Heart's of the West 23rd Blog Hop - Penelope 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 Penelope Paper Packet from the Mini Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalogue.

If you came from Anna Miller's Blog, then you are on the right track. This is a go around 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 Penelope & Kaleidoscope Paper Packets with CTMH White Daisy & Canary cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Spring Critter Thin Cuts, CTMH Dot Embossing Folder, CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the flowers, Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities and miscellaneous white brads from my stash.

I used CTMH's Spring Critters and Share the Love stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Now hop on over to Kim Loewen'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 Regatta Paper Packet.

1. Donna Digby - You are here.
2. Kim Loewen
3. Corinna Murphy
4. Anna Miller

Grandma's 12 x 12 Calendar 2016 - May

For my grandma's 12 x 12 May Calendar Page, I used Simple Stories So Rad Paper Pack.

To embellish the layout, I used My Creative Time 3 Star Stitched Dies.

Brad & Marissa 8 x 8 Layout

This is an 8 x 8 layout that I made for my parent's 8 x 8 album.

This is my older brother, Brad and his daughter (my niece), Marissa.

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

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH Zoe Compliments, Marvy Button Punch and embroidery floss from my stash.

Grandma's 12 x 12 Calendar 2016 - March

I used My Mind's Eye's Laundry Line Papers.

To embellish the 12 x 12 layout, I used Creative Memories wave cutter and MFT's Die-namics Beautiful Bows.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog- Post #182

 This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #182 is Close To My Heart Colours - Hollyhock, Smoothie, Lagoon & White Daisy.

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Water Color Pencils, CTMH's Chevron Embossing Folder, CTMH Spring Critters Thin Cuts, Signo White Gel Pen, Spellbinders Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, Doodlebug Tangerine Sprinkles and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Spring Critters and Share the Love stamp sets with CTMH Hollyhock & Lagoon 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 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.

Aquarium 8 x 8 Layout

I used Little Yellow Bicycle's Splash Paper Line with a Bazzill Red cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used miscellaneous green brads from my stash.

Trev's 41st Birthday Card

Here is the birthday card that I made my husband this year. His favourite car is the 57 Chevy.

I used Close To My Heart's Paper Fundamentals - Whimsy - Glacier with Glacier & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Arrow Embossing Folder.

I used Local King Rubber Stamp's Route 66 stamp set and CTMH's Diamonds are Forever and Spring Critters stamp sets with CTMH Glacier ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #15b

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

I used Close To My Heart's Kaleidoscope Paper Packet with CTMH White Daisy, Canary, Sweet Leaf & Gypsy cardstocks.

To embellish the 4 x 4 card, I used CTMH's Liquid Glass, Spellbinders Large Deckled Mega Rectangles Nestabilities & Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie Marker.

I used CTMH's Hopping by stamp set and Unity's Swagger stamp set 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, February 29, 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 4th Birthday 8 x 8 Layout

I used Bazzill Embossed Dot Teal & Blue cardstocks with a Stampin' Up Yellow cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 Layout, I used Spellbinders' Deckled Rectangle Nestabilities for the journal boxes.

The colour palette for this layout was taken from my son's Minion t-shirt.

Congratulations Baby Card

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte Paper Packet with CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Treasured Puffies, MFT's Heart Die Stax and Spellbinders' Circle and Petite Scalloped Circle Nestabilites.

I used CTMH's Cute Koalas stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

Back To School 8 x 8 Layout

For my husband's family that lives in California and British Columbia, I make them 8 x 8 layouts of things that happen throughout the year with our family.

Each family member has their own album and I just mail them out pages for holidays or whenever I feel like it.

I used Little Yellow Bicycle's Head of the Class two-sided patterned paper and Reminisce Making the Grade two-sided patterned paper.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used Recollections Red Enamel Dots and an EK Success Small Apple Punch.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #181

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #181 is Close To My Heart Colours - Cranberry, Pear, Honey & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Honey & Colonial White cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the sentiment die-cuts, CTMH's Damask Embossing Folder and a Stampin' Up Photo Corner Punch.

I used CTMH's Blossoming Expressions stamp set with CTMH Honey, Cranberry & 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, February 25, 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 #26

Donna's Throw Back Thursday - Post #26

These are the Valentine's that I made up for my son's JK class. 

I made coloured popcorn that was grape flavoured.

I used Close To My Heart's Taste of Summer Paper Packet (discontinued) with CTMH Thistle cardstock and BoBunny Grape Dot cardstock.

To embellish the bags of popcorn, I used MFT's Heart Die Stax and googly eyes from my stash. The heart designed ziploc bags came from the Dollarama.

I used CTMH's Love Ya Silly (discontinued) and Beloved Bouquet (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Black ink.

Grandma's Calendar 2016 - January

For my grandma's Christmas gift in 2015, I made her a Close To My Heart 12 x 12 Calendar.

I highlighted the events of January 2015 and that became her January 2016 calendar page. I did this for the whole year.

I used Bella Blvd All American Paper Line with a Bazzill Blue cardstock.

To embellish the 12 x 12 layout, I used a Martha Stewart Scalloped Border Punch, an EK Success Zig Zag Border Punch, Marvy Snowflake Punch & Teal Enamel Gems from my stash.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #15a

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

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

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Grey Enamel Gems, CTMH Liquid Glass in the middle of the circles in the patterned paper, CTMH's Artistry Cricut Cartridge for the snowflakes and Jubilee Cricut Cartridge for the title.

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 29, 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.

