Call For Back-Up (Technique Blog Hop)

For the Technique Blog Hop this month, we are showing using the "Call for Back-Up" technique shown on page 80 of Close To My Heart Annual Inspirations. 

If you arrived from the Heartfelt Sentiments blog, then follow along with the link at the bottom of this post to continue the Technique Blog Hop. 

Following Pattern #25 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, this card uses the stamp set from Blossom Cardmaking Workshop-on-the-Go along with papers from the Snowhaven kit.  Even though the theme of Snowhaven is winter, the papers are versatile enough to use for many other projects as well.  For the "Call for Back-Up" technique, the Chevron punch was used on a piece of Glacier cardstock and then placed on top of a strip of Red Shimmer Trim.  To add a bit of dimension to the 'happy birthday' sentiment, a Circle Glass Cover from the Base & Bling collection was added.  

Please visit Wendy's "My Scrapbooking Blog" blog for another entry in this month's Technique Blog Hop.    

Technique Blog Hop participants:

• The Other Sister
• Heartfelt Sentiments
• Sheila's Stamping Stuff (here)
• My Scrapbooking Blog 
• Catscrapbooking 
• Crafty Happy 
• Show and Tell, with Michelle
• The Inky Scrapper
• With All My Heart & Soul
• My Creative Happy Place

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

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

Ice Cream Dream (June SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  The month of June means summertime, and ice cream!  And the Ice Cream Dream stamp set has great images to honor the great taste of ice cream.  See all the images in the stamp set in the picture at the bottom of this post.    

If you have come here from the My Creations With Michelle blog, 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!  

Starting with Pattern #21 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 1, this card uses paper from the Blossom kit along with a teal Glitter Paper.  Images from Ice Cream Dream were embossed using Lagoon and Sunset Pigment Ink and a Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder.  A marker was used to highlight the word "ice cream" and the stripes on the popsicle.         

Place a $50 minimum order this month (June 2015) and you are eligible to purchase the Ice Dream Dream stamp set for only $5.  Or you can purchase it for $17.95 without a qualifying purchase. 

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy's Stamping Rules! 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.   

Follow Sheila's board CTMH SOTM Blog Hop on Pinterest.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).).

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

Just Sayin' (May SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  For National Scrapbooking Month, the SOTM includes several nice tags and journaling prompts to use on your scrapbook layouts.  See all the images in the stamp set in the picture at the bottom of this post.    

If you have come here from the Welcome to My Creative Space! blog, 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!  

Instead of creating a scrapbook page, I created a friendly card.  The "smile" sentiment is not a stamp.  It is actually a piece of Washi Tape.  With the Carnival Washi Tape pack, you receive 3 rolls of Washi Tape; 1 roll has 1" labels in 8 different designs, and the other 2 rolls are 1/4" Smoothie and Canary.  The two 1/4" rolls from the Boardwalk kit were also used on this card, they are Pear and Glacier.  Three geometric shapes from the Just Sayin' set were stamped using Smoothie, Pear, and Glacier colors, since those are the colors of the three 1/4" Washi Tapes used.  The 1" wide piece of Washi Tape with "smile" was adhered to a piece of White Daisy cardstock as a base.  Background of the card is a patterned paper from the Blossom kit, and a some Glacier Extra Thick Twine was used to tie a bow across the top of the card.    

Place a $50 minimum order this month (May 2015) and you are eligible to purchase the Just Sayin' stamp set for only $5.  

Now "Hop" on over to the My Creations With Michelle 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. 

list of participants

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

Follow Sheila's board CTMH SOTM Blog Hop on Pinterest.

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

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

Blossom

Welcome to our Seasonal Expressions Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop.  On April 1, Close To My Heart released their Seasonal Expressions 2 booklet as a supplement to their Annual Inspirations catalog.  Seasonal Expressions contains two new paper kits, many new stamp sets, and some great new embellishments.    

If you arrived here from Lucy's Love 2 Create, you are hopping through our circle of more than 40 Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects using some of the new items now available in the Seasonal Expressions 2 booklet. 

This adorable popsicle card was created using the stamp set and papers from the Blossom Cardmaking kit along with Cashmere cardstock.  A bit of Glacier twine was added along with some Coral Reef Sequins to complete the card which is based on Pattern #25 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2.    

And a little decoration on the inside of the card too.  

Please visit Wendy's My Scrapbooking Blog to continue along our Blog Hop featuring new products in the Seasonal Expressions 2 booklet. 

All papers and stamps are from Close To My Heart (CTMH).

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