Yuletide Joy- October Stamp of the Month

Welcome to other fabulous month of crafty goodness with Close To My Heart.

Did you know that each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $7.50. When you place an order of $75 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

This month, the Stamp of the Month is Yuletide Joy and the stamps are just perfect for adding gorgeous embellishments to your Christmas page layouts, gift bags and cards!

Do you like this special layout created using the October Stamp of the Month, Yuletide Joy?



These are the ingredients used for creating this adorable page:

S1610 My Acrylix® Yuletide Joy October Stamp of the Month
X7213B City Sidewalks Paper Packet 

1385 White Daisy Cardstock
X5777 Fern Cardstock
X5770 Glacier Cardstock
X5788 Raspberry Cardstock
Z3238 Gold Glitter Paper
Z3146 Watercolour Paper
Z891 VersaMarkTM Ink Pad
Z2012 Sequins Gold Assortment
Z2066 RangerTM Princess Gold Super Fine Embossing Powder
Z555 Craft Heater
Z3132 Watercolour Paints
Z4002 Thin Cuts—Winter
Z1979 Marvy® Uchida® LePenTM Journaling Pen
Thread

Remember, the October Stamp of the Month is only available this month for $27, or just $7.50 with a qualifying purchase, so get in quick!

Crafty hugs,

Denise :) 

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - S1609 Blessed Beyond Measure SOTM

Hello and welcome aboard our Close To My Heart September 2016 Blessed Beyond Measure Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Shaunna Richards' Passionate About Pages, you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today, I would like to share with you a few simple card projects that I have created featuring the September Stamp of the Month, Blessed Beyond Measure. This stamp set is available only in September 2016 for $27, or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

I combined the "Thankful" and "for you" sentiments from the Stamp of the Month and created these 3 super-quick and easy cards using up some of my leftovers from the Workshops Your Way Swan Lake Scrapbooking Kit (after I had made the gorgeous layouts from this kit). Swan Lake is one of the four new Creative Collections featured in our NEW Holiday Expressions Idea Book which launched TODAY! 

The first card is a very simple design where the gorgeous patterned paper is the hero.  The sentiment is stamped in Peacock and Poppy on White Daisy Cardstock and a small heart from the Swan Lake Complements is used to complete the grouping of three. 

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

Blessed Beyond Measure September Stamp of the Month

5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack

Swan Lake Paper Packet (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

Swan Lake Complements (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

White Daisy Cardstock

Peacock Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Poppy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

3L® E-Z Dots® Adhesive

The second card is a variation on the first card design, featuring more patterned paper from the Swan Lake Paper Packet. 

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

Blessed Beyond Measure September Stamp of the Month

5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack

Swan Lake Paper Packet (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

Swan Lake Complements (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

White Daisy Cardstock

Peacock Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

3L® E-Z Dots® Adhesive

The final card features even more gorgeous patterned paper from the Swan Lake Paper Packet.  When you use patterned paper to decorate cards, they really don't need very much added to them in the way of stamping or extra decoration.  In fact, a sentiment and a few embellishments is all they need.

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

Blessed Beyond Measure September Stamp of the Month

5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack

Swan Lake Paper Packet (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

Swan Lake Complements (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

White Daisy Cardstock

Peacock Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Poppy Exclusive Inks Stamp Pad

Mini Stapler and Mini Staples

Grey Enamel Gems (included in WYW Scrapbooking Kit)

3L® E-Z Dots® Adhesive

Thank you for visiting my Blog to check out my cards featuring the September Stamp of the Month, Blessed Beyond Measure. I would love it if you could leave a comment below before you hop to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop, Georgia Creates.
Remember, the September Stamp of the Month, Blessed Beyond Measure is only available throughout September 2016 from your Close To My Heart Independent Consultant for $27, or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

Crafty hugs,

Denise :)

Florence Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Close To My Heart Florence Australasian Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from  Shaunna Richards' Passionate About Pages, then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. 

Florence is a stunning collection created by Close To My Heart that is featured in the 2016 Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book and is only available until the end of August 2016.  The Florence range includes the Florence Paper Packet, Florence Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kit, Florence Complements and Florence Sequins which work on their own, or together, to create stunning colour-coordinated page layouts, cards and off-the page projects quickly and easily.

