September SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

The stamp set for the September Stamp of the Month is called Feel So Blessed(S1709)

There are 26 stamps to choose from. 
Spend $50. and you can get this stamp set for just $6. This stamp set is only available until the last day of September. This is a very versatile stamp set as you see with the different cards I made.

                                                   

                        
If you have come here from Janna'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

This month we have approximately 25 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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 decide to make a variety of cards with this stamp set.

The Grateful card I used Saffron and Fern Cardstock, Fern Exclusive Ink, Enchantment Fundamental paper pack(Z3352) and Enamel green triangles(Z3123).

This Sympathy card I used Sapphire and Goldrush Exclusive Inks, Sapphire Cardstock, Blue Burlap ribbon(Z3325), the sentiment is from Words of Comfort(retired), and Gold Glitter gems(Z3312). The feathers were fussy cut.

This Birthday card I chose Charcoal, Pewter, Pebble and Juniper inks with the border from the stamp set, Basic fundamentals paper pack(3353), grey gems(Z3089) and the stamps I received from Convention this year.

This Birthday card is made with Sapphire and Crystal Blue Exclusive Inks and Cardstock, White Daisy Cardstock, Finding the Words stamp set(retired) and the new Colourblock Alphabet(D1729)

There are a variety of substitutes for the retired items I've used. Just check through the new Annual Inspirations for ideas.
Hope you enjoyed my projects!

 If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .

Now "Hop" on over to Alyson's Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 


Have a great day!!

Annual Inspirations New Product Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Annual Inspirations New Product Blog Hop

I'm so excited about the new products.  This hop will showcase some favorite new products.

If you have come here from Marie'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

This month we have approximately 26 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using new products from the new Annual Inspirations! 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! 

This is wedding card.

My supply list is:

Pewter, Linen and Bashful Exclusive Inks, Bashful Cardstock and Glitter paper, Basic Fundamentals, For You Darling Stamp and Thin Cuts (Z3375) (C1690), Rose Embossing Folder(Z3343), Grey dots(Z3089)

I stamped the flowers on a piece of the Basic fundamentals . Also the sentiment is from one of the Basic fundamentals papers.
Hope you enjoyed my project!

 If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .

Now "Hop" on over to to see her work! Wendy Kessler's Blog Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 

Have a great day!!

August Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring 

the New Annual Inspirations!!

Welcome to our August  Blog Hop featuring artwork created with favorite new products. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,

contact your local consultant to place an order or click here .

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some

new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… 

now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop,

but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle's Blog  If you came from Janet's Blog then you are in the right place! 

Now on to my project! It was inspired by a Pinterest post by Janneke!
This Birthday card was made mostly with the new Basic colors-  Basic Fundamentals, Charcoal ink and cardstock, White Daisy cardstock, B1571-Hunting for Words, D1579-Colorblock Alphabet and grey dots.

Hope you enjoyed my project!

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

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog,  as she has the complete blog list. 

Thanks 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  So mark July 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Have a great day!!

April Some Kinda Wonderful HWBH

This month we are doing Some Kinda Wonderful!

If this is the first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to My Heart Consultants from all across Canada showing you their projects. The Hearts of the West team was founded by Nancy Klein.

This paper pack is from the new CTMH Seasonal Expressions 1! There is lots of amazing paper inside.

Check it out.

If you came from Donna's Blog, you're in the right place. This is a go around blog so you can start anywhere. Just in case, the full list is at the bottom of this post.

Grab a beverage and enjoy the hop!

My first card could be a wedding or Anniversary card, maybe even a birthday!
Supplies I used are:
Black cardstock that I added  shimmer with the clear shimmer brush (Z3293) as I don't have the black glitter paper which I would have used.
Some kinda Wonderful paper pack(X7217B) and Complements(X7217D). The hearts were trimmed from a complement to make the ones I put on my card.
The black and gold ribbon is from the Uptown Ribbon pack(Z3289)


My second card could be for someone who needs a little boost!
Supplies used are:
Some Kinda Wonderful paper pack(X7217B) and Complements(X7217D)
Black and White Dots(Z3314) and the Dreamin' Big -Cardmaking stamp set(C1674).

Hope you enjoyed my project. If you are interested in any of the items used in my project please click HERE.

Check out the April Stamp of the Month. For just $50. you can get the stamp set for $6. until the end of April!

Next stop is  Anna's Blog ! Check out her great project!

Have a great day!!

