Meet our July Guest DT

We're almost ready to kick off a new month and a new DT term and today I want to introduce you to our July Guest DT - Marg Van Patten:

I hail from the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" and enjoy all that Minnesota's four seasons have to offer ... most especially the photo opts! I've been snapping photos since childhood and never did anything creative with them until I was introduced to scrapbooking in 1996. I attended my first crop in 1998, fell in love with the "sport" and never looked back! I continue to advance my skills by participating in local and online workshops. I began digital scrapbooking in 2008 and dabble with cards, party favors, and home decor projects on a regular basis. While I enjoy most forms of paper art, traditional paper scrapbooking is my first love. Some of my other interests include entertaining family and friends, reading, gardening, moderate exercise, cooking, and listening to music.

In 2010 a dear friend and fellow crafter encouraged me to start up a blog and paticipate in challenges. Even when I don't have time to enter a challenge, I hop on through some of my favorite blogs, like H2H, for inspiration. There's huge amounts of talent here at H2H and I'm both honored and excited to be the DT Guest this coming month.

You can visit Marg at her blog: I Didn't Have Potatoes. She'll be joining us starting this coming Monday and we're happy to have her! Welcome Marg!

Announcing our new Design Team members!

I have a quick announcement today to share with everyone welcoming our new Design Team members who will ALL be starting July 2nd! Yep, you will get to meet each person in more detail on Monday when the entire team participates in the weekly challenge!!! But for now, please send a big congrats to the following new members:

Team A:

Kelly Brandt     http://kbrandtscrapperchic.blogspot.ca/    

     
Caroline Bredeson      http://www.cjmacbred.blogspot.com              

Erin Schulte            http://www.imcreaterin.blogspot.ca      

Madeline Morcelo       http://www.inkingfromtheheart.blogspot.com      

Shirley Ross        http://www.momnmescrap.blogspot.com           

Team B:

Angel Shifflett        http://www.angelctmh.blogspot.com        

Nancy Ball                http://www.ballisticdesign.blogspot.com        

Dorothy Seiler          http://dorothyscreativeoz.blogspot.ca        

Cheryl Cuddie         http://www.cherylcuddie.blogspot.com           

Dania Boise            http://www.dania-storiesinpictures.blogspot.com/    

I will soon have their links posted on the sidebar but in the meantime, feel free to stop by their blogs with the URLs posted here and tell them hello.

I'll be back in the next day or two to introduce you to July's Guest DT. See ya then!

Wedding challenge

So many things to share with you before we get to this week's challenge.

First off a big thank you to June's Guest DT, Laura Charko. We've enjoyed having you with us this month! There will be a new Guest DT announced later this week so stay tuned!!

I also want to extend a HUGE thank you to my incredible Design Team who are sharing their last artwork of their term this week with you. You have all been fantastic and consistent and artisitic and I have enjoyed working with you all. You will be missed but I hope you will still join in our challenges!!

Today is the last day to submit your application for the next round of the DT if you're so inclined. By tomorrow morning, a new DT will be chosen and they will be hard at work preparing for thier first challenge on July 2nd.

And now on to our challenge. It's all about WEDDINGS this week. Create a wedding card or gift, layout or other wedding related item. Here is what the Design Team created starting with our existing Guest Laura:

Laura

Mary

Paige

Carla

Joelle

Amy

Lucy

Are you ready to join us? #1 rule - PLEASE use Close To My Heart products in your artwork! Looking forward to what you create!

DT Applications

There is still time to apply for a spot on the next round of the H2H Design Team! You can find all the details on this post: New DT members. Send in your application today!

Ribbon Challenge

Thanks to all of those that played along with us for last week's challenge honoring Dads.  If you didn't get a chance to play along, it's not too late. You have until the end of the month to submit your project in order to be considered for June's Top Ten.

This week's challenge is to use a staple of every crafter's supply stash....RIBBON.  All you need to do is use ribbon on your project.  It's probably safe to say, we've all done this, so we'd love to see you kick it up a notch by using two or more different ribbons on your project, but it's not required.

What is required is that you...

1. Use mostly Close To My Heart products, though it doesn't have to be 100%.  
2. Use at least one kind of ribbon on your project.
3. Post your project to your blog or other online gallery.
4. Come back here and directly link to your blog post, not your blog home page. 
5. Mention Heart 2 Heart somewhere in your blog post indicating that you are playing along with us and link to our site. 

Failure to follow the challenge rules will disqualify your project and your link will be removed.

* Please consider turning OFF word verification for your comments as it makes it much more time consuming for our DT members to leave you comments.

Up first, our Guest DT, Laura:

Laura Charko

Allisa Chilton

Haley Dyer

Mary Gunn FUNN

Tamytha Jenkins

Ann Marie Lessner

Jen Zimmerman

If you want more details on the design team's projects, simply click on the designer's name to be directed to their blog.

Now it's your turn!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Time for some scrapbooking!

Cheryl has another great sketch for all you scrapbookers to play with - it's over at the H2H Scrapbooking page. Here's her sample, just to get you inspired:

Pop over and join in the fun. Be sure to leave your comments on this post!

May Top Ten

Sorry for the delay but some months it is just beyond hard making these Top Ten choices! Thanks to my great Design Team who help out along the way - I couldn't do it without them!

Speaking of the Design Team, I'm still taking applications for the next round of DT members starting in July so I hope you will consider trying out! The details on how to apply are in a post below so scroll down and check it out.

Ok so on to the Top Ten choices for May.

Mother's Day challenge:

Marg

Becca

Debi

Polka Dot (and Stripes) challenge:

Carolyn

Jody

Distressing challenge:

Dania

Jan

Add a Photo challenge:

Amy

Jane

Wendy

Fabulous creations, everyone! And now for our top chick of the Top Ten.......

Congratulations Marg!
And congratulations to all! Your badge info will be emailed to you soon. Becca and Jane, I couldn't find your email address so if you need a badge, please contact me at mbryt1@bex.net.


Stay tuned tomorrow for a new H2H scrapbook sketch and we'll be back again Monday with an all-new challenge!