For My Beautiful Friend ~ July SOTM Blog Hop

Since it's the first of the month it's time for our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! Each month we feature artwork starring images from the current Stamp of the Month. This month we have a fantastic stamp set called For My Beautiful Friend.

Our blog hop is one big circle so you can hop on and off at your pleasure but I think you're going to want to stay on for the entire ride! Our consultants are very talented and have fantastic and creative ideas! The blog before mine belongs to Brandi Robinson. Click the link in each post to hop to the next blog. It's that easy!

For my card I wanted to showcase some of the smaller images in the set. Sometimes those images get kind of lost among the larger images but they deserve to shine all on their own! I love the small floral border and used it to flank the sentiment. I stamped the border in the middle of my strip and then filled it in on the ends to complete the look. The butterfly and flowers were colored with our TriBlend Markers.  The leaves were colored with a Shimmer Brush. The color on top of the sentiment is an image in the stamp set!

NOTE: A Stamp of the Month is only available in the month it's featured. So For My Beautiful Friend is only available from July 1-31, 2020. You can get the set for only $5 with a qualifying order! Click here for all the details.

For the background I used a pattern from our Brushed pack. This is a Special for July and is a beautiful collection of colors and patterns available in bundles or individually. I also accented with a narrow strip of Glitter Paper.

The butterfly is painted with a shimmer brush and on the flowers I gave them a glittery center using Stickles. Tip: when I added the butterfly I put adhesive on one wing and a piece of foam tape on the other wind. I bent the butterfly a bit in the middle and put it on the card. This gives a little 3D effect and looks so cute!

Close To My Heart products used for this card.

• Stamp Set: For My Beautiful Friend (available July 1-31, 2020)
• White Cards and Envelopes Value Pack
• Paper Pack: Brushed
• Cardstock: White Daisy, Julep
• Specialty Paper: Julep Glitter 
• Exclusive Inks: Intense Black, Canary, Pixie
• TriBlend Markers: Light Yellow, Bright Pink
• Embellishments: Acrylic Hearts, Silver Stickles, Shimmer Brushes--Clear, Julep
• Thin 3D Foam Tape

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Now it's time to see what Darlys Recker has created to inspire us. I know you're going to love it!

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Thanks for hopping by!

Michelle

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Color Dare #137: Cranberry, Hollyhock, Pixie, Canary, Pear & Juniper + Black and White

Guess what time it is? It's time for a new Color My Heart Color Dare!

This week the colors are the ones featured in the Brushed paper pack. What I did here was so very quick and easy. It maybe took me 15 minutes! And that was only because I backed the vellum Compliments onto white cardstock and cut them out. Compliments are a great way to make a project quickly!

All products are Close To My Heart:

--Brushed paper pack

--Brushed Compliments

--White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack

--Gold Sequins

--3D Foam

Let's Go Shopping!

I'd love to be your consultant!

Click here to check out what the Design Team has to inspire you. Then get your craft mojo on and join us for the color dare! Details on how to join are in the sidebar on our home page.

Have a creative day!

Michelle