Besties

Where would we be without our besties?

This week, Heart 2 Heart is celebrating BFFs - those wonderful friends in our life.

I have a great group of girlfriends and recently we headed out to see a musical theatre show for my friend Vanessa's birthday. Since we were all dressed up we had to take some photos!



I used the May Stamp of the Month, To My Bestie, to create the journal box title and the girls, and also used the Sweet Girl scrapbooking stamp set for the floral embellishments. I paired the Zoe Paper Packet with Sapphire, Mint and Saffron cardstock to match all the colours in our outfits.

If you've made a proect celebrating your Bestie, we'd love to see it over at Heart 2 Heart challenges.

Zoe Blog Hop

Welcome to our Zoe Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the Zoe Paper Packet, which is back for this month only.

If you have come here from Jayma'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 14 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's special Paper Packet 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 decided to do an Easter themed layout as I had been excited to use my new Easter stamp set, and the Zoe Paper Packet reminded me of Easter as well.

Here's the layout I created, using my Cricut to cut the looped circle and creating a photo mat and a pennant border with the Zoe papers. The Canary cardstock is one of the colours that come in the Coordinating Cardstock.



Once I had cut the looped circle and placed it on my page, I discovered that the small Easter Egg fitted inside the loops and so I stamped them in Smoothie ink around the page. I also cut some larger Easter eggs and layered them at the bottom left of my page.



The cute bunny face was another feature of the stamp set, as well as the adorable carrots.



And here is the finished layout with photos from Easter morning on it! I love the small sentiment at the top with the banners.



Now "Hop" on over to Krista'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!

Georgie for my Gorgeous Boys

This week, Close To My Heart has asked us to create a page about why I scrapbook, preferably using the Georgie Paper Packet, with a chance to win an amazing prize pack.

I was very much inspired by their earlier post and so I recreated this layout using the yellows and blues from Georgie, Zoe and Kaleidoscope.

Here is a layout of my two gorgeous boys. I was told I would never have children, so every day I am in awe of these two little dynamos. I want to show them that I love the special moments between the two of them, and their brotherly bond is something I cherish.



Who can resist these smiles?



The journaling says "I love scrapbooking these special moments between the two of you. My miracle boys, you make me smile every day."

I thought this stamped sentiment was very appropriate for this layout- I stamped the whole sentiment with Canary ink then rolled the top two lines in Juniper ink to create this effect.



This layout will hopefully show my boys why I scrapbook- I love capturing their bond and it is something that we will all look back on and remember.

This layout is also for the Color Dare this week as the other paper packets have these colours in them too.

G is for Garden

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter G. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their G element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Stephanie then you're on the right track!

For my G project, I wanted to share a Garden layout I created using the March SOTM, Sunshine Birdies. Here is the layout I created, with some Zoe Complements and a green and blue colour scheme to channel the outdoors.

I stamped the branch from Sunshine Birdies on the layout to draw the eye into the photos. I then promptly dropped my ink pad on the page (eeek) so I covered it up with some Zoe Complements flowers and leaves. I hope I am not the only one who does this!



Some more Zoe Complements were placed on the left of the title, and I stamped a sweet little butterfly from Sunshine Birdies.



The sun fills in the gap nicely to keep the grid pattern flowing, and I plan to write the details in this journalling sticker. I also added the Sunday accent from the Zoe Complements.



Lastly, I used some Aqua Dots to draw attention to the other stamped butterfly trying to escape off the page!



Here is the finished layout, complete with a grass border and photos of my sons gardening on a hot summer day.



Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Darlys of Crafty Happy.

In case you get lost along the way…go to Catherine Nowak for a complete list of participants!

Featured Product- Complements

Hello and welcome to our CTMH Featured Products Blog Hop. This week our featured product is Complements.

If you have just joined us you can start here and continue on, as this is a circular hop or if you get lost along the way you can start here at the beginning as I have the complete list.

If you came here from Annette you are also in the right place. Now on to my project:

I decided to make a card mixing two of my favourite lines, Zoe and Regatta. I made a little Kraft abnner on top of the Zoe paper, which I blinged up with White Shimmer Trim. The sentiment was stmaped in a circle I cut out from the top of the patterned paper. I used the complements from the Regatta line to frame my stamped sentiment.



Here is a close up of the Complements framing the negative circle and sentiment. I love how Regatta has these flowers as well as the nautical embellishments, which really makes it versatile for a lot of themes.



Thank you for checking out my project. If you would like to purchase our featured product of the week or any additional supplies you can buy them here. If you enjoyed my project please comment below as we love feedback! Next on our blog hop is Melissa from My Heartfelt Sentiments. Make sure to check out her amazing work featuring this same product.

Full list of hoppers:
Lauren- you are here!
Melissa
Catherine

Kim

Corinna
Annette

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Kraft, White Daisy
Embellishments: Regatta Complements, White Shimmer Trim
Ink: Pomegranate
Paper Packet: Zoe
Stamp set: Friend In Me

Pretty with Poppies

Look at this gorgeous colour inspiration for H2H's weekly challenge!

The colours suggested to go with this inspiration board are Topiary, Lagoon, Glacier, Sunset and Cranberry if you are using CTMH products, but we want you to make this mood board your own and be inspired!

I absolutely knew I wanted to make a poppy card, as poppies are quite significant here in New Zealand and I love the poppies that bloom by my mailbox in spring.

I used a free poppy SVG file, cut the image twice and layered it. I lightly sanded the edge of each petal and then swiped each petal edge over my Cranberry ink pad to give some extra dimension. I then added a strip of Zoe paper down the side and a sentiment from one of my favourite stamp sets. I finished off the poppy with a leaf swirl and some bling in the middle.



I loved this card so much I had to make two!



We would love to see your take on this colour challenge- what will inspire you?

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Black, Cranberry, Lagoon, Sunset, Topiary, White Daisy
Embellishments: Base and Bling Black Jewels
Ink: Cranberry, Lagoon
Paper Packet: Zoe
Stamp set: Lovely Birthday

Zoe Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop featuring the gorgeous new Zoe paper packet.

If you have arrived here from Wendy's blog 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 Zoe Paper Packet.

I wanted to do a double page layout that could also be used as two single layouts.

Here are the completed layouts side by side using the Zoe paper, complements and some Cricut cuts.



Here you can see the first and second generation stamped butterflies, as well as the complements and the new Coral Shimmer Trim that works perfectly with the Zoe paper packet. I also used one of our punches to add some interest to the border.



I fussy cut the butterfly at the bottom of the page, as well as adding some of the pieces from the Zoe Complements.



The month and day strip of paper is actually the Zip Strip from the top of the Zoe paper, which works great on these pages as you can circle the date when your photos were taken.



Here is the right hand page- this would also work as a stand alone page for a really special photo.



The butterflies were cut from the Cricut, and I used an overlay cut from the Cricut as a stencil to add some sponging and bring through the triangle elements of the pages.



I did some tone on tone stamping on the blue strip of cardstock, and accented these with a strip of Zoe paper and some more of the Zoe Complements.



The banners were a combination of cardstock, Zoe paper and shimmer trim, and I added another strip of the punched Sorbet cardstock. Some more Slate matting will help the photo to stand out. I love that the Zoe paper packet comes with all the cardstock I needed to complete this double page layout.



Here is another look at the finished layouts- I had a lot of fun creating these!



All of these products are available now through your CTMH consultant.

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

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Glacier, Slate, Sorbet, White Daisy (all in Zoe Paper Packet)
Cricut: Artistry
Embellishments: Coral Shimmer Trim, Zoe Complements
Ink: Glacier, Sorbet
Paper: Zoe
Stamp sets: Shower Flowers, Your Own Kind of Wonderful
Tools: Round Sponge, Triangle Border Punch