Seasonal Expressions 1 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our SE1 New Product Blog Hop! If you have come here from Sheila'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.

This hop 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 decided to create a layout using some of the  more masculine items from the Hello Lovely Collection and the matching Sea Glass cardstock. I was inspired by the beautiful 'My Family' title.



The floral sticker and the sentiment sticker are from the Hello Lovely Complements, and I embellished with Grey Enamel Gems and Blue Glitter Dots. The sentiment was stamped in Sorbet ink using a Cricut exclusive stamp set.



I love the Sea Glass colour, and it perfectly frames this photo of my husband and sons at my son's seventh birthday party in December.



Now "Hop" on over to Terrie'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!

3x3 Sea Glass Cards

Sea Glass is the colour of the year for Close To My Heart- a beautiful blue designed to go with all of the other CTMH cardstock and ink colours.

I wanted to show how this cardstock could pair with three other colours in our range; Slate, Saffron and Cranberry.



I created these 3x3 cards and added a border of Sea Glass cardstock. The flower was also cut from Sea Glass cardstock using the Flower Market Cricut Cartridge.

I stamped the three sentiments using the stamp sets available in the exclusive September Create Kindness Card Kit and then added a coordinating gem in the centre of each flower using the Grey Enamel Gems, Florence Sequins and Cranberry Fundamentals Assortment.

Now I have three cards ready to go for giving out as RAOK this month.

Link up your Sea Glass projects with Heart 2 Heart Challenges!

National Stamping Month Worldwide Blog Hop

Welcome to our September Constant Campaign Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the Create Kindness Card Kits today.

If you have come here from Gina'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.

This month we have over 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's promotion 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 created this layout using the new Seaglass Cardstock as a background, paired with White Daisy photo mats and a sentiment from the card kit in the middle. I masked the sentiment from the Friends stamp set and added the flowers to the corner as the sentiment needed something else.



I used the card bases and cut them in half to create the perfect 3x squares for my grid layout. The new Pansy colour worked so well with the Seaglass and Lemon!



I also added some embellishments from the All Together Complements to finish the layout.



Now "Hop" on over to Haley'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 Create Kindness Card Kit is only available until 30th September!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #176

I can't believe I had a whole day to craft last week- the time was well spent and I absolutely fell in love with some of the new products that had been burning a hole in their delivery box! 

One of the cards I created was based on this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts.

I grabbed the new items in front of me and set to work!

I started off with a Colonial White card base, and added some of the papers from the Rustic Home Fundamentals. I also added some of the All Together Complements for the flowers and the decorative strip.

The leaves were stamped in Chocolate ink from the September Stamp of the Month Blessed Beyond Measure, and the sentiment was also stamped in Chocolate ink from one of the Flower Market exclusive stamp sets.



I really like the rustic simplicity of this card, and I will be playing more with this colour combination! Fingers crossed I get another day all to myself to craft again soon- I have been flat out this month and September is looking even busier.

Thanks for stopping by today!