CTMH Technique Hop - "Use Your Scraps!"

Welcome to the CTMH August 

Technique Blog Hop "Use Your Scraps!"

This month there are 10 CTMH consultants using

CTMH products in their artwork to create a variety of projects using "scraps".  This blog hop is a complete circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the

"Use Your Scraps" artwork.

If you are coming from Haley Dyer's blog

you are on the right track!  If you get lost, you can find
the list on the bottom of Melissa's blog.  

Here we go!

Do you ever wonder what you can do with those

leftover paper scraps?

The Multi Squares and Multi Circles Thin 

cuts create a lot of "scraps"  that can easily

 be used for cards or layouts.  

Here's a card using scrap circles.

I used the Happiest Place paper and stickers,

silver shimmer trim and silver glitter gems.

I cannot wait to see what others have done.  

Now hop on over to Wendy Kessler's blog to see what kind of fabulous "Use Your Scraps" she's created.  Be sure to drop a comment, we enjoy the encouragement. I hope you enjoyed this hop.  If you see items you would like to purchase, contact your CTMH consultant or you can Shop HERE.

August SOTM Blog Hop - Floral Celebration

        

Welcome to the August 

Close to my Heart Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

We will be featuring August's SOTM, which is "Floral Celebration", an amazing set of 20 stamps!! WOW!! You can get this set for only $5 with a qualifying order.  It will be fun to see the crafting inspiration found on this hop.  

If you came here from Brenda Lapp's Blog you are on the right path!  The blog hop is a complete circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you'll find the 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 August SOTM and other great CTMH products on the 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!

When I'm at a loss to create, I go to the CTMH "How-to Pattern Books".  I love making cards and there is always a need for a last-minute card so I went to the Make it From Your Heart Vol. 4,  a book of 24 patterns for cards. The hardest part is deciding which pattern to use!  I wanted to display a cluster of the available flowers from this stamp set and decided to use pattern # 2 found on pages 8 - 9.  I felt the center rectangle was too small, so I increase the evergreen paper by 3/4" length and width and the gold lining was increased by 5/8". 

I used the timber paper and zip-strip, the flowers and leaves are gold embossed and then colored with the watercolor pencils.  I also added some gold thread and ribbon.  Behind the evergreen paper from the mix-in paper-pack, I added gold foil paper. The sentiment is stamped in ruby with a ruby red CS border.

Now "hop" on over to Lauren Moore's blog to see her inspiring work!  Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some great crafting ideas!  Please leave a comment, we love your encouragement.  Remember, the August SOTM is only available until August 31!  Contact your CTMH consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!