Color Dare 154

This week the color featured is Smokey Plum, a color that will be retiring at the end of this month.  This opportunity became a throwback to pull out retired Close To My Heart B&T papers in Smokey Plum to combine with some of our newer products.

My item is a 5" x 7" card.  The flowered piece is spayed with Smokey Plum and then stamped with a flower grouping stamp from one of the new stamp sets from the new CTMH Cricket Artistry cartridge which I used to cut out the August Stamp of the Month greeting.

The next picture show some of the details:

Papers:  Smokey Plum and White Daisy Cardstocks;  Smokey Plum B&T (Ret.)

Stamps:  S1508 Framed (Stamp of the Month); Perfect Picture (Artistry Collection)

Inks:  Smokey Plum Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z3024 White Shimmer Trim; White large brads (Ret.); 3D puffy paint; puffy hearts

Other:  z3167 CTMH Cricut Artistry cartridge (new!!); Spellbinders circle die; Quickutz Nesting Lace Circle Die

 I encourage you all to break out your smokey plum papers and ink and join the challenge!

Artistry Blog Hop

Welcome to the Artistry Blog Hop where we are featuring CTMH's new Cricut cartridge called ARTISTRY.  The cartridge comes with 3 beautiful D-size stamp sets and a stack of our new Enchantment pack cardstock.  Feel free to download the flyer here.  To see the images on the cartridge, see the flyer here.

 

If you have come here from Beth Naumann's Blog you are on the right path. This hop has over 30 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations.  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.  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 tall 3.5" x 8" sized card. Note that I am still learning both my Cricuts (Cricut Create which takes cartridges) and Cricut Explore (which does not).  I loved this cute jar and flower from p. 2 of the cricut book.  I did a little coloring with color pencils on the jar and leave and stems.  Somehow, it just seems trickier to create with cutouts, but it is fun!

 

 

 

 And here's a closer, detailed view. The flowers are not really tacked down and I've add some dimensional tape under some of the flowers.

 

Papers:  Wanderful WOTG; Gypsy, Crystal Blue, Smoothie, Flaxen, and White Daisy Cardstocks

Stamps:  S1508 Framed (Stamp of the Month)

Inks:  Crystal Blue and Gypsy Exclusive Inks; 3505 CTMH Watercolor Pencils

Embellishments:  z3042 Coral Reef Sequins, z1985 Gold Shimmer Trim; z2012 Gold Assort. Sequins; z3009 Chalk It Up Assortment

Other:  z3167 CTMH Cricut Artistry cartridge (new!!)
  

Get this lovely new and fun Cricut Cartridge by either contacting your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to get any of these super cricut cartridges.

 

Now it is time to hop on over to Jen Rubio's blog and see her gorgeous eye candy!

 

August 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

The featured stamp of the month is S1508 Framed--a set of 12 images--from Best Wishes to Merry Christmas. Below are the images in this stamp set that is available only thru August 31st. You can click on the image to see details.

 

If you have come here from Gina Brandstetter's Blog you are on the right path. This month we have almost 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations.  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.  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 birthday card that I made for my Granddaughter Sophia whose 2nd birthday was July 30th but we are celebrating today:  

 

 

Here is the inside of the card:

 

 

 A little closer look at the dimension:

  

 

Papers:  Confetti Wishes WOTG; Canary, Pear and White Daisy Cardstocks

Stamps: S1508 Framed; D1618 Build A Cake (images below); C1436 Birthday Blast (Ret.) B1287 Solo "2" (Ret.)

Inks:  Lagoon, Canary, Pear, Thistle, Glacier, Pacifica, and Whisper Exclusive Inks

Embellishments:  z1847 Green Glitter Paper; z2010 White Enamel Stars; z3123 Green Triangles Enamel & Glitter Duos (new today!)

Other:  CTMH Artistry Cricut Cartridge (new today!); Orange Peel Sticklers glitter glue; 3D Puffy Paint; Border Punch

 

Remember, the SOTM is only available thru August 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for $5!

 

Now it is time to hop on over to Chris Robertson's blog and see what eye candy she has on the table for you today!