July Stamp of the Month

Welcome to the July Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop! This month's stamp set Live Out Loud is a Limited Edition containing eight stamps! Check with your consultant to get this set before it is gone.

If you came here from Dawn Hueft's Blog you are on the right track. If you would like to see a complete list of SOTM bloggers click here. We have almost sixty consultants who have projects to share with you.

Here is my first card:

and a detail shot:

I stamped the saying a second time and cut out the word Loud so that I could pop it up.  The guitar is from the Rockstar set and the cut out in the background is from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  Little bits of glitter glue in silver embellish the card at various points.

Here is the second card:

This card has a cut out of butterflies from the dotty for you paper.  I then duplicated the butterfly colors by using markers on the Just Be! stamp.  To create some movement to the card, I then took each marker and sprayed compressed air over the tip while touching it to the paper - the air fans out the ink colors.  I used the compressed air on the top and then a spatter stamp from Rockstar on the bottom.

a detail shot of the compressed aire technique:

Please keep hopping with Pamela O'Connor.

Annual Consultant Sale - June 23rd

Who:   Your friendly CTMH consultants!

What:   Loads of CTMH products

            (retired and current items)

When: Saturday, June 23, 2012

 Time:   8:00 am for our customers;

            9:00 advertised for the public

Where: 328 NW 1st Street, Warrenton OR

June SOTM - Life is Tweet

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop! This month's stamp set Life is Tweet is a Limited Edition containing fifteen great stamps!  Check with your consultant to get this set before it is gone.

If you came here from Krista Hershhberger's Blog you are on the right track. If you would like to see a complete list of SOTM bloggers click here. We have over fifty consultants who have projects to share with you.

I had some fun with easel cards this month.

Here is my first card:

Here is the open twisted easel card:

I used the Pemberly paper packet along with the Life is Tweet stamp set.  Check out those bird legs!  I cut off the stamped legs, kept the feet and attached knotted waxy flax pieces (had to keep the knobby knees) between the body and the feet with liquid glass.

Here is the second card:

This double twist easel card was made with paper from the Sophiacollection.

 

Here is the card opened up:

a detail shot:

The paper ribbons were made with colonial white paper scraps stamped with the border stamp, in three different colors, from the Life is Tweet set.

This is the final card - a double easel card:

I used the Sophia papers again. On the left side I colored in 'birthday', on the it's your birthday stamp, using markers to randomly stamp over the flowery paper.

The paper ribbons are on the front right of the card.

and one last detail:

Please keep hopping with Jen Rubio.

Friendship Bouquet Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month (SOTM) Blog Hop! This month's stamp set Friendship Bouquet is a Limited Edition and contains eight great stamps!

If you came here from Gina Brandstetter's Blog you are on the right track. If you would like to see a complete list of SOTM bloggers click here. We have almost sixty consultants who have projects to share with you for May.

Here is my first card:

Here is a detail shot:

I used the Sweet Surprise Card Kit centers and card for this one.  I stamped the large sunflower three times and cut each into sections after removing the center.  Then I glued the pieces around the center filled cup.  I used the small sunflower matted with two different card stock papers at 1/4" increments to create a sticker to back the cup on the inside.

Here is the second card:

A little tone on tone stamping for the base and a couple of scrap strips provide the base for this label and a few Art Philosophy die cuts.  Finish it off with a button and here you have a very easy card.

a detail shot:

and another detail shot:

Please keep hopping with Krista Ritske.

Dotty For You Blog Hop

Welcome to Dotty for You Blog Hop! This special paper set is available starting April 17th, for one month only!

If you came here from Krista Hershberger's Blog you are right on track. If you would like to see a complete list of bloggers click here. There are about forty consultants who have projects to share with you using this great paper set.

Here is a detail shot:

And the card:

This card was made with Cricut and Art Philosophy cartridge along with the wonderful Dotty side of the paper pack!  I used the the heart on the bottom right (involves a shift key).  I just cut out two of each color and then arranged them into a flower - you don't even have to line up the tips because the black button covers the middle.  The inside sports a Happy Birthday which was colored with markers to give the rainbow effect on a label also cut using Art Philosophy cartridge.  A very easy card to mass produce and soooooo cheery!

Contact your consultant to learn more about getting your Dotty for You paper pack for $ 5 this month!

Now hop on over to see Judy Fay Garner's project!