July Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Today we will be featuring July’s Stamp of the Month (SOTM), which is called “Sweet Life”, a set of 9 stamps.

A beautifully sketched stamp set, that is PERFECT for creating hand stamped cards, capture memories through scrapbooking OR creating home décor pieces!!! 

If you have come here from Fancy Melissa’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 here HERE…

This month we have 54 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's stamp set!!  So, sit back and 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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Here is the card I created with this set…

 I’m not sure if I like this card yet, (it’s growing on me) J

however, with CTMH’s Convention taking place in Orlando this week (check out tomorrows blog post for some pictures of Convention), I didn’t have time to revamp or recreate another card. 

Let me share the main item I used in creating this card…

  

I wanted to use PIGMENT ink on this card…so, I used pigment ink on TWO different places on this card.

1. I used the Enchantment pigment ink set, to stamp the cherries in the center of the card.

I LOVE the 1” cube size of these inks!!!

You can ink up a small portions of the stamp images with multiple colors!

 I used the Ruby & Olive pigment ink cubes, and then took my watercolor pencils and blending pen to color in the image!

2. I also used colonial white pigment ink to stamp the cherries as the background image. I LOVE how pigment ink stays bright and bold when it is stamped. 

In this case, I wanted to tone the ink down a bit, so I used the Distressed Backgrounds stamp set (mesh image) to stamp over the cherry outline design.

 Other products used on this card…

Chantilly Paper pack

Corner Rounder (new one arriving Aug 1st!)

Burlap Ribbon

Kraft Cardstock

Pink Glitter Gems

I hope you enjoyed my card and now head on over to Maureen’s Blog  to see what she has created using this stamp set!

Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!

****Remember, the July SOTM is only available

until July 31st! J

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this EXCLUSIVE stamp set ONLY during the month of July for a 77% savings of just $5.00!!!

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J

Whoo’s Your Valentine stamp set + Dakota paper pack = Masculine Cards!

I’m excited to share with you my creations using the Whoo’s Your Valentine stamp set!!! 

The challenge to myself, was to CREATE something that was NOT related to Valentine’s Day, but USING this Valentine stamp set! J

Take a look…

I LOVE the stamp set that comes along with this promotional kit and KNEW I could use this stamp set in a different way! 

Here is a picture of the stamp set…

(this stamp set retails at $17.95!!!!)

Here is a picture of EVERYTHING that is included in the Whoo’s Your Valentine promotional kit~

there’s ONLY 18% left in stock!!

This kit includes…

12 — Die-Cut Boxes(3eachof4colors:Blush,Hollyhock,Ruby,White Daisy) 
3 — 12" x 12" Cardstock Sheets (Blush, Hollyhock, White Daisy) 
1 — Sheet Silver Glitter Paper—new product for Spring/Summer 2013! 
12 — Treat Tubes with Lids—new product for Spring/Summer 2013! 
1—My Acrylix® Whooo’s Your Valentine Stamp Set (D-size) 


Did you see those WONDERFUL treat tubes that are included???  

How many different ways can you use these tubes?  In the new Idea Book, they will be retailing at $5.95 per 6 pack!  (sorry...the picture will NOT turn for me! LOL! ) 

Here is the 1st card created with this stamp set…
...take a closer look and you will notice that there is a “sneak peek” of 3 new products on this card!!! J

Products used for 1st card…

• Artiste Cricut cartridge
• Burlap Ribbon
• Dakota Paper pack
• Whoo’s Your Valentine stamp set
• NEW~12x12 glitter paper
• NEW~black shimmer ribbon
• NEW~B1419 Joyful Birthday
• Inks – Pacifica, Whisper & Barn Red

In case you’d like to create a similar card…

• I used the tag on page 32 of Artiste booklet to create circle.  Barn Red circle was cut at 3”, black glitter paper-2.6”, colonial white circle- 2 1/4” (key i)
• Notice the Pacifica blue border?  I used the medium heart stamp…and stamped the heart upside down! J
• The branch comes from the stamp set in the Pear & Partridge card making WOTG kit.
• I used black texture tool to create “texture” on colonial white areas of card.

Here is a close up of the 2nd card…

Products used…

• Dakota Paper pack
• Whoo’s Your Valentine stamp set
• Color-ready Seam Binding Ribbon
• Sponge Dauber
• Inks- Pacifica, Black, Whisper, Barn Red
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Some details about the 2nd card…

• Did you notice the zig-zag border?  You can use PART of a stamp set, and create a LINE rather than a BACKGROUND!!!
• Color-Ready Seam Binding Ribbon is GREAT!!!  I used a sponge dauber and colored my ribbon, Barn Red!!!
  