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Cardstock Creations

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring Cardstock Creations. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, please 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's Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Cranberry and Honey cardstocks with Stampin' Up Gold Paper.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge for the titles.

I used CTMH's Delightful Ditty stamp set with CTMH Honey ink to stamp the music note background.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Blog Hop is Cheryl's Blog.

If you get lost along the way, there is a complete 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 we will be featuring Easter Creations. So mark March 15, 2016 on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle

2. Nicky

3. Arlene

4. Krista

5. Brae

6. Carol

7. Donna - You are here.

8. Cheryl

9. Brandy

10. Kirsten

11. Janet

California Trip Collage 8 x 8 Layout

I make up 8 x 8 layouts for our family in California & British Columbia so that they see what is going on with our family throughout the year.

Last summer, Trevor, TJ & I went to California to visit our family. I did up a bunch of layouts of our trip for our family, but needed one more layout to keep the flow of the album.

I couldn't choose a theme, so I decided to do a collage page of many highlights of our trip.

I designed the layout in Office and printed the layout out as an 8 x 8 photo.

Then I matted the collage on Jillibean Soup - Soup Staples 2 - Navy Salt & Turquoise Salt two-sided patterned papers.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte Paper Packet with CTMH White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Treasured Puffies, CTMH's White & Gold Ribbon and MFT's Cross-Stitch Rectangle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Woodland Romance, Sending Love & Beloved Bouquet (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Slate ink.

Camera 4 x 4 Birthday Card

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte & Zoe Paper Packets with CTMH White Daisy & Sorbet cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch and CTMH's Silver Sequins.

I used CTMH's February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love, Woodland Romance and Birthday Calligraphy with CTMH Slate ink.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #180

We are really excited about the joint challenge venture we have this week!

We are partnering with another fabulous Close To My Heart Challenge Blog, Heart 2 Heart Challenges, to reward some lucky participants for entering both of these challenges by the Color Dare deadline of Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #180 is Close To My Heart Colours - Reds, Black & White Daisy. You may use any of the following reds: Pomegranate, Ruby or Cranberry.

The Heart to Heart theme challenge is "Share the Love"; which you can interpret to mean something with hearts and love messages or something with the February Constant Campaign "Share the Love" stamp set or something else that reminds you of a "Share the Love" theme.

We would love to have you "Share the Love" with both challenge blogs. Please be sure to check out the rules of H2H: http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.ca and the Color Dare: http://colormyheartcolordare.blogspot.ca.

There will be a random prize drawing on Friday, February 19, 2016, for those who have entered both challenges. (Please use a direct link to your blog post and link back to both of our blogs). You can also share your work with us at the Color My Heart Color Dare Community FaceBook page and then copy that URL to paste it into the Linky tool for both of our blogs.

I used Close To My Heart's La Vie En Rose Paper Packet with CTMH Cranberry, Black & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch, an EK Success Small Heart Punch, Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities & Bella Blvd McIntosh Enamel Dots.

I used CTMH's February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love with CTMH Black ink.

I look forward to seeing what types of projects you can inspire us with.

You Make Me Smile Card

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte & Zoe Paper Packets with CTMH White Daisy & Sorbet cardstocks.

To embellish my card, I used CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch, CTMH's Silver Sequins & CTMH's 3D Foam Tape.

I used CTMH's February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love, Woodland Romance and Birthday Calligraphy with CTMH Slate & Sorbet ink.

Your My Type of Friend

I used Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet with CTMH Bamboo & Pomegranate cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Pink Enamel Gems, Stampin' Up Ribbon and Spellbinders' Curved Rectangles Die-Cuts.

I used CTMH's February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love and Kaleidoscope Cardmaking Workshop stamp set with CTMH Pomegranate ink.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post 14b

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is Close To My Heart's Charlotte Paper Packet.

I used Close To My Heart's Charlotte Paper Packet with CTMH Slate & White Daisy cardstocks and a Bazzill Peach cardstock from my stash.

To embellish the 4 x 4 card, I used CTMH's Silver Sequins (even though they look gold in the photo) & CTMH's Spring Critters Thin Cuts and an EK Success small heart punch.

I used CTMH's Spring Critters, Sending Love, Woodland Romance and Beloved Bouquet (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH Black & Slate 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, February 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.

Halloween 2015 8 x 8 Layout

I used one of Imaginisce's Halloween Paper Lines with a Bazzill Black cardstock and a Stampin' Up Orange cardstock.

To embellish the 8 x 8 layout, I used Michael's Orange Enamel Dots and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

Share the Love Blog Hop

Welcome to our Close To My Heart February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love Blog Hop.

You may only purchase this fabulous stamp set in the month of February. From every stamp set sold, CTMH will be donating $7 to Operation Smile - this is the charity that CTMH supports on an on-going basis.

If you came here from Priscilla Gotham'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 27 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love 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 Paper Fundamentals Enchantment - Saffron, CTMH's Paper Fundamentals Adventure - Pacifica & Pear with CTMH Pacifica, Pear & White Daisy cardstocks.

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

I used CTMH's February Promotional Stamp Set - Share the Love with CTMH Pacifica, Pear & Saffron inks.

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

I have a CTMH Order going in on:
Thursday, February 11, 2016
&
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

For more information, please email me at ddigby@shaw.ca.

You Are My Anchor

I am participating in the Atlantic Hearts' Sketch Challenge #145.

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's My Anchor Thin Cuts, CTMH Sponge Dauber with Sapphire ink and Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities.

I used CTMH's My Anchor & Jennifer's Hand Alphabet stamp sets with CTMH Sapphire ink.