August CTMH Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop!!

Yeah!! Welcome to my contribution to the Close To My Heart August SOTM Blog Hop!! I'm thankful that you've stuck with it this long. This is my FIRST blog hop too, so I hope you enjoy it.



This month we are featuring August's Stamp of the Month which is "It's Your Day", a 26 piece stamp set. If you've just come from Pam's blog, then you're still on the right path. If this is your first stop, you might want to start at the beginning at Jena's blog. If you get lost, I have the list at the bottom of this post.


There are an AMAZING 64 Close To My Heart Consultants participating in this month's SOTM blog hop! All the artwork uses the August SOTM as well as all the other fantastic CTMH products you can get from any of us.....hopefully through me! Ha ha! Remember that the SOTM is only available through the end of August, and you can even earn it for FREE!! Ask me how!



Here we go......

I obviously wanted this card to be fun and bright. You can't really tell to well from the picture, but I used clear embossing power on top of the three cake pieces. I also didn't have any Hydrangea cs for my main sentiment, so I just inked up my circle until I got the desired color.

Stamps I used differently:

1. I used the dotted line from the "for" stamp as a dot border around my main image. This would normally be used as a line to write what the event is for.

2. I used the "birthday list" stamp by inking each saying separately with my marker and using it for the candle stems. This would probably by used as just a check list on a Bday page.

3. I then used the super small "candle" stem stamp multiple times to get the length of candle I needed to include my entire sentiment.

4. Lastly, I used REVERSE side of one of the "candle flame" stamps to create my dotted background.

Materials: All CTMH. "It's Your Day" August SOTM, "Fringed Phrases" ss (main sentiment), "Connections" ss, Whoops-A-Daisy L2pp, Key Lime and White Daisy cs, watermelon, crystal blue, hydrangea, key lime, and black inks, black marker, white daisy ric-rac Coluzzle circle cutter, clear embossing powder, sparkles, window charms, 3D pop dots.

Now hop on over to Shannon's blog to keep the party going!

If you've gotten lost along the way......

Jena DeVries
http://www.livelovelaughscrapbook.blogspot.com/
Kristie Horness-Herdener
http://www.goofyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Carla Ironside
http://www.carlacreates.blogspot.com/
Deb Young
http://www.scrapbookczar.blogspot.com/
Alanna Moses
http://www.damoses.blogspot.com/
Paige Dolecki
http://www.paigespaperparadise.blogspot.com/
Wendy Kessler
http://www.myscrapbookingblog.com/
Heather Painchaud
http://www.twindragonflydesigns.blogspot.com/
Helen Onulak
http://www.hookedonstamping.com/
Barbra Otten
http://barbraotten.blogspot.com/
Haley Dyer
http://www.inkyscrapper.blogspot.com/
Nona Davenport
http://www.nonapearl.blogspot.com/
Michelle Robinson
http://www.amaizenbluelady.typepad.com/
Cindy Leek
http://www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com/
Melissa Laverty
http://www.fancymelissa.blogspot.com/
Katy Donaldson
http://www.scrappinkaty.blogspot.com/
Amy McVey
http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com/
Tammy Lea Pinchard
http://www.creativeimpressions-pinchme.blogspot.com/
Leslie Markland
http://pandascrapper.blogspot.com/
Judy Burger
http://makingtimeformemories.blogspot.com/
Laurie R Newton
http://scrapsfromthebeach.blogspot.com/
Kami Welter
http://www.scrappin4memories.blogspot.com/
Tracy Oleksak
http://www.mamaolie.blogspot.com/
Karen Norman
http://www.gettinscrappywithit.blogspot.com/
Chris Shouse
http://www.houseostamps.wordpress.com/
Cibele Glazer
http://www.flowerfoot.blogspot.com/
Debra Van Patten
http://memoriesoftheheartbydeb.blogspot.com/
Terrie Dodd
http://www.my-life-in-real-time.blogspot.com/
Jamia Bankhead
http://www.papermadnessinc.blogspot.com/
Anne Beck
http://www.anniemuses.blogspot.com
Jennifer Patrick
http://www.roxybonds-scrappin.blogspot.com/
Laurie Levnik
http://www.creationsbylaurie.blogspot.com/
Lori Miller
http://www.clearlyfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Brae Montgomery
http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com/
Dawn Ross
http://www.iamahappystamper.blogspot.com/
Dawn Slipcevic
http://dawnscrapsalot.blogspot.com/
Barbara Harris
http://www.paper-creations117.blogspot.com/
Carol Taggio
http://craftycarol55.blogspot.com/
Jill Lucas
http://scrapwench.blogspot.com/
Chris Green
http://www.createwithchris.blogspot.com/
Nancy Ball
http://www.ballisticdesign.blogspot.com/
Dawn Heuft
http://www.stamptildawn.blogspot.com/
Kelly Triggs
http://www.stampinallday.blogspot.com/
Beth Naumann
http://www.bethscreativeblock.blogspot.com/
Antoinette Herrin
http://www.godblessyourart.blogspot.com/
Jessica Booth
http://jessicabooth.blogspot.com/
Jen Rubio
http://www.jenrubio.blogspot.com/
Misty Jackson
http://www.misstscraps.blogspot.com/
Adeline E. Brill
http://adeline-brill.blogspot.com/
Lori Leng
http://www.pinkcloudscrappers.blogspot.com/
Pam Klassen
http://eimmap.blogspot.com/
Pamela OConnor
http://www.cherishyourmemories.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Royal
http://www.craftroyalty.blogspot.com/
Caren Goldsein
http://www.scrappycaren.blogspot.com/
Shannon Pelletier
http://www.shannonmvt.blogspot.com/
Sherry Thompson
http://www.picturespatternsandpaper.blogspot.com/
Maricar Harris
http://www.maricarharris.blogspot.com/
Traci Godbee
http://createwithtraci.blogspot.com/
Laura Dame
http://www.thecroppersconnection.blogspot.com/
Miranda Kurz
http://www.scrampinwithmiranda.com/
Leisa Hubley
http://www.bigredscraps.blogspot.com/
Julia Menssen
http://www.ralphandjulia.blogspot.com/
Jan Moxey
http://scrapandstamp4ever.blogspot.com/
Jody Gustafson
http://www.cre8nmemories.blogspot.com/