Christmas Tunes - Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring October's SOTM, which is Christmas Tunes a set of 7 stamps.  If you have come here from Alyson's blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

 

This month we have Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

 

 

Products Used:

Paper:
- City Sidewalks (retired)
- Lagoon and White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Lagoon and Black

Stamp:
- S1710 Christmas Tunes

Embellishments:
- White and Silver shimmer Trim
- White and bronze twine

Markers:
- Copic E23 and E25

Now "Hop" on over to Brenda's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the October SOTM is only available until October 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

 

June Stamp of the Month - The Longest Way Home!

The Long Way Home

June 2016 Stamp of the Month

BEAUTIFUL STAMPS, AMAZING DISCOUNTS

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $6. When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

June 2016 Stamp of the Month Sample Artwork

Balloon Animals - February 2016 Stamp of the Month

BEAUTIFUL STAMPS, AMAZING DISCOUNTS

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $6. When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

Beloved Bouquet - January 2016 Stamp of the Month

This month we bring a beautiful stamp of the month, the Beloved Bouquet is gorgeous. It is a very versatile stamp that can be used for elegant projects or fun and funky projects. 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

Get this D-size Stamp of the Month set for a deal with a minimum qualifying purchase! Add the stamp set to your cart on this page at full retail price or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price. 

Set of 14
Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 3 ½" (Y1002), 2" × 2" (Y1003), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 3½" (Y1009)

Ice Cream & Cupcakes - H2H Challenge

This week at Heart 2 Heart challenges we have a challenge that for my family is very timely. The theme this week is "Let them eat cake" I instantly thought birthday cake and that could be due to the summer of birthdays we have coming up...I have 2 in June, 2 in July, and 3 in August so I am going to be needing some birthday cards for sure!

As soon as I saw the theme I instantly thought of combining the December 2014 and June 2015 stamps of the month. December was all about cupcakes and June is all about ice cream and those are two of my girls favourite things...ice cream and cupcakes! 

Products used:

Paper:
- Blossom
- Pear and White Daisy

Stamps:
- D1649 Blossom Cardmaking workshop
- S1506 Ice Cream Dream
- S1412 Cutie Pie (retired)

Ink:
- Cocoa, Pear, Sorbet, Smoothie, and Glacier

Embellishments:
- Z3042 Coral Reef Sequins


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my card, be sure to check out the work of the rest of the H2H design team here!

Happy Creating!
Brandi

Ice Cream Dream - June Stamp of the month

Ice Cream Dream – June 2015 Stamp of the Month

BEAUTIFUL STAMPS, AMAZING DISCOUNTS

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 — that’s over 70% off retail! When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products (excluding purchases made in Studio J®), you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.

June 2015: Ice Cream Dream (S1506)

Spend $50 and get this Stamp of the Month set for just $5.

Like this Stamp of the Month? Check out others in these Idea Books.

Choose Happy - March 2015 Stamp of the Month

MARCH STAMP OF THE MONTH:

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for $5! Add the stamp set to your cart on this page at full retail price or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

Set of 14
Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 1" (Y1000), 1" × 3½" (Y1002), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 6½" (Y1010)

February 2015 specials

Some albums are Ruby and others Lagoon; they’re all buy one get one half off—a treat just for you! 

During the month of February, when you purchase one of Close To My Heart’s alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $19 CAD! These albums are available in a gorgeous variety of colors and patterns in both post-bound and D-ring styles—perfect to pair with traditional, Studio J^®, or pocket scrapbook layouts. This offer is only available while supplies last, so make certain to get your order in early to ensure you can choose the styles and colors you love. They’re going fast and are built to last; so don’t delay—place your order today!

Dates: Offer valid February 1, 2015–February 28, 2015.

February Stamp of the month:

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your D-size Stamp of the Month set for $5! Add the stamp set to your cart on this page at full retail price or, with your qualifying order, add it at checkout for the promotional price.

Set of 15
Recommended My Acrylix® Blocks:
1" × 1" (Y1000), 3" × 3" (Y1006), 2" × 3½" (Y1009), 2" × 6½" (Y1010)

My Aim is True - Fusion Card Challenge

While looking around today for some inspiration today I came across a new to me challenge site. It is called Fusion Card Challenge. 

They give a sketch, a picture, and suggestions and you can use one, both or all and fuse them together. It was kind of interesting to play along. 

