CTMH's October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring October's Stamp of the Month, which is Home for the Holidays, a set of 7 stamps. If you came here from Kelly Janes Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you'll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda's Blog.

This month we have 73 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this October's Stamp of the Month and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one. Here we go!

I used Close to My Heart's Lagoon, Pear, Cotton Candy & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (the card base is on the cartridge - I cut it at 4 3/4"), CTMH's Quatrefoil Embossing Folder and CTMH's White Embroidery Floss (discontinued).

I used CTMH's Home for the Holidays - October Stamp of the Month, Sweet as Sugar - Hostess Rewards & Perfect Fit - Holidays stamp sets with CTMH Cotton Candy, Pear & Lagoon inks.

Now "Hop" on over to Lucy Kelleher's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great inspiration and fun project ideas! Remember, the October Stamp of the Month is only available until October 31st.

My October Order Deadlines are:

Monday, October 06, 2014 & Tuesday, October 14, 2014

October 6 x 6 Calendar Layout

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Team Blog Hop!

If this is your first time joining us, you will love it. It features Close to My Heart Consultants from all over Canada showing you their take on this month's theme. The Hearts of the West Team was founded by Nancy Klein and she chose our theme for this blog hop.

This month's theme is to use Scaredy Cat Paper Packet, brought to you by the New Annual Inspirations CTMH Catalogue & Idea Book. 

If you came from Janet McCormick's Blog, then you are in the right place. This is a go around blog hop, so you can start any where. Just in case, the full list of participants will be at the bottom. So, as always, grab your coffee, tea or beverage of choice, relax and enjoy the inspiration from our team.

I used Close to My Heart's Scaredy Cat Paper Packet with CTMH's Thistle cardstock.

To embellish my 6 x 6 Desk Calendar Layout, I used CTMH's Scaredy Cat Assortment (stars), CTMH's Sunset Chevron Washi Tape, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge to cut out my calendar at 5 inches and Old West Cricut Cartridge for the word "October".

I used CTMH's Halloween Greetings (October 31 & cute), Frightfully Fun (frightfully) and Joyful Jar (calendar icons - discontinued) with CTMH's Black & Autumn Terracotta inks.

Your next stop is Justine Hovey's Blog.

Thanks for joining us this month and we hope to see you back next month.

My next orders going in are: Monday, October 6, 2014 & Tuesday, October 14, 2014.

1. Nancy Klein
2. Chantal Pearson
3. Janet McCormick
4. Donna Digby - You are here.
5. Justine Hovey
6. Jackie Vandaele
7. Anna Miller
8. Linda Pekrul
9. Holly Young-Bowers
10. Sonia Parent St. Jean
11. Chelsey Vorosmarty
12. Julie Kerr
13. Heather Myers

Have a Happy Day Birthday Card

At Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog, I am the September Guest Designer and this week's challenge is to use your favourite embellishment.

I am also participating in Freshly Made Sketches #155 - A Sketch by Karren.

My favourite embellishments that I chose to use on this card was fabric, ribbon & brads.

I used Close to My Heart's Cotton Candy & White Daisy cardstocks with CTMH's Black & Grey Glitter Paper Packet.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Green Epoxy Bubbles, CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch, CTMH's Pear Ribbon (discontinued), CTMH's Pear Brads (discontinued), CTMH's Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge (sentiment die-cut), Tattered Angels' Perfect Peach & Pearl Glimmer Mists and Pink, White & Silver Small Gingham Fabric from FabricLand.

I used CTMH's Curlicue Frames (comes with Artfully Sent Cartridge), Your Own Kind of Wonderful, Have a Happy Day & A Tree stamp sets with CTMH Cotton Candy, Juniper, Lagoon & Pear inks. 

You have until Saturday, October 4, 2014 to play along with this challenge. so, carve out some time in your scrap space and share with us your favourite embellishment. You can make a card, a layout, an altered item or whatever suites your fancy. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To play along, you must use CTMH products, but your project doesn't have to be 100% CTMH. To find out more about Heart 2 Heart Challenges, please click here: http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Anniversary Card with September Stamp of the Month

I used Close to My Heart's Pathfinding Paper Packet with CTMH Barn Red & Goldrush cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Gold Assortment Sequins, CTMH Sponge Dauber with Cocoa ink and CTMH's Spray Pen with Goldrush ink.

I used CTMH's Family is Forever - September's Stamp of the Month and Celebrate Love stamp sets with CTMH Barn Red, Cocoa & Goldrush inks.

