July CTMH Stamp of the Month–“From the Notebook”

Welcome to our monthly Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!!

If you have come here from Jean’s Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE July SOTM stamp set called “From the Notebook”.

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can START HERE & work your way around to the many consultants on this “hop”! J

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have 17 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items using this month’s stamp set.  So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of each post to see what EVERY consultant has created. J

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So, would you like to see the stamp set? 

Take a look!

Oh my! Is your mind RACING with all of the possibilities of this stamp set??  I know mine is! LOL!!

I know this set is PERFECT for your day planner, or even a scrapbook layout - but today I chose to use this on a card....take a look.  

I chose to create a card with no embellishments except one piece of pixie twine. (yikes!)  Just paper, cardstock, inks and stamps ....a little bit of a challenge to myself, because I ADORE the embellishment part! 

Here is a close up...

I got out my Memento ink pad, and stamped this beautiful Hawaiian Hibiscus stamp set.  Then I pulled out my ShinHan alcohol markers to give some color to these images.  

What paper did I use, you might wonder? 
I used 2 different paper packs - Georgie (chevron) and Kaleidoscope paper pack for behind the flowers! 

I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas for when you get your own set of this months’ SOTM stamp set.  Happy Crafting to each of you! J

Now – it’s time to head over to Melissa’s blog to see what FABULOUS items she has created using this stamp set! J

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their blogs to get some GREAT crafting ideas!!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment below. J

****Remember*****

The July SOTM – ”From the Notebook” – is ONLY available until July 31, 2016. J

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant J) to answer any questions you many have. 

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J

Kaleidoscope Scrapbook Pages- CTMH

Have you taken notice of the Kaleidoscope paper collection from Close To My Heart? 

 

Such bright, fun colors to work with!!

 

 My monthly group of ladies, enjoy creating scrapbook pages….so I needed to create some of my own pages, since there was not a Workshop kit that CTMH created for this paper collection. J

 (But you'll want to take note of the ADORABLE Kaleidoscope cardmaking kit they DO have available!!)

 

 

 

Here are the layouts I created…

 

Layout 1 was created from a  layout design that CTMH gave us at this summer’s 2015 Convention. 

 

I wanted to use only colors from the Kaleidoscope paper collection – so I needed to trade out some cardstock colors compared to the original CTMH layout, to make this happen.

 

 

 

While I do like the “original” layout & colors by CTMH, I was really excited how this layout turned out by only using the colors included in the Kaleidoscope paper collection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

As I was creating these set of layouts, I wanted to use the coordinating Kaleidoscope Complements on all three layouts, so I incorporated these fun goodies in each layout as well. 

 

 

 

Let’s take a close-up look at some of Layout 1 details.

 

  We did some stamping on this 1st layout, and I “copied” directly from the CTMH layout.

Check out the “flowers” we created with this stamp set, we used the leaf stamp image from the FRIEND TREE stamp set!!  I LOVE to use stamp images in ways we don’t think about – and that’s how we created this flower!!

 

Below, the bicycle needed some glitter hearts and the dotted strip of paper is a  “zip-strip” that’s an “extra goodie” included with CTMH paper collections!!

 

Here is layout 2….we used Pear cardstock as our base pages.

 

Let’s see a few close ups of this page…

 

 

 

The large diamond is a sticker that comes in the Complements collection.  I mounted that on a scrap piece of canary cardstock & then cut a piece of white shimmer trim to give it some sparkle.

 

Also, note that the clear stickers were used just like they are. (check out layout 3 for another way to use the clear stickers)

 

 

 

I used a mixture of the 3D shapes, stickers & added white shimmer trim to give it some pop!

 

It’s fun to dove-tail the shimmer trim OR just cut it off on an angle!!  This is ONE product that I use all the time, you can use it in so many ways!!

 

 

 

Layout 3 was created using Pattern 3, from our Make It From Your Heart #2 how-to- book. 

 

As I mentioned above – this time….take note of the “clear stickers” on this layout.  These "clear" flower stickers are no longer clear, but I mounted them on white daisy cardstock & then cut them out to place them as accents on the layout!! 

