Holly Anderson
Good morning! As our dear Susan mentioned this morning, the July/August 2012 issue is now on sale! Woot!
With the advent of our July/August issue comes the true feeling of summer! Check out our fun summer feature full of vacation-themed projects. Whether you travel to the beach, the zoo, or a campground, this feature has it all and is sure to leave you itching with a case of wanderlust!
Shape up for summer with our shaped cards feature that pays homage to our favorite summer icons—beach balls, flip flops, bathing suits, and more. And find out how to use paint in inventive and clever ways! As the summer winds down, minds turn to school and our back-to-school feature is chock full of A+ ideas. We have bookmarks and chore charts, desk sets and locker décor, as well as some goodies for the teacher! All of this is in our July/August issue!
How do you feel about a giveaway today? Since one of our features in this issue is Destination: Fun!, which means travel and vacations and fun new places, I’m offering up Close to My Heart‘s collection Cruisin’ with a copy of our July/August issue! Just comment below telling me about any summer travel plans you have!
All comments must be received by Thursday, June 14th at 5 pm MDT.
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A family reunion at Red Top Mountain State Park with my brothers, sister and our children. My daughters and I plan a trip to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, GA, one genealogy trip searching for our ancestors’ history and we usually make at least one Zoo trip. We’ve been to the Chattanooga TN, Greenville and Columbia SC, Atlanta GA and the St Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park FL so far.
Not big summer plans, staying close to home, doing some camping with my son for Cub Scouts… Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m going to Spain!!! to my Mom for 3 month!!! Horray!!!
My most exciting summer plans… I am heading to CHA! We are also going to visit family and the West Edmonton Mall along with some camping. A busy summer!
Oh my goodness! This collection would be FAB! We are going to DisneyWorld this FRIDAY! Well we are starting on Friday and we are road-trippin it! Cannot wait! Now when it’s time to head back with two littles I may be hanging from the roof of the car!!!! LOL…..for the rest of the summer I am planning for relaxing in our pool and my mom is coming to visit!
I am taking my family to Disney. My Husband (45+) has never been, my daughter (10) went with me when she was one. Some one paid for a trip and could not go and gave it to us– transportation included. My husband could not go and my daughter does not remember it. I was grown before I ever went the first time. I think that we are all looking forward to the trip. Look out Mickey….
I don’t have any major vaca plans. Just hanging out with my son this summer and moving to a different state.
We usually do some day trips. And usually we go to the beach for a trip during Aug. That’s about it.
Nothing real exciting. Just did a quick trip to Maryland and got to spend a few hours in D.C. and Annapolis. Heading to Texas and then Calif. in July to visit family.
Packing up the family and heading south. More than 3 weeks on the road from Vancouver Canada down as far as San Diego California and back. Will be taking hundreds of photos enroute to scrap when we get back. Looking forward to this family adventure!
My hubby (Eric) wants to take me & our son (Caleb) to Colorado because he is trying to sell me on the idea of moving there. See we currently live in Texas & I don’t get out much due to my disabilities that have me sick & in pain the majority of my days. Me being only 26 years old & having the rest of my life ahead of me has Eric’s brain cranking. He hopes a new change of scenery & a climate change may be the golden ticket to help me feel better. So taking baby steps with surgeries, treatments & maybe finally a move will help me & our family get back on track to happiness & all from one trip to Colorado!
We are going to take an epic road trip and going camping all over the country!! Can’t wait to get on the road again!
We plan on going to Las Vegas sometime this year, but no real plans yet, otherwise we will be staying home and working on some home projects.
We have a trip scheduled to Edisto Bay in SC. Can’t wait!
My summer vacation ended 2 days ago … I went to Alaska for my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. My whole family was there – and we had the best time! It was so much fun, it was really BRIGHT (midnight sun is awesome!) and we had a fabulous time!
I’m headed to Texas for the first time ever this year! Looking forward to it! Love this CTMH collection – would love to win! Thanks for the giveaway!
No plans yet… but looking forward to some summer sun; no more rain please!!!!!!
LOL
We just built a new home last year so Concrete and a new yard are in our summer plans – no vacation. We are going to try for a couple of long weekends but, looking forward to being home as well! LOVE the heat vibe of the latest edition!
