B-I-N-G-O!!

I've been playing with my new stamp sets, and I had to share!  The Bingo Alphabet (D1498) set is so cute!  I love the distressed alphabet font, which is the reason I ordered it.  The lettering fits beautifully inside a 1" punch, like on these magnets for my new Menu Board:   

I couldn't resist trying out a Bingo card while I was playing, and this is what I came up with:

How cute are these card fronts?  I love tucking a little note inside the kids' lunches, and these are just too much fun!  The lettering combinations are endless - Happy Birthday, Have a great day, thinking of you....endless!  And so easy to do with the clear My Acrylix stamps and blocks.  It's wonderful to see exactly where you're placing the letters.  Stamp with Confidence!!

This set comes with a plain grid for the bingo card, all of the letters of the alphabet, a full set of numbers and some small shapes to fit inside the grid blocks - a heart, a star, a circle and a flower - at least I think it's a flower!  It's cute!  It also comes with the swirly accent at the bottom of the grid.  You can use the lettering, the shapes and the grid on separate projects, or you can combine them as I've done for these cards.  Imagine the possibilities!  Such a great value when you consider what you can do with this one set. 

Through the end of June, for every 2 sets of My Acrylix stamps that you order, you can get another set of equal or lesser value FOR FREE!  You get to choose which sets you want!  Go to www.deequarles.ctmh.com to order and have everything delivered to your door.  How easy is that??

Okay, I'm going to go finish my Menu Board and then figure out what's for dinner....hahaha. 



Christmas In JULY!!!

Feelin' the HEAT?  When we moved to NC 7 years ago, we left New England in the middle of a blizzard at the beginning of December.  We arrived 3 days later in balmy North Carolina to temperatures in the 70's.  Wow.  We knew we were HOME.  No more snow to shovel, no more ice to chip off the sidewalks and steps.  Yay!!

But it does get hot in the middle of summer, doesn't it?  To take our minds off the heat, let's have Christmas in July!  Well, we can prepare for Christmas, anyway! 

D1449 - Father Christmas -Set of 6

Get started on your Christmas crafting early this year!   The Fall 2011 Idea Book has lots of great seasonal stamps to help you get your Christmas crafting finished before the rush of the holidays hits. Wouldn't it be great to have your holiday cards finished before you're finishing off the turkey on Thanksgiving??

Take a peek at the Fall 2011 Idea Book and place your order online.  Get those sets that you can't live without for your holiday crafting, and take advantage of our Stampaganza Savings!!  Buy 2 Get 1 FREE!!! 

Santa will thank you when you still have time to make his favorite chocolate chip cookies because all of your Christmas crafting was done MONTHS AGO.  What are you waiting for??  Christmas??? 

Get 'em before they're GONE!!

Every 6 months, Close to My Heart releases a new Idea Book, chock full of great products; some are old and some are new.  To make way for the NEW products, some of the OLD products have to retire to that great craft room in the sky.  Many of the stamps and products from the Fall 2011 Idea Book will not be returning in the new Idea Book.  These products will only be available through July. 

I'm excited to see what Close to My Heart's artists have created for us!  But I'm sad to see some of my favorites go away.  Although I have no idea what will be coming in the new book, I'm certain that we won't be seeing these products:

Exclusive Inks markers - these are being phased out
Cardstock Shade Packs - the 8 1/2 by 11 sizes are being retired
How-To Books - Jeanette Lynton's fabulous How To series!  These have been discontinued, only Magic and Imagine are available in limited quantities (less than 200 books left of each!)
Paper Packs and Accessories which won't be carried forward are:
Cruisin'
Superhero
Footloose
Lucy
Typeset
Roxie
Elemental
Sonoma

If you've had your eye on something from the Fall/Winter 2011 Idea Book, the time buy it is NOW. 
Combine sets from the Fall 2011 Idea Book with sets from the Spring/Summer Idea Book during Stampaganza for some fabulous savings!

Order online through my Online site at www.deequarles.ctmh.com and get fast shipping right to your door!  Be sure to check out the "While Supplies Last" section for some great deals!!

What's a STAMPAGANZA???

Close to My Heart has a fabulous promotion coming up in June!  For the entire month, when you purchase any 2 stamp sets, YOU GET ONE FREE!!! 

How does this work?  Well, you choose the sets you want, and the lowest priced set will automatically be FREE to you!  Sure can't beat that!  Want more than one free set?  You can order as many as you want and get ONE free set for EVERY TWO sets you order!!   

Let's do the math:  You buy two C-sized sets at $13.95 each, and get a C-sized set ($13.95 value) for FREE.  That's 33% SAVINGS!  More fun than clipping coupons!!

Now is the time to get those sets you've had your eye on!  Tell your friends, too, so they aren't mad that they've missed out!  (Angry friends are no fun to scrap with)

Even better - book a Home Gathering with me for anytime between now and June 18 for a FREE set of stamps that are not available to regular customers!  "Wonderful You" has 36 different stamps, and you're sure to love it!  PLUS, you'll get at least $25 in Hostess Rewards for every Gathering that reaches $150 in sales! 

I'll be submitting an order during the first week of June, so call me and place your order TODAY.  I'll combine orders so you get our bulk shipping rate on your order!  You can either pick up your order when it arrives, or I can drop it off to you if you're local.

Wait for it......

Big News!  Take a peek.....

I'm makin' my list, and checkin' it twice.....