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| Little Hedgehogs Birthday Card (Front) |
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| Little Hedgehogs Birthday Card (Inside) |
Happy April Fools! What a month March 2024 was! Despite the big announcement at the end of February, CTMH continues to bring us some wonderful new items to spark our creativity! First up is the new stamp of the month. Isn't this an adorable set?
Little Hedgehogs—April Stamp of the Month
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| Little Hedgehogs—April Stamp of the Month (S2404) |
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| Little Hedgehogs—April Stamp of the Month + Thin Cuts (Z7148) |
If you select the Little Hedgehogs—April Stamp of the Month + Thin Cuts (Z7116), you receive the same D-Size set of 13 stamps plus 10 metal dies to cut the shapes shown. The Stamp of the Month + Thin Cuts is only $19.95 with a qualifying order; the Little Hedgehogs—April Stamp of the Month + Thin Cuts is also available for $34.95 with no other purchase required.
The CTMH Art Department created cards using Little Hedgehogs:
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| cards created with Little Hedgehogs |
Little Hedgehogs is available only during the month of April 2024.
Joy in the Journey
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| Joy in the Journey |
Introduced a little early (this past Friday, March 29), is the April special Joy in the Journey. The special features exclusive products, Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet and coordinating cardstock (some with resist and foil) featuring the Color of the Year Journey and a stamp set. There will also be discounts on existing Journey products. For your planning purposes, you should know there is a limited number of bundles available at the beginning of the sale, but CTMH will be making more available as soon as possible.
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April 2024 Supplement
At 5pm EDT Friday, March 29 the new products pictured below were made available on my eCommerce site.
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The products would have been in the May-June 2024 Catalog if CTMH were not closing later this year. Soak Up the Sun (May 2024 SOTM) appears to be held until May, but that may change after the Corporate Office opens later today. It is my understanding that Summertime Borders would have been the June 2024 Stamp Of The Month; instead it available now with Thin Cuts without a qualifying purchase. Click on any of the images above for a better look; the same eleven page flyer (PDF Format) with the new products can be found here.
With the announcement the Close To My Heart is closing, be sure to check the Clearance section of my eCommerce website regularly. Who knows when a new group of products will be reduced and posted in the Clearance section?
VIP Customers, please keep in mind that April 2024 is the last month to earn VIP Credit and you will need to redeem any VIP Credit in your account by May 31, 2024 at 11:59 pm MDT. Any unused credit will expire on June 1, 2024.
All customers, please download any Workshop Guides you may need by June 15. Also, you should check your Digital Library for any Digital Art (SVG files) that were added to your account. I wrote a post about how to check your library and download the files about a week ago. Please download Digital Art as soon as you can so you have time to verify you are able unzip the zipped file and view the SVG file(s).
Thank you for your support over the past twelve years. Also, thank you for your patience while the shipping department catches up on the increased number of orders that the closing announcement prompted.
Have a fabulous April!
Good morning! If you are celebrating Easter today, Happy Easter, and I don't want to take up too much of your time.
Today is the last day for Cardstock Carnival.
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Cardstock Carnival was one of the specials I always looked forward to. As of Saturday evening, all of the colors are available to purchase including the die cut strips.
If you were waiting for the Just Chicken In SOTM + Thin Cuts to be restocked, they were back as of Friday, March 29 and are still available as of Saturday evening,
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| Just Chicken In—March Stamp of the Month + Thin Cuts (Z7141) |
If you are planning to purchase the SOTM or the SOTM + Thin Cuts, be sure to be logged in and add your selection from the green area of your shopping cart to get the correct pricing. Be sure to purchase by 11:59 pm MDT on March 31 to be sure to receive SOTM pricing ($5 stamp set when you make a qualifying purchase or free (stamp only) if you are a VIP, make a qualifying purchase and have not received taken advantage of the SOTM pricing before).
A Gnome for All Seasons—Spring
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| A Gnome for All Seasons—Spring |
The Spring Gnome special is ending. If you are interested in any of the Gnomes for Spring options, be sure to purchase by 11:59 pm MDT on March 31 to receive the promotional pricing (please see my March 1 post to view the flyer).
Systems Maintenance Scheduled for April 1
The next CTMH systems maintenance window is scheduled for Monday, April 1, from 12:00–4:00 am MDT (that's 2:00 am to 6:00 am on the East Coast). During this maintenance period, some of online systems, including ordering on my Maker website, may be unavailable. Many product images and links on my blog will not display or redirect you correctly during this time.
