September/October Catalog New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our Seasonal Catalogue Blog Hop!  We will be featuring all of the fun items that are available now in the September/October catalogue.  If you have come here from Haley Dyer, the Inky Scrapper, 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. 

This month we have 15 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!

It's never too early to be thinking about Christmas cards, and when I saw the A Furry Merry Christmas stamp set I had to get it!

I coloured this adorable stamp set using Watercolour Pencils and placed the sentiment on some Papaya Cardstock. I then matted the card using  the new Pumpkin Spice Paper Packet (the stripe works for Christmas too!) and added some cute little crosses in first and second generation Papaya Ink using the new Pumpkin Spice Scrapbooking Stamp Set.

I added a fun sprig background using different leaves I cut from the new Holly and Ivy Digital Art Collection and then embellished the berries with the Holly and Ivy Die Cuts as the red glitter circles were the perfect size!

Now "Hop" on over to Maureen'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! 

Make It Shine Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop!  This month there are 11 of us highlighting a technique to make it shine!

This blog hop is a great big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.

If you are coming from Haley's Blog you are on the right track! 

I absolutely love our range of Glitter Paper, and I decided to use the new Harbour Glitter Paper to create this card. I cut thin strips and placed them on an angle spaced with the Pumpkin Spice Paper Packet, and then matted the pieces onto White Daisy Cardstock framed With Harbour Cardstock.

I also cut the sentiment using the Harbour Glitter Paper using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge for some extra shine!

The finishing touch was the flower cluster created with Paprika, Papaya and Rosemary Cardstock as well as some more Harbour Glitter Paper in the centre of the flower, using the Layered Flowers Thin Cuts.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please continue onto Tamara's Blog where you will find her sharing her technique to make it shine.  Be sure to leave a comment and happy hopping!

Pumpkin Spice Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Pumpkin Spice Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. 

If you have arrived here from Scrappy Chicks 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. 

Today I would like to share with you a creation which features Close To My Heart’s September Featured collection, Pumpkin Spice. 

I wanted to create a family inspired layout, and I found this photo of me with my Dad and sister on father's Day where my dress had very similar tones to the Pumpkin Spice collection- it must have been fate!

I started off by pairing Harbour, Paprika and Shortbread cardstock from the Pumpkin Spice Coordinating Cardstock pack, and then created a grid using the Pumpkin Spice Paper Packet to frame the 4x4 photo.

I used some of the cute stickers from the Pumpkin Spice Sticker Sheet to accent the layout and the sentiment, which I stamped in Harbour Ink using the Love Story Scrapbooking Stamp Set. I also used a zip strip behind the photos to anchor the grid to the base page.

Look at all these fun patterns and colours in this paper packet- it is such a beautiful collection!The stickers have some amazing sentiments too, and I added some thin strips of Harbour Glitter Paper that I had leftover from another project as my finishing touch.  

I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Arty Maz.