August 2012 CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the August SOTM from the *NEW* 2012 Autumn/Winter Idea Book, which is S1208 Baroque Borders…a set of 5 My Acrylix Stamps! 

Click Here is view the Stamp of the Month images.

If you have come here from Beth Naumann’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.

This month we have almost 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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This month I chose to create a card using the *NEW* La Belle Vie collection and *NEW* My Acrylix ‘Words of Comfort’ & ‘Frame It Up’ stamp sets along with the August Stamp of the Month.

The colors in this collection are classic! This collection includes two kit exclusive colors, La Belle Vie Mauve & La Belle Vie Pink along with Black & Bamboo and a hint of Desert Sand & Sweet Leaf.

You will also see that I used CTMH’s *NEW* Colonial White Rosette Ribbon & the fabulous *NEW* Cricut Artiste Collection to make the paper rosettes on the message plate. I did some hand-stitching around the La Belle Vie Mauve B&T Duo too.

You will not believe how easy it is to make these rosette’s using the Cricut collections by CTMH and the *NEW* Quilling Tool!

To purchase your August Stamp of the Month (only available August 1-31, 2012) and other *NEW* CTMH products like our beautiful My Acrylix Stamps & Cricut Artiste Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Well, that’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Nancy Brown's blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

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Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

CTMH July 2012 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the July SOTM from the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1207 Live Out Loud…a set of 8 My Acrylix Stamps! 

Click Here is view the Stamp of the Month images. 

If you have come here from Susan Brook’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.

This month we have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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Alright, I had to break my streak of creating layouts this month because I am neck deep in preparing for my Extravaganza class for the Close To My Heart Convention which begins July 12th! I hope you will enjoy this little project I pulled together. I came up with this treat bag idea using our Kraft Die-Cut Cards last August. You can find detailed instructions on making it HERE.

Here is a side view. You can insert a special treat into a 6” x 6” clear bag and slip inside for that special someone.

I used CTMH’s Footloose Paper Packet and my handy dandy CTMH Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge to create this fun treat bag.

I think my Stampers from the Heart Team enjoyed making this today at our Convention Preparation Meeting…

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To purchase your July Stamp of the Month (only available July 1-31, 2012) and other CTMH products like our beautiful My Acrylix Stamps & Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Well, that’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Mary Eisen's blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

CTMH June 2012 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the June SOTM from the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1206 Life Is Tweet…a set of 15 My Acrylix Stamps! 

Click Here is view the Stamp of the Month images.

If you have come here from Traci Godbee’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.

This month we have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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This month’s Stamp of the Month was really fun to play with, especially while making this scrapbook page! I signed up for a great class called Got Sketch Express 3 and this is the 2nd sketch that was shared in the class.

It’s pretty unusual for me to make only one scrapbook page, but I’ve been trying to do more of them. There are A LOT of sketches out there that are only one page and they are fabulous, so I might as well take advantage of them. I don’t always have enough pictures for a two-page scrapbook layout, so this is nice occasionally.

I used CTMH’s Footloose Paper Packet which is perfect for beach & pool photos, but as you can see, it’s not limited to that! I just love the colors in this kit…Lagoon, Sweet Leaf, Crème Brulee & Bamboo…with a hint of Smoothie.

I also used CTMH’s Paradise Assortment Baker’s Twine which coordinates perfectly with this paper packet!

For the sketch, I used my Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge on the scalloped circle, circle, banners, pennant, journaling shape & the flower shape for the stamped ‘life is tweet’ flower.

Did you know that many of our My Acrylix Stamps have coordinating shapes that you can cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge? No more cutting around all those funky shapes…just push a button on your Cricut and viola! Love it!!!

Speaking of My Acrylix Stamps…you can buy 2 My Acrylix Stamp Sets & get 1 FREE in June! Check out the details HERE beginning June 1st.

To purchase your June Stamp of the Month (only available June 1-30, 2012) and other CTMH products like our beautiful My Acrylix Stamps & Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Well, that’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Tamra Pope's blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

May 2012 CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the May SOTM from the NEW 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1205 Friendship Bouquet…a set of 8 My Acrylix Stamps! 

If you have come here from Doreen Guilfoyle’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.

This month we have almost 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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I met my challenge of creating another scrapbook layout for the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! I didn’t manage to get pictures on the layout yet because I’m planning to take pictures with my very dear friend and Pastor’s wife, Lori this upcoming Sunday. They have decided to retire and move back to their hometown to take care of elderly parents, so we will be hosting a farewell gathering & luncheon for them on Sunday. So, hopefully I’ll be able to share my layout with pictures, next week. Until then, here it is…

I had some fun incorporating the National Scrapbook Month special paper packet, Dotty for You, into this layout. The colors in the paper that I highlighted are Buttercup, Smoothie, Sunset & Sweet Leaf. I brought in a little hint of Chocolate as well.

I found this sweet poem, My Treasured Friend, that complimented the sentiments in the Stamp of the Month set and printed it directly onto the Sweet Leaf cardstock.

