January 2021 SOTM Blog Hop - Every Thank You

 Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring January's SOTM, which is titled Every Thank You is a set of 25 stamps.  If you have come here from the artwork of Catherine Nowak, 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 18 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!

I decided to create 2 cards for this month's blog hop, just starting to create to send out to all my 2020 customers.  I started with the colours I wanted to work with with, Desert Rose, Black and White Daisy.  I then decided that I wanted to keep them clean and simple and what better way to do so then to work with cardstock and Thin Cuts.  I used the Stitched Scalloped Brackets ( Z3688) for the sentiments, and then pulled 2 different full size card front Thin Cuts for the cards themselves.  The one of the left is Floral Background (Z3693) and the 2nd card I used the Stitched Lattice Background (Z3681).  

The Floral card is backed with Black cardstock and I used the light side of the Desert Rose, then used the original colour on the Bracket for the sentiment.  I added White Enamel Dots to the centers of a few flowers to add a pop. 

For the Lattice card I used Black stickles and Clear Sparkles to fill in the open centers created by the Thin Cut design.  I added the Black Velvet Ribbon (Z3568) under the sentiment.  I also stamped 2 stars on the Bracket in Desert Rose Ink and added some Black Stickles for added embellishments.

Now "Hop" on over to the creative Michelle Loncar 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 MONTH SOTM is only available until January 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!


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AHSC # 333 - Happy Anniversary

This week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge was one that came together quickly.  I really enjoy working with my sketches again.

September is not only the start of a new school year, but it was many anniversaries in which I need to send out cards.  I pulled out the Every Little Thing stamps and thin cuts, used the card making as well as the card workshop exclusive set to create for this card.  I used the Mix In paper collection and coordinating cardstock, laying all the various elements for this card.

Here is the sketch:

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Cross Canada Blog Hop - Every Little Thing

Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Every Little Thing(ELT) collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

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 are new to our blog hop we start on the East Coast and hop across Canada to the West Coast.  If you are starting with me then you are at the first stop. If you came from the amazingly talented Kristine Ponte then you are in the right place!

I decided to make a trio of cards using various aspects from the Every Little Thing collection.  I started with the PML cards and choose 2 that I thought would make stunning card fronts.  The 3rd card I decided that I wanted to create my own background paper. Let's take a close look.

For this card I started by trimming the 4x6 PML card down to 4"x5.25".  I decided to add some shimmer to the card so I added the Clear Shimmer Brush to the flowers.  Then I added some Bitty Sparkles to the card.  I wanted the flowers to pop, so I matted the PML card on Sapphire cardstock.  The sentiment is from the ELT cardmaking workshop.  The featured exclusive stamp set in this workshop now comes with a coordinating thin cut set.

The second card using the same steps as the first card, also utilizing Sapphire cardstock for the mat, but here I used regular Sparkles on the sentiment, and I coloured the flower using the Julep Shimmer Brush.

This final card uses the ELT cardmaking & thin cut set as well as the stamp set from the card workshop.  The pattern paper is my own created background using the stamps found in the Card workshop.  I then took my waterbrush and then smooshed ink onto my all purpose mat, picking up the ink and adding it to the stamped images.  Remember when doing this technique you should use the Intense Black Ink so that the image won't bleed.  The sentiment is stamped on White Daisy cardstock. I did a light wash using Julep Ink before stamping.  The image surrounding the sentiment is popped using 3D foam tape, and is stamped on the lighter side of Wisteria cardstock.

Well, I hope my cards inspired you, continue on to Colleen, as I'm sure her artwork is astounding.

If you get lost along the way, you can pop back here to find your way:

Michelle   You Are Here!

Colleen

Sheena  

Brae

Brandi

Jessica

Linda

Janet

Brenda

Kristine 

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 artwork using the Hawthorn collection. So mark October 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

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