Heart's of the West 25th Blog Hop - Happy Times Paper Packet

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Team Blog Hop!

This Blog Hop features Close to My Heart Consultants from all over Canada showing you their creative projects.

This month's theme is using Close to My Heart's Happy Times Paper Packet. This paper packet is a promotional paper packet that you can only purchase or earn for FREE in the month of May.

If you came from Nancy Klein's Blog, then you are on the right track. This is a circular blog hop so you can start anywhere. Just in case, the full list of participants is at the bottom of this post. 

So as always, grab your beverage of choice and hop around the country with us.

I used Close To My Heart's Happy Times Paper Packet.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's White & Gold Ribbon and CTMH's Gold Bling Gems.

This 6 x 8 layout fits perfectly in CTMH's Everyday Life Album.

I used CTMH's Happy Times stamp set with CTMH's Hollyhock, Sunset & Fern inks.

Now hop on over to Corinna Murphy's Blog.

Thank you for joining us this month. Please join us again on June 1st for our next Heart's of the West Blog Hop featuring CTMH's Calypso Paper Packet.

Order Deadline:
Monday, May 9, 2016 by 5:00 p.m.

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby - You are here.
3. Corinna Murphy
4. Anna Miller
5. Kim Loewen
6. Sonia Parent St Jean

You're A Cut Above the Rest Birthday Card - #1

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Blush Red Medium cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used a Doodlebug paperclip, MFT's Heart Die Stax, a Sizzix Embossing Folder and Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set and Jaded Blossom's Stamp Addict stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #191

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #191 is using any or all of Close To My Heart Colours - Sorbet, Sunset & Poppy with Colonial White.

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Vine Embossing Folder, MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Love My Cat & Joyfel Birthday stamp sets with CTMH Sorbet 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, May 5, 2016 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't Throw Back Thursday - Post #31

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #31

I used Close To My Heart's Frosted Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH Bamboo cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Silver Foil Tape, CTMH's Magical Sequins, an EK Success Large Corner Rounder and MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Frosted Cardmaking Workshop (discontinued) and Hand-Lettered Christmas stamp sets with CTMH Twilight (discontinued) & Bamboo inks.

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #6

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up Ribbon, Queen & Co.'s Rhinestones, Ranger's Ruby Red Liquid Pearls, CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch, Spellbinders' Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #20A

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Flip Flaps or make a project with Fancy Folds.

I used Close To My Heart's Gold Overlay, Black Overlay & Beautiful You Picture My Life Cards.

To embellish the Picture My Life 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Treasured Puffies & CTMH's 3 x 4 Flip Flap.

We would love to see your interpretation of this 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 Monday, May 09, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #5

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Doodlebug's Sequins, Spellbinders' Oval & Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with yellow thread and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #4

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up Ribbon, Doodlebug's Sequins, Spellbinders' Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #3

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used a Stampin' Up Embossing Folder, an EK Success Small Flower Punch, Queen & Co. Rhinestones, MFT's Cross Stitched Square Die Stax and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #190

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #190 is Close To My Heart Colours - Ruby, Gypsy, Honey, Pear & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals Enchantment - Ruby and Paper Fundamentals Adventure - Gypsy & Pear with Colonial White & Honey cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge.

I used CTMH's Ink Blot, Sending Love and Say It All stamp sets with CTMH Ruby, Gypsy & Pear 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, April 28, 2016 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.

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #2

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Blush Red Medium & Vanilla Cream cardstocks and BoBunny's Buttercup & Ocean Double Dot cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax, Close To My Heart's Corner Rounder, Stampin' Up Ribbon and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #1

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream & Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish this card, I used MFT's Stitched Oval Die Stax, Prima Marketing Flowers, Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, Basic Grey Enamel Dots, Stampin' Up Ribbon and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #19B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet. If you don't have this paper packet, you may use Regatta's Colour Palette - Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire & White Daisy.

I used Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet with CTMH Sapphire cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Maritime Puffies, Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with blue thread.

I used CTMH's Birthday Wish & Lovely Birthday stamp sets with CTMH Sapphire ink.

We would love to see your interpretation of this 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 Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

Thanks A Latte Card

I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, MFT's Cross-Stitched Rectangles Die Stax, MFT's Heart Die Stax, Stampin' Up Embossing Folder, Clear Wink of Stella, miscellaneous twine and sequins from my stash.

