October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Scandinavian Wishes, a set of 12 stamps.  This set coordinates with the Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge and is perfect for the holidays.

If you have come here from Judy Faye Garner's Blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Helen's Blog and start from the beginning! This month we have close to 60 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.....

I had a lot of fun with this stamp set:) Here's what I made:

I used the following products:
S1310 Scandinavian Wishes
Z1686 Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge
Z2105 Black Ink Pad
1386 Black Cardstock
1385 Daisy White Cardstock
Z7165B For Always Paper Pack
Z1484 Red Glitz Glitter Gel
lZ1848 Red Simmer Trim

Now hop on over to Michelle Stewart's Blog to see her amazing artwork:)

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Simply Stitch It

Boo!

I saw a card on Courtney Lane Designs and I just had to make one....I shamelessly copied hers almost exactly;)  It was just too cute!!!

It was made using the Artbooking cartridge in the Cricut Craft Room and To see hers and get the instructions click here.  

Thank you Melanie Brown for sharing your great tutorials:)  

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Artbooking Made Easy (S01E04): Spooky Halloween Layouts

I Had the Best Weekend

I spent the weekend with my scrapping cult.....we had a stay-cation and boy was it fun.  We started Friday night and played until Sunday afternoon.  
I did not get anything done on Friday night..I just sat a gabbed with the girls. But Saturday and Sunday I was pretty productive.  Here are the cards I made...

Used C1537 Honey Comb Stamp Set

Used the You are My Happy National Stamping Month Set

Used B1432 Love This Stamp Set 

Used C1533 Fabulous You Stamp set 

Used the Hostess Reward Stamp set C1560 Wintry Wishes 

Used C1537 Honey Comb Stamp Set

The hexagon cards I used a technique I cased from Obsessed with Scrapbooking Blog....she has tons of amazing videos and her artwork is always gorgeous!!  

I also used the Artbooking Cricut Cartridge

We had such a wonderful creative weekend with laughter, food, friends, a wee bit of shopping and FUN FUN FUN, but it had to end and we had to go back to the real world!!


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Artboooking Made Easy (S01E02): A+ School Layouts

To order the Artbooking cartridge click here

Artbooking Made Easy (S01E01): Getting Started with Cricut Artbooking

Are you ready to get your Artbooking Cartridge??  Just click here.

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National Stamping Month Blog Hop

Close to My Heart is having an awesome promotion for National Stamping Month.  Purchase $50 in product between September 1  through September 30th and receive a "Triple D"  size stamp set (that is 3, yes 3 D size stamp sets) called You Are My Happy for $10 (with a full retail value of $47.90).  This blog hop is to show you what you can do with these amazing stamp sets.  20 consultants are participating so pull up a comfy chair and a cup of your favorite beverage and hop...hop...hop along.

If you are coming from Wendy Kessler's Blog you are on the right track:)

Here's the stamps included in the set:

This set includes a great alphabet set cute images and I love the all of the great sentiments!!

Here is my artwork:

Thanks for hopping by:)  Now hop on over to Vicki Price's Blog to see her amazing artwork:)

It's all in the Bag

I wanted to make a bag to put catalogs in for my new downline...I had some canvas bags I bought in CA and decided I would stamp on one of them.  I used Brown Stazon, CTMH Alcohol Ink Markers, CTMH Pigment ink pads, Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel, the "Love This" stamp set (B1432) and the Alphabet stamp for this month's special.  I like how it turned out I hope Stephanie likes it too:)

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National Stamping Month: September 2013

Get an exclusive You Are My Happy stamp set trio in celebration of National Stamping Month! During the month of September, when you make a purchase of $50 or more, you qualify for this whimsical stamp set trio for only $10. You’ll love the whimsical alphabet, light-hearted sentiments, and fanciful images for a variety of occasions to give a cheerful touch to your projects, with a full retail value of $47.90.

*Offer valid September 1-30, 2013. Placing a minimum order of $50 is required for qualification.

Click here to place an order.  Also check back on Tuesday, September 4th for a blog hop featuring these stamps.

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