Here is what I came up with:

Paper:
- Heartstrings
- White Daisy, Cranberry card stock

Stamp:
- S1501 - This Moment

Embellishments:
- Stuck on you puffy
- Sequins
- Teal Shimmer Trim

Thanks for stopping by!
Brandi

Park Fun - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday to you!

Today I am bringing you a layout that I have done for Heart 2 Heart Challenges. The challenge for this week is Something Old, Something New! How do you interpret this challenge? Is it using an older product in a new way? Or using a new product and pairing with an older product? Does it have you thinking of weddings...something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue?

I went with the old product paired with new products. I paired a retired paper pack Lollydoodle with new stamps and embellishments. 

I have many challenges and goals I am working that you will be hearing more about in the coming days but one of my goals is to purge my ever growing scrap supplies by actually using them. I have several paper packs with just a wee bit of paper left but I am hanging on to them, because they are enough to do layouts and cards with, so now I am doing everything I can to use it up and move onto different papers and products. The goal is to use the supplies!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Lollydoodle (retired)

- Colonial White card stock

Stamps:

- D1242 - Doodle Alphabet (retired)

- S1412 - Cutie Pie

- S1411 - It's the little things

Ink:

- Pear

- Sorbet

- Sunset

- Juniper

- Cotton Candy

Embellishments

- Z3038 - Junebug Puffies

- Z3037 - Stuck on you puffies

- Z1326 - Sparkles Assortment (retired)

- Z1263 - Bitty Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by! Until next time!

Brandi

Stamp of the Month - July 2014

Summer is in full swing here and it is hard to get time for scrapbooking in but....we never want to forget that even over the summer when we are outside spending as much time as we can enjoying the weather and the great outdoors that Close to my Heart is still around and offering great products like this adorable stamp of the month. Where else can you get an adorable alphabet set like this with the quality of Close to my Heart for only $5.00 (with qualifying order)!

This is one stamp set you will not want to miss out on! If you have any questions about this just let me know, always happy to help out and answer questions! 
crzy4scrapbooking @ yahoo . com

Thanks for stopping by!
Brandi

Thanks a Bunch!

Since I have been feeling the creative mojo flowing again, I thought I would try my hand at a few challenges. As you saw from my previous post I did my first ever Mojo Monday sketch and I also made a card for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge (both cards in the same day, for me that is unheard of!) 

If you would like to challenge yourself right along with me, check out the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge website. There is a lot of talented artwork out there and some awesome sketches. Click here for the : 
Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

Without any further delay, here is my card:

And here is the sketch:

Products Used:
Paper:
- Claire B&T
- Cardstock: Outdoor Denim, Hollyhock, Sunset and White Daisy

Ink:
- Outdoor Denim

Stamp Set:
Uniquely You (SOTM - June 2013)

Embossing Powder:
- Outdoor Denim

Alcohol Markers:
- Hollyhocky and Autumn Terracotta

Non CTMH:
- Versamark embossing Ink
- Die-Namics Chevron Stripe

I hope you enjoyed this card, I had a lot of fun making it and it came together so easily. 

Happy Scrapping,
Brandi

No fooling, it is April already!

Can you even believe that it is April 2012 already? I still remember all the fuss and panic of Y2K and now we are 12 years and 4 months later...where on earth does the time go? That is the million dollar question for sure!

April brings up a new Close to my Heart Stamp of the Month and a great new constant campaign. Lets start with the constant campaign...Dotty for You.

Close to my Heart is releasing an exclusive paper pack for National Scrapbooking month but is letting us get our hands on it in April. Dotty is just awesome, just great spring colours and fun yet simple patterns that will work with just about any project you can imagine.

There are three ways to get this exclusive Dotty for You paper packet, valued at $19.95:

• Place an order of $35 or more in products from the Spring/Summer 2012 Idea Book between April 17 and May 31, and add the Dotty for You paper packet for just $5*.
• Host a Gathering with a sales total of $400 or more (excluding tax, shipping/handling, and Operation Smile^® donations) between April 17 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE.
• Join Close To My Heart as a new Consultant between April 1 and May 31 and receive a Dotty for You paper packet FREE!

Free sounds great to me!

As always, Close to my heart features a stamp set that is only available during that month and this month it is You Are.... and this set is so versatile that it can be used for cards, layouts, 3D projects, just about anything that you can imagine. To get this great set you can purchase it for $17.95 or if you place an order of $50.00 or more (before shipping and taxes) you can get it for only $5.00, what a deal!

If you have any questions about either, just reach out to me at crzy4scrapbooking@yahoo.com

Happy Scrapping :)

Brandi