Color My Heart Color Dare #112

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #112 is to use Cotton Candy, Juniper, Pear & Sorbet.

I used Close to My Heart's Juniper, Pear, Sorbet, Cotton Candy & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Quatrefoil Embossing Folder, CTMH's Damask Embossing Folder, CTMH's Clear Assortment Sparkles, CTMH Sunset Chevron Washi Tape, CTMH Sponge & CTMH's Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge (inside sentiment).

I used CTMH's A Budding Friendship, Your Own Kind of Wonderful & Curlicue Frames (comes with Artfully Sent Cartridge) stamp sets with Juniper, Sorbet & Cotton Candy inks. I used CTMH's ShinHan Touch Markers RP198 & R140 for the flower middles.

You may use any products to participate in the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenges, but we encourage you to use CTMH products. For this Color Dare Challenge, you have until Thursday, October 02, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. Easter Time to submit your project.

For more information about our challenges, please check us out at Color My Heart Challenge Blog: http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.ca. I look forward to seeing what types of projects you can inspire us with.

Christmas Necklace & Jewelry Buffet

Here is my Christmas Necklace that I made.

I had tried "scrapbooking" a Fall themed necklace, but none of my ideas worked. To put the glass cover on your necklace, you use liquid glass. Liquid glass works fine with CTMH inks and embossed items until you attach the glass cover.

I had stamped out this beautiful Fall themed piece to put in this necklace and once I squished on the glass cover...the ink ran. Then I heat embossed the stamped images. Once I put the glass cover on, the liquid glass was all blotchy where the embossed images were.

So, I have decided to stick with Close to My Heart stickers, CTMH paper and photos printed at Japan camera (wet lab) because those are what I have used and they have worked without a hitch.

I used CTMH's Base & Bling Antiqued Gold Chain, Antique Gold Rectangle Pendant, Rectangle Glass Cover and Liquid Glass.

To embellish my necklace, I used the sticker sheets from CTMH's My Crush Holiday Happenings Assortment, CTMH's Base & Bling Charms - Storyteller (antique gold heart), Spellbinders Heart Square Nestabilities (hearts), American Crafts Studio Calico Veneer Snowflake and a miscellaneous velvet poinsettia from my flower stash.

If you look at the sticker sheets that come with the My Crush Holiday Happenings Assortment, you will not find anything that looks like my necklace. I cut up different stickers from the red & green sticker sheets to "scrapbook" my necklace.

To see my other necklaces & bracelet I have made, please click here: http://www.datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2014/07/close-to-my-heart-jewellery.html.

To see my jack-o-lantern necklace, please click here: http://www.datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2014/08/jack-o-lantern-necklace.html.

Jewelry Buffet Open House

Thursday, September 25, 2014

4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

In My Scrap Room

Drop on by and make a necklace...it will only take you about 10 minutes or so.

Oval & Rectangle Necklace - $16.00

Circle or Square Necklace - $15.00

Oval Cuff Bracelet - $11.00

Taxes included in the price.

The price of the necklace includes: one chain, one pendant, one sticker, one glass cover, two charms or one rhinestone charm and the liquid glass to put it all together.

The oval cuff bracelet includes the bracelet, one sticker, one glass cover and the liquid glass to put it all together.

This Open House is a great way to try out Close to My Heart's Jewelry without putting out a lot of money. If you were to purchase everything that you needed to make one oval necklace, it would cost you $32.50 plus shipping & taxes. You would also have a lot of leftovers.

Tool Box Using My Favourite Tools

At Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog, I am the September Guest Designer and this week's challenge is to use your favourite tool.

Well, I use Close to My Heart's discontinued My Creations Card Box to hold all my extra blades for my straight cutter. It fits perfect in my drawer and was still in it's boring state of white.

So, I decided to cover the card box using some of my favourite tools. Besides my basic tools that I can't scrapbook without: Stampin' Up Straight Cutter, 3M Tape Gun, EK Success Scissors, EK Success Tweezers, Westcott Fabric Scissors and my Making Memories Metal Ruler...my favourite tools would be my Cricut Machine & my sewing machine.

I used CTMH's Pathfinding Paper Packet with CTMH's Glacier cardstock.

To embellish the tool box, I used CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge for "Tool Box", CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the bow, Basic Grey flower, Basic Grey leaves, Basic Grey buttons, Making Memories brad, miscellaneous embroidery floss from my stash, the reverse zig zag stitch on my sewing machine, Zutter Distrezz-it-All electronic paper distresser and the button on the closure of the box is from my stash of buttons from my grandma.

