Teaching at CTMH Convention: Extravaganza 2011!

It's so hard to believe that after all the hard work creating for convention, the actual convention itself seemed to go by so fast!!! I can share everything now, no more secrets! :-)



I was given the My Creations® line as my teaching subject, which includes a lot actually: all the mini albums, cube, photo and recipe boxes, etc. There were also two new additions: the My Creations® Card Box and My Creations® Memory Game. So much fun! In addition to my regular three boards, I also had a lot of 3-D art showcasing the My Creations line. Don't you love our adorable Minnie Mouse aprons? Delaney thought they were hilarious; I thought they were cute! LOL





The top three boards were provided for us from corporate, and here are close-ups of the bottom three boards that were mine:







These were taken just before I mailed them off to corporate, so the open area on the bottom right was where the label went and the card in the middle board overlapped the middle crease, so it had to be attached later.

I organized my class into three main ideas:

• First, we went over the standard uses and techniques -- including ways to decorate and utilize the My Creations products showing how easy they are to use.
• Second, we explored some outside-the-box approaches to enhance our My Creations products in ways that everyone would delight in discovering.
• And last, we examined a variety of ways to not only create enchanting and memorable projects with the My Creations products, but also finish them quickly and effortlessly!

Here is a picture of the new card box and memory game:





Neat, huh? I'll share some more artwork in the days to come from convention. I also want to share some fun new tidbits about the BRAND NEW Autumn/Winter 2011 Idea Book! I LOVE IT! I can't wait for everyone to see it. The Open House is on Saturday, August 6th from 9am to 3pm - save the date!



There are eight new paper kits:

1. Typeset
2. Roxie
3. Elemental
4. Dreamin'
5. Sonoma
6. Mischief
7. Believe
8. Wonderland

I absolutely love all of them! If I had to pick one favorite right now... it would be REALLY hard... but I guess I would go with Roxie:






Nice, huh? I think since I got Dreamin', Sonoma and Elemental to teach with... their newness wore off just a bit for me... but I still love them all!

We also got some stunning new embellishments to perfectly "complement" each packet, simply amazing new stamp sets (all of which have had their prices reduced, with no reduction in the stamp sizes!), many items repackaged in smaller and easier quantities, and much more, with the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT that Close To My Heart has partnered with Cricut and are introducing an exclusive Close To My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge! Woo-hoo!!!





So much to see and share!

More next time, Dani