National Stamping Month "Hello Life" Blog Hop

Welcome to our National Stamping Month Blog Hop!  We are featuring artwork from the three exclusive Hello Life stamp sets available only in September.  If you have come here from DONNA'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 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 is my card:

There are actually three different stamp sets available this month designed to fit with a specific type of papercrafting.  I love making cards so I chose the Cardmaking Stamp set.  I also used our new watercolors and watercolor paper.  I took one of our clear acrylic blocks (the 1 x 3 1/2) and used my paintbrush to load it up with a vibrant pink color and stamped it at the top of the card.  I cleaned off the block and then loaded up the orange shade and stamped it below the pink.  Then a yellow and a green.  The image turned out very messy - not all all like stamping with our inks and a stamp - more organic.  And it doesn't matter that the colors bled into each other.  That's the whole idea with watercolors - they blend together.  AND I think they work!  The "Hello" stamp works perfectly with it too.  I stamped it with Archival Black ink on a tag and matted it on black cardstock.  Tip:  Make sure you use the Watercolor paper to stamp the "Hello" instead of just White Daisy cardstock, there may be a slight color variation.  

Now "Hop" on over to CAROL'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, these three exclusive National Stamping Month stamps are only available in September.  Click HERE to your yours. 

September is National Stamping Month, and this year Close To My Heart has something to help every kind of papercrafter say a big “hello” to life! Available only during the month of September, these exclusive C-size My Acrylix^® Hello, Life! stamp sets can be purchased for $13.95 each! Or, for an even better deal, you can purchase all three for only $34.95 —a savings of $6.90! Each stamp set is designed to fit with a specific type of papercrafting, whether that’s scrapbooking, cardmaking, or pocket scrapbooking. However, all the stamp sets coordinate with each other and can be used together to create dynamic artwork. These stamp sets also coordinate with shapes from the new Cricut^® Artistry collection to help expand your artwork options even further. Remember, these stamp sets are available for one month only, so get your orders in for one stamp set—or all three—before these gorgeous stamps disappear! 

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring September's SOTM, which is called Paper Garden.  If you have come here from Terrie'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:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have over 30 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 got the directions for this card on Cardmaker Magazine's current issue.  It is one of the Fun with Folds cards.  I cut a piece of Glacier card stock to 7.5 x 3.5.  I made a pencil mark along the right edge 1.5' from the top right corner.  Then made another pencil mark along the bottom edge 3 inches from the bottom left corner.  I connected the marks and cut off that triangle.  Then I used the background honeycomb stamp to stamp along the edge with Versamark ink.  Then I sprinkled white embossing powder and heat embossed.  Place the panel of card stock on your Score board with the long edge at the top, stamped side down. Score the panel at 3", 3.5", 5" and 6 1/8".  Accordion fold along the score lines beginning with valley fold at 3 inch line.  Below picture shows the back side of the Glacier card stock after stamping and scoring. 

Here is an up close shot of the fold with the embossing.

 I then cut the leaves and the two flowers using the new Artistry cartridge and stamped them in Glacier and rolling the edges in Canary ink.  The leaves are stamped in Sweet Leaf.  I used a little foam tape to pop up the flowers and added some Sorbet Shimmer trim.

Now "Hop" on over to Gina'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 SOTM is only available until !  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

CTMH September News - New Catalogs, Stamp of the Month and National Stamping Month

I can't believe it is September already!  Let me tell you what's happening in September with Close to My Heart,

1. September brings not one but two new CTMH Catalogs! The first Catalog is called Annual Inspirations and it will give you ideas all through out this year and into August 2016.  The 2nd catty is called Holiday Expressions and it features Christmas and Halloween ideas. Here is how you can get these catalogs -1. Contact me and I'll drop one off to you.  2. Place an order on my web site and get a FREE Holiday Expressions and purchase the Annual Inspiration.  Just add it to your order when you check out.

2. September brings another exclusive stamp of the month called "Paper Garden".  Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5—that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing. Check out my facebook page or my blog for upcoming artwork.

3. September is also National Stamping Month, and this year Close To My Heart has something to help every kind of papercrafter say a big “hello” to life! Available only during the month of September, these exclusive C-size My Acrylix^® Hello, Life! stamp sets can be purchased for $13.95 each! Or, for an even better deal, you can purchase all three for only $34.95—a savings of $6.90! Each stamp set is designed to fit with a specific type of papercrafting, whether that’s scrapbooking, cardmaking, or pocket scrapbooking. However, all the stamp sets coordinate with each other and can be used together to create dynamic artwork. These stamp sets also coordinate with shapes from the new Cricut^® Artistry collection to help expand your artwork options even further. Remember, these stamp sets are available for one month only, so get your orders in for one stamp set—or all three—before these gorgeous stamps disappear! Make certain to follow Close To My Heart’s blog, Instagram, and Facebook page for artwork inspiration featuring these lively stamp sets all month long. You can post your own artwork to your social media channels using the hashtag #ctmhHelloLife.