Time is almost up... hurry!

I am so close to doubling my team size, make sure to sign-up NOW!
Only a few days left to take advantage of all these great offers!

Constant Campaign

Key To My Heart 
December 16- January 31

The gorgeous new Key to My Heart Level 2 paper pack collection features
all of our luscious new exclusive colors: Tulip, Juniper, Sorbet, and Crème Brulee-in
a variety of patterns, stripes, polka dots,flourishes, and slightly distressed designs.
The packet includes 12 B&T Duos™ papers (2 each of 6 designs) and
10 cardstocks (2 each of3 colors plus four neutrals). The
collection is accompanied by the awesome new E-size My Acrylix® Key to My Heart
stamp set brimming with elegant, charming designs. It's a great combo with a
retail value of $59.95-and from December 16 through January 31 it can be yours at
substantial savings, or even FREE!

Ways to get this limited-offer:

• When you spend $70, you'll receive a collection for only $20.*
• When you spend $130, you'll receive a collection for $FREE.*
• You'll get a collection for FREE* when you host a Home Gathering of $400+
  
• You can purchase the collection for the retail price of $59.95
• Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant from January 1-31 and receive the collection FREE! For the signup fee of $99 you'll receive the New Consultant Kit worth supplies, the collection, plus approximately $300 in retail products and business sets!
  

To become a consultant click here

Can you please help me? I need your help... I am wanting to double the size of my team between now and January 31st. Can you help me by sending this info out to all of your friends and family? You never know who may be interested. Thanks in advance! All team members get to attend all my events, crops and classes for FREE or greatly discounted including Desert Scrappers Weekend Retreats!

And if you are the final one who doubles my team size, I will reimburse your consultant kit fee once you have 1 active quarter.*

Things to Remember:

Potential recruits may choose from 2 add on options:

Basic kit for $99 with over $300 worth of products.

Add on kits:

The Scrapbooker Kit for $60, valued at $180
or
The Card Marker kit for $50, valued at $150

If you have any questions please email me.

To become a consultant click here

down to 99 days or less

In honor of the fact that I have less than 99 days before delivery day... a funny:

Spaghetti

A wealthy man was having an affair with an Italian woman for a few years.

One night, during one of their rendezvous, she confided in him that she was pregnant.

Not wanting to ruin his reputation or his marriage, he paid her a large sum of money if she would go to Italy to have the child. If she stayed in Italy, he would also provide child support until the child turned 18.

She agreed, but wondered how he would know when the baby was born. To keep it discrete, he told her to mail him a post card, and write "Spaghetti" on the back. He would then arrange for child support.

One day, about 9 months later, he came home to his confused wife.

"Honey," she said, "you received a very strange post card today."

"Oh, just give it to me and I'll explain it later," he said.

The wife obeyed, and watched as her h husband read the card, turned white, and fainted.

On the card was written "Spaghetti, Spaghetti, Spaghetti. Two with meatballs, one without."


***Now that you are laughing, CHA updates are coming soon.

A scary night....

