CTMH Damask Diva's November blog hop

Good morning friends! Hope y'all are enjoying the Damask Diva's November hop!

If you came from Mandy's page, you are in the right place!

If you have jumped here and just discovered our blog hop, feel free to 

check the list at the Damask Diva's blog to find the 

complete list of blog hop participants.

This month we are featuring the Huntington Paper Pack!

I used two of the B&T papers from the pack along with some barn red

and some cocoa that come with the pack. I used some slate cardstock

from my stash for the card base which measures 5.25 x 5.25.

I used the stamp sets Remarkable Wreath and Always Grateful.

I stamped the base of the wreath in chocolate and the leaves with a 

mix of goldrush and barn red. the bow I stamped in olive and I also sponged

my paper doily in olive. I also added a few Opaques Pearls.

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The next blog on the list is Amie so head on over to check out her creation! 

Hope you have a great time on our hop and checking out all the creations using Huntington Paper! 

If you get lost, just hop on over to Damask Diva's for the full list.

Fun with Remarkable Wreath and paper Doilies!

So I've been having a lot of fun with the Close To My Heart

Remarkable Wreath stamp set and Perfect Fit Holidays set

along with my paper doilies... The wreaths just fit so perfectly on the doilies! 

I used the same layout for both cards. I got the idea from the last card I posted 

using a Verve sketch, I just altered it a little bit. I am also entering into this

week's Heart 2 Heart challenge of 'Lots of Layers.'

For the first card I used Sparkle and Shine paper. The inks I used were: wreath in

whisper, the berries in ruby, the bow and the fancy circle in juniper,

and the sentiment in black. The paper doily I inked in juniper using my sponge.

I added some Opaques Pearls for dimension and liquid glass to the berries.

For the second card I used the Frosted paper pack. For the inks, I stamped the wreath

in whisper, the berries and sentiment in crystal blue, and the bow and fancy circle

in slate. The doily I inked with a silver ink pad with my sponge.

I added some Sparkles and Liquid Glass for some shine! 

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CTMH Huntington and Viva la Verve

Good Monday morning friends! Hope y'alls day is off to

a great start! I wanted to share a card this morning using Close To My Heart

products and a sketch from Viva la Verve.

For this card I used the Huntington Paper Pack. I used stamps from the

Remarkable Wreath set, Always Grateful set and the Autumn Petite Perks set.

The ink colors I used were chocolate, olive, goldrush, and barn red.

I colored a paper doily in olive using my sponge.

I added some Durables Round Studs for some dimension. 

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sketch:

Holiday Gift Card Holders

Hope y'all have had a fabulous weekend! I can't complain

about mine, it's been quite relaxing! I wanted to share a few gift card

holders I made today using Close To My Heart products.

I used both the Frosted and Sparkle and Shine paper packs.

The stamps I used were Perfect Fit Holidays in the ink

colors of slate, ruby, juniper and crystal blue. I used a Marvy 1.5 inch

circle punch and a Fiskers scallop circle punch for the badge.

Want to make these yourself? Directions at the bottom!

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Here are the cuts:

Base cardstock: 3.5 x 8.5 inches, scored at 2 inches from one end

and 2.5 inches from the other.

B&T or patterned paper: 1.75 x 3.25 inches, 2.25 x 3.25 inches,

and 3.75 x 3.25 inches.

The 2.5 inch flap that you scored is whats glued on the sides

to form the gift card pocket. I also used a bit of peel and stick velcro

as an easy way to seal the holder.

One Week Left to get the October SOTM!

There is only one week of October left! That means just

one more week to place an order of $50 or more with 

Close To My Heart to get the October Stamp of the Month,

Scandinavian Wishes for only $5! It is such a fabulous

stamp set! I've used it quite a few times already!

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Here are some of my cards using Scandinavian Wishes:

Sketch N Scrap Holiday Hop

Good morning Sketch N Scrap friends!

Hope you are liking our daily Holiday Hop so far!

For my holiday, I actually chose two...

I have made cards for both Mother's Day and Father's Day!

