October Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring October's Stamp of the Month, Holiday Magic! This blog hop is one big circle so feel free to start here and move through the entire loop. You can also view the entire listing of all the participants on Melissa Robinson's blog. If you have arrived here from Lorus's blog you are on the right track! Here is my art work featuring this awesome stamp set!

The card is made using die-cut cards that I distressed and sponged the edges in desert sand. The papers are from Wonderland and I embossed the sleigh's runners with silver embossing powder and stamped the sleigh in Twilight ink. I added some chocolate ribbon and twilight brads.

The layout features the October Stamp of the Month and a few other stamp sets, as well. It also includes stamps from the Believe Workshop on the Go, Holiday Commentary, Headline Alphabet, and Countdown Stamp set. The papers are Believe and I added the Believe Zip Strip, white daisy ribbon, waxy flax, foam tape, and CTMH scallop punch. Aren't the Christmas trees, with all their details, gorgeous!?

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, this stamp set!! It has 18 adorable stamps included in this set and contains stockings, trees, and a sleigh. It would be perfect for Christmas cards, Christmas layouts, and snow-themed pages too. It can be yours ONLY in the month of October. You can purchase it for $17.95 or spend $50.00 and get it for $5.00!

I hope you enjoyed looking at my artwork. Now hop on over to Melissa Robinson's Blog to see what wonderful creations she made using this awesome stamp set!

Happy Hopping and thanks for stopping by!

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I LOVE how Close to my Heart has videos to show how they created certain layouts and cards that are shown in the idea book. Here is a video that shows how to make the flowers shown on page 86 using the Hooray Bouquet stamp set and the cricut cartridge.

September Stamp of the Month

Spend $50.00 and get this versatile stamp set, Limited Edition, for only $5.00!

National Stamping Month

We are celebrating National Stamping Month in a BIG way! When you spend $75.00, you get TWO D-size stamp sets for FREE! The TWO stamp sets are called, Pair-a-Phrase, and have all sorts of cute images and great sayings/phrases! They are packaged in one stamp envelope/case. The retail value is $35.90 and they are only available with your $75.00 purchase from August 15-September 31. Contact me if you want these stamps or place an order on my website to have them shipped right to your door!

Lucky Camping Layout

Here is the layout I created in July for my scrapbook club. It uses the lucky papers. I liked the colors in the Lucky papers and thought they would be perfect for an outdoorsy/camping layout. I used the torch from the Paper Lantern stamp set. That set was always shown geared toward birthday layouts, but I loved the torch stamp in it. I also used the stamp set, Campin' Fever. I created my own pattern paper using the fish and flies from the Campin' Fever set and random stamped the desert sand cardstock with desert sand ink. Tone on Tone made it subtle, yet effective. I also stamped the lighted portion of the torch on Sunset cardstock and used foam tape to give it some dimension and look like the torches were lit. I added foam tape to the stamp that says, "to the woods and back". I stamped that twice, once in outdoor denim and once in olive, then cut it out and layered it. Buttons, ribbon and waxy flax were added for flair. I hope you like it!

Add Cricut® Flair to Any Workshop

This video show how to adds some flair and visual "oomph" to your layouts and cards using the new cricut cartridge. It uses the new dreamin' workshop-on-the-go. Very cool and easy!

Art Philosophy Cricut® Collection

This is HUGE!! Close to my Heart is introducing a cricut cartridge that works with our stamp sets!! It has over 700 images and it comes with 3 stamp sets and 3 sheets of dimensional elements that match the cricut shapes. Plus, LOTS of other stamp sets in the new catalog go with the cricut cartridge, as well! All the stamps that have a red line around them in the new fall/winter catalog work with the cricut. You can get the cartridge, 3 stamp sets, and 3 sheets of dimensional elements for $99.00. If you are a hostess, you can use your rewards to receive for 50% off!! If you would like to schedule a gathering and be the hostess to be able to get this amazing deal at 50% off, please email me! You don't want to miss out on this!