Joyful Stars Close to My Heart February 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to the February 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. 

I recently came across a You Tube card tutorial.  It said it was a "gorgeous fun fold that will change your life".   Of course I had to try it.  It's a nice fancy fold, although I doubt it will change my life.

But who knows?

 

The CTMH paper I used is called Spruced Up.

The stamps are from the February Stamp of the Month. 

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.

Here's the link to "the gorgeous fun fold card that will change your life".

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart January 2020 Blog Hop

Welcome to the January 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.

There's a new catalog out and  I'm sure you'll be seeing a lot of new CTMH products if you hop along.

I've used a new stamp set, Spruced Up Cardmaking, new paper, Spruced Up, and new Stitched Bracket Thin-cuts

on this double diamond point Birthday Card. 

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 where I am sharing this card:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge #540 - AG

Southern Girls Challenge - AG

Crafty Creations January Challenge #405 - AG

Arty Divas Challenge #12 - AG

Crafty Sentiments Challenge - AG 

Lemon Shortbread Challenge #110 - AG 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - AG 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #448 - Something New (CTMH design paper, die cut, bird stamp) 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Something New  (CTMH design paper, die cut, bird stamp)

Use Your Stuff Challenge #389 - AG

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Try Something New 

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge - AG

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - AG

Double Trouble Challenge #46

One of my good friends is going to have a wonderful new year.

She's going to be a grandmother for the first time!

It's too early to know if the baby is a boy or girl, so I made a gate fold card and to cover both genders.

The theme of Double Trouble's current challenge is

Something, Anything, and Everything. With options of using something new (the heart embossing folder), or making your project about something new (new grandma) to make Twisted Sister happy.  I've also linked up with one of Double Trouble partners, The Crafter's Cafe.

Additional Challenges:

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Holidays or I spy something beginning with a C (Congratulations) 

Allsorts Challenge #551/2 - AG

Colour Crazy Challenge Week 50 - AG

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart December Blog Hop

Welcome to the December

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 using CTMH products.

Here are my contributions:

 I've used papers from all three of the new paper packs in the Close to My Heart  November, December 2019 catalog.  The stamps are all retired CTMH stamps.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Stephanie Huber's FB page

(click on the "Post" link )
 Stephanie is currently experiencing some technical difficulties.
Please hop to Andrea Sherman's blog to see her wonderful No Peekin' Gift tags.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart November Blog Hop

Welcome to the November

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 using CTMH products.

Have you ever made a twist card?

Today I'd like to share a few twist gift card holders using several of the new CTMH papers.  These are just like a normal twist card, only the dimensions are smaller.

Here are the dimensions I used to make these three cards:

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Stephanie Huber's FB page.

The hop is circular.

If you are just starting here,

simply continue hopping until you find your way back,

making the full circle.

Challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Nov. 5th - AG

The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #59 - Anything Christmas 

Arty Divas Challenge #8 - AG 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #607 - AG

Crafty Catz Challenge #482 - AG with a Christmas twist 

A Gem of a Challenge Week 22 - AG 

Fall Sunflowers

While my DH is busy playing in the fall leaves, 

I thought I'd share a fall card.

 

  

When I picked up this sunflower paper, I wish I had picked up more than one sheet because I just love it. 

I had just enough left for the top and bottom panels of this horizontal gate fold card. 

Using CTMH stamps, I stamped, colored and fussy cut a sunflower and three leaves*.  I popped them on the lower panel positioned so that the sentiment (also a CTMH stamp) can be tucked under it to keep the card closed. 

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Fall/Autumn Colors

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #109 - Rich Autumn Colors

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #108 - Something beginning with "s"  (Sunflowers, sequins, stamps)

Use Your Stuff Challenge #380 - Fall Project with 3 leaves*

Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Artsy Stamper Challenge #2 - Patterned Paper

 

Joyful Stars Close To My Heart September Blog Hop

Welcome to the September

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 using CTMH products.

The new catalogs have debuted, which means we have new papers, stamps and other items to share with you.

I decided to use the new Hawthorne Paper Packet to make a Flip Flap birthday card.  The instructions can be found here.  I also used two new CTMH stamps sets.

Pull the little tab of ribbon on the right to unveil a message.

And you still have the inside of the card to stamp or write another message.

Can you see the glitter?

 I had just a few scraps of paper leftover from making this card.  Using the same stamp set, I made another card.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Krista Hershberger'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.

Meanwhile, I'm going to enter the flip flap card in following challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It! No digis

The House That Stamps Built DCCS419 - Things beginning with B (blue, and bling for the eyes and nose)

Ellebelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge - Something beginning with B (blue)

Brown Sugar Challenge #293 - AG

Inkspirational Challenge #195 - Crop ( I cropped the flower.)

Crafty Friends Challenge #118 - Autumn Colors

Crafty Calendar September Challenge - Lots of Layers 
Stinkin Inkers Challenge - Fancy Folds 
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp It 
Crafting Happiness Challenge #13 - Birthday 
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by.  

I hope you enjoyed my cards and the blog hop! 

