Share a Smile Blog Hop

Welcome to our Share a Smile Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the special Punny Pals Stamp Set, which is sold to raise funds for Operation Smile - a charitable organization which provides cleft palate repairs for children in need.   To further support this charitable project, in October, there are special Thin Cuts and Cardmaking Bundles available only this month!   If you have come here from Priscilla'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.  

This month we have 20 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this special Operation Smile Stamp Set 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!

Since I mostly scrapbook, I could imagine all kinds of fun ways to use this cute set, but I chose a simple design that really highlighted the cute little critters.  I designed this layout on Cricut Design Space, cutting out the heart template on my Cricut Explore, and then tracing it onto my layout.  From there, I stamped my kids' favourite little Punny Pals into the heart, and coloured them using my Shin Han Touch Twin alcohol markers.  Of course I added some shimmer to each critter too with the Shimmer Brush. The title "You are my Sunshine" is from the Falling for You Stamp and Thin Cuts bundle.  

Now "Hop" on over to Krista Hershberger's blog 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 special Share a Smile bundles are only available until October 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Until we scrap again :)

Emily

Watercolour card

Hello fellow creators:)

I made a fun little project today that I wanted to share with you.  It was a little time consuming (took me about 45 minutes), but it was relaxing and fun, and I just love how it turned out.

This card was actually very easy to do - and now that I have practiced this technique once, I think I am going to have to follow up with a layout using the same technique.

I used the new rose embossing folder and watercolour paints.   The sentiment was made using the retired Z3301 Hello Lovely Cardmaking Stamp and Thin Cuts set.

Until we scrap again:)
Emily

October SotM Blog Hop (Christmas Tunes)

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is called Christmas Tunes.  If you have come here from Vickie ODell'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 27 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 to move on to the next blog! Here we go!

I REALLY like the Stamp of the Month collection in the current Holiday Expressions catalogue, and this one is really creative.  I love the way that the Christmas carol lyrics are worked into the designs:)  I am more of a scrapbooker than a card marker, but I couldn't wait to play with some designs for my card club.  I ended up making three variations on the same design. These are gatefold cards.  I heat embossed on vellum for the SOTM images, and made the backgrounds with foil papers and cardstock run through some older stock embossing folders that I had on hand.

This one was stamped with My Exclusive Inks in New England Ivy and Cranberry and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The background cardstock is Fern, and Kraft cardstock was used for the card base and front panel.

This one was made with Gold Foil and embossing.

And this one is done in silver:)

The base of the snow globe was coloured with a Shin Han Touch Twin Alcohol Marker.

Now "Hop" on over to Miss Carrie's Creations 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 October Stamp of the Month 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!

Until we scrap again,

Emily :)