New Beginnings at Heart 2 Heart

Welcome to our first challenge of the year at Heart 2 Heart.

Our challenge this week is ~
New Beginnings: Use something NEW on your project!  A new product, a new technique, something new in your life (a new baby? new car?), any new idea!

Be sure to use mostly CTMH products in your artwork. 

My "new" is for a new baby.
In a few months we will be going to a baby shower for a family that this will be  their first baby.

This is the card that I made for it:

 I used all Close To My Heart products.
I used the Babycakes Paper Pack & Babycakes Stickease Assortments.
The whale stamp and the Whale, what do you know? A New Baby is CTMH Exclusive Stamps set called New Baby...stamped with CTMH Exclusive Inkpad Chocolate.

So come on over at play along with us at Heart 2 Heart!

Hello card

Made this Hello card using this adorable image called Willow from Lacy Sunshine Stamps

I colored her in with Promarkers...added a border around her that I cut out with my Cricut using CTMH Art Philosophy Cartridge, in a lavender cardstock. The base of my card is a patterned paper from Recollections, layered on a pink background.  I stamped on the Hello in pink

I used a pink gel to fill in the design on the border of the frame.

I am entering this into:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #24 - Anything Goes! 

From The Heart Progressive Challenge

Made this "thinking of you" card using this sweet kitten called Caught Your Heart from From The Heart Stamps.  Faith is offering this image free this month to those who played along in December in her monthly Progressive Challenge.

I made a window scene with fabric curtains and a flower scene in the background.

I attached it to green cardstock.  I colored the kitten and heart in with Promarkers and attached it so it looks like she is sitting on the window ledge...and then stamped on the "thinking of you".

I am entering this into:

From The Heart Blog - January's Progressive Challenge

Friends

Made this friends card using this adorable image called Jenn & Friends along with the word phrase from Imagine That...digis by Kris

This is Kris's free set for the month of January to those who play along monthly in her Progressive Challenge.

I used the pre-colored image from the set.   For the base of my card I used a patterned cardstock.  I layered a pink cardstock over it and the layered the image and the words onto the same cardstock as the background.   I added a CTMH friends circle element and a white bow with a red heart.

I am entering this into:

Imagine That...digis by Kris Challenge #16 - Jenn & Friends

and

Scrapping Everyday Miracles Challenge - Friends Forever

(the Main Theme challenge)

Cheers To 2014

Made this "Cheers To 2014" card using Cricut's Everyday Pop Up Cards Cartridge.

The base of the card is a kraft cardstock.  I cut out the front of the mug with yellow cardstock, then cut out the foam with white cardstock.   I then hand wrote the words and numbers.

I am entering this into:

Exploring Cricut Challenge Blog - Happy New Year

New Life

Made this card using Our Daily Bread Designs "Sunflowers" stamp.

I stamped it onto a white cardstock...and colored it in with Promarkers.

The Colossians 3:1 Scripture I printed out on green cardstock, and distressed the edges of it.

I added some green grass that I had...and then added a chipboard cross that is from Scripture by Design.

I am entering this into:

Our Daily Bread Designs Challenge #184 - Anything Goes with ODBD stamps

&

Twist of Faith Challenge #70 - New Beginnings/Anything Goes

&

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #113 - Anything Goes

H2H DT and Sentimental Scrapbook Layout

I have such exciting news to share...I am now on the Design Team for the  

Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog!

I am just so thrilled to be a part of this awesome challenge blog and a part of this wonderful family.

For my first post as a DT is this scrapbook layout of my family.

This is for the H2H Scrapbooking challenge 

I have used paper from the CTMH Dream Pops paper pack....along with elements from the CTMH Chantilly collection.

I cut out the word "family" with my cricut machine using the CTMH Artbooking Cartridge.  I added a family picture layered over some cardstock.  Then I stamped on "The Love Of Family" and the "The family is our link...." using CTMH  Exclusive stamp set Family Love (D1506).   I then added some journaling about how special this family picture is to me.

Our January challenge is Sentimental January.

           * 12" x 12" page Layouts involving a sentimental moment with friends, family, or pets (past or present)

           * Must use a CTMH Exclusive Stamp Set featuring a sentiment and let's see some journaling. 

           * At least 1 photo required