 1.Nancy's Blog

2.Donna's Blog

                           3. Corinna's Blog (you are here)

4.  Anna's Blog

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

The stamp set for the December Stamp of the Month is called Thoughtful Flowers(S1612)

There are 14 stamps to choose from. 
Spend $50. and you can get this stamp set for just $6. This stamp set is only available until the last day of December.
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If you have come here from Jean'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

This month we have approximately 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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 made two cards for this hop. A Thank you card and a Sympathy card.
The Thank you Card has Sea Glass(X 5789)White Daisy(1385) and Pixie(X5773) cardstock. I random stamped the strip of White Daisy  in Sea Glass. The Thank You is in Sea Glass(Z2813) and Pixie(Z2844). I fussy cut the flower in Willow(X5784) and Pixie cardstock. I added a few pink gems(Z3091)

The Sympathy card has a Coloniale White card base(X1410) with Black(1386) and Desert Sand(1273) cardstock. I used Gold Embossing powder(Z2066) for the background on the Black cardstock. I used Black Shimmer Ribbon(Z4012) to separate the Black and Desert Sand. 

 If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .

Now "Hop" on over to Haley's Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 


Have a great day!!

Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop

              Welcome to the Cricut Flower Market Blog Hop

The Close to My Heart Cricut Flower Market cartridge has 700 images.
You can get a Physical cartridge or Digital but you get 3 stamp sets and the Adventure cardstock with either one. (Z3285) or (Z3290)

If you have come here from  Brenda Lapp'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

This month we have approximately 22 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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 enjoyed making this card! The sugar skull is traditionally Halloween/Day of the Dead but I know someone who loves sugar skulls so I was excited to make this card.  All the cut outs are from the Flower Market cartridge! So many occasions, so many images!
The cardstock I used was Cashmere, New England Ivy, Fern, White Daisy and Cranberry.
I used some Whimsy paper for the skull and Oh Deer paper for the background. I used Cashmere ink for shading and edging the paper. Cranberry ink for the lace on the jar.The twine is Fern thick twine.
Hope you enjoyed my card!

If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .

Now "Hop" on over to Sheila Bennett's Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 

Have a great day!!

Cricut City Sidewalks Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cricut City Sidewalks 

Blog Hop!

 If you have come here from Alyson Mayo'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 on  HERE

This month we have 17 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the  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!

 Now on to my project!

You know when you have this great idea in your mind and you starting cutting out the pieces with your Cricut machine and then you step away and it gets all caught up!!! Anyway, it was an overlay so I salvaged a couple pieces and this is what I created with one of them.

I used Seaglass cardstock(X5789) , CTMH Cricut City Sidewalks Digital Collection(Z4017), City Sidewalks WYW(G1114)

For this card I attached part of the overlay underneath a piece of City Sidewalks paper(X7213B). The paper was textured with the Edge Distresser(Z1297). I cut the Winter Wonderland tag from the City Sidewalks cartridge and popped it up with the 3D tape. The snowflakes are also from the City Sidewalks Cricut cartridge.

If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant.

Now "Hop" on over to Michele Rowley's Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 

Have a great day!!

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop- For the Love of Stamping

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products 

Blog Hop. 

This week we are featuring for the Love of Stamping.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can find the complete list at the end of this post. If you came here from Lauren's Blog you are in the right place.

Now on to my projects!
This is a 5X7" card. I used Fern cardstock on the White Daisy card base. I used White Daisy cardstock and used a retired embossing folder and covered it in Fern Exclusive ink and ran it through the cuttlebug. I used ribbon from the Whimsy ribbon pack and also added coral reef sequins which are retired. The sentiment is from Card Chatter-Sympathy.

My second card is a 4X5.5" card. I used Crystal Blue cardstock. I used a Daisy White cardstock and Crystal Blue Exclusive ink that was put on a large block and then spritzed with water than stamped on the paper. The ribbon is from the Whimsy ribbon pack. The footprints are from the stamp set Baby Impressions, retired.

Thank you for checking out my projects.

If you are interested in any of the products shown or any additional supplies you can buy them here . If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Donna's Blog Make sure to check out her amazing work!




1. Annette's Blog
2. Lauren's Blog
3.Corinna's Blog
4. Donna's Blog



See you on Wednesday (September 21) as we will be featuring (Jeepers Creepers)!

Have a great day!

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop~

So excited to start Christmas!
The stamp set for the October Stamp of the Month is called Yuletide Joy 

Yuletide Joy  has beautiful Christmas designs that you can colour.  Seven stamps for only $6. with a $50. purchase. This stamp set is only available until the last day of October.

The star and stocking  have coordinating cutouts from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

If you have come here from  Paige Dolecki '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

This month we have approximately 34 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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!

The first card is a 5X7" card. I used the City Sidewalks paper pack(X7213B), The star from the Stamp of the Month, White Daisy cardstock inked with Fern and Ruby Exclusive inks using a retired stamp set (D1562) and silver sequins. The stars were embossed with Ranger embossing powder(Z2067) and Recollections tinsel embossing powder. The sentiment is from Woodland Wishes(D1696).


