August SOTM Blog Hop: It's Your Day

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring August's SOTM, which is It's Your Day. If you have come here from Sherry's blog, you are on the right path! If this is your first stop, you may want to go back to Jena's blog and start from the beginning!

This month we have over sixty Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. Join the hop! This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!


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I made another card earlier that used the birthday cake part of this stamp set. I thought the cake stamp was darling and with it being three separate pieces so easy to make a colorful cake! What do you think?

But, when I was thinking about this blog hop, I wanted to try to use the set a little "out of the box". Well, this is as "out of the box" as I get: (Don't roll your eyes!) I used a square, which I think was intended to be a gift package. I used it to create a background pattern.

And, my card doesn't necessarily have to be for a birthday, showing the versatility of this stamp set. Notice the absence of gifts, presents, candles and the word birthday. I could send this as a congrats card or even as an "I'm thinking of you" card(and write on the inside how happy I am when I think of that recipient).

I really like the way this turned out:

Here are some close up of the card. (Have I finally figured out how to take a picture to show the foam tape dimensionals? Pick your jaw off the ground!) My foam tape is thin, so I layer it to get more height.

Parts of the background are popped up, and the word tag is popped up as well. Here's a close up of the stamped panel of the card. The center of the smaller flowers are those small clear sparkles. The center of the big flower is a clear button layered over a piece of stamped paper. (You can click on the picture to enlarge it, if you want a better view!)

The words "It's a" came from the stamp that said "shh it's a surprise" ... and I used my marker to color only the parts I wanted. It was easy to stamp it where I needed it - the beauty of the acrylic stamps!

CTMH supplies: Stamp set - It's Your Day. Colors - black, tulip, dutch blue, sunny yellow, clover meadow. Embellishments - stitched ribbon, Just Blooms, Clear Sparkles, clear button. NonCTMH supplies: embroidery floss, foam tape, Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Now "Hop" on over to Traci's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!

Remember, the August SOTM is only available until the end of the month! Contact me to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!

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If you get lost on the hop or find links that aren't working, here is a
complete list of participating blogs:

Jena DeVries http://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Kristie Horness-Herdener http://www.goofyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Carla Ironside http://www.carlacreates.blogspot.com/
Deb Young http://www.scrapbookczar.blogspot.com/
Alanna Moses http://www.damoses.blogspot.com/
Paige Dolecki http://www.paigespaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Wendy Kessler http://www.myscrapbookingblog.com/
Heather Painchaud http://www.twindragonflydesigns.blogspot.com/
Helen Onulak http://www.hookedonstamping.com/
Barbra Otten http://barbraotten.blogspot.com/
Haley Dyer http://www.inkyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nona Davenport http://www.nonapearl.blogspot.com/
Michelle Robinson http://www.amaizenbluelady.typepad.com/
Cindy Leek http://www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com/
Melissa Laverty http://www.fancymelissa.blogspot.com/
Katy Donaldson http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com/
Amy McVey http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com/
Tammy Lea Pinchard http://www.creativeimpressions-pinchme.blogspot.com/
Leslie Markland http://pandascrapper.blogspot.com/
Judy Burger http://makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com/
Laurie R Newton http://scrapsfromthebeach.blogspot.com/

Kami Welter http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/
Tracy Oleksak http://www.mamaolie.blogspot.com/
Karen Norman http://www.gettinscrappywithit.blogspot.com/
Chris Shouse http://www.houseostamps.wordpress.com/
Cibele Glazer http://www.flowerfoot.blogspot.com/
Debra Van Patten http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com/
Terrie Dodd http://www.my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com/
Jamia Bankhead http://www.papermadnessinc.blogspot.com/
Anne Beck http://www.anniemuses.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Patrick http://www.roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/
Laurie Levnik http://www.creationsbylaurie.blogspot.com/

Lori Miller http://www.clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Brae Montgomery http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/
Dawn Ross http://www.iamahappystamper.blogspot.com/
Dawn Slipcevic http://dawnscrapsalot.blogspot.com/
Barbara Harris http://www.paper-creations117.blogspot.com/
Carol Taggio http://craftycarol55.blogspot.com/
Jill Lucas http://scrapwench.blogspot.com/
Chris Green http://www.createwithchris.blogspot.com/
Nancy Ball http://www.ballisticdesign.blogspot.com/
Dawn Heuft http://www.stamptildawn.blogspot.com/
Kelly Triggs http://www.stampinallday.blogspot.com/
Beth Naumann http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com/
Antoinette Herrin http://www.godblessyourart.blogspot.com/
Jessica Booth http://jessicabooth.blogspot.com/
Jen Rubio http://www.jenrubio.blogspot.com/
Misty Jackson http://www.misstscraps.blogspot.com/
Adeline E. Brill http://adeline-brill.blogspot.com/
Lori Leng http://www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com/
Pam Klassen http://eimmap.blogspot.com/
Pamela OConnor http://www.cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Royal http://www.craftroyalty.blogspot.com/
Caren Goldsein http://www.scrappycaren.blogspot.com/
Shannon Pelletier http://www.mycolorfulworldinvt.blogspot.com/
Sherry Thompson http://www.picturespatternsandpaper.blogspot.com/
Maricar Harris http://www.maricarharris.blogspot.com/
Traci Godbee http://createwithtraci.blogspot.com/
Laura Dame http://www.thecroppersconnection.blogspot.com/
Miranda Kurz http://www.scrampinwithmiranda.com/
Leisa Hubley http://www.bigredscraps.blogspot.com/
Julia Menssen http://www.ralphandjulia.blogspot.com/
Jan Moxey http://scrapandstamp4ever.blogspot.com/
Jody Gustafson http://www.cre8nmemories.blogspot.com/

Day 132 of 365 Cards

In my series of blog hops yesterday (you know, where you just keep clicking and finding inspiration -- never knowing where you're headed, just clicking on link after link after link ...), I stumbled across this blog called 365 Cards. An inspiration a day. A card a day. A great place to go to get that mojo going, don't you think?

So, "just for kicks" I pop on over there today (at 5am, since I cannot sleep). I see the inspiration. Ahh, birthday. Then I scroll down for the design team's creations. There, I see it. A card that completely inspires because I have the perfect stamp set in my collection! And, so - yes, around 515am - I begin to create. What a great way to start the day, don't you think?


For Day 132, this is the card I created (which is very much inspired by Sophie's card, if your couldn't tell!). Sherry's ad led me to choose white and primary colors for my card's palette today, as well as the red/white polka dot ribbon. I put stickles on the candle flames.

Supplies - Tools: Fiskars eyelet border. Stamp sets: (all CTMH) Spunky Greeting and It's Your Day [August 2009 SOTM]. Colors: (all CTMH) Black, Holiday Red, Sunny Yellow, Clover Meadow, Dutch Blue, Hydrangea. Embellishment: ribbon, stickles.