Thursday, April 21, 2016

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #2


I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Blush Red Medium & Vanilla Cream cardstocks and BoBunny's Buttercup & Ocean Double Dot cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used MFT's Stitched Rounded Rectangles Die Stax, Close To My Heart's Corner Rounder, Stampin' Up Ribbon and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Crafters Don't Lie Card - #1


I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream & Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny's Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish this card, I used MFT's Stitched Oval Die Stax, Prima Marketing Flowers, Kaiser Craft Rhinestones, Basic Grey Enamel Dots, Stampin' Up Ribbon and Heidi Swapp's Minc Machine with Gold Foil.

I used Stampin' Up's Hostess Love You Sew stamp set with CTMH Black ink for the sentiment on the front of the card. For the inside of my card, I designed the sentiment on my computer.

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Between The Folds Challenge Blog - Post #19B



This week's challenge at Between the Folds Bi-Weekly Challenge Blog is to use Close To My Heart's Regatta Paper Packet. If you don't have this paper packet, you may use Regatta's Colour Palette - Flaxen, Glacier, Pomegranate, Sapphire & White Daisy.

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

To embellish the card, I used CTMH's Maritime Puffies, Spellbinders' Circle Nestabilities and the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with blue thread.

I used CTMH's Birthday Wish & Lovely Birthday stamp sets with CTMH Sapphire 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 25, 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, April 18, 2016

Thanks A Latte Card


I used My Mind's Eye's My Girl 6 x 6 Paper Pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks and BoBunny Ocean Double Dot cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, MFT's Cross-Stitched Rectangles Die Stax, MFT's Heart Die Stax, Stampin' Up Embossing Folder, Clear Wink of Stella, miscellaneous twine and sequins from my stash.

I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Break stamp set with CTMH Cocoa ink.

I left the inside of my card blank for a personal message.

Sunday, April 17, 2016

Bean Thinking About You Card


I used My Mind's Eye My Girl 6 x 6 paper pad with Bazzill Vanilla Cream and Blush Red Medium cardstocks.

To embellish the card, I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Dies, MFT's Cross-stitched Rectangles Die Stax, an EK Success Medium Folk Heart punch, miscellaneous twine and enamel dots from my stash.

I used Jaded Blossom's Coffee Break stamp set with CTMH Black ink.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Spring is in the Air

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring Spring is in the Air. 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 can from Carol's Blog, then you are in the right place!

I used Close To My Heart's Penelope Paper Packet, Paper Fundamentals Adventure - Pacifica & Cranberry with CTMH Canary & White Daisy cardstocks.

To embellish my 8 x 8 layout, I used CTMH's Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge (flowers), Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge (title), Artistry Cricut Cartridge (snowflakes), CTMH Red Enamel Gems, Bazzill In Stitchz Circle Template with green embroidery floss from my stash.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada hop is Kirsten'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 For the Love of Moms. So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

1. Michelle
2. Nicky
3. Arlene
4. Carol
5. Donna - You are here.
6. Kirsten
7. Janet

Color My Heart Challenge Blog - Post #189





I used Close To My Heart's White Daisy cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used CTMH Spray Pens with CTMH Juniper, Hollyhock & Thistle Re-inkers & water, MFT Postage Stamp Stax and Stampin' Up Ribbon.

I used CTMH's Mini Messages and Joyful Birthday stamp sets with CTMH Juniper, Hollyhock & Thistle 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, April 21, 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.