You Make My Heart Happy

 I haven't been able to participate in a lot of challenges recently, but when I saw Double Trouble's Trail Mix challenge paired with the Color Dare I knew I could participate!

I used 2x2 squares of patterned papers from Isabella, Wander and the current Mix-In to create this fun patchwork heart background. I matted it on a polka dot piece of paper from the Mix In, and then framed it with Sundance Cardstock. 

Each paper was a different fun pattern, but I kept the colour palette quite simple in order for all the patterns to work together and chose papers with Sapphire, Sundance and Paprika tones. I also used a retired Doodled Borders stamp to stamp around the heart using Black Ink to create a more cohesive heart frame. 

So that the heart still showed on the layout, I only used one 4x4 photo and matted it on Kraft Paper. The only embellishment I used were hearts that were leftover from using the Hearts Background Thin Cuts and Black Cardstock.  

Finally, I kept the theme going with this title- the large sticker is from the Perfect Match sticker sheet and the rest of the sentiment was stamped in Black Ink from the Every Bit Of Wonderful stamp set.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing my mix and match paper heart layout- it looks tricky but it is really fun to do! Thanks for stopping by today and I'd love to know what you think. 

July/August New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!  

If you have come here from Darlys' 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 14 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using new 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!

As soon as I saw the You're Pawsome set, I knew I had to have it for layouts of my cat!

I used this this stamp set with the new Mix In Paper Packet, Sundance Cardstock and the Wander Paper Packet to create this layout about Chester's love of fresh water from the sink.

I used the lined paper and then stamped little paw prints all over it in Black Ink. I also stamped the journal box with a title and paw print, and added one of the adorable cats from the stamp set.

I also added another cat and sentiment up the top- look at how detailed this stamp set is! I love the shading in the ears and these cats are great left plain or coloured in. 

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! 

Australasian Wander Blog Hop

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

If you have arrived here from Doreen 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 July Featured collection, Wander. 

I love the outdoors aspect of this collection, as we go camping every New Year. I have created this single page layout as the opening page to my 2021 album.

I used the Wander Paper Packet as the base of this layout, and look at how cute the zip strip is! All the icons are so fun too, and match with the paper. I also added the title, the tent and the trees using the Cricut Wander Collection and cut them out using the Wander Coordinating Cardstock. 

I had fun with the stamps too- I used Peacock and Paprika inks to stamp some images onto my layout using the Wander Scrapbooking Stamp Set. The crosses, dotted line and Adventure title are all from the stamp set. 

The Happy title was also cut using the Cricut collection- I love how you can customize it with any colours you want to use!

If you do not have a consultant please contact me or place an order here.

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