Holiday Cheer Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH "Holiday Cheer" Blog Hop. Spread holiday cheer with handmade gift tags and ornaments! Dress your Christmas tree and presents to the nines this year with beautiful, handcrafted ornaments and gift tags from the Holiday Cheer special! With a few fun bundle options—including various papers, complements, special digital art files, and exclusive stamp sets—you can customize your ornaments and gift tags to spread holiday cheer! As an added perk, we’re offering these kits at a 30% discount when you purchase them together! Don’t miss out on this opportunity to capture your favorite Christmas memories!version 
 So hear we go....

 If you came here from Becca'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 HERE.  This month we have 12 CTMH consultants sharing their creations using the CTMH Holiday Cheer special with 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! 

It's tough to get a good photo with artificial light - waiting for the sunrise!

I decided to make a Birthday card for my grandson Owen who turned 19!!  I was hoping to find a baby photo for inside the snow globe, though did find a much younger Owen on FB and decided to use it!  I was also curious about the history of snow globes and found the following on Wikipedia: "When exactly the first snow globes became well-known remains uncertain, but the popularity seemingly dates to the early 19th century in France. They may have appeared for glass blowers as adjuncts to paperweight, which had become popular a few years earlier. Snow globes were exhibited at the Paris Universal Expo of 1878, and by 1879 at least five or more companies were producing and selling snow globes throughout Europe.

The best deal for this special is the 

Holiday Cheer Tag & Ornament Kit - click to view

The entire kit at $58.95; a savings of  $25.54.

Now "Hop" on over to Miss. Carrie's Creations' blog to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants on their blogs to get some great crafting ideas Please leave a comment, we love your encouragement.  To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH consultant or click HERE. 

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - "Back to the Basics!"

Welcome to the CTMH Technique Blog Hop! 

This month there are 14 CTMH consultants using a variety of "Basic Techniques" along with other current CTMH products in their artwork.  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 basic techniques.  If you are coming from Miss. Carrie's Creations, you are on the right track!  I you get lost, you can find the list on the bottom of Melissa's blog.  Here we go!

Paper inking or distressing is the technique I decided to use. But in my rush after a long meeting today, I glued down the triangles prior to inking. I also like incorporating both sides of our papers in creating cards.  Last week I created a fun fold card for the Spooktakular special.  I'm using the same paper - great colors and creating a sunburst aka starburst card inking all edges with a sponge dauber.  The bottom trim strip is embossed with the "stitched circles" embossing folder, the sentiment is stamped on a thin cuts stitched circle, and the stamping is "tone-on-tone"  using the same color paper and matching ink.

Sunburst Instructions

Start off by cutting your double-sided designer paper into rectangles. 
You'll need 4 or 5 of them if you are making a card similar to mine. 
(My rectangles are each 1-1/4" x 4" or 1 - 1/4" x 5" .)
Cut the rectangles from left top to right bottom creating a triangle.

Now hop on over to Cat Nowak's blog to see what kind of fabulous basic techniques she's created.  Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement. I hope you enjoyed this hop.  If you see items you would like to purchase, contact your CTMH consultant or you can shop HERE.

Another card using the "spooktakular" papers (inking only the edges of the thin cuts stitched oval and circle).  I used only the basic patterns that could be an "anytime" card. See how the card stands HERE.  This card also uses the Oct. SOTM.

Spooktacular is only available through October 31.

Spooktacular Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH "Spooktacular" Blog Hop. 
The Spooktacular Special was designed to celebrate Halloween in style with exclusive paper and stamps that are truly Spooktacular! So hear we go....

 If you came 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 HERE.  This month we have 7 CTMH consultants sharing their creations using CTMH Spooktacular special with 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! 

For my take on the Spooktacular paper, I chose a special fold, stand-up card that could display different paper cuts.  I needed a super, super fast and easy card.

Check out your shopping options! HERE.

Fun Fold Card

 closed to mail

standing

Featured colors: Black, Green Apple, Lemonade, Nectarine, Pebble, Thistle, and White Daisy. I used White Daisy card base and the Spooktacular patterned paper combinations.

• Card Base: 8-1/2 x 5-1/2 – Score @ 2” & 3-1/8” on both sides
• Patterned Paper: 5-1/4 x 1-3/4 (two pcs)
•  White Daisy: 5-1/4 x 2  (2pcs - front and back) - if cardstock is dark and you want to stamp on it.  I used scraps and cut the stitch circle and oval for stamping - the second back piece is where you can write a message.  The card stands up really well.

Now "Hop" on over to Janet Royer's blog to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants on their blogs to get some great crafting ideas. Please leave a comment, we love your encouragement. This special is only available through October 31. To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH consultant or click HERE. 

October SOTM Blog Hop - Autumn Air

Welcome to the October SOTM Blog Hop 
featuring "Autumn Air":  An amazing set of 14 stamps which could be yours for only $5 when you make a purchase of $50.

 It will be fun to see stamping inspiration found on this hop. 

If you came here from Katy Taylor'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 found here.  This month we have approximately 28 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the October 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!

The green is Julep, the 2019-2020 color of the year!
I used Julep, paper, ink, and velvet ribbon on this card.  
The background Julep CS was embossed with the 
"Stitched Circles" embossing folder
The SOTM leaves and acorns were stamped on the 
saffron patterned paper from Hawthorne

K

.  and sponge inked with Toffee, Goldrush and Saffron. 
The checkered frame was stamped with Toffee.
  

K

 Now "Hop" on over Becca Whitham's blog to see her inspiring work!   Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blog to get some great crafting ideas!  Please leave a comment, we love your encouragement.  Remember, the October SOTM is only available until October 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!