March SOTM Blog Hop - Happy Place

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring March's SOTM, which is Happy Place(S1403), a set of 7 stamps.  If you have come here from the fabulous creations of  Wanda Riley'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 here.

This month we have 53 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!

  

So, to start my project, I started by stamping out a full sheet of images, which will give me 8 sets of cards, with 2 different designs.  I used Archival Black Ink to stamp the images, as it will not bleed when using our Alcohol Markers.

I used Outdoor Denim, Cotton Candy, Cyrstal Blus, Honey, Buttercup, New England Ivy and Ruby Markers to color the Nesting Dolls.

This first card, I used both sides of the Ariana B&T Paper and the Zip Strip and Crystal Blue Cardstock.  I used a tag that was cut from the Artiste Cartridge that I already had in my stash, and outlined it twice with my journalling pen after stamping the sentiment in Ruby Ink.

This second card, I used the Ariana B&T paper and Crystal Blue Cardstock along with some Kraft paper.  I stamped the sentiment uing the Archival Black Ink as I find it shows better on the Kraft paper.

These dolls were very fun to color, and I find it very relaxing.  My youngest daughter even wanted in on the fun. I should mention that she is only 3 years old.

Now "Hop" on over to Kathleen Androlewicz'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, March's SOTM is only available during this month, so don't wait to get your hands on this super cute stamp set.  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

Gratitude for AHSC #44

This week's sketch was one of my first sketches, and I had created a card using this sketch for one of my card classes in the fall using one of my favorite paper packages, Huntington. Autumn is one of my favorite times of the year because I just love the colors, so I think that is why I love this paper so much.

Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is my card:

I hope you will now take the time to pop over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and see all the lovely creations by our super talented Design Team.

Creating with my husband

So over this past weekend I decided with the kids away that I wanted to make the cards from the 2 NEW card kits in our current Idea Book, Ivy Lane and Lollydoodle.

My husband was watching the replays from the Olympics, and then he decided he wanted to come and make some cards for his own personal stash. Now the reason behind all this is he claims he can't buy me cards any more where I am making them now, and he can't see going out and spending that kind of money on cards when I can make them for considerably less.  

So he sat at the table and watched as I cut all the pieces for each kit, and I asked him to then seperate all the pieces that would be needed for each card.  We then made cards together.  I wish I had thought about taking photos of him creating with me, but maybe I'll do that next time.

My hubby did all the stamping, and assembled the cards based on the instructions in the kits.  Here are the cards from Ivy Lane.  

My cards

My husbands

Next is the Lollydoodle cards, and he is getting more confidence.

My cards

My Husbands

The card kits come with enough product to make 15 cards, 3 designs, 5 of each design.  I even have left over paper and embellishments to use on other creations.  All you need is a paper trimmer, blocks, inks and adhesive for the Lollydoodle, and the same for the Ivy Lane with the exception that you will also need the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge.

If you would like to purchase the card kits featured here, or any items mentioned you can shop on my website here, or maybe you'd like to earn some product for FREE....contact me to learn how.

Sketch #43 Smiles, Laughs & Love

I really had fun making this card.  It is a technique that I have not really used before.  I love how it turned out, and plan on using this technique again.

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

I started with a Colonial White Card Base.  The next step for this card was I took another piece of Colonial White Cardstock and some post it notes and made a frame.  Inside this frame I took Bamboo Ink and sponged the color onto the cardstock, then I took the retired stamp set Treasure Life(D1306), and stamped the leaves and vines in Olive, and the flowers in Autumn Terracotta, once in 1st generation, and the then 2nd generation. The sentiment is stamped in Cocoa Ink.  After removing the post it notes this is how it looks.  I matted the Colonial White Cardstock onto a piece of Olive Cartstock, adhered it to the cardbase.

I hope you liked my card, and will take a few moments to check out the other creations from our Design Team.

Friendship Layout with Artbooking

So, I have a scrapbooking class coming up on Friday and I've got my layout complete except for adding the photos.

I've used the artbooking cartridge to create this layout, and all the cuts are found on page 78.  You might even recognize this layout from one very similar found on an episode of Artbooking Made Easy.  I started with Slate Cardstock as my base, and then added a White Daisy Mat spritzed with Blush Re-inker.  Then added the overlays.  The large photo frames are 4x6 and cut from Soothie, and the film strip frames are cut from Lagoon, and will fit 2x2 photos.

The remaining cuts can all be found on page 78, from the flourish cut in Whisper to the Friends Forever Brackets cut in Crystal Blue, and the flowers are cut from Blush Cardstock. The finishing touches are Juniper and Silver Washi Tape.

So here is what I've come up with.

I hope you like it.  I know I can't wait to add photos of my girls to complete this layout. If you would like to attend any of my classes please contact me here. If you would like to purchase your own copy of the Artbooking cartridge you can shop now on my website, or you can host a party, and if your party reaches $250 or more, you can earn $40 in Hostess Rewards plus 1 item at 50% off which includes any of our 3 cartridges.