Cross Canada Blog Hop ~ Holiday Expressions

Welcome to our September Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017 Holiday Expressions Catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf ~ Time well Wasted then you are in the right place!

First I want to Thank Anne Patterson for sharing your pattern for making these little houses off the cover of our Holiday Inspiration book...

I created these super CUTE Halloween houses...

 What fun to create ~

Products used:

Falling for You paper

Cats & Bats paper

Gold Shimmer trim

Enchantment Card stock

Basics Card stock

Liquid Glass

Bonding Memories Dual action Glue Pen

Journaling Pen

I also used several cuts from the following Cricut cartridges:

Cricut Philosophy Collection (Retired)

Cricut Artiste Collection (retired)

Cricut Artistry Collection

You could also use Cats & Bats Complements for embellishing the houses.

Thanks so much for stopping by ~

BE sure to comment what you think of these cute lil Halloween hosues!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Keep on Creating with Paper

Diana

aka Farmer Di

Cross Canada Blog Hop ~ New Product

Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017-2018 Annual Inspirations Catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle at My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf Papercrafts then you are in the right place!

With the release of the new idea book I am going to show case some of my favorite new products... and there are so so many ~ 

Here are a couple of cards I have created using paper from my favorite Paper packs ~ 

Basic Fundamentals & Adventure Fundamentals

I just love the colors in this card ~ and that pretty Rose paper is to die for!

(I did use a retired stamp set as my 'Beautiful You' stamp set has not yet arrived ~ love the layering stamps)

Adventure Fundamentals

Beautiful card

Scrapbook layouts ~ using the Basic Fundamentals paper pack ~ LOVE!

oh, And a little bit of glitter with Bashful glitter paper!

Basic Fundamentals

  I have also done a set of layout pages for an upcoming scrapbook workshop.
 My inspiration came from a recent crop & page layout recipes from 

Make it From the Heart Vol #3 ~ 



I have my pages for this book set up in the new Color of the year Everyday Life album in Bashful

 

What do you think of the newest color Bashful? I am in LOVE! 

 It is such a Diana color for sure!

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Arlene of Arlene's Creative Space.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle S Blog, My Creations with Michelle as she has the complete blog list.

Keep on playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Hop ~ Masculine Project

Welcome to our July Blog Hop featuring Masculine themed artwork. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact me to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle If you came from Nicky of Simply Artisitic then you are in the right place!

I have used Jack for this layout ~ specifically the Picture My Life cards & Pocket Pages to show off my Grand Children & Great Grand children...

Supplies Used are:

Jack Paper Pack

Pocket Pages (design 3 & design 4)

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle of The Right Hugh.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Projects inspired from the New Products from the New Annual Inspirations Catalog. So mark August 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Keep on Playing with Paper!

Diana

Cross Canada June Blog Hop

Welcome to our June Blog Hop featuring artwork where we've used our stash mixed with new products. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.
We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join My Creations with Michelle. If you came from Sheena of Kanata Newf Paper Crafts then you are in the right place!

Here I have created a Shaker card.

I used a past paper pack and Satin ribbon for the 'OLD' portion that I really liked and for the 'NEW' I used the Stars Thin Cut as well as the stamp set Wise Guy Birthday (this is available in English, French as well as Spanish) and 3 x 3 Memory Protector Flip Flaps ~ all from the current Annual Inspirations.
Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle of The Right Hugh.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring the Masculine projects. So mark July 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Keep on Playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Hop ~ No Worries

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring our favorite New Paper Collections.

We have 4 new amazing and fun paper collections in the Current Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog.

We have an amazing group of talented ladies all across Canada, and they sure would love to hear from you, so before hopping onto the next person, take a moment and leave a comment about what you loved.

If you've arrived from Sheena of Kanata Newf Papercrafts then you are in the right place! If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, and continue from East Coast to West Coast, you can start here Michelle

My Favorite Paper in this Seasonal Expression 2 is "No Worries" so I created a couple cards that we are using in our group swap using it.

Supplies used:

No Worries Paper Pack

Cupcake Stamp set & ThinCuts

No Worries Cardmaking Stamp set & ThinCuts

Bamboo Ink

Lagoon Ink

ShinHan Markers

Circles using a 2"punch (non CTMH)

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Brae of The Brae-er.

