April SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring April's SOTM, You Are..., a set of 15 stamps.  If you have come here from Kim'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 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!

 I love the versatility of the April Stamp of the Month.  My youngest is about to start T-Ball and I can see the stamps working perfect for T-Ball backgrounds.  You could make so many fun cards and scrapbook pages with the sayings as well.  My card is based on the sketch challenge this week at Deconstructing Jen.  Here is the original sketch design- 

All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
S1204 You Are SOTM
X7145B Cruisin Paper Packet
X5668 Twilight Cardstock
1385 White Daisy Cardstock
Z1225 Dimensional Elements
Tuxedo Black Ink by Memento
Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad
Z670 Black Embossing Powder
Z1263 Bitty Sparkles
BG18 Teal Copic Sketch
Z679 Liquid Glass 

 All of the decorative shapes were cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. I colored my dimensional elements with the Copic Sketch and then covered with Liquid Glass.  My sayings were stamped with Memento Ink and then stamped again with VersaMark and then clear embossed.  I think my word edges come out sharper going this route vs. direct embossing with black embossing powder. 

Here is a sampling of other projects by Close To My Heart-

Now "Hop" on over to Karen's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas! Remember, the April SOTM is only available until April 30, 2012. 

I have entered this card in the following challenges: 

Craft Room Challenge-Bling & Glitter/Sparkle

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge -3 of a kind

Creative Belli - Three shapes

Di's Digis Designs -Emboss it

Divas by Design - use a stamp

Heart 2 Heart - Embossing

Inspire Me Fridays -Anything goes

Lollipop Crafts -Anything goes

Love to Create - Masculine

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Stampin' For The Weekend -Anything Goes

Throwback Thursday - Use any cartridge

Thanks for stopping by! 

Wild Thing...

Wild Thing….you make my heart sing.  The challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays is to create a CAS card with a song lyric as your inspiration.  Honestly, I had to think about this one for a little bit.  This little number is my interpretation.

I cut the branch and leaves with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.

 I used a computer font, Segoe Script, at a 22 font size to make the saying on the inside.

 All supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

A1118 Hope Stamp Set

D1011 In the Wild Stamp Set

Safari Stamp Set by See d's

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

X5918 Topiary Cardstock

X5642 Cocoa Cardstock

1273 Desert Sand Cardstock

Z2111 Chocolate Ink

Z891 VersaMark Ink Pad

Z659 Cranberry Embossing Powder

I have also entered this card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesdays -Anything Goes

Stamp-N-Doodle  - Embossing

Totally Stampalicious - Critters

Thanks for stopping by, be sure and come back tomorrow for the April Stamp of the Month blog hop!

My Peeps Easter Card

I knew I had to have the “My Peeps” stamp set the moment it was released in the new catalog.  It has been sitting in my craft room just waiting for ink!  I figure it is now or never if I am going to get Easter cards stamped!  The card is based on the sketch this week at Mojo Monday.  The challenge this week is your choice of round or square.  I really enjoyed the last round card I did, so I decided to try my hand at another.  Here is the original sketch-

 

 Don’t get too attached to the paper that the card is made with!  I attended the American Crafts warehouse sale in Utah last year and picked it up for $1 a pack!  WooHoo, who can beat paper packs for $1.00.   The paper was meant to be a baby kit, but I thought the muted pastel colors worked perfect for an Easter Card.  All shapes with the exception of the grass have been cut with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.

 

I encourage everyone to think outside of the box with their crafting supplies.  I made my cloud background with a scallop border die.  My grass is actually an icicle border turned upside down.

 

Did you know you can manipulate the Close To My Heart stamps to a different shape?  I transformed the wavy Happy Easter saying to a curved saying for my circle.  I then selectively inked the saying to make it two parts!  I combined three colors of twine to bring all of the colors in the card together.  I paper pieced the eggs in the same paper and added details with a white gel pen.

Supplies by Close To My Heart, except where noted:

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge 

B1402 My Peeps

Baby Bee Paper Kit by Crate Paper

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

Z2153 Sweet Leaf Ink

Z2123 Goldrush Ink

Die-namics Icicle Border by MFT

Die-namics Wonky Scallop Border by MFT

Signo White Gel Pen

Twine-Unknown

I have entered this card in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks – Easter 

Aud Sentiments Challenge - sentiment "Happy Easter  

Card Makin' Mamas – Easter 
Crafty Sentiments  - Easter 
Delightful Challenges– Easter 
Divas by Design -use a stamp 
Do You Stack Up? - Sew it 

DRS Designs -Shape Up - 

Exploring Cricut  - "It`s Spring Thing"  

Fussy and Fancy -Anything but a Square/Rectangle 

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Easter 

Just Add Ink – Easter 
Little Red Wagon - clouds 
Lollipop Crafts - Anything goes 
Paper Play – Easter 
Paper Pretties - Paper Piecing 
Paper Shelter Challenge -Easter 
Penny's Paper-Crafty -Easter 
Party Time Tuesdays -Anything Goes 

Scrapbook Sisters -Easter 

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes  

Simply Create Too -Eggs and Bunnies 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Easter  

Totally Papercrafts - Easter

Wow, I think that must be a challenge record!  Thanks so much for stopping by, if you made it to the bottom of this post!

FMS Sketch #28

A couple of great things about Wednesday, we closer to the weekend and we get a new sketch to play with at Freshly Made Sketches!  Here is the sketch for this week’s challenge-

Feel free to rotate the sketch or use different shapes in place of those shown.  I have chosen to rotate the sketch for my card, and added corduroy brads in place of the rectangle strips.  All supplies by Close To My Heart-

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
Retired Wings Level 2 Paper Packet
1388 Colonial White Cardstock
D1477 Universal Backgrounds
D1475 Card Chatter-Birthday
D1452 Find Your Style
Z1393 Black Mini-Medley Accents
Z2153 Sweet Leaf Ink
Z2105 Black Ink

Design Tip-I cut the butterfly and the engraved layer with the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.  I stamped the background with the script saying and then stamped the Happy Birthday on top.  The butterfly antenna are stamped with the Butterfly stamp from the Find Your Style stamp set.  I only applied glue down the center of the butterfly, to be able to lift the wings.

I have also entered this card in the following challenges:  

DRS Designs  – Butterflies

Get Hippity with Ippity -Things with Wings 

The Pink Elephant - Butterflies         

Thanks for stopping by....be sure and join in the fun at Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week!

Wild West Birthday!

This card is made with some of my favorite stamp sets!  I love to ink up the horses and the birthday sentiments are very well loved!  Realistic horse stamps are soo hard to come by.  This card is based on the sketch challenge this week at The Paper Players.  Here is the original sketch-

 

I used a variety of supplies, products are by Close To My Heart unless noted:

X7150B Victory Paper Packet

1388 Colonial White Cardstock

Bareback Stamp Set by SU

D1475 Card Chatter-Birthday

Rich Cocoa Ink by Memento

Z2140 Outdoor Denim Ink

Linen Thread by SU

Fabric by Making Memories

Die-Namics Loopy Bloom Die by MFT

Die-Namics Vertical Greeting Die by MFT

A few close ups-love the added lasso trim-

 

Closer look at my attempt at fringe-

 

Finished out the inside-

 

I have also entered this card in the following challenges:

Top Tip Tuesday - Animals

Dies to Die for - Blue and Brown 

Hope you enjoyed a little bit of the Wild West, where the horses still roam free. Thanks for stopping by!