Heart 2 Heart Challenge | Green Thumb

 If you {heart} Close To My Heart, then this challenge is for you!

Each Monday, a new challenge is posted, and Close To My Heart products are required to enter.

Don't have any CTMH products? Then beg, borrow, or BUY from our fabulous roster of Consultants!

Sponsored and created by Independent Consultants for Close To My Heart, all challenges will be posted on Monday mornings with the deadline to enter on the last day of the month or on the Saturday following the month's final challenge. All challenges close at midnight EST. (Each month, the final challenge date will be announced to help you play along. You have all month to play, so join us often!) You might even be in our Top 10!

Welcome to this week's Heart 2 Heart challenge!

We have something a little different for you this week - it's a green thumb challenge. 

You can take the theme, colors, design or another element from the photo below as inspiration for your project. Please identify in your post how this photo inspired you so we don't have to guess! 

Let's take a look at what I've created for this challenge. 

Today's card was inspired by the greenery in the Fabulous Flamingo stamp set! 

What will your inspiration be? 

*Our challenges are open to everyone!

*To enter, use the challenge of the week to inspire you and post your results to your personal blog or other online gallery.

*Be sure to the H2H blog and use a direct link* to your challenge post so we can see your artwork!

*In order to enter a challenge, you must use CTMH products but your project does not have to be 100% CTMH.

Heart 2 Heart Challenge | Photo Inspiration

If you {heart} Close To My Heart, then this challenge is for you!

Each Monday, a new challenge is posted, and Close To My Heart products are required to enter.

Don't have any CTMH products? Then beg, borrow, or BUY from our fabulous roster of Consultants!

Sponsored and created by Independent Consultants for Close To My Heart, all challenges will be posted on Monday mornings with the deadline to enter on the last day of the month or on the Saturday following the month's final challenge. All challenges close at midnight EST. (Each month, the final challenge date will be announced to help you play along. You have all month to play, so join us often!) You might even be in our Top 10!

Welcome to this week's Heart 2 Heart challenge!

We have something a little different for you this week - it's a photo inspiration challenge. 

You can take the theme, colors, design or another element from the photo above as inspiration for your project. Please identify in your post how this photo inspired you so we don't have to guess! 

Let's take a look at what I've created for this challenge. 

Today's card was inspired by the photo in the the new seasonal catalog featuring the fabulous Flamingo! 

What will your inspiration be? 

*Our challenges are open to everyone!

*To enter, use the challenge of the week to inspire you and post your results to your personal blog or other online gallery.

*Be sure to the H2H blog and use a direct link* to your challenge post so we can see your artwork!

*In order to enter a challenge, you must use CTMH products but your project does not have to be 100% CTMH.

*If you use something from another company, please consider including details in your project's description.

* You MUST mention H2H challenges in your blog post (and a link back to H2H Blog would be appreciated).

*Spread the word about our challenge blog by including our badge on your blog.

*Most importantly, have fun creating - the Close To My Heart way!

Any entries not following the above rules are subject to having their link removed.

(*To direct link, please leave a link that takes us directly to your blog/gallery page that includes your challenge post - not to your blog home page. To do this, after you've published your post, click on the title. That URL in your browser window is the one that you want to copy & paste into Mr. Linky here.)

Floral Celebrations | August Stamp of the Month

Hi Friends!! 

New Month! New SOTM!!! New Kits! YASSSS!

(See the video overview for these kits HERE!) 

The 'Stamp of the Month' is a new (monthly-exclusive) Stamp set (that you can get for as little as $5 - that's a $13.95 savings off the original price) AND it also brings a new (exclusive from me) Stamp of the month Pre-cut Kit AND cutting guide (should you choose to create even more projects using your new stamp set)!

You are gonna ADORE this set!!!

The FREE Pre-cut kit you will receive directly from me will include all of the pre-cut pieces, Cricut images, base pages, embellishments, as well as card bases and envelopes!

I will also email you the cutting guide, and the photos of the completed projects (for assembly assistance) so you can re-create even more projects on your own!

You'll want to join me ALL.MONTH.LONG. over at my Facebook Business Page where I will be demonstrating creation tips and assembly of each of these projects!

Let's have a closer look at the projects! They really are just quite cute! :)

I used a CTMH cricut image to create this cute little kit! (If you plan to re-create additional kits using my design space file you will need to have this images)

You are welcome to join me all month long on my Business Page for LIVE demonstrations using this stamp in many different of ways!

If you'd like to create even more of these projects using your own August Stamp of the month I'm providing the complete supply listing below for you.

