Welcome to the Stamp of
the Month Blog Hop! This month we’re featuring the March set Happy Place, a set
of 7 stamps. If you have come here Dana Kessler’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!
This
month I was able to make one card for two projects – the Blog Hop and my team
swap – as my swap assignment was to use the Stamp of the Month. The real
challenge came in using the assigned paper pack, which was Skylark.
So how do
you take organic patterned papers and mix them with a whimsical and cheery stamp
set? You use a sentiment and some Cricut shapes, that’s how! I wanted to use
the house shape from the Art Philosophy cartridge, but it was too squat to
leave it as is so I used Cricut® Craft Room to elongate and change the width.
Standard house shape |
The result was three different houses in different colors. To make each of them
more unique I used our awesome new embossing folders to create texture. I inked
direct-to-paper with the Sweet Leaf ink pad on the white house.
Houses modified in Cricut Craft Room |
Houses after embossing |
I knew I
needed to stamp my sentiment on something other than a rectangle to create more
interest, which is why I went with an oval. I sponged the edge with Chocolate
ink to add dimension between the houses (especially the white one) and the
sentiment piece. The houses are attached with adhesive, but I used 3-D Foam
Tape to attach the sentiment since it was already popped up due to the
embossing on the houses.
Here is
what I used. All products are Close to My Heart:
S1403 Happy
Place stamp set
X7177B Skylark
Paper Packet
1385 White
Daisy cardstock
X5643
Chocolate cardstock
X5666
Twilight cardstock
Z2153 Sweet
Leaf Exclusive Inks stamp pad
Z2111 Chocolate
Exclusive Inks stamp pad
Z1960 Stripe
Embossing Folder
Z1926 Quatrefoil
Embossing Folder
Z1806
Green & Blue Epoxy Bubbles
Z1686 Cricut®
Art Philosophy Collection
Z1151 3-D
Foam Tape
Now “Hop”
on over to Michelle Loncar’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 March 31st! Click here to order yours today!
10 comments:
Beautiful!!
CUTE!
The three different houses are very cute!
Oh, now this is a CUTE idea!! Love it!!
Another fabulous creation.
Love it! So stinkin' cute!
This is such a great idea - love it!
You are so ready for the "Emboss It" blog hop this month! Great way to feature the embossing plates!
Super design & dry embossing!
What a wonderful idea Vicki!!! Great job!!!
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