August Cross Canada Hop!

Welcome to our August Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Craft On!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

After returning for our 2019 Convention in Provo, Utah...I had the perfect colourful photos and theme for this collection!

To be perfectly honest, I wasn't sure about this paper suite...but once I got into it and started creating, I now know I do love it! LOL...sometimes a paper suite will 'speak to me' and sometimes it doesn't...but then sometimes it just takes me digging into it!

You'll notice that our black chipboard is now a solid black! No more inking the edges for this girl! woot woot Close To My Heart, thank you!

If you haven't tried our Flip Flaps, they are literally the best on the market...we have the highest quality page protectors and flip flaps out there...I needed another spot for two more photos so this 3x4 flip flap fit the bill.

During our tour of the Home Office, we came upon this hall recognizing all of our Company's Top Sellers...one wall for Canada, one wall for USA, one wall for New Zealand & one wall for Australia! They will now need to add one wall for JAPAN as we announced this Convention that they will be joining our Company! 
How exciting is that?!!!

 I spotted my photo up there, that was an awesome surprise!

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEWEST Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark September 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Craft On paper pack
Craft On Complements
3x4 Flip Flap
Craft On Rubber Shapes
sanding block
border punch
3D Foam Tape


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July Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our July Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Into The Wild!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

This paper suite is so versatile and absolutely adorable...I dug into the past for photos of my son exploring in our backyard for bugs! 

I knew when I started creating this layout exactly what photos were in the shoebox in my closet and I loved scrapbooking older photos this month.

I added some watercolour paint splatters and random stamping with our Into The Wild Scrapbooking stamp set (D1842) and I really love the look of stamping on my layouts AND of course you know how I feel about wood veneer!

Combining the stickers from the coordinating Complements sheet and our NEW foam Alphabet Sticker...yes please!

The stamping was first, second and third generation using Sapphire Ink.

This collection has so many great products that coordinate from papers to stickers & chipboard to wood bits and burlap twine! 

LOVE LOVE it all !!!

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark August 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:


Into The Wild Paper Pack
Into The Wild Complements
Wood Shapes
D1842 - Into The Wild - Scrapbooking Stamp Set
Watercolour Paints
Sapphire Ink





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June Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our June Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our new paper collection True Love!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

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.

So this is another card I created while up at the Lake on our scrapbooking retreat...I've continued with paper piecing using the Ballerina and Mint cardstock and stamping the flowers on the patterned paper.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring 'Into The Wild' from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark July 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

June SOTM - It's Your Day To Sparkle - S1906

True Love Paper Packet
Black Ink
Sparkles
Foam Tape

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June SOTM Blog Hop - It's Your Day to Sparkle

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is called 'It's Your Day to Sparkle', a set of over 30 stamps !!! 

If you have come here from Valerie'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 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

This card was created using the 'paper piecing' technique. 

You simply stamp various different patterned papers and cardstock with the same image, in this case the cake, and fussy cut out the different layered images. Add foam tape for extra dimension when layering and adhering your image together.

As you can see, I'm at the Lake! 

Papercrafting with this as our view...best of both worlds this weekend!

It's a great way to incorporate the same papers in a collection for easy layered stamped images, especially if you're like me and not quite an expert in colouring and blending those images in with your markers or pencils!

Products Used: 

June SOTM - It's Your Day To Sparkle - S1906

True Love Paper Packet
Lace Border Thin Cuts - Z4060
Black Ink
Sparkles
Foam Tape

Now "Hop" on over to Heather'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 June SOTM is only available until the 30th of June!  

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

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May Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our May Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection Sweet Girl!!!! 

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order or CLICK HERE.

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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog

I had so much fun playing with layers and our new thin cuts! The Doily thin cut is fantastic, cuts like butter...and of course the Stitched Rectangle Frames are becoming a favourite of mine!

I decided to add vellum over the floral patterned paper to mute it a bit as the peach patterned paper needed less busy behind it...'celebrate' is stamped in New England Ivy and 'it's your day' was stamped in Sapphire with the May Stamp of the Month - To My Bestie. 

I've stamped the leaves in New England Ivy ink using the Exclusive stamp set from The World Is Yours National Scrapbooking Month Special.

Colouring Tip: Using my multi-purpose mat, I smudged the ink pad directly to it, then with my water brush I dipped it into the ink on the mat to pick up a diluted amount to colour.  

The trick is to not add too much water or you end up with slight bleeding to the original stamped outline of the leaves. This technique is fantastic for duplicating the shade of the ink colour you're using...fast, easy and great colour match too!

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring more artwork from our NEW Seasonal Expression Idea Book! 

So mark June 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Sweet Girl paper pack
May SOTM
The World Is Yours stamp set
Doily Thin Cut
Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut
Rose Gold Sequins
mini stapler
New England Ivy ink
Sapphire ink



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May SOTM Blog Hop - To My Bestie

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is called 'To My Bestie', a set of 19 stamps.  

If you have come here from Valerie'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 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

I really am loving all our newest thin cuts and I had fun making this card with all the layers PLUS the added embossed vellum with our new Flower Garden embossing folder!

I'm still playing and learning with the watercolour pencils, but adding the waterbrush to blend the colour helps!

I used our Carolina and Intense Black inks plus the Carolina cardstock for a fun pop of colour.

Products Used: 

May SOTM - To My Bestie

Thin Cuts - Stitched Rectangle Frames

Thin Cuts - Stitched Square Frames

Thin Cuts - Doily

Thin Cuts - Fancy Tags

Party Balloons Stamp & Thin Cuts

Vellum

Sweet Girl paper pack

Fern Cardstock

white ribbon

Now "Hop" on over to Stefani'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 May SOTM is only available until the 31st of May!  

