Retiring Stamp Sets Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH Retiring Stamp Sets Blog Hop

We will be featuring the CTMH stamp sets that will be retiring at the end of July.  If you came here from Brenda Lapp'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: HERE

This month we have  approximately 18 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the soon to be retired CTMH stamp sets 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!  

Soon to be retired
Diploma Day  B1480
Canary Yellow and Black 
at the bottom are some canary stars stamped with
Charming Cascasdes D1668 - also soon to be retired.
With a little black shimmer ribbon for contrast.
I thought it needed something around the edge and added scribbles - I like wild but need a little more practice with controlling that idea!

 

Now "Hop" on over to Alyson Mayo's blog to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  To get any of the products you see, contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here).

CTMH Technique Blog Hop - Shake It Up

Welcome to the June CTMH Technique Blog Hop

For the June CTMH Technique Blog Hop, we will feature the use of "shakers".  I'm excited to see the variety of paper crafting ideas produced using "shakers" that we will find on this  hop.  

 If you are coming from Annemarie Julian
you are on the right track.  In case you get lost, you can also get a complete list of participants at the bottom of Melissa Robinson's blog. This month we have approximately 5 Close to My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using "shakers" 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! I created a 75th anniversary card that I needed for a couple we've know most of our married life which this year was our 50th. I discovered the color for 75 is "white diamond" so I used the clear shimmer brush on white daisy and for the "confetti" I folded the White Shimmer trim on itself, colored some of it with thistle ink and then punched stars.

This view shows the glitter from the shimmer brush.

I found instructions on pinterest for the shaker card.

 click here for instructions
Here's another Idea I found, though didn't use.

Color the Gel with Reinkers

Now, hop on over to Michelle Loncar

to see what kind of fabulous art she's created.  

Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement.  

I hope you enjoy the Hop!

June SOTM Blog Hop (Hello Foxy)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!

We will be featuring June's SOTM, which is "Hello Foxy", a set of 11 stamps.  If you came here from Corinna M Murphy's Corinna's Crafts 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: HERE.  This month we have approximately 23 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using the June 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!

No Worries Paper Pack, Lagoon Card Stock and gold shimmer pen.

Random stamping the SOTM "Hello Foxy" flowers and stamped the wreath in cocoa ink.

"Water colored" the wreath flowers and leaves using lagoon and fern ink.

Added some gold shimmer to the center of the wreath flowers.

Now "Hop" on over to Michelle Loncar's blog  to see her work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting 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!