Cross Canada Blog Hop - Artistry Cricut Collection

Welcome to our October Blog Hop featuring CTMH’s newest Cricut Collection, Artistry.  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 just happen to be the first stop hopping from East Coast to West Coast. If you came from Kirstin's blog then you are in the right place! 

For my project I started with the cuts from our Newest Cricut Collection, Artistry.  This cut is found on page 26. I used the Shape cut for the mat which I cut from Saffron Cardstock.  The White Daisy is a layer cut.  I adhered those layers to the Zoe  Glacier Hoodstooth pattern before adhering to the card base. The sentiment is from Blossoming Expressions ( D1665). I cut a banner and stamped in Black and Saffron ink, and popped it useing 3D Foam Tape.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicky.

If you get lost along the way I've posted the complete blog list here for you.

1. Michelle  - YOU ARE HERE
2. Nicky 
3. Arlene
4. Carol 
5. Donna
6. Jessica 
7. Brandy
8. Janet 
9. Heather 
10. Kirstin 

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 feature Preparing for Christmas.  So mark November 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Holiday Expressions Spotlight Blog Hop

Welcome to our Spotlight on the Holiday Expressions Blog Hop!  We will be featuring products found in this Seasonal Catalog.  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 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using 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 love the White Pines Collection, the colours are fabulous, I focused on the Cranberry, Fern and Glacier. The stamp I used is Holly Jolly Christmas ( D1657).  I added 4 small sparkles under the sentiment just to dress it up.  The stamping is on White Daisy, layered onto Cranberry Cardstock.  

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 ideas and other fun ideas! To purchase any of the product found during this blog hop you can contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) !

October SOTM Blog Hop - Twinkle

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Twinkle, a set of 15 stamps.  If you have come here from Sheila'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 44 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've created 2 cards using this month's Stamp set. This first card is pretty simple, I stamped the string and the clear lightbulb along the left side of the card base. Then using the new watercolour paints, I dabbed yellow, red, green and blue paint.  To keep them a little more translucent I then used some tissue to take some of the paint away.

For my second card, I started with some White Pines patterned paper, and added some gold shimmer trim to the bottom of the card. then using the ornament stamp which has a coordinating cut from the Artiste cartridge. I stamped the image in Fern and Cranberry, both these colours are found in the patterned paper.  I used 3D foam tape to pop the ornaments. I used some twine which was left over from a previous years WOTG kit to hang the ornaments.  The sentiment is stamped in 3 stages.  First I used the back side of the circle of stars and stamped it in 2nd generation to create the base, then I stamped it the right way using Fern Ink.  Noel is stamped in Cranberry. This is also popped using 3D foam tape.

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, that October's SOTM is only available until the 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!