Time to Sparkle and Shine!

What an amazing year it has been here at Heart 2 Heart!  We hope you will join us for one more challenge before some of us bid you a fond farewell. I am taking some time off from DT duties, but will be checking back in as often as I can to see what you are all up to!

This challenge requires you to SHINE!  We have a special color challenge for you, this month!  Use the new Sparkle and Shine Paper Packet colors AND add some sparkle to your project this week to play along with us.

Guest Designer Amy Moore has created a cool "Cookies & Cards" Cricut Artbooking album.  (Try saying that fast three times!)  Be sure to visit her blog to see her complete project.

Our DT has lots of SPARKLY inspiration for you, so take a peek!

Pam Korte

Amie Kiger

Melinda Everitt

Shirley Ross

Paige Dolecki

Katy Taylor

Haley Dyer

Be sure to visit the DT's blogs and leave them some love this month!  I know I speak for all of us when I say how awesome it is to hear how you are inspired by our creations each week.  In fact, why not visit ALL the entries this month and spread the blog love!  I am sure there are plenty of buckets that could be filled with some sparkle out there.  :)

Ready to show us YOUR sparkle and shine?  Link up with us using the linky below by December 31st to join in on the fun!  Remember, you can also play ANY of our December challenges until then!  If you are new to this challenge, then you can read the rules right HERE first.  We wish you all an amazing Holiday season!

Moving On

This week at Heart 2 Heart Challenges, we're asking everyone to create a design that revolves around movement.  There are so many possibilities for this challenge!  You may consider creating designed decor or using a stamp set that shows an image "moving".  Interpret this challenge however you wish!  Now, let's see what our guest designers and Twilight design team have created to inspire you:

This week's we are privileged to have several guest designers with us.  First up is the crafty Kim Richardson.  She created a Christmas countdown calendar.  Each kraft stick has a different activity, and you move them into the recycled Crystal Light container each day.  How fun (and cute) is that?

To see how Rachel Loesch's precious card fits the "moving on" challenge, be sure to visit her blog.  You are going to love this adorable wintry treat!

The lovely LaJeania Hicks has this fun card to inspire you this week.

Becca Whitman is getting into the holiday spirit!

Here's a little more inspiration from our Team Twilight:

Haley

Brittany


Carol


Marie

What are you waiting for?  It's your turn, so get a move on!

All Framed Up

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what’s a frame worth? This week’s challenge is all framed up. Whether it is a card, picture, project, scrapbook page, how we frame our paper crafting can make its own statement. So the Heart2Heart design team had several beautiful and unique ways to interpret the challenge of 'all framed up.' The design team wants to see both national and international CTMH individuals’ interpretation of framed up. Here are some ideas to get your mojo juices flowing this week.

Our first December guest designer is the wonderful Wendy Coffman.  She made an adorable framed piece with Sparkle & Shine.  Check out those Rudolph noses!

Amie Kiger

Katy Taylor

Pam Korte

Shirley Ross

Melinda Everitt

 

Paige Dolecki

Now it's your turn to inspire us with your 'all framed up' projects.  You can enter this and upcoming December 2013 challenges to be eligible to be selected as Top Chick or weekly winners.  Our Design Team and Guest Designer love it when you can make the time to leave them comments.  You must use some Close To My Heart products and mention us (H2H Challenges) to be eligible.  Thanks!

Welcome Our December Designers!

It was so much fun having Hansi playing along with us again last month that we decided to invite all of our 2013 guest designers back to celebrate all month long!  They are graciously giving a little something extra of themselves this holiday season to inspire us all.  Enjoy seeing them again!

Technique Time for Team Twilight!

It's Technique Time for H2H Team Twilight this week and “Sponging” is the technique.  There are many ways that sponging can be used in papercrafting,  as you can see by checking out our fabulous Design Team and Guest Designer examples.   We are excited to have you join us in sharing how you do it.   We do ask that you use mostly Close To My Heart products (stamps, inks, papers, Cricut cartridges, etc.) on your entry--if you don't we'll have to banish your entry to the neverlands of cyberspace.  (You won't be "banished" if you use other products as accents but we do require that you use some CTMH products!).  Unfortunately last week we did have to delete 2 entries.  We would like you to have FUN with this challenge and post your entry by 11 PM November 30.  Please remember to leave a link back to H2H so others can find us too!

Here's the beautiful card our guest designer Hansi made:

Marie Flayer

Carol Labuski

Haley

Shirley Ross

Now it's your turn to inspire us with your sponging techniques.  You can also enter the other November 2013 challenges by the end of the month to be eligible to be selected as Top Chick or weekly winners.  Our Design Team and Guest Designer love it when you can make the time to leave them comments.

2014 DT CALL!

Don't forget that we're scouting for designers here at Heart 2 Heart for January-June 2014!  You can read all about it HERE.   Applications are due by November 20.  With Close To My Heart going strong in the U.S., Canada, and Australasia, we would like to have an international design team with a passion for CTMH.  Send in your application!  {This post will remain at the top until 11/20.  Scroll down for our November challenges and InLinkz link up tool.}

Game On...

This week at H2H, we're challenging you to show us a project inspired by one of your favorite games!

We've got our Team Sunset and our Guest Design Team Member, Hansi, to help you out. 

Here's what Hansi created...can you guess what game inspired her fabulous card!

Hansi Brittain

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Amie Kiger

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Melinda Everitt

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Paige Dolecki

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Katy Taylor

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Pam Korte

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Shirley Ross

Don't forget to visit each Design Team member's blog to see additional pictures and to leave a comment.  You have until the end of the  month to link up your own game-inspired project.

You can also play along with any of our other November Challenges by linking up before November 30th.

• Grateful For You
• Seeing Double

Thanks for stopping by this week!