Urban meets A True Classic

I teach card classes to a group of my customers and they are always wanting more masculine cards for the men in their lives.  I too need alot of masculine cards so I understand that they are wanting more.

Well a few catalogs back we had this fabulous masculine stamp set, A True Classic featuring this awesome vintage truck. My ladies requested that I create a whole class around this stamp set.  We concentrate on Christmas themed projects all fall, so it was on my to do for January 2020.



December promotion came out featuring a Bring Back my Pack collection, Urban.  What a great paper collection from the past, and I knew this would be the paper that I would pair up to create for my card class.


So I'm extremely excited to show off my cards for this week's upcoming card class.  Here is Urban meets A True Classic.

I pulled in some Bronze shimmer trim, some Rose Gold Sequins, added some splatter stamps and some doodling to complete the cards.  I hope you like my trio of cards, they are True Classics.

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January Cross Canada Blog Hop - Spruced Up

Welcome to our January Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Spruced Up 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 have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I'm the first stop on the blog hop. If you came from the fabulous artwork of Valerie then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to create a 2 page layout.  I love Julep and Sangria together.  This collection is so pretty.  I think I might need to hoard a few packages.  The stickers are available in the collection, or you can choose to purchase the paper without the stickers(not sure why you would choose that option).  I also pulled a few wooden embellishments and added some liquid glass to secure them to my project.  The stickers that overlap the photo placements actually still have the backing on the portion that overlaps.  This was a pretty simple layout to create.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Rosalynd and she always amazes me with her creations.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here to find the next link!

Michelle You Are Here! 

Rosalynd 

Sheena

Brandi  

Valerie 

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 Celebrate Today collection. So mark February 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

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December SOTM Blog Hop - Reindeer Crossing

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring December's SOTM, Reindeer Crossing, a set of 10 stamps.  If you have come here from Wendy Kessler, 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 16 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this December'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 started with the Cedar & Pine Evergreen Print.  Using the rectangle stitched frame thin cuts for my stamping.  I masked the stitched edges and stamped the greenery in 2nd generation Evergreen Ink, then on another piece of White Daisy I stamped again in Toffee Ink and cut out the pinecones to adhere to the stitched rectangle.  The sentiment is stamped in Evergreen and Candy Apple Inks.  I think it makes a striking, simple card.

Now "Hop" on over to Alyson Mayo'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, Reindeer Crossing is only available until December 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!



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November Cross Canada Blog Hop - Holly Jolly

Welcome to our November Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Holly Jolly 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 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 came from the amazing creations of Kristine then you are in the right place! Now let's get started.

For my project I wanted to use up some of the squares from cutting the Multi Square Window Thin Cut(Z4023), so I cut another in White Daisy and filled the inside squares with the Holly Jolly paper(X7250B).  So festive.  But I wasn't done there.  Next I pulled Green Apple, Smoothie and Candy Apple Ink and stamped these super cute presents from the Holly Jolly Cardmaking stamp set(C1800).  The sentiment is also from this stamp set, and is stamped in Black Ink.  I dove tailed the sentiment creating a banner, and added some doodling.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is featuring some amazing art from Rosalynd.
If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I'm sharing the complete blog list:

Michelle  YOU ARE HERE

Rosalynd

Sheena

Brandi

Linda

Janet

Brenda

Kim

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 Cedar & Pine collection. So mark Deccember10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

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New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!

We will be featuring New Products from our November/December issue.  If you have come here from Wendy Kessler'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 so many 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!

When I first got a look at this Holiday issue supplement and seen the ornament Thin Cuts I knew this would have to be part of my first order.  I used Candy Apple Red, Clover and White Daisy Cardstock as well as the Silver Glitter paper to create these ornaments which I plan to use as gift tags.  The Reindeer are embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

The Thin Cuts will all nest together to cut the first set of ornaments, I used Washi tape to hold them all in place since I was cutting multiples. 

The Reindeer image came from the stamp set For the Tree, and is designed to work with this Thin Cut set.

D1891

Z3533

Now "Hop" on over to Melinda Everitt'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 products featured in this hop are available until December 31st or while supplies count!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get purchase any or all of these amazing products.


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