H2H Woodwork

Today over at Heart2Heart we are are incorporating some woodwork on our projects! We can't wait to see what you come up with for this one. 

I was flipping through the new idea book and ran across a card on page 36 that I really liked. I changed it up a bit but can I just tell you how much I love how this turned out? The little bit of green behind the wood tree is not something I would have ever done, had I not seen it in the idea book...I guess that is why they call it that! Do you use the idea book to jump start your creative process?

Here is my card

Supplies

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Fern, Sapphire

Paper - Into the Wild

Ink - Sapphire

Stamps - Sweet Girl - Cardmaking

Other - Into the Wild Wood Shapes, White Burlap Ribbon, Fancy Tags Thin Cuts

Please join us and share your challenge over at H2H by June 30.

H2H Besties

Today over at Heart2Heart we are focusing on our Besties! Now we have the most adorable Stamp of the Month featuring Besties too but that does not have to be the focus of your project. We would love to see a page with your bestie or a fun card you made for your bestie or even just a special project you made for them. 

I made this fun card using our new Craft On papers. Aren't they delightful? The colors are so fun and playful. I fussy cut the flowers. I also got to use our Fancy Tag and Decorative Boarder Thin Cuts...both are a tie for favorite thin cuts right now. Lastly I used my Copics and colored each of the girls. I was really trying to work on their hair as it has just been so long since I have colored. I was afraid I lost my touch but mainly it made me realize I need some more colors. 

As always I decorated the inside of the card in a simple way.

Please join us and share your challenge over at H2H by May 31st and stop over at the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team came up with.

H2H Minty Fresh

Today over at Heart2Heart we are challenging all of you to use some Mint on your projects. It is also National Scrapbooking Month.  Have you gotten to do any scrapbooking? I have been trying my best to find some time to enjoy the craft that I have loved for so long. I hope you have managed to find some scrappy time as well. Now lets get to this weeks challenge:

Minty Fresh...I really adore this color and was happy to be able to use it. I decided to go full on monocromatic here although I did add a bit of color to the hair of each of the girls and I also used a light grey for the shape, though I don't feel it distracts at all from all the minty freshness in this card.

Please join us and share your challenge over at H2H by May 31st.

H2H National Scrapbook Month - Sweet Girl

Today over at Heart2Heart we are celebrating National Scrapbooking Month.  Have you done any scrapbooking yet ? We would love to see it if you have and if you have not found the time we would love to inspire you with our newest  challenge which is, well to scrapbook!  Close to my Heart has the most beautiful collection -The World is Yours it is perfect for any project or adventure.

When I got this Sweet Girl Workshop Your Way collection I just fell in love. I have a family full of girls. I was going to do a page about my littlest granddaughter but then I decided i wanted to capture my youngest instead. She is such a sweet sweet girl and I just love her great big smile in this photo. I didn't change much from the guide just a little here and there with the Sapphire Crochet Threat and the fact that I turned it into a single page, though I might go back in and add some more journaling below or add a second page with some photos of what was making her smile this big...hint it was dolphins jumping next to our boat.

I hope you enjoyed scrapping your heart out this past weekend. Now we would love to see some projects from you!  Please join us and share your challenge over at H2H by May 31st.

H2H Weather - April Calendar

Today over at Heart2Heart we are doing a "Weather" or Not challenge. April Showers bring May Flowers...right?? We had such a brutal winter this past season and so I was so ready for spring this year. 

At the beginning of the year I decided I wanted to scrapbook a calendar page each month and then if I found events or fun things throughout the month I wanted to do a page on I would do that. so far it is going good and I have been having a lot of fun with it. I thought this months challenge for H2H would be perfect since April Showers bring May Flowers.

I only have a couple photos on it now because the month just started. I was lucky enough to receive a cannon selphy for Christmas and I have the ability to print little photos that fit into my calendar pages. I also will print out some larger ones that are my favorites.

Here is a close up of the title

and the pages by themselves

This month my calendar features the beautiful Feels Like Home paper kit from Close to my Heart. Please make sure you show us what you come up with for the Weather Challenge over at the Heart 2 Heart blog. Also take some time to check out what the other designers came up with.

H2H Challenge - You are my sunshine

Today over at Heart2Heart we are doing a color challenge.  Emerald, Smoothie, Canary, Peach, and Glacier.

Here is what I came up with.  

I ended up using Smoothie, Canary, Peach and Glacier for my card. Here is another look.

Don't you love the little hearts? They are a puffy sticker. When I was little I had a sticker collection featuring puffy stickers. We stuck them to sandwich baggies and would trade them at recess in grade school. How I wish I still had that.

Here is a peek at the inside. 

Does this paper look familiar? I have exciting news for you! Close to my Heart has a new special this month called Bring Back My Pack and they brought one of my favorite papers back Zoe from 2015. They have updated to colors and have a brand new coordinating 12 x 12 sticker sheet.

We would love to see what you come up with over at the Heart 2 Heart Blog and be sure to check out what the other designers did this week. See you soon!

Today over at Heart2Heart we are doing a Favorite Tool challenge. Do you have a favorite? I seem to always have my Cricut on hand whenever I craft.  Would you believe there was a time that I didn't use it? I just couldn't figure out what to do with it. I had seen what it could do on TV and knew I had to have one, I eventually got it and it sat and sat and sat for almost a year. One day a neighbor came over to sell come Girl Scout Cookies and I invited her in so I could see what everyone wanted and she saw me stamping...the joke goes I got her addicted to stamping and she got me addicted to my Cricut.

Now I rarely craft without involving my Cricut I love the versatility and options with all of the images. Close to my Heart has several cartridges with exclusive images on each one. The best part is many of them coordinate with our stamps.

I decided to make a birthday card for my older brother who recently turned 50! I pulled some supplies together and got busy. 

Here is what I came up with. 

I always love to add a few banners to the inside of the card to tie it together with the front.

Supplies:

Card stock - White Daisy, Black
Paper - Something Fierce

Ink - Black, Poppy

Stamps - Just a Number (Retired), This Happened - March Stamp of the Month

Other - Cricut Artfully Sent (Retired), Black Dots

H2H Wearin O the Green

Today over at Heart2Heart we are partnering with Double Trouble for a fun challenge

"The Wearin' o' the Green"

THING 1: Trouble Maker says, "Let's celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the wearin' o' the green!" Dress up your project with green as the primary color. It does not have to be a St. Patty's Day Card...celebrate any occasion.

Don't stop here... consider Twisted Sister's optional twist.

THING 3: Twisted Sister says "Good ole St. Paddy's day is all about finding the Pot o' Gold... be it in a pint o' beer or at the end of a rainbow include a "golden touch" on your project for an added chance at our random draw.

This is an OPTIONAL TWIST but you will be awarded an additional chance in Double Trouble's random prize draw if you include something gold.

THING 2: Double Dare dares you then you are eligible to link your project at Heart2Heart and you will receive an additional chance at the Double Trouble Random Draw.

Here is what I came up with. 

Supplies:

Card stock - Fern, White Daisy, Gold Glitter, White Glitter

Paper - I Heart Us

Ink - Black

Other - This Cuts - Fancy Tags

H2H Invitation Only

Invitation Only!!

Over at Heart 2 Heart this week we are extending some invitations. At first you might just think about a wedding invitation or a birthday invitation however there are so many other fun things that you can use invitations for.

Weddings
Showers
Birthdays
BBQs
Dinner Party
Girls Night
Card Night
A Weekend Getaway
Book Club (that is what I did :))
Spa Party
Tea Party

The list is just endless. Decide what you want to get together and do and have fun making some cute invitations.

I used some more of my Something Fierce Kit to make up a bookmark, with hand lettering, and a matching card. I just cannot get enough of that paper pack.

I used the fun torn paper file from the Artbooking cartridge but you could also use the Thin Cut Borders for this. I found the book club cut in Design Space.

I used some gems and popped up my book-club invite to give it a little something extra.

Here is a simple matching book mark that everyone will receive when they come to book club. 

I hope you will join us this month at H2H and make sure you take a look at what the other designers came up with.

H2H Favorite Recipe - Caramel Apple Pie

This week at Heart 2 Heart we are featuring our favorite recipes. Now this does not have to be a recipe that you cook it can be your favorite sketch or your go to design elements. It can be one of those fun challenges where you add elements to your page as if you were using a recipe. We would love to see and hear what you come up with.

I seem to go back and forth between loving to cook and not really loving it so much. One thing is for sure. I love collecting recipe's. Sadly I have lost some of my favorites over the years due to moving, moving, and moving again. I mainly cook but I like to dabble in baking and a few years ago I decided to tackle a pie for the first time!

I scoured the internet for the perfect pie and came across this one at Allrecipes it turned out perfect! I knew I had a keeper on my hands. I have made it two more times and each time it is just soooo good! Last year I also took a few photos while I made it so I thought I would put it in my recipe book featuring my favorites. That way I wont lose my beloved recipes anymore.

I hope you have time to try it and that you love it. I used the adorable new I Heart Us kit

Make sure you check out what the other designers came up with over at H2H and link up your project.

H2H Creative Cards

Today over at Heart 2 Heart challenges we are featuring creative cards...so any card in any shape except your standard A2 card (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

I personally love making little 3 x 3 cards. My hubby drives a semi over the road so he is gone for several days each week. I like having these on hand to I can toss them in his bag here and there. These are also fun to toss in a child's lunch or to attach to a gift bag.

3 x 3 cards are also a perfect way to use up your scraps. I have been having lots of fun with the new paper pack Something Fierce and with this card I added in the must have January Stamp of the Month Card Captions

Come and show us your cards we would love to see them over at H2H and make sure you check out the other designers too.

