Thursday, June 15, 2017

June Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our June Blog Hop featuring 

Use  Your Stash!!

Welcome to our June Blog Hop featuring artwork where we've used our stash 
mixed with new products. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today,
contact your local consultant to place an order  or click here .
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 was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… 
now on to our hop! 
If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop,
but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle S.' Blog  If you came from Janet's Blog then you are in the right place! 

Now on to my projects!
First one is a sympathy card!


Supplies used are Regatta paper pack, My Anchor stamp set and thin cuts, all from my stash.
No Worries paper pack, Prickly pear sequins, White Daisy cardstock, Sapphire and Ruby exclusive inks, Finding the Words stamp set. 

Another sympathy card!


Supplies used are!
No Worries paper pack, Sapphire cardstock and Exclusive ink, and the stash supplies are the triangle durables and the My Anchor stamp set.



My last card is a Birthday card!


Supplies used:
No Worries paper pack and sequins, Cocoa exclusive ink, White Daisy cardstock.  Finding the Words stamp set.
Stash supplies are Outdoor Denim cardstock and Exclusive ink, Regatta paper pack, Chevron embossing folder, Fast and Furious stamp set, Born to Ride stamp set, and a couple alphabet stamp sets.

Hope you enjoyed my projects!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Kirsten's Blog
If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S.' Blog,  as she has the complete blog list. 


Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using
some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. 
We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring the Masculine projects. So mark July 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Have a great day!!


Monday, June 12, 2017

Graduation Season!

Graduation Time!!

Tis the season for school and University graduations. I have a niece who graduated from St FX University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, a nephew from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and a couple of friends daughters graduating from High School in Drumheller, Alberta.

I decided to try some different card tutorials. I quite like how they turned out.
So on to my projects!




















Supplies I used for this box card:
Black and Gold Glitter paper
Live Beautifully paper pack(only for the month of May)
New and old Graduation stamp sets-C1649,  A1139, B1480
Epoxy bubbles-Z1935 might be retired but there is Black and White Dots-Z3314
All occasion box card that I bought off of Cricut Design Space- I just used the box design and the insert and then I added letters, etc.
CTMH Flower Market and Artistry, Artbooking and Artiste(retired) Cricut cartridges
Black, White Daisy, Pixie, Chocolate cardstock
White Superfine Embossing powder-Z2068, Versamark ink pad-Z891
Gold Glitter gems-Z3312
Diplomas and caps were fussy cut. The star"burst" was sliced then welded in design space.
Black Memento ink, Uptown Ribbon pack.


Double Z card Tutorial with Sandi MacIver

This card was used for the Cross Canada Blog Hop as well.


This is my first Trishutter card! I would like to thank  Splitcoaststampers for the tutorial! 

Supplies used: No Worries paper pack, Black, Daisy White, Pixie, Chocolate and Desert Sand cardstock,
Artbooking Cricut cartridge, Diploma Day stamp set(B1480), Uptown Ribbon pack(Z3289), Versamark stamp pad, Princess gold embossing powder(Z2066), Black memento ink, ruler(Z1471), Foam mat(Z1859), Piercing tool(Z2046), Black and White Dots(Z3314)


This card is also a Double Z card. 
Supplies used:
Sapphire cardstock and Exclusive ink, Tangerine cardstock, 
Versamark stamp pad, Princess gold embossing powder(Z2066), Artbooking Cricut cartridge for the owl, New and retired Graduation stamp sets-C1649,  A1139, B1480 , star from the Little dreamer -cardmaking workshop (C1677), Retired stamp set Love Life(D1482)

This card is a 6X6 card.
Supplies used:
Black and Desert Sand cardstock, Black and Gold glitter paper, No Worries paper pack,
Thin cuts-Basic circles, Leafy Congrats stamp set, Smarty Pants stamp set, Diplomas and cap were fussy cut. The star"burst" was sliced then welded in design space.



Hope you enjoyed my projects!


Thursday, June 1, 2017

June SOTM Blog Hop

  Welcome to the June  Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!









The stamp set for the May Stamp of the Month is called Hello Foxy(S1706)
There are 11 stamps to choose from. 
Spend $50. and you can get this stamp set for just $6. This stamp set is only available until the last day of June. 

                                                   



                        

If you have come here from Jean '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 HERE


This month we have approximately 23 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM 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! 

This is a simple card. When you go to the lake and take just a few supplies that you think will work and you figure something out!
My supply list is:
SOTM, Cashmere cardstock, No Worries paper pack(X7220B), Cashmere and Lagoon Exclusive ink, Black and White Dots(Z3314)

Hope you enjoyed my project!

 If you are interested in any of the products represented here, contact your local CTMH Consultant or click here .
Now "Hop" on over to Darlys' Blog to see her work! Be sure to  visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting  and other fun ideas! 


Have a great day!!