I can not believe it's Wednesday already... my long weekend was crazy!
We had a great family day on Saturday, I was feeling fairly well. After sleeping in a little the family headed out to Circuit City to check out the liquidation sales. This seemed like perfect timing since we usually spend Super Bowl/Jason's birthday in Vegas but are not going this year due my health. Then after finding that almost every Blu-Ray player in the store was already sold we had some pizza lunch at Lamp Post Pizza and Brewery. yummmy! Last stop on our outing was Costco. I can not remember the last time I felt well enough to shop on a Saturday at Costco. It was so good to be in the land of the living again. Once we were home it was rest time for me, isn't funny how we fight naps as children and then yearn for them as adults.
.... Now to the scary night, Sunday was a lazy day for the family and as usual Jason watched hours of football. Late Sunday night, I was already in bed, Jason decided that even though Monday would be a holiday he should set out the trash just in case. We have missed the trash before and it was better to put it out a little early than to miss it all together. In his late night hurry, he forgot to close the garage door. (secretly I think he was trying to sneak a last cigarette before he quits next month and that's how he forgot, LOL silly men) Anyways point being the garage was left open.
Skip ahead to us trying to get ready to go to the new Dinosaur exhibit Mr. Rex that's inside the Palm Desert Mall. In my warped pregnancy brain I could not remember for the life of me where I put my purse. There are only a few places in the house that I usually set it but it wasn't in any of those places. Not that long ago Leia had gone through a hiding phase. So I drilled her for the details to where my purse went... no luck. She promised that it wasn't her and understood the threat that we couldn't go see the dinosaurs if I didn't have my purse. After getting Jason involved in the hunt he asked about some cash he gave me. **side note Jason has been working hard on extra computer repairman jobs so I can get a few baby items and take care of the extra medical bills from me being so sick. So if you know of someone who has a computer issue, he is your man. end side note** He had given me about half the cash from the extra jobs and wondered if I moved my purse to put the money in my wallet. All of sudden my brain began to return and I remembered that I had set my purse down with the groceries from Saturday and the cash was on a TV tray in the living room. All not there now. I was in shock. I drilled Leia again but knew she couldn't have reached the purse only the cash. After moving furniture we realized what had happened. We had been robbed! I called the police and began to try to recall everything that was in my purse. Once the police were here a neighbor let us know that his house alarm has gone off on Saturday and the front lock had been tampered with while he was at the dunes. The last 2 days have been a blur of calling credit card companies, going to DMV and getting a new cell phone.

Things that I have come from this incident:

• Since I had all contact numbers in my cell phone, please call or text me now that I have replaced my phone so I may be able to call you.

• Indio DMV has some rude employees

• Apparently my wedding coordinator never files the vital static records so my marriage has never been processed or become legal. Yes, that right after over 3 years of marriage I find out that I am not really married.
  

• Jason finally put all the extra chain locks on the doors so little ones can not escape from the house. Yes, he also put new locks/bolts on all the doors.

New improved door:

• Cell phones are the biggest scam... in my next life I am going to sell phones.
  

• We are so lucky that are family is safe and everyone seems to be sound sleepers. Who knows what would have happened if we had woken up and had confronted the robbers.

NOW ONTO MORE FUN!!

Since we had to postpone our April Vegas Retreat, I am looking into having a small intimate Retreat for those of us who can not wait until May or September is too far.
This Retreat would be a chance for me to get somethings done too. Just typing that is exciting! So very few frills or give-a-ways. Mostly it would be a chance to come to Palm Desert (area) for a girls get away. I would still have it at a hotel (or looking into having it hosted) so we don't have to do the majority of the cooking. Otherwise I am open to suggestions and dates. Please comment on this post so I may have all the ideas in one place. Looking forward to scrapping with all my new friends!


And I haven't forgotten about my Vegas ladies... I am still working on a new date that I can host or having a friend who also does retreats host as soon as possible so you ladies can get that much needed scrap time in.

Please Vote For Me!!!

Hi All! I regularly teach classes at Desert Scrappers Retreats and wanted to share with you a project I did for a class recently. This project made the finals in the Quickutz Deck the Halls Contest!!

WOoohOooOooOoOoooo!!!

Please vote for me here:
http://www.quickutz.com/qk2/myqk/memberProject.aspx?projectId=3146

You'll have to register with Quickutz but it is painless, I promise. You can vote once every day so please vote for me!!!! Here are some more pics of the project I got into the finals with (you might recognize it if you took my "Be Jolly" class in November or December 2008!):

Thanks in advance for voting!! And while you're there, check out the other cool projects.

Thank you Laura for letting me post about this contest on here.

Roommate Needed

This is your chance...
For those of you wanting to go to January 9-11 Retreat. I have a nice lady looking for a roommate. Not only can you still get the special price but you can help a fellow scrapper. She can not go unless she finds a roommate. Please contact me ASAP if you can help out!

Email: Scrapbooking4Fun@gmail.com
or Call: 760-791-6304

January 10th Classes

We Have Classes!
Saturday January 10th

OPEN TO ALL: You don't have to be a Retreat attendee
to take the classes offered!


