Saturday 19 August 2017

Beautiful You Triple Layer Stamping


So today I spent a little time creating in-between hanging out with the kids.  I had them help me create a video to show how easy it is to create a beautifully stamped triple layer image. I used one of our new Thin Cut and Stamp bundle called Beautiful You.

Here is a little video showing how easy it is to use these stamps(I had a little helper by the name of Abbigail help create the video, waiting for my tripod to arrive).






I created my base using Pixie and Heather Cardstock, and now that our cardstock is two-toned, I was able to use the lighter shade for the Heather cs.  To cover the seam, I used a piece of White Shimmer Trim. I matted White Daisy Cardstock ontop of the same shade of Heather cs for my sentiment.  After stamping the flowers and leaves, I cut them out using the Thin Cuts, and adhered them using 3D Foam Tape. To finish is off I added 3 Bashful Pearls.

Supplies used:
White Daisy CS
Pixie CS
Heather CS (lighter side)
White Shimmer Trim
Bashful ink
Pixie ink
Blossom ink
Willow ink
Black ink
Bashful Pearls
3D Foam Tape

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Wednesday 16 August 2017

Annual Inspirations Blog Hop 2017-2018 - New Product

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!  


We will be featuring new product from the Annual Inspirations catalog.  If you have come here from Wendy'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 on Melinda’s Blog



This month we have approximately 25 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using great New CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!


For my project today, I started with pulling paper from the Whimsy Fundamentals, added a strip of Silver Shimmer Trim.  I used the Sweet Baby Stamp set and Thin Cut Bundle(Z3376) for this card, as well as the sentiment from For You Darling(C1690).  The elephant is stamped with Petwer ink on Heather CS.  I used my waterbrush and Smoothie ink add some color to him.  The balloons are stamped with Crystal Blue Ink.



Now "Hop" on over to Melissa's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get any of the products featured during this hop!


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Tuesday 15 August 2017

August Cross Canada Blog Hop - Annual Inspirations New Product



Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring artwork created from products found in the 2017-2018 Annual Inspirations Catalog. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order. We have 13 Canadian consultants participating in this month's blog hop.


We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop,plus I'm the first stop when hopping from East to West Coast. If you came from Corinna's blog then you are in the right place!


For this card I used the new Stamp and Thin Cut Bundle, For You Darling(Z3375), Gold Shimmer Trim, and Eggplant pattern paper from the fundamentals along with Eggplant and Pansy Ink for the stamping.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen.


If you get lost along the way, you can come back here:


Michelle You Are Here


Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring Projects inspired from the New Products from the New Holiday Expressions Catalog. So mark September 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.



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Tuesday 1 August 2017

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - School Year

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! 



We will be featuring August SOTM, which is School Year, a set of 9 stamps.  If you have come here from Cat'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 on Melinda’s Blog



This month we have approximately 21 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!


For my project I decided to scrapbook my kids First Day of School photos from 2016.  It was a big day, as my oldest Jaymee was starting Junior High School, and my youngest was starting Primary.

I started with a Colonial White base, and added Cranberry Cardstock, and I stamped a border in Cranberry ink around the edge of the cardstock, given it that tone on tone look.  The photos are matted with the secondary color of Lemon Cardstock, our Cardstock is now Two-toned.  For the title, First Day of School, I stamped using White Daisy pigment ink on Black cardstock. The frame is stamped in Toffee ink, and I used the secondary color Toffee Cardstock.  

Now "Hop" on over to Carol's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, School Year SOTM is only available until the end of August!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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