Spread the Love

Welcome to our Spread The Love Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop.  Close To My Heart has created this special stamp set so you can "spread the love" and help support Operation Smile.  CTMH will donate $7 of the proceeds from each Share The Love stamp set sold to Operation Smile.  This organization provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world.        

If you arrived here from Priscilla's Paperie, you are hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects.   

Isn't she cute?  This sweet little girl is from the True Love stamp set and was colored by daubing ink with a cotton swab.  Three different papers with geometric shapes from the Jeepers Creepers packet were used to create this simple card.  The card sketch is a rotated version of pattern #22 from Make It From Your Heart volume 1.          

Please visit Jen's Jewel Box to continue along our Spread The Love Blog Hop. 

If you get lost along the way, the complete list of participants is available on Melinda's 'If You Bling It' blog.   

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

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

Handmade Card = Paper Hug

Since the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog is featuring the Florence paper pack this month, I was inspired to create a card using images from the True Love stamp set.  This is the new Close To My Heart special stamp set to benefit Operation Smile.  With every True Love stamp set sold, CTMH will donate $7 of the process to Operation Smile, a non-profit organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates in children.  

Three different papers from the Florence kit were used along with two new ribbons from the Rustic Home Ribbon Pack.  The new Shimmer Brush was used to add a bit of shimmer around the outline of the sentiment, and also to the heart-shaped balloons.  Card design is based on Sketch #25 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2. 

D1711 True Love  (set of 9 stamps)

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #ctmhFlorence #ctmhOperationSmile 

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

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Black + White + Red + Share the Love

This week the Heart 2 Heart Challenges and Color My Heart Color Dare blogs have a joint challenge, using Share the Love with the colors black, white, and red.   

Are you old enough to remember using a rotary dial telephone?  Well I sure am, and love this image available in the special Share the Love stamp set.  This stamp set is only available to order during the month of February, and $7 of each sale will be donated to Operation Smile.  

What is black and white and red all over?  An entry for Color My Heart Color Dare #180.  Using a stripe and a dotted paper from the La Vie En Rose kit along with Cranberry ink and red embellishments + stamp images from the Share the Love stamp set for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge = a nostalgic card.

  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhLaVieEnRose #operationsmile 

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

Share The Love

Welcome to our Share The Love Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop.  Close To My Heart has created this special stamp set so you can "share the love" this February and help support Operation Smile.  CTMH will donate $7 of the proceeds from each Share The Love stamp set sold to Operation Smile.  This organization provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children all over the world.        

If you arrived here from Living My Given Life, you are hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects.   

This week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches (FMS222) was perfect to use with the Share The Love stamp set.  The typewriter is embossed with a mixture of both Gold and Silver embossing powder, and the sentiments are stamped using Cocoa ink.  Some pieces of paper from the Sangria kit and a bit of Shimmer Trim complete the card.        

Since the bold colors of the Sangria kit are some of my favorites, this card is being linked up to the "Favorite Paper Pack" challenge for February on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog.  

Please visit Stamping Rules! to continue along our Share The Love Blog Hop. 

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhSangria #operationsmile 

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