tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12175369842382119902024-02-07T06:07:47.795-06:00Clearly Stampingwith Close to My HeartAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.comBlogger494125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-87907434054272385242016-04-21T16:00:00.000-05:002016-04-21T16:00:06.043-05:00Cuttin' Up Blog Hop for Blog Hops with Heart<div style="text-align: center;">
Welcome to our April Blog Hop with Heart: Cuttin' Up Blog Hop!</div>
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I'm so excited to share my project with you this month, all about die cuts! </div>
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If you've come here from <a href="http://www.thegypsychic.com/2016/04/all-things-die-cutblog-hop.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Stephanie's wonderful blog</span></a>, you are in the right place.</div>
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Keep following along as the blog hop makes a perfect circle, full of wonderful die cutting projects and inspiration!</div>
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Now, on with my project...</div>
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I felt like getting messy in my mixed media journal, although I don't know that this project will stay in it...</div>
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I wanted to use some pictures from our fabulous trip to Tybee Island, GA.</div>
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And I had some sand from the beach at Tybee Island.</div>
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So I knew I wanted to use that for my sandy texture on this project.</div>
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And here's the final project:</div>
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For my die cuts, I used mainly Studio Calico dies, cut in my Evolution machine. </div>
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This includes the heart geotag, heart tickets and happy phrase.</div>
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I used the CTMH Artistry Cricut cartridge for the leaves and floral die cut, which is cut and partially tucked behind my photo cluster.</div>
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To create the sand, I used tissue paper, glued to my background. I then painted it with acrylic pants and sand and then used some shimmer mist from Lindy's Stamp Gang.</div>
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The water is created from mixed media paints then sprayed with Dylusion mists and water.</div>
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I then added shimmer mist over that.</div>
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My photo cluster is backed with Glitz Paper Layers-Uncharted Waters.</div>
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The die cuts are cut from a coordinating 6x6 paper pad and some CTMH Kraft paper.</div>
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The Kraft paper was painted first with white gelato and then distress paint.</div>
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Finishing touches included some Thickers and CTMH Aqua dots from my stash.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my mixed media/die cut project!</div>
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I had a lot of fun creating it!</div>
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Be sure to follow our hop to<a href="http://jaymamalme.blogspot.com/2016/04/blog-hop-4-artfully-sent-artiste-cricut.html" target="_blank"> <span style="font-size: large;">Jayma's fabulous blog</span> </a>and check out her wonderful project by clicking on the link!</div>
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Welcome to our January Blog Hop - Planners Gotta Plan<br />
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If you came here from Stephanie's fabulous <a href="http://www.thegypsychic.com/2016/01/planner-theme-blog-hopmy-love-for.html" target="_blank">blog</a>, you are in the right place!<br />
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I am so excited about this theme because I love my planners!</div>
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Yep, that's right, I have two that I use frequently.<br />
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One is to keep track of everything for my family.</div>
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The other is document everything to refer to when I am preserving those memories.</div>
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Quotes, funny stories, what we did.</div>
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Anything that will help me tell the story when I go to do just that.<br />
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That's the one I will be showing you today.<br />
My other one is an Erin Condren planner uncoiled and punched to fit in my Filofax.<br />
I love that one, but am still working on the best way for it to work for me.<br />
It included my to do lists (love that the CTMH rotary stamp has a To Do stamp on it), my appointments for my whole family, grocery lists, goals, etc.<br />
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I decided to use my <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=147" target="_blank">CTMH Everyday Life</a> planner that I got for a bundle for my documenting our everyday. A journal of sorts.<br />
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I used the items that I got with the Planner bundle offered in December, along with the My Crush Everyday Life pages, the Live Your Day Scrapbooking Program (available this month only!) and will be using my page protectors when I get them in my next order.<br />
Be sure to check with your CTMH consultant for the new Everyday Life Planner products.<br />
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This is how I start every month. I got this idea for a CTMH YouTube video.<br />
The cards are from the Live Your Day promotion.<br />
You might notice in the picture above that there are cards that say Birthdays.<br />
I will be using those in my pocket scrapbooking album.<br />
This is more to remind me who needs cards and presents and I can put anniversary dates on there too.<br />
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I added a My Crush Everyday Life page in the middle of this week, with important photos on the back of this page. Since this is where I am documenting memories, I like that I can add photos and memorabilia to this planner too. </div>
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A group photo of my son's Show Choir and a photo of the poster put on his locker the Friday prior to their Show Choir Invitational and the start of Show Choir season.<br />
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Yes, he brings these all home for me to add to our scrapbook.<br />
