CTMH New Product Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Close to my heart, new product Blog Hop!  This hop will feature products from our new November/ December book!  I hope you enjoy all of the beautiful artwork!

This hop will go around in a circle and will feature artwork from 21 different consultants.  If you get lost along the way just click here Melinda's blog to see the complete list and find your way back to where you were!  Have fun!

You should have arrived from Heather Hick's blog.  If you did, then you are in the right place and I hope you enjoyed what she had to show you!

It was hard for me to choose just one new product to show you but I finally decided on the Custom Ornament thin cuts!

I took a picture of the whole page so you could see how it looks in the book.

I have been having so much fun playing with it.  Today I am sharing 3 cards that I have made!  I hope you love them as much as I do!

The first card on the top left, I am featuring the new Cedar and pine paper pack.  I cut the Ornament out of Candy apple and then I cut another one out of silver glitter paper, which you see on the bottom left and I used the parts that punch out to decorate my ornament.  I also used a piece of silver glitter paper along side of the cedar and pine and then I stamped the Merry and Bright from the Whimsical Holiday stamp set.  Then I just added a little bling with 3 black dots.

The next card in using Sapphire card stock with a strip of the snow flake paper from the new Holly Jolly paper along with some white shimmer trim that I cut in half.  I cut the ornament out of White Daisy and trimmed it in the silver foil paper punch outs from my next card. I added 3 silver glitter dots.  The sentiment is from a up coming stamp set.

My third card I started by cutting just the ornament shape out of white daisy that I cut out using our large rectangular stitched thin cut.  I then attached that to a piece of silver foil paper that was cut 1/8 inch bigger.  I placed the decorative pieces of the thin cut in side the cut out piece so just those would cut out of the foil paper.  Then I attached that to a piece of Gold foil paper that was cut  another 1/8 inch bigger.  I also cut the ornament hanger piece out of the gold foil. The Merry Christmas is also from an upcoming stamp set, and I used gold embossing powder for that!

I hope you enjoyed my cards.  I will leave a complete list of links to the products I have used at the bottom of the post.  Now you are on to Melissa Robinson's blog.  I'm sure she has some amazing artwork to show you!

Custom Ornament thin cut

Cedar and Pine paper pack

Holly Jolly paper pack

Silver Foil paper

Gold foil paper

Silver glitter paper

Silver Glitter Gems

Black and White dots

Gold glitter gems

Have a great day and Happy Hopping!

Ronda

CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to the CTMH November SOTM Blog Hop!  This hop will circle around to several Consultants blogs showing their artwork using this stamp set and CTMH products.  If you get lost click here to find the complete list.  Melinda's List.

You should have arrived from Kristine Ponte's page, if you did, you are in the right place.  I hope you enjoyed her artwork.

I have decided to use our Hawthorn papers for a layout of a Family Gathering!  I hope you like it!

Every year my Family gets together and we celebrate my Brothers Birthday!  He passed away in 2013.  I have pictures of each year!  And it seems that Close to my Heart always has a good stamp set to go with them every year.

I got the design for this page from the Make it from your Heart idea book Volume 3, pattern 22.  If you don't have this book you need to get it.  It has gotten me out of a scrapbooking slump many times.  It is so easy to use too.

I love the little flowers on the stamp set too and plan to combine them with our Sunflower Sympathy Stamp and thin cut set we have right now to make another page.

I took the little journal card on top from the mix in paper pack that is available  in the September/ October book.  I just cut it to size.

The colors of paper and inks I used in this page are:  Evergreen, Sangria, Saffron, Sage, pebble and toffee!

Well now on to Jen Rubio's page to see some more amazing artwork.

Here is a complete list and link to all of the supplies I used on my page.
Hawthorn paper pack
make it from your Heart, volume 3
mix in paper pack
cardstock
ink pads

Some of these items will be retired by the time this post goes live but you may still be able to get them in the on line only section of my website. On line only!

Thank you so much for joining our Hop and I hope you have a wonderful November!

Ronda

Sunflowers and Fall!

Don't you just love it at the end of summer when the fields of Sunflowers are so beautiful?  I know I sure do!  Today I am going to share a card I made using Close to my Hearts Sunflower Sympathy Stamp and thin cut set!  I love this set so much I will be turning this card into a Thanksgiving card!

I am also sharing this card with Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog!  Check out all of the beautiful artwork on their blog.

I used the Hawthorn paper pack (the Sangria plaid), our new stitched circles embossing folder with Saffron cardstock.  I used Saffron and Gold Rush to stamp the Sunflower on White Daisy.  I used Sangria for the middle piece and then topped that off with Gold stickles around the center.  The leaves are stamped in Evergreen!  Such a pretty green. I stamped the Thinking of you in Sangria and put some Gold embellishing thread on the back side and formed loops!  The yellow ribbon is from my stash!

I really like the way this card turned out and I hope you do too!  Most of these products will be retiring at the end of the month, except the inks and Saffron cardstock so if you like them, you better get them.

Here is a complete list of link where you can buy these products and I hope you visit my website soon.  Don't miss out!

Sunflower sympathy stamp set

Hawthorn paper pack

Saffron cardstock

Gold embellishing thread

Circle stitched embossing folder

Stamp pads

I hope you enjoy the rest of your fall!

Ronda

Pumpkin Spice

Who doesn't like a little Pumpkin Spice in their life?  I have been having so much fun making fall cards that I would like to share one of them with you!  This one is going to be entered in this weeks Heart 2 Heart Challenge!  I have had so much fun working with this stamp and thin cut set!  There is only 6 more days to get it and it will be gone so check it out on my Close to my Heart page!  Here is the link:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12522&ci=14856.

