The Everything ABC's Blog Hop - letter M

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter M.  

This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment.  

Whatever the crafter has chosen as their M element 

will be featured in their post.

If you came from 

Danielle Wagner of My Little Happy Scrappy Corner.

then you're on the right track!

I cannot wait to see all the M inspired expressions of creativity. 

For my "M" I used Mini-M-size stamp sets.  

For the first card, I used "Party Balloon" M1140.  I used  Calypso paper on a kraft card stock base with white sequins, sparkles, and teal (on sale) and white shimmer trim.  I also used the stamp set that comes with Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge Collection and added bitty sparkles. 

Card #1

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Card # 2

I used 3/4 inch strips of Florence, cut them diagonally and created a sunburst effect.  Added the sentiment on a mat of the florence paper.  This is a great way to showcase the five different double sided papers,  I have all five patterns and repeated one strip.

Card # 3

This card is a "Gate Fold" card 

with the sentiment from Victorian Gratitute (B1131)

  This card is quite versatile.  

So easy and any sentiment can be added.  

Card # 4

For this card I dove tailed four 3/4 inch stripes with different lengths added 3 sparkles and a narrow strip of coral shimmer trim.  Stamped the Sentiment directly on the white daisy card.  (Feel Better M1123).

Your next stop on our Everything ABC's blog hop is 

Catherine Nowak of Cat Scapbooking, who also has the list of participants for the letter M. Maybe for letter N you would like to join us!?

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Color Your World

For the June CTMH Technique Blog Hop, we will feature "coloring" . There are quite a few stamp sets in SE2 that allow for  coloring which is very popular right now, as you now.  So I'm excited to see the variety of coloring techniques we will find on this  hop.  Will it be water colors, watercolor pencils, coloring with ink pads, reinkers, ShinHan markers, or even paper piecing (that adds color, too).  It's really a lot of fun and the results can be quite amazing.  If you are coming from Melissa Robinson, you are on the right track.  In case you get lost, you can also get a complete list of participants on her blog right HERE.  This month we have approximately 11 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using one or more technique to add some color along with a variety of other great CTMH products.  To enjoy this hop is quite simple to do - just click on the link at the bottom of the post on each blog to move to the next one.  Here we go!  

First, I created my background on Daisy White paper by inking a 2X2 block, spritzing it with water and random stamping in Poppy, Peacock and Saffron, the colors of  the Florence Paper Pack.  I then stamped and colored flowers from Ornate Blossoms (D1687) and Hawaiian Hibiscus (B1527). and fussy cut them.  BTW, the Ornate Blossoms has a Thin Cut (which unfortunately I didn't have with me when I made this card.) After coloring the ornate blossoms with the water color pencils and using the small round water brush (Z3224) to create the painted look. To complete the card, I added Florence zip strips, coral shimmer trim, and 

Florence sequins with sparkles in the center.

This design also work well upside 

down leaving room for a sentiment

from "Happy to be Friends"(C1605)

Now, hop on over to Wendy Kessler's blog to see what kind of fabulous art she's created.  Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement.  Enjoy the Hop!

The Everything ABC's Blog Hop - letter L

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we will be featuring the letter L.  

This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment.  

Whatever the crafter has chosen as their L element 

will be featured in their post.

If you came from 

Danielle Wagner of My Little Happy Scrappy Corner.

then you're on the right track!

I cannot wait to see all the L inspired expressions of creativity. 

For my "L" I used Cricut cut Letters, Stamp sets starting with L - Look to light (B 1428), Love Bandit and Looking Sharp from Animal Greetings (D1679) our fundraiser for Operation Smile.  When you purchase this stamp set, 

you donate $7 to Operations Smile.

Your next stop on our Everything ABC's blog hop is 

Catherine Nowak of Cat Scapbooking, who also has the list of participants for the letter L. Maybe for letter M you would like to join us!?

June SOTM Blog Hop - The Long Way Home

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is "A Long Way Home", a set of 15 stamps.  If you have come here from Alyson Mayo of Create with Alyson, 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: HERE

This month we have  approximately 29 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!

The Long Way Home combined with Smarty Pants (C1649)

I've been wanting to make one of these folding hat
graduation cards for some time.  I found this YouTube tutorial and Cricut Design Space file by our very own CTMH Joy Tracey of  Obsessedwithscrappin.

Now "Hop" on over to Haley Dryer of The Inky Scrapper to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the June SOTM is only available until June 30!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!