New CTMH Product - Blog Hop!

Welcome to this 
Special Blog Hop!

Today, we will be featuring our EXCLUSIVE New PRODUCT from  the Close To My Heart Nov/Dec Catalog that was released on Nov 1, 2019.  

There are so MANY beautiful new items!!  If you'd like to take a look at BOTH of our current Idea Books - please CLICK HERE.   

Now, to continue with this special Blog Hop....

If you have come here from Michelle's  Blog, you are on the right path!   If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants by clicking HERE…

  

This month we have  Close To My Heart Consultants sharing items they created using these FABULOUS new products.   This hop is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Wahoo!! 

Here we go!

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Close To My Heart has done it again!!
  
Our TWO,  NEW Idea Books are FILLED with BEAUTIFUL papers, embellishments & products!! It was hard to choose what items to create with, but I wanted to share a simple Christmas Card I created, using some of these new products. 

Take a look....

The"Holly Jolly" paper collection are the 2 patterned papers I used for this card.  

I believe the soft snowflake pattern is my FAVORITE paper in this paper collection.    Take a look at the rest of these pattern designs....

I used 2 different stamp sets for this card creation..  

  FIRST----the sentiment "Christ the Savior is Born"...I ADORE our mini size stamp sets....and at $3.95 , this is one you'll just "need" to add to your stamp stash! 

NEXT --- this stamp set we call "For the Tree", is one that I CONTINUE to pull out and use!  From the lovely words of "merry christmas" to this case, I used that lovely STAR image.  There are so many options to use from this particular stamp set!

The NEXT new items we used...is our 5x7 Snowflake Embossing folder!!

  Look at how LOVELY this folder embosses.....so, so beautiful!! 

If you look closely, you'll also notice a stitched edging around the Black CS snowflake embossed paper.  

By cutting my Black Cardstock (CS) from our Stitched Square Thin cuts and THEN running it through my embossing machine, I got that lovely stitched edge.   

Here are the items I used to create this card

 “Christ the Savior…”

D1891             For the Tree stamp(star)

M1260             Christ the Savior

X7250B           Holly Jolly paper

Z3239              Silver Glitter Paper

Z4181              Stitched Circle Thin Cut

Z4259              Stitched Square Thin Cut

Z3518              Snowflakes Embossing Folder

Z4248              Silver Tinsel Embossing Powder

Cardstock:        Candy Apple, Black & White Daisy

Inks:                Black

I hope you enjoyed this card, and were INSPIRED today!! :) 

Now it's time to "Hop" on over to my talented friend Gina's Blog to see her beautiful creation!

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Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!   We LOVE to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to take a moment & leave a comment. 

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant :)) 

so that you can get in on the FUN and get your OWN copy of the NEW CTMH Idea Books!!! 

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista 

Joyful Stars Blog Hop - pinwheel friend card

Welcome to our monthly hop!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using PRODUCTS

from Close To My Heart!!

Come on in and see what BEAUTIFUL projects my crafty friends have creating using the AMAZING products from Close To My Heart!!

 This blog hop is easy to do…just click on the link at the end of the post to go to the next creation!!  If you get lost along the way, CLICK HERE to see the list of this month’s hoppers! 

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If you have arrived from Betty's blog you are right on track.

It's an EXCITING time, here at Close To My Heart.  May 1st was the release of our NEWEST papercrafting goodies & we have so many BEAUTIFUL products to play with! 

Today, I wanted to share the card I created for my make n take at this past weeks Open House event. 

Take a look...
  

It was so hard to choose WHAT new products to use & create with ...but that True Love paper pack drew me in, and I started creating!

Here is a look at this BEAUTY of this particular paper pack!!

The color combo just makes you say "Wow!" 

I got my card design, from last season's catalog.  Take a look at the photo below...does the card design on the middle card look familiar at all??

I used a lot of FUN embellishments...Gold Glitter Gem, NEW Gold Embellishing thread...but look at the  middle of the card, behind the Pinwheel?? Do you see those light pink dots?
(yes...that's clear shimmer brush you see on 4 of the pinwheels ;) ) 

THAT ....is a FABULOUS New stamp set named "Timeless Textures"!  I have a feeling I'll be using this stamp set quite often! 

Another NEW product I "had" to include in this card design is our Lace Border Thin Cut (metal die). 
LOOK at the detail on that beautiful border!!

AND....you most likely noticed the BEAUTIFUL, dry embossed Eggplant colored cardstock?  

Yes...you got it ;) ....that's our NEW 5x7 Floral Garden embossing folder.  I told you there were so MANY Beautiful products!! :) 

The new stamp set that I used for the pinwheel - comes from our Craft On-cardmaking stamp.  I chose to purchase the Stamp/Thin cut bundle, so my metal dies help me to create my creations in a jiffy! :) 

That's all for today....thanks for stopping by, and I hope you were inspired to go CREATE something on your own! :) 

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to Marie's Blog and see what BEAUTIFUL, crafty item she has to share with us today! :) 

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger

June SOTM Blog Hop - A Bushel & a Peck

Welcome to our monthly Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!!

