Nov/Dec 2019 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to the Close to My Heart New Product Blog Hop brought to you from same the group who bring you the SOTM Blog Hop. Today we are featuring items created with products from the new CTMH Idea Book November/December 2019, but you are likely to see some items from the Core Products book too.

On this hop we have just over 20 CTMH Independent Consultants sharing their creations. If you just happened upon my post, clicking the link to the next blog (often found near the bottom of the page) will take you full circle.

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You should have arrived here from ***Melinda Everitt's If You Bling It***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda also keeps a list of all blog hop participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

Oh, I hope you like the hybrid cards I created. I have been fighting the sniffles, congestion and a sore throat so I slept through most of my usual creative time. As a result I was looking for a fairly quick and easy project to create. I decided that creating something mostly on my Cricut® Maker would be the easiest for me so I purchased the latest Digital Arts for decorating albums (shown on page 42 of the Nov/Dec catalog) and had a play.

card created with Ornaments Digital Art for Nov/Dec New Product Blog Hop

card created with Christmas Memories Digital Art for Nov/Dec New Product Blog Hop

After deciding on a size for the panel the design would be printed on, I did some resizing, removed some ornaments, changed "memories" to "wishes" and flattened the image to print then cut. I wish I did not have decongestant in my system while creating; I really did not leave enough room for stamping on the landscape Ornaments card so I had to search through my stamps to find a sentiment that would fit in the available space – I hope you had the opportunity to take advantage of the Share the Seasons special during National Stamping Month because that was the best option I could find.

As you can see, the Digital Art creates fun and quick cards, but I could not stop there. I had to pull out some stamps, Stickles™ and journaling pens to dress up the cards a bit more. I used Stickles™ to highlight the berries on the wreaths and the corners of the Ornaments cards. I was inspired to doodle after seeing some great examples during the SOTM Blog Hop.

Before you head to where ***Brandi Robinson's crzy4scrapbooking***, the supplies I used to create my project are listed below.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:

• My Acrylix™ Stamp Sets: Holiday Trimmings (C1810), A Dash of Joy (CC9191)
• Paper: Holly Jolly Paper Packet + Sticker Sheet (X7250S) or Holly Jolly Paper Packet (X7250B)
• Cardstock: White Daisy (1385)
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Pewter (Z2832), Julep (Z6511), Evergreen (Z6512)
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• Embellishments & Tools: Christmas Red Stickles™ Glitter Gel (Z3555), Silver Stickles™ Glitter Gel (Z3562), Black Diamond Stickles™ Glitter Gel (Z3561), Black Journaling Pen .03 (Z3516), Black Journaling Pen .05 (Z3517)
• Cricut® Maker™ (available at least the first level of Hostess Rewards; see Party with Us! or page 4 of Core Products) Idea Book & Catalog
• Digital Art: Ornaments Digital Art (Z3605), Christmas Memories Digital Art (Z3604)
• Cricut® Collection: Flower Market - if you do not have a Consultant, please shop via my Cricut® Affiliate Link, otherwise ask your Consultant for their affiliate link - font used for my cards: Flower Market 1
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

If you do not have a CTMH Independent Consultant, you may purchase most of the supplies I used at my Consultant website; Flower Market can be purchased via my Cricut® Affiliate Link.

Since the Christmas Memories and Ornaments Digital Art come as SVGs, I am unable to share the Design Space file I used to print then cut, however I can share the Design Space file with the card base and layers (created from Basic Shapes) so you can get the shape sizes. FYI, I only used Design Space and the Cricut® Maker™ to print and cut the top layer; the Holly Jolly papers were cut on my paper trimmer (to conserve paper).

I love to hear what people think about my creations. If you have a moment, please leave a comment letting me know what you think of my cards. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with the new products from CTMH. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Brandi Robinson's crzy4scrapbooking***.