Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - June: A Flowering Bunch

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month we’re featuring the June  set A Flowering Bunch, a set of 10 stamps. If you have come here from Elizabeth Mindemann'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!

I love the style of this stamp set, like someone just sat down and started doodling. It's fun and playful and has so many possibilities. On the other hand, as much as I really like this set, I wasn't sure how I wanted to use it. I started out by placing the stamp set next to various papers and knew when I saw it with this pink pattern from the Chantilly paper pack that this was it.

The flower offered a great opportunity to use several different colors, as well as a chance to use up some of the buttons I have collected over the last few years. I found that the delicate lines of the flower needed some help in standing out from the background, so I layered each one with cardstock of the same color.

Here is my Supply List:

S1306 A Flowering Bunch stamp set

1385 White Daisy cardstock

X7163B Chantilly paper packet

Z2193 Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2170 Ruby Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2155 Topiary Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2197 Pear Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2191 Sunset Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2110 Buttercup Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Various Close to My Heart Buttons

Z1081 Colonial White Waxy Flax

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 June 30th! Contact me to get yours today!

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - February: Home Sweet Home

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This time we're featuring the February set Home Sweet Home, a set of 4 stamps. If you have come here from Michelle Johns’ blog, you’re in the right place! There are more than 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their artwork made using the Stamp of the Month and other great CTMH 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.

Off we go!

 

Our swap group decided to switch things up for this round. While I was assigned a card this time, I will be doing different things in the coming months. The biggest challenges for this Stamp of the Month are the size of the stamps, and then I needed to combine them with the Chantilly papers. I felt like what I would call the reverse side of all the patterns made the best color scheme for the sayings in the stamp set, so that’s what I went with. I really love these colors together, as well as the patterns.

My card is fairly simple, but with all the patterns I thought simple was best. I sometimes find it tough to fit one of the Zip Strip borders into my design, but this time I thought it worked perfectly! I love the pop of Outdoor Denim.

 

Supply list:

S1302 Home Sweet Home stamp set

X7163B Chantilly Level 2 Paper Packet

1388 Colonial White cardstock

Z2105 Twilight Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z2140 Outdoor Denim Exclusive Inks stamp pad

Z1806 Epoxy Bubbles

 

 

Now "Hop" on over to Krista Ritskes’ 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 thru February 28th!

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