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Thursday, October 31, 2013

November SOTM Blog Hop! ~ Illuminate

Welcome to our monthly

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Today we will be featuring November’s Stamp of the Month (SOTM), which is called “Illuminate”. Oh, the possibilities! J

This set is beautiful, and I can’t wait to see how my fellow consultants use this stamp set!!! J

So, let’s get right to the Blog Hop…

If you have come here from Vicki Price’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

over 50 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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AS much as I liked this stamp set just as it is…when I started creating - I wanted to use this stamp set in a “non-normal” way. Fun- FUN!!!

So, on went my thinking cap…and out came this card!!!

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I love the Frosted paper pack and the colors in this kit…so that was my go to paper. I had a lot of fun deciding which lantern to use to create my flower…and decided to go with the lantern above.

Here is a picture of a couple of the other lanterns included in this stamp set…stamped in similar fashion.

When I first stamp with a brand new stamp set…this is what I do!!

Stamp, stamp and stamp some more and use the entire stamp set randomly throughout the page! I am AMAZED at how often a new way to use the stamp set comes into my mind!!

Anyone else’s scrap paper look like this when you “play” with a new stamp set??? J Isn’t it amazing how different they look, and what other ideas come to mind as you see the stamps stamped in this pinwheel fashion?

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After coloring in my “flower” (lanterns) with our wonderful alcohol markers, I decided to cut out a dimensional flower to create a more real like flower.

Of course, adding some almond glitz glitter gel, glitter paper and a brown & tan sparkle, added an extra touch of sparkle to this winter flower card!! One of my favorite twines, comes in our Wooden Mini-Medley collection…I LOVE this hemp baker’s twine!!!

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The “Winter Wishes” wording comes from a favorite winter stamp set of mine - To You & Yours. Here is a picture of this festive stamp set!

I hope this card idea has inspired you and challenged you to look at your stamp set in a different way!! J

Products used on this card

Frosted paper pack

To You & Yours stamp

Illuminate - Nov SOTM stamp set

Crystal Blue Cardstock

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

12x12 Glitter paper - Brown & Tan

Brown & Tan Sparkles

Almond Glitz Glitter Gel

Wooden Mini-Medley

3D foam tape

Ink Colors: Twilight & Champagne

Alcohol Marker Colors: Light Slate, Dark Twilight, Crystal Blue

Now head on over to Katy Taylor’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 November SOTM is only available

until November 30th! J

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant J) to see how you can get this EXCLUSIVE stamp set FOR ONLY $5!!

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista J

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Joyful Stars Blog Hop ~ Frosted flower Christmas 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!

THIS MONTH we have items to share that are fall or winter themed. 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 the very talented Nancy Brown’s blog you are right on track.

Today I’d like to share with you a card I created using the Frosted paper pack.

I LOVE this kit, and was excited to see how this card turned out as I pulled the color Blush into the stamping portion.

Take a look at my card!J

I used the slate dotted washi tape in the middle of my card, and used a zip strip and some blush cardstock to create my banners.

I used the NEW Artbooking Cricut cartridge (exclusively from CTMH) for the frame on this card…this stamp set is ONLY available through our Artbooking cartridge BUNDLE!! J

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I LOVE the THREE stamp sets that are included in this Artbooking Bundle!

Here is a close up...did you notice how I first stamped the words in Twilight ink, and then restamped them off center a bit, in the Blush ink to give a slight shadow.

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The words come from a FABULOUS stamp set (one of my favorite this Idea Book)...it comes from the Frosted Workshop on the Go CARD making kit.

Here is a picture of this stamp set...it is SURE to be a favorite!!

To finish off the card design, I wanted to use the beautiful, coordinating Frosted Assortment. Take a look…

I chose to use 2 of the flowers, and then added our small sparkle flourishes to give it a sparkling touch.

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Now hop on over to Lori’s blog to see what amazing artwork she has created this month!!

Happy Hopping and we’ll see you on the 9th next month, with the Joyful Stars team members sharing some NEW goodies!!

Blessings to you for a BEAUTIFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger J

Monday, September 30, 2013

October Blog Hop - Christmas is Coming!!

Welcome to our monthly

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Today we will be featuring October’s Stamp of the Month (SOTM), which is called “Scandinavian Wishes”, a set of BEAUTIFUL stamps.

I LOVE this stamp set, and seeing it gets me “a little” excited for Christmas! J Christmas really is closer than we think, isn’t it? J

So, let’s get right to the Blog Hop…

If you have come here from Vicki Price’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

over 50 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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It was FUN to put my mind into “Christmas mode” to create this card!

I used Pattern #23 from our NEW Make It From Your Heart, vol 2 for the starting design!

Of course with this stamp set being Cricut Compatible to our Art Philosophy Cricut bundle…it made it even EASIER to create!!

I chose to use TWO of our paper packs to complete this card! Did you find them? I used Frosted & Proplayer paper packs!

I never thought I could create items by combining CTMH paper packs - even though they are meant to be used that way too! I just LOVE the colors & patterns that CTMH puts together, and haven’t tried (until in the last year or so) to combine the paper collection. What amazing & fun results!

I also used one of my FAVORITE background stamp sets (I hope they never take this stamp set away! LOL!)

Here it is…Universal Backgrounds.

You can use this background stamp set for so many creations!! I KNOW if I would do a search on my blog - I would be AMAZED at how often I use this stamp set! This is a must-have in everyone’s collection!!

Here is one final close up picture…showing you the bitty sparkles that I added to the ornaments. To make the silver “string” at the top of the ornaments, I cut our Silver Shimmer Trim in thirds and made “string”!