February 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

 

Welcome to the February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! The featured stamp of the month is S1502 A Happy Hello--a set of 15 images. Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru February 28th. You can click on the image to see details.

 

 

If you have come here from Angela White's blog you are on the right path! You can find a list of all the participants (in case you get lost) here: http://bowlofstamps.blogspot.com/p/sotm-blog-hop-list.html. This month we have over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this set. The hop is simple to follow - just click on the link provided in the post to move to the next blog!

 

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My item is a standard size card.  I really like this paper and thought it was perfect for this set.  (Note that if you click on the picture it will show details better).

 

 

And another look:

 

 

This is a close-up of the card:  

 

 

 Finally a photo that shows the card's insides:

 

Papers:   Hopscotch Paper kit, Glacier and Colonial White Cardstocks

Stamps: S1502 A Happy Hello

Inks:   Sorbet, Pixie, Glacier, Flaxen and Ponderosa Pine Exclusive Inks

Embellishments: z2023 Bling Gems Gold Assortments, z1985 Gold Shimmer Trim

Other: 

 

Time to hop on over to Stephanie Feist's blog to see her beautiful eye candy! Be sure to visit all the Consultants' blogs to get some great crafting and fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available thru February 28th! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

 

Happy hopping!

Artiste Cartridge Gift Card Holder

Did I mention that January is National Paper Crafting month?  I love paper crafting projects particularly things that are not really scrapbooking and not really cardmaking--like 3D projects and things you do with your cutting machines.  Know what I mean?  So for a very good friends who just happened to have a birthday so I could do another paper crafting project--thank you Karen, I created a gift card holder.  Just love this little gift card holder!

 

 

The next picture is on the top half of the holder just after you open the card:

 

 

Then we see below the middle section that actually holders the gift card:

 

 

The next one below shows the holder from the the side view:

 

 

And the last picture is the inside of the holder lying flat:

 

 

Papers:   Chalk It Up Paper kit, Sorbet, Black, and Colonial White Cardstocks

Stamps: Stamp set that comes with Artiste

Inks:   Sorbet and Black Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z1918 Teal Shimmer Trim; z3009 Chalk It Up Assortment; z3011 Scaredy Cat Assortment; Just Blooms and Orange large brad (retired)

Other:  CTMH Artiste Cricut cartridge

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of the paper crafting month!

 

Valentine's Mailbox

I was out looking for the perfect box to create a little (it's really about 8" tall) Valentine's Card mailbox and found this adorable box, which I cut out using my Pazzles Inspiration cutter.  I was actually amazed at how big this box is.  It will hold a lot of Valentine's cards and thought it might be a perfect box for one of my granddaughters!  The SVG file is a file created by Lori Whitlock.  She designs for one of the cutting machine companies and does great work!

 

 

Next is how the lid comes off.

 

 

And the last picture has the color pallette of the Brushed papers by Close To My Heart to give you an idea of the size of this box.  It IS a rather large box!

 

 

Papers:   Blush Paper kit, Cranberry and White Daisy Cardstocks and White Daisy textured cardstock (retired)

Embellishments: Red Glitter Glitz (retired); Red Glitter Paper; Red Glitter Brad (retired); Pastel Buttons (retired); White Bakers' Twine

Other:  Spellbinder scallop and regular heart dies

 

The Brushed papers not only make a great paper for Easter but I like it as well for Valentine's day.  Happy PaperCrafting.  Did I mention that January is National Paper Crafting month?