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Premier is normally available only by subscription or Club HM membership—but for a limited time, we’re giving it to you FREE! Enjoy access to over 100,000 pieces of digital art and 10, 000 pre-designed templates. Create one-of-a-kind scrap pages, cards, photo gifts and more…the possibilities are endless with Premier! To participate, simply sign in to your Heritage Makers account and click on the “unlock Premier” button. This button will be available Friday, May 3 @ 7 p.m. MDT through Monday, May 6 @ noon. Projects started during Free Premier Weekend can be completed even after the promotion ends. Whatever your story, whatever your style—Premier has the art for you! Get the most out of FREE Premier Weekend! Join Heritage Makers on Facebook where they’ll be posting fun and inspiring project ideas, design challenges and more!
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It’s Earth Day! Are you craving green today? This is the perfect time for all of us to stop and think about our impact on the environment. What changes can we make in our everyday lives to help protect the Earth? Recycled grocery bags? Riding a bike to work? Planting a tree? Remember, it’s the little things every day that really add up.
At Heritage Makers, they are also doing their part to lessen our environmental footprint. Did you know: - On-demand publishing is better for the environment than traditional scrap-booking? Why? They don’t print until you’re ready…no wasted scraps. - They don’t require consultants to inventory goods. Again, no wasted printing. - Digital scrap-booking allows you to get rid of those boxes and boxes of paper and embellishments that are going to waste. With Heritage Makers, you get a tangible memory your entire family can enjoy…with the least environmental footprint. So go ahead–save a tree, go digital! Visit my website and get your free account at www.heritagemakers.com/touchingstories Online scrapbooking is our favorite way to capture meaningful events and memories—so they’ll last a lifetime. But it can also be so much more! Here are some of the lessons online scrapbooking has taught us along the way.
Take Time to Reflect One of the most wonderful aspects of online scrapbooking is the time it gives us to reminisce. We look closely at our photos. We remember the events. We write down memories. And most importantly, we reflect on our feelings about the people in the photos smiling back at us. Life is often so busy we rush from one event to the next without a moment’s pause. Taking time to reflect can make life more enjoyable and let’s us focus on small pleasures. Reflection also offers us a chance to see things afresh that we’ve been taking for granted (usually people). Take Time to be Creative When we’re working on our scrapbooks, we’re creatively focused. We give attention to and enjoy even the smallest details of our projects. We take pleasure in choosing and combining colors, patterns, words and embellishments in just the right way to celebrate our photos and memories. As adults we often don’t give ourselves time to discover or recharge our own creativity. But the simple act of participating in a creative hobby can bring great rewards, including elevated moods and a heightened sense of fulfillment. Take Time to Share The best thing about online scrapbooking is sharing the keepsakes we’ve created with the people we love. We show our family and friends just how important they are when we show them their very own scrapbooked stories. It’s so rewarding to turn photos and memories into beautiful keepsakes that can be enjoyed and shared for years to come! The month of April is blowing in on spring winds and the world is greening up again! This fresh season brings us high school and college graduations—milestones worth celebrating and commemorating. We also look forward to Mother’s Day, when we take time to express our love and thanks to the women who have nurtured us and shaped our lives.
You’ll find plenty of templates for both these meaningful springtime occasions in this issue of Club Connections. You’ll also see a bundle of fabulous new art collections and brand new templates ready for all kinds of wonderful projects to celebrate your photos and stories! I’d love to personally show you the latest and greatest Heritage Makers has to offer, and reward you with extra publishing points and discounts for your spring projects! Our host gifts are better than ever, and spring is a great time to gather a few friends for a fresh and fun Heritage Makers party! Just give me a call or shoot me an email if you’re interested in hosting this month. As always, I hope you enjoy your Club Connections newsletter! “There is no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one.” A couple of years after Kay Rytting’s husband died, some of her children began to worry that she was starting to feel that she had not been a great mother. When Laura Rytting, Kay’s daughter-in-law, heard about this concern, she knew just what to do—after all, she is a Heritage Maker! What Kay needed was a meaningful Mother’s Day gift, a storybook, filled with heart-felt thoughts and memories from her grown children.
“My husband is one of 12 siblings,” says Laura, “and they aren’t a verbally gushing type of family. But I knew if I gave them a chance to express their feelings of appreciation toward their mother, they would all jump on board.” As it turned out, Laura was right! All 12 children replied almost immediately, and were eager to be a part of this special gift. “The most difficult part was getting a recent picture of everyone individually with their mom. Fortunately, one of our nieces got married, and at the reception I was able to get a picture of everyone and then a group picture of everyone. I was hoping she wouldn’t guess why we were so persistent in getting those pictures!” New Heritage Makers clients are always advised to begin work on their “Cornerstone” projects. These are the storybooks focusing on your parents, you, your children, and your family. Laura’s Mother’s Day project gave everyone in the family an opportunity to reminisce, tell family stories, and express their love. “It was interesting to read about stories I had never heard, and to see many of the same stories or memories repeated,” says Laura. “With so many witnesses of her wonderful life and attributes, you know it must be true.” Kay Rytting cried when she received the gift. Who wouldn’t? And if she ever starts to doubt the impact she’s had on 12 lives, all she has to do is open a beautiful book that says “For Our Wonderful Mother” on the cover! by Roxanne Buchholz, Studio Creative Team Lead
This month we challenged our Studio Creative Team members to create their own 16” x 20” Wrapped Canvas using a "Design Map," template 106215. All the designers were asked to keep the photos, the text, and the placement of the elements the same, but they could choose their own papers and embellishments to create a look that was uniquely their own. As you can see, while the basics stay the same, six unique 16” x 20” canvases were created from our original template. You can see each designer’s personality showing through in their precious canvas designs. Template names, ID numbers, and links are listed below. “Ellie Belle by Sandra” by Sandra Dovre, template 106226
“Ellie Belle by Roxanne” by Roxanne Buchholz, template 106216 “Ellie Belle by Michelle” by Michelle Bell, template 106224 “Ellie Belle by Kari” by Kari Pieratt, template 106228 “Ellie Belle by Anna” by Anna Gehmlich, template 106229 “Ellie Belle by Shanna” by Shanna Vineyard, template 106225 Now it’s your turn! If you were to work on this canvas layout, what would your design look like? "Design Maps" are so easy to follow and easy to adapt to whatever project you are working on. In this case, you don’t have to stick with the “baby” theme. What about a canvas for the graduate or a canvas celebrating your family history? Whatever your theme, whatever your style, whatever your story—Studio templates and art offer you everything you’ll need to create your own customized, beautiful projects. So, give it a try. You’ll be amazed at what you can do! For stunning home decor, try your creative hand at our new, big 36 x 24 wrapped canvas! Make magnificent works of art with baby and family portraits, engagement and wedding photos, memorable vacation shots and much more! This new product is made of premium, artist-quality canvas and is available in either landscape or portrait orientation. Unlike other “photo canvases” on the market, ours are completely customizable. Start yours with one of our fantastic templates or create one entirely from scratch. And remember, during the month of April, all our canvas products are an additional 10% off your already low Club HM prices. Below are a few of our templates for the brand new 36 x 24 canvas. Just click on the image or ID number to see the project in the Template Gallery. “Baby Monogram Basic” by Roxanne Buchholz, template 106444 “Gentle Flutter” by Marin Barney, template 106420 “Sleeping Beauty” by Roxanne Buchholz, template 106427 “Like Subbeams Girl Canvas” by Kari Pieratt, template 106509 “Family Monogram Basic” by Roxanne Buchholz, template 106443
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