New Puppy Card

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #157 is CTMH Colours - Pacifica, Sweet Leaf, Black, Kraft & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals - Adventure - Pacifica and CTMH's Paper Fundamentals - Whimsy - Sweet Leaf with CTMH Colonial White, Kraft & Black cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge & My Mind's Eye Jubilee Enamel Dots.

I used CTMH's Shower Flowers stamp set 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, September 3, 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.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #157

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #157 is CTMH Colours - Pacifica, Sweet Leaf, Black, Kraft & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals - Adventure - Pacifica and CTMH's Paper Fundamentals - Whimsy - Sweet Leaf with CTMH Colonial White, Kraft & Black cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge & Doodlebug Limeade Sprinkles.

I used CTMH's Shower Flowers stamp set 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, September 3, 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 Warm Wishes Wednesday - Post #15

Donna's Warm Wishes Wednesday - Post #15

I used Close To My Heart's Blossom Paper Packet with CTMH Smoothie & Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish my 3.5 x 4.5 tag, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge and Dear Lizzy Enamel Dots.

I used CTMH's Happy Everything and Your Own Kind of Wonderful stamp sets with CTMH Smoothie ink.

Between The Folds Weekly Challenge Blog #4 - Cricut Cuts

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Cricut Cartridges.

I used Close To My Heart's Zoe Paper Packet with CTMH Cocoa & Glacier cardstocks.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge for the flowers & the the border, CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge for the title and EK Success Circle Punches for the middle of the flowers.

We would love to see your interpretation of this week's challenge, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. You have until Sunday, August 30, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time to participate in this week's challenge.

For more information, please visit our blog at: http://btfchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #156

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #156 is CTMH Colours - Goldrush, Hollyhock, Kraft & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals - Adventure - Hollyhock with CTMH Goldrush, Kraft & Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge (Warm Hugs), CTMH Spray Pen with CTMH Hollyhock re-inker & water, CTMH Flamingo Dots and embroidery floss from my stash.

I used CTMH's Happy To Be Friends stamp set with CTMH Goldrush 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, August 27, 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 #15

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #15

I used Close To My Heart's You Rock Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH Goldrush, Olive & Outdoor Denim cardstocks.

To embellish this card, I used CTMH's Spray Pen with CTMH's Goldrush re-inker & water.

I used CTMH's You Are My Happy (discontinued) and Party Pennants (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Between The Folds Weekly Challenge Blog - #3 - Paper Fundamentals

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals Basics - Black, CTMH's Paper Fundamentals - Enchantment - Ruby and CTMH's Paper Fundamentals - Adventure - Honey with CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge for the hearts, My Creative Time Stitched Buttons Die-cuts and black embroidery floss from my stash.

We would love to see your interpretation of this week's challenge, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. You have until Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time to participate in this week's challenge.

For more information, please visit our blog at: http://btfchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Summer Fun

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring Summer Fun projects. We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you…now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular blog hop. If you came from Carol's Blog then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Zoe's Paper Packet with CTMH Slate & white daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge, CTMH's Zoe Complements and a CTMH's 2 x 2 Flip Flap.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Christine's Blog.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring our favourite new Paper Collections.  So mark September 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle
2. Rosalynd
3. Nicky
4. Brae
5. Carol
6. Donna - You are here!
7. Christine
8. Angelina
9. Kirstin

You Are My Sunshine Card

I am participating in Freshly Made Sketches #199 - A Sketch by Karren.

I used Close To My Heart's Brushed Paper Packet with CTMH's Lagoon, Pacifica, Pear & Canary cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge and My Mind's Eye Jubilee Enamel Dots.

I used CTMH's Zoe Scrapbooking Workshop and Just To Say...stamp sets with CTMH's Pacifica ink.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #155

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #155 is CTMH Colours - Canary, Glacier, Sorbet, Sweet Leaf, Slate, Whisper & White Daisy. All of these colours are found in the CTMH Zoe Paper Packet.

I used Close To My Heart's Zoe Paper Packet with CTMH Sorbet & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge to cut out the butterflies.

I used CTMH's Your Own Kind of Wonderful stamp set with CTMH Sorbet ink.

This is the tutorial I watched to find out how to make this style of card: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnoRJ457EhQ

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, August 20, 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.

