Share the Seasons Blog Hop

Welcome to our "Share the Seasons" Blog Hop. Share the Seasons is an exclusive product special available this month only in honor of National Stamping Month!

We've got a brand new Thin Cut and adorable stamp sets for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The images can be placed within the "windows" or you can use them otherwise. There's no doubt you will see some awesome variations as you make the hop. 

For details about the options regarding the "Share the Seasons" special, as well as how you can get them at discount, follow the link. 

If you are coming from Melinda's Blog, you are on the right track. You can find a complete list of participants here. 

I think the mini images are adorable and couldn't resist using them on my creation!

Taking 1" strips of patterned paper, from our Mix-Ins paper pack, I then stamped the images in various colors of ink. The black images were stamped in Intense Black so I could use Watercolor Pencils and a Waterbrush Pen to color them in. Charcoal, Julep, Paprika and Saffron inks were used for the other solid images. 

And...do you see the beautiful bling?! That was achieved by using the Golden Rod Stickles! YES!!!!! Close To My Heart now carries Stickles! With the fine tip, I simply applied it to the clip to achieve this look and added it to the stamped dots for a little more sparkle. I will be buying other colors!

Now head on over to Brandi Robinson's Blog to see what she has created with these special products. Thank you so much for stopping by!

"The Little Things" - Heart 2 Heart Challenge

Consider joining this week's Heart 2 Heart Challenge, "The Little Things". All you have to do is create a papercrafting item, incorporating at least one Close To My Heart product, and then link up to the respective challenge on the Blog. It's that simple and so much fun to see what everyone has to share. We'd love to have you join us!

This card was made incorporating cardstock (Charcoal and Sangria) and patterned paper from the Mix-Ins paper packet. The beautiful Every Little Thing Vellum Thin-Cuts is where I pulled the butterfly. I used watercolor pencils to color the image, on the backside (so when touched the colors doesn't bleed), and then added a Black Dot for the head.

If you're wondering where the sentiment is from, I combined two images from this exclusive stamp set, called "Giving Thanks", and is only available in September. It is Close To My Heart's special for National Stamping Month. There's another cute stamp set for Christmas. The special is called "Share the Seasons". All of its related product can be found through this link.  

Share your artwork through the weekly challenges at Heart 2 Heart. You'll also find some awesome inspiration there. 

Wishing you a GREAT week!