Krista's Crafty Corner: March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Sunday, March 1, 2020

March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Family Legacy

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

If you have come here from Miss Carrie's Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE March 2020 SOTM stamp set called "Family Legacy".

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 many 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 each post to see what EVERY consultant has created.

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Here is this month's EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with EVERY $50 CTMH purchase in March 2020.

I LOVE that we have an EXCLUSIVE stamp set available at a DISCOUNT each & every month!!

Today I was inspired by a recent Interlocking, Gate-fold card I saw as I was browsing for artwork ideas.
The card looks like it will open the "normal" way at first...but take a look at the photos, further down this post. ;)

The above photo shows you the card closed...but let's slowly open the card, and check out the details...

and now...let's open it all the way! :)

Let's check out the DETAILS of this card. :)

When I first saw this stamp set...my mind thought "background stamping" and that's exactly what I did!

The grid paper is one I KNOW I'll be using often ;) ....but it also worked PERFECTLY for a background as I stamped the flourishes onto that grid paper!! (note---I stamped in 2nd generation ink)

What about the front centerpiece of this card??

Our Stitched RectangleThin Cut, made the perfect "hinge" for the front of the card. I glued the left side of the Espresso CS frame to the left side of the card.....and I glued only the right side the white, solid, "Love" rectangle, to the right front of the card.

The stitched hearts were cut from Peach cardstock & Gold Foil paper, using our Stitched Heart Thin Cuts.

The peach heart was too "plain" so I decided I wanted to use the 3 flowers, in the middle of the LARGE cluster of stamped images. :)

I did some "masking" of my stamps....check out the photo to learn more. :)

We'll take one more look at the inside of my card.

I couldn't just leave it "plain", so I used the lighter side of our Almond Cardstock & stamped the ENTIRE, larger image of the flower design on the inside.

...I wish you could see the SHIMMER of the flowers!! We have a BRAND NEW Peach Shimmer Brush, and that's what I used to color in the flowers. The Julep Shimmer Brush was used to color in the leaves.

I also chose to distress the edges of the cardstock by swiping the cardstock across my Espresso ink pad.

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The papers used for this card comes from our BRAND NEW " Yesterday & Today" papers. These neutral tones can be used by themselves, or paired up with almost any color!

To finish up the card I used, Gold Glitter Gems and our wonderful Gold Embellishing Thread! I love to finish off a card with these extra "sparkles"!

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting a lot of creative inspiration for when you create with your OWN Stamp of the month stamp set.

In case you haven't heard...TODAY is also the release of our next two-month Idea Book --- March/April 2020!!
Make sure to check in with your CTMH consultant, & get your FREE copy of this beautiful Idea Book with the first order that you place!!

Now – it’s time to head over to check out Darlys's blog to see what CRAFTY item she has created using this stamp set!

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.

****Remember*****

The March Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

”Family Legacy” – is ONLY available until March 31, 2020.