CTMH Bloom With Grace - Pocket Cards and Embellishments

  

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• 24 double-sided pocket cards featuring unique designs, sentiments, and icons.

• Not all designs shown.

12 – 4" × 6" pocket cards
12 – 3" × 4" pocket cards

Bloom with Grace Picture My Life™ Cards

Item Number: X7260D - $9.00

Purchase here.

Bloom with Grace Wood Shapes

Item Number: X7260E - $6.75

16 pieces of wood

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Shop for the full Bloom with Grace collection here.

More Than Words Challenge: Food and Square Photo

Hi everyone!

There's 5 more days left to get in on the March More Than Words Challenge - Use Food & a Square Photo on your project.

Instagram pics come to mind for this one! Do you have a yummy FOOD photo to share? Or maybe you have a family snap of a barbeque, a picnice, or a romantic dinner? We want to know about the special food you've eaten, or an event focussed around food. We need to see in your project how our word inspired you. If it isn't obvious in your work, then please explain it in your post. Add a SQUARE PHOTO to your project. We don't mind if it's an Instagram photo or if you've cropped a standard photo, so long as it's square! If you don't want to add a photo, we want to see a square element on your project.

For this challenge, I chose to share the celebration of my mom's 80th birthday in a scrapbooking layout.  HER mom (my grandmother) was famous for her Mayonnaise Chococolate Cake (FOOD) which was baked for EVERY family birthday celebration.  So I followed tradition and baked the cake for my mom this year.

The SQUARE PHOTO is of my mom and is tucked into the envelope behind my grandma.

For this layout, I used a lovely heritage paper collection from Close to my Heart 

called Yesterday and Today.

I stamped the background with the Botanic stamp available through Wild Whisper, and the jewelled embellishments are by Prima - "Christmas in the Country".

All the other embellishments are from the Yesterday and Today collection.

I thought I would include the recipe for anyone who would like to try it.  It doesn't require any eggs if you should be having difficulty finding any during this difficult period of quarantine that is going on around the world.  The mayonnaise replaces both the eggs and the oil traditionally used in cake recipes.  It's very delicious, fluffy and moist!

Do give the challenge a try!  You will find all the details here.  Did I mention we have an amazing number of awesome prizes up for grabs!!!

Happy creating!

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Holly Jolly

Hi everyone!

We're getting closer to Christmas and the November Cross Canada Blog Hop for CTMH consultants is all about the Holly Jolly paper collection this month!

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, please contact your local consultant to place an order.  For my customers, if you click on the links that I have hi-lighted, they will take you directly to my online business account.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that has inspired you. Comments help us to create posts that will give you the information that you are looking for.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. If you came from Brandi's Blog then you are in the right place!

I chose to make this cute little HoHoHo card that is featured in the new Cricut cartridge "Complete Creativity".

I used Holly Jolly paper for the background and White Daisy and Candy Apple cardstock for the cutouts.  The bow is from the Striped Ribbon Bows embellishment package.

Here's a close-up to see how I added Julep Loose Sequins and Bitty Sparkles to the snowflakes and drew a border around the outer edge using a black journaling pen.

Complete Creativity has a lot of images and "quick to make" cards and layouts.  

Thanks for hopping along with us!  I hope you have been inspired by the Cross Canada Blog Hop to try out some of the designs,

products and techniques you have seen! 

Watch for the Cross Canada Blog Hop again next month when the paper collection featured will be the lovely woodsy Christmas collection

 called Cedar & Pine!

Be sure to mark December 10th on your calendar!

Happy creating,

Linda

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is at Janet's blog.

In case you get lost, here is a list of the consultants who are featured on the Blog Hop this month:

Michelle
Rosalynd
Sheena
Brandi
Linda (That's me!)
Janet
Brenda
Kim
Kristine

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Hawthorn

Hi everyone!

Well, a month has flown by and it is already time for the October Cross Canada Blog Hop for CTMH consultants.  This month we are featuring the Hawthorn collection.

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, please contact your local consultant to place an order.  For my customers, if you click on the links that I have hi-lighted, they will take you directly to my online business account.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that has inspired you. Comments help us to create posts that will give you the information that you are looking for.

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. If you came from Jessica's blog then you are in the right place!

On this post I talked about how much I like the Card Making Workshops that CTMH always includes in each catalogue, and for THIS post today, I am STILL feeling the love for the workshops only this time it's Hawthorn!  I absolutely fell in love with the included stamp set and HAD to have it... you probably know how that goes!  ;)

I followed the workshop instructions to create the background mats, but then I went in a different direction using other stamp sets that I have and love.

First up is the one with the beautiful exclusive workshop stamp set.  For this one, I followed the directions as stated, but I stamped extra pinecones and popped them up in the center of the leafy spray.  I used Sangria ink on the saffron patterned paper and it created a lovely brown.  I also added a couple of wooden leaves that I had in my stash.

Next up I used D1872 Sunflower Sympathy on the card.  I love this sunflower stamp!  I stamped it out 3 times and fussy cut the three separate layers.  I then popped up each layer to give it some lovely dimension.

I stamped the sunflower on the saffron patterned paper and coloured the outer tips with Sangria ink.  I also used Sangria to colour the inner fringe, and the edges of the middle piece.  Then I took a small piece of jute and snipped it into 1/8" pieces which I used to cover a blob of glue that I placed in the middle of the sunflower.  Here's a close up for you:

For the third card I made from this workshop, I used a frame stamp that I purchased from an earlier catalogue this year called Flourishing Frame A1235.  I stamped it with Paprika ink and topped it with a butterfly from the Every Little Thing Cardmaking Workshop G1189 that was stamped on the saffron paper.  The sentiment and other embellishments are from my stash.

Thanks for hopping along with us!  I hope you have been inspired by the Cross Canada Blog Hop to try out some of the designs,

products and techniques you have seen! 

Watch for the Cross Canada Blog Hop again next month when the paper collection featured will be the fun and cheerful Christmas collection

 called Holly Jolly!

Be sure to mark November 10th on your calendar!

Happy creating,

Linda

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is at Janet's blog.

In case you get lost, here is a list of the consultants who are featured on the Blog Hop this month:

Sheena

Brae

Brandi

Jessica

Linda - You are here.

Janet

Valerie

Kristine

Every Little Thing Cardmaking

Hi there,

Today I thought I would share my thoughts about the Every Little Thing Cardmaking workshop that is available through Close to my Heart.

This cardmaking workshop provides everything you need to make SIXTEEN A2 size cards.... a stamp set, dies, embellishments, paper, and card bases plus envelopes, as well as complete instructions on how to make 3 different cards.  That is a lot of value in one fun package!  I have calculated the price as working out to $3 per card and then you still have the stamps and dies to create more cards, or to create embellishments for your scrapbook pages!

This is my version of one of the card designs from the kit.

The kit's card (shown above) is very pretty and a little more simple, as seen above, but I had extra embellishments from the Vellum Die-cuts  and the Complements so I added them to the card.  I also had a left-over scrap of the mint paper from the paper packet so I used it to stamp the little leaf pattern all over.

I used a Tim Holtz die from my stash called Crochet, to cut the border behind the butterfly.  CTMH's Lace Border thin cut would also have worked well here.

I used a sponge dauber and the new Julep ink to colour the center of the butterfly.  For the more subtle, shimmery look shown in the CTMH card, use the Julep Shimmer Brush.

For the inside of my card, I used a couple of the Picture my Life cards topped with another piece from the Complements package.

Here's a look at the stamp set that comes with the kit.  It is only available by purchasing the complete kit.  

The three lovely sentiments work for many occasions, the butterflies are beautiful and easily cut out with the included dies.  There are several additional smaller stamps to fill in backgrounds, as the instructions explain fully.  

(Click here to see the workshop instructions.)

A closer look at the inside of the card shows how you can take the rose and leaves in the stamp set, to create a similiar flower cluster as the one above.  So pretty!

National Cardmaking Day is this Saturday, October 5th.  

Have a fun time playing with your stamp sets!

Linda

Please note:  If you click on the coloured links in my post, you will be taken to my CTMH online store where you can see more about the products, and make a purchase if you wish!

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Every Little Thing

Hi everyone!

This month I have joined some fellow CTMH consultants in a Cross Country Blog Hop featuring CTMH's beautiful new collection "Every Little Thing".

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that has inspired you.  Comments help us know what you like to see and learn! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop.  If you came from Jessica then you are in the right place! 

I'm sharing two 5x7 inch cards that I made using this collection.

To make the two cards, I used a Spellbinder's die that I had in my stash.  CTMH's colour of the year this year is Julep, and I used the Julep glitter paper to create the accents for the cards, 

as well as the Julep glimmer gems for the center of the flowers.  I think Julep looks stunning over top of the Sapphire card stock.

The white hearts are a new embellishment package called Acrylic Hearts.

For the inside of the card, the same Spellbinders die was used as well as an unknown label die to stamp the sentiment on.  The sentiment came from the June CTMH Promotional stamp set CC61916 "Share the Joy".

