The Price of Paper: Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we’re featuring the August set Poster Tidings, a set of 2 stamps. If you have come here from Maria Myers‘ blog, you’re in the right place! There are more than 50 independent Close to My Heart consultants sharing artwork made using the Stamp of the Month and other great Close to My Heart products. Hopping is simple to do – just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one.

The Blog Hop is a great big circle. Start here and work your way around. If you get lost along the way you’ll find a complete list of participating consultants here. You can use this list to pick up where you left off.

Off we go!

After much thought about what I wanted to do for this month’s hop, I decided that I wanted to basically deconstruct one of the stamped images. I chose 5 colors from the Huntington color palette and stamped my selected image onto Colonial White cardstock in each of the colors (Autumn Terracotta, Olive, Barn Red, Cashmere, and Slate). Once I did that I set about cutting these word puzzles into strips.

My next step was to play with the pieces until I figured out how I wanted them to look. When I had my basic layout I switched out words in different colors to come up with the final design. I attached all the strips to the gorgeous Barn Red pattern from the Huntington paper packet and added some embellishments to finish the card.

Here’s what I used. All products are Close to My Heart:

S1309 Poster Tidings stamp set

X7174B Huntington paper packet

1388 Colonial White cardstock

Z1375 Kraft cardstock

Z2101 Autumn Terracotta Exclusive Inks

Z2137 Olive Exclusive Inks

Z2104 Barn Red Exclusive Inks

Z2175 Cashmere Exclusive Inks

Z2173 Slate Exclusive Inks

Z1874 Trinkets Wooden Shapes

Z1837 Wooden Mini-Medley Accents

Now “Hop” on over to JudyBurger‘s blog to see her work, and be sure to visit each consultant’s blog to get some great crafting inspiration and other fun ideas! Don’t forget, this exclusive stamp set is only available through September 30^th! Click here to order yours today!