I {heart} Heart 2 Heart's Close To My Heart HEART Challenge!

I dare you to fit more "Hearts" in my title! 

Did you ever notice that when you write the same word over and over it looks like it's spelled wrong? Or is it just me?  I am having flashbacks of writing lines on the chalkboard during recess...I will not talk to my friends in class.  I will not talk to my friends in class.  I will not talk to my friends in class... I was a bit of a chatterbox and I had a mean Grade 5 teacher, after about 10 lines I was terrified that I was spelling 'friends' wrong and thought he would make me do it over.  Simple but effective punishment.  I tried telling my kids this story, and all they wanted to know is "What's a chalkboard?" Seriously?  Part of the punishment involved cleaning the chalkbrushes at the end of the day, those of you who can remember chalk at school know what I am talking about.

Back to now...
the challenge at Heart 2 Heart this week is to make anything with a HEART on it! 

I feel sorry for elementary kids today, poor things will never know the pleasure of having to fill 4 chalkboards with lines...
But they still get Valentine treats and a party, so we made treat 'bags' for my kids' classmates, and we had an assembly line going for my heart project.  Gotta say I'm sick of hearts for a while:

Here's the finished product.

Here is a close up:

Here's a peek at what's inside:

And here is the pattern to make them, super easy!

*The complete product list is at the bottom of this post. 

I used our new Kraft cardstock for the base.  The kids did the stamping,folding, and filled the treat bags.  (My son complained the whole time, "Do I have to stamp all of them?" Which sparked the whole discussion about writing lines on the chalkboard...)

I did all the cutting and the gluing.

Got hearts on the brain this week?  Join us at Heart 2 Heart for our HEART challenge! Anything goes, as long as it has hearts on it and is mostly Close To My Heart products.  Check out the projects my friends on the Design Team have made (their links are over on my sidebar), you're sure to love them!  And I hope you play along! You have all month to join us, we have prizes and everything!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Lorrinda

Recipe:

All products CTMH:

Cardstock: Kraft, Holiday Red and White Daisy

Stamps: D1254 Soul Mates hearts and borders

Ink: Holiday Red

Red ric rac

Liquid Glass to adhere ric rac ribbon

Other:

Small celophane bags and candy treats from Walmart

Tools:

Cuttlebug Script Embossing Folder

SU Scallop Border Punch

Cricut Accent Essentials to cut red hearts and cut out circles.

MS Score Board

Getting Sketchy at Heart 2 Heart

At Heart 2 Heart this week, we've got a sketch challenge! 

I had this fabulous new CTMH paper on my desk just begging to get used! So I made my honey a Valentine card:

 The paper is from the CTMH Sweetheart Level 2 paper pack, available in the new Idea Book tomorrow! Isn't this paper fabulous? Can you see the flowers on the center panel paper...they are made completely of tiny little hearts, how cute!  It's all hearts and pink, but the reverse sides are mostly black so I think this paper will work for a guy too.  My big tough oil-field-working, camo-wearing, collector of hunting rifles and knives guy actually likes little pink hearts :), so I used the fronts of the papers...
The sentiment stamps are from CTMH D1254 Soul Mates, and the hearts stamped behind the sentiments are from CTMH D1402 Togetherness.

Now, you must go to H2H to check out what the talented Design team has done with this sketch, it always amazes me to see what different people can do with the same sketch! (even though it seems most of us had Valentines on the brain this week!)

Want to play along with us? Whip up something using mostly CTMH products and the sketch at the top as a template, then link it up at the H2H blog.  Your entry might just get you a spot in the Top Ten, and there are also some awesome prizes to be won from our generous sponsors this month, Shirley Ross and Sandra Strickler.  All the details can be found at Heart 2 Heart.

Thanks for visiting today!
Lorrinda

Recipe:
Cardstock: CTMH Black and White Daisy
Pattern Paper: CTMH X7134B Sweetheart Level 2 Paper Pack
Stamps: CTMH D1254 Soul Mates and D1402 Togetherness
Inks: CTMH Black and Cotton Candy
CTMH Black Hemp
Tools: Edge Distresser
Buttons from my stash