April SOTM Blog Hop

       Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

The stamp set for the April Stamp of the Month is called Flock Together(S1704)

There are 11 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 April. 

                                                   

                        

If you have come here from Jen'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 had a plan but didn't quite decide on the photo plan. Was going to either add pics to the leaves on the tree or add one large family photo, hence that's why there are not any pictures. I might just add names to the leaves.
Supplies I used:
Flock Together SOTM(S1704)
White Daisy and Lagoon cardstock
Emerald and Tangerine Exclusive inks
Assorted Green ShinHan markers
Artbooking CTMH Cricut cartridge for the apple tree frame.
Artistry CTMH Cricut cartridge for the label.
The alphabet is a Cricut alphabet

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 Krista'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!!

October Cross Canada Blog Hop-Jeepers Creepers

Welcome to the October Cross Canada Hop!

This month we are featuring Jeepers Creepers(Halloween Theme)
To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant.
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 project:

 I did a 2 page layout with PML cards from the Jeepers Creepers paper pack. They are inserted in Memory protectors.
Trick or Treat is from the CTMH Cricut Artbooking cartridge. Halloween is from the Artiste cartridge(retired) I also used the Emerald cardstock which is one of our beautiful new colors this year!

The Boo Eek Happy Haunting is from the CTMH Cricut Artistry cartridge. The little arrows are from a retired puffies pack. 

The skull and bones frame is from Artbooking.

I attached the eyes and masks from What a Hoot (S1408)(retired) and Purr-fect Halloween(S1608) to a large block and stamped it twice on this PML card with some purple gems.

The little frames are from a mini medley(Z1393)(retired) I added parts of a zipstrip and black epoxy bubbles(Z1935)(retired). I used a journaling pen for the mouth and a white gel pen for dots. They are attached with white twine. 

Hope you enjoyed my project.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Kristine's blog

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 the Jeepers Creepers paper pack. So mark November15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the September  Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

   

This beautiful stamp set for the September Stamp of the Month can be used in many ways.

Blessed Beyond Measure has beautiful fall stamps as well as ways to thank someone special.  Nineteen wonderful stamps for only $6. with a $50. purchase. This stamp set is only available until the last day of September.

The leaves and the pumpkin have coordinating cutouts from the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.

If you have come here from Marie Flayer'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 31 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!

My project today is a 2 page layout. It will be to document our first Grand baby's fall pics. He will be about 6 months old. Can't wait! 

I used the SOTM to stamp the backgrounds with Goldrush and Chocolate exclusive inks on Colonial white cardstock. The pumpkins and leaves are also from the SOTM. The pumpkin at the top I cut the vine from another pumpkin and attached it to give it a little more.... The pumpkins were stamped with Goldrush on emerald paper but I think I should have used white and colored the vines and stem. Unfortunately I did the stamping after I went home without my Explore....  I used Chocolate, Saffron and Tangerine cardstock to stamp Chocolate on the leaves.

I used Documenting moments for the journaling cards with Goldrush exclusive ink which is retiring soon. The pine cones, tree, bee, and branches are from the new Flower Market Cricut Cartridge. I'm not sure I really needed them but I wanted to try it out.

The tree overlays and the letters/numbers are from the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge. 

If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .
Now "Hop" on over to Krista Hershberger '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 Product Blog Hop- Vacation Theme

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is (Vacation themed- I used Magical Workshop Your Way).

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) you are in the  right place.

Now on to my project- I've made a layout using the Magical WYW, which includes the paper, complements and sequins as well as envelopes and cards. I used a zip strip, I used PML cards to display a picture and to make an envelope for the tickets. I used the chevron embossing folder which has retired.

Thank you for checking out my projects. Unfortunately the WYW are going soon! Check out the Going Soon tab on the Close to My Heart website to get yours before its gone or any additional supplies you can buy them here (Corinna Murphy). If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is( Lauren Moore  )Make sure to  check out her amazing work featuring a Vacation theme.
1. Lauren Moore
2.Annette Clark
3. Donna Digby
4. Jennifer Bennett
5.Corinna Murphy (you are here)

See you on Wednesday (August 24) as we will be featuring (new Fundamentals)! Have a great day!

CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop Embossing Folders

CTMH Featured Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured

product is (Embossing Folders).