Love that fan card on the cover!! So fun. We are going to Chattanooga and (for the first time, for me anyway) Atlanta…where I plan on hitting Ikea and Archivers!
It’s all about shopping, you know.
We’re going to be in Maine for 2 weeks last week in June…coming up soon!
We will most likely take a trip out to Prince Edward Island like we do at least once a year. Do some camping or rent a cottage for a week. Maybe a weekend trip into the U.S. to Bangor, ME for some shopping. And lots of day trips to the beaches and that around New Brunswick. Ah, summer fun!
don’t have any travel plan, busy with moving house.
This is a great issue! I love summery projects! I don’t have much travel planned, but I do plan to take a short trip to Chicago in July!
Just local mini vacations for us this summer.
Heading to Florida late this summer to visit family. Then just working in the garden.
Looking forward to the Carolinas! Visiting family and heading to the summer house in Mrytle Beach! Thank you for the chance! I will be taking a copy of Paper Craft with me to keep me company, thats for sure!
Summer travel plans are to do some day-tripping in our new home state of New Hampshire…Lake Winnipesaukee, White Mountains, sea coast…we’ve got it all!
Due to my job I won’t be able to travel this summer so I’ll just have to travel through other people’s travel experiences.
We’ve been planning a cruise forEVER!!! We had to reschedule it three times! This trip is happening (rain or shine!) at the end of August! Bahamas here we come!!!! THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com
We are taking a mini vacation to Gatlinburg, TN to stay in the cabins and stuff..I am so overdue for a vacations but aren’t we all.. thx for the chance
We don’t have any plans for now. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
I will be going to triathlons all over the country, but I’m most excited for a short jaunt to Door County, Wisconsin! All the traveling will provide good time to catch up on my magazines
Since I am in school all summer, I see a lot of staycations in the backyard!
We are still on the staycation budget. My kids have been picking tons of strawberries and loving it! I canned 32 halfpints of jam yesterday!
My summer is full of weddings this year.
It’s Winter down under, and I can’t wait for warmer temps to hit the beaches!!
We’ve already done our “summer” road trip. We drove 2500 miles round trip to visit with family we haven’t seen in a couple of years. Really enjoyed the warm summer sunshine!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I’m heading to Florida, but it’s on business. Still I will try to see some old friends and get to the ocean. Thanks for the chance to win.
No big plans. Just want to enjoy the weather. LOVE summer! Thanks for the chance to win.
We’re going to New Jersey…a long drive from FL, especially with a 2 year old in tow
We are going to stay around, and do all kind of fun things with the kids, still looking for ideas (:
Three trips are planned this summer – all family reunions. The first one is family reunion in New York. The second one is in Huntsville and I hope to catch up with Rae Barthel. The finally one is in Kentucky. Really looking forward to New York. Haven’t been in about six years now.
Janet
Yay!!! Just got mine in the mail, LOVE IT!!!! Thanks so much!
We just got back from the Floriade in The Netherlands. It was so beautiful there. A wonderful family trip. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
I have plans to join CTMH at convention in Dallas in July and our family is supposed to go to the beach for a week with our youth group at church (my husband is the youth pastor). Thanks for the giveaway! I love the crusin paper pack and totally love Paper Crafts magazine!!!
We are heading to San Antonio for a week. My son will be attending the National FBLA Conference and the rest of us will be sight-seeing!! I’ve got my Paper Crafts magazine packed so I can read it on the plane!!
I hope to visit my daughter later this summer, and until then I will stay busy helping my youngest son and husband get ready for their Boy Scout high adventure trip and then summer camp, and spend time with my oldest son when he comes home to visit. Though I have no big travel plans I am looking forward to some down time while everyone else is off doing their thing! Time to get crafty!!
Too funny that I just saw this post. Right NOW, we’re on highway 70 traveling through Indiana. Thankfully I can get wifi on my cell phone!! We drove back East, with our 2 young kids, from Colorado to go to Hershey amusement park, hang out with family, went to New York & Pittsburgh, and now we’re heading back home a few days early because my uncle just passed away. I’m sad about that, but he was suffering from Cancer, so I know he’s in a better place. We did have a pretty good family vacation though, and I’d love to do a scrapbook album of all the fun we had!