Sketch Week at Heart 2 Heart

At Heart 2 Heart this week is a sketch sketch challenge. For my project I made a box of all occasion cards using the Salutation Seals Stamps Set. The stamp set has six seals for creating the six all occasion cards. The cards with envelops are placed in a clear box, wrapped with a ribbon and tag.

 Box of six all occasion cards

 Sketch

 Valentines Day Card

 Thanks you Card

 Time to celebrate

 Congratulations

 Thinking of you card

Happy birthday card

Now it's your turn to put your touch on this sketch. Don't forget to use CTMH products on your project.
I'm looking forward to seeing your creations posted this
week at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Typeset, Mayberry

Cardstock: Colonial white, Black. Vineyard Berry, Olive

Ink: Vineyard Berry, Olive, Black

Stamps: Salutation Seals, Love Life, Made With Love

Embellishments: Opaques, Tag Dimensional Elements

Other: Seam binding ribbon, assorted ribbons from stash

Too cute not to CASE

In the words of Vicki,  a "Easy, peasy" Thank You Christmas card cased from

Vicki Wizniuk who cased from Tosha Leyendekker.

Punch a border on each side and insert a BTP on the inside to show through the punched area. Stamp your wreath and add some holly leaves and a bow. Easy, peasy!

Celebrate Time at Heart 2 Heart

This week at Heart 2 Heart we will take a look at time and create a project that uses the theme "time".  This could include a clock, some numbers, a sentiment using "time," etc.

For my project I made a little mail box filled with Hot cocoa Packets for the kitchen. This way we always know where the hot cocoa is. Flag up when the box is full and flag down when it needs to be filled.

Now it's your turn to share your "Time" with us. Be sure to use some Close to my Heart product on your project and post at Heart 2 Heart for a chance to win some terrific prizes from our sponsors.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Elemental

Cardstock: Ponderosa Pine, Cranberry, Colonial White

Stamps: A Sip

Ink: Cranberry, Ponderosa Pine, Cocoa, Desert Sand

Other: Assorted Ribbons, Mail box



A Week of Gratitude at Heart 2 Heart

This week at Heart 2 Heart we are celebrating gifts from your heart to ours. The challenge will be to create something for someone you are grateful for. Tell us what is special about that person and why you created this particular item for them.

My gift of gratitude goes to my daughter. She is going to be our family Hostess for our Family Thanksgiving gathering.  Her favorite color is purple so I made her this gift bag decked out in purple that will hold her favorite Thanksgiving drink, Sparkling Cider.

This will be a fun week of sharing. Can't wait to hear about everyone's favorite person and see their special creation of gratitude.  Be sure to use some Close to My Heart product and post here at Heart 2 Heart.

CTMH Supplies:
BTP: Sonoma
Cardstock: Smokey Plum
Ink: Smokey Plum
Stamps: Thank You, Love Life
Embellishments: Heirloom Assortment, Colonial White Mini Medley
Other: Wine Bag, Seam Binding Ribbon, Bakers Twine

Sharing From the Heart Blog Hop

Welcome to our November Sharing From the Heart blog Hop. If you have come from Heather's Creative Coconut you are on the right path. Besides the SOTM, we are sharing Thanksgiving and Christmas ideas

My project for this month's hop is a mini pocket planner using the November Stamp of the Month "Cherish the Day."  Every year I make a calender project for my Christmas gifts. This year I'm making these pocket planners. With our new Cricut  Art Philosophy cartridge this project will be quick and easy to make.

Pocket Planner

Inside has a pocket for every two months. The first pocket holds the planning card for January and February

On each side of the pocket is the monthly calendar.

Each pocket hold the planner card with a month on each side. The planner card slides into the pocket.

Thank you for hopping with us. See you next month. Now it time to hop over to Kathleen's Bowl of Stamps for some amazing inspiration.

Directions: Cut out six envelopes from page 29 of the cricut booklet. I used 4" envelopes but you can adjust the size for your needs. Cut 12 tickets for the Stamp of the month tickets for each page.  Fold envelopes, cut off the top flap, and secure together using Bonding Memories Glue. Add scraps of BTP to each side of the envelope as desired leaving the top open to insert the planner card.  Attach your calendar and embellishments to each side of the envelopes. To make the front and back cut a piece of cardstock 4X8 and fold in half. Secure the folded piece together with bonding memories glue. Decorate and embellish as desired. If you don't have a Bind-It-All you can put your planner together with 3 loose-leaf rings.  Click on Picture tutorial to view tutorial.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Roxie

Cardstock: Roxie Level II

Ink: Smoothie, Black

Stamps: November SOTM

Embellishments: Bling Assortment, Opaques, Pink Button Assortment

Other: Various Ribbons

It's Metal Mania at Heart 2 Heart

The challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart is to add metal to your project. That can be hard to do with all the options we have for the use of metal. Which metal to use? Brads, eyelets, hinges, pins, Mini Medleys, charms, photo hangers, etc. The list goes on. I put all my metal on the table, closed my eyes and picked two pieces.