The reverse zig zag stitch was a happy mistake. My soon to be 3 year old son was playing with my sewing machine. I thought I got to him before he did anything to my machine, but I was wrong. Now I have to figure out how to get it back to normal, but I liked how the stitch looked with this paper line.

You have until the end of the month to play along with this challenge. So, carve out some time in your scrap space and share with us your favourite tool. You can make a card, a layout, an altered item or whatever suites your fancy. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To play along, you must use CTMH products, but your project doesn't have to be 100% CTMH. To find out more about Heart 2 Heart Challenges, please click here: http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Color My Heart Color Dare #111

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #111 is to use Cranberry, Sorbet, Olive, Lagoon & Pacifica.

The first photo is the front of my card and the second photo is the inside of my card.

I used Close to My Heart's Cranberry, Pacifica, Lagoon, Olive & Sorbet cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Chevron Border Punch, CTMH's Chevron Embossing Folder, Prima Marketing Flower, CTMH Lagoon brad (discontinued), CTMH Black hemp (discontinued), CTMH Red Enamel Hearts, CTMH's Harvest Cranberry Baker's Twine (discontinued & I removed the white thread) and CTMH's Lagoon Hearts Washi Tape.

I used CTMH's Cutie Pie - December Stamp of the Month (hey there), CTMH's Handwritten Print Alphabet (smile), CTMH's It's the Little Things - November Stamp of the Month (dot background), CTMH's Have a Happy Day (flower stems), CTMH's You Mean the World to Me (it's your day) and CTMH's Your Own Kind of Wonderful (happy birthday) stamp sets with CTMH Black & Olive inks.

You may use any products to participate in the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenges, but we encourage you to use CTMH products. For this Color Dare Challenge, you have until Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time to submit your project.

For more information about our challenges, please check us out at Color My Heart Challenge Blog: http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.ca. I look forward to seeing what types of projects you can inspire us with

Happy 17th Birthday Again Darrien!

Here is the birthday card that I made for my 17 year old cousin, Darrien, who loves giraffes.

I used Momenta 5 x 7 patterned paper pack (from Wal-mart) with Close to My Heart's Glacier & Black cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Black Mini-Medley Accents Collection, CTMH's Black & Grey Assortment Sparkles, CTMH's Chalk It Up Assortment, CTMH's Woodgrain Embossing Folder, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (giraffe), Hot Off the Press Flower and Doodlebug Flower Sequins.

I used CTMH's Wild Wonders and You Mean the World To Me stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Happy 17th Birthday Darrien!

It was my cousin, Darrien's, Birthday earlier this month and I was finally able to get her gift and cards to her. I made this card for her from her great-grandparents.

She loves giraffes.

I used Momenta 5 x 7 paper pack (from Wal-mart) with CTMH Brown & Tan Glitter Paper, Bazzill Medium & Dark Suede Brown and Bazzill Frosted Light cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Bling Gems Gold Assortment, CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (inside sentiment die-cut), CTMH Corner Rounder and CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch.

I used CTMH's Your Own Kind of Wonderful, Stitch Wonder & Brushed Scrapbooking Workshop stamp sets with CTMH Cocoa Ink.

Lighthouse Birthday Card

I am the September Guest Designer at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog and this week's challenge is continuing with the favourites theme...favourite technique.

Again, very hard to narrow this down for me, but this ripping technique has always been a favourite of mine that I have been doing it for years on cards and layouts. Also, lately I have been addicted to using embossing folders and so I even threw a little of that in there too.

I used Close to My Heart's Seaside Paper Packet with CTMH's Desert Sand & Bamboo cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Triangle Studs, CTMH's Stripe Embossing Folder and ribbon from my stash that I wish I could remember where I bought it from because it matches CTMH's Desert Sand perfectly. I know I bought it pre-flood and that was over 2 years ago now and I don't have much of it left.

I used CTMH's Seaside Greetings, New Zealand Greetings and Banner Wishes stamp sets with CTMH Desert Sand ink.

You have until the end of the month to play along with this challenge. So, carve out some time in your scrap space and share with us your favourite technique. You can make a card, a layout, an altered item or whatever suites your fancy. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To play along, you must use CTMH products, but your project doesn't have to be 100% CTMH. To find out more about Heart 2 Heart Challenges, please click here: http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Happy 15th Birthday Emma!

