cards from 13 designs.  Some of the people who signed up can't make the Agency house so I will be having a card making time at my house after the 19th.  Contact me with your free times.

 I love this "gift" card card.  There are 2 outside designs.

I love the versatility of the Close To My Heart stamps and paper.  These designs can really change to whatever you wish them to say.  The paper being a different design on both sides, makes it possible to have such a variety of cards.  This buffet should be great!

My workshop for Postcard Perfect

In May - National Scrapbooking Month - the paper will be available for Postcard Perfect.  I have designed a workshop that will give you 6 - 2 page layouts and 2 of those pages will have 6x12 flip flaps which gives you more pages.  I am making an album for my son and his fiance for 2017 and 2018 engagement through wedding.  It won't take long to make the pages but the embellishment will take a little bit.  You can do what you want for embellishments noting that I have a specific project in mind for my paper and you probably will too.  You can buy the paper in May and we can do the workshop in May/June or July. 

 Layout 1

 Right side of Layout 1 with the 6x12 flipflaps

Layout 2

 Layout 3

 Layout 4

Layout 5

Layout 6

Right side of Layout 6 with 6x12 flip flaps

Let me know if you are interested in this workshop and I will fit it into the schedule. 

There is a sale on thin cuts. Check it out!

Check  out my website for all of the great bundles and bargains.  Save 25% on all thin cuts and 30% off on bundles.  Get them now!  See some of the great things you can do. 

Postcard Perfect

Close To My Heart is joining in on the fun of May being Scrapbooking Month.  The paper is called "Postcard Perfect".  You can choose to get EVERYTHING in a bundle!  There is something for everyone.  The Cut Above gives you 3 - 2 page layouts and all you need to do is punch out things and adhere them down.  Everything is done for you.  Here are my samples.

Think about all you can do!  You have to wait until May 1, 2018 and then go for the pages!