If you are celebrating, have a Blessed Easter with your family and friends.
Buckle up!
At 5pm EDT today (Friday, March 29) new products will be available on my eCommerce site. To prevent early product outages, the items will be limited to 1 per person for the first 24 hours of ordering.
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Click on any of the images above for a better look; the same eleven page flyer (PDF Format) with the new products can be found here.
Joy in the Journey
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Also available at 5pm EDT is Joy in the Journey. This special features a variety of exclusive products featuring the Color of the Year Journey. There will also be discounts on existing Journey products. These special offers will remain available through April 30, while supplies last. We have been warned that "due to some interruptions in the production process, we will have a limited number of bundles available at the beginning of the sale, but we will be making more available as soon as possible".
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The Joy in the Journey flyer (PDF format) can be found here.
Finally, additional inventory for several items in the March-April 2024 Catalog (and some from the Core Products catalog) are back in stock. They will orderable at 5pm EST as well.
I will post photos and flyers as soon as I can.
Hello! Thank you for stopping by today.
Yesterday I created a list of tasks that CTMH Customers should do prior to Close To My Heart closing in June 2024.
I mentioned that one of the things to do is download (and backup) any digital assets purchased (some digital files might have been included with a special promotion–I encourage double-checking before thinking you do not have any digital files). Digital files are listed in the Digital Library.
Here are the steps to find the Digital Library:
Visit my eCommerce website, click the Sign In link, then enter the email address and password you use when you purchase from Close To My Heart.
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I know it is a daunting task, but ideally you will find time to download the digital files you may have purchased as well as any Workshop Guides you might need by the end of April 2024. This will give you an opportunity to verify all of the files are working before Close To My Heart removes access to them on June 15.
Have a good rest of your week.
As you know Close To My Heart sent an email to all Makers and Customers on February 27, 2024 announcing that CTMH will cease operations effective June 30, 2024.
This has been some hard news to process. We take for granted that our favorite products and brands will be around forever. I will fondly remember my time as a CTMH Maker, but look forward to seeing what is next for the craft industry.
As I've read (and reread) the Closure FAQ that CTMH prepared for Makers. From that FAQ I created this list of dates that VIP Customers need to keep in mind. Further below is information for all CTMH Customers.
Key CTMH VIP Customer information.
Hello. I've been working on organizing photos and I came across this slimline card that I have not shared to date. It is a birthday card from March 2023! Since the Let's Eat Cake Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z4637) are on the Clearance page of my CTMH website, I thought you might like to see one way to use the stamp and Thin Cuts.
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| card created with Let's Eat Cake Stamp + Thin Cuts |
As I posted yesterday, scheduled systems maintenance is taking place this evening from 10:00 pm to midnight EDT. If you to take a closer look at the stamp set online, you may need to wait until tomorrow.
Thank you for visiting!
CTMH has regularly scheduled systems maintenance on Thursday, March 14, from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm MDT (this is 10:00 pm to midnight EDT). During this window, online systems, including ordering on my website, may be temporarily interrupted. In addition, some of the product images here on the blog will not display during the maintenance. Thank you for your understanding.
Despite the news that was shared with CTMH Makers and customers on February 27, CTMH is operating "business as usual", at least until the end of April 30. If anything changes, I will be sure to let you know. With that said, let us take a look at the Stamp Of The Month and specials for March 2024.
Just Chicken In—March Stamp of the Month
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| Just Chicken In—March Stamp of the Month (S2403) |
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| Cardstock Carnival |
This flyer has has all of the Cardstock Carnival special details:
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A Gnome for All Seasons—Spring
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The gnomes are ready for some Spring fun. As with the Autumn and Winter versions the A Gnome for All Seasons—Spring collection has patterned papers (with or without a sticker sheet), coordinating cardstock, a scrapbooking stamp set (also available with coordinating Thin Cuts), a cardmaking stamp, and Thin Cuts that create the gnome pictured above. There is a Product Bundle as well as Scrapbooking and Cardmaking Workshop Kit (also with or without the Stamps and Thin Cuts).
This flyer has all of the details:
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March–April 2024 Catalog
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| March–April 2024 Catalog |
If there are any changes to the details listed in the February 27 communications, I will be sure to pass them along. In the meantime, take care and have a wonderful March.
