November Cross Canada Blog Hop!

Welcome to our November Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Holly Jolly!!!! 

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 Kim's Blog

This page was created for this month's Page Club class...plus I've added in the (X9009) Mix-Ins from this newest Idea Book release which works beautifully with our two Holiday collections!!

I am so enjoying adding to our paper collections with these new and improved mix-in paper packs as they have been designed specifically to support our two paper collections in the Seasonal Expressions Idea Books...

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 December 10th on your calendars and hop along with us when we feature our Cedar & Pine collection!

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

Products Used:

Holly Jolly paper pack with sticker sheet

Holly Jolly Complements

Stitched Circle Thin Cuts

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New Product Blog Hop!

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring product from our newest Seasonal Expressions Idea Book from 21 Consultants!!! 

If you have come here from Haley'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 layout was a combination of designs from Close To My Heart's Art Department!!! 

You may recognize the first page of this layout was inspired from the catalog and the second page of this layout is from a design out of our NEW* Complete Creativity Cricut Cartridge bundle !!!

The Complete Creativity Cricut cut files are so awesome and can be adjusted in your Design Space to work on cards, mini-albums OR layouts...

I am really enjoying the new Holly Jolly Scrapbooking stamp set & thin cuts...the thin cuts are sooooo awesome and the stitched scallop circle, ummm yes please!

 This is for sure one of my favourite Christmas Layouts this year...can't wait to fill it with photos from this year's big day!

This layout as well as two more double-page layouts are all part of my November Hostess Page Club, take home kits are also available! 

I love that Close To My Heart has made it so much fun to document our Holiday Memories so easily!!!

Products Used: 

Complete Creativity Cricut Cartridge

Holly Jolly Paper Pack & Sticker Sheet (X7250S)

Holly Jolly Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cuts (Z3529)

Kraft/White Daisy/Green Apple Cardstock

Holiday Loose Sequins (Z3565)

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, everything you've seen highlighted in this Hop is available NOW until the end of December!!!

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

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November SOTM Blog Hop - Family Time

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring November's SOTM, which is called 'Family Time', a set of over 18 stamp images !!! 

This stamp set could be the perfect compliment for your album pages or to incorporate in your next card!

Documenting the everyday moments in life can be made simple by creating with this versatile stamp set...

If you have come here from Hayley'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 28 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

This layout came together fast...only problem is a spattered ink onto the photo...so that'll need to be re-printed!!! This was last year for my birthday, John took me to the shooting range and my kids joined us as a surprise...lots of fun and then dinner out afterwards :)

It is nice to use up the scraps of paper collections and to be able to mix up paper packs too!

I've stamped directly onto the PML card...easy peasy!

Products Used: 

November SOTM - Family Time- S1911

Foam Tape
Hawthorn paper pack and sticker sheet
Hawthorn Wood Shapes
Mix-In paper pack
Hawthorn PML cards

Now hop on over to Ronda'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 November SOTM is only available until the 30th of November! 

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

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Holiday Cheer Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Holiday Cheer Blog Hop!  You’ve arrived from Ramona's Blog...

I’m coming to you from our favourite place Loon Lake...my home away from home and my happy place.

This Kit is loaded with product and very fun to play with...I’ve created a handful of ornaments and tags and I can’t wait to try to incorporate these stamps into some scrapbook layouts too!

I hope you’re finding lots of creative inspiration so far...now head on over to Cat’s Blog!


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October Cross Canada Hop!

Welcome to our October Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Hawthorn!!!! 

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 Janet's Blog

This page was created from the scraps left over from this month's Page Club class...plus I've added the Hawthorn Complements...kraft printed chipboard pieces are so nice and anything wood veneer is fantastic!

I decided to add our new mix-ins paper pack to use with both paper collections, Every Little Thing and Hawthorn, which I've been showcasing over the past month! CTMH has hit it outta the park with these new and improved mix-in paper packs as they have been designed specifically to support our two paper collections in the Seasonal Expressions Idea Books...

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 November 10th on your calendars and hop along with us when we feature our Hawthorn collection!

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

Products Used:

Hawthorn paper pack with sticker sheet

Hawthorn Complements

Hawthorn Wood Shapes

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October SOTM Blog Hop - Autumn Air

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is called 'Autumn Air', a set of over 14 stamp images !!! 

If you have come here from Haley'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 28 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

This was a fun card to make, creating layers, paper piecing and rock & roll stamping!

The acorn was first stamped onto White Daisy cardstock, then the Saffron patterned paper. I fussy cut out the acorn from both but kept a white border around the white cardstock and no border around the patterned paper. 

You may also have noticed I've tucked a Starbucks Coffee card behind the patterned paper...I just left to top free of adhesive and made sure to have a line of adhesive about a 1/4" shorter than the length of the Starbucks card.

I stamped the sentiment with Saffron ink first and then loaded some Paprika and stamped away!

The coffee cup was cut from Kraft cardstock plus the cup cozy was run through my old crinkle tool  (crimper?) from Fiskars!

I LOVE this stamp and Thin Cut combo 'Perk Up' (available Oct-Nov) AND the retired Border Thin Cuts  (notebook edge)...these types of dies are a staple item in my tool bag! I dug up some retired Triangle Studs too!