 

Here is a close-up of the title of this page…

Again, I added the "fun day" sticker to a piece of scrap gypsy cardstock.  and added a piece of shimmer trim behind the title.  

The tie dye zig zags are a sticker, but – since I don’t like to waste anything J…I cut another set of zig zags out of the negative space & used that on the right side of this layout too!!

 

 

By clustering many elements together, you get a really neat scrapbook page!!

 

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Here are the materials I used on this set of 3 Kaleidoscope layouts.

 

Products Used for Workshop

X7202B Kaleidoscope paper pack

X7202C Kaleidoscope Complements

3 extra sheets of colored cardstock (2 Pacifica, 1 Pear)

2 sheets of additional White Daisy CS (for photo mats)

4 ½” x 5 ½” Pear photo mat

E1032 Typography Alphabet

D1677 Friend Tree

Z3024 White Shimmer Trim

Z3123 Green Triangle Enamels AND/OR  Z3124 Purple Heart Enamels

Z2643 Canary Ink

Z2153 Sweet Leaf ink

Z2155 Topiary ink

Z2197 Pear ink

Z2190 Gypsy ink

Would you like to create your OWN set of Kaleidoscope pages??? J

When you purchase $30 or more on my CTMH website, I will email you the directions & my tips to create these 3 sets of layouts for FREE!

 

Please contact me & let me know you are interested in these directions, after placing your CTMH order . 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Creating & have a wonderful day!

Krista Hershberger J

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

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December SOTM - Candlelight Garden

Welcome to our MONTHLY

Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!

If you have come here from

 Nancy's Blog 

you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE December SOTM stamp set called “Candlelight Garden”.  

This blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here & work your way around to the many consultants on this "hop"!  

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find a complete list of PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS by clicking HERE…

This month we have over 33 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items they have created using this month’s stamp set! So, sit back & enjoy your tour as you click on the link at the end of the post to see what EACH consultant has created!!

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Take a peek at this FUN, exclusive Stamp set only available in December!!!J

This stamp set has been one of my customers FAVORITE's ever since they saw the release of this Holiday Expression mini-book.  So we are ALL excited it is NOW available to purchase!! J 

I didn't have as much time as I wanted to play with this stamp set, so I created this simple card for my team meeting the other week.  

While I am ENJOYING learning to watercolor with my NEW watercolor paints from CTMH, I decided to pull out my "oldie but goodie" watercolor PENCILS & the Blending pen to complete this card! J 

I only used 3 colors (shown above)....but our entire set of Watercolor pencils comes in 2 different boxes - 12 in each box to create a set of 24!! 

Look at all those FABULOUS colors!!

I am AMAZED each time I use this blending pen & how SMOOTH the blending pen makes my coloring!  

Here's a close-up of my coloring....

 By using the blending pen, it not only smooths out my pencil lines, but allows me to do some shadowing as well!!  I love this option!! 

For the banner, I did choose to use our Watercolor Paints.  I stamped the "Thank You" with my Black Memento ink pad onto watercolor paper.  Then traced the banner with my black journaling pen.   J 

I also had to add in our NEW lavender enamel hearts. When you purchase this pack you will receive Plain enamel & GLITTER enamel hearts too!!  

I backed the stamped jar paper with a sheet of our Purple glitter paper. EACH of CTMH's 12 x 12 glitter packs, come with THREE different shades of that color.  That means I had 3 different shades of purple glitter paper to choose from for my mat!! 

I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & getting LOTS of ideas for when you have your OWN December Stamp of the Month (SOTM) stamp set in hand!  
Happy Crafting to EACH of you! J 

Now  its time to head over to Sarah Stone's Blog to see  what she has created using this stamp set!  J

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!  We always love to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to leave a comment. J

****Remember, the December SOTM

~ Candlelight Garden~

is only available until December 31st! J

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 OR pay $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH items

 

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant J) to see how you can receive these EXCLUSIVE items for ONLY $5 each!!!  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J