My Scrapbooking Blog

(Come back tomorrow for my Stamp Sunday post)

This is the Close to My Heart New Product Blog Hop.  Most of the product you will see used throughout the hop is new in the CTMH 2012 Spring/Summer Idea Book and will be available for you to order beginning February 1st.

The hop is a circle so if you are starting here just continue until you make your way back.  If have already started, you should be coming from Michelle’s Blog.

I made this layout:

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Supplies used are all Close to My Heart: X7148B Pemberley Paper Pack, Z1694 Bouquet Assortment, Z1707 Bitty Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, Z1718 Color-Ready Garden Wooden Shapes, Z1336 Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, and Indian Corn Blue and Outdoor Denim inks.  I used the Spellbound sketch from the Magic book. I just love these wooden shapes!  I really wasn’t sure about them at first, thinking they were nothing special but I love adding a bit of color to them and especially how they look when you stamp on them.  I mean, check out those beautiful butterflies!  I stamped on both of them with Outdoor Denim ink and used the Pemberley stamp set (exclusively included in the G1033 Pemberley Workshop on the Go Kit ).  I sponged the larger butterfly with Indian Corn Blue ink before stamping.  One thing to note is that you do want to be careful with the more intricate wooden shapes.  They are delicate.  Below is a closeup of the butterflies where you can see the pearls that I used on the large butterfly are the smaller ones on from the Pearl Opaques package.  Then I used the Bitty Pearl Opaques to create the tails.  Hopefully this will give you an idea of there size.  They are small.  I found it works best to use the Tweezers when working with them. 

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I haven’t purchased any of the new alphabet stamp sets yet so I used Trinity Alphabet which came out in the fall.  There are 4 new alphabets to choose from though so you are sure to find one that suits your tastes.

Shirley’s Blog is your next stop!

If you get lost along the way, you can refer to the list in the previous post.

2012 Spring/Summer New Product Blog Hop List of Participants

WELCOME!  I’m so glad you are joining us for our very first “Use Your Stash Blog Hop”.  This hop is made up of all Close to My Heart consultants who have banded together to use some of the many things we have just sitting around and not getting used.  This will be a monthly blog hop.  I know I am really looking forward to using up some of my older product.  I hope it will give you some fresh ideas and inspire you to do the same.  If you have already started, you should be coming from Michelle Battitori’ s Blog.  If this is your first stop, continue through until you make your way back here.

Today I am using Topstitch papers and My Stickease.

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Supplies used: CTMH Topstitch Paper Packet, CTMH Colonial White Mini-Medley, CTMH Topstitch My Stickease, and CTMH Chocolate Waxy Flax.

I have been waiting to scrap these pictures.  I knew as soon as I saw them that I would use this paper.  Today was the day I dug it out and it all came together beautifully!  I really need to dig out more My Stickease because they make for some quick, easy, and great-looking pages!

Now hop on over to Judy Garner’ s Blog for more ideas on using up your stash.

If you get lost along the way you can see the entire list of hoppers on my previous post.

Here is the list of participants for the 1st Use Your Stash Blog Hop:

Joy McHargue
Ann-Marie Trammell
Michelle Battitori
Wendy K       <— You are here.
Judy Garner
Tabbi Fritz
Tonya Whitehurst
Debi
Shirley
Michelle West
Rachel Ventura

If you are looking for the Spotlight Blog Hop, CLICK HERE.

If you are looking for the Technique Blog Hop, CLICK HERE.

If you are looking for the Sharing From the Heart Blog Hop, CLICK HERE.

*Coming Soon* Check back this Saturday, January 21st for the 1st CTMH Use Your Stash Blog Hop.  This hop is made up of a group of Close to My Heart Consultants who we to use up some of our old stash.  We will showcase products that we have in our stash and have never used and are just taking up space.  Maybe they are the same things that you have sitting in your stash?  Let us inspire you to use them up!