Technique Hop - Anything Goes

  

Welcome to our "Anything Goes" 

Technique Blog Hop!

Today, we will be featuring a technique that WE choose! 😍✂🥳   

Come on in and check it out!

If you have come here from Katy's  Blog, you are on the right path!   If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants by clicking HERE…

  

This month we have  Close To My Heart Consultants sharing items they created using these FABULOUS new products.   This hop is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Wahoo!! 

Here we go!

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There are many items retiring this from Close To My Heart and today we'll be focusing on MANY Techniques using these products!

Here is a look at the card I created for today's hop. 😍

My first thought when I was creating this card, was that I wanted to use Liquid Glass as an accent SOMEWHERE on my card, 😉 so let's start with that today! 

1. Liquid Glass--did you know you can use this product as glue AND/OR  embellishment?😮💡

Take a look at this paper from our Isabella paper suite. 

I took this full sheet of paper and cut out the squares I needed. 

Then...Liquid Glass to the rescue! 💗 I added Liquid Glass to different parts of each Square, creating my own embellishment! 

Can you see the shine and "glass like look"

What an easy and pretty accent, whether you use it on designer paper or on a stamped image!🥰

2. Splattering with Shimmer Brush

A QUICK & Easy way to get rid of some white space in the background, is to pull out your shimmer brush to create some splattering!! 

To create a light splattering of splatters....take another object (like a pen) and tap that pen on the end of the shimmer brush, while holding it over the item you'd like splattered! 🤩  Have fun practicing on some scrap paper first...and then add splatters to your Artwork WHEREVER you'd like! 💕

3. Tone on Tone stamping

It seems I forget to do this EASY way of adding colors to my stamped images😬.  I cut out my Thin Cut (metal die) shapes from the Doodled Florals stamp & Thin Cut collection. 

By cutting out the shapes in colored cardstock, and stamping with coordinating ink color, you create a completed look! 

Colors used --- Lemonade Cardstock --> Sundance ink

Bluebird Cardstock & ink

Sage Cardstock & ink

4.Dry Embossing

The last item I'll share today...oh how I ADORE how "much" detail comes when using our  5x7 Embossing Folder!.  

I LOVE our 5x7 size embossing folders!! Not only do they completely cover a card front, BUT ....they also have a 4 inch slit in the middle of the folder, that you can slide your 12" strip of paper through, and emboss a LONGER piece of paper!! 

This folder design is called Spring Blossom & it's one of FOUR designs that will be retiring on August 31st. 

I hope you enjoyed this card & were INSPIRED today!! 

Here's a list of "ingredients" I used to create this fun card in case you'd like to recreate it on your own! 

Z3969 Isabella Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cut set

Z3960  Doodled Florals Stamp & Thin Cut set

Z3631 Stitched Brackets (retiring) 

Z3694 Spring Blossoms Embossing Folder (retiring)

Z3814 Flamingo Shimmer Brush

Z3293 Clear Shimmer Brush

Z679 Liquid Glass

Cardstock colors - Bluebird, Ballerina, Lemonade, Sage, White Daisy

Ink Colors - Bluebird, Sundance, Sage

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Make sure to contact your CTMH consultant to learn how you can get these BEAUTIFUL papercrafting goodies!😊  A lot of the items I used will be leaving us on August 31, 2021. (or while supplies last) 

Now it's time to "Hop" on over to Jayma's Blog to see her beautiful creation!

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

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant :)) 

so that you can get in on the FUN and make sure to check out the July/August mini Idea book before it leaves us on August 31, 2021!! 

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista 

June SOTM - Outdoor Borders Blog Hop

 

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

If you have come here from Becca-Expressions, you are on the right track!!  

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE June 2021 SOTM stamp set called "Outdoor Borders".

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 a group of FABULOUS 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 a look at this month's EXCLUSIVE stamp set!! 💗

What a FUN set of stamp sets!! I know I can and will use these for MANY of my outdoor Scrapbook layouts--but what about using this on a CARD design too? 🤔

Let's take a look at what I created!🥾🧭

I used THREE main ink colors throughout this card... Sage, Toffee and our Color of the Year - Blue Belle.  What GREAT outdoor colors for this card design! I even chose to use 2nd generation stamping for the curvy borderto pull a 4th color into the mix! 

By stamping your inked image on a SCRAP paper and then stamping again on your artwork....you get a lighter shade of the ink color you were using! This is what we call 2nd generation. 😉😍 

 

To keep the "outdoor" and "woodsy" feel of this card, I pulled in our Woodgrain 5x7 Embossing folder!! I placed my Toffee Cardstock inside & ta-dah....a rustic look!! 

The BEAUTIFUL new Leaf Layer Thin Cuts caught my eye👀 in this mini catalog...have you taken notice of them?! 💗

 I thought our Copper Ore Cardstock might be the perfect match...and it was!

 I hope you can see the "shine" this Cardstock has! It's a BEAUTY of cardstock & I'm so glad I chose to purchase it!  The catalog can not capture the BEAUTY of this Copper Ore!

I needed a "backdrop" for my leaves...our Hexagon Stitched Thin Cuts to the RESCUE! 

Did you know these Hexagons come in 5 different sizes?? (4 1/2", 3 1/2", 2 1/2", 1 1/2", and 1/2") I LOVE these options!

Let's take a close-up look at the "hello" on this card---can you see where I grabbed that word from?😉

Do you see it??🤔😉? I used PART of the "hello summer" stamp border!!🌞  I used a post-it note to block off the word summer....inked up the "hello" in black...and then took off the inky post-it note prior to stamping it on my handmade banner!!

The "highlight" behind the word hello is a STAMP image!! Check out this fabulous stamp set ---from our "Story by Stacy" collection!

Our "Stitched Lattice Background Thin Cut", doesn't have to be for a fancy card. 😉 I cut this Background Thin Cut out of Blue Belle CS, and was excited how WELL it fit this rustic card too!  Isn't the scallop edge the perfect fit? 

I used our Rose Gold Sequins & our Wood Arrows to make the final touches on my card.  I hope you enjoy it, as much as I enjoyed making it! 

Thanks for stopping by today! 😍🙌

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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. 

Now – it’s time to head over and check out Show and Tell with Michelleto 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 June 2021 Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Outdoor Borders" – is ONLY available until June 30, 2021.

It can be yours at the retail price of $18.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products OR when you are a VIP Customer --you get this stamp set for FREE!  

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

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista