It's Hop Hop Hoppin time....

Welcome to another round of blog hoppin!

You have found yourself at your next stop on the Close To My Heart Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop. If you have come from Carol's blog then you are on the right path!


CHERISH THE MOMENT

Well you can cherish this moment if you'd like but I'm referring the stamp set for May! This is a set of 8 and perfect for invitations, birthday, congrat's, cherish, thank you or happy anything... Use this fun set as your focal image or tags. They'll also make great quick little journal entries on your scrapbook page.

I just love this stamp set! Each image is like a check box system to say your message -- too fun! I've enjoyed placing a decorative brad, sparkle or eyelet as my "check" mark next to what I'd like to say.

I chose to combine this set with the Bella papers and the Endless Friendship stamp set -- I am finding myself going back to this stamp set over and over again lately. I love those flowers!!


I ran with the WISHES card pattern DESIGNER TAB and added my own twist. First off, it's supposed to be a 6x6 card but I made it a 4.25 x 5.5 card. So I really just used the pattern as my inspiration and ran with it from there.

I used the Bella papers and Colonial White Cardstock.

I used my Euro Trimmer's track and measurements and a ball point pen (retracted) to create the lines -- it is embossed the old fashioned way.

• Just place your paper or cardstock into the trimmer. We are NOT using the blade! I put the top of my project face down.
  
• Decide where you'd like your lines to be, I did them at about 1/2 inch intervals.
• Using the ball point pen, with the ink part retracted (no ink on my project), I pressed the ball point pen into the cutting track back and forth to create a raised line on the front of the project.
• I did the horizontal lines at 1/2 inch but the vertical lines are about 1/2 inch and not full lines.

I did a little stamp rolling again on this card, I love that technique with this flower! I cut out the flower and pinched each petal to give it dimension.

There are square sparkles for my embellishments.

I used the Edge Distresser and a little Cocoa ink on the cards edges.


When you are through browsing around, be sure to hop on over to Allison's blog to see what she came up with.

Product SPOTLIGHT Hop

Are you having fun hopping along with us?

If you have come from MELISSA's site then you are on the right path. When you are done browsing here, hop on over to your next stop at HELEN's site.

Our featured product for this month's hop are the newest released My Reflections Level 2 Paper Packets found in the front of the catalog. There are 4 new paper packs released with each catalog PLUS one bonus CREATIVE BASICS packet. The Creative Basics packet coordinates with one of the other new packs but it comes with just 2 patterns and a spool of ribbon for creating some bulk projects.

My PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT is on the Creative Basics Veranda Packet. I chose to also use one of the workshop cutting guides out of WISHES Card Confidence Program. The cutting diagram will create 20 cards, 2 of each design. I have pictured here just 4 of the designs with more to come.

I added in Vineyard Berry and Cocoa Cardstock to complement the VERANDA Creative Basics Packet.

I did my stamping with the Endless Friendship stamp set -- it debuted with the Bella Paper Packet last year but is also in the 2010 Spring Catalog on page 46. I accented some with the Creme Brulee Ribbon that came with the Creative Basics paper Packet and the others with Colonial White Mini-Medley Accents.

I used a few techniques --

• 2 step stamping with stamp rolling -- Stamp 2nd generation image onto project, Roll the stamp in the same ink and stamp over first image.
• I stamped my flowers, cut them out, then pinched the petals to give them dimension.
• Liquid Glass accent on the "daisy" like flower
  

Don't forget to hop on over to HELEN's site to see what she has in store for you!