I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Break stamp set with CTMH Cocoa ink.

I left the inside of my card blank for a personal message.

Bean Thinking About You Card

I used My Mind's Eye My Girl 6 x 6 paper pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, MFT's Cross-stitched Rectangles Die Stax, an EK Success Medium Folk Heart punch, miscellaneous twine and enamel dots from my stash.

I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Break stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Spring is in the Air

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring Spring is in the Air. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop.

If you can from Carol's Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Penelope Paper Packet, Paper Fundamentals Adventure - Pacifica & Cranberry with CTMH Canary & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (flowers), Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge (title), Artistry Cricut Cartridge (snowflakes), CTMH Red Enamel Gems, Bazzill In Stitchz Circle Template with green embroidery floss from my stash.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada hop is Kirsten's Blog. If you get lost along the way, you can check out the list of participants at the bottom of this post.

Thank you 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 our theme is For the Love of Moms. So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle
2. Nicky
3. Arlene
4. Carol
5. Donna - You are here.
6. Kirsten
7. Janet

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #189

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #189 is Close To My Heart Colours - Juniper, Hollyhock, Thistle & White Daisy.

I used Close To My Heart's White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH Spray Pens with CTMH Juniper, Hollyhock & Thistle Re-inkers & water, MFT Postage Stamp Stax and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Mini Messages and Joyful Birthday stamp sets with CTMH Juniper, Hollyhock & Thistle 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, April 21, 2016 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 #30

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #30

I am participating in Jingle Belles Peace on Earth Challenge to use something on my card that is re-cycled or re-used. The ribbon on my card is from a Christmas gift that I received last year.

I am also participating in Sparkle's Creations Weekly Christmas Card Challenge #19 - Photo Challenge.

I used Close To My Heart's Yuletide Carol Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH's New England Ivy, Ruby & Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish my 6 x 6 card, I used CTMH's Red Enamel Gems, CTMH Sponge Dauber with CTMH New England Ivy ink, MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax and ribbon from my stash.

I used CTMH's Frosted Cardmaking Workshop (discontinued), Christmas Love (discontinued) and Holiday Wishes (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH New England Ivy ink.

Brandi's 40th Birthday Card

This is the 40th Birthday Card that I made for my cousin, Brandi from our grandma.

I used Paper House Color Ways - Turquoise 6 x 6 Paper Pad with White Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge, Street Sign Cricut Cartridge, Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities, Clear Wink of Stella and miscellaneous sequins from my stash.

I used Jaded Blossom's Wine - O'Clock stamp set with CTMH Peacock ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - 19A

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet. If you don't have this paper packet, you may use Regatta's Colour Palette - Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire & White Daisy.

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's My Anchor Thin Cuts, Echo Park Enamel Dots and my sewing machine with blue thread.

I used CTMH's My Anchor stamp set with CTMH Sapphire ink.

We would love to see your interpretation of this 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 Monday, April 25, 2016 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

Happy 40th Birthday Brandi!

Happy 40th Birthday Brandi!

I used Simple Stories So Fancy Patterned Paper with Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry cardstock and Stampin' Up Gold cardstock.

To embellish my card, I used American Crafts Gold Button, Maya Road Stick Pin, Stampin' Up Gold Ribbon, Miscellaneous Gold Baker's Twine, Miscellaneous Gold Brads, Prima Marketing Flower, Heidi Swapp Minc Chipboard Frames & Butterflies with Gold Foil and Street Sign Cricut Cartridge for the "40".

I used Jaded Blossom's Stamp Addict stamp set with Stampin' Up Rich Razzleberry ink.

The inside sentiment worked out nicely because we planned a 40th Birthday Scrapbooking Day.

Happy 75th Birthday Dad!

Happy 75th Birthday Dad!

I used Carta Bella Rough & Tumble 6 x 6 paper pack with a Bazzill Off White cardstock.

To embellish my card, I used Calligraphy Collection Cricut Cartridge and Simple Stories enamel dots.

I used one of the stamp sets that comes with Close To My Heart's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, a miscellaneous CTMH Alphabet Stamp Set,  Hero Arts A Little stamp set and Stampin' Up's Bring on the Cake stamp set with CTMH Outdoor Denim ink.

"A Little GOLF Makes Everything Better" sentiment is actually a pocket for a Golf Gift Card for my dad.