December SOTM Blog Hop - A Little Bit of Pun

We will be featuring December's SOTM, 

which is "A Little Bit of Pun", a set of 17 stamps.  If you came here from Michelle Loncar'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 approximately 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the December 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!

This stamp set has so many elements, I thought the Twisted Pop-Up card would work well to show several elements!

I'm including a Splitcoaststamper written instructions for the card. 

https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/twistedpopupcard/

Now "Hop" on over to Krista Hershberger's blog  to see her inspiring work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  Remember, the December SOTM is only available until December 31!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Cyber Monday

CTMH is holding a one-day flash sale on my Consultant website to celebrate Cyber Monday! The sale will give you a chance to get a 30% discount on individual Workspace Wonder™ items and a 40% discount on select bundles of Workspace Wonder items! This sale starts November 27, 2017 at midnight (MST) and will end 11:59 pm on that same day. Sale prices are only available on orders placed through a Consultant website during these times. All discounted items ordered as part of this sale count towards Stamp of the Month. As usual with discounted items, shipping and handling will be based on the full retail value of sale items. To see which items will be discounted during this sale, visit the Promotions Page on the Consultant website at any time during the sale times. The Cyber Monday items will be listed on that page.. All the items included in the sale are only available while supplies so be sure to get the orders in before the sale ends! We’re excited to offer this fun opportunity for special one-time savings on our products.

Black Friday

Black Friday Special Details

We’re holding a one-day FLASH sale
50% discount on all of our currently available Cut Above® Layout Kits. This includes our current kits as well as a selection of layout kits that were previously available. Some of these kits are only available in low quantities, so be sure to place your orders early!

Cut Above Layout Kit - Live Beautifully

Materials to make five coordinating 2-page layouts, 

including die-cuts, stickers, photo placeholders, 

and instructions. 

Includes six 12" x 12" Memory Protectors™.

Check for more kits on my website

This sale starts at 12:00 AM (MST) Friday 11/24 and ends 

at 11:59 PM (MST) that same day. Sale prices are only available on orders placed through my onsultant website during these times. All discounted items ordered as part of this sale are commissionable and count towards Stamp of the Month and Hostess Rewards qualifying order totals.

As an additional bonus, when you buy the Cut Above Layout Kit—The Story Begins kits (Baby Boy or Baby Girl), you are eligible for additional savings. As shown in the Annual Inspirations Idea Book, when you purchase one of these kits, you can purchase a My Legacy™ album of your choice at 30% off! That means that during this 1-day only sale, you can purchase these Cut Above Layout Kits at 50% off AND purchase a My Legacy album at 30% off—Talk about incredible savings!

As usual with discounted items, shipping and handling will be based on the full retail value of sale items. 

To see which items will be discounted during this sale, visit the Promotions Page on my Consultant website at any time during the sale. The Black Friday items will be listed on that page. All the items included in the sale are only available while supplies last so be sure to get your orders in early before supplies run out.

 Coming soon..... 

 information on the CTMH  Cyber Monday Sale starting 12:00 AM (MST) on Monday, 11,27 

and ends at 11:59 PM (MST) the same day.

Just for Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH "Just for Fun" Blog Hop

We will be featuring the the CTMH Fundamentals Creative Collections that are currently on sale this month for 30-40% off or even free.  
To check out the special click here.

If you came here from Alyson Mayo'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 approximately 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the Fundamental Papers 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 on!  Here we go!  

I love all the fundamentals for different projects.  There's paper for every occasion.  My favorite is the Basic Fundamentals which I used for my card showing a selection of  some of the 12 different two sided papers from the Basic Fundamental Paper Pack and ribbon.

Now "Hop" on over to Haley Dyer's Blog  to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here)

Color My Heart ~ Color Dare # 269

Color Dare #269 - 

Glacier, Bashful, White Daisy, Toffee and Black

Closes November 23

I was working on my CTMH technique challenge and decided to use the Color Dare challenge for my card.  I love the colors.  I used the Toffee for the "leaves" of the flowers, 

                                     The sentiment is from B1563 Sending  Prayers

Thanks for visiting my blog.  

