Sale Issues...........

For those of you out there trying to shop the discounted items on my site www.tammypinchard.myctmh.com please be patient, they are having a few issues that they are working on. Keep trying, and in the meantime take a look at the items. This way, when they have the "kinks" worked out, you will know exactly what you want to buy!

40% Off Close To My Heart Retired Items!!

40% OFF Close to My Heart Retired Items!
Starts Monday, January 26 9am Central (10am Eastern/8am Mountain)!

Every year Close to My Heart retires a selection of products. Then, at the end of January, what is left in inventory is put up for sale, and is only available on a MyCTMH website. These items are 40% off. Paper packs, embellishments, stamp sets, accessories, etc.

If you are interested in checking this out, here's what you may want to do beforehand:

1) Go to my website (www.tammypinchard.myctmh.com) and check out the retired items list. You can click on my Calendar and you'll see the Clearance Sale listed on the 26th of January and I've added the Retired List. This shows what was retired in 2008 and these items MAY be available at the sale. Make note of the products you are most interested in. There aren't pictures with the list, but you can reference past Idea Books by clicking on "Products".

2) Before Monday morning, go to www.tammypinchard.myctmh.com, click Shop Online and select Create a New Online Account. This will create a customer profile for you and will make your check-out that much quicker each time you shop online. This isn't required, but will make it easier/quicker for you on Monday morning.

3) Then, go to back to www.tammypinchard.myctmh.com on Monday morning at 9am Central (10 am Eastern/8am Mountain) and begin shopping.

Please be patient if the server is a little slow...imagine if your favorite scrapbook store announced that everything was 40% off. You'd expect it to be crowded, with a wait to check out. Also note, CTMH has made improvements in the online shopping experience...so I know you will love the great savings and the ease of shopping online!

Again, this sale is only available when you Shop Online, and the products will be shipped directly to you. Please note it is ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so be sure to shop right away!
If you have any questions, please contact me.

Happy Shopping!
Tammy Pinchard, Independent Close to My Heart Consultant
www.tammypinchard.myctmh.com
tammypinchard@myctmh.com
(414) 640-0412

Git 'R Done..............

As you may have read in my past posts, Noreen Petty and I were scrapping buddies both before retreat began and after it ended.

Well, I STILL hadn't gotten everything done that we worked on at retreat. Here I am at the Denver, CO airport trying to pass the time during my 4 hour layover before heading back to Milwaukee, WI. Unfortunately, I was VERY limited with what I could have in my carry ons (almost lost my files that Denise gave as part of our downline gifts) so I wasn't able to accomplish much. A lady in the airport was a scrapbooker and thought it was hilarious that I was working on my pages right there!

She was kind enough to take a picture for me! There was a fellow consultant that also took pictures of Noreen & me scrapping in the business center at the hotel. She took my card and said she would email me the picture. When she does I will be making a page entitled "Git 'R Done"! I think it will be adorable! And since I am STILL working on the pages putting in pictures and the finishing touches, I may have my boys or husband take pictures of me too!

Matching Retreat Bags & T-shirts!

This is the awesome bag that we got at Album Retreat with a matching T-shirt. I was so thrilled because since I re-organized my scrapping area and hubby put up shelves for me, I have been wanting to put some vinyl words up there.

My plan was for it to read "Mom's Happy Place", so needless to say I was VERY excited to the the Album Retreat "moto". Sooner or later I will have someone take a picture of me in my t-shirt too. I always seem to be BEHIND the camera lens! LOL

A couple more retreat pages (YES, we were busy!)

This layout, "Be You" was AWESOME to make. Each of the tags you see with the Stardust Flexi Labels are journaling tags that slide in and out! I loved making this layout and look forward to getting pictures on it soon!

Then we have "Gratitude". I think this was my FAVORITE layout although it was very tedious to make. The branch in the upper left corner is a rub on, and the "leaves" are stamped hearts that were individually cut out, then placed to look like leaves on the branch. This color combination is unbelievable, and so elegant. May have to do a workshop on this one, allowing PLENTY of time of course!

I hope you all are enjoying this sharing of the album retreat arwork! I can't say enough positive things about being able to attend!

Some More Album Retreat Artwork!

This first layout is "Our Love" and it is beautiful! I love using the dimensional elements frame and sponging it with a coordinating color. These pages will be reserved for pictures of Lane and I together! It is adorable.

Next we have "Friends". As you can see, I have started to put pictures in this one. This will be dedicated to all the new friends I made at the Album Retreat. I will repost all of these pages on my website after all pictures and final embellishments are in place!

Hangin' Out With The Girls!

Yet another picture from Album Retreat. These girls were such a BLAST to be around, I can't even begin to tell you. I am so blessed to have had the opportunity to not only meet these girls in person, but to be able to spend the amount of time with them, getting to know them on more of a personal level that I did.



In the first picture we have Nichole Lewno, Noreen Petty, Denise Anderson-Turley, and I am in the back. I caught up with Noreen & Denise on the shuttle from the airport to the hotel, and we ended up rooming across the hall from each other.



Next is Alex Gaud & I. Alex also ended up on the shuttle with us, and roomed next door to Noreen & Denise (across the hall from me). So, we were the four musketeers pretty much the whole time we were there. What a fun, fun group of women! We shopped together, scrapped together, and just hung out.

If any of you are reading this, THANK YOU for a WONDERFUL time. You made my trip so much worthwhile by allowing me to spend time with each and every one of you!

Noreen, thanks for being my scrapping buddy too! I really enjoyed our one on one time together. You are an incredibly uplifting, inspiring person and yet still down to earth. I hope you know that!

I hope to see you all at Leadership, so I better get my butt busy recruiting!

Well, back to work. I have lots to catch up on at our auto repair shop having been gone three days of last work week.