Joy to the World

Our current holiday paper collections are stunning, and I really love the flower pattern in the Beary Christmas collection.  The bright Christmas colors just make me happy.  I paired them up with coordinating cardstock and used the new stamp set Prince of Peace for this card.

In addition to the above items, I used the new Scallop Border Thin Cut for finishing.  The stamp set was stamped in New England Ivy Ink, and then again in Memento Ink.  I colored the stamped image with our ShinHan Touch Twin markers and fussy cut it and paper pieced it onto the first stamped image.  The New England Ivy cardstock I ran through the Buffalo Plaid Embossing Folder and the sanded it to show the white core.

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Silver Tree, Happy Holidays

This card is one of my favorites, besides cardstock it is using all retired product.  I used Ruby for matting and WhiteDaisy Cardstock for this project.

Can you tell me which stamp set I used for the image?  Anyway, I like the clean and simple style, and started this card off my using the confetti embossing folder, it makes me think of snowflakes, the I embossed both the tree and sentiment using Silver Embossing powder.  I really like how this came together, another clean and simple card.

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Merry Christmas Wreath

Today's featured card is using some very old retired paper, and the retired Wreath stamp and thin cut.  I really like how this pops after adding some glitter to represent the holly berries.

I used the banner thin cut for the sentiment and some doodling to finish it off.  The cardstock is Cranberry, and I stamped the wreath in New England Ivy ink.  I popped the wreath off the card using the 3D Foam Tape.

Merry Christmas!

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Joyeuses Fetes and Snowflakes

Today I'm featuring a simple yet stunning card using White Daisy and Crystal Blue Cardstock, Crystal Blue ink and Embossing.  The base piece of White Daisy has the snowflakes embossed using Clear embossing powder.

The layer with the sentiment is embossed with silver embossing powder.  The sentiment is retired, but since I have my children in French Immersion, I like to send French cards in to the teachers.


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Watercolor and gold embossed Deer

I had a lot of fun creating new fun cards for my Christmas Card Buffet Class.  This first one is using a Birch Tree Die Cut as my inspiration.  I wanted to create a scene.  I decided I was going to use heat embossing and watercolor paints to help execute this idea.

I started with White Daisy cardstock, and used a combination of blues from the watercolor palette to create a sky.  Once this was dry, I stamped the deer using Versamark Ink and Gold Embossing powder.  I used the Birch Tree Die Cut that I had, and distressed the trees using Chocolate Ink.  After layering the trees over the deer, I decided too create snow drifts by tearing some White Daisy cardstock.  I used our Banner Thin Cuts for my sentiment and added some doodling to my sentiment.



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November Cross Canada Blog Hop - Inspired by the Holidays

Welcome to our November Blog Hop featuring artwork that is Inspired by the Holidays. 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, plus I am the first stop on this months hop. If you came from Corinna's blog then you are in the right place! 

I wanted to create a fabulous card using our Cut Above Merry Everything Card Kit. It's pretty stunning as is, but I knew I could dress it up.

I pulled out the Gold Shimmer Brush, Bitty Sparkles, and the Gold Metallic Marker.  I coloured on the Bitty Sparkles with the Gold Metallic Marker to add some gold colour. I coloured the leaves on the card design with the Gold Shimmer Brush to add some Shimmer. I pulled the red from the card, and used that for the sentiment, Cranberry Ink.  I used 3D Foam Tape to put the circle.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Rosalynd.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, as I have provided the full hop list.

Michelle You are Here!

Rosalynd

Nicky

Emily

Janet

Corinna

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 How we Celebrate the Holidays. So mark December 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

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CTMH Christmas Card Blog Hop

Welcome to our Christmas Card Blog Hop! 

We will be featuring Christmas Cards using products found in our Holiday Expressions catalog.  If you have come here from Wendy'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 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using 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 cards I used the scraps I had left over from creating some other projects after playing with Beary Christmas.  I added some Cranberry cardstock, white shimmer trim and some red gems.  I used the Gingerbread Friends stamp and thin cut, and the sentiment comes from the Beary Christmas Cardmaking stamp set.

