Joyful Stars October Blog Hop

Well...it's that time again! Time for another blog hop. As always, I'm excited to see what this group of talented consultants have created for you again this month. The hop is a circle, so it doesn't matter if you are coming from Betty's Blog or if you start here on my blog. Just continue around until you get back to the blog you started on to make sure you see all of the wonderful artwork!

Funny story about this project. I have wanted to make one of these for a long time, so I created this one last weekend as the monthly project with my club members. As one of the girls was paging through the catalog, she saw a very similar project on page 74 with the Snowhaven Paper pack. Since school started, I haven't looked at my catalog much at all in the past month or so, and I had never even noticed it! So...this was not scrap-lifted, but it is funny to see the similarities. Oh well...

This one is made of three different sized rosette flowers. I used a chipboard circle as the base, and lots of hot glue to hold it all together!

Close to my Heart Supplies Used:
X7188B - Snowhaven Paper Packet
Z1935 - Black & Grey Epoxy Bubbles
Slate Polka-Dot Ribbon (retired)

Next please head on over to Andrea's Blog to see what she has created for us this month. Thanks for hopping along with us. For a full list of all participating bloggers, please click here. Be sure to come back next month for more inspiration and to see more fabulous CTMH products!

Joyful Stars August Blog Hop

It's hard to believe that it's already time for another blog hop! I can hardly wait to see what all of the talented consultants participating in this hop have created for you this month. This blog hop will be especially exciting because it will contain all NEW PRODUCT from the Annual Inspirations catalog that went live on August 1st. The hop is a circle, so it doesn't matter if you are coming from my friend Stephanie's Blog or if you start here on my blog. Just continue around until you get back to the blog you started on to make sure you see all of the wonderful artwork!

This month, I would like to share with you a 5"x7" card that I made featuring a removable ornament. I started with the stamp called Classy Doily. I stamped the image eight times on the corresponding cuts from the Cricut Artiste cartridge. Next, I used our brand new ShinHan Touch Twin alcohol markers to color the images. Then, I cut the images and adhered them together using foam tape. The ornament has several layers, which creates a great deal of dimension. I repeated this process for the back side so that the ornament can be viewed from any angle. Finally, I cut the scalloped circle from the center of the card so that the ornament can be seen on both the outside and the inside of the card. The ornament is attached to the card using metallic bakers twine and two pewter brads. I used the Snowhaven paper pack to create this card.

Close to my Heart Supplies Used:

X7188B - Snowhaven Paper Packet
B1424 - Classy Doily Stamp 
Z1921 - Baker's Twine Neutral Metallic Assortment
Z2647 - Warm Grey 4 Touch Twin Marker
Z2448 - Carmine Touch Twin Marker
Z2465 - Turquoise Blue Touch Twin Marker
Z2461 - Peacock Green Touch Twin Marker

Next please head on over to Andrea's blog to see what she has created for us this month. Thanks for hopping along with us. For a full list of all participating bloggers, please click here. Be sure to come back next month for more inspiration and to see more fabulous new CTMH products!