Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - February: Wild About Love

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we’re featuring the February set Wild About Love, a set of 9 stamps. If you have come here from Krista Hershberger’s 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!

What does the fox say? The fox says, “Look at how stinking cute this stamp set is!” I loved this stamps as soon as I saw them and knew I wanted to make a valentine.

The challenge this time was in figuring out which paper to use. Once I got my Paper Fundamentals Basics Assortment and saw the hearts, the decision was made! (Notice that the top piece has an embossed heart design on it!) I have a non-traditional color palette but a card that still says “Be Mine”.

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

S1402 Wild About Love stamp set

Z1939 Paper Fundamentals Basic Assortment

1385 White Daisy cardstock

X5760 Cotton Candy cardstock

Z2193 Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2191 Saddle Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2104 Barn Red Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z1851 Scallop Border Punch

Z1912 Corner Rounder

Z1114 Piercing Tool Kit

Now “Hop” on over to Michelle Johns’ 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 February 28th! Click here to order yours today!

Artbooking Made Easy: Crush on Artbooking

When you combine Close To My Heart's Cricut® Artbooking shapes with My Crush™ books, you'll take your on-the-go art to new heights. Watch the video to see how you can cohesively bring two different worlds together: Cricut® Artbooking shapes and My Crush books!

Artbooking Made Easy: Love, Love, Love

Love making mini albums? Love Close To My Heart's Cricut® Artbooking cartridge? Love learning chic techniques for papercrafting? You will love this episode of Artbooking Made Easy where we show you how to create two trendy looks using re-inker, sponge daubers, and mini album pages cut from the Artbooking cartridge. Be sure to contact me to learn more.

Artbooking Made Easy: Love Is in the Air

Use Close To My Heart's Cricut® Artbooking cartridge to create striking scrapbook pages for your loved ones, from happy couples to loving families to cherub-like babies and so much more! Plus, learn how to create dramatic backgrounds to perfectly complement your love-struck photos.

National Papercrafting Month Cloud Nine Cardmaking Kit

Close To My Heart is celebrating National Papercrafting Month with the Cloud Nine cardmaking kit—now available to you for a delightful deal! Watch the video and get excited to order your own before January melts away.

National Papercrafting Month - You'll Be on Cloud Nine!

Welcome! January is National Papercrafting Month and that means Close to My Heart has a fabulous special for you, and we have another Blog Hop, too! This year we’re offering the Cloud Nine cardmaking kit, which features a sneak peek at some of the products in the upcoming Spring/Summer Idea Book!

The Hop features more than 20 independent Close to My Heart consultants and some of their latest work. If you have come here from Maureen O’Sullivan’s blog, you’re in the right place!

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!

While the Cloud Nine cardmaking kit makes cute and versatile cards, I thought I’d try to use it for something else. My first thought was to make different cards than those in the kit, but I wanted to go a little further than that. Using one of the Cricut cartridges to make a 3-D item was what I was looking for.

 

Fast, simple, and easy is what I came up with. I cut the box from the Artiste cartridge, wrapped a thin strip of Honey cardstock around it followed by a strip of the new Teal Shimmer Trim, and topped it off with the “Just Because” image stamped in Sunset and popped up with 3-D Foam Tape. The final touch was 3 of the new Durables Triangle Studs in Antiqued Gold.

Here are the details on the promotion:

You can get an exclusive Cloud Nine cardmaking kit for $15 (retail value $46) with a qualifying purchase of $35 or more (excluding tax and shipping) in celebration of National Papercrafting Month during January. Make 10 adorable cards (2 each of 5 designs) with funky messages to put any recipient on cloud nine! You can add one cardmaking kit for every $35 in your order. New Consultants who enroll in January will receive a FREE Cloud Nine cardmaking kit when they have submitted total personal sales of $300 or more.

Now “Hop” on over to Michelle Jones’ blog to see her work, and be sure to visit each consultant’s blog to get some great crafting inspiration and other unique ideas! The Cloud Nine cardmaking kit is available through January 31, 2014 or while supplies last. Click here to get yours now!