June SOTM Blog Hop - It's Your Day to Sparkle

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is called 'It's Your Day to Sparkle', a set of over 30 stamps !!! 

If you have come here from Valerie's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog   

This month we have 19 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

This card was created using the 'paper piecing' technique. 

You simply stamp various different patterned papers and cardstock with the same image, in this case the cake, and fussy cut out the different layered images. Add foam tape for extra dimension when layering and adhering your image together.

As you can see, I'm at the Lake! 

Papercrafting with this as our view...best of both worlds this weekend!

It's a great way to incorporate the same papers in a collection for easy layered stamped images, especially if you're like me and not quite an expert in colouring and blending those images in with your markers or pencils!

Products Used: 

June SOTM - It's Your Day To Sparkle - S1906

True Love Paper Packet
Lace Border Thin Cuts - Z4060
Black Ink
Sparkles
Foam Tape

Now "Hop" on over to Heather's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

Remember, the June SOTM is only available until the 30th of June!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

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May SOTM Blog Hop - To My Bestie

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is called 'To My Bestie', a set of 19 stamps.  

If you have come here from Valerie's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog   

This month we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 

I really am loving all our newest thin cuts and I had fun making this card with all the layers PLUS the added embossed vellum with our new Flower Garden embossing folder!

I'm still playing and learning with the watercolour pencils, but adding the waterbrush to blend the colour helps!

I used our Carolina and Intense Black inks plus the Carolina cardstock for a fun pop of colour.

Products Used: 

May SOTM - To My Bestie

Thin Cuts - Stitched Rectangle Frames

Thin Cuts - Stitched Square Frames

Thin Cuts - Doily

Thin Cuts - Fancy Tags

Party Balloons Stamp & Thin Cuts

Vellum

Sweet Girl paper pack

Fern Cardstock

white ribbon

Now "Hop" on over to Stefani's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! 

Remember, the May SOTM is only available until the 31st of May!  

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

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Hey there Foxy Ladies!

Oh Yeah...check out this awesome stamp of the month for February called 'Wild about Love'...I'm not sure if you're aware or not but these little fox images are showing up everywhere! 

Last year it was moustaches, lips and owls...for anyone that has a thing for owls-great (like me!!!) but for those of you that got creeped out by them (my gal pals Tina and Sandra!)...I'm sure you're glad the industry has moved onto another woodland creature :)

Here's some artwork compliments of CTMH...

Ok, so this stamp set is only available during the month of February...while supplies last...$5 with any minimum purchase of $50 or $17.95 if you just want the stamp set!

Check out this LINK if you want to follow along on a CTMH BlogHop featuring this stamp of the month...contact me to find out how to get this set for yourself!

Thanks for stoppin' in today!

  

Blog Hoppin' with Poster Tidings in September!

Hello! Welcome to our Close To My Heart 'stamp of the month' Blog Hop! Hopefully you've had smooth sailing so far and have arrived here from Nancy Womersley's Blog...if this is your first stop, no worries as this is a circular hop and you will end up back here again once you've hopped on around to everyone's sites!

This month's stamp set is great! I've used the Fall themed one but am looking forward to creating with the Christmas one next...

This certainly was a basic layout design...I wanted to play with the 'Happy Autumn' stamp set and the Huntington papers... I love the rich Autumn tones in the papers and the inks...the sentiment was stamped in Autumn Terracotta, of course, and I've rocked some Red barn from the bottom up to add a little depth to the stamped sentiment. The Huntington assortment with these fantastic wooden buttons and canvas images were the perfect accessory to this page...now just need to take some new family fall photos to fill this page!!!

 Now head on over to Jean McNulty's Blog to see what she's done with this month's stamp, Poster Tidings!

join the 'Year-Round Cheer' BlogHop !!!

Hello and welcome to another SOTM BlogHop with some awesome CTMH Consultants! There are almost 60 Consultants participating so you should be able to get some pretty fantastic inspiration using this month's Stamp of the Month!

