Heart's of the West 31st Blog Hop - City Sidewalks 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 City Sidewalks Paper Packet. This paper packet is featured in CTMH's Holiday Expressions Mini Catalogue.

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 City Sidewalks Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Glacier cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge and CTMH's Red Enamel Gems.

I used CTMH's Pretty Poinsettia, Short & Sweet and Very Merry stamp sets with CTMH Cranberry & Peacock inks.

Now hop on over to Brenda Gieck's Blog.

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

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby
3. Brenda Gieck
4. Anna Miller
5. Sonia Parent St Jean
6. Corinna Murphy

Andrea's Bridal Shower Album

As part of my niece's Bridal Shower gift, I made up an album of her Bridal Shower in the Picture My Life style.

The above is the title page and then the PML cards that I made throughout her album.

For the 12 x 12 Layout.

I used Close To My Heart's Juniper Paper Fundamentals (discontinued) with CTMH's Chocolate & Goldrush cardstocks.

To embellish the 12 x 12 layout, I used Burlap from my stash, Stampin' Up's Leaflets Framelits Dies, Michaels' Raffia, CTMH Buttons (discontinued), miscellaneous twine, Recollections Cork Dots and the straight stitch on my sewing machine with brown thread.

I used Stampin' Up's Vintage Leaves stamp set with CTMH's Saffron ink.

4 x 6 PML Cards

I used Close To My Heart's Chocolate, Juniper & Goldrush cardstocks.

To embellish the 4 x 6 PML cards, I used CTMH's Wood Slats Embossing Folder, CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the Flowers, Stampin' Up's Leaflets Framelits Dies, Michaels' Raffia, Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge for the Titles and Recollections Cork Dots.

I used a CC Design's Love stamp set and Stampin' Up's Vintage Leaves stamp set with CTMH Cocoa & Saffron Inks.

Andrea's Bridal Shower Card

This is the Bridal Shower Card that I made for my niece, Andrea.

If you saw yesterday's post of the decor of Andrea's Shower, you will then see that this card fit into the theme of the Shower perfectly.

I used Close To My Heart's Chocolate, Goldrush & Juniper cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Wood Slats Embossing Folder, CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge (discontinued), Brown Burlap from my stash, Doodlebug Sequins, Maya Road Stick Pin, Michaels' Raffia and Stampin' Up Leaflets Framelits Dies.

I used Stampin' Up's Vintage Leaves and Love & Laughter stamp sets with CTMH Saffron & Saddle inks.

Andrea's Bridal Shower

 Sign-in Sheets

 Thank you chocolates for the guests.

 Door Prize Draw Bag

 Guessing Game Draw Bag

 Guessing Game

 Bridal Shower Card Bag.

 Prize Bag.

 Flowers at the door.

 Table Centerpieces.

Photo Booth Area.

In October, I helped put on a Bridal Shower for my niece, Andrea.

The above items are what I designed for the Bridal Shower. Andrea's Bridal Party and my daughter helped mass produce all the items.

Andrea picked out the CTMH Chocolate and Juniper cardstocks as her wedding colours. We added the orange colour since the shower was in the Fall and her favourite flower is the orange Tiger Lily. 

Andrea is a country girl and that was what we wanted the feel of the bridal shower to be.

She loved it!

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #217

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #217 is using Close To My Heart Colours: White Daisy, Black, Sunset & Sweet Leaf. Since Sunset is discontinued, I used Tangerine instead.

I used Close To My Heart's White Daisy, Sweet Leaf & Tangerine cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, CTMH's Whimsy Ribbon Pack and CTMH Brads (discontinued).

I used CTMH's Autumn Wishes, Capture This, Typography Alphabet & Tasty Terrors (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Sweet Leaf, Tangerine & 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, November 03, 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 #41

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #41

My niece & soon to be nephew did a wine draw fundraiser instead of having a shag. I made this thank you card for them to put with each wine prize package.

FYI - For those of you who don't live in Thunder Bay, a shag is a big party where you have raffles & sell alcohol to make money for the bride & groom to be.

I used Close To My Heart's Juniper, Chocolate & Kraft cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Wood Slats Embossing Folder, MFT's Cross-Stitched Rectangles Die Stax and an EK Success Heart Punch.

I used CTMH's Thank You (discontinued) and Nature's Gift (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Chocolate & Cocoa inks.

Train Christmas Card

I used Stampin' Up's Candy Cane Lane Designer Series Paper Pack with CTMH White Daisy cardstock & Stampin' Up's Early Espresso cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up Ribbon, MFT's Buttons, Stampin' Up's Candy Cane Lane Baker's Twine and Stampin' Up's Cookie Cutter Builder Punch (small hearts).

I used Stampin' Up's Christmas Magic stamp set with Stampin' Up Early Espresso ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #33A

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to make a project using Fall Colours.

I used Close To My Heart's Rustic Home Fundamentals Paper Packet and CTMH's Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Packet.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge, a CTMH Button (discontinued) and embroidery floss from my stash.

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, November 07, 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.

Trevor's 20th Anniversary Card

This was the card that I made for my husband, Trevor, for our 20th Wedding Anniversary.

I used BoBunny's Zip-a-Dee-Doodle 6 x 6 paper pack with CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's White Enamel Gems, MFT's Stitched Heart Die Stax and MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Oval Die Stax.

I used Unity's Swagger stamp set and Jaded Blossom's You go Together Like stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

Snowflake Fun Fold Card

I used CTMH's Sweet Leaf, Sea Glass, White Daisy & Water Colour cardstocks with CTMH's White Glitter Paper.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Snowflake Thin Cut, CTMH's Snowflakes Embossing Folder, Spellbinders' Circle & Scalloped Circle Nestabilities and Cartwright's Moonshine 6mm Sequins.