My Father's Day card:

Supplies:

CTMH ProPlayer paper pack

SU! sentiment stamp

CTMH Slate ink

CTMH Ruby Chevron ribbon

CTMH metal badges from ProPlayer assortment

My Mother's Day card:

Supplies:

CTMH Sarita paper pack

Verve sentiment stamp

CTMH flower stamp from NSM special

CTMH one-way borders stamp set

CTMH gypsy and outdoor denim ink

CTMH Outdoor denim chevron ribbon

CTMH Sparkle and Shine and Viva la Verve

Good afternoon friends! Hope y'all are having a great week

so far! I wanted to share a card I made using the Viva la Verve

October week 4 sketch. I used all Close To My Heart 

products on this card.

I just can't get enough of this Sparkle and Shine paper pack!

I should have bought more of it than I did! The stamps I used were

the Remarkable Wreath and Perfect Fit Holidays and 

I stamped in CTMH slate, ruby, juniper, and black ink.

I added some CTMH Silver Shimmer Trim and CTMH

Sparkles Clear Assortment for some added bling!

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sketch:

CTMH Sparkle and Shine and Mojo Monday!

Good Sunday morning everyone! Hope y'alls weekends are going well!

I have a card to share with y'all this morning! I used all Close To My Heart

products and followed this weeks Mojo Monday sketch!

I just can't get enough of this Sparkle and Shine paper pack! I used stamps from
the October Stamp of the Month! The SOTM is only available this month for
the regular price of $17.95 or only $5 if you spend $50! It's such a
great set! I stamped the background paper with the border stamp from
the set. I added some silver shimmer trim and cut out some circles and attached
a large Sparkle and made two tails out of the trim.

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sketch:

My CTMH haul using SPC and Hostess rewards!

Made another video! This one is my haul video showing how much product you can get for 

so little cost when you earn Select Product Credit and Hostess Rewards!!

CTMH Sparkle and Shine and Freshly Made Sketches

Good morning friends! Hope y'all are having a great weekend so far!

Today is my mom's birthday so we will be having a party tonight!
Our Texas family has come up for the weekend which makes me happy!

I'd thought I'd share a card right quick before I head off to finish
the cupcakes I made! I made this card using this weeks sketch from
Freshly Made Sketches and I used all new Close To My Heart products!
I used the new Sparkle and Shine paper pack and stamps from Perfect Fit Holidays
and  the October Stamp of the Month! The SOTM is only available this month for
the regular price of $17.95 or only $5 if you spend $50! It's such a
great set! You can't really tell but I stamped a snowflake background in Juniper ink
on a piece of juniper cardstock. I stamped the Heart in ruby and the sentiment
in juniper ink. I also added some ruby shimmer trim and Sparkles for some bling!

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sketch:

CTMH Frosted and Paper Secrets

Happy Friday friends! The weekend is almost upon us!

Anyone have big plans?! My momma's birthday is tomorrow

so I'll be out at their house to celebrate! Oh and I'll be baking a

cake this evening for the occasion! I will also be working with

my dad as he helps me build some card displays for an 

upcoming craft fair in November!

For my card this morning I used all Close To My Heart products

and followed the sketch over at Paper Secrets!

I used the Frosted paper pack along with the Perfect Fit Holidays

stamp set. The ink colors I used were slate and champagne.

I added some silver shimmer trim for a little sparkle.

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Other supplies used:

Fiskers scalloped circle punch 

Marvy circle punch 1.5in

Nesties labels 17 die

Sketch:

CTMH Frosted and Sketch N Stash

Good Thursday afternoon friends! It's almost the weekend!

I made a few cards last night and thought I'd share one

with y'all this afternoon...

For this card I used the sketch over at Sketch N Stash.

I used all Close To My Heart products for this card.

I used the Frosted paper pack along with some colonial white cs.

I stamped the wreath from Remarkable Wreath is slate ink and the 

berries that go with the wreath in ruby and then dotted them all with

some liquid glass to give them some shine and dimension. I stamped the

bow in juniper ink. I then got out Perfect Fit Holidays and stamped the 

fancy circle in champagne ink and the sentiment in slate.

I added some silver shimmer trim for some bling.

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Sketch:

Damask Diva's Sparkle and Shine blog hop

Hi everyone! Hillary here! Hope y'all are enjoying the Damask Diva's

Holiday Catalog Blog Hop featuring the Sparkle and Shine paper pack!

If you came from Crissy's page, you are in the right place! 

If you have jumped here and just discovered our blog hop,

 feel free to check the list at Damask Divas blog to find the 

complete list of blog hop participants.