If you've arrived here from Judy's Blog then you are on the right track...you could refer to the list at the bottom of this post if you've lost your way.

This is one of those stamp sets that are a great investment because you can get multiple uses out of this one over several different seasons.

I wanted to use the Christmas stamp as I always have photos to scrap on this Holiday...

I took these photos in 2007, my Yorkie Chloe is super cooperative and sits nicely for her picture to be taken!

 I didn't have enough of the CTMH silver glitter alphabet stickers so I used the zeros for my 'O's and I added our CMTH green glitter to some chipboard alphabet pieces to make 'xmas'

 I have oodles of tags I purchased at Staples and I punched a 1⅜" Colonial White circle which fit perfectly to cover the bright white tag base.

Banners are all the rage currently, and adding some more of the red and green glitz glitter gel to these stamped images adds just the right amount of bling!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now off you go to Maureen's Blog to see what she has created with this great stamp set!

List of Bloggers

Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com

Kathleen Androlewicz http://BowlOfStamps.blogspot.com

Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/

Nikka Geers http://www.nikkageers.blogspot.com

Haley Dyer http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com

Doreen Guilfoyle http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com

Michelle Loncar http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com

Traci Godbee http://www.createwithtraci.com/

Melinda Everitt http://www.ifyoublingit.blogspot.com

Pamela O'Connor http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

Adeline Brill http://www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com

Pamela Ellison http://pamsclearlycraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Georgia Hauglid http://inkygeorgia.blogspot.com/

Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com

Mary Eisen http://mestamp2.blogspot.com

Laurie R. Newton http://www.scrapsfromthebeach.com

Wendy Coffman http://www.stampingrules.blogspot.com/

Krista Ritskes http://simplycreatingtogether.blogspot.com/

Wanda Riley http://Creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com

Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com

Maria Meyers http://www.stampmomma.com/

Angela Tutton http://www.tuttonstreasures.blogspot.com

Judy Burger http://www.makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com

Jen Rubio http://JenRubio.blogspot.com

Lalia Harris http://www.craftylalia.blogspot.com

Gina Brandstetter http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/

Katy Taylor http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Susan Brooks http://stampingintheopen.blogspot.com

Jen Patrick http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com

Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.com/blog

Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com

Michelle Jones http://www.michellejonesva.blogspot.com

Angel Sawyer http://RunningwithScissorsDesignCo.blogspot.com

Allisa Chilton http://rockymtnpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Dawn Ross http://iamahappystamper.blogspot.com

Lisa Sargent http://www.lisasargent.net

Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com

Krista Hershberger http://kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Tamra Pope http://tamrascraftypapercreations.blogspot.com/

Dawn Heuft http://stamptildawn.blogspot.com

Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Mindemann http://www.ejoym.blogspot.com

Teresa Scrivens http://www.creatingwithinkypaw.com

Lori Brown http://www.savingmine.blogspot.com

Carla Ironside http://carlacreates.ca

LeAnne Dudley http://www.dudleychickdesigns.blogspot.com

Annette Green http://AnnettesCreativeJourney.blogspot.com

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

Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.com

Karen Fullam http://www.enrichingmemories.com/

Vicki Price http://priceofpaper.blogspot.com/

Jean McNulty http://stampinmaui.blogspot.com/

Joy McHargue http://www.studiowowjoy.com/

Terry Ann Diack http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/

Judy Faye Garner http://judyfaye.blogspot.com

Kristine Ponte http://kponte.blogspot.ca

Maureen OSullivan http://somethingtoscrapabout-maureen.blogspot.com/

Tamytha Jenkins http://www.paperheartist.com/

Michelle Johns http://www.myflightsoffancy.com

Capture the Date...in November only!

Welcome to another fantastic SOTM BlogHop featuring 68 super creative Close To My Heart Consultants and November's stamp of the month 'Capture the Date'

If you've arrived here from Kim Schnoor's Blog then you are on the right track and if you're starting here, no worries this is a circular hop, if you've gotten lost somewhere along the way, refer to the complete list of hoppers at the end of this post.....I hope you enjoy all the wonderful creations this month!

