Falling For You/Cats & Bats Blog Hop

Welcome to our Cats & Bats/Falling for you Blog Hop. We are showcasing items from our new Holiday Expressions Idea Book with various projected created by talented Close To My Heart consultants.  So grab yourself a cup of coffee, relax, take your shoes of and enjoy the journey!

If you just arrived from Geri's Blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, please feel free to start at the beginning with our hostess Carol at Crafting with Carol.  Or, you can continue here as it does go around in a circle.

Below you will find my projects  First project is made with Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way and Cats & Bats stamp sets.  This will be one of the cards for my Interactive workshop this month.  This is a pop-up peek-a-boo card and found a great video tutorial on this from Deb Valder:

Now, for the inside, notice what is in the little frame:

Now in the final picture is the pop of what is in the little window frame:

Papers:  G1136 Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way; White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  Cats & Bats - Cardmaking (C1683) & Scrapbook (D1736) Stamp Sets
Inks:  Black Exclusive Inks; Shinhan Markers:  P83 Lavender, YR24 Marigold and G46 Vivid Green
Embellishments:  Z4028 Bats & Cats Dots; Z1809 Black Shimmer Trim
Other:  Spellbinder rectangle die cuts

And for my second project, although it is not interactive, its a pinwheel card.  These are just so cute and this paper is perfect for the project!  I am still working on the insides of this card but have decided it will done with the Falling for You Cardmaking stamp set.  I also used a video tutorial by Barb Millikan for this one.

Papers:  G1135 Falling For You Workshop Your Way; Goldrush, Nutmeg and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  C1686 Falling for You - Cardmaking
Inks:  Nutmeg Exclusive Inks
Embellishments:  Z4028 Bats & Cats Dots; Green Shimmer Trim (Ret.)
Other:  Thanks Thin Cuts (Ret.); Spellbinder Square Dies

Here are the images for the stamp sets used above.  First is Cats & Bats - Cardmaking:

Next is Cats & Bats - Scrapbooking:

Below is Falling for You-Cardmaking:

Be sure to check out the next stop at Cheryl Arbo's Blog to see what eye candy she has been cooking up for you!

Happy Stamping!

CTMH Disaster Relief Stamp Set: Stronger Together

Close to My Heart has designed a stamp set specifically to benefit those affected by disasters, such as the hurricanes in the United States and the wildfires throughout the US and Canada.  The stamp set is titled Stronger Together and features a variety of sentiments that can be used for comfort, encouragement, and more.

My Acrylix® Stronger Together (C1716) Set of 10 Recommended My Acrylix® blocks: 1" × 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 3½" (Y1009) $13.95 USD/$17.25 CAD

This C-size set is immediately available for purchase and you can find it on my website with the item number C1716:  https://kattisch.closetomyheart.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=10611.  All proceeds from this stamp set will be donated to the Red Cross, which provides relief efforts to multiple disasters, and which will allocate the funds to where they are needed most.

We believe in the good that comes when we work together as a community.  As the stamp set name states, we truly are stronger together.  Let us all come together and strengthen those who need some extra help in the wake of devastation.

September 2017 Stamp of the Month - Pop-Out Swing Card

Feel So Blessed (S1709), the September 2017 Stamp of the Month, is a set of 26 beautiful images!  It is only available through September 30, 2017, and this lovely set can be your for $5 with a qualified purchase of $50 or $17.95 at the regular price.  Be sure to click on the graphic for a larger view:

I've been working on a set of interactive cards for this month's card workshop and thought this Pop-Out Swing Card would be a perfect set to go with the Falling for You Workshop Your Way (WYW).  The card is a standard size card.  I cut out some of the leaves from the Falling for you Papers because I hadn't gotten my Falling for You-Cardmaking stamp set.

Next a semi-open view of the front:

Next a view of the inside-open view:

Papers:  G1135 Falling For You WYW; Garden Green (ret.), Espresso, Goldrush, and White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  S1709 Feel So Blessed; C1686 Falling for You-Cardmaking; Lovely Leaves (Ret.)
Inks:  Fern, Goldrush, Saffron, Espresso,, Black Exclusive Inks; z899 Black Memento Ink; z2457 Marigold, z2463 Sap Green ShinHan Touch Twin Markers
Embellishments:  z4028 Cats & Bats Dots
Other:  Spellbinder Square Dies

So let's see what else you all can come up with using this beautiful new Stamp of the Month!  Blessings and Happy Crafting!