Kaboom CTMH June Stamp of the Month

 

Welcome to my entry for the June Joyful Stars Blog Hop.  If you arrived here from Nickie's blog, you are on the right track.  I literally threw this card together just in time for tonight's hop...nothing like the last minute!  I wanted to feature this month's CTMH Stamp of the Month, Kaboom.  It has a great summertime, July 4th kind of vibe to it, but I wanted to use it to make a birthday card for my nephew, Ryan.  I used just some scraps from last month's Free To Be Me paper packet.  (Hope you were lucky enough to get one!)  If not, you could easily substitute the CTMH Jubilee paper pack.  The card is based upon the Mojo Monday Sketch 349, a great place for cardmaking inspiration.  I hope you enjoyed this simple card!  Now hop along to see what the talented Janice (The Craftin' Geek) has in store for you!



CTMH Free To Be Me - Joyful Stars May Blog Hop

Welcome to the Joyful Stars blog hop for May!  If you have come here from
Cindy's blog, then you are on the right track.  For this month's Joyful Stars blog hop I have decided to share a layout and a card made from the exclusive new paper packet from Close To My Heart called Free To Be Me.  It is available during the month of May, and it is only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50. 

Here are some up close details of the layout:

 

I added some white cardstock as the base of my layout and card, and I still have the majority of my paper packet left for more projects!  Both projects were so easy to create, and I like how they turned out.  (I must admit, I was intimidated by this paper packet at first.)  I used my CTMH Art Philosophy cartridge to cut those vibrant flower embellishments out of the shiny, embossed solid cardstock contained in the FTBM paper pack.  The word Cherish was cut out of the CTMH Artbooking cartridge and the Happy Mother's Day on the card was from the CTMH Artiste cartridge.  See, I really do love and use all three of my CTMH cartridges!  I little bling and some Teal Shimmer Trim was the only additions to complete my projects.   I hope that you enjoy them.  Please feel free to pin away to your Pinterest boards. 

Now, please hop on to all of the other very talented bloggers, starting with Crystal Davis.

Here is a complete list of bloggers in case you loose your way on the hop!

 Joyce-joyfulcreations.blogspot.com

    Krista Hershberger     Kristascraftycorner.blogspot.com

 Betty Locco             scrapbookgirl2.blogspot.com

    Helen Gullett            byheleng.wordpress.com

    Nancy Brown            creativelyartsygallery.blogspot.com

    Nickie Hoffer               nickiehoffer.blogspot.com

    Lori Meadows           CraftyMeadows.blogspot.com

     Cindy Leek                 savingmemorieswithcindy.com     

Andrea Sherman       girlspluspaper.blogspot.com

        Crystal Davis               craftingwithcrystal.blogspot.com 

        Janice Centritto          craftingeek.blogspot.com        

        Stephanie B                stephanielovesscrapbooking.blogspot.com