A little "Taste of Summer"

Welcome to the Rose Blossom's Taste of Summer Blog Hop. If you came from Cathy's blog you are in the right spot. I hope you find lots of inspiration and enjoy hopping.

Nothing screams summer more than camping!! I decided to combine the adorable little Camper Crazy set with the bold fun prints from the special Taste of Summer paper pack. I came up with a fun little set of cards.

Here is a the first card. I used some Sparkles, Chalk It Up Assortment,  and the Lavender and Turquoise Blue ShinHan Twin Touch Markers.

Here I used some of my favorite new to me embellishment Sequins and Cherry Pink, Tender Pink, and Vivid Green ShinHan Touch Twin Markers.  I also cannot get enough of the Shimmer Trim I used Silver on this card.

Here I decided to go green with some wooden embellishments from the Timberline Assortment and I used the Vivid Green and Pastel Green markers. I also used a little bit of black bakers twine here.

Here is a the last card of the set I used Cherry Pink, Pastel Peach, Turquoise Blue, and Leaf Green markers. Another wood complements from Timberline, Triangle Studs and some fun Yellow Washi Tape (who knew this was so fun to use?).

From here you can go back to Brenda's blog. Thanks for stopping by.

A new beginning....for Fall

As you may or may not know I am finishing up the Artiste in August blog hop...wow was that ever fun! If you were following me each day you may also be wondering where do I go from here...whatever will I do with myself every single day now that I am not sharing a project a day. Well I am super excited to tell you I have rejoined the SOTM Blog Hop. It is one of the things I really missed when I was not a consultant. I know that is only once a month but believe me I will have plenty of other things to share with you. So without furthur adu welcome, welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!!!

This month we are featuring September's SOTM, which is Fall Favorites. This set of 11 is a perfect set for fall and I know that you are going to just love all the projects we have to share. If you have come from Erin Schulte's Blog you are on the right path. The blog hop is a big circle, so if you are just getting here you can always start here and work your way around. If you find yourself getting lost please know that you can always find the full list of participating consultants here. So settle in grab a drink and enjoy the show...this month we have over 60 consultants hopping.

I love fall so this stamp set is a must have for me!  I originally had planned on making something with the scarecrow cause he is just so darn cute. I started flipping through my photos and came across these and I knew just I had to use the pumpkins instead.

I love the new Make it from your Heart book. I used a pattern from there along with the Artiste cartridge to cut the fancy sidebars. Along the top of the photo's I used the stamp "pumpkin patch...pumpkin patch...pumpkin patch". 

Here is a close up of my title. I stamped fall and popped the A and cut FUN from Artiste.





Here you can see my pumpkins and my coloring with our new Alcohol Markers....have I mentioned yet how much I{heart} them!

Supplies:
Cardstock - Colonial White, Goldrush, Black, New England Ivy
Paper Packet: Moonlight
Ink: Black, New England Ivy
Stamps: Fall Favorites
Markers: Autumn Terracotta, Sky, Olive, Tuby,
Other: Artste, Black Brads, Make it From Your Heart, Pop dots


Now "hop" on over to Kim Schnoor's blog to see what she made with the September Stamp of the Month! Don't forget this adorable stamp set Fall Favorites is only avalable until September 30th so contact your CTMH consultant to order, or shop here.

Be sure to check in next week because I have some really exciting news to share with all of you!!!

Artiste - Day 25 & A Favorite...Markers!

Hi everyone!!! Are you so excited to be here? I am so happy to see you. Today I have a dual hop going on. The Artiste hop where you probably came from Kathy's blog and something new I will be doing each month...My Favorite {CTMH} Things team blog hop!

Our Playing with Paper team which is run by our fearless leader Jayma Malme will be sharing artwork each month featuring some of our favorite products from CTMH. If you have come here from Norhalma Verzosa's blog, then you are on the right path.

So, what am I featuring from Artiste today and what is my favorite thing (how can I just pick one)? Well...you probably know the answer to that - markers! You know how I love to color!!!

I decided to make a card today it feels like it has been forever and ever so here you go.

 Have you seen this set with the space ships? I cannot help myself I just love it! LOVE it...I do not even have boys but I talked myself into it saying maybe my little one will get invited to boy parties haha! Really I just think it is stinking adorable and I had to have it.

The coolest part of this stamp set is that it coordinates with the Artiste cartridge and can have all of the shape of the stamp can be cut [the rocket, a spaceman, a planet, and a space ship] just to name a few.

Something magical happened with this card. It is totally my design no sketch or anything. I was working a deadline and talking on the phone...while charging the phone. So I was multi-tasking in a major way so I had to stand at my kitchen counter plugged into the wall when I made this and so I had not sketches near by so I just reached deep and this is what came out. I hope you like it.

One thing I love to do with my coloring is blend it. I am pretty familiar with Copic markers and have really been having a great time playing with our new alcohol markers. Another fun trick is to add some layers it makes te coloring just pop right off the page even more.

Now please hop on over to Rachel Rustics blog and see what her favorite thing is.

If you are following the Artiste hop this month then you probably will remember to head on over to Jen's blog and check out her project.

Supplies: 
CTMH unless otherwise noted
Cardstock - White Daisy, Black
Pattern Paper - Clementine
Ink - Black
Stamps - Outta this world
Marker - Olive, Indian Corn Blue, Ruby, Autumn Terracotta
Embelishments - Opaques Licorice Gems

You can find all of those supplies on my web site here