Last Day to Join for FREE! (Actually, you get an extra $1!)

 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

Mini Photo Printers

 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 email me at paperartwithnancy@gmail.com

Enjoy your weekend!

Nancy

Hello World!

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!

 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 $21 in product credit (yes - it's essentially free!)! You have nothing to lose by joining this month.

For more information please contact me at paperartwithnancy@gmail.com or phone me at 403.560.1761 - I'd love to chat with you.

If you're ready to invest in yourself and have an amazing 2021, please join our team by visiting my website at 

Nancy's Close to My Heart Website

I'd love to welcome you to our community!

Enjoy!

Nancy

My 2021 Story - January 2021

 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 a consistent color palette using Close to My Heart's Espresso and Sapphire colors. I used White Daisy cardstock as the base pages and the strips of paper are from Close to My Heart's Mix In Paper Packet. I random stamped using the snowflakes from the Months of the Year - January stamp set using 2nd generation stamping technique with the Sapphire ink on the White Daisy base pages. You can quickly and easily create your own background paper like I did with the snowflakes. So much versatility from this stamp set!

Here's a close up photo of the "snow DAY" page element - small details can make a page POP!

I stamped using Sapphire Ink and then used Close to My Heart's clear shimmer brush on the "o" in Snow and adhered to the page using 3D foam tape.

As I shared in yesterday's blog post, you don't need photos to document your story - here I created a memorabilia pocket simply just by using cardstock and 3D Foam Tape on the 3 sides. I put the outside packaging from Pascal's Patisserie in the pocket. Memorabilia pockets are easy and inexpensive!

Again, I used the clear shimmer brush on some of the words I wanted to highlight in this quote by Dr. Seuss.

Some of the Close to My Heart products I used to create this layout:

Use up your stash or treat yourself to some new versatile products as you create your My 2021 Story album. 

If you are interested in purchasing any of these products, I invite you to visit my website:

Nancy Klein's Website

I hope you'll join me on this creative journey this year! I invite you to visit my Facebook Business Page (link below) and post photos of your pages. I will be drawing a few names from those who post and sending a goodie in the mail!

Nancy Klein Close to My Heart Consultant Facebook Page

If you have any questions please let me know - I'd love to see and hear from you!

Enjoy!

Nancy

Introducing My 2021 Story Mini Album

 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 Erin Condren planner/journal but don't actually put journaling (other than date, place, peoples names) on my pretty and elaborate scrapbook pages. Why, you might ask? I have to admit that I got wrapped up in pretty pages and not the stories. 

I'm changing that this year. Like many of you, 2020 was a challenging year with many ups and downs. It reiterated to me that life is too short. Too short to play life safe, too short to be complacent, too short not to share our stories and focus on what is truly important. To me, that includes my family, faith, health, profession, and CTMH business. I was able to take some breaths over the holiday season and was reminded, as my hubby, two daughters and I were looking at old photos and reminiscing about those stories, that the stories are just as, if not more, important than the pretty scrapbook papers and dozens of photos. Yes, pretty scrapbook papers and photos are fantastic but the stories make it come ALIVE! 

When I saw Close to My Heart's brand new Months of the Year stamp series in the January-February catalogue I knew it would be the perfect opportunity to create a monthly My 2021 Story Mini Album using one of our 8 1/2 x 11 albums. 

I invite you to join along with me in creating this album throughout the year. I will be posting a new double page layout on the 5th of each month featuring that Month of the Year stamp set (so please come back again tomorrow). The idea is to document your year simply and beautifully with no pressure or guilt - this mini album is about you, for you. What do you think? Are you in? I know I usually feel guilty about not taking photos for holidays such as New Years (yup, I only took a picture of the sunrise this year - as shown above) and other special days but I've decided to change my mindset. I don't need piles of photos of people or come to think of it, any photos, to document special moments and memories - I can document it with my words - whether using my handwriting or using a computer font. I am passionate about sharing the deeper story - yes, it takes effort sometimes - and documenting your story - your unique story. You are special, you are unique, your perspective matters - I invite you to join me this year to create your own My 2021 Story mini album. I'm excited to be on this creative journey with you in 2021!

Enjoy!

Nancy

January-February Catalogue is Live! Featuring Mix In Paper Packet

 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 at

Nancy's Website

Here 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 Blocks

Enjoy!

Nancy

Happy New Year!

 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 money and working the hours you want doing something you enjoy? Grow both personally and professionally? Close to My Heart and I are here for you - you can do this! This business can change your life! I know that and say that because it changed mine and I am so grateful! Join me! I would love to answer any questions you have about Close to My Heart! In January only, it is $20 to join and you get $21 in product credit!! Unbelievable, right? Maybe you're thinking it's too good to be true - Nope! It's all true! 

Click here to join!