Saturday, October 31, 2009

Around the Blog .... I mean Block!

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's SOTM is called Around the Block and it's a fun set of 26. This house stamp will bring the home of your dreams to life. We have over 60 fabulous CTMH Consultants sharing their artwork for this stamp set this month so I hope you'll check them all out! You can view the complete lists HERE.

If you came here from Melissa’s blog then you are at the right place. When you're done here, hop on over to Lori's blog to see her adorable projects

Here is a little card that I did letting our friends and family that “We’ve Moved”
We are so happy in our new home and it seems like I always have these grand plans to make cards but this time since we purchased our home and we are staying I finally did it. When I saw that stamp of the month I knew that it was something I had to really follow through on this time. I love how they turned out. I used some more of my Animal Cookies paper and I think I really am pretty much of out it. Alright alright we all know I have a little bit left so I will see if I can do something more with that soon. Now back to my house! At first I was a little worried that all the piecing together would take a long time but it didn’t take long at all. It also made me have a smile on my face the entire time I was making these cards. I love how all the parts of the house have patterns. In my case and in the card’s case home really is where the heart is. I even made my flowers multi colored by stamping on the polka dot page. I just used brown to color in the window sill. I also pub stickles all over the window and the window in the door because every one loves a little sparkle.
I added some ribbon and a few brads and wala…adorable fun card.

All Products CTMH unless otherwise stated: Animal Cookies Level 2 paper pack, Black Ink, White brads, White silk ribbon (in my stash), Top Notch die (SU)







My next card is all about the mojo. All week ok all month I have been looking for it. While we were in the hotel all I wanted to do was to have my space back and now that I have it back I have been working furiously to get it cleaned up so I can have a little fun. I have made a ton of progress and have gotten quite a few cards done this week. No scrapbooking yet but soon, I can just feel it! Anyway I was looking for some challenges and came across this Monday Mojo sketch and knew that I could come up with a fun card. I decided to show off the bendable capabilities that our stamps have.

I just think this house is so fun and so I decided to make it a round house. It turned out a little silly but so fun and cute. I also got to watercolor on this card. One of my favorite techniques and I love to color! I just used a watercolor pen and the top of the inks. I hope you enjoy it I imagine that little forest animals live in the house. ;)










Products Used (all CTMH): Twitterpatted Level 2 paper pack, Dimensional Elements in Color, Chocolate Ribbon Rounds, Waxy Flax, Mavy scallop punch, Garden Green marker, Sorbet marker, Crystal Blue ink pad, Buttercup ink pad.

Don't forget to hop along to Lori’s and all the rest of this month's participants to see all of their fabulous creations!

25 comments:

  1. Those are darling! I love the bright colors you used. :)

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  2. Your round house would make a great bird house! love it!

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  3. Really diggin the round house but both cards are awesome!

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  4. Cute cards! Great job on both!

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  5. both cards are precious. Best wishes in your new home.

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  6. WOW!! they all look amaizing... you are just so inspirational, I love your cards.

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  7. wow- how creative! love the colors on the first- and the shape of the second!!

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  8. So cute. I would never have thought of using that stamp to make a rounded house. That is why I love this hop. So much inspiration. If only I had more hours in the day.....

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  9. Extremely cute! Congrats on the new house! You did a GREAT job with this set.

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  10. Both cards are really cute and FUN. Love the paper piecing on the first one, and the 'bulging' house is just silly and cute. :)

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  11. Cute cards, and I love the idea of a blog hop! Maybe Shimelle will set one up for us.
    TFP!
    Rinda

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  12. Gorgeous cards....love the bright colours.

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  13. That top notch diecut really makes that first card pop! And the round house on your second card makes me laugh, cute! It reminds me of the Smurfs...is that what they looked like? I don't quite remember.

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  14. Love, Love, Love your take on this set. I also love your play on the title of your post. Thanks for taking me "Outside of the Box" with this set. Beautiful!

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  15. Your cards are so adorable. Love the round house.

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  16. Oh my goodness, that round house is adorable! Brings a chuckle.

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  17. I am glad everyone liked that cards. I thought of a smurf house too as smurfs was my favorite cartoon in elementry school. Well one of them. Ok well off to sing that song for the day...lalala la la la...

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  18. Wow, such fun cards - love the unique shapes you used - TFS!

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  19. OMG - the round house idea - that's adorable!!!! Hmmmm....birdhouses, balloon baskets....you've just opened a world of possibilities - thanks for being an inspiration.

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