Cross Canada Blog Hop - Home Decor

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring home decor creations.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at creationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca. If you came from Chantal Pearson of It's a Hoot Papercrafts then you are in the right place!

To make this hinged display tray, I used the following Close to My Heart products:

Z1838 Hinged Display Tray $18.95

X7180B Balloon Ride Paper Packet $9.95

X7180C Balloon Ride Complements $4.95

Z3003  Balloon Ride Assortment $5.95

Z1825  Keyboard Kraft Alphabet $4.95

Z1151  3-D Foam Tape  $5.95

To order any of these products or other Close to My Heart products, please contact me or visit my website at www.nancy.ctmh.com

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Lynette of C1 Make 1.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, Creations with Michelle as she has the complete blog list. 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Fancy Fold Cards  So mark June 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Enjoy!
Nancy K.

Hearts of the West Blog Hop

Welcome to the 1st Hearts of the West Blog Hop!

Our fearless leader Nancy Klein choose our first color challenge, Buttercup, Sorbet, New England Ivy, Gypsy and lagoon as well as the basic color pallet.

This is a circular blog hop, so matter where you start..If you keep going to will end back where you started and you can find a full list at the end of this post, just in case 

If you came from Donna Digby's bloghttp://www.facebook.com/l/kAQG2zRgK/datsmystyledj.blogspot.ca/2014/05/ctmh-hearts-of-west-blog-hop.html, then you're in the right order.

Spring Artbooking Double Page Layout

Colors used include Buttercup, Gypsy, Lilac Mist (a now retired color), Lagoon, Taffy (another retired color), Lagoon, and New England Ivy. This layout was inspired by a palette on the Design Seeds website. I love their color combinations! Visit again on June 1st to see more! I also invite you to visit regularly as I will be posting my finished layout. I apologize for not having photos this time since my photo printer crashed on me. On that note, I would love to hear what photo printer you love using! I look forward to hearing from you!

I used Close to My Heart's latest Cricut Collection called Artbooking to create this double page layout. It's so fun and easy to use! Contact me to order yours today

Thanks for stopping buy and please feel free to comment..We just love reading them!

Your next stop is to see Chelsey at Personal Touch Scrapbooking.http://www.facebook.com/l/LAQGskrSI/www.personaltouchscrapbooking.com/2014/05/hearts-of-west-may-blog-hop.html

See you next month for our next Hearts of the West Team Challenge.

Remember you're welcome to join our amazing team, just contact one of these consultants to get you started! if you need help just message any of us and we will direct you to the closest consultant to you!

Enjoy!

Nancy K.

Quote

I wanted to share a wonderful quote:

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal; it is the courage to continue that counts."
   - Winston Churchhill

Good Friday

Blessing to everyone on this Good Friday

We are saved not by 

what we do

But by what Christ

has done.

It is finished.

I let my dog Mac out this morning and noticed that the robins have returned! It was such a wonderful sight!

Enjoy your Good Friday.

Close to My Heart's Cross Canada Blog Hop - Featuring the Cricut Artbooking Cartridge

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring creations made with our latest Cricut Cartridge, Artbooking.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca. If you came from Chantal of It's a Hoot Paper Crafts then you are in the right place!

This project was my featured project at our Spring 2014 Retreat in Canmore, Alberta. For this project we used the following Close to My Heart products:

Skylark Paper Packet - X7177B - $9.95

Skylark Complements - X7177C - $4.95

Skylark Assortment - Z3000 - $5.95

Lagoon Zipper Lace - Z1917 - $3.95

Aqua Dots - Z1853 - $3.95

Sparkles Clear Flourishes - Small - Z1812 - $4.95

3-D Foam Tape - Z1151 - $5.95

Close to My Heart's Cricut Artbooking Collection - Z1906 - $99

Designed Decor Flip Stand Album - Z1896 - $12.95

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Karen of Clearly Precious.

 If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.cahttp://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca/2014/04/cross-canada-blog-hop-artbooking-in.html, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Home Decor projects.  So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

If you would like more information about my crops, workshops, retreats, or clubs please contact me - I'd love to have you join and earn rewards!

April is the perfect month to join Close to My Heart and my Hearts of the West Team! For only $99, you will get more than $400 worth of products AND you will get to choose one of Close to My Heart's Cricut Collections for FREE! The Cricut Collection is worth $99! For more information, visit my website at www.nancy.ctmh.com

Enjoy!
Nancy K.

Come Join My Hearts of the West Team!

Hi everyone!

It's an AMAZING month to join Close to My Heart and my fabulous Hearts of the West Team! I've never seen such a great time to join! When you join before the end of April, you will receive your choice of one of Close to My Heart's Cricut Cartridge Collections - this is worth $99 and the kit is only $99 so your Cricut Cartridge Collection is FREE! Yahoo! If you have ever thought about owning your own business doing something you love, NOW is the time! You will LOVE being a part of our team - we share ideas, artwork, we get together at team meetings, stamp & scrap camps and corporate events, learn and grow with each other and create new friendships while creating beautiful artwork and scrapbooks! Ask me how you can join today - it's easy!

Close to My Heart - Ariana Card

Hi all!

It's been a while since I posted but I'm back! My family and I took a well needed vacation to Oahu in February. We had a fabulous time! I will be posting some photos in upcoming posts so stay tuned!

In the meantime, I have been playing with brand new Close to My Heart products and created this gorgeous Ariana card. I hope you love it!

I used the following products:

Ariana Paper Packet - X7179B - $9.95

Colonial White Cardstock - 1388 - $14.50

Pearl Flourishes (sorry, they are no longer available but you could easily use Sparkles Flourishes - Z1708 - $4.95)

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge (to make the flowers and lace piece) - Z1686 - $99

To order these products, please visit my website at www.nancy.ctmh.com

Or if you want to join my Hearts of the West team, please contact me!

Have a great day!

Nancy K.