2023-11-20
Card Inspiration Stamp of the Month Thank You

Card challenges are great for inspiration! I’m entering this card in the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. You should totally join me!

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2023-07-04
Card Inspiration Stamp of the Month Thinking of You

This card was so much fun to make. I LOVE the shimmery bee!

This card is a fun fold featuring the July Stamp of the month, Bee’s Knees. I love how quick it was to color with Shimmer brushes!

Get the card tutorial here.

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2022-12-01
Masculine Stamp of the Month

This stamp set is so much fun. I love creating with it. I made three fun-fold display card for December’s Stamp of the month kit. Remember you can get these cards precut and ready to stamp for FREE!

This card on a toffee base really shows off these fun stamps. It also stands so the recipient can display it. the sentiment and all stamps are from the December stamp of the month, Forest Critters. The bunny is stamped directly on the card, while the fox is stamped on toffee paper using Paprika ink. These stamps are so detailed, I decided I didn’t even need to color!

This card on a pine base gives a 3-D look. I stamped trees on the inside folds and added animals stamped on shortbread and fussy cut. The deer is stamped with shortbread, the bird with scarlet, and the fox with Paprika. The bird in front is stamped on scarlet with scarlet ink. The sentiment is stamped with Pine on the pine bridge piece.

This one might just be my favorite. I love the little line-up of animals. There are a bunch of cute ones to choose from on the stamp set, and this card provides enough room to include a few stamps. The leaves are stamped using a branch from the set and by masking over the stamped animals.

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2022-11-10
Stamp of the Month

This card was inspired by a layout challenge from Freshly Made Sketches and Color Dare Challenge #521. I LOVE challenges and the inspiration I get. Hope you can play along!

This card was super fun. I used the Stitched Lattice Background to cut a sheet of Mist Cardstock. Isn’t it cute how the Melon card base peeks through the lattice and just a bit at the edges?

The card features the smaller mandala from the November Stamp of the Month, Snowflake Mandalas. It is stamped on Wisteria and Seabrook papers. I love the tone-on-tone when using the same color ink as the cardstock!

I stamped over each mandala and the sentiment using versamark ink and added clear embossing powder. Heat setting it added a lovely sparkle.

Hope you are inspired to craft and play along with some challenges.

Happy Stamping,

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2022-04-01
Card Inspiration Stamp of the Month Thank You

Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month blog hop. We have 13 fabulous consultants who are excited to inspire you using the “Message in a Bottle” April Stamp of the month. This awesome stamp will only be available until April 30th. You can get it for just $5 with a purchase of $50. After you see all of the lovely work in this hop, you won’t be able to resist this stamp!

If you are coming from Brenda’s blog, you are on the right path. This blog is a big circle and you will be able to hop on from each page. If you get lost, there is a full list of all participants on Melinda’s blog.

Let’s have some fun!

I had lots of fun with this card. It uses a design from Make it From Your heart Volume 4. These books are the best – they are full of great ideas and some beautifully designed cards.

The bottle from the Message in a Bottle Stamp of the Month looks beautiful with gold sparkle! I stamped the image with VersaMark and then added Gold embossing powder and used my Heat Tool to heat-set it. I stamped the heart and thank you in Glacier. I also stamped over the glacier with VersaMark, so I could add clear embossing powder for some extra sparkle.

I used the Stitched Fancy Brackets Thin Cuts to cut out the white with the sentiment and the mink frame. I love these versatile thin cuts – they’re so much fun!

I’d love it if you could leave a comment before hopping on to Brandi R’s Crzy4scrapbooking Blog!

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2022-03-01
Birthday Stamp of the Month Thank You

Happy March 1st! A new month means a new stamp of the month and this one is awesome. It’s called You’re the G.O.A.T. and it has all kinds of adorable animals and puns. I had so much fun with this one.

You can get the stamp of the month for just $5 with a $50 order. For an even better deal become a VIP member and get CTMH cash back for each purchase and the stamp of the month for FREE!

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2021-11-01
Card Inspiration Stamp of the Month

Welcome to the November Stamp of the Month blog hop. We have 12 fabulous consultants who are excited to inspire you using the “Created to Shine” November Stamp of the month. This awesome stamp will only be available until November 30th. You can get it for just $5 with a purchase of $50. Or you can get it for FREE with a qualifying order as a VIP Member. After you see all of the lovely work in this hop, you won’t be able to resist this stamp!

If you are coming from Maureen’s blog, you are on the right path. This blog is a big circle and you will be able to hop on from each page. If you get lost, there is a full list of all participants on Melinda’s blog.

Let’s have some fun!

I loved making this card. I had to get creative when I discovered that I forgot to buy pattern paper from the new catalog! Don’t worry, I have some on it’s way now and I will show that off in future blog posts I do love this set. It has some great sentiments for thinking of you, congratulations, or encouraging cards. I also just love the lights! I can’t wait to create more with this stamp set!