Two words...Project Life...that is my resolution starting this week, forget about January 1st or New Years Resolutions (click on the link if you're not familiar with PL)...I have no trouble keeping busy and having fun scrapbooking my photos, but I have always really wanted to start doing Becky Higgins' Project Life and I have finally gone online and ordered special cards, page protectors and albums...BUT if you are thinking of starting some type of 'Project Life' scrapbooking...you CAN do it with stamps, cardstock and papers and CTMH's page protectors just as easily, well maybe not totally easier, but quite beautifully...sorry for the dark'ish photos, took them in my workshop instead of in some bright light outdoors!

Now in preparing for the addition of a"Project Life" concept behind SOME of my scrapbooking, I thought that this month's SOTM set is perfect for some journalling cards and identifying the weeks and dates of events...

Now I just started stamping the journalling frames and adding the Months in different colours and then cut them out...this way when the time comes for me to add them to my page protectors, they will be ready to go!

These are the colours that I used in case you were interested :)

Now for those of you tht are actually reading my post and aren't familiar with 'Project Life', you 'Title' your two page spread with the week you are highlighting so after cutting out the letters for the 'week' I then stamped the week, so I have a record of what 'week 1' of 2013 is going to look like, which is Dec.30th - Jan.5th...and I embellished it with some flowers out of the Flirty paper collection..a little fussy cutting and my 4X6 Title card is ready to go for 2013!

I'm super excited to start this different scrapbooking experience and hope to be able to share it with all of you as I go...I might even play with 2012 to get warmed up for January!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now off you go to Terry Ann Diack's Blog to see what she's created with this super versatile stamp set too!

Here's a full list of hoppers in case you get lost along the way!

Kathleen Androlewicz http://BowlOfStamps.blogspot.com

Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com

Gina Brandstetter http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com

Traci Pasqualone http://ScrapiTraci.blogspot.com

Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com

Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.com/blog

Angela Tutton http://www.tuttonstreasures.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Mindemann http://www.ejoym.blogspot.com

Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com

Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com

Michelle Jones http://www.michellejonesva.blogspot.com

DiAnn Denson http://disstampingroom.blogspot.com/

Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com

Maria Meyers http://www.stampmomma.com/

Pamela Ellison http://pamsclearlycraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Carla Ironside http://carlacreates.ca

Mary Eisen http://mestamp2.blogspot.com

Dawn Heuft http://stamptildawn.blogspot.com

Traci Godbee http://www.createwithtraci.com/

Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/

Tamra Pope http://tamrascraftypapercreations.blogspot.com/

Angel Sawyer http://RunningwithScissorsDesignCo.blogspot.com

Melinda Everitt http://www.ifyoublingit.blogspot.com

Katy Taylor http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

LeAnne Dudley http://www.dudleychickdesigns.blogspot.com

Doreen Guilfoyle http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com

Wendy Coffman http://www.stampingrules.blogspot.com/

Michelle Loncar http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com

Krista Hershberger http://kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com

Allisa Chilton http://rockymtnpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Wanda Riley http://Creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com

Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.com

Krista Ritskes http://simplycreatingtogether.blogspot.com/

Pamela O'Connor http://reflectionsofmyartandsoul.com

Jen Rubio http://JenRubio.blogspot.com

Debra Van Patten http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com

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

Adeline Brill http://www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com

Dawn Ross http://iamahappystamper.blogspot.com

Lalia Harris http://www.craftylalia.blogspot.com

Haley Dyer http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com

Laurie R. Newton http://www.scrapsfromthebeach.com

Susan Brooks http://stampingintheopen.blogspot.com

Lisa Sargent http://www.lisasargent.net

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

Nikka Geers http://www.nikkageers.blogspot.com

Annette Green http://AnnettesCreativeJourney.blogspot.com

Georgia Hauglid http://inkygeorgia.blogspot.com/

Lori Brown http://www.savingmine.blogspot.com

Jen Patrick http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com

Teresa Scrivens http://www.creatingwithinkypaw.com

Judy Burger http://www.makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com