  

In case you were not aware about this FABULOUS special taking place this month at CTMH, CHECK OUT how EASY it is to receive a Whoo’s Your Valentine kit of your own!!!

Purchase $35 in Close To My Heart products, and receive the Whoo’s Your Valentine kit for ONLY $10!!!(retail value of $40)

Make sure to CHECK out the RETIRING LIST before placing your order!!!  There are so many great items leaving us…but that means we are making room for NEW products too!!!! 

These items are  going fast and are ONLY AVAILABLE while supplies last OR until January 31st – which ever comes first!!
 

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions!

Blessings to you,

Krista J

Autumn Title Topper–with NEW products :)

Recently I was asked to create something for a Make N Take at a local crop.  What FUN!!!

The requirements were that it needed to be something that could be completed in 15 minutes…but would be something they could add to their scrapbook page. 

So… I thought I’d create a TITLE TOPPER for any of their fall scrapbook pages.  I was pleased with how this came out…and I was able to experiment with NEW products! J

There were a BUNCH of new items that came out in our last Idea Book that I still hadn’t played with – so NOW was my chance!!!

NEW ITEMS I used…

Pigment Inks

Color-Ready Arbor Wooden Shapes

and Burlap Ribbon 

The burlap ribbon I had already used quite often, and it’s become one of my favorites because there are SO many ways to use it!!

BUT – I hadn’t played with the pigment inks OR the wooden shapes. 

I was DELIGHTFULLY surprised with my results!!!

Check out what I learned!!!

 I inked up the leaves in different colors of the pigment inks as I was playing…and took a picture! J

Notice – the TOP ROW of shapes, 4 out of the 5 used the Harvest Happiness stamp set!!!  The MIDDLE shape, I tried our alcohol markers to color that in.

The BOTTOM ROW, I tried different techniques – and wrote my notes about what I did. J

I LOVED the pigments inks…they were WONDERFUL!!!  Such vibrant, beautiful colors…and it was so EASY and QUICK to quickly add ink to these wood shapes!!

 I also realized we had not ONE but TWO STAMP sets that COORDINATED with the Wooden Shapes!!!

Stamp sets used that coordinated…

Harvest Happiness

So Grateful

If you look at the picture above of all my leaves once again…you will notice, SOME of the leaves were stamped with the images in the Harvest Happiness stamp set!  The sizes of the wooden leaves and stamped images MATCHED perfectly!  How QUICK & EASY!!!

Here is a page that I created using my title topper!! 

I used our Make It From Your Heart how-to book- pattern # 5!! (LOVE this how-to book!!)

Some close up views…

The green leaf was cut with cardstock on the Cricut machine (then stamped with Harvest Happiness stamp set), but the other leaf and acorn are from our arbor wood shapes collection and I just swiped on the pigment ink - QUICK & EASY!!  

For the cap of the acorn, I used the Universal background stamp set (one of my FAVORITE stamps!)  to give it some texture. J  

Universal Backgrounds

Next check out this WONDERFUL wooden pumpkin!!!!




I used the So Grateful stamp set, and 2 colors of pigment inks- goldrush and honey – to create this pumpkin!!!




I was SO excited that the design of my stamp set came through so perfectly!  For the pumpkin stem, I took my 1” pigment cube, and swiped the NE Ivy color on very carefully.
 

I hope this has inspired YOU to create something for this autumn season! 

I’d love to hear your comments on what you think of our NEW pigment inks, and our laser cut wooden shapes! 

If you are interested in getting the above stamp sets for your own– you’ll want to make SURE you take advantage of

 Close To My Heart’s November special!!! J

  

During November...

 *Purchase $50 in CTMH products...

*then purchase the November SOTM for ONLY 

$5 (retail value $17.95)

*get YOUR CHOICE of any stamp set for 1/2 

price!!!

Also, with every Stamp of the Month stamp set purchased this way,

 CTMH will give $1 to the American Red Cross to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy!  

CLICK HERE to go to my website and join the November Orders with Krista shopping link!!  

Happy Thursday!  

Krista J

610-587-9116

fun2stampnscrap@dejazzd.com 

 www.kristah.ctmh.com

*****Receive BONUS items from me personally,

( Dotty for You paper pack, It’s Your Day stamp set - retail $55.85)

 when you Join my Team in November!!  

CLICK HERE for details! J

November Stamp of the MOnth PLUS...

****Purchase $50 in CTMH 

product, 

Get the November

 SOTM for $5…

and you are ELIGIBLE to 

receive a STAMP SET of you

r 

choice for ½ price!!!

PLUS… for every November Stamp of the Month

 set purchased - $1 will be donated to the Red Cross 

for those effected by Hurricane Sandy! J