Give A Lift with Ariana ~ Stampers With An Attitude (Blog Hop)

This month, the "Stampers With An Attitude" blog hop participants are sharing projects using papers from the Close To My Heart Ariana kit.          

If you have come here from Melinda's 'If You Bling It ... They Will Come' 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, or visit each blog from the list at the end of this post.  

When starting to create my project, I took all the patterned papers from Ariana and laid them on the table.  All the different blue papers in the kit really caught my eye, so I decided to just use them and not any of the pink and green.  A small piece of Slate Polka-Dot Washi Tape in the upper right corner coordinates nicely with the blue papers. 

Pattern #23 in the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide was used as the sketch, and the card came together quickly using a couple of images from the Give A Lift stamp set.  The Artbooking Cricut cartridge was used to cut a coordinating shape for the background which is stamped using Crystal Blue ink.  So that the sentiment would be a nice contrast to the background, it was stamped using Outdoor Denim Pigment Ink and embossed using Clear Detail Embossing Powder.    

This card should "give a lift" to anyone who has the "blues."  

Now "Hop" on over to 'CatScrapbooking' for her project using the Ariana paper pack.   

Ariana Blog Hop participants:

• Sheila's Stamping Stuff - (here)
• CatScrapbooking 
• Roxybonds
• Reflections of my Art and Soul
• scrap with di
• Judy Faye's Place
• Hilary's Crafts
• Inspired by D
• My Heartfelt Sentiments
• Deb Stamps From the Heart
• If You Bling It ... they will come

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

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

Happiness and Sunshine

Today's card was created following the sketch on the Mojo Monday blog (MOJO331), along with a 'love' theme for the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog. 

Patterned papers and cardstock are from the Laughing Lola kit, with a sentiment from the Give a Lift stamp set.  The arrows image in the background is in the new Flight of the Arrows, which is a great stamp set for adding interest to your stamped creations.  To add a bit of pizazz, some hearts were cut from Glitter Paper using the Art Philosophy cartridge and a piece of Teal Shimmer Trim follows the path of the arrows.  

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

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

Up, Up, and Away

The Friday Mashup for this week (FM145) is to create a project with sponging, using their sketch.  It is a nice sketch and is perfect to use for larger stamp images.  

Beautiful paper from the new Balloon Ride kit provide the perfect background for the hot air balloon.  Saddle pigment ink and a Clear Detail Embossing power was used for the beautiful balloon image from the new Give a Lift stamp set.  Markers added a bit of color, and the sentiment was embossed using Sorbet pigment ink and Clear Detail Embossing power.  Using the embossing powder results in a nice, slightly raised image with a bit of a sheen.  In order to soften the overall card and to provide some definition to the edges of the patterned papers, Sorbet ink was sponged around the edges of all the papers.  

My favorite part of the card is the hot air balloon on the inside lifting up and away. 

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

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