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 start at the beginning

with Annette  http://littlecropshop.blogspot.ca/2016/03/ctmh-featured-products-blog-hop.html

If you came here from  Catherine    http://catscrapbooking.com/2016/03/02/technique-blog-hop-embossing-folders/you are in the right place.

Close to My Heart now has 15 Embossing Folders. Many great designs. These are just a few.

 



Now on to my project:
My project is a 2 page layout. I started with one page and decided to do two but I don't think they really go together other than they are from the same paper pack. I don't know, just me maybe.
Anyway, this is a layout for our very first grand baby who will be arriving in the next few weeks. We are very excited.
I used the Georgie paper pack to make a soft baby layout with the Georgia Complements as well.
I used the 3 embossing folders that I have to give some texture to the pages.
Page 1

I used the recipe from p. 122 in the Annual Inspirations for my inspiration. I used Champagne, Whisper and Crystal Blue cardstock. The overlay in Whisper is from Artbooking.
Sweet Little Boy is from a Cricut subscription with my Explore. Welcome is an Artbooking Font, I think. I'm not really sure how to figure out the fonts for my CTMH cartridges on Explore.
Little One is from Artbooking. The little buttons are popped up with 3D tape.

Page 2

I used the same colors of cardstock as in the first page. I filled in some of the spaces in the overlay from Artbooking with the colors of cardstock and the paper pack. I used 2 of the embossing folders for this one. Using one for the border for the photo. The buttons from the complements are popped up with 3D tape as well.
I used the zip strip to kind of join the two pages together.

Thank you for checking out my projects. If you would like to purchase our featured product of the week or any additional supplies you can buy them here (corinnamurphy.ctmh.com). If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback!
 Next on our blog hop is Kim http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/2016/03/ctmh-featured-products-blog-hop.html

Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.


See you on Wednesday (March 16) as we will be featuring (Complements)!

 Have a great day!

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!

Hopscotch HWBH March blog hop

Welcome to the Hearts of the West team blog hop!

If this is your first time joining us you will love it. It features Close to my hearts Consultants from all over Canada showing you their projects. The hearts of the west team was founded by Nancy Klein.
This months challenge is the Hopscotch  paper pack, brought to you by the Seasonal Expressions, hand picked from Nancy Klein.

If you came from Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hwbh-mar…  then you're in the right place, this is a go around blog hop so you can start anywhere! Just in case, the full list will be at the bottom. So, as always, grab your coffee, tea, water, relax, and hop around the team with us.


I just returned home a couple weeks ago from a fantastic trip to Hawaii with some great friends so I decided this paper would be a great way to start my memories of the trip. I just have to develop the pictures.

I used the Make it From Your Heart pattern book, volume 2(9042), pattern 16 to plan my layout.
I used Indian Corn Blue(Z2130), Sunset(Z2191), and Flaxen(Z2642) Exclusive inks from Close to My heart to edge everything with the sponge daubers(Z726). I used the Hopscotch Complements(X7194C) and Hopscotch Assortment(Z3016) to embellish my layout.I used antique gold Durables studs, letters cut out from the Alphabet on my Cricut and the Artbooking cartridge(Z1906) was used for the fun& sun,
as well as some assorted brads that I had on hand for a very long time and sticky letters for the date from miscellaneous items I had as well. Can't wait to add pictures.

Your next stop is Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-11th-blog… 

Thanks for joining us this month and come back next month to see what creative projects we can bring to you! Thank you for stopping by and please feel free to leave a comment.Here's a list in case you missed someone! Have fun!

1. Nancy Aasman Klein- http://nancyklein.blogspot.com/.../hearts-of-west-march...
2. Chantal Pearson's - http://www.itsahoot.ca/2015/02/hwbh-marchs.html
3. Chelsey Vorosmarty - http://www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/…/hearts-of-west-m…
4. Terry Ann Diack - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-layout-hwbh.ht…
5. Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/…/march-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-…
6. Holly Young-Bowers - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hearts-of…
7. Valerie Kapsha - http://surescrapsalot.com/hopscotch-team-blog-hop/
8. Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hwbh-mar…
9. Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.com/…/hopscotch-hwbh-march-…
10. Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-11th-blog…
11. Sonia Parent St Jean - http://www.scrappingsonia.blogspot.ca/…/marchs-hearts-of-we…
12. Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/…/march-hearts-of-west…
13. Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/…/hopscotch-hearts-of-w…