For my first card I used a sketch from Sketchbook Saturday

to create my Sparkle and Shine creation. I hand cut five

banners in various sizes and mixed them up and 

randomly taped them across the top of my juniper paper.

I used the wreath, berries, and bow from the Remarkable Wreath

stamp set. The bird, fancy circle, and sentiment are from the

Perfect Fit - Holidays stamp set. The colors of ink I used

are ruby, juniper, whisper, slate, and black.

I am also entering this card into this week's challenge of 

'Things with Wings' at Twist of Faith. 

For my second card, I used a sketch from The Sweet Stop.

I used the October stamp of the Month 

Scandinavian Wishes which is only available until the end of the month

and is only $5 with a $50 purchase or $17 at regular price. I did

some masking on this one to be able to make the heart ruby and the tree

juniper. The rest of the stamp is in slate. 

All the items from the Holiday Catalog are available here!

Come and shop with me here!

The next blog on the hop list is Traci, go check out

 her Sparkle and Shine creation!

 Hope you have a great time on our hop and checking out all the creations

using the new Sparkle and Shine paper pack!

 If you get lost, just hop on over to Damask Divas Blog for the full list.

Original sketches:

 

New Product Blog Hop featuring the Holiday Catalog

Today is October 15th so all the items from the Holiday Catalog are available here!

Welcome to the New Product Blog Hop! For this hop we are

featuring items from the new Holiday Catalog out today! 

For my first card I used a sketch from Cardabilities. 

For new product I used the Sparkle and Shine paper pack!

 I just love the gorgeous colors of this paper pack! I used the stamp sets

Remarkable Wreath and Perfect Fit Holidays. The ink colors

I used were black, slate, ruby, and juniper. The ribbon and

button are misc supplies from my local craft store.

For my second card I used a sketch from Viva la Verve.

I stamped the border stamp from the October

Stamp of the Month, Scandinavian Wishes, all across a piece

of juniper cardstock in juniper ink. I covered random flowers with

silver stickles to add some sparkle. I again used the Perfect Fit Holidays

stamp set and I made the cut outs in the Sparkle and Shine B&T 

using my Spellbinders circle dies.

This blog hop is open for members of the CTMH Blog Boosters. 

Please do not enter if you are not a member of the group.

Linky closes on October 20th.

Original sketches:

CTMH Frosted and Atlantic Hearts

Good Sunday evening friends! Hope y'all are having a great

weekend! I wanted to share a card I just made before 

heading off to church then to the store for snacks cause my hubby and I

are hosting a small watch party for the Cowboys versus Deadskins, 

I'm sorry, Redskins game this evening... lol I love Dallas football!

Anyways, for this card I used this weeks sketch from Atlantic Hearts.

This is the first card I have made using the Frosted paper pack.

I love the colors of this pack and how you can add other

more traditional Christmas colors that look great!

I used the Remarkable Wreath and Perfect Fit Holidays stamp sets

 and ink colors in champagne, whisper, slate, ruby, and juniper.

I folded the little rosettes using a score board and bone folder.

The buttons and twine are from my stash.

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Mojo Monday and Twist of Faith

Good morning friends! Happy Friday! Hope everyone has

fun and fabulous plans for the weekend! Before I get to

my card for this morning I have some exciting news

I want to share! I got a new job!! :-) I am super pumped! 

A great pay raise, better (and cheaper) benefits, and get this,

It's ONE MILE from my house! I can walk or ride my bike!!

I will be working strictly in surgery which is great because I love surgery!

Oh and it's M-F with 6 paid holidays a year!! 

Now onto my card... I used the sketch from Mojo Monday and

am also entering into this week's challenge at Twist of Faith

which is fall colors. I also CASE'd this card from my friend Vickie, hers is here.

For this card I used CTMH Huntington paper, Darice embossing folder,

brown seem binding, and a paper doily I sponged with goldrush ink.

The sentiment I stamped in olive is from the Always Grateful stamp set.

Original Sketch:

Fun with CTMH's One-Way Borders

Good morning y'all! It's getting closer to the weekend!

Hope y'all are having a great week! I thought I'd share two

cards this morning that I made using CTMH products.

