May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

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 Stamp of the Month 

May Blog Hop

We are featuring May's SOTM, which is You've Got A Friend, a set of 5 stamps.  

If you have come here from Terry Ann's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants here on Kathleen's blog.

This month we have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. 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!

I paired this month's SOTM with one of my favorite papers from the Jubilee paper packet X7181B.  Most of the cards are matted on Outdoor Denim cardstock.  Other cardstock used are Cranberry, Topiary, and Honey.

Additional Supplies:  Although we have hundreds of shapes on our Cricut cartridges, I didn't find an apple.  So if anyone else has found one, please let me know.  I  found this apple on another Cricut cartridge I had for school projects.

Additional supplies: Red Shimmer Trim Z1848, 3D foam tape.

I kept seeing a face whenever I looked at this stamp.  So to I had to add googley eyes to bring a face to this humorous thank you card.  Shimmer trim was also used on this card.

Additional supplies: Cranberry Baker's Twine Z1751, Bitty Sparkles Z1263 on the stars, and retired Stardust Glitz gel on the moon, and 3D foam tape.  The moon craters (not too visible here) were created with a texture stamp.

Additional Supplies: Owls B1450, a fine line black journaling pen, googley eyes for a little extra personality, 3D foam tape, and Hook and Loop Dots (Z1805) to keep the flap part of the card closed.

Now "hop" on over to Pam's Blog  to see what she's crafted for this hop.  Be sure to visit all the consultants' blogs to get some creative ideas for this stamp set.  Remember the May SOTM is only available until May 31rst!  Contact your CTMH consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this $17.95 stamp set for only $5.

Calendar Updates

April - May Events

Samples of the items for the workshops on this schedule are - or will be - published 

on this blog.   Click on the Workshops tab at the top of the page to bring up the workshops. 

Hope you'll join me to snip, work with your snaps, and scrap soon. 

Workshop/crop	Day and date	Time	Fee	Register by:
6 page Scrap workshop Lollydoodle paper	Thursday, 4/24	Doors open 5:00 – come to fit your schedule	$25.89	Pre-ordered materials
Open Crop	Friday, 4/25	Doors open 5:30 Supper available	Donations to Operation Smile	Thursday, 4/24
All Occasion Cards including graduation cards Card in a box available $3	Tuesday, 4/29	2 – 4:30 and 6:30 – 9:00	$1.50 per card Card in a box $3	Monday, 4/28
National Scrapbooking Month Special All Day Crop	Saturday, May 10	9 a.m. – 9p.m.	$20 includes meals, prizes	Monday, 5/5
6 page Scrap workshop Ivy Lane Paper	Thursday, May 15	Doors open 5:00 – come to fit your schedule	TBA – but usually between $21 - $24 including paper pack and extra supplies	Pre-order materials by May 5
Technique Time Card workshop  Work with Painters tape and Paint sample cards	Tuesday, May 27	2 – 4:30 and 6:30 – 9:00	$1.50 per card	Tuesday, May 20

All Occasion Card Workshop

Tuesday, April 29th

2:00 - 4:30 and 6:30 - 9:00

• Please contact me to register for the workshop by Saturday, April 26.
• $1.50 per card - make as many as you care to
• If you missed the card-in-a-box workshop, you may also work on that.
• Here are samples of what will be available.
• Any of the sentiments on the card may be changed to suit your needs.

This card has a pocket to hold money or a gift card.  
It can also be made to match your graduate's school colors.

The graduation cap and medallion behind it can also be made to
match graduate's school colors.

Color Dare #88

It's been a while since I've been able to participate in a card challenge.  As I was working on cards for my April  card workshop, the idea for this card for the Color Dare challenge popped into mind.  It was inspired by Toni Hinchcliffe's entry in the CTMH April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop, Ballloon Talk.  The stamps were placed backwards on the blocks to achieve the color blocking.   The word "Hi!" and the flowers are from CTMH retired stamp sets.  Thanks, Toni, for the color blocking idea.  This was fun.

To see what fun others have had using these colors visit Color My Heart Color Dare.

 March Scrapbook Workshop Layouts

Skylark Paper Pack 

This is the workshop I offered in March.  Due to some technical difficulties I was having 

last month, I wasn't able to post this before the workshop.

                                                                           

                                  A                                             B

The flowers on this layout are made using the Art Philosophy Cartridge.
Washi tape and Aqua Dots were also used to add detail. 

                                C                                                  D

The flowers on this layout are made from 1" circles of B&T paper which were folded 

to a cone shape at the bottom.

                                E                                                 F

  

Happy Easter from the Artbooking Cartridge.

Little girl and rabbit from B1446 Some Bunny Hostess Rewards stamp set.

Fence comes from a non - CTMH Cricut cartridge.

April Scrapbook Workshop

Thursday, April 24th

Featuring Lollydoodle Paper Pack
Doors open 5:30

Pre-order materials no later than April 14th.   Kit includes Lollydoodle paper pack, Lollydoodle complements, extra paper pack and cutting directions.   If you are not in the Racine, WI area to attend this workshop but interested in this workshop, you may order the kit and cutting directions from me.  Click here to contact me. 

           A                                                                                B

Added cardstock Slate and Lagoon. Added accessories Teal Zipper Lace, Aqua Dots, Paper doilies

          C                                                                                   D

This layout includes Lollydoodle complements and frames cut from the Artbooking Cartridge.

           E                                                                                 F

Additional supplies added - Slate, Lollydoodle complements, Green glitter paper

Kathy's April Calendar

◄ March	~ April 2014 ~ Kathy’s  CTMH Events					May ►
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
		1 Beginning of  CTMH New Consultant Special Free CTMH Cricut Cartridge of your choice when you sign on as a consultant See March 16th post on this blog for details.	2	3	4	5
6	7	8 Card in a box workshop 1:00 6:30 $3 for first card, then supplies cost only for any additional cards Last day to register for Kid’s workshop or Spring Card Workshop	9	10 Kids Easter Workshop 3:30 – 6:00   $8 per set Spring Cards Workshop 6:30 $1.50 per card Please bring adhesive	11	12 Kid’s Easter Workshop 9:30 - Noon  $8 per set
13 Palm Sunday	14 Last day to order supplies for scrapbooking workshop on April 24	15	16	17 Holy Thursday	18 Good Friday	19 Holy Saturday
20 Easter	21	22	23	24 Scrapbooking workshop Lollydoodle paper pack Doors open 5:30 Come when you can Bring basic cropping supplies	25 Open Crop Night Doors Open 5:30 Light Supper Available	26
27	28	29 Please submit any orders for April Group order will go in tomorrow	30 Last chance for New Consultant Special –See April 1	Notes: See blog for details on Workshops.  Some still not posted but should be there Monday.