Chairs to You - CTMH May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the Close to my Heart May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. Just when I thought winter would never end, we're into May already.

If you've come here from LeAnne's Blog, you're on the right track. However, if you just happened upon my blog, you can continue in the blog hop from here and when you get back to me again, you know you've seen them all. If you come across any broken links along the way, you can find the entire list here on Helen's Blog.

As soon as I saw this stamp set, I saw paper Piecing. There are so many possibilities.

My card today is 5" x 7" and made using the Sweetheart paper pack. I threw in a little Gypsy CS also since there are tiny flowers and hearts in that color in the background papers.

I paper pieced all three chairs. The pink chair has tiny pearls added.

The Happy Mother's Day is from "A Little Everything" Clear Stamp Set.

The Hand Stitching was done with White Embroidery Floss. I then added white Pearls in all of the corners.

I always like to finish off the insides of my cards. There is a little of the hand stitching there also in a very simple running stitch and matching cardstock and B&T papers.

In case you were at the Leadershare in Pennsylvania this Saturday, you would have seen this card in the Auction for the Operation Smile Charity. I'd love to hear from you if you won any of my cards in the auction.

Now hop on over to Wendy's Blog to see her gorgeous Eye candy.

And, please leave comments for all of us along the way. We love hearing from you and appreciate knowing how we're doing.

Blessed Card 2

This is the second card for my clubs. I had 3" x 12" scraps of the Olivia paper left from club projects last year and I am determined to use up some of my older papers.
The paper & Ink colors are Sunset and Pear with Sunflower for the flower.

Blessed Card 1

Here is one of two cards that I made for my clubs and classes this month.


The embossed background was done with Silver embossing powder. I used Sky, Lagoon & Pacifica ink pads to color the background.

Blessed - April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Here's another fabulous Stamp of the Month Set from Close to my Heart.

If you're following the hop and you came here from Laurie's Blog, you're on the right track. If you just happened upon my blog and would like to see more fabulous artwork from loads of other consultants, thewn you can continue from here and when you return here, you woulod have seen them all. Just click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next person on the list.

If you want a complete list of participants, you can find them on Helen's Blog.

I used Sophia paper pack and Hollyhock, sweetleaf, gardengreen and goldrush ink pads.
The Hand Stitching was done with matching Embroidery Floss.

Now hop on over to Kami's Blog to see her fabulous artwork

Sophia

Inside of the card

I've been working on some cards for the auction for Operation Smile Charity at Leadershare and since this is also made for a Sketch Challenge I need to post it.

The inspiration for this card came from the sketch challenge at Creative Sketches.
Along with the sketch, is also the theme of Celebrations. I chose not to specify the celebration since the card will be auctioned off, but you can tell it's celebrating a special person.

The paper pack is the Wings Creative Basics. I just love the colors in this paper pack and the ribbon included in the pack is GORGEOUS!!!

The stamp set is called Sophia and comes in the Sophia Workshop on the Go.
The colors used are Cocoa, Juniper and Sweetleaf.
I used the Juniper Bigger Brads and matching Juniper Embroidery Floss for the Hans Stitching.

Other Challenges for this card:
Anything Goes - Make your own
Truly Scrumptious - Tag It! 
Lili of the Valley - Punch It!
Paper Play - Distrressing
Sketches in Thyme - Open challenge but must use a sketch
StampInsanity - Punch it out
The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quilting/Sewing
Crafty Creations - In Stitches
For Fun Challenges - Flowers & Use sentiment as focal point
Freshly Brewed - 2 or more embellishments
Tellen's Place - Lots of Texture
The Paper Variety - Stamped Image, Card, Scallops

Sensational Season

I hope you all are enjoying the nStamp of the Month Blog Hop. The hop is in the post after this one. This is the third card that I didn't get finished in time to get a good picture of it. I couldn't scan it because of the big flower on it. 

The inspiration for this card started with a sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping. OK, so I got carried away and didn't keep it clean and simple. I guess that's just not my style. I sometimes don't know when to stop.

My card is 5" x 7" and was made eusing the Miracle Paper Pack. I just love the blues and greens in this pack.  I stamped the sentiment, bunny and basket from the Sensational Season Stamp of the month. Clear embossed all & Colored them with Copic Markers and cut them out.

The flower was made with 6 scalloped circles made with the new CTMH 2" Punch. The leaves are from a Sizzix die.

The Hand Stitching was done with Colonial White Embroidery Floss and I added a light Green Sparkle in each corner, And a Sweetleaf bow in the corner.