First Studio J Layout

Here is my first Close To My Heart Studio J (digital) scrapbook layout.

This was a layout already designed, I just changed some of the colours and embellishments. For example, the 3 blue buttons were flowers and the blue background was white.

I was even able to flip a photo so that it flowed better with the layout. The large photo of Trevor, TJ and Uncle Nig looking at the water...well here is the actual photo:

You can also just print photos in CTMH's Studio J Program. 

Here is a layout of photos that I got printed:

This was well worth the price to get printed. CTMH had a sale on in July for $5.95 per 2 page layout, but even at it's regular price of $8.25 per 2 page layout, this was a great deal.

I printed these 2 x 2 and 4 x 4 photos to do up one of CTMH's New Instalife Albums. 

Watch for that post coming soon.

Warm Wishes Wednesday - Post #14

Donna's Warm Wishes Wednesday - Post #14

Due to my New Design Team position on Between the Folds Weekly Challenge Blog every Tuesday, my Terrific Tag Tuesday's have been moved to Wednesdays.

I used Close To My Heart's Zoe Paper Packet with CTMH Sorbet & White Daisy cardstocks.

For this 4.5 inch tag, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the tag, CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge for the 3.5 inch Coffee Cup and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Perfect Picture (comes with Artistry) stamp set and Stampin' Up's Perpetual Birthday Calendar stamp set with CTMH's Black ink.

Between the Folds Weekly Challenge Blog - Challenge #2 - Back to School

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Weekly Challenge Blog is Back to School.

I used Close To My Heart's Chalk It Up Paper Packet with CTMH Sorbet cardstock.

To embellish my clipboard, I used CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, CTMH Black Striped Twill Ribbon, CTMH Base & Bling Square Faux Antiqued Silver Pendant, CTMH Base & Bling Glass Cover, CTMH Base & Bling Affirmations Syle Sheet, CTMH Liquid Glass and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with black thread.

We would love to see your projects every week, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. You have until Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time to participate in this week's challenge.

For more information, please visit our blog at: http://btfchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #154

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #154 is CTMH Colours - Smokey Plum & White Daisy.  

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals - Enchantment Assortment - Smokey Plum with White Daisy & Smokey Plum cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Stripe Embossing Folder, CTMH's Diamond Embossing Folder and Doodlebug Lily White Sprinkles.

I used CTMH's Pretty Petals and Framed - August Stamp of the Month stamp sets with CTMH Smokey Plum 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, August 13, 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 #14

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #14

I used Close To My Heart's Timberline Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH Goldrush & Ponderosa Pine cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Stripe Embossing Folder and Simple Stories enamel dots.

I used CTMH's Under the Stars (discontinued), Chantilly Cardmaking Workshop (discontinued) and Banner Wishes stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Between the Folds Weekly Challenge - #1 - Anything Goes

Welcome to Between the Folds Weekly Challenge.

We are a New Anything goes Close To My Heart Weekly Challenge Blog. Every Tuesday we will be offering challenges that range from themes, to products, to styles and more.

Our First Challenge is Anything Goes.

I used Close To My Heart's Wanderful Paper Packet.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the arrow, CTMH Buttons (discontinued), CTMH Sponge Dauber with CTMH Black ink, embroidery floss from my stash and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with black thread.

I used CTMH's Vintage Type stamp set with an EK Success small circle punch & CTMH Black ink.

We would love to see your projects every week, so please play along with us. All submissions must have some Close To My Heart product on it and if the CTMH product you used isn't obvious, please let us know what you used. You have until Sunday, August 9, 2015 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time to participate in this week's challenge.

For more information, please visit our blog at: http://btfchallenges.blogspot.ca.

Framed - August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Close to My Heart August Stamp of the Month - Framed!

This stamp set has 12 stamps and can only be purchased in the month of August.

If you came here from Krista Hershberger'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    Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the August Stamp of the Month - Framed 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 Snowhaven Paper Packet with CTMH Cranberry, Glacier & White Daisy cardstocks.

I used CTMH's Framed - August Stamp of the Month & Snowhaven Cardmaking stamp sets with CTMH Black & Glacier inks.

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

I have CTMH Orders going in on:
Saturday, August 1, 2015 by 5:00 p.m.
Monday, August 10, 2015 by 5:00 p.m.

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