A pewter bookplate and an antique copper filigree butterfly.  To get my bookplate to look like antique copper (to coordinate) I used the brown StazOn ink pad to color the bookplate. Yea, now they both look like antique copper. Time to put the card together.

Now it's your turn to pick some metal and add it to your project. I can't wait to see all the metal works this week. I will be fun. Don't forget to use some Close to My Heart product on your project and post for us at Heart 2 Heart. You could win a great prize from one of our sponsors Wendy or Teri.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Sonoma

Cardstock: Colonial White

Ink: Cocoa

Stamps: Thank You, Sweet Moments

Embellishments: Pewter Bookplates, Opaques, Bliss filigree butterfly

Other: Handmade Flower

A Holiday Gift Card Includes Chocolate

Add this door hanger on the door of someone special or hang it on a bow of a package.

 Cut door hanger on page 25 of cricut booklet 10".

Decorate and fill with Hershey Bar and gift card holder.

Gift card holder. Tutorial Here.

Heart 2 Heart Color Challenge

Heart 2 Heart has a new color challenge for us this week.

 Let's play with Juniper, Autumn Terracotta, and Bamboo.

I'm so sorry to say that Juniper is not a color that I usually care for so this challenge was well, let's say extremely challenging. Since I was out of the box with the colors I decided to go out of the box with my creativity and try a water color. That way I could mute the Juniper color with water. If you like Juniper you should really like this challenge.
Water Color Technique: Stamp your image on your cardstock. Spray a light mist of water on a My Acrylix block. Press your stamp in the water and and stamp it over the inked image. The water will spread the ink to look like water color. The Autumn Terracotta flowers are stamped first, second, third, and fourth generations. Then stamp with the water. After the card dries you can add some Cocoa dots to the center of the flowers with a marker.

Not that I'm a fan of this color combination but I wanted to make those cute flowers that are on page 86 in the Autumn/Winter Idea Book. They are really fun to make.  I just used Autumn Terracotta first and second generations to make the flower. I used the Juniper buttons for the flower centers. (Not too much Juniper). Now it's your turn. Gather your Close to my Heart supplies and the three colors and let the creativity flow. Be sure to post your creation at Heart 2 Heart and you could win some terrific prizes from our sponsors Jena and Nichole.

CTMH Supplies:
Cardstock: Juniper, Bamboo, Autumn Terracotta
Ink: Juniper, Autumn Terracotta, Cocoa
Stamps: Hooray Bouquet, One of a Kind, Grown with Love
Embellishments: Assorted Green Buttons
Other: Ribbon from stash

Gift Card Holders on Parade #6

Door Hanger holds Hershey bar and Gift Card Holder

 Make Door Hanger on page 25 of cricut booklet 10".

Insert Hershey bar, gift card holder, and decorate as desired.

Gift Card Holder Tutorial

 Cut two 4 3/4" tag cards from cricut booklet page 60.

 Cut or punch a slit opening for the gift card. Attach the two tag sections together with a thin line of bonding memory glue on each side of the tag section forming a pocket for the gift card.  Leave the card flaps on each side to fold to the center.

 Fold the corners down on each side flap. Embellish with greetings and To/From tag. to close your card fold each side flap onto the gift card tag section.

Finished product is secured with a belly band and ready to insert into the door hanger.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Believe

Cardstock: Topiary, Holiday Red, White Daisy

Ink: Holiday Red, Topiary

Stamps: Tag the Occasion, Believe WOTG

Other: Assorted ribbons and Baker Twine from stash

Gift Card Holders on Parade #5

Treat Box with Gift Card and Nuggets

Make treat box using the font layer on page 22 of the cricut booklet 9 3/4".

This box will hold six nuggets and your gift card.

CTMH Supplies:

BTP: Believe

Cardstock: White Daisy, Sweet Leaf, Holiday Red

Ink: Topiary, Holiday Red

Stamps: December 25th

Assorted Ribbons and Bakers Twine from stash