Supplies used: CTMH Piece of Cake stamp set, CTMH Spot-On Backgrounds stamp set (retired), papers from my scraps, Copic markers for coloring, CTMH Black and Pacifica inks, ribbon from my stash, Zig markers for doodling, CTMH Stardust Glitter Glitz, and Kaiser rhinestones.
I used the Spot On Backgrounds stamp set and Glitter Glitz to create the blue background paper so this is technically an all-cardstock card!
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.
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.
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.
First off, I have to apologize to fellow blogger and CTMH sister Patti for not addressing this sooner! She has graciously giving me a blog award (my first) and I am very excited. It was before the holidays and I was busy. Now I’m feeling like I’m back on a normal schedule.
The rules of the award are:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blog who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award onto your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5. And most of all, HAVE FUN!
The goal of the award is to spotlight up and coming bloggers who currently have less than 200 followers. Below are the Bloggers I have chosen to award. Please take some time to visit their blogs.
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