May Blog Hop - Celebrate with Cake

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is Celebrate with Cake, a set of 17 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. Celebrate with

This month we have  approximately 33 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 really enjoyed playing with this stamp set and came up with a set of 3 cards that I am really loving.  I used a variety of mediums to create these 3 cards.  I ended up using La Vie En Rose, as I really liked this paper and the color pallet.

Here are close ups of each card.

Supplies used:

La Vie En Rose Paper, Black and White Daisy Cardstock
Journaling Pen
HollyHock, Black, and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Watercolor Paints
ShinHan Alcohol Markers & Blending Marker
WaterBrush
Calypso Sequins

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy'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 <month> SOTM is only available until <last day of the month>!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Spring is in the Air - April Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring our Spring is in the Air.  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 have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, and I'm the first stop when hopping from East Coast to West Coast.  If you have come from Janet's Blog then you are in the right place!

I used the retired Hopscotch paperpack and embellishments.  I really thought the colors were calling for spring pictures.  Where are the photos?  Well, spring is yet to arrive on the East Coast.....overnight we had snow and freezing rain, which made the roads unfit to send children to school.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicky, and she never disappoints.

 If you get lost along the way, you can come back here to find the link.

1. Michelle YOU ARE HERE!
2. Nicky
3. Arlene
4. Carol 
5. Donna
6. Kirsten 
7. Janet 

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 our theme is For the <3 of Moms.  So mark May 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Easter Creations

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring Easter Creations.  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 have just hopped onto my blog, then you have found yourself at the beginning of our cross country hop, moving East to West. If you have come from Janet's blog then you are in the right spot.

My project is featuring Penelope paper, and the Spring Critters stamp set and Thin cuts.  I've shown a close of the bunny from this set, which I've watercolored on the watercolor cardstock...such great projects.  Isn't he just the cutest bunny ever?

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Carol.

 If you get lost along the way, you can come back here to see where you should be heading next:

1. Michelle 
2. Carol
3. Donna
4. Cheryl
5. Kirsten
6. Janet 

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 feature Spring is in the Air.  So mark April 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Watercolor Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring Watercolors!  

We will be featuring creations using either our watercolor paints or watercolor pencils.  If you have come here from Melinda'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 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this watercolors 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!

First I started with layering different shades of watercolor paints onto our watercolor paper.  I let them dry before stamping my image onto the paint. While I waited for the paint to dry I grabbed the Damask Embossing folder, and the circle Diffuser and ran a piece of White Dairy Cardstock through my cuttlebug.  I inked up the raised impressions with Poppy ink, and stamped the sentiment in the center with Black Ink.  The flowers and sentiment is from Blooming Expressions stamp set.

Now "Hop" on over to Catherine'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 contact me) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Valentine Card that I won with

Wow, I forgot to post my Valentine Card that I created for a contest on the Close to My Heart Blog, where I was 1 of the winners.  The challenge was to create a card using La Vie En Rose paper.

Here is my card:

I used Blooming Expressions stamp set, and stamped my flowers using the colors found in the paper pack: Hollyhock, Poppy, Pomengrante and Pixie.  I fussy cut them out and layered them using 3D foam tape.  I love this Black and gold ribbon, and thought it was a nice finishing touch.