Thanks for hopping along with us!  I hope you are inspired by the Cross Canada Blog Hop to try out some of the designs, products and techniques you have seen! 

Watch for the Cross Canada Blog Hop again next month when the paper collection featured will be the beautiful fall paper "Hawthorn".

Mark October 10th on your calendar!

Happy creating,

Linda

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Janet

If you get lost along the way, just come back here, to see the complete list of the other consultants on the Cross Canada Blog Hop.  (Click on the names.):

Michelle

Colleen

Sheena

Brae

Brandi

Jessica

Linda YOU ARE HERE

Janet

Brenda

Kristine

Farewell

Hi everyone!  Welcome back!

I made a farewell album this month for a friend who is moving away, and discovered that the CTMH paper collection The World is Yours was perfect for it. This paper was a promotion pack in May and is no longer available, but if you bought some and still have it on hand, then here is some inspiration for you!

A bonus when you're using CTMH collections, is that many of them coordinate with each other. I was able to embellish many pages with Complements pieces from Into the Wild and Sweet Girl paper collections. The natural elements looked perfect with The World is Yours.

Since my friend was a member of my local scrapbooking group, I asked some of the other members to contribute pocket pages of their own, to the album as well. I put in photos of all the people that she scrapbooks with in our group, photos that she had taken of the lake outside her back door, and photos of our town.

I was very happy with the album when it was done! I hope she feels happy as well, when she looks at it!

This is the cover of the album.  I used one of the black Everyday Life albums which is a Faux leather album - size: 9 ⅜" × 8¼" × 1½";  and a 1" 3-ring binder type.  I found it to be a really nice size to hold and look at.  I had a beautiful piece of birch bark looking ribbon which looked really pretty so I used it one the cover.  The title was made from a sticker package that came with the paper collection.

Inside the cover is a photo that my friend took from her back yard.  I know she loves the view so I put one on the front cover...

and one on the back!

I used pieces from the sticker page in the collection to decorate the cover page for the album.

More stickers from the collection were used above, plus I added a couple of embellishments from Kaisercraft's Greenhouse collection because the colours coordinated so beautifully with The World is Yours.

These pages were made using 3"x4" Everyday Life Memory Protectors.  Very easy... just tuck your photos in and you're done!    

Face blurring on the photos that I didn't have permission to post, was done with free software from https://www.facepixelizer.com/ It was very easy to use.

My friend was the devoted scout leader for many years, so I also included her scout troup. (Love Facebook for getting photos!) The boys' faces are all blurred, but the photo needs to be close-up for you to see it.

The next community she moves to will be so lucky to get her as a Scout Leader!

These are photos from around our community.  I loved the vellum paper pieces that were included in the paper collection.  They stood out so nicely against the kraft cardstock and made a lovely frame for the photo.

A fun thing that our town has started this year... this piano sits out on the street downtown for anyone to play.  (It has a cover for rainy days.)  This group decided to have an impromptu concert!

On the next page I included a stamp set for my friend because she creates the most incredible cards and I was sure she would love these little "scouts" for her collection of stamps.

For the next few pages of the album I cut up bits and pieces from the collection and tucked them into 6"x8" Everyday Life Memory Protectors  for my friend to add her own photos to the album.

On the right hand side of the photo above, is a pocket page, that one of the other members of our scrapbooking group created.  She tucked in all kinds of cute things to be used when cardmaking or scrapbooking!

More pages from other group members.  

Everyone was so thoughtful with their quotes and stories of friendship.

I've lived in a lot of places, and have friends and family scattered all over the place, so I really love this quote about friendship.  A fitting place in the album to end with!

Thanks for stopping in and seeing what I've been up to!

Linda

Silver and Gold Joy

Hi there!

It's the season for card making and I have one here that I made from Close to My Heart's Silver and Gold patterned paper with a little silver foil paper added as a mat.

I took inspiration from this photo that was on the CTMH blog, and then put my Cricut to work.

The beautiful glittered "Joy" die cut can be found in the Silver and Gold complements package.

The bow is made from a gold ribbon in the Basics Ribbon Pack.

For the inside of the card, I used my cricut to cut out a mat and print the sentiment on it.

I have saved the Cricut cut file in design space for those who would like to use it.  Go here.  If you don't have the cartridge I used for these images, Cricut will charge you a dollar or so for them.  You will see the cost before you cut it and can cancel the cut if it is too high.

With all the gift making and card creating.....

Enjoy these fun crafting days!

Linda