Cross Canada Hop - December 2019

Welcome to our CTMH Cross Canada Hop. This month we are featuring Cedar & Pine - a Christmas collection with more earthy, traditional colours and a pop of pink.  The Cross Canada Hop is a circular hop so if you've joined me from Colleen's blog, you are in the right place.

This time around, I decided to create a couple of layouts - one that I will be able to put some of my Christmas photos from this year on and another for something completely different.  I have been attending an online class all year and this layout is doing double duty - my homework is done for class, plus it works for this hop!  I love that our paper collections now include an optional 12 x 12 sticker sheet. It makes embellishing a layout effortless.

Materials used for this one:  black, french vanilla, mint, and kraft cardstocks, Cedar & Pine Paper pack w/sticker sheet, Mix-ins Paper pack, red shimmer trim, gold thread, mink twine, colour-ready kraft borders(retired) and Fancy Tags Thin Cuts (retired) and some gold glitter gems.

Here are couple of close ups of the sticker clusters. I did use some foam dots to give dimension to the stickers and had fun making a couple of messy nests with the gold twine.

Now, I want to show another single-page layout I've created with the same paper collection.  Although Cedar & Pine is a Christmas paper collection, I think this layout is so generic that it could be used for any occasion and I plan to add photos of my Mom's birthday (January) to it.  What do you think?

I still have a little work to do on this one, title, embellishments, etc but will wait to see what the photos "lead" me to do!  If you have a look at most of our paper collections, you will see that there is a lot of versatility in every pack.

If you love this collection and are interested in purchasing any of the products I've shown today, please visit https://rozkelly.closetomyheart.ca

Your next stop on our Cross Canada hop is Sheena's blog .  If you get lost along the way, Brandi has a complete list  of all the hoppers on her post.

 I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!  See you again in 2020!

Cross Canada Blog Hop - November 2019

I am jumping back on the blogging bandwagon with our CTMH Cross Canada Blog Hop. This month we feature the Holly Jolly paper collection, perfect for all your holiday crafting.  This is a circular hop so if you've joined me from Creations with Michelle, you are in the right place.

I have been prepping for my Christmas Card events and this was one of the cards I came up with. I love the bright colours of the Holly Jolly collection and the patterns feel a little bit whimsical so I wanted to keep my cards light-hearted.

This card features the Holly Jolly papers along with our retired Green Glitter paper.  I used our Stitched Square dies to cut the white daisy cardstock used for stamping.  I stamped the super cute snowman from our exclusive stamp set featured with the Holiday Cheer Tags & Ornaments special we have right now (CC101911) using Momenta black ink.  I added the sentiment (from the same adorable stamp set) with Candy Apple ink.  Just added a bit of a watercolour wash on the bottom for the snow. I did colour in my snowman's hat with my black marker and added colour to the holly leaves as well. Three dots of Christmas Red Stickles finished off the berries. I used some of our Thin Foam Tape to pop up the stamped image on the card, then embellished with Holly Jolly Dots.  Here' a closer look at the card:

I did a second card using the same paper layout, but with a non CTMH stamp that I had purchased several years ago and had never used:

I love that crazy cat and I am so happy that I finally stamped him!

Your next stop on our Cross Canada Hop is Sheena's blog. Join us again next month when we will be showcasing artwork using our Cedar and Pine collection.

To purchase any of the products featured in my post and everything else CTMH has to offer, please visit https://rozkelly.closetomyheart.ca

So many specials!

Sooo, I've been a little slack at posting here on my blog so I am going to really try to make a better effort to post more often.  I have been creating, just not sharing!

For today, I just want to share two additional specials CTMH is offering this month. The first is our "Heart Happy" product bundles and workshops that you can use to create beautiful cards and layouts, or a 6x8 mini album.

You can find all the details here:  Heart Happy Special

The second special we have is our newest cardmaking workshop kit called "Love Blossoms".  It features an exclusive double stamp set and materials needed to create 12 gorgeous cards.

 For more info on this workshop kit, Click Here

Watch for more posts coming soon!

Roz