Miracle

I love the versatility of the Miracle papers.  Here is a variety of cards that I have created using these papers.

This was a card for my SIL Sandy's birthday - I used the button punch that she gave me for my birthday - love that thing!  I used the On The Side pattern from Originals.

Here is a close-up of the buttons - the punch embosses them as well so I sanded the Cocoa ones and inked the Colonial White one with Sweet Leaf ink.  I then 'tied' them with strips of paper instead of string.

I just love this Hedgehog from the Happy Forever stamp set - this was the first time I've used this set which was a Stamp of the Month last year, I just remember getting it around the time we moved so it hasn't seen ink until now.  I also used the A Little Everything stamp set and Over the Rainbow stamp set on this card.

One of David's coworkers had a new baby boy - this is the card I made for him using the Center Circles pattern from Wishes and the retired Little Boys stamp set for the dinosaur, Circle Around stamp set for the stitches, and Sweet Baby stamp set for the words.  I added more faux mini brads here.

I thought it matched the gift nicely.

We hosted David's family Easter party - these were the invites that I created.  I started off just cutting the frames using my paper cutter...

...then I remembered that I did have my Coluzzle once again so I cut the frames with that and liked it better when I angled it...

I used one of my dot cuttlebug folders and thanks to the past Stamp of the Month Easter Eggs stamp set, each one was unique!

Here are some long lost projects the girls helped me make - we did these last year when Miracle was one of the monthly specials.  This was a note holder for Kaylee's piano teacher.

These were for Brianna's dance teachers.

I also started working on a page using these papers for Brianna's dance recital pics, but they got packed up before our move and I haven't found them yet - I'm hoping to get them done soon, especially now that Miracle is a full paper pack - they matched Brianna's recital costume perfectly!

A Little Everything - Blog Hop

Welcome to our CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We are featuring the March SOTM, which is called A Little Everything.
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If you get lost along the way or find links that aren't working, click here to find a complete list of participants.
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When you're done here, the next stop is Helen's Blog, so don't forget to keep hopping and check out all the inspirational artwork!
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This stamp set is such an obvious one for cards, so I challenged myself to use it on a scrapbook page. This was such a super quick page, took less than 20 minutes, which is rare for me since I tend to over-think things, but I'm really pleased with the results. I also love how this stamp set matches the new Cocktail Alphabet stamp set as well - which is what I used to stamp her name on this page.


Products Used (all CTMH): Blue Ribbon paper pack, Autumn Harvest Textured CS (Outdoor Denim), new Spring Blossom Just Blooms, Indian Corn Blue ink, Outdoor Denim ink, A Little Everything stamp set, Cocktail Alphabet stamp set, Red Sparkles (retired), Outdoor Denim striped ribbon (retired).
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I also used the following sketch from Creative Scrappers:

Here is another card I've already posted using this stamp set.

Thanks for looking - happy hopping!

Emporium Card Set

I was asked to donate something for a teacher auction that they are having at my girls' school this week, so I decided to do a fun card set. I have always wanted to try one of the card workshops that are in the Wishes book - this was the perfect chance! I used the Just Because workshop starting on page 68, which creates 20 cards, but since I didn't have enough time to do all of them {since I put this project off until the morning it was needed ;-P } I just did the first 8. I was trying to get 10 done but ran out of time, and it's a good thing because I could barely get 8 cards and envelopes in the pouch. Here is the complete set - using the Emporium paper, a favorite of mine!

Speaking of the pouch, I created that from a 6x6 page protector, I just cut off the edge with the holes and added a fun flap that closes with velcro.

I used a mix of stamp sets, with some sneak peeks at some upcoming SOTM sets, so here are the individual cards and coordinating envelopes...

...I'll show you my favorite first - this one uses the upcoming January SOTM - True Friends, along with a heart from the Dazzling Die-Cuts, and I changed some gold brads by heating them and dipping them in Cocoa Embossing Powder

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set

...this one uses the upcoming March SOTM - A Little Everything

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set and a Dazzling Die-Cut tag

...this one uses the upcoming February SOTM - Piece of Cake

...this one uses the Felicity stamp set and another Dazzling Die Cut for the letter 'U'

...this one uses the Happy Birthday stamp set and another heart Dazzling Die-Cut for the card and February SOTM - Piece of Cake for the envelope

...this one uses the upcoming April SOTM - Flower Pot


Thanks for looking!