H2H - The Important Things...the Grandparent Version

Over at the Heart 2 Heart blog we decided to kick off the New Year with the Important Things. We could go any direction we wanted with this one and I decided to make a fun little mini album using a little tin that I got probably 15 years ago way back when Scrapbook Stores were on every corner.  So for 15+ years I have been waiting for just the perfect time to use this and what better use than featuring the sweet little grandbabies?

I used the fun new Something Fierce kit along with the puffy stickers {swoon-I had the best puffy sticker collection when I was in elementary school}

Here is the inside of the tin. This is the size of an Altoids tin so if you have any laying around you can re-purpose them into fun little mini albums.

The album is all connected in an accordion style and zig-zags back and forth.  I did every other "page" a photo of one of our grandbabies and the other "page" some hand written fun important things to remember as a grandparent..like eating desert first.

On the flip side I have the rest of our grandkids (we currently have 5) I also printed out a sibling photo of each of the families to include as well.

Here you can see the folds. I also just left the bottom empty since the album will sit in there.

Here is one final look at my little mini album featuring The Important Grandparent Things.

We would love to see what is important to you this month over at the Heart 2 Heart Blog.

H2H Wish Upon a Star

Our theme this week is wish upon a star and I knew I wanted to do something with this beautiful stamp set. We would love to see what you come up with over at the H2H blog

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H2H - Shake it up

This week we are shaking things up a bit over at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog - I decided to make a fun card using our new Season of Joy Cricut collection and some beautiful gold sequins.

To make this card I used some edit features in Design Space and added a box around a snow flake to create a box. From there I added another box and then I sliced the image out so I could use it as a shaker card. 

We would love to see what you come up with.Shake It Up

H2H Color Challenge

Hello everyone, this week over at Heart 2 Heart we have a color challenge.

Sage, Sapphire, and Sugarplum

I had a lot of fun making this card with our new Thin Cuts -Shaker Window & Confetti and Decorative Borders. I used the Loose Sequins to full up the shaker and I added some of the Heart Confetti. Have you tried the new thin cuts yet??? I am so in love with them and they add the finishing touch I am looking for to my cards. 

I colored the butterfly from the Grateful Heart Cardmaking stamp set with the Sugarplum Shimmer Brush and oh my goodness this photo does not do it justice it is so pretty and so sparkly. I finished the card off with a couple of  Sugarplum Glitter Gems.

Stop of on over at our H2H blog to check out what project the rest of the Design Team came up with! 

Supplies

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Sage, Sapphire, Sugarplum

Ink - Black, Sage

Stamps - Grateful Heart

Other - Sugarplum Shimmer Brush, Sugarplum Glitter Gems, Loose Sequins - Silver 

Thin Cuts - Shaker Window and Confetti, Decorative Border

H2H - Thankful Heart

Hello everyone - Heart 2 Heart's challenge this week is to have a Thankful Heart. I have some left over paper from the Grateful Heart collection and so I used one of the patterns out of the Make It from Your Heart Volume 4  and I also used my favorite new Thin Cuts-Decorative Borders to make these quick cards.

Supplies:

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Goldrush, Fern, Saffron

Paper Pack - Grateful Heart

Ink: Espresso, Fern

Stamps: Grateful Heart - Cardmaking

Other - Gold Shimmer Brush, Thin Cuts Decorative Borders

H2H - Spotlight On...

You guys, have you seen this November Stamp of the Month? I love it. I have been making cards left and right with it. When I found out that the challenge for this week the challenge at Heart 2 Heart was going to be Spotlight On...I decided I wanted to create a scene featuring a blue sky. I have always loved this technique but for some reason I really have only done if a couple of times so this was super fun to revisit it.

To create this look I stamped two trees onto White Daisy cardstock. I took the first tree and added some ground cover and then attached it to some Candy Apple cardstock. On the other piece I stamped the little bird and some little stars using VersaMark pad and then I put some embossing powder on top of that. I then used a sponge dauber to swirl around Sapphire ink creating a night sky. Next I used a Thin Cuts - Basic Circle to cut out part of the scene and matched it up to the first tree.

To finish the card off I mounted it on my favorite buffalo pattern paper from the Hello Pumpkin Paper Packet and added some Clear Sparkles.

I really wanted to add a little bit of the Silver Embellishing Thread around the bottom but I couldn't find it. I must not have ordered it so I ordered some and I will add that to the card once it comes to finish it off.

Please make sure you stop by the other H2H Design Team Blogs to see what they came up with using this fun technique.

Supplies

all CTMH unless otherwise noted

Cardstock - White Daisy, Candy Apple

Paper Pack - Hello Pumpkin 

Ink - Black, VersaMark, Sapphire, Candy Apple

Stamps - Seasonal Trees

Other - Clear Embossing Powder, Circle Thin Cuts,  Clear Sparkles