For my more feminine Thanks card I used a lagoon cardstock

base size 4.5 x 6.25 with a mat in gypsy and a background 

base of white daisy. I stamped various borders from 

the One-Way Borders stamp set in gypsy, lagoon, goldrush,

and whisper inks. Then for the sentiment I used the alphabet from

the September National Stamping Month promo. I stamped

it in Versamark on daisy white cardstock then embossed 

with clear embossing powder. I then used a bit of my sponge

and rubbed in circles over my paper with lagoon ink. 

This technique is called emboss resist. I set this on a piece of goldrush 

cardstock, then popped up on pop dots. I finished up with a bit

of Silver Shimmer Trim for some sparkle.

For my masculine version I used the same techniques. The cardstock

I used was ruby, slate and white. The inks I used were

ruby, pacifica, and slate. I emboss resisted in pacifica ink.

I finished off this one with a bit of Ruby Chevron Ribbon.

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Using up my CTMH Laughing Lola scraps

Good afternoon y'all! Hope your having a great week so far!

Some of you may know that this past Saturday

was World Cardmaking day! So of course I had to 

participate in some sort of card challenge so I thought 

I'd like to share my favorite card I made for the 4 part

challenge. The challenge for this card was to use the provided

sketch and either use chipboard, use an uncommon sentiment or

make a masculine card with a feminine embellishment or all three.

I chose the first 2. 

For my card I used some left over bits of  Laughing Lola paper

that I had. I second generation stamped two different paisleys

from Paisley Perfect stamp set in slate and lagoon inks to made 

the sentiment background. The sentiment I stamped in black is from the 

September National Stamping Month promo. The arrows and flower

are chipboard pieces from the Laughing Lola Compliments. To add

a little sparkle I used some Black Shimmer Trim and two different

sizes from the Sparkles Clear Assortment.

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CTMH Huntington and Always Grateful

Good morning friends! It's Friday! Whoop Whoop! 

Think it'll be a good weekend of cool temps, laundry, and crafting!

Oh and I guess cleaning house since the hubs and I are hosting

Bible study on Monday night... Suppose it's a good thing

since it'll make me have to clean house!

I have a cute little card for y'all this morning! I used the 

CTMH Huntington paper pack for this card. I just love these beautiful

colors! The base is redbarn cardstock cut to a 5.25 square. The olive

piece is embossed using a Darice honeycomb folder. I also added

some CTMH Bronze Shimmer Trim. I used the stamp set Always Grateful.

First I stamped the tree and sponged redbarn and goldrush inks over

my stamped image to give the illusion of leaves. I stamped the sentiment

in Olive and the little pumpkin in goldrush (it is from the Autumn/winter

petite perks set only available through a CTMH consultant) Be on the

look-out for a give-away I will be doing with this little set!

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CTMH Huntington and September SOTM

Good morning blog-world friends! I thought I'd share

a quick card with y'all this morning!

For this card I used the CTMH Huntington Paper pack

and the September stamp of the month that's no longer

available... This is a really fun stamp because there

are so many options to how you can use it.

For this card I used the whole stamp though I am going

to make a card using only half of the stamp...

First I stamped the whole stamp in desert sand ink on colonial 

white carstock. Then I picked the words I wanted to be

different colors and I wrapped my stamp set around a 

2 x 3.5 My Acrylix Block to save ink and paper and only

get inked the word I wanted. I used Redbarn, goldrush and olive

inks for the words I picked out. I then cut the words out and 

popped them up on pop dots over the words stamped 

in desert sand. I then used a leaf embossing folder I had in my

stash to give the background some texture. The card base is

4.5 x 6.25 in Redbarn with a matting layer of desert sand

that I distressed using the CTMH edge distressing tool and then

inked the distressed edges. The little strips at the top

are zip-strips from the top of one of the B&T papers from

the paper pack. I also added a little bling with the 

bronze shimmer trim and a little leaf from the Autumn/Winter

petite perks 4 stamp set only available from a CTMH consultant!

(be looking for a give-away I will be doing for this cute little set!)

I finished up the inside with a stamp from the Count Your Blessings set.

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Video Tutorial! How to color a stamped image with CTMH ink.

Supplies I used:

CTMH Count Your Blessings stamp set

CTMH ink in ruby, barn red, gypsy, goldrush, olive, and desert sand

Versamark and brown embossing powder

Water brushes (hobby lobby)