Cross Canada March Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring Easter Fun creations. 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. If you came from Christines Blog  then you are in the right place! 

I fell in love with the Hopping by stamp from the current seasonal expression catalogue, so I knew as soon as the the anouncment was made for the Easter theamed hop that I would be using this stamp.  I have also been waiting for the right project to try the ever popular pop up exploding box card.  

I used the CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge pocket card function to decorate the outside, the grass is cut from the CTMT Artbooking Cricut Cartridge.

 I used the grass cut again under the cars

the egg and the clouds are cut form the CTMH Artiste Cricut.

the cars for the chick and bunny are stamped on and then fussy cut out of the Hopscotch paper that is only available till the end of this month.

Here are some of the supplies I used

Pear Cardstock

Hopscotch Paper Pack

Sorbet Cardstock

Glacier Cardstock

Hopping By

Rain or Shine

Artbooking

Artiste

Artfully Sent

ShinHan Markers Various Colors

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Terry Ann Diack
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 April Showers bring May Flowers. So mark April 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Team Brae-er Blog Hop

Welcome to our March Team Braer Blog Hop that focuses on the final month to purchase limited time items from the Seasonal Expression book!  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  Darcel Kirvan   then you are in the right place!

My favourite stamp from Seasonal Expressions 1 is the Assorted Edges D1635 seen on page 16.
I recreated the layout seen on that page to show case the stamp as well as the limited time stuck on you puffies. I used the new card-stock colours that came out in the fall, Thistle, Glacier, & Canary with a touch of Hollyhock, and Pear.  I backed the squares with black and whisper fundamentals card-stock and distressed the edges.

The star-burst was cut using my Cricut and the Close To My Heart Artfully Sent Cartridge.  insider tip the recipes including the Cricut cuts for pages seen in the catalogues are on your consultants web-store under the idea book tab.

I also used the you your the Bomb stamp set seen on the back  cover. When you purchase this stamp set $3 goes to operation smile, a great organization.



Make sure you check out all the great items that are in the seasonal expression book as this month is the last month to order.

Thanks for hopping by now on to Carol Townsend's blog.  Remember if you get lost along the way you can stop at the Brae-er  for the full list of this months participants.

Assorted Edges D1635

Youer the Bomb C1617

Stuck on you Puffies Z3037

Thank you to Chris from Chris' Creative Life for nominating me for this slightly different Blog Hop.

This Creative Blog Hop is a way to have an ongoing, never-ending hop that introduces you to other creative crafters and broaden our list of blog artists.What a fun way to expand your eye candy!So the way this works is a answer a few questions about myself and pass you along to the next talented creative person at the end. On with the questions.... 

What am I working on now?

Right now I am mainly working on keeping my scrap-booking supplies organized while in the process of moving. I have started to work on some home-made Christmas cards to sell . I also have an ongoing scrapbook for each of my kids. 

As Chris mentioned my many hats I also have started a photography business. I have been overwhelmed with interest in the small town we have moved to Kenora Ontario. 

How does my work differ from others in my genre?

I don't think what I create in the end is different from others. I like my photos to shine that is what I focus on when I create my pages,  I like to recreate ideas I have seen, always giving credit back to the original creator. 

Why do I create?

I love crafts, I have my whole life. My Mom can tell you about the dream houses I use to draw on stacks of white paper. She was always trying to get me to purge my craft stuff.   I scrapbook to preserve my family memories, and let my kids know what I was thinking when they were little.

How does my creative process work?

I like to pick my photos first before I pick my paper and crop them before I choose a layout to do.  My main focus is to make the photos shine. The paper or embellishment are there to help tell the story but not be the focus.  That must be from the photographer in me.  

I hope that you have enjoyed reading a little bit more about me. Now I am going to pass you along to a super talented person. She is a mother of two, a Close to my Heart director and an amazing inspiration to how to balance a full-time job, being a parent and a crafter all at the same time.  Check out Brae Montgomery of The Brae-er

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring Septembers  SOTM, which is Family is Forever, a set of 7 stamps. If you have come here from  Paige Dolecki's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog: ifyoublingit.blogspot.ca 

This month we have 80 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! 

Here we go!

 

 I used the Stamp of the Month to create a memory page about our first family home.

When I saw the tree it reminded me of the great Elm trees that line our street.

My favourite part of this layout is the tone on tone stamping I did with the little heart, what do you think?

 I used the paper fundamentals packs in basic and whimsy, the new seaside paper, colonial while, Daisy White, Lagoon, & Hollyhock card-stock. I used Whisper, Chocolate, Lagoon, Sorbet, & Hollyhock exclusive  Inks, and gold Shimmer trim I also used the micro-tip scissors, EZ dots adhesive and Bonding memories Glue.

I hope you enjoyed my post please leave comments bellow!

Now "Hop" on over to Regina Kettering's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their 

Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the September's SOTM is 

only available until September 30th! 

Contact your CTMH Consultant Createbythelake.ctmh.com to 

see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Cross Canada Picture My Life Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring alternative ways to use your Picture My Life cards.  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 Julie at 12x12travels.blogspot.ca. If you came from Christine of  ChrisCreativeLife.blogspot.ca then you are in the right place!


Thanks for stopping by I wanted to show you what I created using the For Always Picture My Life cards.  I used a Hip Pic album for this purpose and gave the album as a gift to my Best Friend for her wedding photos. I love making mini albums they are fast and easy and don't take a lot of supplies.  See my supply list after the photos to see the additional supplies I used please contact your local consult to place an order. 

the Cell Phone embellishment was cut from one of the 4x6 cards and the envelope stamp is from the LOL stamp set.  I will be adding the text message my best friend got from her husband on the morning of the wedding. I also cut up this weather card to create the embellishment cluster you see above

I love the new Flaxen and Glacier inks I feel the work well with the gold ascents 

Here I cut out one of the Picture My Life cards for as an embellishment it almost has a stamped feel. Picture My Life Cards are a great addition to your stash as they are very versatile.

Here I used Glacier Slate and whisper ink with Happy Hexagons Hostess Stamp

The XOXOX is a preview of January"s Stamp of the month as a second generation stamping

I added a few squares of the Chalk it up star B&T as a fun print to mix it up

I hope you liked what I came up with.  

Here are the products I used. 

A Typeface

Chalk it Up Paper

Gold Washi

Gold Sequins

All the Details

True to Life

Picture My Life™ For Always Scrapbooking Program

Glacier Ink 

Flaxen Ink 

Whisper Ink 

Black Ink 

Slate Ink 

I also used the Happy Hexagon Hostess Stamp you can get this when you host a qualifying party. 

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Terry Ann of terryanndiack.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 we will be featuring   So mark September 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.