Joyful Stars Close to My Heart March 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to the March 2020

Close to My Heart Joyful Stars Blog Hop.

Have some fun hopping between the blogs of this group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, where we share creative projects.

For my card this month, I've used the zip strips from the edges of 2 sheets of patterned paper in the new Seas the Day Paper Packet X7255B and the new Happy Easter Bunny Stamp Set A1246.  Many thanks to CTMH consultant Bobbi Forsythe for supplying me with these items from the new Close to Mt Heart Catalog.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Nancy Brown's blog.

Your next stop is Joyce Houck's blog.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

Challenges:
Inkspirational Challenge #208 - Animals
Crafty Friends Challenge #130 - Animals/Birds
Crafters Castle March Challenge #27 - AG 
Crafty Animals Challenge #36 - AG
Crafts Galore Encore March Challenge #73 - AG 
A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge March #3 2020 - AG
A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #111 - AG 
2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #37 - Dots and/or stripes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #36 - AG with animals

Double Trouble Challenge # 49

There's a new box next to my craft desk.  This one is for Easter/Spring cards, which I will mail off to Send a Smile 4 Kids*.

It's also a new week and a new challenge at 

Double Trouble Challenge Blog. 

This month the theme is Again and Again (using something multiple times) with options of including a critter and also entering the Use Your Stuff  Challenge.  

I found the little bunnies dies at a used craft sale a few years ago. 

The frames are dies from My Favorite Things.

And for this cute Easter Bunny digi, which I colored with markers, hop over to Mo's Digital Pencil.

Challenges:

Double Trouble Challenge #49 - Again and Again (frames & bunnies), Old product and Critters (bunnies) 

Use Your Stuff Challenge #391 -  Critters

QKR Stampede Challenge #383- AG 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies February Challenge - AG with critters

Gem of a Challenge Wk 3 - AG 

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Die Cuts/Punches 

Cardz 4 Gals Challenge #114 - Use Kraft Paper (The frames and bunnies are kraft paper.  The bunnies are from the same sheet but I colored them with marker so they would be a bit darker than the frames.)

 

*The February challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge is Easter/Spring cards.   I'd love to see your ideas there.

Send a Smile 4 Kids February 2020 Challenge

The theme for the February Challenge at 

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is Easter or Spring cards 4 Kids.

This month I've used a digi image from 

Scribbles Designs called Egg Truck. 

If you are interested in making and donating cards to SAS4K, you can find all the information you need right here.

 I hope you'll enter this month's SAS4K Challenge.  

And, if you aren't ready for Easter or Spring, that's okay.

Anything Goes cards are always welcome. 

We love to see your wonderful creations and visit your blogs.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - AG 

Through the Craft Room Door Jan. 29th Challenge - AG 

Digi Choosday Challenge wk 4 - AG 

The Paper Shelter Challenge #412 - Digital Image

Little Red Wagon Challenge #534 - Masculine 

Krafty Chicks Challenge #492 wk 5 - AG 

Aud Sentiments Challenge Wk 243 - AG + a sentiment 

Crafter's Castle February Challenge #26 - AG 

A Gem of a Challenge Wk 3 - AG 

 

Card Club at Seabreeze Rec. Ctr.

This afternoon was my last Card Club meeting here in The Villages until next year.  Below is the card we all made, with a few variations in colors and sentiments.

And here are a few more I made using the same layout, a set of pretty spring flower stamps from Crafts Beautiful magazine, and a sheet of patterned paper I just couldn't resist buying.

 I'm happy to have a few spring birthday cards ready for upcoming April birthdays.

 

Double Trouble Challenge #22 - Magic Slider Card

Hello My Crafty Friends!

Today I wanted to try a die from Tattered Lace that I had received in a blog challenge a long time ago.  And it just so happened to be perfect for the "magic" element requested by Twisted Sister at Double Trouble Challenge #22.  

 I've made a tiny Magic Slider Card and attached it to the front of a normal A2 card.

 

 Trouble Maker supplied a Tic Tac Toe board this week.

 

I chose the middle row: sentiment, image. sparkle/glitter. 

The sentiment is a CTMH stamp and the image was a freebie magazine stamp.

Glitter foil is a fabulous way to get that sparkle without the mess. 

I used it on both the flourish and the butterfly.

And Double Dare wants everyone to also enter the Use Your Stuff Challenge #348 . 

Additional Challenges I am entering:

Little Red Wagon Challenge #484 - Move On!

A Gem of a Challenge Week 3 - AG

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #213 -  Fancy Folds or Embossing or both

Animal Friends February Challenge - Butterflies 

2 Sisters on the Blog Challenge #24 - More than 1 fold 

 

Happy Easter with scraps

To all my faithful blog friends, 

I wish you a very Happy Easter.

This card is totally made of scraps, cast offs, and leftovers,

a perfect way to clean off my craft table.

Challenges:

Cards in Envy Challenge - No Patterned Paper

Aud Sentiments Challenge #200 - Easter or Spring

4 Crafty Chicks Crazy Egg Challeneg #396 - Anything Goes

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #362 - Easter (The egg die was a freebie from Cardmaking and Papercraft Magazine.)

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #208 - Bunnies, Chicks or Eggs 

 

Paper Piecing

My plan was to gather things to work on at a crop.  But after I stamped this bunny (4 times), one thing lead to another and before I knew it I had all these little shirts, pants and ties stamped, fussy cut and ready to assemble on a card.  A lot of scraps went into making 4 of these cards which are headed to SAS4K. 

 The papers and stamps are from CTMH.

Challenges:

Cute Card Thrusday Challenge #518 - Cute Critters
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #391 - Color Challenge/Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door Feb 20th Challenge - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - Easter
Craftaholics R Us Challenge #8 - Anything Goes 
 

Bunny Die

Last week I posted some iris folding cards using the negative from one of my dies.  Were you wondering what the die cut looked like?  Here it is:

The die is from Die-versions, which just happens to have it on sale right now.  The stamped frame and sentiment and papers are CTMH retired items from my stash.  I gave a friend a few of these little bunnies and she made fabulous shaker cards with them. 

Challenges:

Papercraft Challenge #4 - Pastel Colors 

DLArt Thankful Thursday Challenge #222 - Pink or Red

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #64 - Think Pink

heARTful stamping challenge - Anything Goes + a stamp

Pile It On Challenge - 3D Embellishments

 

Iris Folding Anyone?

The other day I die cut some really pretty bunnies which are waiting to find homes.  I really wanted to use the negatives for some iris folding.

 Papers and stamps are from CTMH.  I was going to use cotton for the bunny tails until the spool of crochet cotton caught my eye.  The eye is just a black dot of marker with glue on top.  The nose is a punched circle, also with a dot of glue.

Challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - AG  or Easter/Spring Cards 4 Kids 

Crafty Animals Challenge #11 - Anything Goes 

Animal Friends Challenge #59 - Stripes and/or Dots 

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #61 - Anything Goes 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #11 - Anything Goes 

QKR Stampede Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar February Challenge - 2 or More Layers

heARTful stamping challenge - Anything Goes with a stamp 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #193 - Anything Goes 

Always Fun Challenge #44 - Anything Goes 

Allsorts Challenge #453 - Spots and/or Stripes 

Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge #45 - Anything Goes (It sure is a lot easier to fold all the strips if you score them first!)