Heart's of the West 33rd Blog Hop - Sugar Rush 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 Sugar Rush 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 Sugar Rush Paper Packet.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Sugar Rush Complements and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with white thread.

Now hop on over to Corinna Murphy's Blog.

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

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby - You are here.
3. Corinna Murphy
4. Anna Miller
5. Linda Pekrul
6. Brenda Gieck

Design Team Call

Between The Folds Challenge Blog is looking for some New Design Team Members.

Qualifications:

You must be a Close To My Heart Enthusiast. You don't have to be a consultant, you just must love Close To My Heart products and own a lot of it to take part in the challenges.

You must have a blog and be on FaceBook.

Duties:

Post the themed project every second Tuesday by midnight - your project must be done by the Monday at noon so the challenge post can go live at midnight on Tuesday.

Each Design Team Member is assigned a month. Your duties in that month is to pick the bi-weekly challenges, post the challenge on our blog and FaceBook and to do the Winner's Creative Favorite posts on our blog and FaceBook.

If you have never done a post like mentioned above, the team is here to help each other out.

Comment on challenge submissions.

Have fun!

Our challenge blog is to help promote Close To My Heart products and hopefully use up some of our stash.

If you are interested in joining are Creative Team, please contact Donna Digby at ddigby@shaw.ca by Wednesday, January 25, 2017. Please include your blog address in your email.

Have a great day!

Cross Canada CTMH Blog Hop - Traditional v.s. Non-Traditional Christmas Colours

Welcome to our December Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring Traditional v.s. Non-Traditional Christmas Colours. 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 Michelle Hughes' Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's City Sidewalks Paper Packet & CTMH's Adventure Paper Fundamentals Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy & Whisper cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's White & Grey Enamel Gems, Stampin' Up White Ribbon, a Miscellaneous Grey Ribbon from my stash and MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Oval & Circle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Jolly Holiday & Happies Holidays stamp sets with CTMH's Willow & Peacock inks.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada hop is Janet McCormick'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 Catalogue Recreation. So mark January 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle Stewart
2. Michelle Hughes
3. Donna Digby
4. Janet McCormick

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #36B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to make a project using Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet and/or its colour palette.

I used Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet with CTMH's Desert Sand & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Clear Sparkles & CTMH's Scalloped Border Punch (discontinued).

I used Close To My Heart's Very Merry & Yuletide Joy (discontinued) stamp sets and an Inkadinkado Deer & Snowflake stamps with CTMH's Desert Sand 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, December 19, 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.

Joyful Stars December Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars December 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 Marie Flayer'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 Oh Deer! Paper Packet with White Daisy & Glacier cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Mini Scallop Rectangles Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Very Merry stamp set with CTMH's Desert Sand ink.

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

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #223

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #223 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Sea Glass, Bamboo, Cocoa, Colonial White, Dessert Sand, Fern, Juniper, Slate, Whisper & White Daisy. All of these colours can be found in CTMH's Oh Deer! Paper Packet.

I used Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet with CTMH's Kraft & Sea Glass cardstocks. I substituted the Desert Sand colour with Kraft to match the Oh Deer! Complements better.

To embellish the 6 x 6 Desk Calendar Layout, I used CTMH's Oh Deer! Complements, a Paperclip from my stash, CTMH's Artbooking Cricut Cartridge for the 5" Calendar and CTMH's Artiste Cricut Cartridge (discontinued) for the November title.

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, December 15, 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.

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #36A

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to make a project using Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet and/or its colour palette.

I used Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet with CTMH's Desert Sand & White Daisy cardstocks.

I used Close To My Heart's Very Merry stamp set and an Inkadinkado Bird stamp with CTMH's Desert Sand 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, December 19, 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.

Winter 6 x 8 Layout

I used Close To My Heart's Rustic Home Paper Fundamentals with CTMH's Peacock, Kraft & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the 6 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Blue Enamel Gems, CTMH's Snowflake Thin Cut, CTMH's Winter Thin Cut and CTMH's Spray Pen filled with CTMH's Peacock Re-inker & water.

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

Shanna's 40th Birthday Card

This is the card that I made for my best-friend, Shanna's, 40th Birthday.

I used Doodlebug's Frosty Friends 6 x 6 Paper Pad with CTMH's White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, CTMH's Heart Thin Cuts, MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax, Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge for the "40", an EK Success Small Snowflake Punch and Eyelet Outlet White Enamel Dots.

I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Break & So Many Birthdays stamp set with CTMH's Pacifica ink.

Jennifer's 40th Birthday Card

I made this card for my girlfriend, Jennifer's, 40th Birthday.

I used My Mind's Eye's Tres Jolie Paper with Close To My Heart's Colonial White cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangle Die Stax, Mama Elephant Tea Cup Die Cut, Carta Bella Enamel Dots and Alphalicious Cricut Cartridge for the "40".

I used Mama Elephant's Cup of Wishes stamp set and CTMH's Birthday Sparkles stamp set with CTMH's Slate ink.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #222

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #222 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Black, White or Colonial White with a combination of or one of the following metallics - Gold, Silver or Rose Gold.

I used Close To My Heart's Black & White Daisy cardstocks with CTMH's Gold & Silver Glitter Papers.

To embellish the card, CTMH's Gift Thin Cuts, CTMH's Silver Sequins & CTMH's Confetti Embossing Folder.

I used CTMH's Birthday Sparkles & Nature's Wish stamp sets with VersaMark ink pad and CTMH's Gold Embossing Powder.

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, December 08, 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.

December Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Flowers

Welcome to our Close To My Heart December Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Flowers Blog Hop.

If you came here from Jen Rubio'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 30 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the December Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Flowers 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 Swan Lake Paper Packet with CTMH's Glacier & Black cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax & MFT's Cross Stitched Rectangle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's December Stamp of the Month - Thoughtful Flowers with CTMH's Black ink.

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

December Order Deadline:
Friday, December 2, 2016

CTMH's Featured Product Blog Hop - Tags

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

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 City Sidewalks Paper Packet.

To embellish the shaker tag, I used CTMH's Heart Thin Cuts, CTMH's White Twine, Cartwright's 3mm Moonshine Sequins, Miscellaneous Teal Sequins and MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Happiest Holidays & Holiday Tags (discontinued) stamp sets with CTMH's Pacifica ink.

To make the shaker part of the tag, I used CTMH's 3D Foam Tape with an old page protector for the window opening.

Next on our blog hop is Annette Clark's Blog. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring Tags.

Have a great day!

1. Annette Clark
2. Lauren Moore
3. Janna Gray
4. Donna Digby

Heart's of the West 32nd Blog Hop - Oh Deer! 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 Oh Deer! 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 Oh Deer! Packet with CTMH's Cocoa cardstock.

To embellish the sign, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge & CTMH's Winter Thin Cut.

To make the sign, I asked my husband to cut me 3 pieces of 2 x 2. One 5" long, one 7" long & one at 9" long. He sanded the edges for me. I adhered the paper to the wood and then did a light white wash over the paper with white paint and water so that the lettering stood out more from the patterned paper.

Now hop on over to Corinna Murphy's Blog.

Thank you for joining us this month. Please join us again on January 1st for our next Heart's of the West Blog Hop featuring one of CTMH's New Paper Packets from the Upcoming New Mini Catalogue.

1. Nancy Klein
2. Donna Digby - You are here.
3. Corinna Murphy
4. Linda Pekrul

Holiday Season Christmas Card

I couldn't decide on which colour card base to go with, so I made a couple of this card in both colours.

I used Doodlebug's Polar Pals Colorful Crystals Patterned Paper with CTMH's Pansy, Lagoon & White Daisy cardstocks.

The sentiments stamp is from Inkadinkado and I used it with CTMH's Pansy & Lagoon inks.

Card Base: 5.5" tall x 8" wide

Score at: 2", 3", 5" & 6"

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #35B

This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to make a project using Glitter and/or Bling.

I used Close To My Heart's Oh Deer! Paper Packet with CTMH's White Daisy cardstock and CTMH's Sea Glass Glitter Paper.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Jumbo Fishtail Banner Die Stax & Cartwright's Moonshine 5mm, 6mm & 8mm Sequins.

I used Close To My Heart's November Stamp of the Month - New Year's Cheer with CTMH's Desert Sand, Juniper & Glacier 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, December 5, 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.

Christmas Tree Fun Fold Card

I used Bella Blvd's Christmas Cheer Patterned Paper with Close To My Heart's Topiary (discontinued) and White Daisy cardstocks.

I used CTMH's Festive Trees (discontinued), Very Merry and Wedding Wishes stamps sets with CTMH's Topiary (discontinued) & Cranberry inks.

Card Base: 4'' tall x 10.5" wide
Score at: 2.75", 4", 6.5" & 7.75"

Fun Fold Magic of the Season Christmas Card

I used Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Christmas - Donner Patterned Paper with Close To My Heart's White Daisy cardstock and a Bazzill Red cardstock.

To embellish the card, I made my own photo corners with a Square Fiskars Hand Punch and a 3/4" EK Success Square Punch.

I used CTMH's Season of Magic stamp set with CTMH's Tulip ink (discontinued) and Stampin'  Up's Garden Green ink.

Penguin Plaid Merry Christmas Card

I used Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Christmas - Prancer Patterned Paper with Close To My Heart's Lagoon & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Mini Scalloped Rectangles Die Stax and Cartwright's Moonshine 6mm Sequins.

I used CTMH's Season's Greetings (discontinued) stamp set and a Stampendous Merry Christmas stamp set with CTMH's Lagoon & Willow inks.

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post # 221

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog our Color Dare #221 is using Close To My Heart Colours: Goldrush, Poppy, Saffron & Colonial White.

I used Close To My Heart's Enchantment Fundamentals Paper Packet with CTMH's Colonial White cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used American Crafts Enamel Gems, Stampin' Up Ribbon & MFT's Double Stitched Circle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's Birthday Sparkles & Nature's Wish stamp sets with CTMH's Goldrush 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, December 01, 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.

Santa & Reindeer Christmas Card

I used Imaginisce Christmas Paper with Close To My Heart's Ruby cardstock, BoBunny's Clover Dot cardstock and a Bazzill Off-White cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die Stax.

I used CTMH's I Believe (discontinued), Pear & Partridge Cardmaking Workshop (discontinued) & Very Merry stamp sets with CTMH Ruby ink.