World Traveler

The final challenge of the year on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog is "Tinsel Time," which is to use the colors Silver, Lagoon, and Black.  

For this great color combo, I chose some patterned paper from the Chalk It Up kit along with images Here We Go stamp set and a sentiment from World Traveler.  Some Silver Glitter Paper adds a bit of sparkle along with the sentiment which is embossed with Silver Embossing Powder. For a finishing touch, two arrow embellishments from the Chalk It Up Assortment were used.  Design of the card is based on Pattern #25 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 1. 

Inside of the card is finished with images from both stamp sets.  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Summer Recycle ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop

This month, the challenge for those of us participating in the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop was to create a project using something recycled.            

If you have come here from 'Jan's Works of Heart', you are right on track for the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop.  Blog Hopping is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one, or visit each blog from the list at the end of this post.  

This jumbo Tic Tac container is 7" tall and a great size to hold Sharpies.  It has been around for years, and has finally found a useful purpose. Using some Scor-Tape, which is an incredibly sticky double-sided adhesive, a patterned paper from the new Snowhaven kit was adhered to the container.  The edge of another strip of Snowhaven patterned paper was punched using the Chevron Border Punch and added to the container with some Red Shimmer Trim behind it, which can be seen through the open chevrons.  Stamps from the Here We Go set are perfect to label a container of Sharpies, and some Metallic Baker's Twine in both Black and Slate was used as a final embellishment.     

Now "Hop" on over to 'Wow ... did you make that?' for more projects using recycled items.   

"Use Your Stash" Blog Hop participants:

• Wow ... did you make that?
• My Scrapbooking Blog
• An Inside To My Heart ... one scrap at a time
• Mom 'n Me Scrap
• Jan's Works of Heart
• Sheila's Stamping Stuff - (here)

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Enjoy Today

Sharing another two-page scrapbook layout which each consultant was able to create during the Friday afternoon Creative Session at this year's Close To My Heart Convention.  Details for the other Happy Little Life layout can be found in a previous post.    

Using the new Flaxen and Glacier inks along with some Black, images from the Glitter Glam set were stamped randomly to create a background.  Love the font of the Handwritten Print Alphabet which was used to stamp the title.  The great arrow image is also from the Glitter Glam stamp set.   

Papers from the new Seaside and Wanderful kits are used along with some Flaxen, Lagoon and White Daisy cardstock.  Even though the same stamps, inks, and embellishments were used for the two layouts on Friday afternoon, each page is very different.  The feather image used on this page is from the Happy Birds stamp set and the "happy happy happy" is included in the Here We Go set.    

Be sure to keep watching my blog for more posts with artwork from Convention! 

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Happy Little Life

Hello from the annual Close To My Heart Convention which is being held at the Disneyland Resort this weekend.  It is a beautiful hotel, and consultants received a very special room rate.  It is wonderful to watch the fireworks over the castle from your hotel room window, while listening to the accompanying music through the special Disney television channel.  

At different times during Convention, CTMH has planned projects and provides every consultant with all the supplies needed to create their own.  These projects always incorporate new papers, stamps and other accessories just announced during Convention.  As a Creative Session Helper for Friday afternoon, I had the opportunity to complete the scrapbook layouts in advance so that others could reference my samples and ask me for assistance while working on their pages.  

The title of this page, stamped using the new Handwritten Print Alphabet, reminded me of this great photo of my son and grandson.  They were enjoying an afternoon at the park.  

Papers used are from both Chalk It Up and Wanderful kits.  The various stamp images are included in three other new stamp sets:  Here We Go, Glitter Glam and Happy Birds.  You may notice two new colors which were just introduced; Flaxen (a golden yellow) and Glacier (a soft blue).  There are also new Gold Sequins and Gold Shimmer Trim.   

Be sure to keep watching my blog for more posts with artwork from Convention! 

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355