I love the Florence Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kit- it contains enough products to create at least 3 traditional double-page layouts, 1 double-page layout featuring our gorgeous PML cut-apart cards and 8 optional cards featuring the spectacular  A Bunch of Love stamp set and coordinating Thin Cuts (both of which are available separately). 

My project today, was created after I had followed the instructions for creating all of the adorable layouts and cards! I decided to use some of the leftovers to create this quick, simple photo-ready, double-page layout using up some of the B&T Papers, Zip Strips, PML cut-apart cards, Florence Complements and Florence Sequins. 

I just love using up leftovers, don't you?  I always challenge myself to use up every scrap of paper and embellishment from the WYW Kits, and this page layout helped me to achieve this. Well, almost!

Here you can see how I have used up some of the leftover Florence Complements and Sequins to create clusters of embellishments to decorate my layout.

Clustering embellishments together in groups, rather than spreading them out, creates a more cohesive look and adds balance to your layouts. 

Thank you for visiting my Blog to check out my page layout featuring the gorgeous products from the Florence Workshops Your Way Scrapbooking Kit. I would love it if you would leave a comment below before you hop to the next stop on our Florence Australasian Blog Hop, Doris Taylor's Creative Inspirations to see what delightful projects Doris has to share with us today.

Remember, you can purchase any of the gorgeous Florence products from your CTMH Independent Consultant but they are only around until 31 August, so get in quick before they disappear!

Until next time!

Warmest crafting wishes,

Denise :)

August Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Close To My Heart August 2016 Purr-fect Halloween Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore's CTMH Craftings, you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today, I would like to share with you a few projects that I have created featuring the August Stamp of the Month, Purr-fact Halloween. This stamp set is available only in August 2016 for $27, or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

Isn't this such a cute stamp set? I couldn't resist having a play with this adorable cat, icons and sentiments and seeing what fun projects I could create.

My first project is based closely on the CTMH artwork that  features in the Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book.  I always look at the CTMH artwork in the Idea Books first for inspiration, because the ideas are always so fabulous. Here is the original page from the Idea Book:

  

And here is my version of the page.  You will not be surprised that I also had to add another page to make mine a double-page layout!

But this stamp set is so much more than a Halloween stamp set!  If you don't celebrate Halloween, don't despair! This cute cat suits a variety of themes and occasions.  My next projects are all non-Halloween card designs that are whimsical and fun and they have nothing whatsoever to do with ghosts, goblins or things that go bump in the night!

For my first card design, I have used this gorgeous Pansy patterned paper from the NEW Adventure Fundamentals and teamed it with Emerald Cardstock, which is one of the 7 fresh NEW Adventure colours to launch today with the release of the 2016-2017 Annual Inspirations Idea Book!

 

This bright, fun card is based on a card design from page 23 of the NEW 2016-2017 Annual Inspirations Idea Book.  I teamed the cute cat with a sentiment from the adorable new Operation Smile stamp set, True Love.  The cat has been coloured in with Watercolour Paints using the Medium Round Waterbrush. Gold Shimmer Trim and Gold Sequins have added a little bit of shimmer and bling to this card.  What do you think? 

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

S1608 Purr-fect Halloween August Stamp of the Month

D1711 True Love Operation Smile stamp set (sentiment) 

x254 White Card and Envelope (Value Pack)

Adventure Fundamentals 

Emerald Cardstock

White Cardstock

Watercolour Paper

Black Memento Ink Pad

Watercolour Paints

Waterbrush- Medium Round

Gold Shimmer Trim

Gold Sequins

Thin 3-D Foam Tape

3-L EZ Dots Adhesive

Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

The second card is to give to your craziest bestie! It is a quick and easy card to create as it doesn't involve colouring or fussy cutting and the design can be adapted to use with a multitude of stamps.  I stamped in Memento Ink and used a number of patterned papers from the NEW Adventure Fundaments to create a fun mix of colours including Tangerine, Raspberry, Pansy, Willow and Blossom.  I used Black Cardstock and black Calypso Sequins to create an interesting contrast to the bright Adventure colours.  