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That's a peek in my CTMH Everyday Life Planner and how I document my family's stories and memories, so that they are easy to recall when working on our family pocket scrapbooking album.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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Be sure to check out Amie's fabulous planner creativity on her <a href="http://mimimyselfandibykigz.blogspot.com/2016/01/planners-gotta-plan-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">blog</a>, if you haven't already.</div>
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If you have, thank you for joining us on this crafty planner blog hop!</div>
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Happy New Year and Welcome 2016!</div>
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I am very excited to start a New Year and very grateful to all of you who helped make 2015 a great year! </div>
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I appreciate all my followers and customers so much!</div>
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Thanks to this wonderful business, I have met so many wonderful people, many of which I know call friends, but may have never known if I hadn't embarked on this adventure 9.5 years ago.</div>
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I did it to preserve my family's memories with a discount on the products that I loved using.<br />
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And now, it's so much more than even that.</div>
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So thank you for being on this adventure with me!</div>
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The above picture shows how I made my Thank You notes for the students that I work with everyday. I needed some Thank You notes to thank them and their families for the sweet treats that I got spoiled with before break!</div>
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It was so sweet of them to do and I wanted to create a sweet card to thank them.</div>
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But I wanted to create something that I could put together quickly.</div>
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So I pulled out an extra Cut Above kit from 2014 that hadn't been used.</div>
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Instead of a holiday greeting, I chose my M stamp with a Thank You greeting and put these sweet cards together in no time.</div>
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I love A Cut Above cards for that reason!</div>
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Beautiful cards that come together quickly!</div>
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And now for the good stuff for 2016!</div>
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A gorgeous new Seasonal Expressions idea book, which is available to shop from now!</div>
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The new product is all up on my website.</div>
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Shop at <a href="http://www.amymcvey.ctmh.com/">www.amymcvey.ctmh.com</a> at anytime.</div>
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Be sure to check back in the upcoming days for some photos of one of the new workshops, Charlotte.</div>
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It is a gorgeous kit and a whole new way to do workshops that I can't wait to share with you!</div>
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A fabulous new Constant Campaign for National Papercrafting Month!</div>
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I will be using this fabulous PML card set in both my album and my planner...stay tuned for more details on that coming up soon!</div>
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2016 is definitely looking good!</div>
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Welcome to the December Blog Hop with Heart.<br />
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This month our theme is White Pines with a 12 Days of Christmas Twist.<br />
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Here's the list of all the super talented bloggers participating in this month's Blog Hops with Heart.</div>
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I decided to have a little fun with the theme.</div>
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I wanted to use the gold theme in the song and then I noticed that there is 5 rings on the top of the SOTM's mason jar stamp!</div>
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I started with a subtle White Pines paper that included Glacier in it's color since I knew the bottom of the jar would have a light blue watercolor wash for the water that the flowers were in.</div>
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I also knew that I wanted to use the Thank You sentiment and highlight how the White Pines papers can be versatile.</div>
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On my watercolor paper, I stamped the mason jar and the flowers with versamark ink and then heat embossed the images with gold embossing powder.</div>
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I also heat embossed the sentiment on a scrap of Fern CS, found in my White Pines paper pack.</div>
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I used my watercolors and paintbrushes to paint the water in the jar and the flowers.</div>
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Once dried, I assembled the card and added the gold shimmer trim across the watercolored image.</div>
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I added the sentiment on top of the shimmer trim with my 3D foam tape.</div>
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If you didn't start out at <a href="http://mimimyselfandibykigz.blogspot.com/2015/12/white-pines-blog-hop-featuring-12-days.html" target="_blank">Amie's blog here</a>, then be sure to follow along and check her beautiful artwork.</div>
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Thank you so much for joining us and hopping along!</div>
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We appreciate it so much!</div>
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Thanks for stopping by and have a crafty day!</div>
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~Amy</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-6230781853211275202015-11-24T16:00:00.000-06:002015-11-28T14:35:20.546-06:00Blog Hops with Heart - Hopping with Sangria and Gratitude<br />
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I am so grateful to join in on this great blog hop with such talented CTMH consultants!<br />
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I loved the Sangria paper pack from the moment that I saw it.</div>
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It's gorgeous colors and designs caught my attention right away!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6916&ci=76" target="_blank">Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1</a></span></div>
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When making this card, I used one of the card designs from Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1 How-To Program for inspriration.</div>