I have used the Hawthorn paper collection to make this card!  This Sangria plaid is my favorite piece in the pack!

To color the pumpkins I used an Orange water color pencil along each line and then I dipped our clear shimmer brush into the ink on the top of the ink pad.  I then just blended the colors without mixing them to much.  I love the look I got.  I didn't want a bright orange pumpkin.  I wanted it to match the paper a little bit.  It also has a really nice shimmer.

I also used our new Sangria ribbon and some sequins to embellish.  I stamped the Autumn Blessings in Sangria (my new favorite color)!  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=11653&ci=15083

Here is the link to the Hawthorn paper pack, which will also be retiring at the end of the month!
https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12489&ci=14814.

and the beautiful Sangria Ribbon! https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12623&ci=14905.

Well I hope enjoyed my post and my card and will come back and visit soon!

Happy, Happy Fall!

Ronda

Craft With Heart!

The weekend is here and while I am going outside today to clean up some gardens, yes the sun is shinning and it is going to be about 60 so I better get some done.  We have had a frost the last 2 nights so I think it is about time.  I need to plant my Garlic too!  I thought I would make post about how much fun and how much I love this card kit Subscription, Craft With Heart.

So far I have only one friend that has joined me in this Subscription service but I am hoping to get at least 2 more.  I had a craft day on Thursday and my 2 dear Friends, Marty and Judie came over to play.  First we made an ornament out of the Christmas special we have right now, Holiday Cheer.  It makes the cutest shaker tags and ornaments.  I will talk about that on my next post but if you want to check it out you can click right here https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/ctmh/promotions/campaigns/1910-holiday-cheer.aspx.  You will see them in the pictures I post today but I will give a close up in the next post.  The possibilities are endless making these and they are so much fun!

Our Craft with Heart is a subscription service and you have 2 to choose from.  Scrapbook pages or cards.  Today I want to talk about the New card subscription.  Marty is my partner in crime here and we made these three cards our own by changing the layout of things and adding a little extra bling.  Beside those little things the cards are just as directed and they are really cute.  I can't wait until our next playdate so we can make some more of them.

Now, a little information on the service before I show you some pictures!  You get a box every 3 months and it only cost $1.38 per card if you pay for the whole year.  Each box contains 24 cards, 2 each of 12 cards.  Click right here to get all of the pricing!  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/ctmh/products/craft-with-heart.aspx.

Now for some fun pictures of our finished projects and the contents inside the box!

 Here is Marty and I feeling good about what we have made!

 Here is the contents of the box.  You get a unique stamp set, a pack of shaker adhesive and acetate, ribbon, sequins, a ink spot and a acrylic block.  Then you get pre scored card bases, die cuts numbered for each card with envelopes.  That is a lot of stuff for $1.38 a card.

 Here is a close up of the stamp set.  You can only get it with the subscription!

 On this Merry and Bright card , the only thing we added was some stickles in the middle of the poinsettia and 2 Gold Glitter Gems!

 On this Happy Birthday card we changed the sentiment from Forever Grateful for you and made the sentiment green instead of black and then we added the sequins.

On this Merry Christmas card we changed the placement of the tree and the banner and added clear sparkles which I have colored red with our alcohol markers and then add bitty sparkles also colored red to the tree.  You can look at the sparkles here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=9384&ci=6770.

So what do you think?  Cute huh?  Now wouldn't you love to join our Craft with Heart crafting club?  We will have a special day just for this and put the whole kit together, once a quarter and we can do it at rotating houses.

I sure hope you will join us and lets see what we can do with this amazing service!

Until next time and happy Crafting!

Ronda

Hawthorn

Have you seen Close to my Hearts Hawthorn papers and products!  There are some absolutely beautiful products in this line!  It is a little bit masculine and a little bit fall!  Check it out here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/retail/search.aspx?searchvalue=oct19.

I have loved working with this paper pack and some of our other new products!  Take a look!

Featured here along with the Hawthorn paper are a couple of the new stamp and die sets!  Sunflower Sympathy https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12834&ci=14860and Autumn blessings!

 This was made with the October Special Share the Seasons, but you can still get it here https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12787&ci=14378

 This layout I made with the Hawthorn paper and the October Stamp of the Month!  Which you can get for only $5 with a $50 order!

 This last card was made with the Share the Seasons kit and our new embossing folder Stitched Circles https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12524&ci=15502.

I hope you enjoyed my little post about Hawthorn and hope you will visit my site soon!

Happy crafting,

Ronda

Every Little Thing!

If you love Purple and butterflies then this paper sweet is for you!  It is so beautiful with the Purple, Black and Julep (color of the year)!  I have had so much fun playing with these products and I'm sure that you would too!  Take a look here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/retail/search.aspx?searchvalue=Every+Little+Thing.

I would like to share some of the cards I have made with it!  These are Thank you cards that I sent to my customers this month!  I used the PML cards from the set.

This one is a shaker card I made!  I stamped on top of the acetate using Stazon ink.

This one is from the special we had in September called Share the Seasons.  It came with 2 thin cuts and 2 stamp sets.  You can still get them while supplies last with or without the stamp sets here:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12787&ci=14378
It is so much fun to play with!

 On this one I stamped the butterflies in Wisteria on the lighter side of the wisteria paper!

I just love this one using some Sapphire in the paper pack and an old stamp set!  Also using the Thin cut from Share the Seasons which can also be purchased by itself through the year!  Here is the link:  https://paperdivas.closetomyheart.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=12773&ci=14883.  There is also one with circles.

And then one more using the same thin cut.  You cut away where ever you want to make bigger stamping or embellishing areas!

I really love this one!

That is it for today!  I hope you all have a great week and stay warm!  Happy crafting!

Ronda