This workshop will create 24 Cards, 8 each of 4 designs plus 16 mini pillow treat boxes, 8 each of 2 designs  using the August 2020 Stamp of the Month.

Supply Listing

Consumable Supplies: (these are pre-cut and included in the kit you will receive from me)

Mix-in Coordinating Cardstock

X9018 $5.95 (1)

Mix-in Paper Packet X9017 $6.95 (1)

White Daisy Cardstock 1385 $11.95 (5 sheets)

White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack X254 $15.95 (24)

Mink Twine Z4221 $3.50 (1)

                                                                                                                                   

Non-Consumable Supplies (these are not included in the kit you will receive from me)

- August 2020 Stamp of the Month ‘Floral Celebration' #S2008 $5.00

- Appropriately Sized Blocks 

Glue Dots® Mini Dots Z341 $7.50

Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors Z1836 $15.95

Tombow® Permanent Adhesive Z3326 $8.95

Dual-tip Multi-bond Glue Pen Z3441 $5.95

Ink Pads: Black, Smoothie, Sapphire, Fern $9.95 each

Tri-blend Markers: Citrus & Orange $7.50 each

Silver Loose Sequins Z4304 $5.95

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Black Journaling Pen #Z3516 $3.50

Standard tool and adhesive kit

Your Stamp of the Month Kit will come shipped DIRECTLY from me with additional surprise gifts ('Happy Mail') - it will NOT be included inside your order coming from the CTMH Warehouse. :)

**Please remember - the Stamp of the Month Kits are while supplies last only! I encourage you to place your order early to secure your kit/stamp set!**

*The SOTM Kits are LIMITED QUANTITY and once they are gone - they are gone!*

When you qualify for the standard Stamp of the Month kit you will also receive the coordinating cutting guide/files in a PDF via E-mail

While you're shopping be sure to check out the BRAND NEW CTMH promotions, workshops, and  IDEABOOK!!

Jul/August Catalog

Happiest Place Paper|Kits|Digital collection

CTMH Kid Crafts

Let's Stay Home Stamp & SVG Collection

Also Remember, joining my 'SCRAP-A-RAZZI CTMH Team gets you unlimited access to my complete files library FOR FREE! I will go to GREAT LENGTHS to serve my team by offering pre-designed works and custom cutting guides to help support their own businesses! Click HERE to see the contents of the BRAND new (Newly Designed!!!!) Consultant kit!

If you are a Close to My Heart Consultant and you'd like to receive the EMAILED cutting guide/Cricut Design Space link for this Stamp of the Month kit to offer to your own customers you may purchase it via paypal below!

The August Stamp of the Month Files include a Full Cutting Guide, Assembly Photos, and Cricut Design Space Files ($10).

Thank you for stopping by! I am so appreciative of you! 

Summer Vibes Elevated Card Class

The Summer Vibes Card Workshop from Close to My Heart is super cute, but what if we could turn a couple cards into some pull tab cards, add some realistic ice to the snowcones, and learn some watercolor blending?

Now that you are ready to elevate your Summer Vibes workshop, lets talk details.
The LIVE video will be in a private group, which you will be able to join when you purchase the Summer Vibes card making workshop from my website. You can follow along to updates for this tutorial in the event page created ---> SVCW Information <---- this is where I will post updates to the workshop etc.

Supplies needed:

Summer Vibes Cardmaking Workshop Kit G1209*:

*1 – exclusive stamp + Thin Cuts
*3 – Summer Vibes patterned paper sheets
*5 – cardstock sheets (1 Nectarine, 1 Peach, 1 Smoothie, 2 White Daisy)
*1 – Acrylic Hearts (Z3553)
*16 – white card bases & envelopes
*printed instructions

Additional supplies needed:

Smoothie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2896)
Intense Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z4189)
Watercolor Paints (Z3132)
Small Round Waterbrush (Z3224)
Glue Dots® Micro Dots (Z2089)
3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
Liquid Glass (Z679)

We will use the cutting guide provided and my own cutting guides using the scraps to create our elevated elements - no paper waste!

Order your kit here ---> Summer Vibes Card workshop <--- you can also snag additional supplies from that same link.

Once you have ordered your kit, you will be sent a link to the private Facebook Group, where the video tutorial will be hosted LIVE on 8/24/2020 at 5pm eastern.

Don't worry, if you cannot attend at that time, the video will be left in the group, for your convenience to watch when your time and schedule allow.

This is open to all U.S. residents.

Thank you for stopping by! Can't wait to see you in class!