Then to top it off and add a little more sparkle, I added the Glitz Gel to the tips of the flower and the eggs.

Other Challenge Blogs this card was made for:
All Sorts - Make your own flowers
Crazy for Challenges - Use flowers
Crafty Catz - Friendship
Fun at Fairy Knoll - Felling Green
Fussy and Fancy - Embossing
Paper Cutz - Spring
Paper Garden - Spring
Patties Creations - Make own embellishment
Wags 'n Whiskers - Punches
CCEE - Distressing
Pals Paper Arts - Scallops (flower)
Paper Play - Sentiments as focal point
The Paper Variety - Stitching

Sensational Season - CTMH March SOTM - Blog Hop

Oh My, I can hardly believe it's March already. And look at this absolutely Gorgeous Stamp Set called Sensational Season.   You're going to be blown away this month with the fabulous artwork from 58 of our very talented CTMH Consultants in this Blog Hop

 So on with the Blog Hop. If you just happened upon my blog, you can start the hop from here and when you get back here again, you know you've seen them all. However, if you'd like to start from the very beginning, you can go to Helen's Blog for this and for the entire list, just in case there would be a broken link along the way.

If you came here from Adeline's Blog, you're on the right path.

I have two cards for you today. I was planning on three, but the third isn't quite finished yet. Maybe I'll post it tomorrow.

The inspiration for this card started with a sketch from Phindy's Place

The first card is 5.5 x 5.5 amd uses the Miracle Paper Pack along with the Miracle Dimensional Elements for the Butterfly. After sponging Sky ink onto the butterfly, I coated it with Liquid Glass. I took some of my   Colonial White Waxy Flax and colored a small piece with the Sky re-inker. When dry, I ran it through a tissue several times to get the excess ink off. Then I wrapped it around my Paper Piercer a few times to curl it. Cut the small pieces and adhered them to the back with Liquid Glass.
The Hand Stitching was done with Embroidery Floss that matched the Sweet Leaf color.
Everything was colored with Copic Markers.

My second card is 5"x5" and uses the Bliss paper along with Sky Cardstock. The Butterfly is from the Trellis stamp set. I used the Grey Opaques and blue sparkles on the Butterfly.

My 3rd card is now posted here

Now hop on over to Traci's Blog and see what fabulous work she has to share with you.

February SOTM - Friendship

Welcome to the Close to my Heart February Stamp of the month Blog Hop. If you'd like the whole list of hoppers, you can go to Kathleen's Blog for the list.  All of the blogs you will visit are Close to my Heart Consultant.
If you just happened upon my blog, and want to follow along, you can start with me and when you go around to all of them and get back to me again, you'll know you saw all the fabulous artwork.
If you came here from Teri's Blog, you're on the right track.

Here is the fabulous stamp set we are featuring. This set has so many possibilities. It makes the most beautiful background papers and the sentiments are fantastic.

From here, you will hop on over to Debra's Blog to see her fabulous artwork.
We all would love if you would take a few moments to leave is a comment. It would really make our day!

The sketch I used isa from 365 Cards

My card is made using the Sweetheart paper pack and the velvet ribbon from Cherry-O Creative Basics.
I used a technique called Faux Dry Embossing for the corner pieces. To do this, you stamp with white or colonial white pigment ink. Dry it with the heat tool, then over stamp slightly off-set using the same color ink as the cardstock.
My picture doesn't show it up as well as in person.

Thanks for hopping with us.

If you're interested in getting this clear stamp set at a discount or FREE, contact me or visit my website

Other challenges with this card:
Craft Your Passion - Bling & Red or Heart

Clear Christmas Card - HAS Swap

Here we are into the New Year and I realized that I forgot to post this card last month.


This is a clear card made for the Humble Artists Swap.
Some of the requirements was to a Clear Card, Multiple layers, a background stamp, Bling, Glitter, Designer Brad, & dimensional Element.

Find Your Style - January Stamp of the Month

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Welcome to the January Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! Can you believe it's 2011 already!

If you've gome here from Krista's blog, then you're on the right track. But, if youn just happened upon my blog, have no fear. You can follow the hop right from here because this hop is actually a round robin. You can start here and end here. The entire list can be found on Helen's Blog.

For my card today, I used the New Wings Paper Pack along with the "Find Your Style" SOTM.

The Hand Stitching was done with matching Sweetleaf Embroidery Floss and some sweetleaf embellishments and Juniper Grosgrain ribbon.

Now, hop on over to Haley's Blog and see her fabulous artwork.