CTMH Mix-ins Birthday Wishes

Hi folks,

I was feeling quite crafty this past weekend and put together these cards using the Mix-Ins papers from the current Seasonal Expressions Idea Book.

Six quick cards ready for when I need them.

In addition to the papers, I also used

• whisper thick twine 
• grey gems
• black enamel stars 
• raspberry ink 
• lagoon ink

As always, thanks for stopping by!

A long overdue CTMH Boutique Birthday Card

Hi folks,

As you may have guessed, my paper-crafting mojo seems to be making a wee return. I'm finally able to share a card that I started months ago but only finished this past weekend. It languished in my craft room for days, weeks, then months. All I had left to do was colour the dress and put the pieces together. <sigh>

Anyways, it features:

• the (now retired) Boutique papers from Close To My Heart
• two tags from the Fancy Tags Thin Cuts set
• Thick Whisper twine
• Sugarplum card stock
• the sentiment is from a now retired CTMH Stamp set (A1222)
• and the coloured image is from the 10 year anniversary set from The Greeting Farm

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Craft with Heart - Something Fierce January Layouts

Hi folks

So who out there has been thinking of trying out the Craft with Heart subscription from Close to My Heart?

I have the full year subscription which started back in September but I am just now getting around to putting together the layouts. I started with the January layouts featuring Something Fierce and, as someone who rarely scrapbooks, am VERY impressed with how quickly the Cut Above layouts came together.

I followed the instructions for the kits - no getting creative for me - yet! But I'm hoping to build my scrapbooking confidence with these kits so maybe I'll get brave and put my own twist on some of them.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Something Fierce - Launch Event Scrapbook Layouts

Hi folks,

In yesterday's post, I mentioned the projects from the launch event I attended for the current Seasonal Expressions Idea Book. Well, I am back today to share the two, double page scrapbook layouts from that event!


Can you believe it? I made scrapbook layouts!

Of course, I left the photo and journal area blank as these may be gifted instead of kept. For now they are safely residing in their page protectors in a scrapbook album.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Something Fierce - A few more cards

Hi folks,

Back in December I had the opportunity to attend a launch event for the current Seasonal Expressions Idea Book. I was only able to attend for part of the event so I didn't get my projects finished until recently.

So - today I'm sharing the cards! All of them were quick, easy makes that used not only the Something Fierce papers but also the complements.

Up first - this pretty pink card! Not a dinosaur in sight!

This card? All strips from the complements pack!

And here we go - dinosaur front and centre. I'm thinking this one could work for a kid OR an adult celebrating a birthday milestone.

As always, thanks for stopping by!

January Cross Canada Blog Hop with CTMH

Hi folks!

Welcome to our January Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring the Something Fierce collection from Close To My Heart. Whether you are a scrap-booker or card-maker, both of these collections have something for you.

If you've just hopped onto my blog, then you CAN start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada, then please start at the beginning at Michelle's blog. If you came from Nicky's blog then you are in the right place!

I'm featuring a birthday card using this collection and sentiments from the Years of Sweetness stamp set.

I haven't put a sentiment inside it yet. I'm reserving that for when it is gifted. I figure this card could work for a child with a nice birthday sentiment OR for someone celebrating a milestone birthday with a cheeky reference to being as old as the dinosaurs! tee hee.

That's it for me! Up next is Diana!

Remember - if you get lost you can always head back to Michelle's blog as she has the full list of participants.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we are able to inspire you in some way. If so, please leave us a comment as we love to hear back from the hoppers! We hope you are able to join us again next month. So be sure to mark February 10th on your calendar. And don't forget, you can reach out to your local consultant to purchase any of the items you see on the hop today!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Happy Happy Birthday with CTMH Grateful Heart

Hi folks,

Just stopping in to share another recent make - another late birthday card. That seems to be my routine of late.

I used papers from the CTMH Grateful Heart Collection. The stamp is from the "Epic Birthday" card making kit.

As always, thanks for stopping by!