Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Lovely Happy Birthday Card

  Welcome to our monthly hop!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using PRODUCTS

from Close To My Heart!!

Come on in and see what BEAUTIFUL projects my crafty friends have created using the AMAZING products from Close To My Heart!!

 This blog hop is easy to do…just click on the link at the end of the post to go to the next creation!!  If you get lost along the way, CLICK HERE to see the list of this month’s hoppers! 

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If you have arrived from Betty's blog you are right on track.

Today I have a card to share with you. This card was a part of a free Make N Take I gave at my Open House Event, that I held last week.  Let's take a look. 

 

Close To My Heart released TWO New Idea Books on September 1st -- and there are so MANY, FABULOUS, BRAND NEW products! There were so many new goodies to choose from as I created this card!

 

The two NEW Paper packs I used were...

1. Lovely Collection 

2. Wood Grains

Check out ALL of our NEW paper collections by clicking here!

You'll also notice that PRETTY blue shade of cardstock.  Please WELCOME, our NEW "Color of the Year" named Blue Belle! 

I LOVE how the color popped on this cardstock, as I used one of our NEW 5x7 Embossing folders -- "Floral Lace"--to "indent" the floral design. 

I also used TWO of our NEW stamp & thin cut collections on this card too. Check out these BEAUTIFUL & very useful stamp sets!

Z3698 Stitched Florals (I KNOW this will be a favorite of mine) 

Z3780 Birthday Borders Stamp & Thin Cuts 

Take note --the "Happy Birthday" is all one stamp image...BUT...by using my SHARP micro-tip scissors, I cut the Birthday stamp image apart, 😮That way, I could stack the words on top of each other, instead of side by side. 💗

This doesn't hurt the stamp set at all -- and I can EASILY "butt together" the cut pieces to form a straight line again when placing them on my clear block. Don't you LOVE the many ways you can use Clear Stamps? 😊 

The Happy Birthday, was stamped with our LOVELY Blue Belle ink, onto a Ballerina Cardstock piece that was cut out using our NEW Stitched Scallop Brackets--fun, fun!

Stickles make the PERFECT center for flowers....and it's even BETTER when we have 5 new Stickle colors to choose from! 😍

It's AMAZING what a little "sparkle & shine" will do for your creations!

 

Speaking of sparkle and shine---did you take note of that sparkly, NEW Ballerina glitter paper?!?! I cut the decorative border from our NEW Fancy Borders Thin Cut collection.  This border set includes 5 different borders and is at a fabulous price too! 

Here is the list of products I used to create this card: 

X8015B Lovely paper

X8017 Wood Grain Paper

X6048 Blue Belle Cardstock

X6036 Ballerina Cardstock

X6045 Sage Cardstock

Z3843 Ballerina Glitter Paper

X254 Value Pack White Cards & envelopes

Z3698 Stitched Florals Stamp & Thin cut

Z3780 Birthday Borders Stamp & Thin Cuts

Z3697 Floral Lace Embossing Folder

Z3682 Fancy Borders - thin cuts

Z3688 Stitched Scalloped Brackets - thin cuts

Z3785 Icicle Stickles

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoyed my creation & were inspired to create something of your own. 


Happy Crafting & have a LOVELY evening!!! 

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to Joyce G's Blog   and see what BEAUTIFUL, crafty item she has to share with us today! :) 

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products!    

Blessings to you for a BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Random Act of Cardness

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

If you have come here from Jen Rubio's Blog, you are on the right track!! (I'm sure you saw some AMAZING artwork from Jen! :) ) 

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE September SOTM stamp set called "Random Acts of Cardness".

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 months EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5 with EVERY $50 CTMH purchase in September 2019. 

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

I really enjoy WORD stamps...and I can't WAIT to see what my other consultant friends created with this stamp set! :)    

Today - SEPTEMBER 1st -- is a pretty exciting day in "Close To My Heart Land". It's the day that our TWO new Idea Books are released!! Woot!! Woot!!

Let's take a peek at the cards I created today AND you'll get the opportunity to see some BEAUTIFUL new products!!

Here are my cards...   

I found today's card design...in our Make It From Your Heart (MIFYH), vol 4 --- pattern #1. If you follow me here or on my other social media accounts, you KNOW that these How-To books are one of my FAVORITES things that we carry at CTMH! 

Let's talk about this NEW paper collection!!  We call it "Every Little Thing" and it SURE is a BEAUTY!!  

Do you see that PRETTY green color in this paper pack? 
I'd like to INTRODUCE to you our "Color of the Year" --- Julep!

You will find this color intermixed with many of our items & you also find things ALL Julep too...here's a peek!

Ok...back to the card...and DETAILS!!  

 
There are a LOT of things NEW in this photo above!!

1. Vellum Diecuts
2. Spectrum Noir Triblend Alcohol Markers
3. Shimmer Brushes -- Julep & Wisteria
4. Every Little Thing paper pack  

You'll want to make SURE to contact your CTMH Consultant to get your hands on the NEW Idea books....there are so MANY beautiful things inside of them!

In the butterfly above, I also used the Black Shimmer brush for the body of this insect. 

I used a piece of our Black Shimmer Trim to give this card a bit of sparkle.  If you "know" our shimmer trims, you may notice it's a bit skinnier than what our shimmer trim usually is. 

It's an easy fix & one you'll need your paper trimmer for.

