Joyful Stars Blog Hop ~ Lollydoodle Workshop kit

Welcome to our monthly  

 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!!!!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using our favorite Close To My Heart products!  

This month, I will be sharing a collection that will be retiring on July 31st…so take a peek & then don’t miss out on this retiring Workshop kit!

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 Andrea Sherman’s blog you are right on track. 

Here is a workshop kit that you want to make sure to add to your collection before it is gone on July 31st OR while supplies last!!

Take a peek at this FUN, Creative kit…and check out the simple changes I did with this Workshop card kit! J

Here are the contents of the Lollydoodle Cardmaking Kit. 

Each CTMH Cardmaking workshop kit creates 15 cards!! 

Look at all the products it includes…and of course, you can use the stamp set & workshop guide again & again!!

Each CTMH Cardmaking workshop is ONLY $24.95….

what a a GREAT deal!!

This picture below shows the card designs created by CTMH.  You create 15 cards - 5 each of 3 designs.

  

At my workshop classes, we always do something a bit different. 

In this case, I blocked up a few more stamp sets that my attendees could use in their cardmaking to create a VARIETY of different cards! 

Here are the additional stamp sets we used to create our cards.  Keep in mind…the card design stayed the same, but we used different stamps to complete the cards.

Love This

Banner Wishes

Joyful Birthday

Fabulous You

So, let’s take a look at CARD #1

I love how EASY it is to change the look of a card….just by adding different stamped images!! J Do you see the tiny changes I created in each card? 

Here’s a close up of the butterfly card…

Check out Card #2…

There is not too much difference in the stamping on this card.  However,  I LOVE the variety of sentiments in the Banner Wishes stamp set….a GREAT set to use for ALL occasions!!J

Card 3….this was a FAVORITE of my workshop attendees. J

 

The subtle softness of these birds, from the Fabulous You stamp set, stamped in Slate ink made a total different, but BEAUTIFUL card! 

I hope you enjoyed seeing the VARIETY of ways YOU can use any CTMH cardmaking Workshop kit!!  I encourage you to “think outside the box”, as we like to say in the crafting world, and EXPLORE the many different options you have - even when you have a kit to complete!  

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to  Janice Centritto’s blog to check out what beautiful, crafty item she has to share with us! J 

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing artwork using some NEW, upcoming products from CTMH!!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger J

Joyful Stars Blog Hop- Laughing Lola layout & card

Welcome to our monthly  

Joyful Stars Blog Hop!!!!

We're excited to share our creativity with you using our favorite Close To My Heart products!

For our theme this month, we could choose  ANYTHING our hearts desired J…so 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 my fellow teammate & friend Nicki Hoffer’s blog you are right on track. 

Today we will take a peek at a 12x12 layout & coordinating card made with our BEAUTIFUL Laughing Lola paper collection!

Here is the layout & card…

I created this card & layout to use at my home parties during the month of January 2014.  We always create a card at my parties…so you may wonder - Why did I create a layout too?? 

For those that consider themselves “scrapbookers” at my party…I wanted to encourage them to take this card design and apply it to a scrapbook page!! 

Also for my card makers - I want them to think “outside of the box” and look at a scrapbook page & see how they could make a card design!!!

Now, most of the time I don’t come up with these patterns on my own J …but rather I use Close To My Heart’s WONDERFUL books!!!

Have I told you how much I LOVE Close To My Heart’s how-to books??

There are now EIGHT different how-to books!!!

2 - only cardmaking

(Originals & Wishes) 

4-only scrapbooking

(Reflections, Cherish, Imagine & Magic) 

2-combination of cardmaking & scrapbooking

(Make It From Your Heart, vol. 1 & 2)

  I use these books EVERY time I create!!  It saves me precious TIME whenever I use these books!  I LOVE how QUICK & EASY it makes my create time!! 

This card design came from the Wishes how-to book.  You will find it on page 70…it’s one of the card designs from a card workshop!!   I added a few strips of “extra” paper, and added to the design that CTMH already created….but I started out with this sketch! 

Notice I did get out my SANDING block J and I used the LAGOON washi tape to add some “texture” to the middle of my tan (bamboo colored) banner. 

The background is stamped with the CHEVRON pattern from In the Background stamp set…

the bird is from the Fabulous You stamp set…

and the Happy Birthday is from the Joyful Birthday stamp set. 

This layout design came from the Make It From Your Heart, vol. 2 - pattern #10.

I also included sanding, washi tape, stamp sets in this layout too!! 

I did use the Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut out the “Birthday” wording & added additional embellishments from the Laughing Lola asst. 

Here is a look at 2 cards using same design, just using different stamp sets from each stamp set…

which one is your favorite? J

I hope this has INSPIRED you and has encouraged you to take a moment and create something special today!

Now it’s time to Hop on over to  Stephanie Huber’s blog to check out her crafty item she has to share with us! J 

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, when the Joyful Stars team members will be sharing artwork using some NEW, upcoming products from CTMH!!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger J