February Cross Canada Blog Hop - I Heart Us

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the I Heart Us 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 moving across Canada from East Coast to West Coast.  The great thing is, if you are starting here you are officially on the East Coast and our first stop. If you came from the amazing artwork of Candra then you are in the right place!

I'm sharing with you the pages for the Deluxe I Heart Us Workshop.  This workshop is designed to teach you new techniques using stamping and your paper.  This was a fun workshop to create, a little more time consuming, but well worth the time.

Included in the workshop is the following items: 

1 – My Acrylix® Wordfetti Stamp Set (B1652)
1 – My Acrylix® I Heart Us—Cardmaking Stamp Set (C1760)
1 – I Heart Us Paper Packet (X7242B)
10 – cardstock sheets (1 Ballerina, 1 Bluebird, 1 Lagoon, 1 Mint, 6 White Daisy)
1 – Loose Sequins—Gold (Z4235)
1 – Shimmer Brush—Mint (Z4225)
2 – Memory Protectors™ Top Load
6 – Everyday Life™ Memory Protectors™ 6" × 8"
photoplaceholders
printed instructions

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicky and she is sure to impress
If you get lost along the way,

Michelle You Are Here

Nicky

Sheena

Diana

Brandi

Janet

Valerie

Kristine

Candra

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 So Much Happy collection. So mark March 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

February SOTM Blog Hop - Heartfelt Sentiments

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring February's SOTM, which is Heartfelt Sentiments, a set of 9 stamps.  If you have come here from Cat'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 22 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using thisFebruary'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 wanted to keep it simple, so I used the new watercolor pencils, and I really love how smoothly they color images, and the blend together seamlessly.  To blend the colors I used the clear Shimmer Brush because I wanted that shimmer on the card.  The image is a bit larger than an A2 card, so I decided to create a frame for the image using the new Rectangle Thin Cuts.  The final touches were adding some clear gems.  The frame is cut from the pink stripe paper in the Something Fierce collection.

Here is a close up to see the shimmer on the banner and the flowers.  You can also see the tones of color in the banner and on the large pink flowers.

Now "Hop" on over to Jean'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 February SOTM is only available until February 28th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


Always craft with  <3

Happy Heart Blog Hop

Welcome to our Happy Heart Happy Blog Hop!

We will be featuring artwork featuring the Heart Happy promotion which is available until February 28th(*while supplies last).  If you have come here from Laurel Seabrook, 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 17 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using these amazing promotional product along with 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 created 2 cards using some leftovers from the Heart Happy Workshop.  I really like that there is so much left for us to create with after the layouts, cards and tags.  I decided that I wanted to keep it simple.  For the card on the left I used the sentiment from the cut apart paper. I cut the words apart and added them to a mat that I had cut using the new Stitched Rectangle Thin Cuts.  What is great about these dies is that it cuts the frame and the mat with stitching for both pieces all at the same time.  I used the frame piece in Sapphire for both the frame for the card and the mat.  To add some more detail I stamped the Hearts from the coordinating stamp set in Ballerina and Raspberry.

The second card is using the sapphire mat from the card on the left. I then layered the grid paper ontop of the stitched mat, stamped the sentiment in Sapphire, and the arrow is stamped in Raspberry. 

Now "Hop" on over to Lauren Moore 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, this promotion is only available until February 28th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can purchase these products.


Always craft with  <3

SE1 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!

We will be featuring New Product from the Seasonal Expressions 1 Catalog.  If you have come here from Catherine, 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 16 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using New 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 choose to recreate the card found on page 34 using the Something Fierce paper collection and the cardmaking stamp set.  I used Bluebird and Raspberry Ink. The swirls are in 2nd generation and I used the coordinating complements(heart and stars).  Love how quick this came together and now I can showcase the card from the catalog at my viewing parties.

Now "Hop" on over to Melinda'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 purchase any of these new products.


Always craft with  <3

January 2019 Cross Canada Blog Hop - Something Fierce

Welcome to our January Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Something Fierce 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 lucky for you, I am the first stop this month so you can start right here. If you came from Candra's Blog then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to create the layout from page 35 using the Something Fierce paper and scrapbooking stamp set.  I used multiple patterns from this collection, and cut some pieces from the Cut-apart sheet.  I didn't create it exactly as featured in the catalog, but like how it came together.  We will be visiting Universal Studios in Florida next September, and will use photos from Jurassic World to finish this layout.  Figure I'll work ahead since I have the perfect paper to plan for those layouts.  LOL.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen.
If you get lost along the way, you can come back here I've posted the complete lineup for you:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Nicky

Sheena

Diana

Brandi

Janet

Kirstin

Kristine

Candra

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 I Heart Us collection. So mark February 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3