I cut a top opening base from Candy Apple. I used a sheet of white Daisy for the front and experimented with the card front stencils. I used the diagonals and I love the way it turned out. I just sponged Candied Apple Distressed Oxide over the stencil, then I cleaned the stencil, flipped it and sponged again to get my crossing diagonal lines pattern.

I stamped the lights on top in Archival black. I was afraid the soft light image wouldn’t show very well over my background, so I stamped the lights again on lemonade paper and cut them out. I then glued the cut out images onto my black stamped images to have lit bulbs.

Finally I added a white Daisy sheet to the inside for a sentiment. I chose “be a light for all to see.” I also stamped the string of hearts from the set as a bottom border.

I think it turned out really cute. Hope you like it too.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. I’d love for you to leave a comment before you “Hop” on over to Melissa’s blog and check out her work.

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2021-01-01
Card Inspiration Stamp of the Month Thank You

Welcome to the January Stamp of the Month blog hop. We have 19 fabulous consultants who are excited to inspire you using the “Every Thank You” January Stamp of the month. This awesome stamp will only be available until January 31st. You can get it for just $5 with a purchase of $50. After you see all of the lovely work in this hop, you won’t be able to resist this stamp!

If you are coming from Kathy’s blog you are on the right path. This blog is a big circle and you will be able to hop on from each page. If you get lost, there is a full list of all participants on Melinda’s blog.

Let’s have some fun!

This card turned out so cute! I love that the easel card looks a bit fancy, but it’s still quick to put together. I just used a regular card base (8.5X5.5 folded in half) of Smoothie Cardstock. Then I made another score at 6 inches. This gave me two front “panels,” which will make the easel card work. I added pattern paper from Happiness lives here and matted it with Blue Belle Cardstock for each “panel” on the front.

I stamped the sentiment from the Every Thank You Stamp of the month on White Daisy Cardstock using Blue Belle Ink. I used the medium Stitched Bracket to cut the sentiment and the largest one to cut the mat from Smoothie. I then glued only the bottom half of the sentiment to the bottom part of the front. This will allow it to “pop up” when the card is opened as an easel.

Finally, since part of the inside of the card would be displayed, I had to decorate it too. I stamped the flowers from the Happiness Lives Here Cardmaking stamp along the bottom of a white card insert. I added a flower sticker, from the sticker sheet that comes in the Happiness Lives Here pack, to act as a “stopper” for my easel when it’s open. I used an embossing buddy to remove the stickiness from the sticker then popped it up with 3D Foam Tape.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. I’d love for you to leave a comment before you “Hop” on over to Melissa’s blog and check out her work.

Happy hopping!

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2020-10-01
Birthday Stamp of the Month

Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month blog hop. I love this stamp! It has some great sentiments and will make beautiful cards. Take your time checking out the inspiring art work of all our consultants.

If you are coming from Kathy’s blog, you are on the right path. This blog is a big circle and you will be able to hop on from each page. If you get lost, there is a full list of all participants on Melinda’s blog.

Let’s have some fun!

I love how this card turned out. This card happened because I decided I wanted to use my Ballerina Glitter Paper. I actually had a bit of Creator’s block and had no idea what to do from there. Fortunately Close to My Heart tools came to the rescue! I used our Love of Color book to find some colors that worked well with pink (I used the Ballerina page).

Stampin’ Tip: Close to My Heart offers so many inspiration and idea books.You can use the catalogs, pictures and ideas in the Love of Color books, or our Make it from the Heart Pattern books. I am never without ideas for very long!!

Once I had some ideas for colors, I went to my collection of scraps and decided to add Carolina and a Pewter base and layer. I used the All My Love Stamp of the Month to stamp the flower in Carolina and the sentiment in Pewter on a piece of French vanilla Cardstock. Finally I colored in the flower with a True Blue Blends marker (Medium and light) and stamped the heart border from Lovely borders in Carollina on a scrap of Carolina Cardstock and used the included thin cut to cut it out.

I hope you enjoyed your visit. I’d love for you to leave a comment before you “Hop” on over to Jen’s blog and check out her work. Happy hopping!

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2020-06-01
Masculine Stamp of the Month Thinking of You

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month blog hop. I am LOVE this stamp set. It goes so well with the Tags and Tabs Thin Cuts.

If you are coming from Brandi’s blog, you are on the right path. This blog is a big circle and you will be able to hop on from each page. If you get lost, there is a full list of all participants on Melinda’s blog.

Let’s have some fun!

I love how this cheerful spring card turned out. I used some remaining paper from Blue Skies, which is still available for now. This limited paper could be replaced by the flower paper from the Stitched Together set! I cut the frame from the red paper in the Blue Skies Coordinating Pack with the large Stitched Rectangle Thin Cut then added the tag, stamped with Charcoal, from the June Stamp of the Month. I cut the tag out of a scrap of red and off-set it behind the stamped tag for added dimension.

I loved this design so much I decided to make it again with papers from the Aurora Paper Pack. I’m thinking about using this one for Father’s Day!

I hope you enjoyed your visit. I’d love for you to leave a comment before you “Hop” on over to Melissa’s blog and check out her work. Happy hopping!

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