March/April Catalog New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!  We will be featuring new products from the March-April  2020 catalog.   If you have come here from Becca Whitham'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.

We have around 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the 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!

I had so much fun creating this fun, interactive card.  I will be playing with these products lots more in the future.  I have so many new favorites in this catalog.  Just got another box of new products a few minutes ago, unfortunately not enough time to play with them before this hop.  I am taking part in another blog hop tonight though featuring the new Yesterday & Today Collection and created a couple layouts for it.  You can check it out here to see what I did with those products.  

 I chose to feature the new Dreams Take Flight Stamp & Thin Cut set and the Card Front Spinner Thin Cuts.  I also used the Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp set.  I have been wanting to play with the card front spinner die for a while but haven't had the time until now.  I am in love with both it and this stamp set.  I also tried out a new technique to me, Bokeh and will be posting a tutorial video next Tuesday on my Facebook & Instagram accounts on how to do it.

Dreams Take Flight stamp & thin cut set.
This is a great set for graduation, birthdays, layouts and much more.

Card Front Spinner Thin Cut
I am so glad they are continuing to make more stamps to coordinate with this thin cut.

Sentiments by Melissa Esplin stamp set.
This is such a beautiful sentiment set.

I hope you enjoyed this project.  I would love to hear what you think of it.

Now "Hop" on over to Valerie Kapsha'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 products in this catalog are only available until the end of April!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to get the products featured in this blog hop!

Yesterday & Today - Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cross Canada Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the Yesterday & Today Collection.

Grab your drink, put up your feet and be prepared to be inspired

 by artwork from  different

consultants from across Canada.

Contact your consultant to purchase anything you see along the hop. 

 If you don't have a consultant feel free to shop with me.

Yesterday & Today Paper & Stickers

 You should have arrived here from Valerie's blog.  

This is a circular hop, so you can start anywhere and make your way around it.

If you get lost you can find the full list of participants on Michelle's Blog.

Yesterday & Today Vellum Die-cuts

I have created these 2 layouts using the paper package and stickers, vellum die-cuts, gold glitter gems and the coordinating cardstock package.

Layout #1 

Layout # 2

I hope you enjoyed these layouts.  Thank you for stopping by.  

I would love to hear what you thought of these layouts. 

Please leave comments along the way so that we can better serve you.

Next up is Kristine, go check out what she has created for us. 

Mark April 10th on your calendar for our next 

Cross Canada Blog Hop where we will be featuring the Seas the Day Collection.

Contact your consultant to purchase anything you see along the hop. 

 If you don't have a consultant feel free to shop with me.

I am also taking part in the New Products Blog Hop tonight as well.  You can check out what I created for it here.

Stamptacular Stamp & Thin Cuts Blog Hop

 Welcome to our Stamptacular Stamp & Thin Cuts Blog Hop!  We will be featuring sets that are/were available in this sale.  This sale runs until the end of February and it is while supplies last.  Some stamp & thin cut sets have sold out already.    If you have come here from Alyson Mayo'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 around 18 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using these Stamptacular sets 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!

Life In Boots stamp set.
Sale $16.75, regular price $25.75.

 I had fun playing with the Life In Boots stamp set. This set is available as both a stamp & thin cut set as well as just as a stamp set.  

Life in Boots Stamp & Thin Cut Set
On Sale for $27, regular price $36.50  

Here is the card, I created using this stamp set.  I love this set and it is perfect for documenting my side of the family's stories.  My kid's call my parent's their Cowboy Grandma and Cowboy Grandpa.  

I created the strip of pattern paper using Espresso ink and repeatedly stamping the diamond pattern from this set.  The boots, sentiment and stitching are all stamped in Intense Black ink.  The stars are stamped in Espresso and Peacock.  The borders of star were stamped in 2nd generation Peacock ink.

I colored the boots using the Brown Grey and Blue Turquoise Tri-Blend markers.

Our amazing Tri-Blend markers.  I love these, they make coloring so easy to do.

 With this sale you can save up to 50% off.  

I hope you enjoyed this card.  I would love to hear what you think of it.

Now "Hop" on over to Gina'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, these sets are only available until the 29th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

"Color Your World" CTMH Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  

This month there are about 14 of us highlighting the “Color Your World” Technique!  This blog hop is a great big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.  

If you get lost along the way Melissa has a complete list of hop.

If you are coming from Lauren's Blog, you are on the right track! 

I have 4 projects that I created using this technique.  I hope you enjoy them.

I colored the flamingo using the Tri-blend markers.  The Happy Birthday was colored with a watercolor pencil.

Watercolor pencil for the sentiment, blended with a waterbrush. 
I colored the sloth with the Tri-Blend markers.

I colored this whole card using the watercolor pencils.  I blended the green with the clear shimmer brush on this one and used the water brush for the rest of the card.

Can you see the shimmer on the word HERD?  I used the clear shimmer brush to blend the watercolor pencil.

I colored the cow with the Tri-blend markers and removed some of the ink with the blender pen.  I went over the grey with the blender pen until I got the color I wanted.  

