#CTMHZOE

Over the next several months Close to My Heart will be featuring a new paper pack with a hash-tag so you can easily search for ideas using that paper pack.

This months paper pack is Zoe  created this two page layout featuring the Zoe paper pack and my son and his aunty at the beach.  I used a pattern form one of our idea books.  I just love how they give you the recipe to make a page.  Just like in back substitutions can be made in both the measurements or the ingredients.  

Thanks for stopping by and keep and eye out for #CTMHZoe through the end of the Month and #CTMHNevermore starting September 1st.

august team Brae'er blog hop

Welcome to our August Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on the new product released for August! To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,kindly contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we really love feedback from our blog 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. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have come from Chris's Creative Life  you are in the right spot

I created this awesome Beer cake for this Blog Hop with the help of my best friend for her Husbands 30th Birthday.  What 30 year old man would't love this!

I Used our new artistry Cricut cartridge for all of the cuts.  cut out of black and pear card-stock.  

this cartridge is so versatile and can be used on any of the cricut machines easily with lots of small cuts even those with the original cricut can enjoy this cartridge. 

Chris is so excited after a day of golf to receive this birthday surprise.

products used all are available on my shopping site at Createbythelake.ctmh.com

artistry cricut bundle

12" X 12" Black Cardstock

1386 $15.95

12" X 12" Pear Cardstock

X5764 $15.95

Bonding Memories™ Glue Pen

Z553 $4.95

Next Stop is Tamara Lisowski

Thanks for Hopping By!

Mini Album

This month Close to My Heart Released the Zoe Paper Pack early ahead of the rest of their amazing new product coming out September 1st.

This paper pack is so versatile and can be used for so many different projects and photos.  From Summer vacations, to new babies, or even your Disney trip photos.

I created this mini album inspired by Bren Yule, as an activity for my home gatherings.

If you would like the instructions just make a purchase including the new Zoe paper pack on my website Createbythelake.ctmh.com or host a home gathering and I will email the instructions to you.

Here are a few of the Products I used to make this

Beach Gear

$7.75 A1164

Hello Summer

$15.25 C1595

Zoe Paper Packet

X7197B $11.75

Thanks For Stopping by

Cross Canada Close to My Heart How to Book

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring Jeanette’s How –To Books for scrapbooking. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

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. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, 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 and join Deanne at deannejacobs.blogspot.ca. If you came from Cheryl of  scrappercheryl.blogspot.ca then you are in the right place!

How to Books are my new favourite tool!

There are several ways I use them: sometimes to just get my creative juices flowing, sometimes to create a replica of what is shown, and then sometimes I like to mix this one and that one to make something completely new.

That is what I did for this layout. I used Make it from your Heart Volume 2.  The left side is from page 10 , pattern 3 left page.  The right is from Page 12. Pattern 4 left side but flipped to be on the right

I made the decisions of that pattern I was using based on my photos, then I looked at how to combine the two patterns and where to use which papers.

For the left instead of adding more paper along the far left side like the pattern suggests I added stamping. You could also add washi tape here as well,

On the Right side I changed the layout of the Photos to suit my photos I altered the size and orientation. I tucked in a Picture My Life card to shift the bottom photo more to the right and inline with photo above it.

Do not let the pattern restrict your artwork use it as a jumping off point for your creativity! I could uses these patterns thousands of times each time they would look a little different.

The details

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Chris Robertson 
If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog,  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 next month when our theme is Mini albums. So mark June 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Taste of Summer

This month's Brae-er Team Blog Hop we are featuring the Taste of  Summer Paper pack and D Size stamp that is available for National Scrapbook Day.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we really love feedback from our blog 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. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. See Brae Montgomery for the start of the blog and the full list of Bloggers.  If you have come from  Chris Robertson You are in the right place

Here is my layout are my Layouts.  That is right 3 layouts using the taste of summer paper and I still have paper left over to make at least one more layout it is an amazing value at 8.95 for the pack of 12 papers- 2 of each pattern.

Products I used

Taste of Summer Paper pack

Taste of summer stamp set

Shin Han markers

white shimmer trim

thistle diagonal ribbon

scallop punch

black cardstock

canary cardstock

black epoxy dots
hollyhock, pear green, sunset, black, thistle, canary, and lagoon exclusive inks

Thanks for hopping by!!! 
Your next stop on the Team Braer Hop is  Michelle Stewart Ctmheart. I know she has another great idea great in store for you!

April Cross Canada Hop

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring our Spring Theme, April Showers bring May Flowers.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

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. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, 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 and join Michelle at mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca. If you came from Chris Robertons of  chris creative life then you are in the right place!

I made two projects a scrapbook page featuring my mom and my daughter Josephine and our new blossom paper & a mothers Day card with the stamp of the month. 

 I used the artist Cricut Cartridgeto cut the white pieces seen on page 71.  The layout was inspired by our idea books.

I used the Chevron Punch to add a little something bellow this photo and backed it with the teal shimmer trim.  I backed the Carnival washi tape with white card-stock so that it popped

Here is my card.  I used the April Stamp of the Month in the Smoothie ink.  I twisted the paper befor i stamped it to give dimension and then used the 3D foam tape to pop it up. 

Supplies 

Blossom PP X7196b

Blossom Compliments X7196c

Coral Reef sequins Z3042

Carnival Washi Tape pack Z3067

Glacier  Extra Thick Twine Z3039

Teal Shimmer Trim Z1918

White Shimmer Trim Z3024

April Stamp of the Month

Smoothie Cardstock

Smoothie Exclusive ink

Paper Fundamental in Sunset

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Janet ~ worksofheart2011.blogspot.ca. 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 next month when our theme is Scrapbook layouts from CTMH How-To Books.  So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Spring Twist Team Brae-er Blog Hop

Welcome to our April Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on the new seasonal expression book,  but with a twist because we are all also featuring something from the main catalogue too!  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,kindly contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we really love feedback from our blog 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. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop.  If you came from Sheri Ballantyne   then you are in the right place!

I am so in love with the new Jackson Paper Pack, I love the versatility and that it is so great for our many photos of the us at the lake.

When I read this months blog hop theme I thought it was perfect until I started creating and wanted to show off all my new goodies.

So I went to the Annual Inspirations book and the secondary layout for the pathfinding WOTG jumped out at me, right then I knew I was going to use that as my pattern to work from.

When I started cutting the pieces I originally had used only Jackson paper, the juniper in the aztec paper reminded me of the wood-grain on the seaside paper so I added a twist and replaced the jackson paper with seaside.

Here you can see some of the embellishments I used, When I saw the compliments for the Jackson PP it reminded me of the My Crush Wildwood assortment Seen in the Annual Inspirations Book on Page 153. I dug it out and sure enough some of the pieces had the same designs.  I used the Picture my Life cards in jackson for the title and then I cut a few up for embellishments as well. 

 I also was testing out my new cuttle bug with the wood-grain embossing folder (page 179.) on Cocoa card stock, I love the way it brings in the cabin feel.  

 

Check out the hidden journalling box, I used the new authentic life stamp, and the Jackson WOTG stamp to embellished it along with the file folder tab from the My Crush Wildwood assortment. 








here are the products I used:

Jackson Picture my life

Durable studs

The Authentic Life D1644

Wood-grain embossing folder

seaside paper pack $10.95 X7192B

Jackson Paper pack

My Crush  Wildwood Assortment

Thanks for hopping by now on to Michelle Stewart.  Remember if you get lost along the way you can stop at Chris creative life for the full list of this months participants.