Hearts of the West Blog Hop

Welcome to the FIRST Hearts of the West Blog Hop!!

This is a circular blog hop - no matter where you start....  if you keep on going ... you will end up back where you started!  There is a complete list of participants at the end of this post .... just in case you get lost.  

If you came from Chelsey at Personal Touch Scrapbooking, then you're on the right track!

Our fearless leader, Nancy Klein, chose our first color challenge:  using Buttercup, Sorbet, New England Ivy, Gypsy and Lagoon as well as any neutral colors we wanted to use.

I was a little intimidated by these colors at first, they're not what I usually work with, but as I played around with this and that, I started to love what I was seeing develop.  It just goes to show it's good to step out of your comfort zone once in a while!  I DID use a little bit of artistic licence though, and added in some pink roses, because I wanted to tie them in with the pink in the photo.

To create this layout I used a couple of the papers from "Ivy Lane".  In addition, the sorbet piece is from the retired "Flirty" collection, the lagoon is from "Skylark", and the purple mat is from "Laughing Lola"

The title piece was made by combining some of the "Flirty" chipboard pieces together.

The purple flowers were cut from the Artbooking  cricut cartridge, on page 48.  I used 3 - 3" pieces and one 2" piece for the large flower, and two 1-1/2" pieces for the smaller ones.  The piece of bling for the middle of the large flower is from the "Babycakes" assortment.  The beautiful resin flowers came from the Skylark Assortment, the Ivy Lane Assortment, and The Base & Bling Purple Jewels.

For the large flower, I used a stylus to form them in an upward cup shape, and for the two smaller ones, I did the opposite and had the cup shape face downward.  The centers from the smaller flowers are from the pink glitter gem pack.

The leaves were cut from the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge on page 43, and inked with Gypsy on the edges.

To add dimension, I pinched the tips of each leaf and scrunched it, then inked the folds as well.

Before I go I'd like to give credit to Amarilys's Scrappy Corner.  I used the following sketch of hers to create this layout.

Thanks for stopping by.  Let me know what you think of the hop!  Comments are always appreciated!

Your next stop is Diane at Paper Crafters' Sorority.

See you next month for the Hearts of the West Team Challenge.

We're always looking for new consultants to join our amazing Hearts of the West Team.  Contact one of us from the list below and we will direct you to your nearest consultant and get you started!

1.  Nancy Klein 
2.  Chelsey Vorosmarty 
3.  Linda Pekrul -  That's me!  
4.  Diane Fischer 
5.  Chantal Pearson 
6.  Christine Marshall 
7.  Freya Hall Dunbar 
8.  Michelle Marciniw Olson
9.  Corinna Murphy 
10.Janet McCormick 
11.Donna Digby