Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Chelsea Garden meets Bashful

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 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 friend, Betty's blog you are right on track.

 We are in our 2nd month of the release of the Seasonal Expression 1 (SE1) and I'm still having so much fun using these beautiful products!

Today, I would like to share a card I created for my January Open House.  It uses a FAVORITE stamp set of mine, and these images are so BEAUTIFUL - they make ANYTHING beautiful that you create!! LOL!! :) 

This card design was taken from our Make It From Your Heart, vol 4 book - and is pattern #20. I know I mentioned it before...but I just ADORE our How-To sketch books that take the guess work out of the initial process of creating a design for our project! :) 

We used the FABULOUS, all around stamp set - "Splash of Color" to give us a "touch" of color on the Bashful cardstock at the top of the card.  


For the stamped images...we used the stamp set - Chelsea Gardens- cardmaking.  This stamp set is BEAUTIFUL, and has wonderful sentiments included in this stamp set too!! 

Then to color in the images...we used a couple different items :) One thing to note....stamped images were stamped with the BLACK MEMENTO ink...that way the black color didn't run. :) 

1. To color the 2 flowers - we used the Bashful Shimmer Brush!!  Yes...the Bashful has just a light touch of pink, that allows you to color directly onto the stamped image!!

2. To color the leaves & small butterfly - we used Re-inker & a watercolor brush! :) 

How EASY to take some re-inker, put a few drops on an acrylic block...and use your watercolor brush to "pick up" some color!  It really IS that easy...happy Coloring!!

Did you notice the 3D banner?  These are a BRAND NEW item in our Thin Cut line!! LOVE these!! 

Each pack includes 2 different banners!! (yes there are actually 4 designs of banners)

Here is the list of items I used to create the card above...

Make it From Your Heart, vol 4

Cardmaking Sketches

D1733 Splash of Color

Chelsea Gardens paper

CARDSTOCK: Bashful & Black

Reinkers: Glacier & Sweet Leaf

THIN CUTS:

Z4158 Chelsea Gardens Thin cut bundle

Z4152 Party Banner THIN cuts

Bashful Shimmer Brush

Watercolor Brush- medium

Clear Sparkles

To find these items...just go to your consultants website & type the name into the Search bar at the top of her page!

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

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Now it’s time to Hop on over toDebi'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  will be sharing more artwork using Close To My Heart products in this blog hop group!    

Blessings to you for BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger

Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Chelsea Gardens WYW 4th layout

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 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 friend, Joyce's blog you are right on track.

  Did you know that CTMH released a BRAND NEW Seasonal Expression mini-book on Jan 1, 2018?  

Oh my...it's FILLED with beautiful products!!

Today, let's take a look at this layout I created from leftover scraps. :)  ....let's check it out! 

This layout design was taken from our Make It From Your Heart, vol 3 book - and is pattern #25. :) 

I was putting together the Chelsea Gardens WYW kit for my upcoming class, and wanted to create a 4th layout - with my leftover paper.  





Here is the layout that came from those "leftover" papers...

(you can click on the photo to enlarge it to see details. ;) ) 
...a few things to note...

1. Please keep in mind, my ladies do NOT want to create the cards that are included in the WYW kits. So that means we don't cut the card pieces from the cutting guide.  Instead, we may choose to use that "extra" paper to create more layouts. :) 

2. We will often use White Daisy CS as our base page, not the B&T papers that CTMH suggests in the WYW instructions. 

Here are a few close ups...

The NEW CREAM ribbon is BEAUTIFUL...

...and did you notice the "marbelized" gems that coordinate with the Chelsea Gardens collection? 

 These embellishments are all LEFTOVER pieces from the Workshop Your Way (WYW) kit!!  I think our stickers from the Complements pack are SO pretty...you can hardly tell they are stickers!!

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

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Now it’s time to Hop on over to my friendBetty'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

January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Bloom & Grow

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

If you have come here from Haley's Blog, you are on the right track!!

This month, we will be featuring the EXCLUSIVE January SOTM stamp set called "Bloom & Grow". 

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 21 Close To My Heart Consultants that will be sharing items 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 your $50 CTMH purchase in January 2018.

This stamp set makes me think of SPRING...and I chose to pair it up with a BEAUTIFUL, new paper collection that was just released today - "Chelsea Gardens".  

Here is the card I created for today. 

Look at those pretty blues & greens...our green "Sweet Leaf" has been my favorite green for so long!! 

 I also chose to pair up these papers with our "Color of the Year" - Bashful!  I used some Bashful glitter paper, pearls AND the NEWEST addition of a Bashful item - Bashful Glitter Brush!!! 

We also have some beautiful NEW ribbons in the Seasonal Expression 1 mini catalog that was just released. You'll see here that we have a grosgrain gray ribbon - Hooray!! I love adding a touch of ribbon to all of my papercrafting creations. 

  

I took this picture in the sunlight to try and show you the shimmer & sparkle the Bashful Shimmer Brush created...here's hoping you can see it! :) A piece of the Bashful Glitter paper is to the left, and each of the leaves on the seed packet, were colored in with the Bashful Shimmer Brush.  

Lastly, the heart was stamped in Bashful ink, onto the lighter side of our Bashful cardstock.  The heart was then colored with the Bashful Shimmer Brush....that's a LOT of Bashful going on! :)  

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I hope you are enjoying this blog hop & are getting LOTS of ideas 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 Tracie's blog to see what CRAFTY items 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 January Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Bloom & Grow” – is ONLY available until January 31, 2018.

It can be yours at the retail price of $17.95 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 & Happy NEW Year!!!

Krista