Krista's Crafty Corner: Blossom

Monday, July 6, 2015

Operation Smile Blog Hop- Happy Everything

Welcome to this Special Blog Hop!

We will be featuring our beautiful Operation Smile stamp set called Happy Everything.

This stamp set is EXCLUSIVELY available from Close To My Heart AND the best part....$3 of the $17.95 purchase price will go DIRECTLY to the kids that are apart of Operation Smile!!

If you have come here from Donna Digby'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 by clicking HERE…

This month we have over 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations this month.

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!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

So – let’s start off by taking a peek at this ADORABLE, very usable Happy Everything stamp set.

There are so many BEAUTIFUL items have already been created with this stamp....love it!!! Today, I chose to create some bright, happy cards with this exclusive stamp set.

Here they are.

Did you notice??? These cards are the EXACT same card design...just turned 1/4 turn!J

They card pattern I used comes from our FABULOUS How-To-Book, Make It From Your Heart, volume 2....and I used pattern #25.

I LOVE how much different the 2nd card can look!! Which one do you like better???

Let's take a closer look....

I added a background of Dry embossed on this card. I used the Honeycomb embossing folder & was amazed at how much of a different look it created with that one piece of paper!

You can also see I used the Lagoon Hearts washi tape (cut in half) on this card.

I used this card for one of my home gatherings recently, and I needed a bit faster of a card - since there were a lot of people attending.

That's why you see the Cricut cut flower. J Still beautiful (vs. stamping a flower) but a lot quicker to create!!

(I LOVE the chevron, sunset washi tape on this card!)

****Just a note - the Blossom paper pack will soon be retiring as well (it's on backorder til July 10th at the time of this post)! This is a FAVORITE paper pack of mine, and many of my customers!

This is a while supplies last item - so make sure to contact your own CTMH consultant today to get yours before they are gone!

Have fun creating with this BEAUTIFUL Happy Everything stamp set!! J

Items used to create this card....

Happy Everything stamp set

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

X7196B Blossom Paper pack

Pear cardstock

Sunset cardstock

Embossing Folder (your choice)

1" Washi Tape--Chevron or Hearts

Gold Sequins

Brown & Tan Sparkles

Liquid Glass

Inks used: Pear, Glacier

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Now "Hop" on over to Michele Rowley's Blogto see her amazing work!

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. J

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

to see how you can receive your own "Happy Everything" stamp set. They are only available until August 31, 2015!!

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J

Sunday, May 31, 2015

June Stamp of the Month – Ice Cream Dream

Welcome to our MONTHLY

Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop!!

If you have come here from

Haley Dyer's Blog

you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE June SOTM stamp set called “Ice Cream Dream”.

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 50 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!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Take a peek at this FUN, exclusive Stamp set! J

Oh Yum...Ice Cream is one of my FAVORITE treats!!

YES….Summer is just around the corner, and this stamp set is PERFECT for this season!!

Here is the card I created....

To start on this card, I paged through CTMH's Make It From Your Heart how-to-book to find the card design I liked. This came from pattern came from our volume 2 book, pattern 26

The Blossom paper collection has the perfect colors in it's collection for summertime...so it was the obvious choice for this card creation. J

Please don't look too close at my coloring J...I'm still learning, and am looking forward to taking a alcohol marker class this coming July! Wahoo!!!

I do have to say, that coloring with our ShinHan alcohol markers do bring a new level of shading/coloring to the plate. I LOVE how the colors blend together, and how you NEED to use multiple layers of ink to make the markers "work".

So - take a peek at our ORANGE shimmer trimJ ....your right, we DON'T carry orange shimmer trim!!! J How did I get this shimmer to coordinate with my papers - ShinHan markers to the rescue!!! Wahoo!!!

If you know me....you know I LOVE options!! So, I HAD to try multiple patterns of our 5x7 embossing folders a try!!

Check out these cards below....while they are the same card design, they each have a different embossed pattern at the bottom of the card. J

Here is the list of products I used on this card in case you'd like to create one of your own! Happy Crafting! J

June 2015 SOTM card

S1506 Ice Cream Dream (only available in June 2015!)

X7196B Blossom paper pack

Embossing Folder (different patterns)
Z1294 Sanding Kit

Z1918 Teal Shimmer Trim

Z3024 White Shimmer Trim

Inks used: Sunset

ShinHan alcohol Markers: Pastel Green, Leaf Green, Barely Beige, Clay, Marigold & Colorless Blender

Now head on over to Jen Rubio'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 June SOTM

~ Ice Cream Dream~

is only available until June 30th! 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!!!