July Cross Canada Blog Hop

Howdy!! and welcome to Calgary!! I know Stampede is over for another year but i couldn't resist sharing just one more YAH-HOO!!!

Welcome to the Cross Canada July Blog Hop featuring the current Operation Smile Stamp Set, "Happy Everything". When you purchase this stamp set, Close To My Heart will donate $3 to Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that performs life-altering surgeries what will give children confidence for a lifetime. They have performed over 220,000 surgeries since being founded in 1982.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. If you came from Lucy's Blog then you are in the right place!

This a great set for a great cause, and here is the top fold card that I created.

I used sunset and Juniper Card stock along with an embossed Coke can (yes I said Coke can).

here is the inside.

This a great set for a great cause!

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… 

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Candra's Blog. If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle Stewart's blog, 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

July's Blossom HWBH

Wow!! How can it be July already!!! The last 2 months have been full with ups and downs, I am glad to be back here sharing what I have created. so with that said;


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 Blossom paper pack, brought to you by the Seasonal Expressions vol 2.

If you came from Corinna's Blog 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 love this paper pack it is so springy and cheery. I created a 5 x 7 card with this beautiful paper. Here it is:

I am very happy with how this card turned out. I love butterflies and they are a perfect with this paper pack. I had fun doodling as well.

 

I used Close to My Heart's Blossom Paper Pack with CTMH White Daisy Cardstock.

To embelish I used CTMH's Silver Shimmer Tape, CTMH's Clear Sparkles and CTMH's 3D foam tape.

I used CTMH's Your Own Kind of Wonderful stamp set with CTMH Lagoon, Glacier, Sorbet, Smoothie, and Pear ink.

To see all these great products and much more visit my website hlmyers.ctmh.com

Your next stop is Donna's 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

Cross Canada Blog hop - May 2015

Hello you have arrived in Calgary, AB

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring Jeanette’s How –To Books for scrapbooking.  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, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Deanne at deannejacobs.blogspot.ca. If you came from Janet's Work of Heart blog then you are in the right place! 

Close to my heart has 8 wonderful How-to Books for both Scrapbooking and also cardmaking. This month we are focusing on scrapbooking. I love these books for scrapbooking especially if i am stumped, this is what i turn to when I am faced with scrap-block.

For my layouts I decided to use Cherish - Echoes

located on pages 40 & 41, I did decide to rotate the pages so that it worked with my photos.

I also used the "Taste of Summer" Paper Pack which is only available in the Month of May for National Scrapbook Month.

This is a fairly simple layout, that I might decide to add some more Disney embellishments to later.

 

I added Liquid Glass to my title to give it a bit of shine and pop!

 

I added my hidden Mickey by colouring some pearls with my black Shin Han Marker and some washi tape tags

other Products I used are:

• Cherish - How to Book - 9038
• Framework Alphabet - E1027
• True to Life stam set - C1575
• Shin Han Markers (vivid green, black, lavender, marigold)
• Carnival Washi Tape - Z3067
• Taste of Summer Paper Pack - CC1038
• Black Stars from the Scaredy Cat Assortment - Z3011
• Liquid Glass - Z679
• Pearls, (retired CTMH coloured black with shin hans)

The next stop on the hop is Kirsten at Crafty in the Country.

Thanks for joining us this month and If you get lost along the way, just head back to Michelle's blog, where you will find the complete blog list. 

For more information on our fabulous how-to books here is a Link to a video from CTMH.

May Hearts of the West Blog Hop - Wanderful

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 Wanderful paper pack, brought to you by the new Annual Inspirations, hand picked from Nancy Klein.

Wanderful is a fantastic paper pack to scrapbook any travel photos you have!

If you came from Chelsey's Blog 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 have been trying to use Close to my Heart's "Picture my Life" cards to scrapbook more photos. I have used other PML kits and scrapbooked a lot of photos in a short amount of time. So I thought "Hey why not try it here!" I used the Wanderful PML cards with the paper pack, here is what I created for this month:

Of course I am continuing to work on our Disney Album, I used some of the photos that didn't really work on other pages I have scrapped.

Here are some close ups of some of the different things I did with this great kit and PML cards.  

a Pocket from 2 cards for tickets or memorabilia, 

Mickeys out of sequins, 

Combining lg and sm cards for journaling

another Mickey out of sequins and a metal accent from the matching assortment pack.

Here is what 1 used:

Wanderful Paper Pack - X7191B

Wanderful PML Card Pack - X3062

Wanderful Assortment - Z3010

Sequins (Silver) - Z2013

Black opaques (retired CTMH)

Thanks for hopping by! Love and Inky Hugs

Heather

Your next stop is Donna's 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.

1. Nancy Klein -  http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/2015/04/hearts-of-west-april-blog-hop-featuring.html

2. Chantal Pearson - http://www.itsahoot.ca/2015/04/hwbh-mays-blog-hop.html

3. Chelsey Vorosmarty - http://www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/2015/04/hearts-of-west-may-blog-hop.html

4. Heather Myers - http://hlmyers.blogspot.ca/2015/01/may-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-wanderful.html

5. Donna Thomson-Digby - http://datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2015/04/hearts-of-west-13th-blog-hop-wanderful.html

6. Valerie Kapsha - http://surescrapsalot.com/hearts-of-the-west-may-team-blog-hop

7. Terry Ann Diack - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/2015/04/wanderful-hwbh.html

8. Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/2015/04/wanderful-hearts-of-west-blog-hop.html

9. Kerry Hammel - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/2015/04/may-wanderful-hwbh.html

10. Kim Loewen - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/2015/04/may-hearts-of-west-blog-hop.html

11. Corinna Murphy - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/2015/04/may-wanderful-hwbh.html

Cross Canada Blog Hop - April Showers

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring our Spring Theme, April Showers bring May Flowers.  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, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at mycreationswithmichelle. If you came from Janet's Works of Heart, then you are in the right place! 

Hi Everyone! I had fun creating 4 simple cards this month and am excited to share them with you.

Here is my "April Showers" Card. This is a very simple card only using cardstock and stamps.I used the - D1634 - It's a Shower stamp set

This next one was fun here is a "May Flower".  I used one of the Hostess Rewards stamp sets - C1613 - Paper Birds. The flower is made with 6 stamped Hearts.The accessories I used are: a pink button and adhesive backed pearls (both are old CTMH products) I also used 3D foam tape to give the flower some dimension. 

I recently took a couple marker colouring classes and have rediscovered my love of colouring. Here is another May flowers card.
I used - A1171 - A Little Note and my Shin Han Markers

This last card isn't really Flowers but I was on a roll and having fun and I love this Stamp set!! C1610 - Dizzy Circles. I also used Sparkles -Z1104 but I coloured them with my shin han markers to give them some colour.

To place an order, please click here to visit my online store

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nancy of Nancyklein.blogspot.ca 

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, 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 our theme is Scrapbook layouts from CTMH How-To Books.  So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

April Hearts of the West Blog Hop - Confetti Wishes

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 Confetti Wishes paper pack, brought to you by the new Annual Inspirations, hand picked from Nancy Klein.




If you came from Chelsey's Blog 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 love CTMH's wonderful paper, it lends itself so well to so many themes. Confetti Wishes  is no exception, it is a birthday themed kit. . . or is it!! :) With its bright colours there are lots of fun possibilities.Well, as most of know I have been trying to finish scrapbooking our last trip to Disneyland,  so I decided to use the bright colours in this paper pack would make another great Disney layout.

I used Magic,one of CTMH's wonderful how to books, as a starting point or my layout.

Here is what I created: (Warning Lots of Photos!!)

I love the simplistic style of this layout, but it holds a few surprises. The little dolls are from a paper that I purchased in Disneyland and trimmed to create the borders on my layout.

 The ribbon on this layout is a May Arts white ribbon that I coloured with my Shin Han markers to match.

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These cuties I enlarged, hand traced and then coloured with my Shin Han markers.

 

This sunny guy, is a re-creation of the sun inside the ride.

This Photo is more than what it seems. . . it is a Tag mini album - to hold the many pictures my 9 year old took on the multiple times through the ride.

 

I hope that you like my project for this month. 

Here are the products that I used to create my layout:

• Magic book - 9040
• Confetti Wishes paper pack - X7189B
• Shin Han Markers - various colours (page 180 in the Annual Inspirations idea book)
• May Arts - white ruffled ribbon (my stash)
• Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge - Z3017
• Sequins Assortment silver - Z2013
• Scallop border Punch - Z1851
• Paper doll border strips - Disney paper pad

To order any of the CTMH products click here to visit  my website.

The next stop on the hop is Corinna's 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.

ONLY IN APRIL!!!! ONLY ON MY WEBSITE!! Place an order and you can buy a grab bag!! (details below)

Love a great deal? How about 30 days of great deals? During the month of April, you have the opportunity to score a deal every day with Close To My Heart! What deals are we talking about? Each day during April, while supplies last, we’ll feature a random grab bag filled with current and retired Close To My Heart products available for purchase at a major discount. To grab your bag, simply place any current, full-priced item in your online shopping cart through your Online Business Address and you will be eligible to purchase as many grab bags as you wish (while supplies last)! Grab bags will be featured at five different price points throughout the month, ranging from $55 CAD to $160 CAD. Some grab bags will contain product with more than DOUBLE the retail value of the price you pay! Grab bags will be available for 24 hours starting at 3 pm MDT each day and only while supplies last—so visit often and early! Remember that grab bag tiers will be featured on a random schedule throughout the month, so seize the opportunity to purchase from the grab bag tier you’re interested in when it becomes available because it might not come around again!

Dates: Offer valid April 1, 2015 (3:00 pm MDT)–May 1, 2015 (2:59 pm MDT).

1. Nancy's - http://nancyklein.blogspot.ca/…/hearts-of-west-blog-hop-con…
2. Chantal's - http://www.itsahoot.ca/…/last-hearts-of-west-blog-hop-for-m…
3. Chelsey's - http://www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/2015/03/HOTW.html...
4. Heather's - you are here!
5. Corinna's - http://corinnacraftfun.blogspot.ca/…/april-confetti-wishes-…
6. Terry Ann's - http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hwbh.html
7. Holly's - http://heartfeltmemories2.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hea…
8. Kim's - http://scrappinwithheart.blogspot.ca/…/april-hearts-of-west…
9. Valerie's - http://surescrapsalot.com/hearts-of-the-west-team-april-bl…/
10. Janet's - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-heart…
11. Kerry's - http://scrapbookfunbykerry.blogspot.ca/…/confetti-wishes-hw…

March Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring Easter Fun creations.  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, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My creations withMichelle. If you came from Kathy's - It's a girl thing - then you are in the right place!

 

so after a some major issues (mostly blonde moments) in my ordering and then making a project with a stamp that is no longer available I almost pulled out of this blog hop. . . but them I saw my cricut sitting on its shelf and had idea . . . I started to play!

 

 

 

Here is what I managed to create using my cricut and 2 of the CTMH Cricut Cartridges.

 

 

Close to my Heart Artbooking Cartridge is full of layouts and projects that are just waiting for you to make your own!

There is a spot for a 6 x 8 photo (once I decide on Photos I see more embelishments being added)

I love this overlay layout! so many ways to change it up with photos, paper, accessories, and what every else you'd like to add - ticket stubs would be fun too! hmmmm (just got an idea for another layout! but you'll have to wait :)

 

Close to my Heart's Cricut Cartridges are full of fun images and phrases for you to add to your projects

 

 

Here is what I used to create this fun layout:

CTMH Artbooking Cuicut Cartridge - Z1906

CTMH Artfully Sent Cuicut Cartridge - Z3017

3-D Foam Tape - Z1151

Hopsctoch paper pack - X7194B (this is only available until the end of march)

Thistle Cardstock - X5769

Ponderosa Pine Cardstock - 1276

 

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Candra's blog - Paper Dragonfleur 

 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S 

 

 

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 our theme is April Showers bring May Flowers.  So mark April 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.