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

S1608 Purr-fect Halloween August Stamp of the Month

X254 White Card and Envelope (Value Pack)

Adventure Fundamentals 

Black Cardstock

White Cardstock

Black Memento Ink Pad

Calypso Black Sequins

Thin 3-D Foam Tape

3-L EZ Dots Adhesive

Mini Stapler ans Staples

Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

The final card is a perfect Valentines or Anniversary card and is just the design for saying "I'll love you forever" to your special someone! I used the new Hearts Thin Cuts on this card.  They are so easy to use and give a solid heart and thin heart outline in three different sizes that work so well together (I've used 2 different sizes on my design).  Once again, I've used the fun patterned papers from the Adventure Fundamentals teamed with Gold Shimmer Trim and Gold Sequins. A simple, fun design that pops with colour!

Ingredients: (you can find all of these products in my online shop)

S1608 Purr-fect Halloween August Stamp of the Month

C1668 Baby Bundle stamp set (sentiment) 

X254 White Card and Envelope (Value Pack)

Adventure Fundamentals 

Black Memento Ink Pad

Watercolour Pencils

Gold Shimmer Trim

Gold Sequins

3-D Foam Tape

Thin 3-D Foam Tape

3-L EZ Dots Adhesive

Hearts Thin Cuts

Mini Stapler and Staples

Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

Thank you for visiting my Blog to check out my page layout and cards featuring the August Stamp of the Month, Purr-fact Halloween. I would love it if you could leave a comment below before you hop to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop, Maz Wood's Inky Fingers.

Remember, the August Stamp of the Month, Purr-fact Halloween is only available throughout August 2016 from your Close To My Heart Independent Consultant for $27, or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

Crafty hugs,

Denise :)

Note to self: Don't miss out on the July SoTM

There are only 3 more sleeps until the July Stamp of the Month disappears!

This fabulous stamp set, aptly named From the Notebook is just perfect for scrapbooking.  The little tabs, tags and funky notebook lines are perfect for including dates, titles, captions and journalling on your layouts. The page below is based on an idea in the Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book. I have used Calypso B&T Paper for a fresh, fun look.  

But, like most of the stamp sets from Close To My Heart, From the Notebook is also versatile enough to use to create cards as well. 

For this card, inspired by a design by my sister consultant Vandra Stenton, I have combined the adorable Operation Smile stamp set Animal Greetings with the cute Hello tag from the July Stamp of the Month and added the sentiment from Tickled Pink to create this fun card.  I have used Magical B&T Paper and Silver Shimmer Trim for a pop of colour and shimmer! I coloured the cute animals in with my CTMH Watercolour Pencils and used 3-D and Thin 3-D Foam Tape to mount them on the card.

You can use this fabulous stamp set to create your own pages and mini albums! This set is perfect for cards, gift bags, tags and scrapbooking layouts. 

Grab it only in July 2016 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you make a purchase of $75 or more on my website or order directly from me.

Don't forget to check out my July 2016 Stamp of the Month board on Pinterest for lots of ideas using the July SotM, From the Notebook.

Crafty hugs,

Denise oxo

Join CTMH in July and be REWARDED

Join the Close To My Heart family as a Consultant this month and get your choice of a FREE Fundamentals Paper Packet* and its coordinating Complements. That's $48 worth of fabulous crafting goodies FREE!

These brand new products won’t be released to the public until August, so joining today is your chance to get them first! Yay! 

This is in ADDITION to your New Consultant Kit filled with fabulous products. 

When you sign up, you’ll also get $75 in Select Product Credit to spend on more new products, including the newest stamps, paper packets and new cardstock colours.

Ask me more about joining our wonderful Crafty Hearts’ Team TODAY!  

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Visit my website to read what you get in your NEW Consultant Kit or to sign up and start your new business TODAY. 

Crafty wishes,

Denise :) 

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* Choose from Whimsy, Adventure, and Enchantment Fundamentals. Standard New Consultant Kit shipping rates will apply. No additional shipping/handling will be charged for this promotion