Make It Crafty Seasonal Blog Hop

Welcome to the •MAKE•IT•Crafty• Seasonal Blog Hop! 

This month we will be featuring Halloween and Fall creations. 


If you’ve arrive from Natalie Racine's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.

This month we have a number of Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using various CTMH products to help you get in the mood for all the fun activities that Fall brings us.

For this blog hop I knew right away that I wanted to use the new Sangria paper line. I just knew that our family pictures from last October would go perfectly with the gorgeous colours in this collection.

Products used in this layout:

Sangria Complements 

Sangria Paper Collection

Fundamentals Stickers Enchantment Pack

Thank you so much for following along on our Blog Hop today! I hope you enjoyed all the lovely artwork... Now it’s time to head on over to Pam Furlong's Blog and see her artwork! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas! Look for our next Blog Hop where we will feature beautiful Christmas projects, see you soon! 

A new Scrapbooking Season is Here!

 The 2015/2016 CTMH Annual Inspirations Idea book has finally arrived! 

6 All New Paper and Embellishment Collections!

Zoe

Sangria

La Vie En Rose

Kaleidoscope

Georgie

Urban

3 New Alphabet Stamp Sets:

Inked

Jennifer's Hand

Typography

New Colour Fundamentals

patterned cardstock collections

sticker packs

assortement sets

7 New Picture My Life Card Sets

Georgie

Childhood

Through the Year

Going Places

overlays in gold and silver

overlays in black

Beautiful You

New Cricut Artistry Collection

4 New Embossing Folders

4"x4" instagram album and accessories

3 Card Workshop Kits

New Base and Bling jewellery

6 new enamel embellishments

3 new shimmer trims:

coral, green and aqua

gold and silver foil tape

thick twine in 7 colours

gold and red glitter paper (finally!)

watercolour paper, paints and brushes

one new punch

3 new organizational products

7 new colours

40 new stamp sets

m-size stamp set for all United States and Canadian provinces

plus more

Click here to see all the new products online.

Also available now is the 2015 Holiday Expressions Idea Book. This mini catalogue contains all of our Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas products. 

2 new paper and embellishment collections

Nevermore (Halloween)

White Pines (Christmas/Winter)

White Pines Picture My Life Card Set

3 Christmas card workshops

plus more

Click here to see all the new products in this idea book online

September is also National Stamping Month!

Available only during the month of September, these exclusive C-size My Acrylix®Hello, Life! stamp sets can be purchased for $16.50 each! Or, for an even better deal, you can purchase all three for only $41.50 —a savings of $8!

September Stamp of the Month

You can own this gorgeous floral stamp set for only $6 after a qualifying purchase. 

I hope these new products inspire you to get scrapbooking and card making as much as it does me! 

Watch this space for a blog hop on October 2nd that I will be participating in using some of these new products. 

Summer Creations Blog Hop

Welcome to the •MAKE•IT•Crafty• Seasonal Blog Hop! 

This month we will be featuring summer paper crafting creations.

If you’ve arrive from Pam Furlong's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here.

This month we have a number of Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using various CTMH products to help you get in the mood to scrapbook your summer fun. Not that we need a lot of help in that area! I have been ready for summer for months now!

Because February was so cold here I decided that I needed to immerse myself in summer photos to remind me that we actually do get nice weather here! Here are my creations:

The first collection of layouts is an entire week long camping trip we took last summer. I chose the pocket page approach because of the number of photos I wanted to use. Most of the paper used in this project is the Seaside Picture My Life (PML) collection but I also used some Surf's Up and Hopscotch PML cards and a few other non-CTMH cards and embellishments.

the happy birthday picture is actually a flip flap

Products Used:

Seaside Picture My Life

Seaside Compliments

Surf's Up Picture My Life

For Always Picture My Life

Hopscotch Picture My Life - retired

lagoon hearts washi tape

black arrow washi tape

4" x 6" flip flaps

memory protectors

For the next set of layouts I used the National Scrapbooking Month Taste of Summer exclusive paper collection to document a BBQ. I was so happy to see the colours worked so well with these pictures even though they were taken 2 years ago! I added my journalling and a few more embellishments after taking these pictures.

Products Used:

Taste of Summer paper collection

Blossom compliments

This next set of layouts is one of my favourites using the Surf's Up Picture My Life kit.

this is the title page that comes with the full PML kit

this is the back side of the title page

Products Used:

Surf's Up Picture My Life

Surf's Up stickers and embellishments - retired

gold polka dot washi tape

camper crazy stamp set

Thank you so much for following along on our Blog Hop today! I hope you enjoyed all the lovely artwork... Now it’s time to head on over to Natalie Racine's Blog and see her artwork! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great summertime crafting ideas! 

Look for our next Blog Hop in the fall where we will feature products from the new 2015-2016 Annual Inspirations Idea book! But first enjoy your summer!

