CTMH Heart Happy Birthday

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share this card I made for dearly beloved's birthday this past week.

I used papers from the CTMH Heart Happy special. The special ended at the end of February but you can still pick up the kits and paper collection while supplies last!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

March Cross Canada Blog Hop with CTMH

Hi folks!

Welcome to our March Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring the So Much Happy 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 Dominique's blog then you are in the right place!

Today I'm sharing with you a few cards I made with the paper pack - which I totally wanted to call "Sew Much Happy". Get it?

Yes - I'm a quilter. So of course I had to have the Quilt Quotes stamp set, the Stitched Quilt Shapes Thin Cuts, AND the Stitched Square Frames Thin Cuts the second I saw them. Click "add to order"!!!

You can bet that these cards are going to wind up in the hands of my quilting buddies. I may even make them little gift sets they can hand out to other friends.

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 April 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!

love you because

Hi folks,

Just popping in to share the card I made for dearly beloved for Valentine's Day this year.

Card details:

• finished size: 6 x 6 inches
• patterned paper: CTMH "I Heart Us"
• dies: CTMH Thin Cuts Stitched Square Frames

As always, thanks for stopping by!!!

February Cross Canada Blog Hop with CTMH

Hi folks!

Welcome to our February Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring the I Heart Us 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!

If you are a frequent visitor then you know I tend to favour card-making so I have these cards to share with you today.

The inspiration for these cards actually came from a scrapbook layout in the new Seasonal Expressions Idea book. Go ahead, take a flip through and see if you can find which one! Psst - take a look at the WYW I Heart Us layouts.

I also used the Butterfly Friendship stamp and thin cuts bundle on this pair of cards.

Now - do you remember earlier when I said I tend to favour card-making? Well, I took the big step and signed up for the Craft With Heart12-month subscription back when it launched. My goal was to hopefully wind up with some layouts I could use in a scrapbook album for my parents upcoming milestone wedding anniversary. So here's the TWO double-page layouts for February featuring the "I Heart Us" Cut Above Kit!

Care to make a guess how long it took me to put these together? Just 45 minutes!!! For all four pages! Me! Who doesn't scrapbook!

Now - I'm still getting used to the whole scrapbooking thing so I just followed the kit instructions to  the letter. Maybe I'll branch out and start mixing things up as I do more of the kits. Or maybe I'll add to the pages as my parents anniversary approaches. We shall see. Either way, I think this subscription (which you can do a month at a time, four months at a time, or for a full year) is a great way to put together some great scrapbook layouts quickly!

So - 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 March 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!

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!