H2H Challenge: A Banner Day

The Heart 2 Heart Challenge this week to was to use Banners in our designs. 

I chose to incorporate some into the wedding card I was making :) 

I really like the way the card turned out. White and black together are iconic for wedding cards in my opinion... plus a little splash of red - the colour of love!

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H2H Challenge: Florals

The Heart to Heart Challenge this week was to incorporate flowers into your design. 

Adds a nice spring flare, don't you think?

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Winter Maternity Scrapbooking

With my beautiful baby girl being a growing 3-month old now, I may be a little bit late on sharing some of my maternity scrapbook pages, but better late than never, right?!

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H2H Cricut Challenge

This challenge this week on the Heart2Heart Challenge blog was to make something using my wonderful cricut!

Since I use my cricut all the time anyway, this one wasn't really a challenge :) 

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Heart 2 Heart Challenge: Sketch Challenge

I just found out about these Close to My Heart (CTMH) challenges on the Heart to Heart Challenge blog, and when I saw that they had a sketch challenge this week, I thought it would be fun to enter again!

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Birthday Artbooking

One of my friends was celebrating a birthday this week!

I was trying to think of what I could make her that she doesn't already have, or know how to make, and I was stumped! Obviously we enjoy the same hobbies! 

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New Baby Scrapbook Pages

Going forward from yesterday's post, I also found some time to make a couple new scrapbook pages for baby Ellie's book :) 

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Pre-Made Baby Scrapbook Pages

Somehow, in the midst of all the new-baby adjustments, I've still found some time to craft! 

I may not have found the time to clean-up after myself… but I did make some scrapbook pages. 

These pages were very easy to finish because I had finished everything before our baby arrived. 

Once Ellie was here, all I had to do was print some pictures and put them in! 

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Mini Thank You Cards

This post is feeling looong overdue!

Not that there needs to be a timeline on when I post scrapbooking cards or pages, but these cards were made before I had Eleanor... and that seems like a looong time ago. 

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Independent Consultant as a Business?

I love scrapbooking. 

The idea of recording memories and photos on paper to last a lifetime :)

Handmade for me to enjoy now, and for my kids to look at and enjoy later (and by later, I mean when they are old enough not to ruin them with their sticky fingers! lol). 

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Valentine's Day Candy Boxes

Aren't these adorable?!

I had so much fun making them! Just one more reason I love a holiday - party favors!
Although this time it's not my party….
But I had my creative juices flowing, I had the supplies, and [miraculously] I had the time.

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Winter Scrapbooking

Time is flying by! 

I can't believe it is already mid-December. 

Christmas and New Years are going to speed by without having time to blink (or sleep). 

In preparation for a ultra busy December and January, I pre-made a few scrapbook pages. 

They are all completed using Close to My Heart (CTMH) products.

So far they are all blank, just ready and waiting for the right photos!

This winter layout used the CTMH Frosted Scrapbooking Kit.

Might become a newborn baby page...

And these two layouts were created using CTMH Sparkle and Shine papers and accents. 

They are all ready to have some amazing Christmas pictures plopped into them. 

One page for Mr. A and I at home, and one page for our adventures with family.

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Christmas Cards

Seems a bit late to be writing posts about Christmas cards... considering I already sent them all! 

But I still enjoy sharing my creations with everyone :)

The next three cards were all created using the Close to My Heart Frosted Cardmaking kit. 

The kits make it so easy and effortless to put cards together.

The rest of the cards below were designed or modified by me. 

Because I've made so many cards in the past, ideas seem to come faster than ever! 

This year I made more cards than any year previous, but it probably took me less time. 

This one uses the CTMH Glory to God stamp set:

I loved all of these cards! 

The main stamp is from the September Stamp of the Month in the most recent catalog: Poster Tidings. 

