August Cross Canada Blog Hop - Documented

Welcome to our Documented Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Documented paper collection. 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, and I'm the first stop when hopping from East Coast to West Coast. If you came from Janet's Blog then you are in the right place! 

For my project I wanted to create something other than a card, which seems to be what I usually choose.  I had a stash of wooden picture frames from Michael's that had been sitting around since my daughter's craft party for her birthday.  I decided that I would cover it.  I used the flower pattern from the Documented Paper collection (x7234b) and the Documented wooded Titles (Z4171).  I wanted to create a title that would fit the photo of my children.  So using my craft knife I cut the word today, making 2 words, to and day.  This allowed me to create my title, Love to Smile.  I used Memories Bonding Glue to adhere the paper to the wooden frame, using my bone folder to smooth all the air bubbles out.  I then used some sand paper to smooth the edges around the frame.

  

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Sheena .

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I've provided the complete list for this hop:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Sheena

Diana

Krista

Brae

Alyson

Brandi

Kirsten Jade

Terry Ann

Janet

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 artwork using the new Boutique collection, it will be released in our new Holiday Expressions Idea Book on September 1st. So mark September 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

SOTM Blog Hop - For the Love of Crafting

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring August's SOTM, which is For the Love of Crafting, a set of 9 stamps.  If you have come here from Melinda'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 Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have approximately 27 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!

For my project I knew I wanted to go GOLD.  So I pulled out Gold Embossing powder, Gold Shimmer Trim and even some very retired Gold Glitter.  I used patterns from the Documented collection, and for the heart I decided to use the Heart Thin Cuts to cut the shape out.

Now "Hop" on over to Cat's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the August SOTM is only available until August 31t  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


Always craft with  <3

July SOTM Blog Hop - Highlight Reel

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring July's SOTM, which is Highlight Reel a set of 23 stamps.  If you have come here from Cat Nowark'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 Melinda’s Blog. 

This month we have approximately 15 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!

For my card I used up some scraps of the paper Collection called Documented.  For the balloons I used colors as close to the those found in the paper and used the water colors and waterbrush to create this painted loook

Now "Hop" on over to Melissa's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the November SOTM is only available until August 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


Always craft with  <3