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring creations using up our stash while using new products. So mark June 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Cross Canada Hop ~ ShinHan touch Twin Markers

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring the ShinHan Alcohol Markers. We have 24 colours available, plus a blending marker.

We have an amazing group of talented ladies all across Canada, and they sure would love to hear from you, so before hopping onto the next person, take a moment and leave a comment about what you loved.

If you've arrived from "Sue "of " Sue's Sparkly Stampin " then you are in the right place! If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, and continue from East Coast to West Coast, you can start here “My Creations with Michelle”

Here is my creation ~ I have just started playing with the ShinHan Touch markers ~ and having fun experimenting

(I will not show you all the test coloring I did... you would just laugh)

We have several wedding coming up this summer & Next so figured I would get started on some cards for showers, engagement parties & the weddings.

Images stamped with Slate ink then colored with he markers & over stamped with Black ink for the shadow effect.

I used the colors Peonie Purple, marine blue, sap green, warm grey, clay & the clear blender... the last 3 were for shading & blending (need a bit more practice for that!)
card base is Colonial white
Paper is from the Sugar Rush collection
Stamp sets used were:
D1627 Your own kind of Wonderful for the sentiment inside
and the image is C1670 Hello Lovely

And check out this amazing organizer for the markers!

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is "Carol“of " Crafty Carol ".

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring creations using our favorite NEW paper collection, yes that is right, we have new paper collections coming. So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Keep playing with Paper

Diana

Cross Canada Hop ~ Language Stamps

Bonjour / Hola / Hello

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring our stamp sets that are available in French, Spanish and English. When you flip through the catalogue those stamps are identified with a World globe.

We have an amazing group of talented ladies all across Canada, and they sure would love to hear from you, so before hopping onto the next person, take a moment and leave a comment about what you loved.

If you've arrived from "Dominique "of " Fun2cre8 with Dominique " then you are in the right place! If you would like to start at the beginning of the hop, and continue from East Coast to West Coast, you can start here “Michelle”

SO I spent Saturday with my CTMH family & stamped a bunch of French stamps on Card stock so I could create these cards ~

Stamp sets used:


Happy To Be Friends (French) C1605F

Happy Heart (French) A1192F"
for the hearts border

Paper Packet:

Dreamin' Big B&T Duo X7218B

So here you are ~ My French Card

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is " Krista" “of "Simply Creating ".

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring creations using the Shinhan Touch Twin Markers. So mark April 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Cross Canada Hop ~ Succulents & Flowers

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring Succulents & Flowers ~ we have many cartridges in which flowers and succulents appear, but Flower Market, our newest cartridge has the most choices.

To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.
We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see.

Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join Michelle of Creations with Michelle.

If you came from Caroline of Caroline's Creations you are in the right place!

Here is a Succulent & Floral wreath I created in January ~ as part of a promo held then ~ recreating this with current product & the newest Cricut cartridge is something I will be doing at a later date ~

For the roses I use White Card stock stamped all over in smoothie ink using a word stamp... then inked the edges in the same color using a Sponge dauber...

So in the meantime...

I had a lot of fun creating this card using FLOWERS ~ as I did not have any succulents with me while staying at my Dad's

(he had Open Heart Surgery and a bypass... and is doing FANTASTIC!)

Using the stamp set Hello Lovely (C1670) that also comes as a Thin cut bundle (Z3301) for those that do not enjoy fussy cutting...

I stamped the flower cluster in Bamboo ink (Z2803) & coloring with watercolor Pencils (3505) & using a blender pen to blend the colors.

Colonial white cards & envelope Value Pack (X1410).

Several papers from a couple different collections were used...

Rustic Home Fundamentals (Z3262)

Enchantment Fundamentals (Z3254)

Dreamin' Big Paper Packet (x7218B)

Shimmer Brush in GOLD (Z3316)

Bling is Sugar Rush Dots (Z3310)

  

  

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol of Crafty Carol

If you get lost along the way, you can head to Michelle's Blog, http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.ca, as she has the complete blog list.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring projects created using our French & Spanish stamps. So mark March 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.