Hey! Thanks a Bunch!

Hi All! As Close To My Heart's Stampganza winds down, I wanted to share another favorite stamp set with you: Floral Banners.

This D-sized set is a versatile little set, with wonderful floral images and banners that can be paired with MANY other sets. And the sentiments in this set are perfect for thank-you notes as well as simple "keeping in touch" cards.

For today's project, I decided to use a thank-you card that is based on a created by Close to My Heart's own designers. Let's take a look:

 For this card, I used a standard white card base and layered it with patterned paper from the Georgie Collection. I then stamped a variety of leaf and flower images from the set on White Daisy cardstock using Fern, Smoothie, and Crystal inks. After I added the stamped panel to the card base, attached some Thick Whisper Twine to the edge of it with Liquid Glass. I then added a strip of Whisper cardstock and layered it with the sentiment, which I stamped on White Daisy cardstock with Whisper ink.

Here's a collage of close-ups:

I figured if I was making one card, I might as well make four! So here are the four together:

I hope you enjoyed this card. Don't forget: Stampganza ends on 31 March. So if you've been "eyeing" a stamp set or three, now's the time to order them!

Have a wonderfully creative day!

CTMH Floral Banners Stamp Set	CTMH Georgie Paper Pack	CTMH Card Value Pack (White)	CTMH Whisper Cardstock
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock	CTMH Whisper Thick Twine	CTMH Fern Ink	CTMH Crystal Blue Ink
CTMH Smoothie Ink	CTMH Whisper Exclusive Ink	CTMH Liquid Glass

InLinkz.com

Blessed are the Weird People

Hi All! Welcome to the mid-March Rose Blossom Blog Hop celebrating Close To My Heart's March Stampganza! If you've just hopped over from the über-creative Marg Van Patten's Tater Patch, you're in the right place. (As always, I'll have a list of hop participants at the end of the post.)

For the month of March, CTMH is running a special of buy 2 stamp sets and get a third free. So the Rose Blossoms decided to get together and inspire you with some of our favorite sets. Now I've got to be honest, picking my favorite stamp set is almost as impossible as picking my favorite color. I pretty much like them all and what I'm using is completely dependent on the project I have in mind. But since I HAVE to choose, I decided to showcase a page I did in my art journal about a month ago using the Friend in Me stamp set:

Let's take a look:

I love the whimsical flowers in this set, and the sentiments are perfect for cards. (I actually use it quite a bit.) So for this 8x8 page, I decided to do some no-line watercoloring. I stamped out the flowers in Champagne Ink, masking off as necessary to create a cluster border. I then painted the flowers with my CTMH watercolors, which are fairly opaque and perfect for this technique. I then used a white paint pen by Derwent to add some doodles to each of the flowers.

Finally, I drew in a heart using my black .03 micron and added some scallop doodles. I then colored it in and outlined it with some Gelatos by Faber-Castell. The sentiment is typed out with my vintage Olivetti on some old notebook paper and glued in place. I highlighted the edges of it with more Gelato.

Here's a look at some details: 

And here's a close up of the sentiment (love it!):

And there you have it! I hope you enjoyed this peek into my journal. Now, hop on over and see what the incredibly talented Morgan Vogt has for your inspiration at Tweetscraps! And if you get lost along the way or just want to review the hop again, here's a list of participants:

Brenda

Lynn 

Marg

Kim {that's ME}

Morgan

Cathy

Kim S

Margot

Have a wonderfully creative day!

CTMH Friend In Me	CTMH Champagne Ink	Watercolors	Watercolor Brush Set
Dylusions Art Journal 8x8	Micron Black Ink Pen	Faber-Castell Gelato Bubblegum	Faber-Castell Gelatos Lemon
Faber-Castell Gelatos Metallic Mint	Faber-Castell Gelatos Gold Champagne	Derwent Graphik Line Painter WHITE

InLinkz.com