October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Home for the Holidays

Here we are hopping thru the blog again.
If you are coming from Jilena's Blog, you are on the right track,
otherwise you can start here and do a complete circle.
This month's stamp set is called Home for the Holidays and looks like this:

The ones with red lines around them work with our Cricut Cartridge Art Philosophy! The size listed is what to set your dial on the Cricut to cut and the stamp will fit inside it!

Here is the card I made:

The top layer behind the bear is Washi Tape, then there is a strip of our Teal Shimmer tape followed by a section of our Christmas Paper called Snowhaven - there is a sheet that is all different strips - making it look like I layered several items behind the bear!

I stamped the tag in Cranberry to make it a pop of color. It's raised with foam tape. I also added glitter glue on the snowflakes to add a little more sparkle. (Sorry I think the glue is discontinued).
Thanks for looking and now hop over to  Sarita's blog to see what great things she created with this stamp set!

September Stamp of the Month - Family is Forever

Here we are hopping thru the Blog hop again!  If you've come from Haley's blog, you are on the right path, otherwise, you can start here and you will do a complete circle.

September's stamp set is Family is Forever:

 I created this card from the stamp set:

I used the tree for the base of my tree. 

I used Pathfinding Paper Pack and a 1 inch circle punch. (I hit an acorn perfectly!)

The Family is Forever Stamp I blocked out each section when I stamped.

You can't tell but the edges for the circle are up on the bottoms.

 

 Here is the inside of the card and the other half of the stamp.

Thanks for looking ~ please leave a comment.

Now hop over to Michelle's Blog for more great ideas with this stamp set!

August Stamp of the Month - What a Hoot!

This is the stamp of the month for August:

This is the silly card I made:

You can see from the top shot below that I used foam tape to make the eyes, wings and flowers stick out.  The flowers and wings have foam tape only on the top so they are raising off the page.

I USED OUR NEW MARKERS TO COLOR THE OWL!

(you can see them tomorrow with the new catty online)

I used the fat side to do his body and the small end to do the wings.

Also the flowers are with the markers too.  I used just our regular inks to stamp the image.

I just didn't color over the stamped image a lot.

I random stamped the pumpkin on the bamboo paper.

Thanks for looking! Please leave a comment.

Stamp of the Month Blog hop - Circus Alphabet

We are hopping again thru the blog hop.
If you came from Shirley's blog, keep hopping and you'll do a complete circle
- or start here and continue a circle from here.

The stamp of the month is Circus Alphabet:

When I did this layout last week I knew what I would be doing with the photos!

I used the stamp set to do the words: CARNIVAL FUN

We attended Greek Fest in Milwaukee and my daughter went on every ride a dozen times!

A close up of the letters. I used our old markers (hint hint) to color the letters in.
The paper was a June Special paper pack!

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment.
Now hop over to Katy's blog to see her great artwork with this stamp set!

June Stamp Of The Month - Kaboom S1406

Jumping thru the blog hop you should be coming from Katy's blog, if not, start here and continue and you will make a complete circle.

Here is the stamp set:

First Card with random stamping and washi tape creating bling!

This second card I white embossed the fireworks to look like raised flowers and then sponged yellow ink over it softly.  I also added some strong yellow lines using our water color pencils.  The green grass and stems are all water color pencils.  The grass was blended, not the stems.

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment.  

Then hop over to Kathleen's blog to see her great artwork.

May Stamp of the Month - You've Got a Friend

Hopping thru the Stamp of the Month this month - if you are coming from Jill's blog, you are on the right track, otherwise, keep hopping and you will make a complete circle.

This is the May stamp of the Month:

 I made a card:

Can anyone guess the old baby apple stamp I used to create a border?  

I also created layers with the apple stamp and glued them together to form a rounder apple

 

The paper is Timberline. 

Thanks for looking - now hop over to Joy's Blog for more great ideas for this stamp set.

April Stamp of the Month: Balloon Talk

We are hopping again thru the stamp of the month.  If you came from Kathleen's blog, you are on the right track, otherwise, start here and it will do a complete circle.

This month it's Balloon Talk:

See the red line around some of them - they can be cut with one of our Cricut Cartridges.

Here's the whole layout - both pages.  Sorry iPad doesn't like wide photos

Left Side

Right Side

Thanks for looking! Please go to Carla's Blog to see some more great artwork with this stamp set!

Shop for these and many more items on my website: Mary Eisen @ CTMH

Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a comment!
Sincerely,
Mary Eisen

March Stamp Of The Month - Happy Place

If you are coming from Krista's blog, you are on the right track.  If you are starting here, keep hopping and you will do a complete circle.  This month is a fun set:

 I used the Like Mother/Like Daughter stamp and the heart for my one page layout:

Sorry somewhat blurry iPad didn't want to work for me. (The iphone didn't do much better.
Wanted to get these posted in time so the top one isn't clear.)

 

3 Generations cooking Greek Cookies for a Girl Scout Event. 

Here are some close ups:

 Before powdered sugar

( So that you can tell they are cookies.)

 After Sugar - there's about 4 layers of cookies stacked.

Thanks for looking! 

Now hop over to Kim's Blog to see what she created with this stamp set!

Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Wild About Love

Welcome to the February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

If you came from Sarita's blog, then you are going the right direction, if you are starting here, 

that's ok, keep hopping and you will make a complete circle.

This month's stamp set is:

Wild About Love

Sooo perfect for Valentine's Day Cards! I made 2!!!

Ok, now some of these stamps I can't just put on anyone's card/envelope 

- so I saved the best for the hubby!

The Wild Thing is raised with foam squares and 

the hearts were stamped with textured stamp set and sponged.

I put this in the inside and that on the envelope!

THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S CARD!!! Do ya get it????

Bling on the flower!

TIP:  When cutting out things with your cricut to go with our stamps CUT MORE THAN ONE!!!

(my sister consultant Kathy B reminded me of this)

Why? Not just for mistakes, but for using later! I did a bunch of sizes and shapes and filled a whole page.

I put them into a drawer for use later - some of these shapes will be used in future SOTM stamp sets!!

Thanks for looking, leave a comment and please keep hopping! Next is Lucy's Blog!

January Stamp of the Month - Cross-Stitch Wishes

If you came from {Susan's blog}, you are on the right track to hopping thru the blog hop!  If you are starting here, keep going and you will do a complete circle.  With this blog hop you will see about 60 consultant's art for this one amazing stamp set - tons of great ideas!

Here is this month's stamp set: Cross-Stitch Wishes S1401

(Remember you can purchase it at $17.95 or with a qualifying purchase it's only $5!)

 

Here is the card I made.  I wanted it to be like fabric without the fabric.

You really can't tell but I raised the hearts below with foam tape.

Thanks for looking, now hop over to {Lori's blog} to see her great artwork!

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop - Special Care

Hello again and welcome to our monthly blog hop!  If you came from Katy's blog, you are on the right track, if not, start here and keep hopping, you will do a complete circle.

This month's stamp set is Special Care:

Three of these stamp can be cut out with the Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge - see the red outline.

I thought of my baby girl when she was in the tub in Wisconsin Dells. It's really a hot tub in our hotel room. She and Daddy had a blast - better than the cold pool!  It was Thanksgiving weekend 6 years ago.

WARNING NAKED BABY PICTURES:

I used the HANDLE WITH CARE stamp and created a background paper by stamping the image in rows.  I White Pigment stamped the Special Care stamp on the top right. There's even a Warning Label stamp.

The top is the left page and this one above is the right.  I have this one in the page protector because I added flip flaps to the center, on top of the page protector so they can be opened without having to take out the page.  Underneath is naked Daddy chest - and I promised to hide that - but still scrap them. 

A couple of clear gems for bling and sparkle.

Thanks for looking - please leave a comment!

Now hop over to Vicki's blog to see what she created with this stamp set!