H2H First Annual Bunny Hop!

Welcome to our first annual H2H Bunny Hop...I'm so excited that you Hopped on By!  I sooo wanted to share also that this is the First in a series of H2H From Our Heart To Yours series.  What an amazing Launch this is.  So all you have to do to participate is post your exclusive Close To My Heart product creation between 8am - 8pm and submit your name with your link back to your project via the H2H Blog (just click the title to this post to access)  Easy Peasy! 
Now on to my Awesome "Steal of a Deal" project!  I had so much fun creating this, that I could just Hop all around the house.  I actually purchased this photo frame at a garage sale for only $.25 cents. it was very fitting to use it as a base design for a Springy Easterish type of challenge.   
All the products used in this piece are exclusive Close To My Heart products and some of them were consultant only bulk products, though you can see I used very little to ribbon wrap the water can handle.   In fact, I love our exclusive designer ribbon rounds!  Thanks thanks to a dear friend at this years CU 2011 I'm addicted to ribbon.  I hope you enjoy the base project of what it looked like prior to completion...I did notice a huge difference between my computer and my husbands in the photos, I just need a new camera since the base photo was via my HTC Evo and the others my 08 Olympus.  I also am having a hard time with vision lately so bare with the colorations.  HUGS and TY for Stamping By...

So without further ado the list of supplies used: 

X7131B "Sophia" Tiny Flower B&T

Z2252 Sunny Yellow Re-Inker

Z2293 Cotton Candy Re-Inker

Z1263 Bitty Sparkles (for the top of the water holes)

Z1300 Just Blooms - White Daisy Variety Pack

Z1336 Pear Cream Opaques Gems

Z1372 Green Buttons Assortment (Tiny Sweetleaf button on flower)

Z1383 Bulk Sweet Leaf Ribbon

Z270 Bulk White Daisy Ribbon

Z1125 Sweetleaf Designer Ribbon Rounds

Z1122 Hollyhock Dsigner Ribbon Rounds

Consultant only Bulk: Ric Rac Baby Pink & White Daisy Ribbon

My Favorite Tool: Z1380 Spray Pen comes in a 3 pack :)

& of course for the re-inkers above I mixed it with our exclusive Create-A-Shade Pearl paint Z1039 and used the spray pen to spray the paper prior to modge podge allowed it to dry and then colored my flower petal layers with it.  I LOVE using the spray pen to give the added flair!

I truly feel blessed to of made this project as it is a gift for my oldest daughter of her little sister.  I know you remember this day sweetheart and I'm so happy to capture K smelling the flower (dandilion) for YOU!  

Thanks to H2H Bunny Hop I was inspired to pick that frame up off the shelf and do something special for my little girl. So Hop on over by clicking the Title to this post and check out all the wonderful Bunny's that joined in to see what they came up with for their projects.  They are spectacular...I promise!

H2H "Birthday" Challenge/Sponsorship, "Blogtoberfest", & More!

There is tons to share this week, so let's get right down to it shall we?  This creative inspiration came about with my husbands initial help.  Yes, you heard it right, Kip actually participated along with me in this weeks H2H "Birthday" Challenge.  I must admit I was stumped for a good bit as to what in the world do I create?  Ultimately in the end it was funny when he said "That is nothing like what we were doing last night."  Well, "Thanks Honey, I appreciate your inspiration!"   This was actually pretty fun to make.  I used some emboss resist on the candles with sponging Sunflower, Pear, and Spring Iris, foam backed them to the card base at the bottom.  It is a 6x6 card using: Sponge Technique, Embossing, Bitty Sparkles, and scrap ribbon plus the items below; 

It is an honor to sponsor the H2H "Birthday" challenge this week. That I'm having a 'Celebration' just awaiting to find out who's going to provide a new home for this prize package from this lovely H2H "Birthday" challenge Give-Away.  
This is how the H2H Challenge works: 
1.  Click on my H2H sponsor badge located to the right of my page. The Challenge period runs from Monday October 4th until Sunday October 10th @ 10:00 pm EST.
2.  Create a project that is "Birthday" themed in it, ie; Card, Lay-Out, Gift, Jewelery, Canvas, Letter, Bouquet, anything that inspires YOU but it must have a "Birthday" theme and the following;  **PROJECTS MUST INCLUDE Close To My Heart Prouducts BUT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE 100%**
3.  When your done creating, you will want to upload your photo (Must have a link to view it).  Then click on over to the H2H "Birthday" challenge, Post into Mr. Linky your Name & URL Link to the project, and don't forget to comment - To Enter The H2H Give-Away.  Winner will be Announced via random.org on Monday October 11th.  

There is Lot's to See and Learn through the professional H2H Design Team that enjoy creating and inspiring others while using our exclusive Close To My Heart Products.  There is a bonus handmade card creation by the Design Team if we reach 40 participants too!  

It was also important for me to share this week that I did a photo submission of my "Three Dimensions of Majestic Lake Cour D' Alene" via Farm Bureau.  Please take a moment to contact me on how to vote, it is truly a view to behold and one I will see soon at Creative University Class of 2011.  I took this photo last year and every-time I see it I still feel as though I'm there now. 

"Three Dimensions of Majestic Lake Cour D'Alene"

I also wanted to share that our Fabulously Artsy Fans have gone wild once again with "Blogtoberfest"!  I'm an avid follower of Fabulously Artsy and if you click the blogtoberfest badge to the right column above my Creative University Online Badge you can grab a badge of your own to share and Blog along with motivation and inspiration everyday.  I'm totally digging the gorgeous handmade bracelet she made. Isn't it just divine?  I wonder if I will have time to make one of my very own?  It truly is a blogging party like no other.  So jump on in and get that Blog Hopping! Don't forget to link your blog to the Blogtoberfest this event is open world-wide!

