You may have heard the buzz in recent months that Stampin’ Up! bought the remaining stock USA-based direct selling scrapbooking company Close to My Heart. (CTMH) and facilitated for many CTMH “makers” demonstrators to join Stampin’ Up! with a very good exclusive joining deal .
This means that CTMH makers and their customers weren’t left high and dry by the closure of CTMH last month. I’m excited that one of my team members returned to my team after her time with Close to My Heat. This situation gave Stampin’ Up! an opportunity to venture back into the wonderful world of scrapbooking.
Can I purchase Close to My Heart products?
If you previously bought Close to My Heart products use can still purchases selected products from Stampin’ Up! online using the same email address you used for your Close to My Heart Account, If you didn’t have a CTMH account but want to order from the CTMH range, you must do so through a former “maker” – I have two former makers on my team so I can put you in touch with them if there is a CTMH product that you can’t live without.
Exclusive Close to My Heart product releases
This month Stampin’ Up! released some new Close to My Heart products. here’s are the digital brochures so you can check them out:
You can check out the full range of CTMH products available from SU here,
Remember if you order $90 AUD worth of CTMH products this month you will earn Bonus Day coupon to spend in August.
How do CTMH colours compare to Stampin’ Up! colours.
Close To My Heart colours are not exact matches with Stampin’ Up! colours but Stampin’ Up! has devise a handy colour comparison chart that lists the CTMH colour and a recommended Stampin’ Up! colour. This should help jump start your crafting experience with Stampin’ Up! and Close to My Heart product together! Here’s the PDF.
Stampin’ Up! Scrapbooking Range is coming…
When I first started with Stampin’ Up! they had a fabulous range of scrapbooking products, but card making was their passion. so slowly Stampin’ Up!’s scrapbooking kits were discontinued. Other companies like Close To My Heart did scrapbooking really well. There were also lots of bricks and mortar scrapbook stores where you could go and do classes and spend hours pursuing products. At the time, it probably made good business sense for Stampin’ Up! to concentrate on what they are great at – coordinated products, stamps, inks and card stock.
Fast Forward to 2024, CTMH decided to close and there are very few scrapbook stores left.
BUT it’s not all bad news…Since welcoming former Close To My Heart® Makers into our community, Stampin’ Up! has been working hard to prepare traditional 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) scrapbooking products to add to their product offering. .They’re hired former CTMH designers to develop this range. Finger crossed we will explore these new products together in September/October… so very soon.
Personally, I’m really excited about Stampin’ Up!’s return to scrapbooking. I was a scrapbooker long before I was a card maker, and I can’t wait to explore this creative outlet again, as I missed the memory keeping. Today, I dusted off my old scrapbooking magazines and books in preparation for using these new products.
If scrapbooking is something you’d like to explore, or you’re interested in “crops” (scrapbooking events). contact me as I will be adding these to my event calendar from the end of September.
Until next time… Happy creating!
Chrissy xo
