Holidays From The a Heart Gift Guide Blog Hop!

Welcome to a blog hop featuring paper crafts, all made using products from the new "Holidays From The Heart Gift a Guide". You are in for amazing inspiration from over 20 Close To My Heart Consultants!

If you arrived here from Melinda's Blog then you are on the right track! To see a complete list of the participants click here.

For my project I used the "Sparkle and Shine" Paper Pack to create a two page Christmas scrap book layout!

I embellished with the Chip board Complements Pack!

I used my Cricut Artbooking to add my title!

Hope you had fun peeking at my ideas! Now hop on over to Maureen's Blog to see what she has created!

Happy Holiday crafting!
HeatherJane

October Specials from Close To My Heart!

October is a great time to prep your supplies for your Christmas and Holiday projects and gifting! During the month of October you will see some great offers with "Constant Campaigns"!

One of the most exciting is the NEW "Holidays from the Heart" mini-seasonal catalog!

October-December 2013 Constant Campaign

You will find 24 pages of new ideas which include "Sparkle and Shine" Workshop On The Go Kit, Christmas and Holiday Stamp Sets, Exclusive sparkle shapes, Washi tape sets, gift bags, and more! 

Choose a festive, new product free this holiday season with your qualifying order! When you place an order of $100 or more (retail price) between October 15 and December 31 from the Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide and/or the Autumn/Winter 2013 Idea Book, you qualify for one free star item from the Holidays from the Heart Gift Guide. You'll love the sparkle, the ease, and the savings! Receive one free "star" item for each $100 in your order. (Contact me if you would like to have one of these mini-catalogs mailed to you! FREE. www.heatherjane.ctmh.com)

As always there is a beautiful stamp of the month for October. This one, "Scandinavian Wishes", is a great set for Christmas! It includes 12 stamps!

Use it on your Christmas scrapbook pages or to create this years Cards or Thank Yous that you will send to your loved ones. (My personal favorite is the "to" and "from" gift tag option that fits the Art Philosophy CriCut Cartridge!)

Visit my website to see more information or to place an order. Remember you can "Join" Terry's "Huntington" Party and help boost her hostess benefits! :)

Also, don't forget to check out this month's FREE printable download! Cupcake flags! Rediscover Sweet. Life is Sweet and so are these adorably designed paper pieces! Download them for free through October 31st. Use them as cupcake flags or to wrap small chocolates and give the gift of sweet!

Thanks for visiting! Hope you enjoy these great limited time promotions! Happy Crafting.

HeatherJane

Bumble Birthday Card!

I've been wanting to make a Bumble Bee themed birthday card for a few months now. I've been holding onto my "Buzz and Bumble" paper pack scraps and keeping a pile of supplies on the surface of my work space. Then along came the perfect sketch at "Seize The Sketch" blog challenge #3! It was time to get serious!

Hexagon Sketch, need I say more?!

TaDa! Bees and honeycombs!

Love this sentiment: "Buzzing with good wishes!"

I stamped the Bee is Cocoa ink and colored it in with yellow and white colored pencils. Then added line accents with white gel pen on the white colored pencil.

Supplies:
- Kraft Paper Cardstock (CTMH)
- Buzz and Bumble Paper Pack (CTMH- retired)
- Quick Cards Stamp- bumble Bee A1135 (CTMH)
- Colored Pencils and Gel Pens: Yellow and White
- Ink Pads: Cocoa, Chocolate
- Ribbon: Adhesive backed 1/4 inch brown with white dots (JoAnns)
- Hexagon Punch (SUP)

Happy Card Making!
HeatherJane

Sarita Scrapbook Layouts!

Wanted to share with you a preview of the pages I created with my Sarita Workshop On The Go Kit from Close To My Heart. I will be guiding a class to create these pages on Sept 21st!

Sarita Layout #1

Sarita Layout #2

Sarita Layour #3

Sarita Layout #4

Freshly Made Sketches #102

It was time to create a card again! My Laughing Lola scraps leftover from creating layout pages was the perfect choice!

 

I found this sketch at the "Freshly Made Sketches" Challenge #102! It was just right for a thank you card I needed to make!

I used my favorite sentiment from the exclusive stamp set "You Are My Happy"! I can't stop finding uses for this!

 

A simple "Thank You" on the inside with lots of room left to write.

I am really happy with how this color scheme looks!  So. I also entered this card at the "Black Tie Friday" Challenge Blog for their "Black and Teal" Color Challenge #31!

Supplies:

- Laughing Lola Paper Pack from CTMH

- Lagoon and Black Cardstocks CTMH

- Ribbon: Syracuse Street 1/4" SUP

- Stamp Set: You Are My Happy from CTMH (CC1025)

Happy Card Making!

HeatherJane

Laughing Lola Scrapbook Layouts!

"Laughing Lola" from Close To My Heart was such a fun Workshop On The Go kit to create with! I taught a class in August with it and wanted to share my designs on my blog so that they can be found by those who are browsing for ideas.

Lola Layout #1: From pamphlet with some changes to measurements

Lola Layout #2: Using Artbooking Cricut to cut frame and titles.

 

Lola Layout #3: Full of Fun!

Lola Layout #4: Sequins add from the Black Metallic Medley

What have you been making with your Laughing Lola Papers!?

HeatherJane

CTMH National Stamping Month! "You Are My Happy"!

Welcome to the Close to My Heart National Stamping Month Blog Hop. If you arrived here from Maria's Blog: "Stamp Momma" you are on the right track!

