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.  The lighter purple is optional!!

Aren't those colours gorgeous???  So bright and cheery!!  It's still brown and muddy where I live.  Can't wait for some colour!!  ☺

This is a circular blog hop, so no matter where you start if you keep going you will end back where you started. If you came from Perfect Finishes Always  then you're in the right order.

As always, I turned to pinterest for some inspiration!  So here are my cards:

I dug through my scrap paper folder and came out with equivalent CTMH colours.  I used my 1" circle punch, and then just layered the circles on a black mat.  The ribbon at the top is self adhesive paper ribbon that I have had for I don't know how long!!  I used CTMH's Mothers Day Occasions stamp set (C1577) for the sentiments both inside and out.  I also used the ribbon on the inside of the card.  Sentiments are stamped in Lagoon Ink.


This was also inspired by Pinterest.  I used buttercup for the base, and a piece of Skylark for the mat.  The flowers are from 3 different stamp sets: You Only Live Once, Happy Thoughts Season & Nature, and Card Word Puzzle.  They are inked in Gypsy, Lagoon, Sorbet and New England Ivy.  (My Buttercup ink is being loaned out at the moment)  I also dug through my bling stash and found some gems leftover from the Frosted Cardmaking WOTG.

Thanks for stopping buy and please feel free to comment. We just love reading them!
Your next stop is My Studio With A View.

See you next month for our next Hearts of the West Team Challenge.
Remember you're welcome to join our amazing team, just contact ones 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!

Thanks for looking!!  ☺

There's Still Time....

...to sign up with CTMH and get over $400.00 worth of awesomeness!!!  For the month of April when you sign up to be a consultant, you can choose one of CTMH's exclusive cricut cartridges FOR FREE!!  I love my cartridges!!

The possibilities with these cartridges are endless!!  I have seen such awesome creativity used with them!!


And don't forget about April's Stamp of the Month, yours for $5.00 with qualifying purchase!!

So there you have it, two fantastic deals for April!!  Stay tuned because coming up in May is more awesomeness!!  ☺

Thanks for looking!!

More Commissioned Valentine Gifts

So a couple of weeks ago I shared a gift set I made for a woman to give to her boyfriend.  Today I'm sharing what I made for the boyfriend to give to her.  I took lots of inspiration from CTMH's Spring/Summer Idea Book.


So here is the gift set:

This is a canvas 6x6 frame.  I used page 26 of the new book as inspiration.  I used the new paper called Ivy Lane.  This will hold a 3x3 photo. He requested a pocket, so what I did was not glue the top of the purple background piece on, creating a pocket.

The card.  I used (retired) La Belle Vie papers, cricut, and chocolate swirl from my stash.  

Again used La Belle Vie papers, and Artiste cartridge to create this little mailbox.  Added some self adhesive pearls around the mouth.

I even added a little envelope to put inside!

This mini album uses Ivy Lane papers, Artbooking cartridge, Ivy Lane complements and assortments, purple glitter gems and an assortment of stamps.  The inspiration for this mini album came from page 27 of the new idea book.  

Thanks for looking!!  ☺

Commissioned Valentine Gifts

It's that time of year again, love is in the air!!  I was contacted about a month ago to make some Valentine gifts for a boyfriend.  We bounced ideas back and forth, and finally came up with an altered frame, gift/treat box and card.  I was able to work on this today finally!!  Here's the finished product!


The majority of products I used are from CTMH.  To make the photo mat (to hold a 5x7 photo) I used the Artbooking cartridge from CTMH.

These velum butterflies I found in my stash and sponged ruby ink on them.  Added some sparkle flourishes.

My customer requested this quote" "Being in love with you makes every morning worth getting up for".  I trimmed a piece of white cardstock and wrote it by hand. I left this butterfly white, and I thought it stood out better with the black background.

I also used the Artbooking cartridge to cut out their first initials and the & symbol.  I used liquid glass on the D's and sprinkled them with a bit of glitter.  The & was cut with silver glitter paper.

Finished display tray.

Treat box.  The red glitter paper is from Stampin Up.  The paper flowers and bling are from CTMH.

6x6 card.  I used Scarlet glimmer mist for the background, For Always paper from CTMH, stamp is from January's Cloud 9 card kit, and of course some bling!!  :)

Finished product!  I'll be delivering this to my customer sometime this week!!  :)

Thanks for looking!!  :)

Spring/Summer 2014 Idea Book

It's February, and that means that CTMH's new idea book is now available!!  There are so many great products and inspiration in this book.  I have so many things I want to make, I'm not sure how I'll be able to squeeze it all in!!!  Let's start off with February's SOTM, and special!!

First off is the SOTM.  An adorable set of 9, called Wild About Love.

Get the Stamp of the Month set for just $5 when you place an order of $50 or more.



Embossing is Boss!
Get a free embossing folder of your choice with your qualifying purchase!

During the month of February, you are eligible to receive your choice of a new embossing folder FREE (a savings of $8.95!) for every 2 packs of bulk single color or combo cardstock you purchase. Pick from our 5 new folder designs—dot, chevron, quatrefoil, damask, or stripe—when you make a qualifying purchase. Add a touch of texture and flair to every cardstock project you create—gorgeous and easy! This offer is only valid while supplies last, so make sure to get your order in early!


Now, on to some new favorites!!  Do you love jewelry?  Are you interested in making your own customized jewelry??  Then the Base and Bling is for you!!

And introducing a new scrapbook line, Picture My Life!  It's a simplified version of traditional scrapbooking!!

 Each of the 8 Picture My Life programs are $24.95 each, and include 44 4x6 cards, 78 3x4 cards, 1 12x12 designed cover sheet, and 10 12x12 memory protectors.

To view the catalog online go here.  If you would like to receive a paper copy of the catalog, I would be happy to mail it, or drop it off (if you are local).

Happy February!!!