August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop is here!

Happy August and welcome to this edition of the Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! 

If you have come from  DONNA'S BLOG, then you are in the right place!  The hop is a big circle, but if you get lost along the way, simply head to MELINDA'S BLOG to find a list of all of this month's participants!

This month we are featuring the "Framed" stamp set:

This awesome set is great for all your cardmaking needs, and as a bonus, it is compatible with the newly available Cricut Artistry cartridge!

I decided to go sweet and simple with this set - making four different cards out of four of our retiring paper collections (get them only until the end of August)!  The card pattern is the same, but with different sentiments and paper selections they are similar, yet different!

Here they are on their own:

Blossom collection

Confetti Wishes

Jackson

Snowhaven

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Now head on over to LAUREN'S BLOG to see what she has created for you!  The Framed SOTM is only available during the month of August for just $5.00 with your $50 purchase, so check with your CTMH consultant, or go HERE to purchase yours!

October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

Welcome to the October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  

We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Home for the Holidays, a fabulous Christmas set of 7 stamps.  If you have come here from Jaime's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around. 

If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating 

consultants on Melinda’s Blog.

This month we have 73 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

This month I am excited about getting ahead on my Christmas cards by using the Snow Haven paper pack along with this great SOTM and a few other goodies !

I love, love, love that this set has some Cricut cuts ( found on the Art Philosophy cartridge ) to go along with these adorable images!  The Cricut makes it so easy to customise the 

stamps without a lot of fussy cutting.  These cards were quick and easy to put together - making multiples easy to create for all of those cards you promised yourself you would write this year!

Supply List:

X7188B  Snow Haven Paper Pack

C1591 Merry Merry

Z1799 Silver Shimmer Trim

Z2116  Cranberry Exclusive Ink

2641 Glacier Exclusive Ink

Z1686 Cricut Art Philosophy Collection

Now "Hop" on over to Allisa's Blog to see her awesomely creative work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the October SOTM is only available until October 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Happy Day everyone!

More Merry!!

I am all about Christmas this week, it seems!  As promised in yesterday's post, here is the extra project I made using the SnowHaven Paper Pack and Be Jolly hostess stamp set!

I was inspired by the wonderful Vicki Wizniuk, whose blog post HERE, provided the info and template link to make this project!

The project is a set of six 3x3 mini cards for Christmas, with a lovely little gift box to match!

First the cards - made from little scraps!

And then the little card holder:

The whole project took about an hour to put together - the cards are quick and easy, made with scraps and leftover embellishments from two 6x6 squares of paper and the remnants of the 

SnowHaven Workshop on the Go kit (see yesterday's post) for details!

I plan to make a few more of these to have on hand for Christmas Hostess gifts and craft fairs. 

 A great way to use up leftovers and scraps!

Happy Day everyone!
(And don't forget to check out the New Product Blog Hop
 for even more great ideas with CTMH products!)

A little bit of summer Merry!

I know it is August, so I cannot even use the Christmas in July idea, but I am loving the Snow Haven Paper Pack from the new Idea Book!  It is wintery, and even for an Island girl like me, who rarely sees snow, it is fun to use for winter and Christmas themed projects!  Right now I am working on cards for Christmas 

(which doesn't mean I will actually send them- lol!).

SnowHaven has a great Workshop on the Go kit (Find it here!) that comes with supplies and instructions to make 5 each of 3 different card designs.

 I chose to make 3 each of the included card ideas, and then used the leftovers plus a few scraps
from the larger Paper Pack (here) for a few more projects. 

 First, the included card designs:

Everything you need is included (except your own ink - event the stamp set is provided!)- just follow the cutting guide and you can have 15 cards ready in about an hour or so ( depending on your crafting experience!).  Easy and fun!  

I wanted to play a bit, so I made 9 cards and then a couple of extra projects:

For these I used an additional stamp set - it is a Hostess only set from the new Idea Book called Be Jolly!

(If you want one of your own, please contact me to arrange a gathering where you can earn free products!)

I also used a 6x6 inch square from two additional papers from the paper pack top complete these and

 one more little project which I will be posting here tomorrow - so check back -

 it is really cute and fun - I promise!!

Happy Day everyone!