2015 CTMH Colors to Retire

Shop Today BEFORE They Are Gone!!!!!

I am between sessions and wanted to send out a quick note.  The corporate office had big news for us that no one was expecting.  We have SIX colors retiring this year!  They just had a color revamp last year so we (consultants) were all chill and relaxed because we only have a color change every two years.  Little did we know.....

Here are the colors that are going away and are marked         WHILE SUPPLIES LAST 

-so once they are gone they are gone.

Smokey Plum

1291  $14.50

Outdoor Denim

1275  $14.50

Indian Corn Blue

1284  $14.50

Ponderosa Pine

1276  $14.50

Autumn Terracotta

1270  $14.50

Barn Red

X5637  $14.50

I have to go back downstairs but I will be flying home tomorrow.  I have my phone so you can text for Facebook me if you have any questions.

Keep checking the blog for updates... I have big plans for this upcoming year.  I am so excited!!!!

 

Convention 2015 Day 1

A year of excitement all boils down to the next 3 days!

 I am not sure if you can tell but I love the CTMH convention but it did not always start out this way. I was a consultant for 3 years before I ever went to my first event.  I loved being a consultant but did not feel like I was up to snuff with all of the talented ladies in this company.  I felt more like a hobbyist because I was still working full time and was not "working my business".   But during this one event I meet ladies just like me and learned so much from the classes that I came home so excited and ready to go.

Do I still have something to learn since this is now my 5th convention?  Oh yes!

I always learn a new technique during the creative sessions and yesterday during the business classes I had a refresher on the Home Gathering.  I have not done a home gathering in YEARS because I thought that I was not very good at it but after seeing the refresher course yesterday I have a few ideas running around in my head.....

(General Session)

I do have the new catalog in my hands and we have been asked not to post any artwork or info about the catalog on our blogs just yet but I am getting the Workshop schedule worked out.  This year will be a bit different but you will understand when you see it.  

Theresa and I walked Downtown Disney last night before dinner and then went over to Steakhouse 55 for one heck of a steak dinner.  We were lucky to be able to get a reservation and this was our one spurge fancy dinner but it was so worth it.  I know I normally take photos of the fancy food but I was so hungry I forgot (sorry).

We were going to try and get in the hot tub after dinner but it was FULL of kids so we came back to the room and dreamed about all of the new products that are coming up.

I woke up at 5:00 am so I am sitting here in the dark trying to be quite and drinking a cup of coffee.  We do not have to get moving until 7:00 so I am trying to let Theresa sleep.  We both crashed last night but the with the time difference my body thought it was 7:00 am already.

Convention 2015 Travel Day

Try as I might I could not sleep the night before I was supposed to leave for convention.  We went to bed at 9:00pm because we needed to wake up at 4:30am.  I slept for an hour…. ONE hour then woke up and could not get back to sleep.  I was just too darn excited.  Since I was up before the chickens I was also dressed way before time to leave for the airport so I told Mike I would take him out for breakfast.

First stop - IHOP

IHOP is 24 hours - or so we thought.  They were have technical difficulties and were closed until 7am.

Second stop - Denny's

Denny’s is also open 24 hours but the only problem with this location is that during the wee hours they only staff the kitchen and have one server.  It is known for being slow and they have only been opened for less than a year.  As we were seated we told the server that we were on the way to the airport and God bless him we were in and out in less than 45 minutes.

We get back in the car and Mike promptly gets on the wrong freeway.  I love my husband but he can get lost in a brown paper bag!  He has no trouble driving across country but can not seem to find the grocery store in the town we live in.  So instead of making a u-turn he decides to drive what I would consider way out of the way to get onto the correct freeway.  I have no idea how he managed it but we were at the airport 30 minutes before we earlier than we planned. Once my bag was checked he left me at security.

Searched again….

Yep this time I think it was the coil in my planner.  I normally do not take my planner when I travel but this convention will be informatoin packed and I will need to get it down correctly the first time.  It was not a huge deal, I just thought it was funny.