Supply List for these Cards:  

Z4189 - Intense Black Ink Pad
Z2850 - Fern Ink Pad
Z6505 - Carolina Ink Pad
Z2841 - Glacier Ink Pad

Z3517 - 0.05 Black Journaling Pen

Z2475 - Brown Grey TriBlend marker
Z2495 - Bright Pink TriBlend marker
Z2496 - Pale Pink TriBlend marker

Z2486 - Dull Green TriBlend marker

Z2474 - Icy Grey  TriBlend marker

Z1151 - Thin 3-D foam tape

Thanks for stopping by!  Please continue onto Valerie's Blog where you will find some additional artwork highlighting this technique!  Be sure to leave a comment and let me know what you thought of my variation and happy hopping!

Celebrate Today - Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cross Canada Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the Celebrate Today Collection.

Grab your drink, put up your feet and be prepared to be inspired

 by artwork from  different

consultants from across Canada.

Contact your consultant to purchase anything you see along the hop. 

 If you don't have a consultant feel free to shop with me.

Celebrate Today Paper Packet and Sticker Sheet

 You should have arrived here from Valerie's blog.  

This is a circular hop, so you can start anywhere and make your way around it.

If you get lost you can find the full list of participants on Michelle's Blog.

Celebrate Today Scrapbooking Workshop Kit.  This is what I used to create with today.  I am going to show you how to create a layout using the leftovers.

I want to show you how you can use the leftover punchouts from this workshop to 

create more pages.  I have included close ups and a photo showing how I did this.

I stamped the Soccer stamp in Linen on the page and
 in Black on some scrap paper and trimmed it out.  

I used the Clover and Nectarine inks with the Erin's Hand stamp set to create the title. 
I doodled around the edges with a black journaling pen.

I took the punched out die cut sheet and flipped it over (as I plan to trim out the stars later and back them with paper and use them on a layout too.) I then used sticky notes to mask the nearby stars.  I then used the grid stamp from the Celebrate Today - Scrapbooking stamp set to stamp over these stars to create the star background on the layout.  

 Here are the rest of the supplies I used to create this layout and both stamp sets are part of the Stamptacular Sale that is happening this month.

Celebrate Today - Scrapbooking stamp set.  I used this stamp set to create my stars and the year. 
This stamp set is part of the Stamptacular Sale and is on sale for $16.75 (regular $25.75)

Erin's Hand stamp set.  This is an E size set and is a part of the Stamptacular sale as well for $27.75 (regular $43.25)

The rest of the stamps from the Erin's Hand stamp set.

The Soccer stamp set is on sale as well for $3.50 (regular $5.50).  

I hope you enjoyed this layout.  Thank you for stopping by.  

I would love to hear what you thought of this layout. 

Please leave comments along the way so that we can better serve you.

Next up is Kristine, go check out what she has created for us. 

Mark March 10th on your calendar for our next 

Cross Canada Blog Hop where we will be featuring the Yesterday & Today Collection.

Contact your consultant to purchase anything you see along the hop. 

 If you don't have a consultant feel free to shop with me.

Rainbow Bridges

Today was a heartbreaking one in our home.  Our dog, Rap passed away yesterday.  He was over 12 years old and has lived with my parents for the last several years.  Despite all of that my kids are heartbroken, and have shed many tears.  This is the only pet they have ever had.  So, I made this card to give to them.  I hope it helps a bit, I also plan to use this set to make some frames and scrapbook layouts of them with Rap as well.

This is made with the Rainbow Bridges stamp & thin cut set.  It was a set that has since retired but it is available this month while supplies last at a discount with the Stamptacular Sale.  There are only a few let so if you want it shop soon.

I stamped the paw prints around the outside edge of the card base using the paw print heart stamp and Almond ink.  The dog and halo were colored with the tri-blend markers.  The rainbow and background were done with the watercolor paints.

I hope this inspired you to create with this stamp set.  I hope love to hear what you think.  

If you have any questions please let me know.

 

February SOTM Blog Hop - Cherishing Her

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring February's SOTM, which is Cherishing Her, a set of 23 stamps.  If you have come here from Lauren Moore'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.

You can also get this set with the British spelling, MUM.  

Here is the British spelling.  S2002E 

 This month we have around 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 had a lot of fun playing with this stamp set.  
I wanted to show how you could use this stamp set in other ways.
I have created  both a layout and card using this set and the same sketch for both.  
Here is the sketch I used, it was created by Susan Stringfellow.

To start with, here is the layout.  I have stamped the Kraft cardstock with the bouquet stamp using Versamark ink.  I used a piece of paper to mask as I continued to stamp the full strip.  I then heat embossed with our gold embossing powder.  This is a favorite technique of mine, to create my own pattern paper.  I also swiped the Versamark ink pad on the edges of the photo mat and then used the gold embossing powder.  LOVE THIS EFFECT.   

I created the Beautiful Moments title using the Spruced Up - Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cut set and Espresso ink.  I used the French Vanilla cardstock for this layout.

Don't you just love the look of that gold embossing?  My husband couldn't believe that I made that paper this morning.

Here is the card.
I have used most of the same paper, just added a strip of Spruced Up paper.
The bird is from the Spruced Up - Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cut set.

I used the same techniques and supplies on this card as well.  I cut the largest Stitched Bracket die in half and used half on each of these projects.

Our Stamptacular Sale started today and both of the Spruced Up sets are a part of it so you can get them at a discount. 

I hope you enjoyed these projects.  I would love to hear what you think of them.

Now "Hop" on over to Darlys Recker'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 the 29 th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!