Game On!

Hi everyone, it's Allie, and it's my turn to announce our next fun challenge to kick-off the week: Game On! Whether you take this in a sporty direction or simply vow to put in some serious crafting time, remember,

"Champions aren't made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them -- a desire, a dream, a vision." - Muhammad Ali

While you get ready to get your game on, check out some fabulous inspiration from our talented Guest Designer Casandra and Team Canary!

May Guest Designer Casandra:

Team Canary:

Allie

Brandi

Nikka

LaJeania

So "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," get your crafty GAME ON and link up your creation in the gallery below!

Mum's The Word

Welcome to another week of Heart 2 Heart Challenges. We are bringing a head-start project for May: we want you to create something for Mother's Day! Alternatively, you could be keeping mum about something and we would like to be let in on the secret.

Our May guest designer Casandra has this lovely layout to share:

Casandra Bennett

The Design Team Thistle has been busy creating with their favorite products in honour of mums all over the world.

Lauren Moore

Haley Dyer

Alyson Mayo

Nikka Geers

Cynthia McCloud

Brandi Robinson

Can you guess if any design team member is also keeping mum about anything?  Visit their blogs to be sure!  We cannot wait to see your project, please link up below!

What a wonderful world!

Hello and welcome to another fun weekly challenge from the Heart 2 Heart Challenges theme. This week we have a theme that is pretty diverse and open to many different interpretations.  Your challenge, if you choose to accept it (and we hope you do!) is "What a wonderful world!"

• What a wonderful world:
• Travel, unique beautiful, wonderful places in the world.
• Earth Day - we live an a beautiful world, what do you do to make this world the best it can be, or what have you done to beautify the world (gardens, flowers, etc.)
• And of course there is the Louis Armstrong song, "What a Wonderful World" What does this song do to you, remind you of, inspire in you?
• As always, the sky (and your imagination/creativity) is the limit on how you interpret the challenge!

So as you can see, we have a wide open theme this week and we are so looking forward to seeing what you do with this theme! To help inspire you, here is what our design team has come up with, we can not wait to see what beautiful creations you come up with!

Alyson Mayo

Brandi R. - crzy4scrapbooking

Cynthia McCloud

Lauren Moore- CTMH CraftingsTravel Mini Album

Haley D.

Thanks so much for stopping by and please join us by linking up your wonderful world project below!

Your Favorite Sketch

Sometimes even the most creative paper crafter needs a blueprint. That's when sketches are so helpful. A scrapbooker may use a sketch when she wants to cram a lot of photos onto a layout. Or a card maker when she wants a fresh look for her greetings.

Close To My Heart has many pattern books filled with ideas. The best part is you don't have to make your project identical. Use the parts you like or that work with your photos, stamps or embellishments.

Our Design Team members share their favorite sketches this week:

March Guest Designer Patti has two awesome creations to share!

Brandi Robinson

Alyson Mayo

Lauren Moore

Haley Dyer

Cynthia McCloud

Here are some sketches to get you started:
Close To My Heart inspiration

We can't wait to see how you take a sketch and make it your own this week! Remember, you have all month to post your projects to each of the challenges.

Tinsel Time!

Are you ready for our final Heart 2 Heart challenge for 2014?!?  It is time to drag out the tinsel!  We are throwing down a glitzy color challenge for you: Silver, Lagoon, and Black!  Here are a few photos to inspire you.

All of our Design Team members have been asked to interpret this final 2014 challenge, and here is their inspiration for YOU!

Debi

Brandi

Lauren

Allie

Haley

Lucy

Jen

It has truly been a wonderful six months working with all of these talented ladies!

You have all month long to take either (or both!) of our December challenges.  We will be back in late 2014 to thank our "retiring" DT members and in early 2015 to welcome our new team members.  Are you going to be part of the action?  We hope so!  Link up your Tinsel Time creation here and happy crafting to finish out 2014!

Share your Favorite stamp or stamp set

Welcome! This month at Heart2Heart we are focusing on our favourite things...and this week our  challenge is to use your favourite stamp or stamp set! 

This month our fabulous Guest Designer is Donna Digby, and here's her amazing card:

Donna

Let's have a look at the projects from the rest of the Design Team to see what their favourite stamp or stamp set is.

Lauren



Brandi

Lucy

Haley

We can't wait to see YOUR favorite Close To My Heart stamp set!  Share some of your love and talent with us this month.

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The Spice of Life

Welcome back to our next July challenge!  Remember that you have all month to play along with any and all of our July challenges, and we are loving what you are making!  This week's challenge is the "Spice of Life."  Maybe you'll interpret it as a spicy color combo, maybe it's a spicy recipe, or maybe even a spicy night out! ;)

Our guest designer Gina offers this spicy card...

Team Cranberry is cooking up these fabulous creations for you this week:

Lauren

Brandi

Jen

Haley

So where will our spicy theme take you?  Be sure to link up your CTMH creation before the end of July.  They say variety is the spice of life, and we can't wait to see what you cook up!

Up, Up, and Away!

Our new Heart 2 Heart Challenges Design Team is ready to go up, up, and away!  Are you with us?  You can interpret this theme in so many ways: anything that flies, the blue skies, even a promotion or graduation!  You have all month to play along with any of our July challenges, so get your craft on.  First up is our July guest designer, Gina:

Guest Designer Gina

Both of our Design Teams are playing this week to kick off the new DT term.  It's time to introduce our Team Cranberry:

Jen

Lucy

Brandi

Lauren

Haley

Now let Team Crystal Blue take you away!

LaJeania

Adeline

Allie

Debi

(Katy has taken time off this week but will be back for the next Crystal Blue challenge.)

Aren't you impressed with our Design Team?  I am so proud of these ladies and grateful to get to work with them each week. 

Are you ready to take your CTMH artwork to new heights? It's time to soar!  Join us to go up, up, and away!