I used Close to My Heart's Confetti Wishes Paper Packet with Thistle, Canary, Pacifica, Crystal Blue and White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Confetti Wishes Assortment and Chevron Embossing Folder.

I used CTMH's Holiday Tags stamp set and Unity Stamps Matching Socks stamp set with CTMH Black ink and Memento Black Tuxedo ink.

I used the following Copic Markers: Purple - RV66 & V05; Yellow - Y26 & Y15; Light Teal - BG72 & BG53 and Dark Teal - B97 & BG75.

My cousin, Emma, has never worn matching socks. A few of my younger cousins and my niece have always worn two different socks, so when I saw this stamp set from Unity Stamps....it was a must have.

Color Your Heart - Color Dare #110

At Color My Heart Challenge Blog, this week's Color Dare #110 is to use Sunset, Honey & Barn Red.

I used Close to My Heart's Barn Red, Sunset & Honey cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Brown & Tan Assortment Sparkles.

I used CTMH's Season of Thanks, Fall Harvest & You Mean the World to Me stamp sets with CTMH Barn Red, Sunset & Honey inks.

You may use any products to participate in the Color My Heart Color Dare Challenges, but we encourage you to use CTMH products. For this Color Dare Challenge, you have until Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time to submit your project.

For more information about our challenges, please check us out at Color My Heart Challenge Blog. I look forward to seeing what types of projects you can inspire us with.

Joy Ornament Christmas Card

I am the September Guest Designer at Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog and this week's challenge is simple...use your favourite stamp or stamp set.

For me, there is no such thing as a favourite stamp or stamp set. I love all my stamps otherwise I wouldn't buy them.

So, how did I take on this week's challenge? Well, I asked myself, what was one of my favourite must have stamp sets from the New Close to My Heart Annual Inspirations that I haven't used yet and the answer was Noel.

I am also playing along with Freshly Made Sketches #152 - A Sketch by Cindy H.

I used Close to My Heart's Snowhaven Paper Packet with CTMH Cranberry, Glacier & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the ornament shape, CTMH Sponge Dauber with CTMH Cranberry ink, CTMH Clear Assortment Sparkles, EK Success Small Snowflake Punch and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with thread from Fabricland.

I used CTMH's Noel stamp set with CTMH Black ink and Memento Black ink.

The Copic Markers I used are: Red - R08 & E07 and Teal - BG72 & BG70.

You have until the end of the month to play along with this challenge. So, carve out some time in your scrap space and share with us your favourite stamp or stamp set. You can make a card, a layout, an altered item or whatever suites your fancy. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

To play along, you must use CTMH products, but your project doesn't have to be 100% CTMH. To find out more about Heart 2 Heart challenges, please click here: http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca.

CTMH National Stamping Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring Close to My Heart's September Promotional Stamp Set - #30 Years of Happy. If you have come here from Jean McNulty's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you'll find the complete list of participating consultants here on Melinda Everitt's Blog.

For this blog hop we have 40 Close to My Heart Consultant's sharing their creations using #30 Years of Happy Stamp Set and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I used Close to My Heart's Chalk It Up Paper Packet with CTMH Sorbet & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish my 6 x 6 Calendar Page Layout, I used CTMH's Chalk It Up Assortment, CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut out the film strip, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge to cut out the 5" Calendar, CTMH Spray Pen with Bamboo Re-Inker and Old West Cricut Cartridge for "November".

I used CTMH's #30 Years of Happy, Atomic Lower Case Alphabet (discontinued) and You Only Live Once (flower - discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Sorbet ink.

Now "Hop" on over to Carol-Anne Grenier's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

To get this Fabulous & Fun #30 Years of Happy Stamp Set, you have to purchase $30 worth of stamp sets before shipping & taxes in the month of September and you will receive this stamp set FREE.

I have CTMH Order going in on:
Monday, September 8, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014

CTMH My Crush Bluebird Book & Embellishments

Above: Memories Assortment Stickers

Above: Memories Assortment Die-Cuts Front

Above: Memories Assortment Die-Cuts Back

Above: Memories Assortment Envelopes & Die-Cuts Front

Above: Memories Assortment Envelopes & Die-Cuts Back

Above: Favorites Assortment Stickers

Above: Favorites Assortment Die-Cuts Front

Above: Favorites Assortment Die-Cuts Back

Above: Favorites Assortment Envelopes & Die-Cuts Front

Above: Favorites Assortment Envelopes & Die Cuts Back

The first photo is of the cover of the My Crush Bluebird Book. Then the following photos are of the book page by page and then the embellishments.