Sept/Oct NEW PRODUCT Blog Hop!!!

WELCOME TO OUR NEW PRODUCT BLOG HOP! yes that was ALL CAPS because we are all super excited with ALL the fabulous products now available for you to play with!

If you've arrived from Kathy's Blog, you are on-track...if you get lost along the way head back to Melinda's blog for the full lineup of Hoppers.

Once I dig into a paper collection I like to use it all up! This layout was fun to create because I used up my leftovers PLUS I ended up playing with so many new products!

The patterned paper base was from a retire mix-in pack. The moon was hand drawn/trimmed out and the small striped scrap and stickers were from my leftovers in the Got Candy? paper pack!

The Wisteria stamped star came from the Got Candy? stamp set along with a few of the direct stamped stars on the base page.

I added some vellum behind the photo to frame my photo without adding any colours or heaviness to the image area.

You may also see the black acrylic arrows which are some of the all new embellishment offerings we have available now for the entire year!

So is this star shaker '2 cute' or what?!!!!  You got it, this new thin cut and foam and acetate star shape is one of the new shapes available now and I'm in LOVE! 

Notice the fun Got Candy? loose sequins in that shaker star?!!

Let me also point out the ALL NEW Simple Serif Bundle, which includes the thin cuts for uppercase and lowercase PLUS the coordinating stamp sets. The '2' is cut 3x's for some more dimension and I've used our new *AVOCADO colour which I have to say is now tied with Lagoon for 1st Place in my favourite colour competition...way to go Close To My Heart!!! I wanted to keep 'cute' in White Daisy cardstock and the 'spook' is Mint cardstock and stamped with Black for some extra pop.

I LOVE the size of both of these and that I can add to them with the stamp OR leave them as thin cut alphas as well. So versatile!

I hope you're getting as excited as me to play with all the new treasures Close To My Heart has available in the new CORE and Sept/Oct Seasonal Catalogs !

Head on over to Cat's Blog to continue with the Hop and contact your CTMH Maker with your WishList...if you don't have a CTMH Maker yet, head on over to our website and find one near you!

Products Used:

Got Candy? Product Bundle (CC8206)

Got Candy? Loose Sequins (CC8205)

Spooky Gnomes stamp and thin cuts (Z3782)

Star Shaker Window (Z3871)

Simple Serif Bundle (Z3865)

Wisteria, Tangerine, Black Inks

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Got Candy?

Hello and Welcome to our Close To My Heart  Got Candy? Blog Hop. 

We have 9 Consultants participating in today's hop and you should have arrived from Kathy's Blog, if you get lost along the way be sure to see the full list of Hoppers on Melinda's Blog! Enjoy the Hop!

Lucky for me I'm not up to date in my scrapbooking!?!! Right? All three of my kids are in their twenties so I don't have any cute/current photos to play with but once we've finished our home reno and have unpacked BOXES...I'll be able to find my older pics of the kids Trick or Treating and fill these layouts :)

This is what I created:

My goal was to try to keep these CAS with a little fun accenting and staying with the paper and sticker sheet pack is the way to go to achieve a CAS (clean and simple) look.

Digging into my stash to get a small strip of vellum softened up the striped PP enough to create a title area that stood out.

I really love the candy paper in the layout below and sometimes find working with a strong PP can be challenging when adding embellishments so I wanted to create a cluster to anchor the title and then just simply use the Mummy sticker and candy stickers to finish it off.

For myself, the Product Bundle is always the way to go...and the biggest savings too! I didn't use the stamp or sequins on these two projects, but come back in a few more days to see our New Product Blog hop as I've got a super cute layout featuring SO MANY new products and the stamp and sequins too!

Hopefully some of the artwork you've seen so far has got you in the mood for some Spooky Fun and creating! Now it's time to head on over to Cat's Blog!

Products Used:

Got Candy? paper pack and sticker sheet 

Got Candy? cardstock

White Glitter paper

misc. vellum

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Haunted Mansion

It's late but I keep meaning to post my single layout from Scrapbook Challenges Monday sketch!

A different sketch that could work for team photos, parties or just random pieces of patterned paper!

This is what I did....

  

I've used some chipboard bits, journalling pocket and patterned paper and cardstock from Close To My Heart's Moonlight collection...great pack which works for Halloween or Fall photos :)

Here's the single sketch...

and the double sketch...

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday's Let's Scrap Card Sketch!

Hello and welcome to another Let's Scrap Card Sketch by Debby!

Products Used are all Close To My Heart:

Mischief Level 2 paper pack

Mischief felt shapes

Licorice Pearl Opaques Gems

Create-A-Shade Pearl paint

Cocoa re-inker and spritz bottle

Kraft cardstock

I have been busy getting ready for a weekend away at the "Ultimate" Scrapbook Retreat...I think I might just snap some pics for you all to see while I'm up there this weekend...