If you have come here from my friend, Colleen's Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE June SOTM stamp set called "A Bushel & a Peck". 

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can START HERE & work your way around to the many consultants on this “hop”! If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items they have created using this month’s stamp set.  So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of each post to see what EVERY consultant has created.

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Here is this months EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with your $50 CTMH purchase in June 2018. 
I LOVE that we have an EXCLUSIVE stamp set available at a DISCOUNT each & every month!!

What a CUTE stamp set!! Check out the card I created today. 

While I think the girl in this stamp set is adorable & the main focus ;)...I thought I'd try and create something using other images in this stamp set collection.  
I started out by looking through our Make It From Your Heart, vol 3 How-To-Book, and decided to use pattern #2.  

The paper I used to create this card, comes from the BRAND NEW "Fresh Air" collection.  This outdoorsy paper collection just called my name! 

It needed some "shimmer & shine"....so I added some gold glitter gems & gold glitter paper....lovely!! 

I also choose to use some GOLD ribbon...and guess what?  

This RIBBON (along with a LOT of other ribbon) is also on SALE THIS MONTH at Close To My Heart!! Wahoo!! Who LOVES sales?!?! Make sure to check with your consultant to learn more!! 

Take notice of the top part of the card....do you see it?

I took some of the designer paper from the Fresh Air collection & used our embossing folder to indent the paper!  This leaf folder is STILL available, and can be found under the "Going Soon" section of your consultants website. :)

I also decided to emboss the apple basket image....to do this, I used my nutmeg pigment ink, stamped it on the Linen colored cardstock, & then sprinkled clear embossing powder over it.  I used my heat tool to set the powder & this made a GREAT coloring base to use the ShinHan markers. 

ShinHan markers used were...Carmine, Sap Green, Clay, Mahogany & Colorless Blender marker.

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas for when you create with your OWN Stamp of the month stamp set. Happy Crafting to each of you! 

Now – it’s time to head over to check out Haleys' blog to see what CRAFTY item(s) she has created using this stamp set!

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their blogs to get some GREAT crafting ideas!!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment below. 

****Remember*****

The June Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”A bushel & A Peck” – is ONLY available until June 30, 2018.

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant to answer any questions you many have. (or click here if you need a consultant )  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista 

Gold Foil–Behold- Christmas Card

Hello to you!

Today, I wanted to take a moment & share with you a Christmas Card I created.  This is one of my FAVORITE  Christmas cards I created this year....but I "almost" feel bad sharing it because it is SO incredibly simple to make!! I was pleasantly surprised at how this card turned out & excited to share this with you today!

  So let’s take a look….

Have you created projects with our wonderful, GOLD FOIL paper? If not, you'll want to give it a try!

LOOK at the main background of this card, & how BEAUTIFUL it embossed, when I used our ROSE 5x7 embossing folder on this Gold Foil!  I ran the foil through my Cuttlebug machine!, to acheive this beautiful result. (You can use any embossing machine - big shot, ebosser, etc)

And yes…we have GOLD & SILVER foil paper…just in case you were wondering.  

As you can see, the rest of the card was just very simple...I stamped the words in our Black ink.

I used the BEAUTIFUL stamp set called "Hallelujah"...and I will MISS this stamp when it RETIRES on December 31st!!!!

Then I added the black shimmer ribbon to the gold foil paper before I glued it down to my white card base. Black matting to the words, made it "jump" out at you as you looked at it & 2 black dots in the bottom right corner (from our Black & White enamel dots collection).

I made a list of all the supplies I used on this card below …

AND feel free to page through our ONLINE Holiday Expressions mini-catalog…because MOST of the items in this book ARE retiring on Dec 31, 2017 OR While Supplies Last! Make sure to check out these FABULOUS products before they are gone for good!!



http://bit.ly/CTMH-Christmas-stamps
http://bit.ly/CTMH-speciality-papers
http://bit.ly/CTMH-embellishments

SUPPLIES USED TO CREATE CARD….

C1689     Silver & Gold Cardmaking stamp (Z4042 bundle)

X7226B  Silver & Gold paper

1385       White Daisy CS

X5974     Raspberry CS

Z3365     Gold Foil Paper

Z3360     Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3293     Clear Shimmer Brush

Z3369     Bashful Pearls

Z3197     Black & Gold Ribbon

INKS:       Raspberry, Bashful & Black

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day & Happy Papercrafting on whatever it is you may be working on at the moment!
Blessings, 

Krista Hershberger 

 CTMH Independent Consultant
Celebrating 11 years with Close To My Heart!!
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