Seasonal 1 New CTMH Product Blog Hop

Welcome to this 
Special Blog Hop!

We will be featuring items that are shown in our BEAUTIFUL, NEW Seasonal Expressions #1 mini-book! 

This mini book will be current until April 30, 2016 OR While Supplies last! 

 It's the PERFECT  addition to our already FABULOUS 2015-2016 Annual Inspirations book!  

If you have come here from Tammy'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 by clicking HERE…

  

This month we have over 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing items they created using items from this mini book.

 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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Today, I will be using one of our NEW paper packs that are shown in this Seasonal Expression 1 mini-book.  J.

I'd like to introduce to you one of three NEW paper packs - Penelope!! 

What a bright, cheerful, paper pack - just in time for the upcoming SPRING season (although there are blizzard warnings in PA at the moment J )

The 3 Paper Packets shown in the Seasonal Expression #1 (SE1) are a bit different than what we are used to at CTMH.  I'm excited to share that these NEW paper packets include MORE designer sheets of paper!!!

You will receive 12- B&T Duos (background & texture) AND....
included in this collection are cut apart PML cards! (picture my life) all for the regular price of ONLY $9.95!!

 This past weekend, I was privileged to be able to attend the CTMH Team Builders event in Salt Lake City, Utah.  I was rooming with three other gals, and wanted to create a quick treat for them - just because....so I pulled out my Penelope paper collection to create this roomie gift below.J 

During the Christmas season, I had seen this same idea, created by Liz Ann Designs, and saved it in my "to do" file to create at a later date.  

The later date arrived, and I created this post-it note holder using the Art Philosophy & Artiste Cricut cartridge.  

I used the design from the "Family" key for the base of this holder. See it under the "card" feature key?   It was cut at 3 1/4". 

The stamp set I used, was debuted in August 2015  and is a GREAT one to have!!  It's called "So Many Smiles" and it's only $13.95!! 

Take a peek at this close up photo of these fun flowers... 

And this ADORABLE bow....did you know that this is a cut directly from the Artiste Cricut collection? 

This bow is found on the "G" key...take note - there are two different bows on this page! I used the purple bow...

All I had to do was fold the bow on the score lines and the bow was created!!!  AND - by using our glossy sided cardstock (from our Paper Fundamentals collection) it gave this bow an extra "pop" of design!!

The inside of this post-it note folder, is just plain & ready to use as a note pad....a FUN little gift for anyone you can think of!!  

I hope you enjoyed this fun little project, and maybe you'll like to add it to your to do list folder too!   J 

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Now "Hop" on over to Priscilla's  Blogto see her amazing work!

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. J

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

so that you can get in on the FUN and get your OWN copy of the Seasonal  Expressions #1 mini-book!! 

 It's FREE with any first time order placed this spring on your consultant's website!! 

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J

Urban Flower Layout - Joyful Stars Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly  
 Joyful Stars Blog 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 fellow consultants 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 Joyce’s blog you are right on track.   J

One of my FAVORITE paper packs in the NEW Annual Inspirations Idea Book is the Urban collection.   J

If you remember, LAST month, I shared a card made with Urban....and I decided to continue sharing some more items from a swap I was recently apart of. ( I make multiples of 5 different creations & got others in return)

Today we are going to take a look at how we can turn the Urban paper collection into a feminine design  J 

I really like the new flower stamp set called "So Many Smiles"....and as I started creating - I thought this stamp set could help "pull off" turning the Urban collection into something feminine.  

I also went to check out CTMH's how to books - and decided to use the Magic How-to-book called "Spellbound" for the final layout design.  


Take a peek at the finished 2 page layout....

I had so much fun stamping & creating the different colors to my flowers.  By adding our NEW Pomegranate color to the Urban collection, it added just the pop of color this layout needed.  

I felt that my larger pieces of Peacock Cardstock were too "blah"....so if you look closely, you can see that I did some stamping.  I stamped the background image from the NEW stamp set "In Review" with peacock ink to add some texture to these pieces.  

Here is a close up of a cluster of flowers....sometimes I chose to "pop" and layer all the different circle flowers, and other times I had them flat on the page. 

It's AMAZING how much easier our Close To My Heart Cricut collections make our creating!!  I cut out the circles, and the leaves & the title shape, and then just started stamping away!!  

Can you see....the Cricut cut scalloped border, was cut from our NEW Paper Fundamentals Pomegranate paper! J

The next close up picture is showcasing the title section.  I again used the Sapphire Paper Fundamentals paper to mat my "Smiles" title. (This fundamentals paper is part of our November special!!) J

I used two FUN stamp sets to create the title..."Handwritten Print" and "Brushstrokes".  It took me a long time to come up with this (for some silly reason) and I'm not sure if I still really like this title piece - LOL!  J

I added some of our NEW adhesive backed gold foil tape for a little bit of extra.....and I added our Enamel red dots to add some "extra" pop, and really like how it turned out!  All of our enamels are adhesive backed & ready to place on whatever project you are creating!  

I think that’s all for now….please come back and join me again J

.... AND if you’d like to create your OWN "Smiles" layout – here is the list of items I used to create it!  Happy Crafting!! J

12x12 “Smiles” layout –

Magic How-to-Book – “Spellbound”

E1030               Handwritten Print

C1619                So Many Smiles

C1622                   In Review

C1608               Brushstrokes

X7204B             Urban paper

Z3167                Artistry Cricut Collection

Z3171                Art Philsophy Cricut

X5780               Pomegranate CS

X5777               Fern CS

Z3126                Enchantment Paper Fundamentals Cardstock

Z3129                Gold Foil Tape

Z3090               Red Enamels

Inks used:          Saffron, Sapphire, Peacock, Pomegranate,

                        Fern & Whisper

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to my fellow sister consultant and check out Crystal’s blog and see what beautiful, crafty item she has to share with us! J 

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 J