Birthday Card - April Stamp of the Month

Welcome to our Close to My Heart April Stamp of the Month - Typed Note Blog Hop!

This stamp set has 19 stamps and can only be purchased in the month of April.

If you came here from Haley Dyer'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 67 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the April Stamp of the Month - Typed Note 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 Jackson Paper Packet with CTMH Cocoa cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Mini Stapler & a miscellaneous border punch.

I used CTMH's April Stamp of the Month - Typed Note with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Now "Hop" on over to Lori Brown's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas.

I have a CTMH Order going in on:
Sunday, April 12, 2015

For more information, please email me at ddigby@shaw.ca.

Karen's High Five Birthday Card

Happy Birthday Karen!

My friend, Karen, is always teasing me about my cards and how she just gives out holiday and birthday high fives.

So, I traced out my 3 year old son's hand, put it on an action wobble and made her my style of a High Five Birthday Card with matching envelope.

I used Close to My Heart's Blossom Paper Packet with CTMH's Sweet Leaf cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge to cut out the title "HIGH FIVE", the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine, Action Wobble and I traced my son's hand.

I used CTMH's You Mean the World To Me stamp set with CTMH Slate ink.

Simple Blossom Happy Birthday Cards

 

 I am participating in Freshly Made Sketches #178.

I used Close to My Heart's Blossom Paper Packet with CTMH's Colonial White cardstock.

To embellish the card I used My Favorite Things Pierced Circle Stax Dies.

I used CTMH's You Mean the World to Me stamp set with CTMH Slate ink.

Below is a similar card that I made for my best-friend's son's 13th Birthday.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Color Dare #134

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #134 is to use Close to My Heart Colors: Cotton Candy, Olive, Lagoon, Black & White Daisy. 

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Black Mini Medley Accents Collection - Sequins, CTMH's Marvy Uchida LePen Journaling Pen, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities and My Favorite Things Pierced Circle Stax Dies.

I used CTMH's Have A Happy Day, Dizzy Circles & Just to Say... stamp sets with CTMH Cotton Candy, Olive, Lagoon & Black inks.

You may use any products to participate in the Color My Heart Challenges, but we encourage you to use CTMH products. For this Color Dare Challenge, you have until Thursday, March 26, 2015 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.

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #6

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #6

I used Close to My Heart's Jubilee (discontinued) Paper Packet with CTMH Colonial White, Canary & Indian Corn Blue cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch, Spellbinders' Oval Nestabilities and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine.

I used CTMH's Easter Eggs (discontinued) and Holiday Hoopla (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Indian Corn Blue, Canary & Honey inks.

Terrific Tag Tuesday - Post #5

Donna's Terrific Tag Tuesday - Post #5

This is one of the prize packages that I gave away at my crop this past weekend. The burlap bag was filled with ribbon, baker's twine and buttons. This prize was for the Christmas Card Draw.

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

To make my 3.25 x 4.5 inch tag, I used CTMH's Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge for the "enjoy" die-cut card, CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the trees and a Signo White pen for the faux stitching.

I pinned the tag onto the burlap bag with a safety pin.

Strawberry Basket

Strawberry Basket

On the front cover of Close to My Heart's New Seasonal Expressions 2 Mini Catalogue they have a basket of paper strawberries.

To help promote the New Catty at my crop this past weekend, I made each crop participant a paper paper strawberry with a Caramel Hersey Kiss inside.

I used CTMH's Heartstrings Paper Packet with CTMH's Basics Paper Fundamentals - Adventure Assortment - Pear cardstock.

To make the strawberry, I used CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge and cut the die-cut out at 2.75 inches (this allowed me to cut 6 strawberries from one sheet of paper and 24 strawberry tops from one sheet of paper), I used a miscellaneous brad to put the strawberry together and a CTMH White Enamel Star.

The large strawberry in the photo was cut out at 5.5 inches.

55 Plus Centre Workshop - Cherished Moments

55+ Centre Workshop
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.   Cost: $25.00
You must be 55 Plus or Better!

To book your spot, please call the 55+ Centre at 684-3066.

In the Key on page 78, it states that there is an additional charge of $5 to the instructor at the time of the workshop. That is for adhesive. If you bring your own adhesive, you don't have to pay the extra $5.

Other than adhesive (glue pen & whatever you use for paper to paper adhering), all you need to bring is a pair of small nosed scissors and tweezers if you use them.

I used Close to My Heart's Hopscotch Paper Packet with CTMH Sunset, Glacier, Smoothie and Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish the 12 x 12 layout, I used CTMH Aqua Dots, CTMH Chalk It Up Assortment, CTMH Dot Embossing Folder, CTMH Smoothie Striped Washi Tape, CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, CTMH Scalloped Border Punch, Stampin' Up River Rock & Calypso Coral Markers and Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities.

I used CTMH's A Bunch of Thanks & Stitch Wonder stamp sets with CTMH Smoothie, Sunset & Glacier inks.

Happy Easter Easel Card

I am participating in Freshly Made Sketches #176 - A Sketch by Cindy H.

I used Close to My Heart's Basics Paper Fundamentals Adventure Assortment - Cotton Candy cardstock with CTMH's Cotton Candy & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the 3.75" x 9 " Easel Card, I used CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch and CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut out the bow.

I used CTMH's Eastertime (discontinued) and Hopping By stamp sets with CTMH Cotton Candy ink.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Color Dare #132

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #132 is to use Close to My Heart Colors: Whisper, Black & White Daisy. 

I used Close to My Heart's Black, Whisper & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Vine Embossing Folder and CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge (bow).

I used CTMH's Keep Your Chin Up and Sincere Expressions stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

You may use any products to participate in the Color My Heart Challenges, but we encourage you to use CTMH products. For this Color Dare Challenge, you have until Thursday, March 12, 2015 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.

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #5

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #5

I used Close to My Heart's Twilight (discontinued), Whisper & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Silver Assortment Sequins and My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangles Stax Die.

I used CTMH's Treasures (discontinued), D1400-No Name (discontinued) and Just a Number (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Twilight (discontinued) ink.

Warm Wishes Mittens Christmas Card

I am participating in Sparkle Creations' Weekly Christmas Card Challenge #13 - Color Challenge.

I used Close to My Hearts Heartstrings Paper Packet with Bazzill cardstocks from my scrap bin.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge to cut out the mittens, CTMH's Black & Grey Assortment Sparkles, CTMH's Corner Rounder and embroidery floss from my stash.

I used CTMH's Best Christmas and Perfect Fit - Holidays stamp sets with CTMH Cocoa ink.

Happy Easter Free Make 'n' Take

Free Make 'n' Take

Saturday, March 07, 2015

11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Oliver Road Community Centre - Basement

Everyone Welcome!

I used Close to My Heart's Canary & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish this 4 x 4 card, I used CTMH's Sunset Chevron Washi Tape.

I used CTMH's Hopping By and Brushstrokes stamp sets with CTMH Sweet Leaf and Slate inks.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I used Close to My Hearts Brushed Paper Packet with CTMH Colonial White & Pear cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge (Shamrock) and Stampin' Up's Garden Green Marker.

I used My Creative Time's I'm A Lucky Girl and CTMH's Holiday Tags stamp sets with CTMH Pear ink.