April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring April's SOTM, which is “You Are…”, a set of 15 stamps.

If you have come here from Amy McVey'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 HERE.

This month we have approximately 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM!!

This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Have FUN and happy hopping! J

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When I saw this stamp set I thought of earth tone colors right away. 

Here are the two cards I created…

 

Let’s talk about the “FUN” card first…

I used our new Victory Paper pack that includes the colors Outdoor Denim, Olive, New England Ivy, Bamboo and Chocolate.  This paper packet can be used for so many events! 

I decided to look at my Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge booklet and found JUST what I was looking for!!  I used the feature key “card” and than cut <shape8> at 5 1/2” from White Daisy Cardstock.  I then used that card base as a template to cut out the frame from the middle of the card onto the 2 different designer papers and inked the cut pieces.  Next, I stamped the Bamboo cardstock with the argyle background design in Outdoor Denim and then heavily dragged this piece through my Bamboo ink pad.  I LOVE the distressed look that gives!!

 

For the border, I simply used Olive cardstock and stamped the star images in New England Ivy ink.  I LOVE clear stamps Jand because of that, I was able to use just the dotted line off the one border stamp in this set to finish my border!!!

 

 

 

Other items I used for this card…

Enjoy Life stamp set

Dimensional Elements – Stars

Buttons – blue assortment & clear

3D foam tape- my STAPLE in creating!

 

I thought I would do a little bit to the inside of the card, so here is a shot of how simple that is. J

 

 

 

 

Now "Hop" on over to Carla’s Blog to see her talented work! I can’t wait to visit myself! 

OR…if you’d like to learn some more…here are details on my other card!

The second card I have to share is so COOL! J  LOL!!!

 

Our children are often saying the word “Cool!” so this is the word I decided to use from this stamp set.  I used my neutral tones from the Victory Paper Pack and had fun creating with the stamps in this set. 

 

For the Cool frame, I did some masking!  I haven’t done this technique in a while, so I got out my post it note, stamped the word “Cool!” on it and cut out around it.  Then after stamping “Cool!” in the middle of the frame, I placed the pre-stamped post it note over top and inked up my argyle stamped image in bamboo ink.  I stamped on top of the frame, removed the cool post-it note and wa-la!  My own designed frame!

I love the little images that come with this stamp set and decided to try and create a double border with it!  I really liked how it turned out, but felt I needed to fill in the spaces, so I pulled out the opaques – mocha colored.  I think this helps give it a finishing touch.

 

I also LOVE to do dry embossing…so I used the lined stamp in this stamp set that to create my own lined paper!  After stamping on the one side, I turned it over and used my scoring tool to score every other line.  Then, I turned it over and sanded so that our white cored paper shown through – giving us a patterned papaer!!!  I LOVE the option we have with our white cored paper!!!!

       

 

I hope you enjoyed these details and were inspired to try something on your own! 

If you haven’t done so already, feel free to "Hop" on over to Carla’s Blog to see her talented work!

Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!

Remember, this Stamp set “You Are..” is only available until April 30th!!!

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

Blessings to you!

 Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

359 Warwick Road, Elverson, PA 19520

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com                  www.kristah.ctmh.com

 

4th Annual Scrapbooking Retreat Weekend

What a WONDERFUL time of creating and fellowshipping together!!!



This past weekend, I was privileged to have 30 ladies join me at a local camp for a weekend of scrapbooking!  Each year, the weekend starts on a Thursday night at 7pm and runs until Saturday afternoon at 5pm. 
 
This year all of the spots were FILLED to the brim and everyone was quite happy with their 6-8 ft. space that was entirely THEIRS for the weekend!! 
 
This is what an area with 31 scrapbookers looks like! J

There were goodie bags given,

  

door prizes all weekend (forgot to get a picture!!)

and a Duck & Bunny were making their away around to everyone’s table too! J FUN, FUN!!!

 
We had massages on Friday afternoon…

a make n take class on Friday night…

…and PLENTY of food all weekend long!!!

THANK YOU to each of you who were a part of this special weekend!!!
 
Blessings to you!
 Krista
 

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Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

359 Warwick Road, Elverson, PA 19520

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com        www.kristah.ctmh.com

Florentine Paper Pack

Florentine is one of my new FAVORITE paper packs!

I love the neutral tones that will coordinate with so many occasions!  You could use this paper pack for wedding, heritage, outdoors, family, and the list goes on! J

I was a part of a swap a few month’s back and still have some artwork to share with you! J Yay!!!

These items below were created by fellow consultant Lisa Combs and she used the Florentine paper pack along with some of our new embellishments. 

I love the many ways she used this paper pack and the FUN new embellishments she used with the Florentine paper pack. 

My favorite item was the new die-cut card design…take a look.

I love this new style of card, but I loved how Lisa double matted her wording on the front of the card.  The stamp set that she used is on pg. 98 and called “The Best Things”. 

Take notice of her closure…

she used a flower from the Bouquet Assortment and some of our new Baker’s Twine!  How clever!

  

Since this is a favorite paper pack of mine, I did create a few things using this pack as well. J

First, we have a two page layout…the layout pattern is taken from the Magic book, pg.80 the pattern called “Charmed”. 

**Remember, these how-to books are while supplies last!  ***

I used flower 8 from the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge, and added some texture to it…here’s a close up….

I used the stamp set Universal Backgrounds” to add the wording, and then sponged everything in Crème Brulee ink.  The leaves and the swirls came from the stamp set called “Kick Back”…I LOVE this stamp set!
I used two NEW embellishments for the center of the flowers…Round Durables, and the pre-adhesive Pewter Badges. 

For the other page, I used more stamped images from the Kick Back stamp set and cut a few of them out.
I had fun stamping the SUN stamp inside the Relax wording…

I also created a notebook with Florentine for one of my secret sister gifts on the Hawaiian Cruise. 

The neutral tones go with so much!  I just kept it simple and used the saying from the “Kick Back” stamp set.  I also used the new dark chocolate velvet rub-ons!  I was amazed at how EASY it these were to use!

Inside, I again kept it simple.  I wanted to add a cute jumbo paper clip to the pocket…so I cut out a few scalloped circles using our 2” scallop circle punch.  I then used the Art Philosophy cartridge to cut out the rest of the pieces to create a “fancy” paper clip.  The star and swirls were stamped with our “Love Life” stamp set.

I hope you get a chance to create this week! Feel free to drop me a comment and I’d love to have you share your ideas and work with me as well!

Blessings to YOU,

Krista

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Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

359 Warwick Road, Elverson, PA 19520

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com           kristah.ctmh.com



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Blessings,

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Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

359 Warwick Road, Elverson, PA 19520

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com              http://kristah.ctmh.com/



Don't forget about this BEAUTIFUL March Stamp of the Month!!
It can be yours for only $5.00 when you place a $50 order.