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

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Love So Sweet

Welcome Makers!

I wanted to share some artwork with you using the April Stamp of the Month...I really do love this set and have been creating several items this  month for my Crops and Retreats to showcase it!

This card will be the make & take at my day-crop...I hope they have fun creating it!

Here's all the images included in this stamp set...

...add some sequins, watercolour pencils and water...helped to have some of the Twinery twine on hand too!

 I've also used our Rectangle Stitched Thin Cuts (which are so popular, they're on backorder!) I'm a huge fan of this I Heart Us paper collection and the bright cheerful colours as well !

Our watercolour pencils are fantastic to use on their own or add water using our waterbrush to give you a true watercolour effect.
Products Used: 

I Heart Us paper pack
Watercolour Pencils
Intense Black Ink
waterbrush-medium tip
Silver Sequins
Stitched Rectangular Frames Thin Cuts
Tiny Attacher stapler
misc Twine






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April Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our April Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Feels Like Home 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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog...

I have been hanging onto the Picture My Life (PML) cards and I do love the tags thin cuts we have...so this was a super fast and easy card...

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork from our Seasonal Expression Idea Book! So mark May10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

Feels Like Home Picture My Life cards
Feels Like Home paper pack
Bitty Sparkles
Mink Twine
Mink cardstock
April SOTM



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March Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our March Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the So Much Happy 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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog...

Here's a couple layouts I created for my Page Club peeps...it is always exciting when I actually get photos into the Page Club designs...sometimes they sit for a while without, so I'm glad I was able to dig into the stack of Chicago photos from my recent trip last October :)

So much to see in Chicago...visiting the 'bean' was really cool...there were so many people there but it was beautiful to see with the backdrop of the city.

I was so happy to see the coordinating So Much Happy Complements stickers and chipboard pieces with this paper suite...the small word phrases and alphabet tiny type is my favourite! 

I wanted to add a title with our alphabet thin cuts and found I needed to also create a shadow with some white cardstock to help the Candy Apple red stand out against the patterned paper. Isn't the wall art 'graffiti' amazing?!!

Super simple layout design and these fall photos complement this paper suite even though it isn't traditional 'fall' paper :)

Perfect summary of my life...getting to explore...and loving my life!

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Feels Like Home collection. So mark April 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog...

Products Used:

So Much Happy Paper Pack
So Much Happy Cardstock
So Much Happy Complements
So Much Happy Puffy Stickers
Alphabet Thin Cuts


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February Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our February Cross Canada 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!

You should have arrived from Valerie's Blog....

This is absolutely my favourite paper collection this Idea Book...so many bright colours is my happy place!

We went for lunch and window shopping in our favourite place, Fort Langley...

These coordinating sequins are awesome! A must add to your shopping cart :) 

The Picture My Life cards are a great addition to your scrapbooking, card making and Pocket Scrapbooking...we've hit the trifecta!

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.

Join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the So Much Happy collection. So mark March 10th on your calendars and hop along with us!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Candra's Blog...

Products Used:

I Heart Us - paper pack

I Heart Us - Complements

I Heart Us - Coordinating Cardstock

I Heart Us - Picture My Life Cards

I Heart Us - Sequins

white twine

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January Cross Canada Hop

Happy 2019!

Welcome to our January Cross Canada 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!

You should have arrived from Kirsten's Blog...


This card was a quick put together and I thought it was super cheeky for some of my friends or family that are getting a little older!

I grabbed this sketch too...which was a life saver seeing as I was super busy this week and this sketch made me just cut my paper and GO!

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.

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!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Candra's Blog...

Products Used:

Something Fierce paper pack
Something Fierce Complements
White & Black Dots

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January Stamp of the Month!

HAPPY NEW YEAR my Creative Friends!

The start of the year usually means setting new goals and intentions...so let's see how this goes shall we?!!

Close to my Heart has some great SOTM's (stamp of the month's) coming and this one is definitely a MUST HAVE :)

January's Stamp of the Month is called 'Card Captions' and it's only available during the month of January or until supplies last...y'all know the drill! 

I have a 14hour Crop every month and I love to create a 'make & take' for my peeps as a thank you for supporting my events! This is what I've created for this Saturday...

low light warning...yucky rainy day...head to my website for great colour sample

'Feels Like Home' is one of our new paper collections from our BRAND NEW Idea Book, the Seasonal Expressions, 

which runs January 1st through till the end of April 2019.

I am madly in love with our tags and borders thin cuts...

so I tend to use them whenever I can! 

Supplies Used:

Feels Like Home Bulk paper

S1901 Card Captions-January 2019 SOTM

Z4305 Fancy Tags thin cuts
Z4241 Decorative Borders thin cuts
Z4181 Stitched Circles thin cuts
Z3318 Basic Circles thin cuts
Z4231 Playful Scallops Embossing Folder
Z4221 Swiss Dots Embossing Folder
Z3274 Clear Sparkles
misc doily thread



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December Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our December Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Oh What Fun! 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!

You should have arrived from Brandi's Blog...

I've been playing with this collection for my Page Club...here's one of the layouts :)

I have a little thing for 'trees' and when it comes to decorating I tend to use several of them throughout the house! I alos wanted to print these out in Black & White as the colours were a little too much with this layout.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle's Blog.

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 Something Fierce collection. So mark January 10th on your calendars and hop along with us. 

Products Used:

Oh What Fun Workshop Your Way kit

Silver Gems

Modern Typewriter Alphabet - B1638

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