I truly appreciate all the love that is shared by these amazingly talented ladies.  I love hearing your feedback, comments, c-box, e-mails, and more.  I'm feeling all warm and fuzzy that I haven't gotten to my monthly newsletter yet, so thank you for your patience.  & The Winner is...drum roll please?  "SHELLY" of the September 14th "Cherry-O" Flip My Top bookmark card from my 9/28/10 "Technique Tuesday's" live Ustream Class. Tune in for the next Creatique Candy give-away! 

H2H ABC Challenge!

H2H ABC Challenge was really neat because I was able to accomplish 2 goals in doing it this week.  #1. Finally getting a school picture creation completed to put in a frame and post on our Family Wall from CU-OL Christine David's Class. #2. I was able to actually use my "Passages" paper  and complete my H2H goal I wanted to have done by this evening.  If you click on the actual photo you will see a larger version to see some of the details in my Scrap-page in a Frame piece. Here is what I used for this "Sweetest Soul" 
Recipe: 
Magic: "Charmed" Left Page
G1010 "Passages"
X7126C "Passages" My Stickease
E1017 Old World Alphabet
X5637 Barn Red Exclusive Inks Pad
X5642 Cocoa Exclusive Inks Pad
X5644 Brown Bag Exclusive Inks Pad
Z1243 Pewter Mini-Medley's
Z1316 Cocoa Designer Ribbon Round
Z1294 Sanding Kit
Z1114 Piercing Tool
Z821 Clear Detail Embossing Powder (For the words)
Z891 Versamark 
Burlap Material
What's The Challenge?  (Click H2H Badge & Show Us What you do!)
A - Alphabets from Old World - Needs to be an Alphabet
B - My Son's Portrait "Sweetest Soul" - Boy Themed
C - Cocoa, Brown Bag, & Burlap - Has to have Brown in it.

I'm not usually one for simplicity for the most part.  However, this was a perfect fit for a fantabulous challenge.

Thanks H2H design team for inspiring me once again.

H2H Color Challenge! My Swing Card Tweets.

Oh...ShamWow!  This was something that really had me pondering...what in the world do I use for my good ol' fashioned favorite blending pen?  Hmmm...I know, an exclusive stamp set I've never touched.  D1418 Alphabets - While this stamp set was one of our featured gifts during National PaperCrafting Month, I decided that I wanted to get it a little bit inky.  I sure had a blast with this weeks color combination challenge from H2H.  I decided to take another tour around UTube of course and I found this tutorial on how to do a swing card that is simple & quick.  Now, for the H2H challenge of course I vamped up the extras with some embossing, texture with scoring and sanding, coloring flowers and to top of the technique extravaganza with this challenge was using Daneen's blending pen technique with the Birdy!  Isn't he just cute?  

Exciting?...Just wait there's more...

This is what it looks like when you flip up the top, a secret lil hiding place for your message.

& of course Dear Deneen's Technique.  Check out H2H & MORE via the H2H badge located to the left hand side of my page.  You will be sooo inspired!

Here is the H2H Color Challenge Combo: Autumn Teracotta, New England Ivy, & Honey

Items Used: 

All 3 colors for the cardstock & exclusive inks pad; except the back base & the main stamp image using Colonial White

Bitty Sparkle for the eye

Blending Pen

Sponge

Twill Ribbon

Clear Detail Embossing Powder

Versamark

Antique Copper Brad

& unfortunately a retired stamp set....

So now you know what I've been up too these past quite couple of days.  I've been creating of course!  Got my studio all organized & FINALLY unpacked.  I can not wait to get my magnet board completed with "Cherry-O".  Before I get to that...I want you to know that I made an extra s"Tweet" H2H card just for YOU!  Plus I will also be teaching how to make one of these cards of your very own on my Ustream Channel so you won't want to miss it.  Tuesday September 12, 2010 @ 7:30pm.  See You There!

H2H So s"TWEET" Swing Card for One Lucky Reader...

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H2H Challenge Fold Card...Yipee I did it!

So Who doesn't love "Olivia"?  I'm thrilled to get on board this weeks H2H Challenge "How Fancy Are Your Folds?".  I went on UTube & Thanks to Splitcoast Stamper Biata (sorry if I did not spell your name correctly) & her Tutorial on the "Easel Card".  

So in true inspirational get on it & get er done style...I decided to utilize a stamp that I doubt I ever would & take on the paper piecing technique while doing it!  Oh YEAH!!! I really enjoyed how this card turned out.    It was a task none the less as I could of shaded or used my exclusive ink markers & blending pen...however, I wanted to do something different.  Isn't that what H2H does?  It inspires us to get creative & that I'm so happy I participated this week.  TY to the Design team for sharing your many ideas.  Below you will find a recipe of exclusive Close To My Heart products I used and feel free to click the colored links above. 

This is the Card In The Easel Position When Completed:

Here is the Card In A Sideview Position:

Here is the card in Open Position:

Here is the Card Lying Flat For Mailing:

Here is My Reciepe: 

C1419 "Harvest Home" My Acrylix Stamp Set
X7128B "Olivia" (Polka Dot B&T, Colonial White & Barnred Cardstocks) A Piece of Chocolate Textured Cardstock for the accents.
Z2111 Chocolate Exclusive Inks Pad
Z1336 Opaques Pearl Cream
Z1275 Antique Copper Mini-Medley Accents (Brad)
Z1276 Colonial White Ribbon (The V shape
Z553 Bonding Memories Glue Pen
Z534 Micro-Tip Scissors
You can click the instructions for creating this card via Splitcoast Stamper Biata link above.  Let's See what you can do with your Favorite Fold!