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I stitched the first background paper onto my card base with gold thread and my sewing machine.</div>
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I cut out and inked the edges of the chevron pattern paper in Cocoa ink.</div>
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I put my desert sand CS piece through my Cuttlebug machine with my Vine Embossing Folder and then swiped the top of the embossed piece with Cocoa ink.</div>
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I attached my chevron piece down and then my Gold Shimmer Trim.</div>
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I then layered my embossed piece on top.</div>
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Finally, I used the rock and roll technique on my pumpkin stamp.</div>
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I first inked the stamp up in Sunset ink and then rocked the edges with New England Ivy ink. I also gently tapped it down once in the New England Ivy ink to pick up a little more green on the inside of the pumpkin.</div>
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I then fussy cut out my stamped image and placed it on the top.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my peek at Sangria and Gratitude!</div>
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If you started with <a href="http://mimimyselfandibykigz.blogspot.com/2015/11/hopping-with-gratitude-and-sangria.html" target="_blank">Amie's blog</a>, you've made it all the way through!</div>
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I occasionally invite people to design projects for me to share using CTMH product. I have invited Kathy Piere to design projects for me before. See those projects <a href="http://www.clearlystamping.blogspot.com/2014/07/guest-pl-card-designer-kathy-piere.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Today Kathy used my Zoe Pocket Scrapbooking Kit and came up with this gorgeous layout.</div>
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I have one more kit available for the Zoe Pocket Scrapbooking kit. If you are interested, please contact me. This kit contains Zoe papers, a full Zoe Complements pack, die cuts with stamped images and an assortment of product from the Zoe Assortment and Green Triangle Gems, as well as 12 inches of Coral Glimmer Trim.</div>
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2 kits are already spoken for! 1 kit available.<br />
Be sure to <a href="mailto:clearlystamping@live.com" target="_blank">contact me</a> now to claim your kit.<br />
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Introducing the NEW <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=83" target="_blank">Artistry Cricut Collection</a>!<br />
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Sorry it's been awhile since my last post, but I had shoulder surgery recently.</div>
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I had to pull out this month's Stamp of the Month, Ice Cream Dreams.</div>
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I LOVE this stamp set.</div>
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When making backgrounds, I combined Mermaid Lagoon, Abandoned Coral and Twisted Citron distress inks and it kind of reminded me of a snow cone, so I just had to use the <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8226&ci=1766" target="_blank">Ice Cream Dream</a> stamp set!</div>
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The idea is coloring a project each day.</div>
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And don't forget to pick up your Stamp of the Month, Ice Cream Dreams for only $5 with a $50 purchase or $17.95.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-44083743373655525202015-04-21T19:59:00.001-05:002015-04-21T19:59:06.445-05:00Typed Note and Just Sayin'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While looking at <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8224&ci=1764" target="_blank">Typed Note</a> and Just Sayin', I decided to take the shapes on the May 2015 SOTM: Just Sayin' and make an ice cream cone. Yum!</div>
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To make the ice cream cone, I used the <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6851&ci=690" target="_blank">Cashmere</a> and <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6847&ci=686" target="_blank">Saddle</a> ink pads to make the cone out of the triangle by using the rock and roll technique.</div>
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For the ice cream, I stamped the circle in <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5445&ci=678" target="_blank">Lagoon</a> ink and cut it in half. I attached both on the white cardstock (cut 2.5x3.5).</div>
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My final touch was sequins from the <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8447&ci=2165" target="_blank">Oceanside</a> and <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8448&ci=2167" target="_blank">Coral Reef Sequins</a>, as well as<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7679&ci=941" target="_blank"> Black and Grey Epoxy Bubbles</a>.</div>
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The <a href="http://www.sweetstampshop.com/" target="_blank">Sweet Stamp Shop</a> is having a grand re-opening going on now.</div>
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I created a PL card with the new Oolong stamp set image.</div>
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I used a retired paper pack and the <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6916&ci=76" target="_blank">Make It From Your Heart Vol. 1</a> for the card design.</div>
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I often use the How To card designs and adapt them for my pocket scrapbooking cards.</div>
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I then colored the image with my Copics.</div>
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I then added the sequins from the <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8447&ci=2165" target="_blank">Oceanside Sequins</a>.</div>
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I loved how it turned it and just want to thank Nicole Rixon once again for the opportunity to be a guest designer for Sweet Stamp Shop.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-23093300576424442832015-03-22T09:22:00.002-05:002015-03-22T09:22:57.212-05:00Watercoloring for the 30 Day Coloring Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
Today I am going to share a cute little pocket scrapbooking card that I watercolored with my distress inks. And yes, it is another sneak peek of what is coming in Seasonal Expressions 2!</div>
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I really love this darling little dog found on the Friendly Pets stamp set (available April 1st).</div>