The second card is a 4X5.5" card. I also used the City Sidewalks paper pack. The Daisy White cardstock is popped up with 3D foam tape.  I used the presents from the Stamp of the Month. I covered up parts of the stamp so I could give the presents dimension. I embossed all presents with the Ranger silver embossing powder and tinsel and green pearl embossing powder from Recollections. The bows were made with retired bakers twine and some twine from my stash. The branches from the tree are from a die cut from my stash. The sparkles are retired CTMH. The stars on the presents were colored with Golden Yellow Touch twin markers.
The sentiment was also embossed and is from the Stamp of the Month. I added some closer looks as my photography is not the greatest. 

If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .

Now "Hop" on over to Vickie ODell 's Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 

Have a great day!!

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop-Jeepers Creepers

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop.

This week our featured product is (Jeepers Creepers).

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can find the complete list at the end of this post. If you came here from Lauren's Blog  you are in the right place.
Now on to my project!





This is a Birthday card.

I used the Jeepers Creepers paper pack(X7211B), Thin cuts Stars(Z3261), Lagoon Cardstock, Brushstrokes(C1608), white enamel stars-retired, Beyond Awesome(C1644)-retired

Thank you for checking out my project.

If you are interested in any of the products shown or any additional supplies you can buy them here . If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Donna's Blog Make sure to check out her amazing work!

1.Lauren' Blog

2.Corinna's Blog

3. Donna's Blog

4. Annette's Blog

See you on Wednesday (October 5) as we will be featuring (For the Love of Stamping)!

Have a great day!

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop-Thin Cuts

  

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop.

This week our featured product is (Thin Cuts).

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can find the complete list at the end of this post. If you came here from Lauren Moore's Blog you are in the right place.

Now on to my project!

My project is a Congratulations card. I used the small star from the Thin cuts stars (Z3261). I cut them from Pansy, Lemon and Emerald cardstock and stamped them with the same colors in Exclusive inks onto White Daisy cardstock. I wrapped the white daisy in the yellow twine from the Whimsy Ribbon pack. The patterned paper is from the Jeepers Creepers paper pack. The sentiment is from Sending Smiles(D1708) that comes with the Flower Market Cricut cartridge. The flame stamp is from C1483, Born to Ride. I added a sparkle and some bitty sparkles as well.

Thank you for checking out my project.

If you are interested in any of the products shown or any additional supplies you can buy them here . If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Donna Digby's Blog Make sure to check out her amazing work!




1. Lauren Moore

2. Corinna Murphy (you are here)

3. Donna Digby

4. Jennifer Bennett

5.Annette Clark

See you on Wednesday (September 21) as we will be featuring (Jeepers Creepers)!

Have a great day!

September Jeepers Creepers HWBH

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the Jeepers Creepers Paper Pack !

If this is the first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to My Heart Consultants from all across Canada showing you their projects. The Hearts of the West team was founded by Nancy Klein.

This paper pack is from the new CTMH Holiday Expressions! There is lots of amazing paper inside.

Check it out. 

If you came from Sonia Parent St Jean
you're in the right place. This is a go around blog so you can start anywhere. Just in case, the full list is at the bottom of this post.

Grab a beverage and enjoy the hop!

My first project is a Thank you card. 

I used the Jeepers Creepers paper pack, Whimsy ribbon pack, September SOTM Blessed Beyond Measure, White Daisy and Gypsy cardstock, Pansy Exclusive ink and purple sparkles. 

The second card is a child's Birthday card. I used a PML card from the Jeepers Creepers paper pack, zip strips from the paper pack, and retired black fundamentals. I stamped the monsters from B1470- Love Ya Silly onto a piece of the Jeepers Creepers paper with Pansy Exclusive Ink.
Birthday wishes is from D1646- Finding the Words, Inside is from D1630-Curlicue Alphabet. I added a few purple dots as well. 

Hope you enjoyed my projects.  If you are interested in any of the items used in my project please click HERE.  Check out the September Stamp of the Month. For just $50. you can get these 19 stamps for $6. until the end of September.

Next stop is  Brenda Gieck!

Have a great day!!

1. Nancy Klein

2. Donna Digby

3. Sonia Parent St Jean

4. Corinna Murphy (you are here)

5.Brenda Gieck

6.Anna Miller

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop Fundamentals

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop. 

This week our featured product is (New Fundamentals).

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can find the complete list at the end of this post. If you came here from Jennifer Bennett's Blog you are in the  right place.
Now on to my projects!
My first card is a 4X5.5" baby card
I used the Whimsy Fundamentals, Baby Girl Complements, Pixie and White Daisy cardstock and Pixie Exclusive ink. The sentiment is from a retired stamp set, Wild Wonders-C1558

The second card is a 4X5.5" wedding card. I used the Whimsy Fundamentals, Whimsy Ribbon pack, Pixie and Pear cardstock, and Chocolate and Pixie Exclusive ink. The embellishment heart is from a retired Puffies pack and miscellaneous pearls probably Recollections from Michaels.
I blended the chocolate and Pixie inks over all the papers to give it an aged look. The stamp sets I used were  D1631- Curlicue Frames, D1667-Balloon Wishes, D1646-Finding the Words.