Saturday
11 am
Gratitude Paper Album Class $18
Kris Compton

About Kris:
My name is Kristin, but I am called Kris. I am 59 years old. I have been married to my high school sweet-heart, Vic, for 34 years, and we have one son, Ian, who is 26. We have lived in Hemet since 1976, more than 30 years!
I have been teaching album making for more than 13 years (I became a CM consultant in 1995) and I have 59 members on my team. I have made more than 38 family albums & I have made 19 gift albums and more than 8 for my customers (this is something I just started to do).
I specialize in PowerSort & Power Layout.
In teaching this step-by-step method I help my customer's complete classic albums that are generational legacies for their families. I love what I do! I teach at the Valle Vista Community Center in Hemet and have additional classes and workshops at my studio in Avery Canyon, where I live. However, I love sharing fast formulas for easy pages. My designs look complicated, but are quick and easy!

About This Class:
In THIS class, we'll be making a Creative Memories 19 page paper album complete with sentiments, embellishments and journal boxes! This album makes a beautiful gift ~ give it to someone who means a lot to you and you want them to KNOW it!
Album size is 6x6 and includes a mailing envelope!
I only have 5 kits, so if you are interested, be sure to sign up early!
Album will be on display on the retreat!

Break for Lunch @ 1pm: Lunch provided

2 pm
All Occasion Card Class $15
Kris Compton

About Kris:
My name is Kristin, but I am called Kris. I am 59 years old. I have been married to my high school sweet-heart, Vic, for 34 years, and we have one son, Ian, who is 26. We have lived in Hemet since 1976, more than 30 years!
I have been teaching album making for more than 13 years (I became a CM consultant in 1995) and I have 59 members on my team. I have made more than 38 family albums & I have made 19 gift albums and more than 8 for my customers (this is something I just started to do).
I specialize in PowerSort & Power Layout.
In teaching this step-by-step method I help my customer's complete classic albums that are generational legacies for their families. I love what I do! I teach at the Valle Vista Community Center in Hemet and have additional classes and workshops at my studio in Avery Canyon, where I live. However, I love sharing fast formulas for easy pages. My designs look complicated, but are quick and easy!

About This Class:
Start the New Year right!
Have hand made cards ready to share with family and friends
My CARD class has all the fixin's for 12 cards including envelopes!
Beautiful photo safe designs, elevated embellishments along with titles.
Please be sure to check out my display at the retreat!
I have kits for 14. All you will need to bring is adhesive of your choice to class- the rest is in the kit!

4 pm
Two Page Layout Class $12
Jennifer Priest

About Jennifer:
I teach scrapbooking classes at several Southern California scrapbook stores to help promote Scrapbook Royalty. I've been teaching for about 5 years now and scrapping for over 10 years. I am also a member of the Who Gives A Scrap? Yahoo Group. Scrapbook Royalty is a group of volunteers who organize crops in the United States, mostly in California, to benefit charities all over the world! Desert Scrappers works with us to help raise funds for the charities we support and we really appreciate being able to be a part of Desert Scrappers' events as well. You can find out more about Jennifer and her classes by visiting her blog at: http://jenniferpriest.blogspot.com

About This Class:
Create a two page layout in this class with Jennifer Priest of Scrapbook Royalty. Jennifer will set up a bar of papers for your to choose from. You'll also receive a pack of chipboard alphabets and other goodies to create a custom page for your photos in this class.

CTMH: January Retreat Specials

Laura Miller (760) 791-6304

Not only am I organizing the Desert Scrappers Weekend Retreat but I will be bringing my Close To My Heart goodies. YEAH!

To clear out my extra inventory for the new year:

I am offering Buy 4 kits get 1 FREE PLUS 30% all in stock items at the Retreat

Another Special for all:
Can you please help me? I need your help... I am wanting to double the size of my team between now and January 31st. Can you help me by sending this info out to all of your friends and family? You never know who may be interested. Thanks in advance! All team members get to attend all my events, crops and classes for FREE or greatly discounted including Desert Scrappers Weekend Retreats!

And if you are the final one who doubles my team size, I will reimburse your consultant kit fee once you have 1 active quarter.*

Things to Remember:

Potential recruits may choose from 2 add on options:

Basic kit for $99 with over $300 worth of products.

Add on kits:

The Scrapbooker Kit for $60, valued at $180
or
The Card Maker kit for $50, valued at $150

If you have any questions please email me.

To become a consultant click here