January 2019 Stamp of the Month - Card Captions

Each month at Close To My Heart - we have an EXCLUSIVE stamp set, that you can get for ONLY $5!! 

 What's even better - you can get more than 1 of these stamp sets at the $5 price with EVERY $50 CTMH purchase you place that month!!

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This month, January 2019, we have a "Winner" of a stamp set ----- I introduce to you our "Card Captions" stamp set.  

What a WONDERFUL stamp set that can be used all year long & in years to come too!!  Take a look at this BEAUTIFUL collection!

I know I'll be using this stamp sets A LOT.....and this is a GREAT stamp set to do some "Stamp Surgery" on!


>>>Do you all KNOW what Stamp Surgery is???<<<
Stamp surgery is when I take my VERY SHARP micro-tip scissors...and cut apart the sayings in a stamp set, so I can have better placement of the image. 

So yes....I cut apart the Birthday Wishes saying - so that I could stamp it on top of each other vs. masking the words & trying to not get ink everywhere....LOL!!

Here's my card design using this stamp set. 

In case you haven't heard....CTMH released TODAY (Jan 1st) a BRAND NEW, beautiful Seasonal Expressions 1 Idea Book! That means we have LOTS of beautiful, new goodies to create with! 



Today, I am using the FUN-LOVING paper collection called "Something Fierce".  What a beautiful collection....and while the dinosaurs may stick out to you at first....you will come to see the amazing VARIETY this paper collection offers us!!  I LOVE this paper collection!!


Let's take a closer look at the "Something Fierce" papers...and then we'll talk about my card creation. 

Let's take a close up look at this card....

YES....it IS a Gift Card holder!!!

A fellow consultant - Susie Sutton - was so GRACIOUS to share this adorable card design with all of us!!  How CLEVER this is!!!

The left side of the card that is glued down (make sure to only glue the OUTER edges of this piece!) - is 2 1/4" wide.  So that would make the other side ---that flips up and down --- 3 1/4" wide. 

 We created this card at one of my TEAM meetings....it's our goal each meeting to create a card using the upcoming Stamp of the Month, so we have a sample to share with our papercrafting friends.  

One of "my girls" suggested we add a Decorative Thin Cut border to the left side...and that was the PERFECT finishing touch!!!

I also used our "Stitched Heart" thin cuts (metal dies) I'm not sure WHAT I would do without these heart die cuts!! They are the "perfect" touch to so many of my creations!! Love - LOVE these hearts!!

The Peacock Stitched Ribbon was the ONLY embellishment that I used on this card....and while it's not a Current item - it IS still AVAILABLE!! What's even better - it's in the CLEARANCE SECTION on my website!!  

You can check out the ENTIRE the Clearance Section by clicking HERE...

I hope you enjoyed this FUN card design!  
Let's take a moment and recap the details for our EXCLUSIVE "Stamp of the Month"....

The January Stamp of the Month (SOTM) –

 ”Card Captions” – is ONLY available until January 31, 2019.

It can be yours at the retail price of $18.95 OR pay ONLY $5 when you purchase $50 in CTMH products this month!!!  

Thanks for stopping by today & feel free to drop by again soon!!  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista Hershberger 

Close To My Heart Independent Consultant

Celebrating 12 years with Close To My Heart!

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Stampaganza Blog Hop - All CTMH stamps are on SALE!

Welcome to this 
Special Blog Hop!

Today, we will be featuring our FABULOUS My Acrylix stamp sets at Close To My Heart.  as we celebrate July as STAMPAGANZA month!! 

ALL stamp sets are ON SALE...buy 2 stamp sets at regular price & get the 3rd stamp set (of equal or lesser value) for FREE!!!  

Check out all the stamp sets in this special by clicking HERE.

Now, to continue with this special Blog Hop....

If you have come here from Michelle's  Blog, you are on the right path!   If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants by clicking HERE…

  

This month we have  12 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing items they created using these FABULOUS new products.   This hop is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Wahoo!! 

Here we go!

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First...can I share some EXCITING news about Stampaganza? 

For THIS MONTH ONLY....Close To My Heart has brought back the ever POPULAR Solo Alphabet & Number stamp sets....just for this special SALE!!!

These B-size stamp sets ($9.95) are INCLUDED for this July Stampaganza monthly sale!!

Talk to your CTMH consultant on details of how YOU can get 3 of the Solo Number stamp sets for FREE and/or get the entire SET of each the Alpha or the Numbers for half off!!


For today's creation, I used 2 of the SOLO alphabets...letters "H" and "I"


Take a look at the card I created for today's hop.   

I started off using Pattern #16 in the Make It From Your Heart volume 4 How-To book, and adjusted my measurements, according to the height of my letters.    

I used the "happy" paper pack in our current catalog, ;) .....this paper is called Central Park.  Doesn't it just make you HAPPY when you look at all of those bright, fun colors?!?! 

I wanted to add a small "embellishment" to the front of this card, and I happened to see a few of these Stitched Heart Images laying on my crafting table....the perfect choice!
  

These stitched metal dies are part of our THIN CUTS product line here at CTMH...they are BEAUTIFUL & coordinate to mat perfectly with our Basic Heart Thin Cuts too!  

Let's take a look at the two stamp sets I used for this card... 

The Solo letters H & I

I should have used THREE stamp sets....why you ask? 
Because this month purchase TWO stamp sets....and get the third stamp for FREE!!  
A GREAT stamp set deal!! 

It was fun to use the large letters on the front of the card....
but also a lot of fun to stamp the "happy circle" in the background too! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you were INSPIRED today!! :) 

Now it's time to "Hop" on over to Darlys'  Blog to see her beautiful creation!

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Be sure to visit ALL the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!   We LOVE to hear any feedback you’d like to share as well, so feel free to take a moment & leave a comment. 

Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here if you need a consultant :)) 

to help you with any of the products listed above. :)  

Blessings to you for a WONDERFUL day!!!

Krista