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I started by stamping my image in Black Soot Distress Ink (after stamping off on scrap paper twice so that I could just see the outline) onto Watercolor Paper. I used a variety of browns for the dog body. I also used some Spun Sugar in there to add a little pink to the light browns for the belly of the dog.</div>
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See that tail. It was added due to some of the ink running as I watercolored. So he has a little tail added. The heart balloon was colored using Seedless Preserves, mixed with Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord. I then used a Copic Black Multiliner Pen (0.1) to outline the whole image.</div>
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Finally I added the grass with a combination of Cracked Pistachio, Iced Spruce and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks.</div>
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To watercolor with my Distress Inks, I apply some ink to my craft mat and pick it up with a damp/wet watercolor brush.</div>
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This is just one of many ways that I have used my distress inks to watercolor.</div>
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I am going to link this up to Kathy Racoosin's Blog, The Daily Marker, for her 30 Day Coloring Challenge.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-89570671343410463352015-03-21T21:00:00.000-05:002015-03-22T09:06:36.763-05:00 30 Day Coloring Challenge and Another Sneak Peek<div style="text-align: center;">
I got to enjoy the company of some good friends today and spent my time making some projects with the new product coming on April 1st.</div>
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For this project, I worked with a hostess stamp. I absolutely love the images on this stamp, but chose to try this out with the simple heart shape, as I would have to fussy cut the shape.</div>
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I colored with my pigment inks once again.</div>
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For this pocket card, I used twilight and lagoon for the blue hearts and gypsy and thistle for the purple heart. </div>
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The shapes on this stamp set are formed with words, which adds to the beauty of this set.</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8057&ci=1567" target="_blank">Ranger Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6837" target="_blank">Adventure Mini Pigment Pads Pack</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Search.aspx?SearchValue=z2504" target="_blank">Whimsy Mini Pigment Pads Pack</a> (Twilight is retired, but there are other blues to use in it's place)</div>
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Paper Bird Stamp Set (available 4-1-15 as a hostess reward)</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this quick little pocket scrapbooking card!</div>
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Be sure to check out all my sneak peeks this week!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-86497975166782824852015-03-20T19:11:00.002-05:002015-03-20T19:11:47.328-05:00Catch Up with Picture My Life Pocket Scrapbooking<div style="text-align: center;">
I thought I would show you how easy it is to catch up on some scrapbooking with our Picture My Life Pocket Scrapbooking system.</div>
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I love pocket scrapbooking and aside from an occassional layout, it is the only way I scrapbook anymore. I get more done and in albums for my family and friends to enjoy and ultimately, that is what is important to me.</div>
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In these examples from my scrapbook of my childrens' early years (yes, these photos are from 2001), I used the Heartstrings Picture My Life cards.</div>
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These cards are only available (along with the Hopscotch cards) until the end of the month, so be sure to pick you set up today.</div>
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I still need to add a little journaling and dates to these layouts, but they are essentially done. I did these and 4 other 2 page layouts while watching Downton Abbey one night.</div>
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I love how much I can get done, in such a short amount of time.</div>
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Other then a pen to add journaling and my album, that's all I needed to preserve these memories for my family.</div>
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Be sure to check the Picture My Life Scrapbooking system out today.</div>
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It was a definite game changer for my scrapbooking style.</div>
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I can't say enough about it.</div>
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Have questions about pocket scrapbooking or in the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA area and interested in holding or attending a workshop for pocket scrapbooking? Be sure to contact me for more details. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02108783108426633025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1217536984238211990.post-16467276607977362952015-03-19T20:55:00.001-05:002015-03-19T20:55:20.070-05:00Sneak Peek from the New Seasonal Expressions 2: Available on April 1st and the 30 Day Coloring Challenge<div style="text-align: center;">
I am so excited to announce the launch of Seasonal Expressions 2 on April 1st. </div>
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I have spent some time this month working on some projects with the new product.</div>
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And with today's project, I am joining in on the 30 Day Coloring Challenge from The Daily Marker.</div>
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I had so much fun making this project, a card for my Project Life album, using a technique as shown by <a href="http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/2015/03/video-coloring-with-pigment-ink-giveaway.html" target="_blank">Jennifer McGuire</a>. I blended the color onto the flowers using pigment inks and my finger.</div>
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Wavy Blooms Stamp Set</div>
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This technique was fun and the colors blended beautifully and are so very vibrant.</div>
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To make the flowers shiny and make the color stand out even more, I clear embossed the flowers after adding the pigment ink and blending it. </div>
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I have to agree with Jennifer, the results are vibrant and beautiful.</div>
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I am also going to link this to Kathy Racoosin's blog, The Daily Marker, for her 30 Day Coloring Challenge. I am a little late to the game, but am going to try to do as many of the remaining days as possible. For those that don't know, the 30 Day Coloring Challenge is just that. </div>
