A HAPPY HELLO FROM CLOSE TO MY HEART SIDE STEP CARD - AUSTRALASIAN SOTM BLOG HOP

 

Hello, Welcome to our Close To My Heart Australasian A HAPPY HELLO - February Stamp of The Month (SOTM) Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Anne - Mummy you made this blog  then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. We'd love you to leave a comment on each blog hop post along the way to let us know you've enjoyed your hop !!!!!!!!!! 

 

 

A HAPPY HELLO STAMP SET

 

 

 

THIS STAMP SET IS CALLED " A HAPPY HELLO"

Its available for purchase all year round for $27.00 from your CTMH Consultant

.or from February 1st - 28th you can purchase it for only $5.00 with EVERY $75.00 you spend.

From the moment I saw this stamp set, this card immediately sprang into my mind. As well as several others, so be sure and pop by another time to check them out.

 

Be sure to checkout the list of supplies and colours used to create this card and leave a comment to let me know you stopped by.  Now onto the next blog, the very lovely - 

 Georgia O'Shea - Georgia Creates

 

HERE IS THE LIST OF SUPPLIES TO MAKE THIS CARD:

February Stamp of The Month: A Happy Hello  - S1502

Heart Strings paper pack -X7193B

Junebug Puffies - Z3038

Epoxy Bubbles Z1935

Exclusive In Pads:

Cranberry

Outdoor Denim

Thistle

Topiary

HAND MADE THANK YOU CARD USING FLOWERS FOR MUM FROM CLOSE TO MY HEART AUSTRALIA - Atlantic Hearts Challenge #91

 

ATLANTIC HEARTS SKETCH CHALLENGE #91

I am so honoured and excited, I have been asked to be a Designer for the Atlantic Hearts Challenge Design Team

Today am highlighting how easy it is to do some two step stamping

 

I haven't done any two step stamping for a while and thought I would, test myself again and I found the Close To My Heart stamp set FLOWERS FOR MUM from our new Seasonal Expressions mini catalogue was the perfect stamp set to do it with.  In the picture below are the flowers used in the card.  The dark coloured and the white outlined shape of the flower.  The secret to affective two step stamping is using the full dark image stamp in a light colour, the using the white outlined stamp, using out acrylic blocks,  ink up in a darker colour and line it up over the top of the already stamped lighter colour.  The affect can be obtained by either inking with the similar colours one darker then the other.  Or by using Slate or Basic Black. The colours I have used are hollyhock and slate and of course our gorgeous new thick pink twine. If you would like to see more of these products, simply CLICK HERE

 

Flowers for Mum Item Number: B1474 $15.00

 

 

 

HANDMADE MONSTER HIGH BIRTHDAY CARD AND NECKLACE - BASE AND BLING FROM CLOSE TO MY HEART

My dd12 is invited to a friends Monster High birthday party today

and asked me if I could make her a card and a necklace using the

CLOSE TO MY HEART BASE AND BLING

Well it was a little bit of a challenge because close to my heart don't sell Monster high, so of course I didn't have anything other, so I printed off a colouring in page of the Clawdeen Wolf Monster High doll (which I coloured mainly with our Shin Han Alcohol markers) and the monster high image, which I shrunk to a 1"square and set it in our

Base and Bling Square Pendant with some Liquid Glass and Square Glass cover.  Perfect, now to add some of Gorgeous Charms,  I found a used jewellery box and decorated it with Confetti Paper pack, Pink Shimmer Trim and a bow. 

 

 

HANDMADE DISPLAYS FOR BASE N BLING - WITH CLOSE TO MY HEART CUT ABOVE KITS

 

Close to my Heart make handmade gift giving so much easier.

With the fantastic range of Close To My Heart Base N Bling range, they have everything from cuffs to chains, charms, sentiments and all sorts of shape and sizes.  I am so addicted to this range and have given so many hand made unique gifts using the Base N Bling range that I just had to come up with a really nice way to package them.

 

Tad dah !!!!  Don't know why I hadn't thought to do this earlier - put them in and display them in the Close To My Heart Cut Above Treat Bag kits. Who says they have to be just for treats right ?

I know.  With the assembly of the treat bag, which comes complete in the kit with enough supplies to make up 10 in each kit and a little self made insert card to hand the necklace from, I have been able to create the perfect display for my hand made necklaces to hang from for gifts. 

The cut above kits were so easy to create and they stand up on their own to display the necklaces.

So if you love making your own jewellery for gifts think about using these fantastic cut above kits.

CLOSE TO MY HEART - YOUR THE BOMB - OPERATION SMILE AUSTRALASIAN BLOG HOP - CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA - FOREVER IN MY HEART

My Dressing Screen Card

 

Hello, Welcome to our Close To My Heart Australasian YOUR THE BOMB - operation smile  Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Jenny's Creative Heart Blog  then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. We'd love you to leave a comment on each blog hop post along the way to let us know you've enjoyed your hop !!!!!!!!!! 

 

DID YOU KNOW THAT  ?

You can change the life of a child with just one stamp set.

When you purchase the C-size You’re the Bomb stamp set at full retail price anytime from now through March 31st 2015,

Close To My Heart will donate $3* of the proceeds to Operation Smile.  Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has performed over 220,000 surgical procedures to correct facial deformities in children. It only takes an hour for volunteer medical teams to perform these life-altering surgeries that will give children confidence for a lifetime.

And you can help by simply purchasing this stamp set today.

* Donation is $3 USD.

 

 

 

 Hope your surprised seeing my Dressing Screen Card, I've just loved making it.

The colours I have used are Cranberry and Black which match beautifully with our new

Heart Strings Paper pack.  This week we are promoting the You're The Bomb stamp set to help fundraise money for operation smile, which I have featured in this card.  I have also used a couple of other stamp sets: Celebrate Australia and Forever in My Heart. 

Be sure and leave a comment to let me know you stopped by and now onto the next blog

LAURENS CTMH CRAFTINGS

 

 

Inside the card.

 

CELEBRATE AUSTRALIA

 

 

FOREVER IN MY HEART

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NATIONAL PAPERCRAFTING MONTH WITH CLOSE TO MY HEART YEAR NOTED

 

January is National Paper Crafting Month and Close To My Heart is celebrating

with a special bonus buy with purchase.

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With every $75.00 purchase you are eligible to purchase this fabulous

Year Noted paper pack and Kraft mini album for just $15.00

 

 Look what you get for only $15.00 with your $75 purchase

 

 

 

I wanted to add extra photos to my album, being a new nana in 2014 I had a stack of photos of my first grand child that I just had to brag about, so I added a few  FLIP FLAPS so that I could store extra photos in my year noted mini album.  It was a great way to have a complete year in review.

4" X 6" Memory Protectors™ Flip Flaps™

 

 

 

CRAFT STORAGE IDEA'S - CLOSE TO MY HEART PICTURE MY LIFE - MEDIUM ORGANISER

 

As many crafters know, Organisation and Storage of our Craft supplies, is at times an impossible task, but once done makes our crafting time so much easier.

Close To my heart have a range called PML - PICTURE MY LIFE CARDS.

Im starting to get a little collection of cards which I use on a variety of projects, from card making, to scrapbooking to 3d projects, including My Crush books and Mini Albums.

 

They were always in a mess and so unorganised.  So today I sorted them all into their themes.

 

Using a Close To My Hearts MEDIUM ORGANISER as a filing system to place and protect my PML cards was a NO Brainer.  Now no matter whether I am creating or selling my PML cards everyone can see and sort through them.