Getting Ready for the Change!

As many of you are aware, CTMH is debuting their new semi annual Idea Book February 1st.  This is a change for the company and those die hard scrapbookers who scrap exclusively with our product.  Here are few details that accompany the change. 

My Acrylix Stamps will be available in the current + preceding Idea Book.  This will allow a wide variety of stamps to be available at one time and give you up to one year to purchase your favorite stamp set!

Sophia Collection - Debuts February 1st!

My Reflection Sets will be available in the current Idea Book only. There will now be 8 collections of new paper available in each Idea Book.  My Reflection products will only be available if they are featured in the current Idea Book; however, they will be pulling forward four kits from each Idea Book into the next one, so you'll have a total of 12 kits to choose from at any given time!

Accessories will be available in the Current Idea Book only. Accessories can only be sold if they are featured in the current Idea Book. Many accessories will be retired each Idea Book cycle to make way for new products, but a large number of popular and versatile accessories and tools will be carried from Idea Book to Idea Book. While CTMH won’t be publishing a Retiring List that announces the retirement of each accessory beforehand, they will let you know if an entire category of products is being retired.

Wings Workshop on the Go! Featured in January!

Workshops on the Go will be available in the Current Idea Book + 1 month after.

Retired Items are available for a Limited time on MyCTMH^® sites. If you’re looking for a product we’ve retired, you can always check the Discounted Products section in MyCTMH^® online shopping. This area is regularly updated with retired items. If you see something you like, though, be sure to snap it up, as many times our inventory of such products is very limited.

Scrapbooking Tomorrow!

Just a few thoughts. . . .

You would think I would have it down to a science, yet each time a Friday night crop arrives, it seems to take me by surprise.  After a little help from daddy, distracting the little one, I was able to get everything packed.  How nice it is to have a second adult back in the house, for a whole list of reasons as you can imagine, but tonight creating distraction for a three year old was just the help I needed!

We are croping with the Magnifique workshop kit tomorrow night.  I can't wait to play with it.  It has beautiful colors just suited for January and especially for all of the wintry white stuff that fell here this week.

 

Elle is fast asleep as she prepares for her big day of skiing with dad tomorrow.  Operation Military Kids graciously awarded Elle a scholarship for 6 ski lessons.  She is very excited as is dad!  We've pulled out boots and mittens, bitty, little skis and helmets.  I think they are ready!

Here is a little sneak peak of some of the papers that are due out with the new catalog.  The Wings paper packet is a special in January.  If you buy the workshop kit in January you can get some great deals on stamps.  Check out this great incentive sale by clicking on 'Start Shopping'. 

 

Wings Paper Kit

One more little peak of what's to come in the new Idea Book.  The Sweetheart Paper Kit.

 

Just think of all the sweet valentine pictures that can be cropped with this paper.  I can't wait!

Have a wonderful weekend.

 

 

 

Applebrook Bed and Breakfast! It's now a tradition!

We have had the pleasure of attending a scrapbook retreat weekend at the Applebrook twice now.  Both last May and November were wonderful weekends filled with good company, great food and pleanty of work time.  The next scheduled retreat is the weekend of of May 13-15th.  Over half of the rooms are already booked with returning scrapbook enthusists from November's retreat.  Please call Joy as soon as possilbe to book your room with us!

1-800-545-6504

info@applebrook.com

Back to Business!

After having 3.5 weeks off together as a family, my little lady headed back to school today and I'll return to work tomorrow.  The holidays seemed to pass us by in a blur, followed up by a reunion trip on the Disney Magic to mark the end of my husband's deployment.  Now, life must return to normal as we return to the cold weather and daily routines.  

I am excited about the launch of the new Idea Book on Feb. first.  The sneak peak that I had, proves that CTMH has done it again with all new papers and amazing products.  The more I scrapbook, the more I love CTMH.  They just cannot be beat with their diversity in products and quality!  You are going to LOVE this new Idea Book.

 

Bike trail - observation tower at Castaway Cay

That is Castaway Cay behind us.  Check out my Little Mermaid watch!

You must have a princess picture

. . . and of course Mickey and Minnie Mouse!

Coming Home!

Many of you were aware, however, for the sake of privacy and our safety I neglected to comment on one of the largest events of our life this past year.  My husband's deployment to Afghanistan as part of the 86th IBCT Mountain National Guard out of Vermont.  Dec. 14th brought him home to us!

Below are some images captured by the Burlington Free Press that day.

  

 

 

I have already scrapbooked these photos using Studio J and Magnifique.  The ease and time savings that comes with using Studio J is just wonderful.  While I will always scrapbook in the traditional way.  Studio J is allowing me to get caught up on my layouts thus taking some of that stress of knowing you're over a year behind away!  As soon as I have my JPEGs for Studio J of these pictures I will post them for you to see.