Joyful Stars August Close to My Heart Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars August blog hop, 

where a group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, 

and me, 

gather to share ideas with you in a fun blog hop. 

Everyone sharing ideas on this hop (except me) is a consultant.  They are all excited about the new products in the new 2016-2017 Close to My Heart Catalog.  Unfortunately, I can't share the new products with you until next month, because I don't have any yet.   But, as of August 1st,  anyone can order from the new catalog,  (plus there is a great special for this month.)  and I do have my eye on a couple of items.

For this month's hop, I'm sharing a double gate fold card using a sheet of paper from the Happy Times paper pack which was a CTMH special a few months ago.  I think this is the prettiest sheet of paper in the pack.

 The flowers are cuts on the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge.

If you like flowers, you'll be heaven with the new CTMH Cricut Flower Market cartridge now available.

Now, since this is a blog hop you might have arrived here

 from Marie Flayer's blog.

Your next stop is Nancy Brown's blog.  The hop is circular.  So if you are just starting here, simply continue hopping until you find your way back, making the full circle.  If you get lost, the complete list of participants is on Joyce Houck's blog. 

Challenges:
Dragonfly Dreams Challenge - More than 1 fold
The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Flowers
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge - Always Anything Goes
Inky Chicks Challenge #70 - 5 or more flowers 

AHSC # 172 It kind of looks like a boat?

Interesting is how I'd describe the sketch today at 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  

To me it sort of resembles a boat.   

I'm imagining being out on a whale watching vessel and 

actually seeing a whale. 

Whale hello there!

 So, I went with that idea.   

 

 It is also a perfect sketch for using up some scraps.  Then I thought, why not use the colors from the current Color Dare Challenge?  And, I happen to have lots of pieces of the CTMH Fundamental papers in those colors, because I love it and refuse to waste a bit! (Really, when you dovetail a banner, do you save the little triangle?  It's that bad! 

 Love those papers!!!)

I can't wait until Wednesday when the DT at AHSC posts their cards to see what they did with this sketch.

Challenges:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge # 172

Color My Heart Color Dare Challenge # 205

 

Just Us Girls Challenge # 355 - Water 

Well, that was fun! 

Speaking of fun....

 

The CTMH Joyful Stars August Blog Hop 

starts Wednesday, August 10th.  

Hope to see you then!

Mojo Monday Sketch #460

Today I'm working on some birthday cards for a few of my Red Hat friends.  It's always nice to have the Mojo Monday Sketch for inspiration on a Monday morning.

(The stamps I used are by CTMH and the circle cut is on the CTMH Artiste Cricut Cartridge.) 

Challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #460

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #25 - Anything Goes 

Crafters' Cafe Challenge #154 - Flowers 

One card finished.  

Now I think I'll head over to 

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 

to see their sketch for this week. 

Chin Up! Shaker Card

When you have wash on the line and storms are forecasted, keeping your chin up and your eyes toward the sky is a really good idea.  Unfortunately, it makes it a bit difficult to do much else.  If it wasn't so hot, I'd take my book outside.  (Have you read The Great Alone by Janet Dailey?  It's pretty good so far, if you like historical fiction.)  But, I have a pretty good view out the kitchen window from here.  So, I'll do my post for today - a cute shaker card using a Gerda Steiner digi image Cute Fox 

 for the GSD August Progressive Challenge - and keep one eye on the sky.

 

I was trying to land a butterfly on the fox's nose for the picture but gave up.  The digi image was colored with markers.  Papers, sentiment stamps and wood trinkets are from CTMH.  The butterflies in the shaker were punched.  And the die cut frame is by Die-namics. 

Challenges:

Star Stampz Challenge - Add a sentiment 

Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Challenge #77 - All about animals

Just Add Ink Challenge #33 - just add "f"  (Fox)

Brown Sugar Challenge #210 - Shaker Card

Polka Doodles Challenge Week #30 - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Week 375 - Spots and Stripes

Gerda Steiner Designs August Challenge - Little Fox

Well, the sun's still out.  

Maybe, the showers will miss us 

or arrive after the wash has dried.

 

AHSC #171 - Yummy Birthday

This double dip ice cream cone (CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge) makes a cute birthday card.  It's my entry for this week's Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #171. 

The oval and number cuts are from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge. 

 Sentiment is a CTMH stamp.  Papers are CTMH. 

Embossing folders are from SU (background) and Cuttlebug (cone).

Additional Challenges:

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Papers and Why (CTMH- easy to coordinate)

Aud Sentiments Challenge #161 - For a child + sentiment 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge # 83 - Birthdays/Celebrations 

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #21 - Emboss It

613 Avenue Create Challenge #187 - Anything Goes w/ optional twist CYOC  (I chose the sense of taste with this yummy looking ice cream cone.)

Inkspirational Challenge #114  - Word Prompt - DIP (double dip ice cream cone)

Have a yummy day!

 

Mojo Monday Card #2

What do you do when you put adhesive tape on the wrong side of a piece of double sided dp?  And it's not the kind of tape that has a piece of paper covering the adhesive.  It's the kind that comes out of a tape runner, so the stickiness is just there, exposed, ready to grab onto anything and everything.  

Well, I made a second Mojo Monday Sketch # 459 Contest Card.

(Roller Coaster and Sentiment Stamps and Papers by CTMH)

Challenges:
Crafting by Designs Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampavie and more Challenge #268 - Blue
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #282 - Summer Activities (riding a roller coaster) - Ticket and overlay are cuts from the CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge
Get Creative Challenges #44 - Lots of Blue
Mojo Monday Sketch #459 Contest

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #305 with Robyn's Fetish

It was so nice of Robyns Fetish Stamp Shop to sponsor Tuesday Throwdown's Tic Tac Toe Challenge this week.

I hope you'll be able to play along and maybe win one of their lovely digital designs. 

 

Featured on my DT card is A Little Birdie Told Me, a digital stamp from Robyns Fetish Stamp Shop.

 I've chosen to use items from the Tic Tac Board in a diagonal from lower left to upper right:  Flowers, Marker, and Ribbon.

 

I hope you'll join us this week at Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.