Heart 2 Heart - Doodling

I am excited about this week's challenge at Heart 2 Heart, "Doodling".  I took the easy way out and headed straight for the "Doodled Designs" stamp set from Close To My Heart.  Then I needed to decide what I was going to do with it and came up with this.

The La Vie En Rose paper pack was used for the B&T and the adorable polka dot strip...yeah...it's one of the zip strips included with this paper pack.  Isn't it too fun?!  How much would you pay to have a full sheet of that beauty?!  Black and the beautiful and new cardstock, Pomegranate, were added as were some floral images stamped with Pomegranate, Pixie and Sweet Leaf.  I doodled around the floral images and "happy" using our Journaling Pen.

Images stamped are from the Hello, Life stamp sets that are part of this month's National Stamping Month promotion.  There's only 9 more days left in the month to celebrate it and get these exclusive stamp sets.

Be sure to link up to this challenge and showcase your fun creation!  It's always fun to see everyone's spin on the topic.  Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart!

Have one awesome week!

Watercolor Your World - Technique Blog Hop

Thank you for joining us this month as we focus on one of our newest products, Watercolor Paints! I have experimented a little bit with them but am looking forward to playing with them a lot more.  I am looking forward to seeing the artwork that is shared through this blog hop and hope you are too!

If you are coming from Michelle's Blog, you are on the right track.  A complete list of participants is provided at the end of this point, should you need to refer back to it.  Now, shall we get started?!

I am about simple but fun and think this card totally conveys both of those principles.  While the focus of the card was to be on the watercolor, I had fun adding a few splashes of paint from the "Ink Blot" stamp set, a sentiment and some bling, of course!

This card front was created on our Watercolor Paper.  I have compared it to others and ours is beautiful, smooth and White Daisy.  Others I have experimented with our ridged and just not as nice.  Buy some.  I think you will agree!  

I did apply water to the area where I would use the watercolors before I applied color, to provide a smooth spreading of the paint.  I did heat set it with a heat tool before moving onto the next part of the card because I did not want to wait.  (It does not take that long to dry naturally.)  The splatters were stamped with Whisper ink.  The "Oh, hey" sentiment, "dots" and purple star are from one of the Hello, Life stamp sets that are only available this month.  (Be sure to order one or all three of them while you can in celebration of National Stamping Month.)  The smaller stars are glitter stars from the Fundamentals Assortment (available in quite a few colors) and totally fun to add when your artwork needs just a bit more.

We appreciate you hopping with us and I enjoy sharing my artwork with you! I hope it is has inspired you to incorporate water paints into your creations!  Now, head on over to Catherine's Blog and check out the fun she created!

Happy hoppin'!

Here is a list of participants:

1. Melissa Robinson *HERE
2. Catherine Nowak
3. Aggie Peters
4. Sheila Bennett
5. Priscilla Gotham
6. Haley Dyer
7. Darlys Recker
8. Denise Elliott
9. Michelle Loncar

Hello Life - National Stamping Month Blog Hop

Welcome to this fun blog hop where we are celebrating National Stamping Month and showcasing three fabulous stamp sets that are only available this month!  Each stamp set has a purpose - cardmaking, scrapbooking and pocket scrapbooking - but that does not mean you cannot use them for some other occasion!  You can get the stamp sets for just $13.95 each this month or save over 15% when you buy all three of them at once, for just $34.95!  In fact, there is no purchase requirement to get these fun sets!  Click HERE for complete details.

CC1041 Hello Life - Cardmaking Stamp Set

CC!042 Hello Life - Pocket Scrapbooking Stamp Set

CC1040 Hello Life - Scrapbooking Stamp Set

If you are coming from Wendy's Blog, you are on the right track.  You can find a complete list of participants by clicking HERE.  

I chose to use the Pocket Scrapbooking stamp set for this greeting card.  I incorporated the fun new paper pack, Georgie, and coordinating ink and cardstock colors - Canary, Slate, Juniper and Glacier. The stamp set has a "baby" theme to it but almost all of the paper patterns offer themselves for other than that as you can see here.  Gotta love the versatility in our products! 

This card was super simple and came together nicely.  I do love the sentiment options available in this stamp set - and the others - but especially love these chevron hearts.  I do think I will be using them again.  I did keep this card rather simple but had to include some bling by incorporating our new Gold Foil Tape (it comes in Gold and Silver).  Don't you just love it?!  And, if you know me, you know 3-Ding (yes, that is a word in the papercrafting word - LOL) some of the items is a must.  Gotta love that dimension and how it makes images pop.

I did random stamp the hearts on the piece of Slate cardstock, in Slate ink, for some added texture on that strip.

Have fun checking out the fun creations made with these exclusive stamp sets and head on over to Brenda's Blog to see what she has created.  Thank you for stopping by!

Happy hoppin'!

Heart 2 Heart Challenges - It's a Color Challenge

Happy National Stamping Month!  I intend on celebrating this month as much as possible, papercrafting away!  :)  How about you?

Thank you for joining us at Heart 2 Heart this week for a challenge to incorporate these beautiful colors into your artwork:

In CTMH colors that translates to Topiary, Lagoon, Glacier, Sorbet and Cranberry.

I decided to incorporate one of the new and exclusive stamp sets made for National Stamping Month on my card.  I totally love all three of them and you can either buy them separately or get more than a 15% discount when you buy all three of them at the same time.  Here they are.  Aren't they fun?!  You can click HERE for full details.  I used the top stamp set for my card.

To create this card I did pull out a sheet of cardstock of all the colors.  They looked gorgeous together and I went to work.  I kept the card rather simple, adding just a few things to finish it off.

The paint "splatter" comes from a new stamp, "Ink Blot", and was stamped in Glacier ink.  The sentiment was stamped in Black and Cranberry.  The star was also stamped in Cranberry and I doodled around the focal point and then added Lagoon Shimmer Trim and Gold Sequins.  I did score the Topiary piece of cardstock and sanded it for the striped pattern.

I truly appreciate you stopping by and would love to know what you think of my card, if you have a moment.  I look forward to seeing fun artwork creations in this week's challenge.  Have a blessed week and see you on the Heart 2 Heart Blog!

H2H Design Team