April SOTM Blog Hop - O-Fish-Ally Awesome

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring April's SOTM, which is O-Fish-Ally Awesome, a set of 37 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 21 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 had so much fun colouring and then fussy cutting the all the different images on this set.  I used a large variety of colours when colouring these images both from the Shinhan collection(retired) and the Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend collection.

The top image here is my version of a fish tank, and I've included the sign, sand castle and treasure chest.  I added Gold Stickles to the chest to make it appear as real gold, the water bubbles are stamped in Carolina Ink and then the whole water area is sponged with the same colour.  I then used the Clear Shimmer Brush and coloured in the bubbles as well as flicked the brush onto the paper.  The sand is stamped and sponged in Toffee Ink.

The second card I didn't want it to be as busy so I used the fishbowl and added some twine(retired) from my stash.  The fishbowl is popped up from the card using 3D foam tape and the same coloured were used to sponge the water and sand.  The mat for the card is Crystal Blue cardstock which I sanded all the edges to give it a distressed look. The pattern paper is from Seas the Day collection.

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, the MONTH SOTM is only available until MONTH 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 # 362 - Thinking of You

Today I'm making cards to send to my customers to let them know that even though we can't get together and create and socialize that I'm thinking of them.

I've used this week's sketch for Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  I rotated the sketch and added a butterfly to the design.  I used pattern paper from the line Boutique from a few years ago.  The background or mat for this card has been sanded to give it some texture.  For the butterfly I added colour with the Spectrum Noir markers and then went over it with the clear shimmer brush.

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Cross Canada Blog Hop - Yesterday & Today

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Yesterday & Today 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 you are hopping from East Coast to West Coast.  If you came from Kristine Ponte then you have arrived at the start of the hop.

I knew that the Dreams Take Flight stamp and thin cut set would be one that I would need to purchase, and I really liked the sample artwork from the catalog, but I thought it would look amazing on the grid pattern from the Yesterday & Today collection.  My vision didn't disappoint.  It turned out exactly perfect.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen Dewis and she is here on the East Coast with me.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I've shared the completed blog hop list below.

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Brandi

Janet

Valerie

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 Seas the Day collection. So mark April 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

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New Product Blog Hop - March/April 2020

Welcome to our New Product Blog Hop!

We will be featuring new products from our March/April catalog.  If you have come here from Cat Nowak'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 products found in our current CTMH catalog 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 fell in love with the Fairy Tale Stamp and Thin Cut set and loved the sample artwork from the catalog and decided to recreate it.  I decided that I would use the new Spectrum Noir Tri-Blends.  I added a strip of silver glitter paper under the sentiment, and added silver Stickles to the stars.  The cardstock mats are Pixie and Smoothie, and the flowers are stamped in Smoothie, the leaves in Sweet Leaf, and the sparkle on her wand in Saffron.

Now "Hop" on over to Haley Dyer'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, this catalog is only available until April 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get any of the featured products throughout the blog hop.


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March 2020 SOTM Blog Hop - Family Legacy

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring March's SOTM, Family Legacy, a set of 17 stamps.  If you have come here from the amazing creations of Gina Brandsetter, 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 17 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 have been tasked with creating a family album for my grandmother's birthday this year.  All of the family has been sending me photos for the album.  My mother is doing typing up all the details that will be attached to the photos.  My job is to create the page itself.

I distressed the cardstock pieces using a combination of Almond and Toffee ink.  The Peach cardstock also has stamping in the corners using a tone on tone effect.  You can see the stamping in the next photo.

Now "Hop" on over to  Cat Nowak to see her fabulous 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 MONTH 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Always craft with  <3