Patterned Paper ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop

To begin the new year, the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop participants are featuring patterned paper in our projects.       

If you have come here from the NJ Stamping Queen blog, you are right on track for the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop.  Blog 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, or visit each blog from the list at the end of this post.  

The adorable little chicks on this patterned paper from the Penelope kit just had to be used in a project.  So, I used a bunny in the Animal Greetings stamp set to create an adorable little card.  Since chicks and bunnies remind me of Springtime, I thought these went together well.  A bit of color was added to the bunny using some ShinHan Touch Twin markers, and a bit of Pixie Twine is used as an embellishment.           

Animal Greetings is a set of 15 different cute animals, each with a "punny" saying.  If these cute smiles bring a smile to your face, you should see what your purchase will do for the smile of a child.  Purchase the Animal Greetings stamp set anytime between now and August 2016, and Close To My Heart will donate $7 of the proceeds to Operation Smile.  Operation Smile provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates in children.  

Animal Greetings (set of 30)

Now "Hop" on over to Moments to Treasure for more projects using patterned paper.   

"Use Your Stash" Blog Hop participants:

• My Scrapbooking Blog
• Show and Tell, with Michelle
• Scrappinbliss
• NJ Stamping Queen
• Sheila's Stamping Stuff - (here)
• Moments to Treasure

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhPenelope #operationsmile 

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Stuck On You ~ Seasonal Expressions Blog Hop

Welcome to our Spotlight on Seasonal Expressions Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop.  Introduced in this catalog are new Thin Cuts which are metal dies to use with your favorite die cutting machine to cut shapes that coordinate perfectly with their corresponding stamp set.      

If you arrived here from Snips, Snaps, and Scraps , you are hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects spotlighting new products featured in the Seasonal Expressions.  

Stuck On You is one of the stamp sets which has coordinating Thin Cuts.  After stamping the cactus image and watercoloring it, the Thin Cut die was used to perfectly cut the shape.  Then the flower pot was stamped using Whisper ink, and the shape cut with a die.  A pretty floral paper from the Charlotte kit was used as the background, then a gold Puffie and some ribbon complete the card. 

Close To My Heart has prepared a helpful video showing how to use the Thin Cuts die with a Cuttlebug machine.  

Please visit the Crafty Happy blog to continue along our Blog Hop. 

list of participants

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhCharlotte #ctmhThinCuts 

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

A Birthday Funny

A simple card sketch on Freshly Made Sketches (FMS219) this week inspired me to create this card.  The sentiment is from the Birthday Funnies stamp set, and the papers are in the Penelope kit.  With the new paper packs that Close To My Heart introduced this year, each pack includes 2 each of 6 different double-sided designs.  One of the papers is designed to be cut into 4"x6" and 3"x4" cards, similar to the Picture My Life program.  One of these Penelope card designs was used as the foreground of the card, with the stamped sentiment.  A few embellishments, such as Glitter Tape and the Pear Fundamentals Assortment, complete the card.  

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhPenelope #birthdaycard #FMS219 

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355

Beloved Bouquet (January SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  The flowery Beloved Bouquet stamp set includes several images which can be used to create a special Valentine's Day or any occasion card for someone special.  .     

If you have come here from Heartfelt Sentiments, you are on the right path!  Blog 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!  

Using colors and paper from the new Charlotte kit, the flower and leaf images of the Beloved Bouquet stamp set create a soft, feminine card.  With Pattern #20 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, along with some new White & Gold Ribbon and gold Treasured Puffies, this card was quick and easy to create.  

Place a $50 minimum order this month (January 2016) and you are eligible to purchase the Beloved Bouquet stamp set for only $5. It is also available for $17.95 without a qualifying purchase.  

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy's My Scrapbooking Blog blog to see her work.  Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting inspiration and other fun ideas. 

If you get lost along the way, the complete list of participants is available on Melinda's 'If You Bling It' blog.   

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).
#ctmh #cardmaking #ctmhCharlotte 

	Sheila Bennett Close To My Heart Independent Consultant (913) 485-4355