I enjoy feedback and comments and actually read each one.  

Thanks, dr

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Thin Cuts Craze

Welcome to the CTMH Technique Blog Hop

For the November CTMH Technique Blog Hop, we will feature the use of Thin Cuts. I'm excited to see the variety of paper crafting ideas that we will find on this  hop.  If you are coming from Melisssa Robinson's Blog you are on the right track.  In case you get lost, you can also get a complete list of participants at the bottom of Melissa's blog. This month we have 7 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the new CTMH Thin Cuts along with a variety of other great CTMH products.  To enjoy this hop is quite simple to do - just click on the link at the bottom of the post on each blog to move to the next one.

Here we go! 
I'm using the "For you Darling" thin cut bundle to create a sympathy card.

+ scallop border thin cut

Sentiment from B1563 Sending  Prayers

Now, hop on over to Debi McBain's blog to see what kind of fabulous art she's created.   Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement.  I hope you enjoy the Hop!

Color My Heart ~ Color Dare # 268

Color Dare #268  

Fern, New England Ivy, Cranberry, Almond, White Daisy and Optional Gold 

Closes November 16

While working on the CTMH Christmas Card Blog Hop, I thought that the Color Dare #268 colors might work for my card 
and they DID!! WhooHooo!

I used Fern to stamp the image, masked the image and sponged Cramberry for the poinsettia and Almond for the pinecone.  The stamped image was fussy cut and glued to cranberry CS., layered it with New Enland Ivy, Cranberry, Gold Glitter, and more Cranberry.  The gold stripped paper is from the Silver and Gold paper pack. Then, embelished the card with gold ribbon from the Basics Ribbon Pack, and sparkles. The Gold shimmer brush was used the paint the round ornament between the poinsettia and pinecone

Thanks for visiting my blog.  

I enjoy feedback and comments and actually read each one.  

Thanks, dr

Close to My Heart Christmas Card Blog Hop

            Welcome to the CTMH Christmas Card Blog Hop

We will be featuring Christmas Cards using CTMH products.

There are so many Christmas options in the holiday Expressions Idea Book, including stamp sets and kits, making it easy to create your own Holiday Greeting, gift tags and holiday home decore. 

If you came here from Alyson Mayo'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 approximately 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using 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 on!  
                                               Here we go!  

I used Fern to stamp the image, masked the image and sponged Cramberry for the poinsettia and Almond for the pinecone.  The stamped image was fussy cut and glued to cranberry CS., layered it with New Enland Ivy, Cranberry, Gold Glitter, and more Cranberry.  The gold stripped paper is from the Silver and Gold paper pack. Then, embelished the card with gold ribbon from the Basics Ribbon Pack, and sparkles. The Gold shimmer brush was used the paint the round ornament between the poinsettia and pinecone

Here are some additional art samples.  
You can contact your consulatant or click HERE for more details. 
Cards

Home Decor

Holiday Layouts Galore 

TAGS

Now "Hop" on over to Haley Dyer's Blog to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great card crafting ideas!  To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here)

November SOTM Blog Hop - Through the Year

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is "Through The Year", a set of 23 stamps.  If you came here from Jennifer Dykstra'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 approximately 21 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the November 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!

My son's Birthday is November 4 so I simply did a repeated stamp first and second generations, with Pomegranate ink - added the gift, notes and cake and of course used the Punny Pals bunny for the sentiment. (A $7 donation from each purchase of Punny Pals is donated to Operation Smile to provide surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world.)

Now "Hop" on over to Brandi Robinson's Blog  to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  Remember, the November SOTM is only available until November 30!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Share a Smile Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH Share A Smile Blog Hop

We will be featuring the the CTMH Share a Smile card kit.

The exclusive Share the Smile card kit gives you all the materials you need for creating 
32 Adorable cards using the "Punny Pals Stamp Set" and matching Thin Cuts. 
Available only during October. 
With the purchase of every Punny Pals stamp set, Close To My Heart donates $7 USD of the proceeds to Operation Smile™, an organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world. 

