Seasonal Expressions 2 New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our Seasonal Expressions 2 New Product Blog Hop! All of the beautiful creations you see will be featuring the different creative ways you can use the new Close To My Heart's Products. If you have come here from Brenda Lapp 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 Everett's

For this blog hop we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations featuring the different ways to use our new products in the beautiful Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book 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 this card I wanted to focus on how fast and easy it is to make a card using our Complements. We have Complements to match every paper pack and this one goes with the Sweet Girl set. One sheet is chip board weight and the other sheet is stickers. I used the colors Ballerina, Sapphire and Pewter for the stamp inks and for the card stocks background and the lace.

I used the new lace thin cut to cut the lace embellishment and the scalloped pink piece is from the Complements. I embossed the White Daisy background with the new Subway Tile Embossing Folder. Unfortunately, this Thin Cut is on back order right now but will be available again early July.

Sweet Girl Complements

Subway Tile Embossing Folder

Now "Hop"on over to Krista Hershberger's  to see her works of art! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Contact your CTMH Consultant (Click Here) to get the products I used for this project!

Leave a comment on each blog also. Have fun Hopping!

Technique Hop - "Make the Cut!"

Welcome to our Make the Cut! Blog Hop! All of the beautiful creations you see will be featuring the different creative ways you can use Close To My Heart's Thin Cuts or Die Cuts from our Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridges. If you have come here from Catherine Nowak 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 Melissa Robinson's Blog.

For this blog hop we have 10 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations featuring the different ways to cut and decorate the dies 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!

 This card was cut with our new My Cup of Tea thin cut and stamp set, and the circle behind it is cut with the circle of the Shaker Thin Cut. 

The flower on the front was stamped from the May Stamp of the Month- To My Bestie. I colored them in with the water color brushes and the ink from our stamp pads to better match the paper I used which is the new Sweet Girl paper pack. 
This paper pack lends itself well to anything Baby Girl but I also wanted to show how the paper can also be used for adult female and even boys or men's cards and scrapbook pages.

Happy Trails is the stamp set and die cuts set that I used here. Paper is still from the Sweet Girl paper pack. I used the stitched circle thin cuts and the

    regular circle thin cut to cut the two circles for the sentiment. 

 

This card is still using the same Sweet Girl paper pack. I cut the flowers and leaves from the new Stitched Flower Thin Cuts. I used Sugar Plum card stock for the flowers, Fern for the leaves and Saffron for the flower center. I used Thistle to distress the edges of the flower, New England Ivy for the edges of the leaves and the Saffron for the center.  If you spritz the card stock with water it becomes more pliable and you can mold it and shape it into a more ruffled flower. I put a piece of the foam tape behind the yellow center after I used a flower tool to round the middle to make it look more rounded.

The Lace Border is another new Thin Cut. I had trouble with the new Doiley Thin Cut being stuck in the thin cut so, I used a piece of wax paper and it came right out. I used this same technique to cut the lace border and it came right out very easily. Layer the chosen paper or card stock first then the wax paper and then the thin cut and sandwich all between your acrylix cutting pads and run it through. 

I really like this Sweet Girl paper pack. Very pretty soft colors!

Now "Hop"on over to Michelle Loncar to see her works of art! 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 get the products I used for this project!

Flash Sale Today!!!!!!

Yes! That's right! It's time for another Flash Sale!!!! Whoot whoot!

The sale will begin at 5:00 pm tonight Friday, May 10, and end at 5:00 pm tomorrow on Saturday, May 11! As with previous flash sales, there are a few things to be aware of regarding this sale:

• Sale prices are only available on orders placed on my Consultant website.
• The sale features a selection of current products at 20–50% discounted prices. We have a limited number of these items set aside for the sale, and we expect to completely sell through several of them because of how great the deals are. Once we sell through the allowed amount, those items will no longer be available, so shop early!
• Any items that sell out during the sale will return to availability at normal price once the sale has ended.
• Shipping and handling is based on the full retail value of the sale items.

So, grab your favorite beverage and shop till you drop!!!! I can't wait to see what is on sale!

May SOTM Blog Hop - To My Bestie

To My Bestie

  

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the May SOTM, which is called To My Bestie, a set of 19 stamps.  If you have come here from Gina Brandstetter, 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 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!

This stamp set is really fun. You can use this subject for Mother/Daughter or Sisters or Best Friends! Cards, Decor or Scrapbook Pages it will work for anything.

I made two cards using a method similar to Tim Holtz by putting my inks on a craft mat and spraying with water to bead up the inks. Lay the piece on top of the colors, pat it on down and pick it back up. You can do this several times until you get the look you want. Just be sure to use your embossing gun to dry each layer. I used Ballerina, Sapphire, Fern on this card. I stamped with the Black Memento. I used the same colors from the stamp pads and a water brush and painted the ladies. The paper is from the new Paper Pack called Sweet Girl.

The circle around the ladies is cut with our Shaker Card thin cut and the ruffle is our new ruffle thin cut!!!! This card is supposed to be a Mother's Day card but I decided the sentiment will have to go inside.

Everything with this card is the same except the colors: Glacier, Rasberry, Sapphire, Expresso. I colored these ladies with our Shin Hahn Markers. I used another new stamp set for some of the texture in the background. I cut a piece of our stencil sheet with a dots stencil and sponged expresso through the holes. 

I also made a 2 page layout with some of the papers and colors of the Sweet Girl paper pack. 

I used Sapphire in one of our spray pens with water and added spray to the White Daisy background. I stamped the flowers with the black Memento, water colored them with the stamp pad technique and water brushes and fussy cut them out. Some of the pieces are cut with our Close To My Heart Cricut Cartridges and thin cuts. I fussy cut a couple pieces from the printed die cut page that comes in the paper pack.

Close up of the left side-

Close up of the right side-

*When you purchase the stamp of the month on my website, you will get these two cards as kits included in some happy mail as a thank you for shopping with me.* 

Now "Hop" on over to Katy Taylor 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 April SOTM is only available until April 30th!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!