A New Way to TOTE Your Pocket Scrapbooking Supplies

Close To My Heart has really outdone themselves this time with their newest product - the rolling tote. It has been a couple of years since the company has sold one and it was so worth the wait!

This durable rolling bag is the only one on the market that has been designed to hold the CTMH plastic organizers that fit our pocket scrapbooking supplies so well. The top zips all the way down for easy loading. The front pocket is sized to fit 12x12 paper collections, plus there are 2 additional side pockets perfect for extra tools and embellishments. The size of the tote is 25 1/2" x 16" x 17 1/2. A very small amount of assembly is required. 

But don't take my word for it! Here is my first happy customer review and pictures of what this crafter has been able to fit in it. She purchased this item to make attending scrapbooking crops much easier. Everything (and I mean everything!) she needs for the day fits in this one bag that she can pull with one hand.

The following description comes directly from my happy customer. She is primarily a pocket scrapbooker right now but loves to use mix media to create a lot of her own supplies

I've got almost all of my supplies in those 4 boxes.  

Bottom: Glitter, sequins, stickles, brads, embossing powders, stamp cleaner spray, liquid glass, eyelets, and more.  

Second bottom: stamp pads (various companies), ink refills, punches, mini attacher, and stamp pad cleaner.  

Second from top: pocket page cards and flip flaps.  

Top: Art supplies - watercolour paints, spritz pens (CTMH), pencils, erasers, waterproof pens, adhesives, scissors, sea salt and masking fluid, etc. 

Pretty much the only things not in those boxes are larger items that will fit elsewhere in the bag: 12x12 paper, albums and pages, paper trimmer, heat gun and markers.

What Will You Put in Your Tote?

This rolling tote is priced at $164.95 and is comparable to other totes on the market although there is nothing out there that will fit all your plastic totes and then some! Just google scrapbooking totes to see what an amazing and unique product CTMH has designed for us. Additionally, when you purchase this tote directly through me you will receive $25 in free CTMH product (your choice)!

Contact me today to place your order for this amazing bag or to find out how you could purchase it at half price!

CTMH Easter and Spring Creations Blog Hop

Welcome to the •MAKE•IT•Crafty• Seasonal Blog Hop! This month we will be featuring Easter and spring creations.

If you’ve arrive from Dominique Groulx's blog, you are on the right path. The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here. 


This month we have a number of Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using various CTMH products to help you get in the mood for spring. I think we are all ready for that!

For this springtime layout I used the new Hopscotch paper collection from the Seasonal Expressions 1 mini idea book.  I love using the Picture My Life cards as quick titles on my layouts. 

Products Used:

Hopscotch Paper Collection
Hopscotch Complements
Hopscotch Assortment
Hopscotch Picture My Life


I loved this paper collection so much I made another layout with it.

Products Used:
Hopscotch paper collection and compliments
Handwritten Alphabet

If you love this paper collection as much as I do then order yours today. It is a seasonal item and will not be available after March 31st.

Thank you so much for following along on our Blog Hop today! I hope you enjoyed all the lovely artwork... Now it’s time to head on over to Pam Furlong's blog and see her artwork! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas! Look for our next Blog Hop where we will feature beautiful summer projects, see you soon!

Christmas and Winter Seasonal Blog Hop

Welcome to the •MAKE•IT•Crafty• Seasonal Blog Hop! This month we will be featuring all things Christmas and Winter.

 

 

 

 

 

If you’ve arrive from Emma Hubert's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way around. If you get lost, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here

 

This month we have a number of Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using various CTMH products to help you get in a festive mood for the holiday season.

I have chosen to showcase the Picture My Life Pear and Partridge Scrapbooking Program. I just love how the cards go so well with my childhood pictures from 1975.

 

page one and two

 

gold frame cut out on Artbooking cartridge and altered

red glitter gem placed on top of the page protector

hand cut a small flag for my journalling

 

 

the Christmas Morning tag was cut out of 3x4 card

gold polka dot washi tape added

gold glitter bow was cut on the artbooking cartridge

red gem

gold sequins

 

 

page 3

gold sequins

Smiles cut on the artbooking cartridge

3x4" cardstock covered in gold polka dot washi tape

 

 

Here I used a 4x4" flip flap to add two additional photos to my pocket page.

 

 

I kept this layout simple with very few embellishments because the paper is so beautiful already. This allows me more time to spend creating additional pages for my family to enjoy.

 

 

Products Used:

 

Picture My Life Pear and Partridge kit

gold sequins

gold polka dot washi tape

Artbooking Cricut cartridge for gold frame and bow, Smiles

Art Philosophy for the star

 

 

Thank you so much for following along on our Blog Hop today! I hope you have been inspired by all the lovely artwork to create your own...Now it's time to head on over to Julie Carriere's Blog and see what she has created for us. Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas!

 

Look for our next Blog Hop in January where we will be featuring Valentine themed projects and cards, cards, cards!

 

See you soon!