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! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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Introducing Beary Christmas 1 Sheet Wonder 20 Card Workshop

I am so very happy to be able to introduce you to my 6th workshop, Beary Christmas.  I had so much fun creating this workshop, because who doesn't love Gingerbread people.

My workshop was created as a teaching workshop where you can break down the guide into 3 different teaching options.  This workshop has 5 designs and you can make up to 4 of each design for a total of 20 cards.

Here are each of the cards:

Members of my Atlantic Scrappers Team will have full access to my files, you can join my team here!


So to celebrate my 6th workshop I'm offering a special for the Month of November, when you purchase any 2 files, you can choose a 3rd file for FREE. (To view all workshops, click here!) 

Email me your 3rd choice to stewart.78@hotmail.com.

To purchase these files for consultant use for teaching purposes, you can complete purchase here.

November SOTM Blog Hop - Through the Year

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! 

We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is Through the Year, a set of 28 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 21 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 decided to use the Beary Christmas paper for my layout.  I used Cranberry and New England Ivy Cardstock which are colours found in this collection.  I even was able to utilize the zipstrip on the layout.  I used December from the Stamp Set and stamped it in New England Ivy Ink and placed it below the photo.

Also used is the Gingerbread Friends Stamp and Thin Cut Bundle to add an additional feature on the layout, and some Beary Christmas Dots in Red.

Now "Hop" on over to Brenda'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 November 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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Beary Christmas Workshop Coming Soon......

Over the weekend I was busy creating my Beary Christmas 1 Sheet Wonder Workshop.  I am now working on completing the cutting guide and layout instructions. 

For now here is a sneak peak of the cards.

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Share a Smile Blog Hop

Welcome to our Share a Smile Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring this month's Promotion featuring Punny Pals, a set of 36 stamps.  If you have come here from Melissa'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. 

With the purchase of every Punny Pals stamp set, Close To My Heart donates $7 USD of the proceeds to Operation Smile™, an organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world. To bring these stamp images to life, we’ve made a coordinating set of Thin Cuts dies and an exclusive card kit! The card kit includes the dies, card bases, envelopes, paper, and step-by-step instructions for creating 32 cards, and it is available at a discounted price! 

This month we have approximately 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this fabulous stamp set which supports Operation Smile, and other great CTMH products on their blogs. Now onto the blog hop, and this is so 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 decided to go with some 3*3 cards, and just kept them really simple.  Now during this month you can also purchase an exclusive card kit with the coordinating Thin Cuts, my order with these additional items did not arrival on time, but I did have this super cute stamp set.  Here are some close-ups of the cards.

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy'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 the Punny Pals stamp set supporting Operation Smile is available during the annual catalog, but the Share a Smile Promotional Kit is only available until October 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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Introducing Silver & Gold 1 Sheet Wonder 20 Card Workshop

I am so excited to be able to announce my first Christmas 1 Sheet Wonder 20 Card Workshop, Silver & Gold.  I really love how quickly this workshop came together, and I'm sure you will love it too.

Here is the whole collection:

I love the look of Heat Embossing, and used both the Silver and Gold powder. Each cutting guide will create 20 cards, 5 designs, with 4 of each card.  Now if your customers are beginners, you could always break this down into smaller classes, 10 cards, or 5 cards.  Making your supplies and guides stretch further.


Here are each of the cards:

Card 1

Card 2

Card 3

Card 4

Card 5

Members of my Atlantic Scrappers Team will have full access to my files, you can join my team here!

To purchase these files for consultant use for teaching purposes, you can complete purchase here.

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October Cross Canada Blog Hop - What I'm Grateful for

Welcome to our October Blog Hop featuring artwork created showing what it is we are Grateful for. 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 plus I'm the first stop. If you came from Arlene's blog then you are in the right place!

Supplies:

Falling For You Paper
Saffron Cardstock
Fern Cardstock
Goldrush Cardstock
Espresso Ink
Fern Ink
Saffron Ink
Goldrush Ink
Falling For You Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cut
Happy Day Cardmaking Kit stamp set
Falling For You Compliments

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicky.


If you get lost along the way, you can come back here:

Michelle 

Nicky

Arlene

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 inspired by the Holidays. So mark November 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.


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