We have over 20 hoppers for this exclusive stamp set trio, "You are My Happy!"  The blog is a great big circle so you can start anywhere and hop your way through.  If you get lost along the way, you can find the complete list of hoppers here.

You can purchase this exclusive You Are My Happy stamp set trio for $10 when you make a purchase of $50 or more! With a full retail value of $47.90, this exclusive (limited time), whimsical stamp set trio is three times the fun. You Are My Happy includes three adorable, coordinating stamp sets on three D-size carrier sheets. They will arrive at your home in two stamp envelopes, one carrier sheet in one envelope and two carrier sheets in the other envelope. Your trio includes:

• One alphabet (upper and lowercase)
• One sheet of nine encouraging, friendship sentiments
• One sheet of 15 cheerful images great for a variety of life’s occasions

These three stamp sets have been designed stylistically to work together for creating darling cards, layouts, and 3-D projects for a variety of occasions. The alphabet is adorable and usable on both feminine and masculine pages equally. The icons are cute and whimsical, but my FAVORITE stamps in the trio are the beautiful sentiments that work both for cards and scrapbook pages!

 
I made this cute 2 page scrapbook layout – I found the sketch that inspired it on "Let's Scrap".

The theme of my layout is "IceCream Truck!".  I wanted to feature my favorite stamp sentiment which reads "Good times are even better when they are shared".  Who doesn't mind sharing ice cream!? I also used my CTMH Sarita Workshops On The Go Kit!

Hope you like what I have put together. Now hop on over to Kathleen's Blog: "Life is like a Bowl of Stamps" and see what she has created!

Thanks for Hopping!

HeatherJane

Artbooking in August! Project #4! Giftable.

Welcome to Week #4 of the Artbooking in August Blog Hop. Last week's artwork was so phenomenal and this week over 35 creative consultants are at it again!

Our challenge is to create 4 different projects using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge and any CTMH paper pack.  Our mission is to design each of the following. This week I chose a the Home Decor Giftable item- mine is both!

1. 2 page layout 
2. Card
3. Mini Book 
4. Home decor or 'giftable' item 

If you arrived here from Jan's Blog you are on the right track!

(Remember this is a circular blog hop and if you get lost or confused along the way, the list is posted on Adeline's blog here.)

Now let's take a look at that Giftable Decor I mentioned...

I created a 12x12 frame ready Baby Stat Keepsake with an "Americana Baseball" theme! 

I personalized it with a custom name and will list out the date, height, weight, etc... 

 

I used the new Artbooking cartridge bundle to harvest a circle chipboard shape to create as a baseball. I cut the sticitching from Cranberry Cardstock and added sponge shading. I also used the cartridge to cut out the phrase "All Boy".

I used the new Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 for a sketch inspiration for the layout itself. I also added a ribbon of burlap layered over a strip of Cranberry cardstock so that the pops of red show through the texture.

Hope you like my project!

Now hop over to Jane's Blog to see what she has created!

HeatherJane

Artbooking in August! Project #3! Mini Book

Welcome to Week #3 of the Artbooking in August Blog Hop. Last week's artwork was so phenomenal and this week over 35 creative consultants are at it again!

Our challenge is to create 4 different projects using the Cricut Artbooking cartridge and any CTMH paper pack.  Our mission is to design each of the following. This week I chose a the Mini Book!

1. 2 page layout 
2. Card
3. Mini Book 
4. Home decor or 'giftable' item 

If you arrived here from Jan's Blog you are on the right track!

(Remember this is a circular blog hop and if you get lost or confused along the way, the list is posted on Adeline's blog here.)

Now let's take a look at that Mini-book I mentioned...

I used my Artbooking Cartridge to create a flower girl photo album! I made a horizontal and a vertical version. (The book is a small clear plastic album you can find at Michaels or Dollar Stores that holds 4 x6 photos. I decorated the front and back of the covers.)

I used Lucy bulk papers as my base. The flip side of the paper is used to cut the word "Girl".

The flower was cut from page 80 of the booklet. I layer a whisper grey cut onto the pink side of the Lucy paper and added glitter gel to the outermost edge. The petal cuts in the center I inked with pigment ink in cotton candy and left them raised. The pink button made the perfect center!

This is is the inside of the album. This cricut shape matches perfectly to the memo stamp included in the bundle. I had to set my machine on "8". I am going to use this accent to journal the Bride and Groom's name, Flower Girl name, Date, place, etc... This way my daughter will always remember when she got to be a flower girl!

This is a small accent I added to the back cover of the album. "Sweet Heart". This is what I keep saying in my head when I see the photos again. "awww, she was such a sweet heart!" hehehhe.

Hope you like my project!

Now hop over to Jane's Blog to see what she has created!

HeatherJane

New Product Blog Hop! Autumn Winter 2013!

Welcome to the NEW Product Blog Hop featuring projects made with new items from the Autumn Winter 2013 Idea Book!

If you arrived here from Georgia's Blog then you are on the right track!

I am spotlighting the new Workshop On The Go Kit titled "Laughing Lola". My 2 page layout was created based on the guide that comes included in the kit (I just modified it slightly to suit my needs).

Here are some close ups!

I frayed my black hemp string on the ends by peeling the threads apart after i tied it.

Hope you like my project!

Now hop over to Terry's Blog to see what she has created!

Happy Crafting!
HeatherJane