Pamela Ellison http://pamsclearlycraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Heather Schmuckal http://www.heatherjanedesign.blogspot.com/

Laura Petruso http://www.starbreezedesigns.com/

Amy Edwards http://paisleysplayhouse.blogspot.com/

Judy Faye Garner http://judyfaye.blogspot.com

Angela Garcia http://angelascraftcloset.blogspot.com/

Kim Schnoor http://www.creativehands-hearts.blogspot.com

Kristine Ponte http://kponte.blogspot.ca

Terry Ann Diack http://terryanndiack.blogspot.ca/

DiAnn Denson http://disstampingroom.blogspot.com/

Carol Horton http://carol-scrappininparadise.blogspot.com/

Karen Fullam http://www.enrichingmemories.com/

Vicki Price http://priceofpaper.blogspot.com/

Jean McNulty http://stampinmaui.blogspot.com/

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

more with this month's Very Merry Christmas!

I know, you might not be in the Christmas mood yet...but this October you can get a great Christmas'y stamp set for only $5.00! It is the perfect addition to your stamping collection because you can use it for layouts, cards and you can make some gift tags too!

It's easy, with any order you place of a minimum of $35 in the month of October, you can get this set for $5 !

I have created a great card today using a 6x6 Kraft card base, our new Pear & Partridge Christmas paper, Cranberry & Colonial White cardstock, our new Burlap ribbon and some Cranberry baker's Twine from our Harvest Baker's twine collection:

  

I started with our pre-done 6x6 card bases and I've scored it at 1½ inches on either side of the center fold:

Then I folded along the score lines so that the center fold comes into the middle of the card...add some heavy duty double sided tape JUST along the outer edge of the card as pictured above:

 I trimmed an opening along the folded edge so that I could slip my Gift Card into the slot...this is why I was careful not to add adhesive too close to the fold as I wouldn't have been able to slide in my card!

I adhered the Burlap ribbon along that scalloped edge of this card base, mounted the sentiment with 3D foam tape and then after I put my gift card into my card, I wrapped some of that great twine around the card twice and tied a bow...this way the person I give this to can just untie the twine and the sentiment will still be attached to my card!

Thanks for stopping in today and if you have any questions about my card, the products I've used or this month's stamp set, please contact me!

BlogHoppin' with a Very Merry Christmas

Hello and Welcome to another SOTM BlogHop with some fabulous Close To My Heart consultants! We've got 66 participating this month and hopefully we'll get you excited to create some Christmas themed projects.

If you've arrived from Kim's Blog, then you are on the right track!

Well I'm loving the new Pear and Partridge papers but I love it even more when you add a sheet of Dakota paper as the wooden board background...this card just feels rustic to me :)

Stay tuned for more posts with this great October stamp of the month!

Now head on over to TerryAnn's Blog for some more inspiration and I hope to enjoy this month's Hop!!!

March's SOTM Blog Hop!

Welcome to another fantastic SOTM Blog Hop 

featuring 'Potential'...March's Stamp of the Month!

Well, I thought I was in this month's Blog Hop, but now after looking at the line-up, I can see that I never signed up!!!

I will add the SOTM Blog Hop link at the end of this post so those of you interested can click onto that link and see the over 50 talented Consultants' artwork. Remember that this stamp set is available for this month only!

White cardstock base, Tulip and Sunset cardstock and Stella PP...

I stamped this image in Sunset ink and then rolled the outside edges in Tulip ink...matted on Tulip cardstock and popped up with 3D foam tape over our new Baker's Twine (Paradise Assortment-Z1702)

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Here is the link to the SOTM Blog Hop :) Enjoy!

February's SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to another fantastic Blog Hop featuring 'Thoughtful Tidings'...

 February's Stamp of the Month!

If you've arrived from Jean McNulty's Blog you are on the right track! I hope you are enjoying all the fabulous artwork from this group of talented (60!!!) Consultants and remember that this stamp set is available for this month only.  