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A challenge to color something each day.</div>
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Hope you will join me in this challenge. Be sure link up to <a href="http://www.thedailymarker.com/2015/03/day-one-30-day-coloring-challenge-giveaway/" target="_blank">Kathy's blog</a> or use #thedailymarker30day on Instagram.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to stop by and check out some more sneak peeks for the Seasonal Expressions 2 idea book supplement.</div>
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~Amy</div>
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I enjoyed making some Valentines this year that used CTMH Stamps and papers.</div>
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These were created by using several CTMH Stamps and embossing them with white embossing powder on watercolor paper.</div>
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Once I embossed the stamped images, I used distress inks and a paintbrush to add the background colors.</div>
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I dried the background and then dropped water on it and dabbed it off to get spots of colors that were bleached of some of it's color. I learned this technique from Kristina Werner at <a href="http://kwernerdesign.com/">http://kwernerdesign.com</a>.</div>
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For this card, I used a masking technique with CTMH stamps.</div>
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I added the I "heart" U with the heart from the Cutie Pie Stamp Set (retired) and the I and U from Studio Calico's Ben and Alex Stamp Set.</div>
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I embossed these with the Zing Red Metallic Embossing Powder, in order to help it stand out.</div>
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I wrote the word Valentine with my pen.</div>
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I then layered the Whisper CS with some Teal Glitter Paper and some patterned paper from the Heartstrings Paper Pack.</div>
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Supplies used:</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8327&ci=1967" target="_blank">Doodled Designs Stamp Set</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8353&ci=1939" target="_blank">Mini Valentine Stamp Set</a><a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8355&ci=1941" target="_blank"></a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8355&ci=1941" target="_blank">XOXO Stamp Set</a></div>
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Staford Watercolor Paper</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=251&ci=4" target="_blank">Black CS</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=239&ci=847" target="_blank">White Card Bases and Envelopes</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8056&ci=1565" target="_blank">Ranger White Embossing Powder</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=510&ci=1704" target="_blank">Heating Gun</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=972&ci=1703" target="_blank">Versamark Ink</a></div>
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Distress Inks: Worn Lipstick, Festive Berries, Seedless Preserves and Picked Raspberries</div>
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Cutie Pie SOTM (December 2014-Retired)</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7982&ci=1430" target="_blank">Teal Glitter Paper</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8281&ci=1849" target="_blank">Heartstrings Paper Pack</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=251&ci=4" target="_blank">Black CS</a></div>
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Zing Red Metallic Embossing Powder</div>
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Memento Black Ink</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7763&ci=783" target="_blank">LePen Journaling Pen</a></div>
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I hope you have a fabulous Valentine's Day and enjoyed this peek at a few of my projects!</div>
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Be sure to check out all my projects here and find all these supplies and more on my website.</div>
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And remember to check out our new albums, which are buy one and get one half off during the month of February.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you a fabulously crafty day!</div>
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~Amy</div>
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I had fun with this card and this technique.</div>
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It is a double embossing technique, as taught by Jennifer McGuire.</div>
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Products used:</div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8272&ci=1790" target="_blank">Cute Koalas Stamp Set</a></div>
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A Little Everything Stamp Set (retired)</div>
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Versafine Ink</div>
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ShinHan Twin Touch Markers : <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8113&ci=1292" target="_blank">WG4</a>, <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8114&ci=1295" target="_blank">WG7</a>, <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8097&ci=1319" target="_blank">BR116</a>, <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8110&ci=1283" target="_blank">RP198</a>, <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8115&ci=1298" target="_blank">colorless blender</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7183&ci=842" target="_blank">Glitter Paper (Black & Grey)</a></div>
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<a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382&ci=23" target="_blank">White Daisy CS</a></div>
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Ranger Embossing Powders: <a href="http://amymcvey.ctmh.com/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8056&ci=1565" target="_blank">White</a> and Liquid Platnium</div>
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This technique is far simpler then it looks, but it really makes an impact on your cards.</div>
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You first emboss the sentiment on your background.</div>
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Stamp, color and cut your focal image.</div>
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Emboss again, over the image.</div>
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Line up the image and the sentiment and attach.</div>
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Thanks for stopping by!</div>
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~Amy</div>
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