If you came here from Michelle Loncar'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 approximately 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the exclusive From the Heart card kit 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 on!  Here we go!  

Now "Hop" on over to Brenda Lapp's blog to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here)

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Terrific Tags

Welcome to the October CTMH Technique Blog Hop

For the October CTMH Technique Blog Hop, we will feature the use of tags, Thin Cuts, Tag Kits or any product designed for tags. I'm excited to see the variety of paper crafting ideas that we will find on this  hop.  

 If you are coming from Melissa's blog you are on the right track.  In case you get lost, you can also get a complete list of participants at the bottom of Melisssa Robinson's blog. This month we have approximately 9 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the new CTMH Thin Cuts or Tag Kits along with a variety of other great CTMH products.  To enjoy this hop is quite simple to do - just click on the link at the bottom of the post on each blog to move to the next one.
Here we go! 
There are several options for tags in both the Annual Inspirations and Holiday Expressions. I couldn't decide and only quit when I needed to get some sleep.
So I started with the Cut Above Tag kit Annual Inspirations pg 31 I'm at a water color class at the North Casades Institute so naturally I needed to color in the flowers and and used the tag make a card.

The sentiment is from "Many Congratulations"


The I've always liked the Box Fold Card and thought it would be great to make a card that looked like a gift. I used the Whimsy Paper and ribbon pack. Also used the Thin Cuts - Basic Tags found in the Annual Inspirations page 96.

This card folds like a box and works great with our double sided papers. 

 I will post instructions if anyone is interest. 

There are a lot of stamps that fit on the Tag Thin Cuts.
For the Box Card, I used "The Thought That Counts" Holiday Expressions Pg. 55

I also used, "Season of Sweetness" Pg 40 on the Holiday Expressions. You don't only have to use stamps designed for the tag Thin Cuts - other stamps also fit, such as, "Pince of Peace" pg 56 in the Holiday Expressions. Last but not least, I used the stamp set from our "Share a Smile" special of the month. $7 of each stamp set purchased goes for Operation Smile, helping children around the world providing corrective surgery for cleft lip and pallette. There are 13 adorable critters with 23 "Punny" messages.

                       

Now, hop on over to Debi McBain's Blog to see what kind of fabulous art she's created.   Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement.  I hope you enjoy the Hop!

October SOTM Blog Hop - Christmas Tunes

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is "Christmas Tunes", a set of 7 stamps.  If you came here from Tracie Cassidy'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 approximately 26 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!

I love the new Beary Christmas Paper Packet.  

I masked the tree stamp and first stamped it in fern 

and then used cranberry for "Christmas". 

All stars were colored with the Golden Yellow ShinHan markers. 

 Random sparkles were also colored yellow with the markers. 

Bitty sparkles were added to the some of the stars on the tree 

and one regular Sparkle was added to the top star.     

The twine is from the Enchantment Ribbon Pack.

The tree was backed with Fern CS and lifted with foam tape. 

The wreath was stamped in Fern ink and instead of the banner I added 

the Thistle ribbon from the Whimsy Ribbon Pack. 

The holly leaves were colored with Fern using the watercolor brush 

and the Bitty Sparkles, colored them with Lavender ShinHan markers, 

were  added as Holly berry clusters. 

The wreath is framed with layers of Thistle and Gold Foil Paper. 

O Holy Night was stamped by masking the banner and adjusting the curve, 

three gold sequins with a thistle colored sparkle in the center 

were added to balance out the sentiment. 

The wreath is stamped in Fern and the banner was stamped in Thistle. 

A thin layer of  gold was added with the Gold Shimmer Brush

The holly leaves were colored with Fern using the watercolor brush 

and the Holly berry clusters were water colored with Thistle ink. 

The wreath is framed with layers of  Gold and Thistle card stock. 

The bottom panel is a layer of Thistle Card Stock and Gold CS 

topped with the Thistle ribbon from the Whimsy Ribbon Pack. 

Now "Hop" on over to Janna Gray's blog  to see her inspiring work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  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!