National Stamping Month Blog Hop

Hopping for the 3rd time this month - we are some busy girls!

If you came from Dawn's Blog you are on the right track,

if you are starting here, keep hopping and you will make a complete circle. 

From August 15th through September if you place a qualifying order you can get this DOUBLE STAMP SET for only $5!!

LOOK AT ALL THE CUTE STUFF! Many items work with the Artist Cricut Cartridge too!

  

Plus, we have a bunch of items in the 

"While Supplies Last" that are at a huge discount 

click HERE to go shop and check it out!

 I made this card using our White Pigment ink and stamped the dots onto black cardstock.

 Here you can see the dots better on the black, I loved how it's uneven the saturation.

Also, I did a second generation Desert Sand Ink stamping on the white behind the LaBelle Vie Mauve Cardstock. I edged the card in the Desert Sand ink as well.

 I stamped the bike 4 times, one after the other without refilling on ink to get the look of movement. I added 2 Bitty Sparkles in the Lightest Green to the tires.

I thought the zig zag stamp made a great tire track for the inside of the card!  

Now hop on over to Krista's Blog for some more wonderful ideas with this stamp set!

Thanks for looking!

Rock'n The Block - Blog Hop

Hey! We are blog hopping for a special reason tonight!  

If you are coming from Susan's blog - then you are on the right track, if you are starting here, keep hopping and you will make a complete circle.

Close To My Heart is releasing a sneak peek at a new product that is coming out in February and giving it a special send off starting December 19!  With a qualifying order of $25 from the Autumn/Winter Catalog, you can get this great stamp set and these awesome blocks for only $15!!! That's a savings of $30!!!

Here is the stamp set - it's a sheet 8 x 11 inches big!

Keep hopping to see what we consultants created with our blocks.

Here is mine:

 Here is the blocks in the tray (3 are out of the tray)

 I took Chocolate Ink and sponged the edges to give it a dirty, softer look.

Above is the before and after squares.

 Here is all of them done!

 First I covered the 2 inch blocks with Roxie Background and Texture paper.

 

I then put a 4 x 6 photo on top after cutting them into 2 inch squares. 

4 x 6 is perfect size pictures for this project!

 Here is another side - the Fun, the flower & it's center

are from the stamp set that comes with.

 another side - the stamps here are also from the stamp set.

 For a different look, 

I put my last name, the year and used the LOVE stamp for one side.

 Stacked or lay them down across a shelf! 9 letter words work great or combine like I did.

(sorry about the crazy stuff in the background - trying to get all sides photographed.

 Here is another side - there is 6 sides to dress up.  

My last side I used the plaid paper from the Roxie Level 2 Paper Kit and left it empty for a future picture.

I dressed up the tray by sponging it and running the leopard print B&T paper on the edge and covered that with Chocolate ribbon.

You can purchase this on my site by clicking here: Mary Eisen's Web.

Head to Gina's Blog to keep hopping and see more great ideas for this project!

Thanks for looking and  please leave comments!