April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Life in Pictures

Welcome to our Close To My Heart April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Life in Pictures.

If you came here from Nancy Womersley'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 29 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the April Stamp of the Month - Life in Pictures 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 White Daisy and Black cardstocks.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

I used CTMH's April Stamp of the Month - Life in Pictures stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

This is a layout for my mom & dad's 8 x 8 album of my grandparents. My grandfather passed away just over a year ago. They were married for 72 years.

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

April Order Deadline:
Monday, April 11, 2016 by 5:00 p.m.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #187

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #187 is Close To My Heart Colours - Green & White Daisy. You may use any one or more of the following greens: New England Ivy, Topiary, Fern, Sweet Leaf and Pear.

I used Close To My Heart's New England Ivy, Fern & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Diamond Embossing Folder, CTMH's Water Colour Pencils and Stampin' Up's Photo Corner Punch.

I used CTMH's Birthday Wish, Lovely Birthday & Whimsy Numbers (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH New England Ivy 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, April 7, 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.

Heart's of the West 24th Blog Hop - Regatta 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 Regatta Paper Packet from the Mini Seasonal Expressions 1 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 Regatta Paper Packet with Glacier cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Gold Sequins and CTMH My Anchor Thin Cuts.

I used CTMH's Friendly Wishes, Your Own Kind of Wonderful and My Anchor stamp sets with CTMH Sapphire ink.

Now hop on over to Kim Loewen's Blog.

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

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby
3. Kim Loewen

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #29

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #29

This is an 8 x 8 layout for my mom & dad's album of my mom's sister, Patty and her significant other, Jim.

I used Close To My Heart's Skylark Paper Packet (discontinued).

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used Prima Marketing Flowers, My Mind's Eye Enamel Dots and Sequins from my stash.

Andrea & Clint 8 x 8 Layout

This is another layout for my mom & dad's 8 x 8 album of my niece, Andrea and her fiance, Clint.

I used Close To My Heart's Whimsy Paper Fundamentals - Juniper with CTMH Chocolate & Kraft cardstocks.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used Burlap from Fabricland, the Marvy Corrugator, Hemp Twine from my stash and Spellbinders' Oval & Scalloped Oval Nestabilities.

I used CTMH's Woodland Romance stamp set with CTMH Chocolate ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #18A

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

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte & La Vie En Rose Paper Packets with CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's White & Gold Ribbon and CTMH's Gold Sequins.

I used CTMH's Little Things & Joyful Birthdays stamp sets with CTMH Black 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 11, 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.

TJ's First Days of School PML Layout

There are so many photos that I want in TJ's 12 x 12 School Scrapbook that I have decided to do some Picture My Life (PML) style layouts.

I used Doodlebug Design's Back to School Paper Packet with BoBunny Buttercup Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the PML layout, I used Doodlebug Design's Back to School Sticker Sheet.