Sheila's Stamping Stuff: Unicorn Dreams

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Free To Be Me (National Scrapbooking Month) Blog Hop

Welcome to our Free To Be Me Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop.

If you arrived here from Adeline's 'Welcome To My Creative Space!' blog, please continue hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects using this special paper pack.

In celebration of National Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart has created the Free To Be Me paper collection, available during May 2014 for only $5. Using some of the papers in the Free To Be Me kit, a bit of houndstooth Lagoon Washi Tape, and the Unicorn Dreams stamp set, I created this fun card. Pattern #24 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 is the card sketch used, and some Aqua Dots were added as a finishing touch.

Please visit Melissa's 'Gina's Little Corner of Stampin Heaven' to continue along our Blog Hop featuring the Free To Be Me paper packet from Close To My Heart.

Free To Be Me 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, March 15, 2014

Pattern Switch (Technique Blog Hop)

For the Technique Blog Hop this month, we are doing a "pattern switch." Each participant selected an example in the current CTMH Idea Book and 'switched' their project to either a card or layout ... opposite of the example in the Idea Book.

If you arrived from Shirley's "Mom 'n Me Scrap" blog, then follow along with the link at the bottom of this post to continue the Technique Blog Hop.

When I first saw the Unicorn Dreams stamp set, I wasn't sure what I thought about it. But I have seen some cute cards created with it, so I ordered it. For this card, the sentiment and small unicorn are paired with bright, fun papers from the Sarita kit and a modified version of Pattern #15 in the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide. A strip of Purple Shimmer Trim and a few small Sparkles add some glitz to the unicorn card.

Inspiration for my card was the layout using Skylark paper on page 21 of the Spring/Summer 2014 CTMH Idea Book. The page layout is Pattern #15 in the Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 guide, and is also used for the Jubilee WOTG Scrapbooking Kit which is shown on page 46 of the Idea Book.