Also, stay tuned for another SOTM BlogHop at the end of the month featuring November's awesome stamp set 'Cherish the Day'...thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday's Let's Scrap Sketch!

What a Spooktacular morning!

I have been playing with CTMH's Mischief paper and gorgeous felt shapes and wanted to scrap a layout from our last years Halloween party here...I think the adults were having waayyyyy more fun than the kids...

Products Used:

CS: Grey Wool

PP: Mischief

stamp: All Hallows Eve (C1462)
ink: Grey Wool, Black

I thought it might be less distracting to print the photos out in Sepia seeing as I wanted to use the labels from the paper collection and so there is a lot to see visually...the spider web is so real looking and so are the spiders! Thanks for stopping by!

All about Olivia and Hooligans

 Let's start with the Hooligans paper, shall we...

This is the featured layout from the Hooligans Workshop kit (G1012)...still need to pick up my 5X7 picture for the left page...it's waiting for me at Costco...the right page is three 4X6 pictures that I have cropped to 3.5X4, designed exclusive to the WOTG kit & CTMH...the stamped little critters are from the Troublemaker stamp set which is included and exclusive to the Workshop kit. Still have a title to add as well!

 This is actually one of my favorites so far...I stamped the title using the Chocolate Alphabet (E1010)stamp set, continuously, on one sheet of 12X12 cardstock, then carefully cut it out, keeping it connected...took some time, but in the end I LOVE how it turned out! I also used the Beware (D1381) stamp set and the Spellbound (C1374) stamp set to add the date, bats and journalling box, the My Stickease sticker sheet (X7129C), Black Hemp (Z282) and Lagoon mini-medley (Z1340)...design is from the 'Magic' Scrapbook program (9034)

Photos used were three 4X6 and two 3X4 

It has been great Scrapbooking all of these old pictures of the kids from all the Halloween's past...instead of stamping the title along the side, I decided to use my favorite alphabet stickers, Lots of Dots (Z1261). These are adhesive backed alphabets printed with a polka-dot resist design...so you ink them whatever colour works for your layout and the polka-dots show through...fabulous addition to your scrapbooking/card making stash...in addition to that, I have included the Pear & Sunset mni-medley (Z1339 & Z1338), My Stickease stickers (X7129C) and the adorable Hooligans Level 2 Asst. felt creatures (Z1332)...designed from the newest Scrapbooking Program book 'Magic' (9034). You can use either a 4X6 or 5X7 for the left hand side, (I used a 4X6) and I cropped down three 4X6 photos for the right hand side.

Another very versatile, well used and loved design from Jeannette Lynton. Embellishments are from the My Stickease stickers (7129C), Sunset mini-medley (Z1338) and the Hooligans Level 2 paper pack (X7129B). I wanted to add some texture, so I did a row of double stitching around the images to 'frame' it out and have a contrast between the papers and cardstock. The pictures used in this design are 3X3 and 6X6...I was planning on adding my journalling to the green circle and following the lines around and around...

If you would like some more information about the Hooligans paper collection or any of the products I've used here, please visit my website or post a comment here!


Moving on to the Olivia paper collection...

This is the featured layout in the Olivia Workshop kit (G1013), as you can see I have yet to take any new Fall photos of the family, but have plans to add them once they have been taken! I absolutely LOVE this 'Timeless' stamp set and Shimmer brads (Z1349), very simple layout, but beautiful too

I have created the featured layouts on the reverse of the Olivia My Stickease stickers (X7128C), designs can be found in the newest Scrapbook program book, 'Magic' (9034)...only addition to this is some ribbon from the Cocoa designer ribbon rounds (Z1316) and some left over bits from the Chocolate mini-medley package in the Workshop kit.

Great basic design again from the 'Magic' book (9034), Olivia My Stickease Stickers (X7128c) and the Opaques Mocha Adhesives (Z1333)...also snuck in some more Cocoa ribbon

This is one of the featured card designs in the Olivia Workshop kit, stamp set and brads are included in this kit.

Please contact me through my website or post a comment here if you wish to order any of these products or have a question for me ;)

Thanks for checkin' in and have a great day!

New Catalog and all its Goodies!!!

The new* Autumn/Winter Catalog is here! I am really excited to get started with my Monthly Hostess Workshop Clubs and we are going to start September off with the Magnifique Workshop Kit (G1015) The colours featured this month will be Chocolate, Lagoon, Pacifica and Sky and I will also be using both the Circle of Love and the Unity my acrylix stamp sets which are not only beautiful by very versatile.

September's Stamp of the Month is Thriller and as you can see it's going to get you in the mood for Halloween ~

Stay tuned for some of my artwork additions and add a comment or send me an email if you want more information about my Monthly Workshop kits or the Hostess Clubs I have running...remember you can get everything you need to complete these projects and much more on myCTMH website, where you can shop 24/7