So now I am on the plane about an hour from my final destination and find myself with a row all to myself.  The teens that started out beside me spilled a smoothie all over the floor so they were moved to a different location and I get a row to myself.  We put a blanket in the floor and I can not even tell that something tropical is sitting there.  I am super happy that we splurged and scheduled a town car for me. I will not be driving around town so the service will just get me to the hotel and back to the airport.  Easy Peasy.

Ok I have to talk about a personal issue for a moment….

I have been sitting on this plane for 3 hours and I was at the gate for 2 hours before that - take a guess what I needed.

I did not want to have to go into the loo!  It is stinky in there!  and GROSS!

But I could not hold it anymore so I put my big girl panies on and walked to the back of the plane.  I took a big breath and went in - forgot I did not want to breathe and sniffed - something is not right in here…. where is the stinky?

Y’all there was a filter pack bag of coffee sitting on the counter in the loo and it smelled like fresh coffee in there!

SOMEONE WAS A GENIUS!!!!

I have got to try this trick on the RV for when we are riding down the road.

The things you learn on a plane…..

Made it to the hotel just fine.  JAG transportation was a little late but he made up for it by handling the luggage for me.  Theresa and I will be in the fantasy tower (where the convention is) and I am soon happy about this.  Our room is not clean yet but I am willing to wait for a room in the convention tower. 

Lost & Found

Have you ever put something away - then forgot where you put it? 

Well it seems that I put away a 

workshop way back in 2011, lost it, forgot about it, and re-found it tonight. 

Folks here is the Believe Christmas Workshop from 2011. It is a complete paper pack, 

embellishments and stamp set BRAND NEW! 

Now I have to play with it before I loose it again. 

Oh and if you are wondering where it was... 

in with all of my Christmas paper that I apparently hoard. 

It really is like Christmas morning around here right now.

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Color Dare 149

It has been a couple of weeks since I have posted a Color Dare challenge submission.  

This week the color choices are:

I am not going to lie and say it was easy peasy because these colors had me stumped.  Then I decided to go over Mojo Monday and see what they had for inspiration.

I liked this one.  It is from last week and fit my mood.  No frills is what I was after design wise and I think with these colors and this pattern - I achieved the no frills I was after. 

The entire card came together in less than 20 minutes.

Using the colors above... what designs can you come up with?

Let me know in the comments. 

I Should Be Sleeping

I should be sleeping, I am going to hate life tomorrow - unless I stay in bed but that just starts the cycle of the night owl all over again.  

Maybe once I get this out of my brain I can rest.

I have been working on some layouts tonight and will try to get the blog photos taken tomorrow or Sunday so that I can post them for you.

I have packed for convention - yes I know I have 4 days until I leave.....

I have updated my iPod for the trip

I took all of the Idea Books out of the closet just to look at my past...

This year marks my 10 anniversary with CTMH! 

 I am so proud to be a consultant for this company. 

This is what my brain does at 4:30 in the morning... 

I hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th of July. 

One Design = Multiple Cards

What have I been up to lately?  

Besides getting ready for convention and the trip to Norway? 

 Cardmaking!

I was having a girls day with some of my CTMH sisters and one of them showed me a set of cards made by another CTMH sister (Susan Garner Williams).  She came up with a fantastic design that works great with all papers and it is a neat way of using retired papers and embellishments.  

Here is what I came up with.

Sorry about the glare.  I had them in their little plastic display envelopes already and if I take them out it is like pulling teeth to get them back in.  

Supplies Used:

Any paper pack you like

Shimmer trim to match

Embellishments to match

Stamps Used:  D1646 Finding the Words

On this card I used washi tape in place of the shimmer trim but it still has that finished look.  I made 10 card each of the 4 designs so now I am all stocked up on Thank You, Birthday, and Everyday cards for just a little bit. 

I put this design in my "Patterns to keep" file.  Yes I liked it that much.

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I am leaving Wednesday for Disneyland.  Hopefully I will be able to post updates of all of the new products that will be in the new 2016 CTMH Catalog. I have so many ideas running around in my head that I am having trouble staying focused on one item lately.

I will post the new workshop dates and crop dates once I get back from California.  Thank you so much for your patience this summer - I can not wait to start the CTMH year off with a bang, new workshops and plenty of crops.

See you soon!