SOTM Blog Hop - May You've Got a Friend

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is You've Got a Friend, a set of 5 stamps.  If you have come here from Michelle John'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 over 50 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!

Products used:

Damask Embossing Folder

Sky Ink

Outdoor Denim CS

White Daisy CS

Sweet Leaf CS

Cotton Candy CS

Sweet Leaf Ribbon(retired)

Ariana Zip Strip

Now "Hop" on over to Lori Brown'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 click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

My Heart is a Flutter with AHSC

This week marks the first sketch in our Second Year of running Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge.  We've had some amazing designers on our Design Team and we've had over a thousand entries for our First year. We couldn't have done it without all of you. So Thank You!  It makes me very happy to know that you all enjoy my sketches so much.

Here is the sketch for this week:

I decided to rotate my card as my original card disappeared before I could take a photo of it(actually it was a retirement card, and my husband ended up sealing it before I could get a photo taken). 

Here is my card:

I used the Damask Embossing Folder and added a piece of retired ribbon.  I then stamped out a butterfly, cutting it out and layering it over the ribbon using 3D adhesive.  The sentiment comes from the same stamp set, and is stamped in Black in aswell, and popped with 3D adhesive.  Just a clean and simple card, but I'm happy with the final look.

Now I hope you will pop on over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge not only to see our design teams creations, but to find out who our Top 3 entrants were from last weeks sketch, and the winner of the Prize Package.  Is it you?

Happy Birthday Balloon : AHSC #52 ( 1 year anniversary)

Wow, 52 weeks of sketches!

That is fantastic, and as of now we have over 1060 pieces of artwork in posted on my pinterest board. You can go there and be totally inspired by all the amazing artwork.

Here is my card, and I flipped the sketch and played around with the pieces to make it work with the cut outs.

I used the Quatrefoil Embossing folder, and actually used the reserve side, which makes this Sorbet Cardstock look quilted.  I used the Stamp Set Lifting Spirits(C1570).  I hand cut all the images and layered them for this card. They are colored with Alcohol Markers, Blending Pens and Chocolate Ink Pad.  I hand wrote the sentiment.

Here is the sketch:

Hope you make the time to stop by Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge to check out the amazing artwork created by our Fabulous Design Team.

Easter Cards( a little late posting)

I hope everyone had a fabulous Easter Weekend.  I was a little under the weather and didn't get to post some of the cards I had created to give to my family and friends.  So I'm sharing them with you today.

These are just a few of my latest creations. The first 2 photos are creations that I made using cards from our current catalog for inspiration.  I used the the Quatrefoil and Chevron Embossing folders and sanded the embossed area to reveal the white core.

This second card I used the Tone on Tone technique to stamp the vine to create my own background.  For the background of the sentiment, I swiped the cardstock right over the top of my ink pads to add color.  I used the Alcohol Markers and Alcohol Blending Pen to color the flowers.

 These cards were so much fun to color.  I absolutely love the Some Bunny Stamp set.  For the cards on the left and bottom I used an overlay found on the newest Cricut Collection, Artbooking.  The other card is made using the Lollydoodle paper and the Quatrefoil Embossing folder for some texture.

Happiness and Sunshine AHSC #51

Wow, we are 1 week away from our Anniverary. Currently we have over 1040 creations made from the 50 sketches already posted, and they are fabulous.  You can find all the creations here, and all the sketches can be found here.

Next week all our entrants will be put in for a chance to win a prize package valued at $50.

Here is this weeks sketch:

Here is my card:

Supplies Used:

Sorbet Cardstock
Sorbet Ink Pad
Give a Lift StampSet
Artbooking Cricut Cartridge
Saddle Ink Pad
Bling (non CTMH)

I hope you will pop over to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge and see the amazingly talented Design Team and the creations that they have slaved over to inspire you to get creating with our sketches.