Heart's of the West 35th Blog Hop - Dreamin' Big 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 Dreamin' Big Paper Packet. This paper packet is featured in CTMH's Seasonal Expressions One 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 Dreamin' Big Paper Packet with Poppy, Juniper & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Happy Birthday Thin Cut and MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangle Die Stax.

I used Dreamin' Big Scrapbooking and Sending Smiles stamp sets with CTMH's Poppy, Saffron & Juniper inks.

Now hop on over to Corinna Murphy's Blog.

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

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby
3. Corinna Murphy
4. Anna Miller

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #41A

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

I used Close To My Heart's Dreamin' Big Paper Packet and Vellum paper from my stash.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Dreamin' Big Complements and Dreamin' Big Sequins.

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, March 7, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

Stay Strong Card

I used Recollections Gold Striped Paper with a Stampin' Up cardstock and Close To My Heart's Kraft cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Cartwright's Gold Satin 8mm Sequins.

I used Unity's Warrior Cancer Ribbon stamp set and Newton's Nook Designs' Newton's Support stamps set with VersaMark ink and CTMH's Gold Embossing Powder.

3.5 x 3.5 St. Patty's Day Card

I used Doodlebug's Pot O' Gold 6 x 6 paper pad with a Bazzill White & Green cardstocks.

To embellish the 3.5 x 3.5 card, I used MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax and American Craft Ribbon.

I used My Creative Time's I'm a Lucky Girl stamp set and Close To My Heart's Joyful Jar stamp set with CTMH's Willow ink.

Happy St. Patrick's Day 4 x 4 Card

Here is my St. Patrick's Day card for my 5 year old son, TJ.

I used Doodlebug's Pot O' Gold 6 x 6 paper pack and Doodlebug's Petite Prints patterned paper with Worldwin Deep Emerald Isle cardstock, a Black Bazzill cardstock and a Bazzill White cardstock.

To embellish my 4 x 4 card, I used the Create a Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge, MFT's Stitched Square Scalloped Frames Die Stax and Doodlebug's Sequins.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #232

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #232 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Fern, Sapphire, Lemon & White Daisy.

I used Close To My Heart's Sapphire & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Enamel Blue Dots.

I used CTMH's Capture This, Snowflakes (discontinued) & Feathery Flakes (discontinued) with CTMH's Fern, Sapphire & Lemon 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 2, 2017 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.

Congratulations on You New Job Card

I used Pebbles Inc. Happy Day 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Close To My Heart's Slate & Whisper White cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax, My Creative Time's 3 Star Stitched Dies and Eyelet Outlet's White Enamel Dots.

I used CTMH's Say It All (discontinued), Diploma Day, & Happy For You stamp sets and Stampendous' "New & Job" stamps with CTMH's Sapphire & Fern inks.

Teddy Bear Baby Card

I used Three Bugs in a Rug - Snips and Snails Patterned Paper with Close To My Heart's Saddle & Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up's Photo Corner Punch, Stampin' Up Ribbon, Jo-Ann's Buttons, Miscellaneous Embroidery Floss from my stash, MFT's Cross Stitched Square Die Stax and MFT's Stitched Heart Die Stax.

I used Stampin' Up's Baby Bear stamp set with CTMH's Champagne, Cashmere & Saddle inks.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #40B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet and/or its colour palette.

I used Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Fern cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Hello Lovely Complements and CTMH's Gold Sequins.

I used CTMH's Sending Smiles and Sugar Rush - Cardmaking stamp sets with CTMH Fern 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, February 27, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

TJ's Valentine's Day Card

This is the Valentine's Day card that I made for my 5 year old son, TJ.

TJ loves my cards and tells me all the time that he wants to be a scrapbooker and a card maker just like me when he grows up.

A week before Valentine's Day, he asked me if I would make him a Valentine's Day card with hearts on it. I told him that I would see what I could do.

Since he loves my Cricut Cartridges so much, I decided to make him a die-cut card and not a stamped card.

I used Doodlebug's Petite Prints Patterned Paper with a miscellaneous red cardstock from my stash.

To embellish the card, I used the Create a Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge.

I used Close To My Heart's Holiday Tags (discontinued) stamp set with CTMH's Black ink.

Happy Valentine's Day Card

I used Close To My Heart's Calypso Paper Packet (discontinued), Kaleidoscope Paper Packet (discontinued) and Blossom Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH's White Daisy & Lagoon cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Basic Heart Thin Cuts, an EK Success Small Star Punch and MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Circle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Baby Love (discontinued), Holiday Tags (discontinued) and Happy Heart stamp sets with CTMH's Lagoon & Willow inks.

Digby Family Album - Layout #15

Digby Family Album - Layout #15

Last Layout

I used Creative Imagination's Swimming Pool Patterned Paper with a Bazzill Teal cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used the Street Sign Cricut Cartridge and MFT's Stitched Heart Die Stax.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #231

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #231 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Sorbet, Whisper, New England Ivy, Fern, Desert Sand, Sea Glass, Colonial White & White Daisy. All of these colours can be found in CTMH's Hello Lovely Paper Packet.

