Wednesday, August 10, 2016

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop - Vacation Themed

Hello and Welcome to our Close To My Heart Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is Vacation Themed.

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 Whimsy Fundamentals Paper Packet - Crystal Blue, CTMH's Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Packet - Poppy and CTMH's Memo Fundamentals Paper Packet with CTMH Poppy cardstock.

To embellish my 12 x 12 layout, I used CTMH's Spray Pen with CTMH's Poppy Re-inker & Water, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge for the title and CTMH's Red Enamel Gems.

Next on our blog hop is Jennifer Bennett's Blog. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring the same theme.

See you on Wednesday, August 24, 2016, as we will be featuring CTMH's Fundamental Paper Packets. 

Have a great day!

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

Happy 21st Birthday Andrea!


Last week my niece, Andrea celebrated her 21st Birthday and this is the card I made for her.

I used Close To My Heart's Adventure Fundamentals Paper Packet - Lagoon with CTMH's Lagoon & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Lagoon Baker's Twine (discontinued), an Action Wobble behind the jar and Stampin' Up's Everyday Jar Framelits.

I used CTMH's Bitty Birthday and Handwritten Print Alphabet and Stampin' Up's Jar of Love stamp set with CTMH's Lagoon & Glacier inks.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #27B



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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge & CTMH's Gold Sequins.

I used CTMH's Birthday Sparkles & Sending Smiles stamp sets with CTMH Slate 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, August 15, 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.

Monday, August 8, 2016

Happy Birthday Card - Take Number 3


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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Happy Thin Cut, CTMH's Happy Thoughts Embossing Folder & CTMH's Gold Sequins.

I used CTMH's Jennifer's Hand Alphabet, Way To Go and Sending Smiles stamp sets with CTMH Chocolate ink.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

CTMH New Product Blog Hop



Welcome to our Close To My Heart New Product Blog Hop.

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 approximately 25 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using CTMH Products from our New Annual Inspirations Catalogue. 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 Lemon, Willow & Emerald cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Happy Thin Cut, CTMH's Hearts Thin Cuts, CTMH's Happy Thought Embossing Folder & CTMH's Clear Sparkles.

I used CTMH's Sending Smiles & Jennifer's Hand Alphabet stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

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

August Order Deadline:
Tuesday, August 9, 2016 by 5:00 p.m.

Jack's Birthday Card


I made this card for my friend, Jack's 10th Birthday. He loves to paint ball.

I used Close To My Heart's White Daisy, Honey (discontinued) & Black cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Happy Thin Cut.

I used CTMH's Ink Blot, Jennifer's Hand Alphabet & Sending Smiles stamp sets with CTMH Black, Cranberry, Pacifica, Fern & Honey (discontinued) inks.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #205




I used Close To My Heart's Juniper, Thistle, Eggplant, Crystal Blue & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Hearts Thin Cuts, CTMH's Hello Thin Cuts and a CTMH Spray Pen with Juniper Re-inker and water.

I used CTMH's Playful Patterns & Sending Smiles stamp sets with CTMH's Crystal Blue & Eggplant inks. Both stamp sets come with the New CTMH's Flower Market Cricut Cartridge.

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 11, 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.