Joyful Stars Blog Hop - Happy Day WYW card kit

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 team leader, Joyce's blog you are right on track.

In case you HAVEN'T heard, you'll want to check with your Close To My Heart Consultant ...because the NEWEST release of our Holiday Expression  Idea Book was released on September 1st!!  

It's BEAUTIFUL, & has loads of NEW PRODUCTS! :) :) If you click on the photo of the Idea Book, you can view the online version of this fabulous book! :) 

Today I wanted to show you something "NEW" from the Holiday book, so let's take a look at one of the Cardmaking Kits that are included in this new book.   

Here are the 2 card designs you can create with the Happy Day WYW Cardmaking Kit...so beautiful! 

I ADORE these cards kits, and the BEST thing about these kits....they INCLUDE an Exclusive Stamp set!!  

Here is a picture of the entire kit...

This kit creates 12 cards/envelopes and is ONLY $26.95 
(and this includes a stamp set you will use for other projects!)

Here is a list of the items included in the kit....
Kit contents:
1 – exclusive workshop stamp set (B-size)
2 – Falling for You sheets
4 — cardstock sheets (2 Espresso, 1 Saffron, 1 White Daisy)
1 – white & gold ribbon (Z3189)
12 – white card bases and envelopes

We also have a set of "additional items" used in the card designs.  Most often, these may be items you already have on hand.  In this case, we used our watercolor paints to color in the stamped flower images on these cards.

Additional supplies needed:
Archival Black Exclusive Ink™ Stamp Pad (Z3271)
Watercolor Paints (Z3132)
Waterbrush—Medium Round (Z3225)
Leaves Embossing Folder (Z4031)
Thin Cuts—Basic Circles (Z3318)
Thin 3-D Foam Tape (Z2060)

Did you take notice of the NEW embossing folder above??  In the Holiday Expressions mini --book we have the BEAUTIFUL Leaves Embossing Folder!!  Lovely for this time of year!!


I don't consider myself a very good watercolor painter - but I had so much fun & I was happy that my painting didn't turn out too bad on my cards! :)   

The beautiful White & Gold Ribbon is INCLUDED in the cardmaking kit!! AND...I had another thought after I made these....I think GOLD shimmer trim would add a FUN touch to these cards too!!

  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 

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