October Stamp of the Month Blog

Is it the holiday season already??? No not yet....let's get through Halloween and Thanksgiving first!! :-) But Close to My Heart is preparing you for the holiday season with this new SOTM called Holiday Warmth, a set of 11 stamps, for the month of October! I hope you enjoy this blog hop of what may be many verisons of holiday cards...and hopefully a few other cards to show you another way to use a holiday stamp set that is not for the holidays!! If you came here from Kathleen Androlewicz's blog you are in the right spot! This blog is simple...just click on the link at the end of the post and move on to the next one. Enjoy!!



I love browsing through my idea books to get ideas. But the funny thing is...my cards or layouts never look exactly like the ideas in the book. I end up with my own verison of a card. I found Geometric on page 124 in Wishes...but my card and deminsions are nothing like the card. But you can see the idea behind it! :) I scored a white daisy cardstock and rubbed with a sponge Creme Brulee ink all over the paper to give it the "shine" color. I also used sparkles and the new glitter brads to help the Christmas tree shine and sparkle. Plus with the help of liquid glass I was albe to make the star shine on top of the tree. I hope you enjoyed my Christmas card!

Products Used:

Paper: Jingle paper pack, White Daisy CS
Colors: White Daisy, Creme Brulee, Tulip, Olive, Juniper, New England Ivy
Accesories: Clear Sparkles, Spring Blossom Brad Assortments, Twinkle Brads Jolly Assortment, Liquid Glass, Wishes

Now "Hop" on over to Tammy Lea Pinchard's Blog to see her work!

If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, click {here} for a complete list of participating blogs. In her blog you will also find two other blog groups that are sharing their Ocotober SOTM cards.


Remember, the October SOTM: Holiday Warmth is only available until October 31th! Contact your Close to My Heart consultant today or check my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

September SOTM Blog Hop- Treasures

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring September's SOTM: Treasures, a set of 13 stamps. If you have come here from Laurie Levnik's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's Blog and start from the beginning!
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This month we have 69 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 first card is simple simple simple!! Can I say it again SIMPLE!! I actually found the inspiration from a thank you card that my parents got. When I saw the thank you card I thought it looks so much like the September SOTM. What do you think??? I random stamped the cardstock with versamark ink pad and then covered the ink with white daisy embossing powder. To make the powder stick you use the craft heater to melt the powder onto the card. Like I said EASY and SIMPLE!

Which card did I do the SOTM on??
#1


#2

If you guessed number two you are correct!! :)

Two cards together


Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
Garden Green cardstock
Garden Green ink pad
VersaMark Ink Pad
White Daisy Embossing Powder
Craft Heater

The next two cards I found my ideas from the new Card Confidence Program called Wishes! I love this book--just another book to help me get my creative juice going!!


The second card is called Keep It Level. I used the small "pom pom" to create a sun by going around in circle. Then I took the stem to make the rays on the circle and then on the bamboo cardstock. Thank you to Katy D. who shared this creative idea of turning the "pom pom" into a sun! She really was thinking outside of the box to come up with this idea. The background and texture paper is a new paper from the paper pack called grace. I thought the flowers looked like different versions of the sun!!







Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Wishes Size:6x6
B&T Duo from Grace (new!)
Twilight
Bamboo
Honey Ink
Booksmart (new!)

The last card is called circle collection...so I went a little crazy with circles! We have lots of new and fun circle embellishments like the basic craft buttons (chocolate, bamboo, cocoa, colonial white) and dimensional elements in color:organic. Even the two B&T duo from twitterpated has circles in it!!





Supplies-All CTMH unless noted
September SOTM: Treasures
Wishes Size: 5x7
B&T Duo from Twitterpated (new!)
Colonial White cardstock
Chocolate cardstock
Chocolate ink
Chocolate buttons from basic craft button
Organic Dimensional Elements in Color
Embroidery Floss
CM circle cutter system

Now "Hop" on over to Karen Norman'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 September SOTM: Treasures is only available until September 30th! Contact your Close to My Heart consultant today or check my website to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!