A Floral Birthday Card

Challenges have been helping my creative juices flow this week, and I thought that the Seize The Birthday floral topping would work well with the Color Dare this week!

I used a lot of different base and shade stamped flowers, then fussy cut them and placed them together to form a border. I then stamped some leaves behingd the cut out flowers. I added a strip of striped Thistle paper, and the bottom of the card is the Juniper Fundamental Paper.



The flowers are from Blossoming Expressions and Flowers for Mum, which I thought made a lovely combination for a floral bouquet.

The sentiment was stamped in White Daisy ink and cut from a piece of Thistle cardstock.

This card will be winging its way to my mother in law next week for her birthday!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #142

I was so excited when I saw this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts, as I knew exactly what I was going to do with it!

The first thing I did was create a background by inking up the Vine embossing folder with Topiary Ink and running it through my Cuttlebug with White Daisy cardstock. This created a fun background for my card.

I used the Beloved Bouquet Stamp set to create the flower and leaves at the bottom of the card, and paired it with a strip of New England Ivy cardstock. The sentiment was cut from the Artistry cartridge.



How will you interpret this week's sketch? We would love to see your ideas at Atlantic Hearts!

January Worldwide SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring January's SOTM, which is Beloved Boquet, a set of  14 stamps.  If you have come here from Gina'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 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 thought this stamp set would be perfect for a Flowerpot card. I started by making a flowerpot from Kraft cardstock using these instructions. I added a small strip of Purple Shimmer Trim to the pot and then set about creating the insert for the card.



I added a white mat to more Kraft cardstock and stamped one of the sentiments from Beloved Boquet at the bottom in Thistle ink.



I then stamped three flowers in Thistle ink (one that was second generation) and outlined them using Desert Sand ink. I also stamped the leaves on Fern cardstock with Topiary ink.


I fussy cut the flowers and leaves, then added them to the top of the card insert.



Then I slid the insert into the flowerpot, leaving the bottom leaves in the card but making sure the flowers overlapped the pot.



Now you have a fun interactive card to give to someone special.



Now "Hop" on over to Michele'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 January SOTM is only available until 31st January!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

September Worldwide Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring September's SOTM, which is Paper Garden, a set of 10 stamps.

If you have come here from Angela'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 over 40 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!

Today I am sharing two cards that feature the September SOTM.

This first card features the background stamp stamped with second generation Sorbet ink three times to make a fence-like background, then I stamped the flower over it in Pear. I matted this in Sorbet cardstock and then added a sentiment in Pear and accented with our new Green Glitter Triangles.



I love the way the subtle background pattern shows through the flower, and adds some dimension to the stamped image.



This second card is very soft, with three neutral panels and a simple stamped sentiment.



I stamped one of the Paper Garden images in Versamark ink and then used clear embossing powder to give it a shine, as you can see in the photo below.



This gives the card a subtle image, and is aimed at being a sympathy card with a soft floral theme suitable for both males and females.



Now "Hop" on over to Michelle'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 September SOTM is only available until 30th September!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

I have also created a card and box set made using this Stamp of the Month.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #116

I have been having so much fun with new techniques recently, and when I saw this week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts it reminded me of a using the Stamp Etching technique.

I love blue and black together on a card, so this came together pretty quickly.



The Teal Shimmer trim was a perfect addition to my card, and I added a sentiment sticker over the top to remain true to the sketch. I also cut out some shimmer trim to add to the centre of my flower.



Here is the close up of my flower- not perfect but I am getting better with practice!

We would love to have you join in with us at Atlantic Hearts this week.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Black, White Daisy
Ink: Black
Embellishments: Teal Shimmer Trim
Stamp set: Flowers For Mum