Sheila's Stamping Stuff: Wanderful

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Red, White and Blue ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop

For the month that we celebrate Independence Day, using the colors red, white, and blue from our stash seemed appropriate for the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop.

If you have come here from the Stampologist, 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.

This great compass image from the Wanderful WOTG stamp set finally got to be used, along some nice arrow images from the same set. Even though the Cranberry patterned paper is from the winter themed Snowhaven kit, it pairs nicely with Pacifica cardstock and ink for a patriotic look. Following the sketch for Pattern #28 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2, a strip of Arrow Washi Tape and mini staples add more detail to the card.

Now "Hop" on over to Show and Tell, with Michelle for more red, white, and blue projects.

"Use Your Stash" 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

Monday, July 6, 2015

Happy Everything (Operation Smile)

Welcome to our Happy Everything Blog Hop, brought to you by the same ladies who participate in the monthly Stamp-of-the-Month Blog Hop. When you purchase this stamp set, Close To My Heart will donate $3 of the proceeds to Operation Smile. Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has performed over 220,000 surgical procedures to correct facial deformities in children. It only takes an hour for volunteer medical teams to perform these life-altering surgeries that will give children confidence for a lifetime.

If you arrived here from Clearly Cards, you are hopping through our circle of Close To My Heart consultants sharing their projects using the Happy Everything stamp set.

The little bee in the Happy Everything stamp set was just too adorable not to use. He is flying along on a piece of White Daisy cardstock, and is paired with papers from the Wanderful kit. Some gold embellishments complete the card, which is based on Pattern #24 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 1.

Please visit Wendy's My Scrapbooking Blog to continue along our Blog Hop featuring the Happy Everything stamp set.

list of participants

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

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

Thursday, May 21, 2015

If You Stamp It ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop

"If You Stamp It, They Will Love It" is the theme for this month's "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop. The idea is to use a stamp set that has never been loved (used) before.

If you have come here from Mom 'n Me Scrap, 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.

One of the new stamp sets introduced in the current Seasonal Expressions booklet is this great military set named Salute Our Heroes. In keeping with the military theme, I thought it best to keep the card very basic, so two of the images were stamped using Black ink and paired with papers from the Wanderful kit. The card design is Pattern #26 from Make It From Your Heart Volume 2. To complete the card, an image of dogtags from the Salute Our Heroes set is stamped on the inside.

Now "Hop" on over to the Stampologist to see what stamp set she has decided to use from her collection.

"Use Your Stash" 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, February 28, 2015

Choose Happy (March SOTM Blog Hop)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. This month the featured stamp set is Choose Happy, with frames, borders, and accents which have a "hand doodled" appearance. 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 Heartfelt Sentiments 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!

Inspired by a video shared on the @CTMHCorp Instagram feed a few months ago, this frame from the Choose Happy stamp set was embossed using a mixture of Silver and Gold powders. The sleepy cat image from Cuddly Salutations was stamped using Black ink and a calico coat created using a Pointillism technique. Using five different ShinHan Touch Twin markers (Pastel Peach, Light Orange, Mahogany, Clay, and Bronze), small dots of each marker color were dabbed on the image. By slightly overlapping the different colors, they blend together well to create a unique color pattern. This technique was shared at a recent CTMH Dream Team Consultant meeting, and I thought it would work well to for a calico cat. Patterned papers from both the Wanderful and Hopscotch kits were added to a card base of Flaxen cardstock. A border image from the Choose Happy SOTM was stamped twice, and some Metallic Baker's Twine adds another bit of gold color to the card. The sketch for the card is pattern #24 in Make It From Your Heart Volume 2.

Place a $50 minimum order this month (March 2015) and you are eligible to purchase the Choose Happy stamp set for only $5, or you can purchase it at the full price of $17.95 without a qualifying order.

Now "Hop" on over to The Inky Scrapper 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.

http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html

list of participants

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

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

Saturday, February 21, 2015

My Love Affair With Paper ~ "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop

This month, those of us participating in the "Use Your Stash" Blog Hop dug into our paper stash to show you our "Love Affair With Paper." So you will see a wide variety of projects and colors while visiting each post along the Blog Hop.

If you have come here from NJ Stamping Queen, 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.

Actually I did not dig very far into my paper stash, just deep enough to find the Year>>Noted paper which was a special during the month of January for National Papercrafting Month. Since shiny gold stickers were an accent for this kit, I used Princess Gold embossing powder for the stamp image which is from the Wanderful Scrapbooking WOTG kit. For a bit more shine, some Gold Shimmer Trim was used along with some Baker's Twine which includes a gold thread. This month's enTWINEd challenge on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges blog provided inspiration along with Freshly Made Sketches (FMS174).