Seasonal Expressions 1 2018 Blog Hop

For today's featured Blog Hop, we are showcasing products found int our new Seasonal Expressions Catalog.  If you came 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 20 Close To My Heart consultants sharing their creations using new products from our Seasonal Expressions catalogs.To start just click on the links at the end of each blog post to move to the next one! Here we go!

For my project I decided to make a card for Mother's Day, and I used the Bonne Fete des Meres(A1216) which is found in the International Section.  I used a pattern from the Gimme Some Sugar collection, and colored the image using GY234 Leaf Green, and RP198 Tender Pink ShinHan Markers. I added a mat under the image in Heather, and some Whisper Twine.

Here is a close up of the image, I used the Colorless Blender Marker to soften the colors. The image is stamped using Memento Black Ink....I use this because I find that I get less bleeding than when I use the Archival Black Ink.

Now "Hop" on over to Melinda'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, the November SOTM is only available until November 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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AHSC #90 Mother's Day Card

Wow, these past 2 weeks have really taken there toll on me.  I'm just completely exhausted, and was in need of some rest.  So I apologize for being extremely late in posting my creation for this week's sketch. However on top of creating for this weeks sketch, I also have created projects for 2 blog hops.

Here is this weeks sketch:

Here is my creation:

I started with a piece of patterned paper from the Brushed paper packet and Canary Cardstock.  The sentiment and flowers are from the stamp set Flowers for Mom (B1473) found in the 1st edition of Seasonal Expressions.  The mat for the sentiment is Pixie cardstock.  To achieve the look of the smaller flowers peeking out behind the large ones I stamped the larger flowers on some scrap paper, trimmed them out and layered the so that they look layered.  This is one way in which to do the masking technique. The flowers in the stamp set have 2 types of stamps, the outline and the filler.  The outline is stamped in black, and for the filler I used Pixie and Hollyhock ink.  The 3 flowers off to the side are in the same colors, however, the top one is stamped in 2nd generation Hollyhock.  The flower centers are stamped in Canary.  The mat and flowers are all popped using 3D foam tape.

I hope you will now hop on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and see the creative talents of our design team.

Mother's Day Cards for Sketch #50 @ AHSC

I've been asked to design some Mother's Day cards by some of my friends, so I really need to get rolling. What better way than to use my own sketches to create these cards. Here is this weeks sketch:

It's a pretty basic card, but there is so much you can do with this sketch.  I chose to keep it pretty simple.

Here is my card:

Supplies:

Embossed Ruby Cardstock

Black Cardstock

Silver Shimmer Trim

Scallop Border Punch

Square Bling

Ruby and Black Ink

Cuts from Artiste

1 1/4" Circle Punch

Holiday Tags(D1560)

Perfect Fit - Frames 2(D1536)

I hope you will now head over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and check out the amazing creations from our very talented Design Team.

Happy Mother's Day Arts & Crafts at School

On Friday morning I headed to my daughter's school for the first of 2 arts & crafts classes I would be teaching.  My first class was full of very excited grade 1 students.  They were thrilled that they would get to make their mother's a surprise Mother's Day gift. 

Here you see all the materials that I prepped prior to heading off to the school.  Below you will see the sample that I created to show the class the project we'd be putting together.  

Before I left, the class was already asking if I could come back again, so I think it was a huge hit.  I went home for lunch and returned back in the afternoon to then teach my daughter's split class, Jaymee is in grade 3, but her class is a split class of 2 & 3's.  Boy, were they excited to see me come in.  Most of Jaymee's class had just done crafts with me at Jaymee's birthday party, and yes I know I haven't done the post for that yet, but I'm waiting on the pictures from my brother in-law, he is taking the time to edit them all for me.

These little purses might not seem like much, but each purse was a different color, and they got to color in the flowers any color they wanted, so each child had a creation of their very own.  They all turned out fabulous, and I know, I should of taken photos, but can you believe both times I went, I forgot my camera.  However, I do at least have my daughters creation that I can show you.  I think she did a fabulous job.

Jaymee knows my favorite color is blue, so she colored the flowers blue, and don't they just pop off the pink purse.  I especially love her message that she wrote.....that was another bonus, each kid also got to write their own little message to their mother's.

Happy Mother's Day!

New Sketch Challenge Blog - Embossed Mother's Day Card

Hey, Darla and I have teamed up and created a Sketch Challenge Blog, and the following card is made using  our very first sketch.  To check out our challenge click here!

To see the sketch designed by me, that I used to create this card click here. 

For this card, I heat embossed the flowers in Gold Embossing powder on Ruby Cardstock, and after set I then inked over the embossed images to create a more intense Ruby color.  The bottom portion is a piece of For Always paper that I used the direct ink technique to color the paper.  This is matted on a piece of Black Cardstock, then placed a piece of Black Shimmer Trim overlapping the 2 patterned pieces, and layered the Sentiment popped with 3D Foam Tape, also inked with Ruby.  The Sentiment comes from the Perfect Fit - Mom stamp set and has a matching cut found on the Artiste Cricut Cartridge.

Bingo

Welcome to our March Art Philosophy/Artiste Blog Hop!   As you know, both the Artiste and the Art Philosophy cartridges are available exclusively through a Close to My Heart consultant.  If you don't already have a Consultant that you are currently working with, please contact one the Consultants in our hop with any questions you have!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog Love 2 Create .  If you came from Jennifer of 4 Hearts Scrapbooking then you are in the right place!

 Our challenge this month features not only one of these amazing cartridges but also a "BINGO" card!

Here is the BINGO card that our Consultants were given:

 

The Consultants were told they could  make anything they wanted using the Artiste OR Art Philosophy cartridge AND you work off the BINGO card posted above. Basically, you make a "BINGO" by going across, down, or diagonally and you have to use everything in that bingo line.

My project uses the center line across: sentiment, 3D & buttons.  I used the Artiste to cut this cute little basket from the Chantilly paper.  This basket can be found on page 55 and assembly instructions can be found on page 29 of the assembly booklet.  The sentiment is from the stamp set and is stamped in Pear Ink.  The Frame is from the stamp set Frame Flair and is stamped in Cotton Candy Ink.  The stamp has a matching cut on the Art Philosophy cartridge, which I cut in White Daisy CS and then 1/4 of an inch larger in Cotton Candy CS.

The buttons are from the Clear Button collection which I inked in pigment ink, then added clear embossing powder and then heat set, so that I had buttons that matched my project.  To do this technique you will need tweezers to hold them in place to heat set them.  I used Sunset for the large, Cotton Candy for the medium and Pear for the small.  I have seen this technique done my a few consultants, but I don't remember where and who, but would like to give credit where credit is due.....

So, I also wanted to make this basket so that it could be versatile, so I stamped a second sentiment from the same stamp set, Happy Mother's Day.  The frames are adhered to a straw which I then adhered to a quarter and placed at the bottom of the basket before filling the basket with Easter Grass and Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Your next stop on our "BINGO" hop is Traci of  Paper Crafting 101.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lucy ~ Love 2 Create 
2.  Theodora ~ Celebrate Crafts
3. Penny ~ It Makes Total Cents
4. Michelle ~ My Flights of Fancy
5. Melissa L- MyWatermelonMoon 
6. Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking 
7. Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle You Are Here!
8. Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101 
9. Stephanie ~  The Quilted Scrapper 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.