I used Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet.

To embellish the 6 x 6 Desk Calendar Layout, I used CTMH's Hello Lovely Complements, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge (5" Calendar) and the Jubilee Cricut Cartridge (February).

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, February 23, 2017 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 Products Blog Hop - Thin Cuts

Hello and Welcome to our Close To My Heart Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is using CTMH's Thin Cuts.

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 Annette Clark's Blog, you are in the right place. 

I used Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Fern cardstocks and White Copic cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Hello Lovely - Cardmaking Thin Cuts and CTMH's Gold Sequins.

Copic Markers used: E99, R12 & YG95

I used CTMH's Hello Lovely - Cardmaking, Sending Smiles and Just to Say (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH's Fern ink and Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

Next on our blog hop is Lauren Moore's Blog. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring Thin Cuts.

See you on Wednesday, March 01, 2017, as we will be featuring CTMH's Dreamin' Big Paper Packet.

Have a great day!

1. Corinna Murphy
2. Annette Clark
3. Donna Digby
4. Lauren Moore

Cross Canada CTMH Blog Hop - Succulents & Flowers

Welcome to our February Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring Succulents & Flowers. 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 Carol Taggio's Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Sugar Rush Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Canary cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge, CTMH's White Dots and MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Sending Smiles stamp set with CTMH's Canary ink.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada hop is Brandy Ortiz-Lees' 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 Language Stamps. So mark March 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle
2. Caroline
3. Diana
4. Carol
5. Donna
6. Brandy
7. Janet
8. Corinna

Digby Family Album - Layout #14

Digby Family Album - Layout #14

I used October Afternoon's Treasure Map Patterned Paper with BoBunny's Paprika & Licorice Double Dot cardstocks.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used Stampin' Up Ribbon and Eyelet Outlet Black Enamel Dots.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #40A

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet and/or its colour palette.

I used Close To My Heart's Hello Lovely Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Fern cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax and CTMH's Gold Sequins.

I used CTMH's Journaling Prompts, Dreamin' Big - Scrapbooking and Easter Bunny stamp sets with CTMH's Fern 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, February 27, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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

Digby Family Album - Layout #13

Digby Family Album - Layout #13

I used BoBunny's Orange Citrus Double Dot cardstock with a Bazzill Black cardstock.

Digby Family Album - Layout #12

Digby Family Album - Layout #12

I used Simple Stories Harvest Lane Paper Packet.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used MFT's Heart Stax, MFT's Cross Stitched Rectangle Die Stax and Recollections Cork Dots.

Digby Family Album - Layout #11

Digby Family Album - Layout #11

I used BoBunny's On the Go Paper Packet.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used Stampin' Up Ribbon, My Creative Time 3 Star Stitched Dies and a miscellaneous paper clip from my stash.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #230

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #230 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Pixie, Saffron, Whisper & White Daisy.

I used Close To My Heart's Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Packet with CTMH's Pixie & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's White Dots, MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Circle Die Stax and Spellbinders Circle Nestabilities.

I used CTMH's So Many Smiles, Treat Yourself & Birthday Sparkles stamp sets with CTMH's Whisper, Pixie & Saffron 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, February 16, 2017 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.

Joyful Stars February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars February Blog Hop. Throughout this hop, you will see many different Close To My Heart products being used in a variety of ways.

If you came here from Jenifer Benner's Blog, you are in the right place. If you are just starting here, you can work your way around because this is just one big circular hop.

Grab your beverage of choice, sit back, relax & enjoy!

I used Close To My Heart's Sugar Rush Paper Packet with CTMH's Pomegranate, Pixie & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's XOXO Thin Cut and CTMH's Sugar Rush Washi Pack.

I used CTMH's Beloved Bouquet (discontinued) and Sugar Rush - Scrapbooking stamp sets with CTMH's Pomegranate ink.

Now hop on over to Nickie Hoffer's Blog to see what she has created this month.

Digby Family Album - Layout #10

Digby Family Album - Layout #10

I used BoBunny's On the Go Patterned Paper with BoBunny's Blueberry & Kiwi Double Dot cardstocks.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (discontinued), Create a Critter 2 Cricut Cartridge and CTMH's 3 x 4 Flip Flaps.

Digby Family Album - Layout #9

Digby Family Album - Layout #9

I used My Mind's Eye's Alphabet Soup patterned paper with a Bazzill Cream cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used a Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Canadian Celebration (discontinued), August Word Puzzle (discontinued) and Capture This stamp sets with CTMH's Bamboo, Goldrush & Cranberry inks.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #39B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Ribbon.

I used Close To My Heart's Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Packet with CTMH's Chocolate and Desert Sand cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax and Your Next Stamp's Brown Gumdrops.

I used CTMH's Nature's Wish and Hooked on You stamp sets with CTMH's Chocolate 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, February 13, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Time to participate in this challenge.

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