Products Used: 

October SOTM - Autumn Air- S1910

Hawthorn Paper Packet

Borders Thin Cuts 

Espresso, Paprika & Saffron Inks

Bronze & White Twine

Foam Tape

Now hop on over to Jen'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 October SOTM is only available until the 31st of October! 

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

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Every Little Thing

There's so much to love in our new Seasonal Expressions Idea Book (Sept-Oct 2019) from Close To My Heart!

Soft Florals/feminine colours AND Fall/masculine colours that you can enhance further or even add to which I've discovered...we've created a Mix-In paper packet to extend and add to our current Every Little Thing AND Hawthorn paper suites! Check them out!

Every Little Thing

Hawthorn

Mix-In

This layout is a combination of our Every Little Thing AND Mix-In paper collections...added to that our newest Hawthorn Scrapbooking Stamp & Thin Cut set...which I am IN LOVE WITH!!!

I've used Sangria, Paprika and Goldrush inks to create these rock n'roll technique stamped leaves...super fun and they look real. Vellum hearts and leaves from the ELT collection and some doodled lines with our awesome new journalling pens!

Shop for these products now before they are gone! 

CLICK HERE TO SHOP 


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September Cross Canada Hop!

Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop where we are featuring our newest paper collection called Every Little Thing!!!! 

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 Brenda's Blog

This was a fun card we created at my all day crop this past weekend...

lovin' our new Julep Colour of the Year! 

This month's Stamp of the Month is perfect for cardmaking and scrapbook pages...the sentiments are great and the font combo is fantastic too!

This page was created from the scraps left over from this month's Page Club class...plus I've added the Every Little Thing Complements...love the solid black chipboard pieces and how some of them have white embossed elements on them too.

I decided to add our new mix-ins paper pack to use with both paper collections, Every Little Thing and Hawthorn, which I'll be showcasing over the next two months! CTMH has hit it outta the park with these new and improved mix-in paper packs as they have been designed specifically to support our two paper collections in the Seasonal Expressions Idea Books...

In case you missed it, our new colour of the year Julep is available in all our products; cardstock, inks, shimmer pens, glitter paper, embellishments...you get the idea!

Check out these wood shapes! and Julep sequins! everything on this page makes me happy...paper, embellishments and of course photo! 

Take note of those typewriter stickers...we had them from a retired paper collection and because we have consistent colours...I can incorporate products from past collections into newer ones because we do even through changing Idea Books!

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 October 10th on your calendars and hop along with us when we feature our Hawthorn collection!

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

Products Used:

Every Little Thing paper pack with sticker sheet

Every Little Thing Complements

Julep Glitter Paper

Julep sequins

Arrow Wood Shapes

Sept. SOTM 'Random Act of Cardness'

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New Product Blog Hop featuring Julep!

If you're joining me from Michelle's Blog, welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!!! 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 many Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using product just released from our newest Seasonal Expression Idea Book!

Welcome our newest colour JULEP to the Close To My Heart family!!! 

This quite possibly could become your new favourite colour, as it has mine!

I created this layout using some of our *new Mix-In papers, Julep cardstock and Julep Glitter paper.  (I will have a full list at the end of this post)

Time to get more trip photos scrapbooked and into albums! This was a selfie taken at the top of a tower in a heritage park in Thailand...it was a scorcher of a day, super humid AND all females had to cover their arms and legs to enter the park.

I've used a SVG cut for the stacked 'joy' title and backed the 'O's with scraps of the mix-in pack. I also cut out several leaves from Charcoal cardstock and used our *new Thin-Cuts layered Leaves, which has been added to my favourite things list as well!

We joined forces with renowned calligraphy and lettering expert Melissa Esplin...I've added the image 'today, I choose joy' from the *new Joy by Melissa Esplin exclusive stamp set! This was stamped in Charcoal ink and backed on White Daisy cardstock, cut from our Stitched Circle Thin Cut die. The Julep glitter paper matting this sentiment was cut from the inside of the Shaker Thin Cut die...I absolutely LOVE the fonts used in this set.

You may have also noticed the lovely butterfly above?...meet our Exclusive Stamp & Thin Cut included in the *new Every Little Thing Cardmaking Workshop kit! Ummmm...yes please!

Thanks so much for taking the time today to check out our Hop...I know you'll have found LOTS of new product you LOVE...most of the products you'll see are only available September 1st to October 31st...so don't delay if there's some items you must have! Contact your Consultant to place an order or head to the Consultant locator on closetomyheart.com to find one near you!

Now head on over to Lauren's Blog to continue on with the Hop!

Supplies Used:

X6029 Julep cardstock

X5953 Charcoal cardstock

1385 White Daisy cardstock

X9007 Mix-In Paper Packet 

Z3506 Julep Glitter Paper

Z3507 Julep Glitter Gems

Z3523 Thin-Cuts Layered Leaves (6 dies)

D1868 Joy by Melissa Esplin (8 stamps)

Z2831 Charcoal Ink Stamp Pad

Z2805 Black Ink Stamp Pad

Z3367 Vellum Paper

Z4181 Stitched Circles  (4 dies)

Z4309 Shaker Window & Confetti (4 dies)

Just Nick digital SVG 'joyful'

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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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