To make the background on the front of the card, I did the smooshing technique. I took a piece of 3 x 3 page protector and inked it up with CTMH's Sea Glass ink. Then I sprayed it with water and smooshed it onto my piece of CTMH Water Colour cardstock. Once I was done with that colour, I repeated the technique with CTMH's Sweet Leaf ink.

I used CTMH's Swirling Stars & Very Merry stamp sets with CTMH's Sweet Leaf & Sea Glass inks.

Shelley's Bridal Shower Thank You Cards

I used a Bazzill Cream & Black cardstocks with Scrapbook Sally's Gold Shimmer cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used a Stampin' Up Embossing Folder and MFT's Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die Stax.

I used Jaded Blossom Supersized Thank You stamp set & Taylored Expressions Tea-riffic stamp set with CTMH Gold Embossing Powder & VersaMark ink pad.

My girlfriend had a outdoor tea party Bridal Shower and these were the thank you cards that I made for her to give out to her guests.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #216

 This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #216 is using Close To My Heart Colours: White Daisy, Whisper, Slate, Peacock, Poppy, Goldrush, Fern & Canary. All of these colours can be found in CTMH's Swan Lake Paper Packet.

I used Close To My Heart's Swan Lake Paper Packet with CTMH Poppy & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish 6 x 6 Desk Calendar layout, I used CTMH's White Enamel Gems, CTMH's White Twine, CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge (flower), CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (5" calendar) & Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge (September).

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, October 27, 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.

CTMH's Featured Product Blog Hop - Swan Lake Paper Packet

Hello and Welcome to our Close To My Heart Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is CTMH's Swan Lake Paper Packet.

If you have just joined us, you can start here and continue on; as this is a circular hop. If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list at the end of this post. 

If you came here from Janna Gray's Blog, you are in the right place. 

I used Close To My Heart's Swan Lake Paper Packet with CTMH's Peacock & Saffron cardstocks.

To embellish the card, CTMH's Enchantment Ribbon Pack, CTMH's Baker's Twine (discontinued), MFT's Stitched Rounded Corner Rectangles Die Stax and an EK Success Large Corner Rounder Punch.

I used CTMH's Lovely Leaves, Happy To Be Friends & So Many Smiles stamp sets with CTMH's Black ink.

Next on our blog hop is Corinna Murphy's Blog. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring CTMH's Swan Lake Paper Packet. 

See you on Wednesday, November 2, 2016, as we will be featuring CTMH's City Sidewalks Paper Packet.

Have a great day!

1. Lauren Moore
2. Janna Gray
3. Donna Digby - You are here!
4. Corinna Murphy
5. Annette Clark

Breast Cancer Support Card

I am participating in Kat Scrappiness Blog's Breast Cancer Awareness Card Challenge.

I used Doodlebug's Bubblegum Petite Prints Patterned Paper with BoBunny Pink Punch Double Dot and CTMH's White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used Cartwright's Mixed Crystal Iris 6mm Sequins.

I used Unity's Warrior Cancer Ribbon stamp with CTMH Bubblegum ink (discontinued).

To make the fun fold card, I took the 5.5" x 8" card base and scored it at 2", 3", 5" & 6".

Pink Christmas Card

I am participating in Jingle Belles Pink Christmas Card Challenge.

Each year in October, in honour of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Stephanie and Lauren host a challenge where they ask everyone to make holiday cards that are Pink. Then they each donate $2 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for each card that gets linked up.

I have been participating in this challenge for a few years and I completely forgot about it this year. So, I am only getting one card done for the challenge and getting it submitted on the last day for submissions.

I used Jillibean Soup Christmas Cheer Chowder Paper with CTMH Colonial White cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Snowflake Thin Cuts & Cartwright's Pearl Satin Sequins.

I used CTMH's Festive Trees (discontinued) & Very Merry stamp sets with CTMH Pixie ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #32B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to make a project using CTMH's Swan Lake Paper Packet and/or its colour palette.

I used Close To My Heart's Swan Lake Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy and Peacock cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's White Twine, CTMH's Silver Sequins and CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge for the 2" pumpkin.

I used CTMH's Autumn Wishes and Blessed Beyond Measure (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Goldrush & Peacock inks. 

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, October 24, 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.

KOA Halloween Weekend Layout - Post #13

KOA Halloween Weekend Layout - Post #13

This is the last page of the album that I made my parents.

I used Basic Grey's Life of the Party Patterned Papers with BoBunny Paprika Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used a Martha Stewart Border Punch, Basic Grey Herb & Honey Alphabet Stickers and Basic Grey Candy Buttons.

Cross Canada Blog Hop Featuring CTMH's Jeepers Creepers Paper Packet

Welcome to our October Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring CTMH's Jeepers Creepers Paper Packet. 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 came from Alyson's Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Jeepers Creepers Paper Packet with CTMH Pansy & Black cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Jeepers Creepers Assortment, Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities and a googly eye from my stash.

I used CTMH's Love Ya Silly (discontinued) & Holiday Tags (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada hop is Janet'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 using CTMH's In Color - Sea Glass. So mark November 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle
2. Nicky
3. Alyson
4. Donna - You are here.
5. Janet
6. Corinna
7. Kristine

KOA Halloween Weekend Layout - Post #12

KOA Halloween Weekend Layout - Post #12

I used Simple Stories Harvest Lane Patterned Paper.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Carnival Fun Thin Cuts, Marvy Button Punch, miscellaneous embroidery floss from my stash and CTMH's Sponge Dauber with CTMH Barn Red (discontinued) and Cashmere inks.