If you've been a follower of mine for a while, you'll know how much I love to use sketches, maps and Idea Books...this card is inspired by Mojo Mondays terrific site.

Stella paper, Stella Canvas Shapes & a Durable Stud!
((this is a 4.25" x 5.5"))

and this is the sketch they posted on Monday!

and this project was created using Close To My Heart's 'Originals' card book, pattern on pg 118 'Vertical Three'

*all new* Stella paper, Stella Canvas Shapes, Lagoon Twine & Durable Studs

((this is a 8" x 3.5" card))

I wanted to take my photo of this card using a sheet of the B&T duos paper included in this fantastic Stella paper pack! It is a little bit bold...but that's what I like about it :)

Did I mention that I  L-O-V-E this paper collection!!! 

Thanks so much for stopping by, now it's time to see 

what's happening on Vicki Price's Blog 

Complete list of Hoppers:

Kathleen Androlewicz http://BowlOfStamps.blogspot.com

Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com

Lisa Sargent http://www.lisasargent.net

Katy Donaldson http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com

Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com

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

Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com

Melinda Everitt http://www.ifyoublingit.blogspot.com

Wanda Riley http://Creatingwithwanda.blogspot.com

Nikka Geers http://www.nikkageers.blogspot.com

Mary Eisen http://mestamp2.blogspot.com

Georgia Hauglid http://inkygeorgia.blogspot.com/

Michelle Loncar http://michelleloncar.blogspot.com

Teresa Scrivens http://www.creatingwithinkypaw.com

Wendy Fording http://papercreationsbywendy.blogspot.com

Gina Brandstetter http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/

Sarita Schraeder http://www.blessedscrapper.com

Jen Patrick http://roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com

Traci Godbee http://www.createwithtraci.com/

Adeline Brill http://www.adeline-brill.blogspot.com

Traci Pasqualone http://ScrapiTraci.blogspot.com

Pamela O'Connor http://cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com

Dawn Heuft http://stamptildawn.blogspot.com

Debra Van Patten http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com

Haley Dyer http://inkyscrapper.blogspot.com

Doreen Guilfoyle http://whereisyourhappyplace.blogspot.com

Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth Mindemann http://www.ejoym.blogspot.com

Nancy Brown http://creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com/

Terrie Dodd http://www.my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com

Judy Burger http://www.makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com

LeAnne Dudley http://www.dudleychickdesigns.blogspot.com

Susan Brooks http://stampingintheopen.blogspot.com

Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com

Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.com/blog

Wendy Coffman http://www.stampingrules.blogspot.com/

Krista Hershberger http://kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com/

Angela Tutton http://www.tuttonstreasures.blogspot.com

Shannon Beck http://www.cardsfromthefarm.blogspot.com

Sheila Bennett http://sheila-bennett.blogspot.com

Tamytha Jenkins http://www.paperheartist.com/

Angel Sawyer http://RunningwithScissorsDesignCo.blogspot.com

Carla Ironside http://carlacreates.blogspot.com

Annette Green http://AnnettesCreativeJourney.blogspot.com

Dawn Ross http://iamahappystamper.blogspot.com

Krista Ritskes http://simplycreatingtogether.blogspot.com/

Lori Brown http://www.savingmine.blogspot.com

Jen Rubio http://JenRubio.blogspot.com

Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com

Karen Fullam http://www.enrichingmemories.com/

Judy Faye Garner http://judyfaye.blogspot.com

Michelle Johns http://www.myflightsoffancy.com/blog

Carol Horton http://www.carol-scrappininparadise.blogspot.com

Nicole Griggs http://nicolescreativezone.blogspot.com

Allisa Chilton http://rockymtnpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Tamra Pope http://www.tamrascraftypapercreations.blogspot.com/

Lalia Harris http://craftylalia.blogspot.com

Jean McNulty http://stampinmaui.blogspot.com/

Kristine Ponte http://www.kponte.blogspot.com

Vicki Price http://priceofpaper.blogspot.com