I put a SMALL amount of adhesive on the base of my paper trimmer.  Lay the shimmer trim in the middle of the lines....and pull my shimmer trim "taunt" for the entire 12 inches. 

Next, I'll close the cutting guide...and make sure my blade is resting in the MIDDLE of the shimmer trim. 

When it's all ready to go...ta-da!!  Cut ...and you'll now have 2 SKINNY pieces of Shimmer Trim! 

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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. Happy Crafting to each of you! 

Now – it’s time to head over to check out the talented Kathy's blog to see what CRAFTY item(s) 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 September Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Random Acts of Cardmess” – is ONLY available until September 30, 2019.

It can be yours at the retail price of $18.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  

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

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista

Gold Foil–Behold- Christmas Card

Hello to you!

Today, I wanted to take a moment & share with you a Christmas Card I created.  This is one of my FAVORITE  Christmas cards I created this year....but I "almost" feel bad sharing it because it is SO incredibly simple to make!! I was pleasantly surprised at how this card turned out & excited to share this with you today!

  So let’s take a look….

Have you created projects with our wonderful, GOLD FOIL paper? If not, you'll want to give it a try!

LOOK at the main background of this card, & how BEAUTIFUL it embossed, when I used our ROSE 5x7 embossing folder on this Gold Foil!  I ran the foil through my Cuttlebug machine!, to acheive this beautiful result. (You can use any embossing machine - big shot, ebosser, etc)

And yes…we have GOLD & SILVER foil paper…just in case you were wondering.  

As you can see, the rest of the card was just very simple...I stamped the words in our Black ink.

I used the BEAUTIFUL stamp set called "Hallelujah"...and I will MISS this stamp when it RETIRES on December 31st!!!!

Then I added the black shimmer ribbon to the gold foil paper before I glued it down to my white card base. Black matting to the words, made it "jump" out at you as you looked at it & 2 black dots in the bottom right corner (from our Black & White enamel dots collection).

I made a list of all the supplies I used on this card below …

AND feel free to page through our ONLINE Holiday Expressions mini-catalog…because MOST of the items in this book ARE retiring on Dec 31, 2017 OR While Supplies Last! Make sure to check out these FABULOUS products before they are gone for good!!



http://bit.ly/CTMH-Christmas-stamps
http://bit.ly/CTMH-speciality-papers
http://bit.ly/CTMH-embellishments

SUPPLIES USED TO CREATE CARD….

C1689     Silver & Gold Cardmaking stamp (Z4042 bundle)

X7226B  Silver & Gold paper

1385       White Daisy CS

X5974     Raspberry CS

Z3365     Gold Foil Paper

Z3360     Bashful Glitter Paper

Z3293     Clear Shimmer Brush

Z3369     Bashful Pearls

Z3197     Black & Gold Ribbon

INKS:       Raspberry, Bashful & Black

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have a wonderful day & Happy Papercrafting on whatever it is you may be working on at the moment!
Blessings, 

Krista Hershberger 

 CTMH Independent Consultant
Celebrating 11 years with Close To My Heart!!
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Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Some Kinda Wonderful

Welcome to our monthly  

 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!!!!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using PRODUCTS

from Close To My Heart!!

Come on in and see what BEAUTIFUL projects my fellow consultants have creating using the AMAZING products from Close To My Heart!!

 This blog hop is easy to do…just click on the link at the end of the post to go to the next creation!!  If you get lost along the way, CLICK HERE to see the list of this month’s hoppers! 

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If you have arrived from Nancy's blog you are right on track.

I was asked to create some goodies using NEW products, and was given the <<<NEW>>> Some Kinda Wonderful paper pack to work with. I decided to create a set of cards.  

Earlier this week I shared my fox card...today let's take a look at the ADORABLE turtle card...the 2nd card in this 5 card designed workshop! :) 

Check it out :) 

I created this card using the pattern #21 in the Make It From your Heart, volume 1 how-to-book.  Have I ever told you how much I ADORE these how-to-books? :) They are my go to books for sure!! 

I used a NEW paper pack - Some Kinda Wonderful...check this bright & cheerful paper pack out!  Love it!!

I used 2 stamp sets in this cards creation too...
Some Kinda Wonderful - Cardmaking stamp set

and....Some Kinda Wonderful - Scrapbooking stamp set. 

Take a peek at the close up of my turtles....

I pulled out my "almost forgotten" watercolor pencils and CTMH's Blending Pen to color in these critters...what FUN!!  

Take a look at the "friends" image...

...I practiced my "stamp rolling" technique on this piece.  I think some of you might know this technique as the "rock and roll" technique...a GREAT way to bring some added texture and design to this card.  

I have FABULOUS news....the cardamking stamp set, the adorable one with all the animals, does come in a Thin Cut BUNDLE!!!  Wahoo!!!  That means, you can get the stamp set & the metal dies - which we call "Thin Cuts"....for a BUNDLE price of just $26.95!!!  Fabulous deal!!!  



If you haven't seen the NEW goodies Close To My Heart released on January 1, 2017...make sure to touch base with your CTMH consultant, or feel free to CLICK HERE. 

Stay tuned to my blog as I feature MORE cards I created using these 2 stamp sets!!  

That's all for today....thanks for stopping by, and I hope you were inspired to ready to go CREATE something on your own! 

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to Marie's  blog and see what beautiful, crafty item she has to share with us!  

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger