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!

Teacher gifts

My Daughter Jeanie asked me to make something special for her student teacher and her teacher.  These are what I created with SVGCuts.com:

 

The front little pocket is for decoration. Going to fill them with candy and gift cards! The paper is from when I started at CTMH 8 years ago!  Loved it then and works great for this project now!

Thanks for looking!

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.

Mother's Day Card

Sorry I've been away from scrapbooking for awhile.  Here is a card I made for my mom for Mother's Day:

 Layout was purchased from SVG CUTS.com

 Card folds up and fits into an envelope

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Sincerely,
Mary Eisen

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!

Jeanie's Birthday Cake

I created a roller skate out of paper using two kits from SVG Cuts.com. 

One kit has an ice skate and the other has round gift boxes - 

put the two together and created the roller skate I needed.

My daughter had her 8th Birthday Party at the local roller rink with some friends and family.

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

Da Bling! CTMH Way!

 

At our meeting last weekend we were treated to the Close To My Heart Jewerly!

Kathy McGraw, our upline, provided us all with a chain, a charm and the parts to make our own necklace!

These just came out this month! How Awesome!

I took the hanging piece off the end of the chain and brought it forward and added a camera charm! 

I'm ordering the diamond charm to add to it too! What fun!

 Click photo above to see all the NEW STUFF!!!

Thanks for looking!

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!

Make a joyful noise!

My latest vinyl work at a local Adult Day Care Center:

My faithful assistant Gary - assisting me (he did almost all of the hanging - ladder was freaking me out!!)

Thanks for looking!

What I did this summer . . .

Here is a few things we did this summer . . .

Studio J made it easy to get my layouts done fast and easy! Check out Studio J for free at my website!

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

Jeanie Layouts

A couple of Jeanie layouts - above is her first hair cut! 

Below is her eating a cookie and really enjoying getting into it!

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