Send a Smile 4 Kids August Challenge

Wow!  August is already here!  

And so is a new challenge at Send a Smile 4 Kids!

This month the theme is Thank You Cards 4 Kids or

Anything Goes 4 Kids .

Hopefully, this gate fold card will help inspire you.

The stamps are from CTMH.

There was just a bit of the patterned paper left.

Not anymore, because I made a second card.

 These stamps and dies are from ARTc (owl) and Sizzix (sentiment and shapes).

Both these cards will go to a SAS4K volunteer who will send them on to a children's hospital for patient use.  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.  We love to see your wonderful creations and visit your blogs.

Challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #437 - Furry Friends 

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #593 - Anything Goes 

Aud Sentiments Challenge #232 - For a Child + a sentiment 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #29 - AG with a critter 

Brown Sugar Challenge #292 - Anything Goes 

Inkspirational Challenge #192 - Fold 

A Gem of a Challenge Week 15 - Anything Goes

Double Trouble Challenge #34 - Something, Anything, Everything (no sunshine but I've linked to Brown Sugar Challenge and 2 Crafty Critter Crazies) 

Guest Designer at TTCRD

Through The Craft Room Door is one of the challenges I routinely enter.  Last month I entered the birthday card I made for my mother and was delighted when it won.  As a result of that win, I was asked to be a Guest Designer for this week's 

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge.

The theme is always Always Anything Goes. 

And this week's sponsor is 

SheepSki Designs, 

which created the beautiful digi image I have used 

on this double easel fold card.

It is called Hello.

The mermaid was colored with pencils, which I blended with clear Wink of Stella to also add a bit of glitter. 

But, I wanted more glitter.

So I heat embossed it with a powder from SNS called peppermint stick, which gave me shine and glitter.

I cut masks for both the mermaid and sea horses and then sponged the background with three colors of ink, before cutting the image with a stitched rectangle die.

The sea horses were fussy cut and popped.  They received a coating of CTMH liquid glass to give them that great clear shine.  Before die cutting the top layer of the 3 layer hello, I simply adhered a piece of gold foil to the purple paper.

Here are a two more photos from different angles.

 

The seaweed and anchor are cuts from the CTMH Flower Market Cricut cartridge.  The sentiment, heat embossed with eggplant EP, is from Whimsy Stamps. 

Finally, here is a peek at the inside of the card.

(I found this cute seahorse sticker in my stash 

and couldn't resist adding him to the inside 

along with a bit more seaweed.)

It was so nice of Through The Craft Room Door to invite me to share a card with you this week.

Thank you, Cara.

I hope you'll visit their blog and their facebook group, too.

You might want to check out the

 SheepSki Design Challenge Blog and facebook group, too.  

Challenges:

The Joy of Sets Tic Tac Toe Challenge #007 - Glitter, Hello, Emboss

 

The Fairy and the Unicorn July Challenge - AG optional Mermaid

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #113 - Vitamin Sea

Digi Choosday Challenge Week 30 -AG

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge - AG

SheepSki Designs Challenge #38 - AG with a SheepSki Design/ option: favorite embellishment (I love the effect of adding the gold foil adhesive to papers and I also love using the little bubbles that look like glass as embellishments.  I have them in every color, and for the life of me can't remember their name.  That should keep me awake tonight!)

Joyful Stars Close To My Heart July Blog Hop

Welcome to the July

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 using CTMH products.

This month I've made a fun fold card using papers and cut outs from the Sweet Girl paper pack.  

The "Thank You" is from the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Joyce Gough's blog.

Your next stop is Marie Flayer'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.

Triple Panel Stand Up Birthday Card

At least I think it's called a Triple Panel Stand Up Card. 

Please correct me if I'm wrong. 

This card was for my mother's 89th birthday.

I wanted to show off the pretty chip board circle and sentiment that came with some very pretty papers and a lovely set of fairy stamps in my last Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine.

Card Front

Card back with stamps by Stampendous

 Here are a few more cards I made to use up leftovers and try out the freebie stamps.

These 3 cards went in the box for Send a Smile 4 Kids.

Challenges:

Inkspirational Challenge #190 - 3 or 5 of something (I used 3 colored pearls as heads on each of the butterflies.)

613 Avenue Create Challenge #222 - AG with option of more than 1 fold

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - AG 

Through the Craft Room Door June 25th Challenge - AG

Aud Sentiments Challenge #230 - AG + a sentiment 

Daring Cardmakers Challenge - Cut It Up: use pretty designer papers 

Birthday Peacocks

An uninvited flock of peacocks has decided to make the tree in my friend's yard their home.  

For her birthday, I thought she needed a peacock on her card.  

 In fact, everyone who had birthdays this week also received a peacock card.  What fun stamps from MFT!

 

Challenges:

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge June 25th - AG 
Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #426 - Happy Birthday 
Cute Card Thursday Challenge #588 - Birthdays
Aud Sentiments Challenge #230 - AG + a sentiment
QKR Stampede Challenge #354 - AG 
Polkadoodles Challenge wk26 - AG