I took a very simple approach to coloring the sunflowers. I used sponge daubers and ink to color. All you have to do is gently swirl the inked sponge dauber onto the stamped image and add more color where needed to add depth…FSE {which stand for Faster, Simpler, Easier}!

Using the Cricut Craft Room, I was able to weld some shapes together from the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge together to create the shape of the Sweet Leaf cardstock and the Colonial White cardstock shape on the right page.

I used the My Acrylix Urban Alphabet for the ‘SISTERS’ title. After I took the photo, I added right below it, ‘in Christ’. Once I have my pictures, I will add them to the layout along with a few leaves for the sunflowers on the right page and share them with you.

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That’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy Coffman's blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

To purchase your May Stamp of the Month (only available May 1-31, 2012) and other CTMH products like the Dotty for You National Scrapbook Month Special & Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

April 2012 CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the April SOTM from the NEW 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1204 You Are…, a set of 15 My Acrylix Stamps! 

 

If you have come here from Tamytha Jenkins' 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.

This month we have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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I’m sharing ANOTHER scrapbook layout this month! I think I’ve decided to challenge myself the rest of this year to create scrapbook layouts for each Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. Gives me an incentive to get more scrappin’ done!

I’m also sharing a sneak peek from CTMH’s National Scrapbook Month promotion, which begins April 17th! Here goes…

I absolutely LOVE the colors in this new paper packet! I used three of the colors, Sweet Leaf, Sunset & Lagoon along with Crème Brulee & Chocolate.

The paper packet is called ‘Dotty for You’, thus the dotted paper. On the reverse side of each dotted paper are fabulous patterns such as plaids, butterflies, circles, stamped images & more. I can’t wait to share more with  you in the next couple of weeks!

Here are a few close-ups of the page elements…

You see I used some of our yummy baker’s twine…which just so happens to have THREE of the colors in the ‘Dotty for You’ kit, so it works perfectly.

I created the banner with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge & My Acrylix Pennant Alphabet

I used the April Stamp of the Month ‘You Are…’ with Chocolate ink for the title and some accent borders.

Here’s a photo of a photo of a cupcake pick I made using the April Stamp of the Month too.

I love using little banner strips of different sizes right now to add accents where needed. I hear banners are a really ‘HOT’ trend right now…along with more of that yummy baker’s twine!

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That’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Sheila Bennett's blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

To purchase your April Stamp of the Month (only available Apr 1-30, 2012) and other CTMH products like the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

March 2012 CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the March SOTM from the NEW 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1203 Potential, a set of 8 My Acrylix Stamps! 

If you have come here from Haley Dyer, 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.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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Here we go! I’m thrilled to share with you one of my Extravaganza submissions that I will be mailing off tomorrow to CTMH! I have been working on this project for several days and I’m really excited how it turned out.

If I had the time to scrapbook like this all the time…I DEFINITELY would! I love putting a lot into the details, but we all know that it just isn’t feasible all the time.

I incorporated a variety of products and techniques into this layout…such as, ink destressing, sanding, ink spritzing, Cricut Art Philosophy shapes, paper flowers, stamping, My Stickease & hand-stitching.

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That’s it for now…I hope you enjoyed your visit!

Now "Hop" on over to Adeline Brill to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

To purchase your March Stamp of the Month (only available Mar 1-31, 2012) and other CTMH products like the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

February 2012 CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

This month we are featuring the February SOTM from the NEW 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book, which is S1202 Thoughtful Tidings, a set of 11 My Acrylix Stamps! 

If you have come here from Traci’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.

This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To join in the fun just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!

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I am so stinkin’ excited to share with you all the wonderful new products from the 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book! I love absolutely EVERYTHING in it and I’ve been having so much fun playing with my new products.

Here are a few projects I’ve created over the last week using this fabulous February Stamp of the Month…

This is a card box I created using the CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge along with the Cricut Craft Room. I will be working on a detailed tutorial which will include the Cricut Craft Room file I used to create the closure to the box and will post it in the next few days.

This project was created using the new Stella Level 2 Paper Packet and it will hold five unembellished  4-1/4” x 5-1/2” cards with envelopes.

This next card is created using the new Victory Level 2 Paper Packet. I added some stitching using CTMH’s Neutral Embroidery Floss along with a few wooden buttons. Oh, and I spritzed some diluted Chocolate re-inker onto the card base using CTMH’s Spray Pen.

And I absolutely LOVE how this card turned out using the new Florentine Workshops on the Go Kit & My Stickease Assortment. I added some bling using Sparkles.

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That’s it for now…thanks for stopping by!

Now "Hop" on over to Dawn’s Blog to see her fabulous works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas using this month’s stamp of the month!

To purchase your February Stamp of the Month (only available Feb 1-29, 2012) and other CTMH products like the Cricut Art Philosophy Collection…

Visit My Website to shop now!

or click here to contact me to place your order.

Don’t forget to check out February’s Studio J promotion below. Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day,

Click here to purchase your Studio J 5-packs today!

Click here to visit Studio J to make the above layout!