And the snowflake stamps in the background are from the frosted cardmaking kit :)

The stamps and the bling in the next two cards are from the Trim the Tree stamp set, while the words in both of the cards are from the October stamp of the month: Scandanavian Wishes :)

These cards were super easy to make. Just a coloured in stamp and some Christmas washi tape!

I love the way the colouring turned out on these cards. I stamped the image with Archival Black ink, and then coloured it in using Juniper markers. The blending pen was used to get the faded effect in the bottom "HO" of the stamp :)

And these cards were made using the Scandanavian Wishes stamp again for the heart and the words. The snowflake came from the frosted cardmaking kit (I just loved the small snowflakes!).

Then, you can't really see it in the top photo, but the snowflakes were also embossed onto the gray background with pearl embossing powder to get a clear effect that shines in the light :)

And there you have it! 

LOTS of new cards and ideas this year :) 

Let me know if you have any questions - or if you like any of them in particular!

See the tab above for more CTMH information :) 

{xoxo}

How to Stamp on Muslin Bags

I decided to take the plunge and make an advent calendar this year :) 

Step one: Decorating the Muslin Bags

Don't these look adorable? 

This is everything I used: 

Stamp pads: I used Grey (Slate), Green (Juniper), and Red (Ruby)

Close to My Heart Magical Days Stamps

Muslin bags

An Acrylic block (to stamp with)

A small piece of cardboard

Then it's easy. 

Simple place the small piece of cardboard inside your bags to prevent the ink from bleeding through the material. Use the stamp and ink of your choice and stamp onto the bag. I found I need to be quite firm with some of the stamp colours (e.g. Green) to ensure that they stamped clearly.

And that's it! 

Stay tuned for my finished advent calendar :)

{xoxo}

New Scrapbook Cards

Right now I'm in full Christmas card mode, but events always come up in between! 
Here are a few of the cards I've made recently...

All very different styles.

Now that I make them so frequently, I can pop out a quick simple design in less time than it takes me to pick one out at the drug store. 

Welcome baby small gift bag card :)

Simple wedding card :)

Simple wedding gift bag card. This was my first attempt at embossing (with the new scrapbooking tool my husband gave me!). It's what gives the letter and heart the shine, and the 3D texture. Hopefully I get better at this, but I thought it was good enough to use :) [minus the smudge of glitter]

And a birthday card for one of those handsome gents using CTMH Buzz and Bumble paper!

Anniversary card for my husband :) Made using CTMH huntington paper!

Birthday card for my Daddy :) Made using CTMH huntington paper also!

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Babycakes Cards

In anticipation of some of my friends having babies I decided to pre-make a few cards. 

And since I'll be plus one baby myself next year... I figured it would be better to make them now rather than wait for the babies to get here (still several months for some of them!). Apparently you don't have as much free time for things like card-making once the babies come...

I used the Babycakes Scrapbooking Kit from Close to My Heart for all of the paper and embellishments.

I also used the Washi Wonder Stamp set to make these two (almost identical) cards :)

Ok friends - time to have your babies now!

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13 Hours of Scrapbooking

 I really enjoy scrapbooking. 

Apparently, enough so that I would spend an entire day doing just that.

So when my friend (from this lovely blog) invited me to an all-day scrapbooking event, I couldn't resist! 

Not only did I get to meet some new people and visit with other scrapbook loving ladies all day - I've also never been so productive - definitely doing this again!

Here are some pictures of the pages I completed in a mere 13 hours:

This page was actually done just before I left... but I wanted to show it off anyway! 

Using CTMH Tommy paper.

And a couple of pages from camping with my bestie & my husband at Lake Louise and Banff!

The first one uses the CTMH Camping Delights stamp set.

 And a few wedding layouts :) 

This one is a favourite of mine! 

The honeycombs were cut using the CTMH artbooking cricut cartridge.

And my favourite of the night - also created using the CTMH artbooking cricut cartridge.

For more scrapbooking info visit the "Close To My Heart" tab at the top of the page :)

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