Summer is often a less busy time of year-a great time to break out the fun and vibrant colours that Close to my Heart has to offer and a great time of year to only have to plan one gathering project for two months!! (unless you know that a group is going to be seeing you more than once during that time).
Below is a picture of the card that I am leading my ladies through during the months of June and July- usually I base my projects on the Stamp of the Months but I found the June and July one hard to work with and make the project FSE (fast, simple and easy). So, I improvised and decided to use the Treetops stamp set and the Animal Cookies Creative Basics Paper- the card pattern for this project is out of our new card book Wishes.
If you are really new as a consultant remember to make sure that you have a "hands-on" portion to your home gatherings- this gives the customers a chance to 'play' with the product and really understand what it is and how to use it. Only when they are confident in the use of some of our stuff will they feel confident enough to buy it!!
When I did this project I had precut all the circle pieces (including the card base). The ladies stamped the top and bottom of the tree and cut those out- the top of the tree is popped off the card with our 3D foam tape. They also stamped the phrase. I always show the ladies one technique (but remember to keep this FSE as well, especially if they are new to our product). For this card I showed them how to ink distress the edge of their paper for added dimension.
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This was the card that Brae did the first time I was ever exposed to CTMH...it really was FSE, and I know the other ladies had a great time with it.
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