NSM Slimline Celebration Blog Hop

Welcome to our National Stamping Month Slimline Celebration 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 

Our Slimline Celebration lineup includes (3) Stamp and Thin Cut sets, (1) E-Size Sentiments Stamp set PLUS (2) Thin Cuts...available as individual items or TWO BUNDLE options at a 20% discount!

If you have come here from Kathy's Snips, Snaps and Scraps' Blog, you are on the right path!

So my goal with this Special was to incorporate it into a scrapbook page! 

I feel like the only photos I've taken in the past year is of the house and the massive renovation we undertook! 

So when my kids treated me to a FULL DAY celebration on my 51st Birthday I was thrilled AND we took some fun photos too!

I'm in LOVE with this Slimline Sentiments Stamp Set and really wanted to use it here...

There are so many awesome sentiments in this E-Size stamp set...add to that the fact that several of them can be used for more than just our Slimline Card line!

There's so many things I'm obsessed with in the new Core Catalog and if you haven't checked it out yet, go look! One product group is the wood and black and white embellishments in stars, hearts, arrows, brackets, flowers, alphas and numbers! Completely obsessed with them all!

So many Stars in this package!

This is all the numbers you get in a package!

I've used the negative space to fill in the Star Cluster  Thin Cut in some areas and also used the star bits as embellies on the page. 

My new FAVOURITE colour is Harbour and that's what I used for the cardstock and the Star Cluster Thin Cut. I also cut some of the As We Grow patterned paper leftover bits throughout the layout and with the Star Cluster Thin Cut as well to get some of the Mulberry pattern and Stars pattern from the As We Grow paper collection in the thin cut.

Perfect solution for that extra photo you want to include but don't have space OR don't want to change the design/look of the layout...FLIP FLAPS my friends...if you haven't tried them out yet you totally need too!

Harbour cardstock Stitched Circles Thin Cuts, a star from the Star Cluster Thin Cuts AND add to my list of favourites...our new Tabs Thin Cuts! Did I say I'm obsessed?!!! Clustering them together on this Flip Flap makes it obvious and easy to lift up the flap to see what's under...which holds my journaling about my day!

Thanks for stopping by and participating in this Hop!

Products Used:

As We Grow paper pack

Star Cluster Thin Cut 

Slimline Sentiments Stamp Set

Harbour cardstock

Harbour Ink

White Acrylic Numbers

Wood Stars

3x4 Flip Flap Memory Protectors

Now head on over to Brenda's Blog to see how she's used the Slimline Celebration products!!!

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Canadian Blog Hop and Pumpkin Spice!

Hello and welcome to our Canadian Blog Hop featuring product and artwork from our NEW September/October Catalog! 

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!

If you came from Michelle's blog with then you are in the right place!

It's all about Fall here and boy was I feeling the Fall vibes with our Pumpkin Spice Collection! Loving all the colours and especially our NEW Harbour colour!

I've added Kraft cardstock embossed with our new Botanical embossing folder which I used throughout my Workshop, specifically the Kraft half circles and Nectarine and Paprika cardstock leaves.

The leaves were cut from our *new Pumpkin Spice Digital Art Collection (X7272F) available directly from the Close To My Heart website!

Check out that detail in our Pumpkin Spice Wood Stickers (X7272E)...super thin and adhesive backed too.

Your next stop on the Canadian Blog Hop is Brandi's blog

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.

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. We hope you will join us again for our next hop on November 20th

Products Used:

Pumpkin Spice Paper Packet & Sticker Sheet (X7272S)

Pumpkin Spice Wood Stickers (X7272E)
Nectarine, Papaya, Harbour, Paprika  CS

Harbour, Toffee, Paprika ink
Wood Hearts (Z6012)
misc. Twine

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In This Together Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to our In This Together Blog Hop!!!

If you've arrived from Michelle's Blog, you're on track!

I've been super busy doing plenty of power Binge watching! Yard work and cooking! So this page was a great snapshot on a little of that.

Thanks so much for hopping along with us today, now off to Miss Carrie's Blog!

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March SOTM Blog Hop - Winged Masterpiece

So many exciting things happening today!!! 

March 1st means a brand new Seasonal Catalog LOADED with fabulous NEW product PLUS we are showcasing our Stamp Of The Month, Winged Masterpiece, which is available now for only $6.75 with a qualifying purchase or FREE if you're a VIP Customer!

If you've arrived here from Kathy's Blog then you're on the right track...

I've used some of our Exclusive 'In This Together' paper pack and our Spectrum Noir Markers  because there's a little bit of colouring with this set!

I've created two different cards using this SOTM plus a retired Sympathy Stamp Set.

I've added some Shimmer Brush in the Wisteria colour to splatter and highlight the card sentiment for a fun effect plus some Glossy Accents to add sheen to the body of the butterfly and dragonfly image.

Now off to Carrie's Blog to see what lovely creation she has for you!

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Happiness Lives Here - Canadian Blog Hop!

Hello my Friends!!!

It's been what feels like forever, since I've added any new posts here...which I'm really bummed about. 

Renovations on our Otter Farmhouse are coming along but with that being said, also SUPER time consuming and disruptive for me with having to 'manage' several aspects of it on a daily basis!

So I'm so happy that one of the 'perks' of being a Close To My Heart Maker is that I have access to the new product ONE MONTH prior to it going LIVE!

We have made some changes to our Canadian Blog Hop...we will now be Hopping every other month on the 20th! So you will have a chance to see creations from the *New Seasonal Catalogs (2 month cycle) in one Hop!

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring artwork created using new and fabulous products found in our current (Jan/Feb) catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

If you've arrived from Kim's Blog you're on the right track!

The first layout I've created by adding Kraft CS to my White Daisy CS base and the rest were scraps from my kit after I created (2) double-page layouts.

I wanted a little 'something' from behind my 6x4 photo mat so I just used scraps again from my stash of vellum strips that I hand tore and tucked behind the PP mat.

If you are wanting to 'scrap your stash' and use up bits of your pattern papers...this design concept does the trick!

 

Create more photo opportunities with our fabulous Flip Flaps  or hide your journalling. Also, consider adding different sized photos on your layouts to add some visual interest AND to get more images in to support your story!

The sunshine was making an appearance in these photos too, can you tell?!!

Add some interest but adding your title on a curve.

The second layout created from this paper collection is on a Black CS base...which really makes everything pop, don't you think?

Nothing much to this layout in terms of complicated design, just 6 different photo spots and some fun embellishing with the stickers in this pack and some added Wood Shapes!

'Family' was created from the heavy weight stickers however we've just come out with this Letter Tiles Stamp and Thin Cut set so you can recreate this look with your own title...so fun to be able to add this touch in your title and have it be completely customizable too!

The third layout created is on White Daisy CS and you'll notice that the Wood Shapes have been inked!!! How cool is that?! I've used Peach, Sage and Blue Belle inks to colour the wood shapes.

You can also ink them with some Ranger Distress Oxides now available to purchase through us...that is exciting news if you didn't already know. 

Your next stop on the Canadian Blog Hop is Michelle's Blog
Thanks for hopping with us - hopefully you been inspired to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way.

Join us again for our next hop, March 20th, 2021...click the 'follow' link below to get notified directly when I have a NEW POST!!!

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Products Used (click item for more details):

Happiness Lives Here paper pack w/sticker sheet

Happiness Lives Here Co-ordinating Cardstock

Happiness Lives Here wooden shapes

Vellum

Kraft Cardstock

Flip Flaps

Sapphire Shimmer Brush