Heart 2 Heart Challenge - Sea Glass

This week at Heart 2 Heart we have a challenge featuring Close To My Heart's Color of the Year, Sea Glass. This color is absolutely gorgeous, seen everywhere, and coordinates well with many other colors. I love it so much it could take the place of "purple". Okay. Maybe not. I love it a lot but... :)

I kept this card simple to draw attention to Sea Glass. I random stamped the roses from the stamp set shown below and used a pencil eraser to create the polka dots. Always needing to add some bling, I added Gold Shimmer Trim, Gold Sequins, and this beautiful, gold embossed sentiment from the "Good Life Complements" (also shown below).

I love the versatile images of this stamp set, "With You". It is perfect for welcoming in the Fall but can also be used well beyond that and for many occasions.

 Check out these fabulous and colorful "Good Life" Complements designed to coordinate with the Adventure Fundamentals paper pack. I LOVE the bright colors and these gold, vellum embellishments...LOVE THEM!

Consider linking up to us at Heart 2 Heart so we can see your fabulous artwork created with CTMH's Sea Glass.

Have a great day!

Melissa

Heart 2 Heart - Nat'l Stamping Month

Happy National Stamping Month and thanks for joining us this week for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge that focuses on stamping! Incorporate stamping on your artwork, using Close To My Heart products and link up. 

I created this card using the September Stamp of the Month, "Blessed Beyond Measure".

I stamped various images onto the Sea Glass piece of cardstock with Sea Glass. I love the subtle look that provides. Our clear stamps and acrylic blocks allow for accurate placement of your stamped images, time after time.

We look forward to seeing how you celebrate National Stamping Month, the Close To My Heart way!

Have a blessed Labor Day holiday!
Melissa

Annual Inspirations New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to an exciting time of the year with Close To My Heart where new products were released just a few days ago! (August 1) This is the cover of our new Annual Inspirations Idea Book and while the cover is beautiful, wait until you see all the goodness inside! You can view a virtual copy by clicking here.

Our task for this Blog Hop is to showcase some of the wonderful new products. I hope you are excited to see what lies ahead. I am! We don't get to see the other participants artwork until you do so I cannot wait to see what beauties they created!

If you are coming from Cat Nowak's Blog, you are on the right track. If you happen to get lost along the way, you can find a list of participants here. Let's get started, shall we?

I am very pleased with how this card turned out and hope you love it as much as I do. Here are the supplies I used:

• Seaglass Cardstock
• Kraft Cardstock
• Uptown Fundamentals (the polka dot vellum pattern)
• Smoothie Cardstock
• Gold Sequins
• Gold Ribbon (from Uptown Fundamentals line)
• Heart Thin Cuts
• Happy Heart Stamp Set

There is not a whole lot to describe in assembly. Gotta love "simple and cute" - my running theme. LOL 

Please consider leaving a comment before heading on over to Melinda's Blog. She always does such a great job in creating.

Enjoy the new products and happy hoppin'!

Melissa