Sheila's Stamping Stuff: Heartstrings

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Sunday, January 11, 2015

What I LOVE about CTMH ~ Stampers With An Attitude (Blog Hop)

This month, some members of our Stampers With An Attitude team are sharing what they *love* about Close To My Heart.

If you have come here from the My Creative Happy Place 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.

What I *love* about CTMH are the clear My Acrylix stamps. With a clear stamp mounted on one of the clear blocks, it is so easy to see exactly WHERE your image is being stamped. This is especially convenient for 2-step images like this flower which has a solid base and then a separate outline image to add detail.

For this card, the flower base from A Budding Friendship set was stamped using Pixie ink and then Hollyhock ink was used for the detail portion. Centers of the flowers were stamped using Honey ink, and Whisper for the flower stems. A sentiment from the For A Friend stamp set was inked with Lagoon and masked so that the stems continue past the greeting. The card came together quickly using pattern #27 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 and some patterned paper from the Heartstrings kit. A strip of White Shimmer Trim and a bit of Slate Diagonal Striped Ribbon add finishing touches.

Now "Hop" on over to If You Bling It to find out what Melinda *loves* about CTMH.

"Stampers With An Attitude" Blog Hop participants:

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

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

Saturday, December 6, 2014

Le Tour Eiffel

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 December 1, Close To My Heart released their Seasonal Expressions I 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 Adeline's Welcome To My Creative Space, you are hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects using some of the new items now available in the Seasonal Expressions I booklet.

This fabulous Eiffel Tower image is included in the Amour stamp set. It was stamped using Barn Red ink and combined with some papers from the new Heartstrings kit. The sentiment is from the A Thing Well Done stamp set which is available exclusively as a Hostess Reward from now through the end of March. A frame with a bit of corner detail was cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge with a Cricut machine. One of the new embellishments from the Seasonal Expressions booklet is the White Shimmer Trim which adds a bit of sparkle.

Please visit Papercrafting with Kelly Janes to continue along our Blog Hop featuring new products in the Seasonal Expressions I booklet.