June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  It's so nice to be back on the hop!  The stamp set featured this month is S1206 Life is Tweet. This month we have 55 wonderful consultants participating and showing off their creations. 

If you have come from Judy's Blog then you are on the right track!

 This month's stamp set is great for cards and scrapbook layouts for events that are sweet like birthdays and anniversaries or just any tweet day!  I used this months stamp set to complete a layout featuring my first foster child and how "tweet" one woman was to give me many, many outfits and blankets and other things for her. 

Products used (all CTMH except where noted):

S1206 Life is Tweet Stamp Set
Bohemian Alphabet Stamp Set
Lucy Paper pack
Cotton Candy, Creme Brulee and Colonial White Cardstock 
Cotton Candy, Creme Brulee, Blush, and Pear Inks
Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge
Bitty Sparkles
Pink Button Assortment

Grey Wool Marker

This is the end of the hop but you can get back to the beginning by hopping on over to Kathleen's Blog to check out her beautiful artwork for this month!

 If you get lost along the way you can go to Helen's Blog to see the complete list of all the participants this month. 

Be sure to visit all the consultants at their blogs to get some other great ideas! Remember, the June SOTM is only available until June 30th!  Contact me (GrigsterN at yahoo.com) or click here to see how you can earn this stamp set for just $5!

Happy Mother's Day!

I just wanted to wish mothers of all types out there a Happy Mother's Day!  I myself get to partake in this holiday this year as well as does my sister-in-law and the new grandmom!  These are the cards that I made for the "moms" in my life.  Enjoy and have a wonderful day!  Also, these cards fit the challenge for the week over at the Heart 2 Heart challenges blog and it has been a while since I participated so I will link to that as well.

Just some crafty info for you:  The first and last cards were made with the Dotty for You paper pack promotion for this month.  Don't forget that if you place a $35 order you can add Dotty for You to your order for just $5!  The other cards use Roxy and Stella.

Dotty for You projects

I have been seeing so much artwork using Close to my Heart's Dotty for You paper pack and so even though I have been very busy with my new foster child I was inspired to clear some time while she was sleeping to make some projects with Dotty!  First up is a name banner that I made for her room, I had just enough mini-banner panels left from making a name banner for my nephew so it was perfect!

The second item is a welcome banner that now hangs on my from door.  I made this using CTMH's Mix and Mingle album.  Some of you may remember the one I did with Wonderland.  Well, since it isn't winter anymore I needed a nice bright springy one!

If you like these projects and want to get your own Dotty for You collection, you have until the end of May.  Simply place a $35 minimum order on my website and then add Dotty for just $5!  It's a great value that includes 24 double sided sheets of bright spring patterned papers!

Happy Easter! Dotty for You!

I had wanted to post pictures of these adorable milk cartons that I made for my cousins for Easter before the holiday occurred but well, better late than never I suppose!

They also fit the Heart 2 Heart Challenges Blog challenge for last week.

 

I used the CTMH spray pen to spray one in Crystal Blue and the other in Hollyhock.  I then used the My Peeps stamp set to stamp the bunnies and the eggs.  I colored the eggs with the water color pencils and tied a white ribbon around the middle to finish it off.  I would like to give credit to Lisa Stenz for this idea, I saw it on her blog a bit ago and thought they would be the perfect gift for my cousins!  They were filled with chocolate dipped peeps to match!

In keeping with this spring theme - Dotty for You is coming!  Starting Monday April 17th through the end of May, when you spend $35 in CTMH products from our Spring/Summer Idea book, you will be able to add the Dotty for You paper pack to your order for just $5!!  You get 24 sheets of yummy 2 sided papers - 12 designs, 2 of each, in our new cardstock weight.   These patterns are so bright, cheery and colorful you won't be able to resist! 

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Crop this weekend and artwork to share

I will be vending at the Scrap 'N Support this Saturday at the Assumption Academy in Emerson, NJ and I just wanted to share the make and take layouts I will be offering for the croppers (in case you are one of them!)  The "classes" will be $10 for each 2 page layout.

The first one features Cruisin' and the cute little bottle caps and clips that add dimension to this layout.

 The second layout features Lucy and our new "springs"  I love how they give the layout a little extra "pop"!

The third layout features Florentine and is my personal favorite!

Maybe I'll see you Saturday - if not, happy crafting!

H2H color challenge (March 4th)

The challenge for last week over at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Blog was a fun color challenge!  I love these kinds of challenges and somehow they always have a way of working very well with projects I need to complete.  Seeing that I recently became an aunt to my adorable nephew, Nathan, the colors of Sunkiss Yellow, Sky, and Sweet Leaf were perfect to do some pages for his book!

I dug out some old paper packs to get some patterned papers in Sky (Fanfare) and Sweet Leaf (Emporium).  I also used Sunkiss Yellow cardstock.  There is even a little pocket on the right hand page to hold the newspaper clipping from the day he was born.

Even though I am a couple days behind with this challenge, I hope you head on over to the H2H Blog to check out the other creations or to submit one of your own!