Thank you for checking out my projects. If you are interested in any of the products shown or  any additional supplies you can buy them here . If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Annette Clark's Blog  Make sure to check out her amazing work!

1.Annette Clark
2. Lauren Moore

3. Donna Digby

4.Jennifer Bennett
5. Corinna Murphy (you are here)

See you on Wednesday (September 7) as we will be featuring (new Thin Cuts)! Have a great day!

Cross Canada Blog Hop-Favorite New Products

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring Our Favorite New Products from the NEW Annual Inspirations catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle Stewart . If you came from Janet McCormick then you are in the right place! 

Now on to my projects:

This hop is about your favorite products from the New Annual Inspirations and I was going to highlight the new Cricut cartridge Flower Market but I forgot my machine!! :( This is the problem with spending time at the lake all summer, you forget things so I will use what I did bring which is also one of my favorites.


The first project is a 4 X 5.5" card. There are twins expected to arrive any day now for a dear friends daughter so that is what has inspired this card.


I used the Whimsy Fundamentals Z3255, White Daisy card stock, Line it Up Cricut Bundle from the Flower Market collection Z3285, retired stamp sets-A1037 and D1561. I used a stampin' up stamp for the congratulations X2 and the stamp for the inside of my card, and Baby Boy Complements Z3273. I also used Sweet leaf ink for stamping.














The second card is also a 4 X 5.5" card and its a wedding card. I'm in need of some wedding cards as I've run out so this paper pack works well.

I used the Whimsy Fundamentals, Baby Boy Complements and Magical sequins. I used Crystal Blue cardstock and ink. I crinkled the love paper to give it a little dimension before sponging.











Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle Stewart

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle Stewart as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks 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 projects with a Back to School theme. So mark September 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

November's White Pines HWBH

Welcome to the Hearts of the West Team Blog Hop!

If this is the first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to My Heart Consultants from all across Canada showing you their projects. The Hearts of the West team was founded by Nancy Klein.

This months challenge is the White Pines paper pack brought to you by the new Holiday Expressions.







If you came from Donna's blog you're in the right place. This is a go around blog so you can start anywhere. Just in case, the full list is at the bottom of this post. Grab a beverage and enjoy the hop!







As with most of the Christmas paper packs, I love love the design and colors of this one. There are many Complements to use in all your projects and the Assortment has very cute buttons as well.




My first project is the Base and Bling faux silver circle pendants with the snowflake, jingle bell and red beads. Instead of using the holiday style sheet I used the white pines paper and punched out a 1" circle that fits perfectly. These will make a great gift for Christmas.

















My next project is cards. The first one I used a white daisy base. I used cranberry ink and used a brayer on white daisy cardstock. Need a little practice in the brayering department. When it was dry I used the edge distresser around all the sides. I opened up one corner so I could add a little complement . I used the white pines complements for all the other embellishmnets as well as 3 red enamel gems to finish it off. I popped 2 of the flowers up with 3D foam tape to give it some dimension.






The second one I used a white daisy base, glacier cardstock and the white pines paper pack. I used white pines complements, silver shimmer trim and red enamel gems. The sentiment is from Festive trees hostess rewards stamp set(ask me how you can receive this very nice stamp set)









My final project is a two page layout. I used the chocolate cardstock as my base. with the white pines paper pack for coordinating colors. I used many of the Complements to embellish the pages and some white daisy cardstock as frames for some of the pictures. I used the White Pines scrapbooking stamp set and a retired CTMH cranberry marker to make the berries stand out on the " In the Air there's a feeling of Christmas" stamp. I had to fussy cut this stamp as I have not received my Artistry cricut cartridge yet. The Christmas Eve 2014 letters were cut out from the Artbooking Cricut cartridge in cranberry. I also used Fern ink for the stamps. My layout is quite busy with the crazy Christmas sweaters but I like it.


























I hope you enjoyed my projects and hopefully it will give you some inspiration.




Your next stop is -Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-hearts...




Nancy Klein - http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/.../hearts-of-west-blog-hop...


Donna Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.com/.../hearts-of-west-19th...


Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-white...


Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/.../novembers-hearts...


Sonia Parent St Jean - http://scrappingsonia.blogspot.ca/.../hotw-november-white...


Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/.../november-white...


Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/.../white-pines...




Thanks so much for joining us and come back next month to see more creative ideas.

Have a great day!