January Stamp of the Month

Welcome to the Dirt Track Widow's Revenge! 

Where the wife will play while the husband is away at the track!

 Here's a look at the Blog Hop featuring the Stamp of the Month for January 2013 

You can purchase this great set for only $5 with a $50 purchase only in the month of January 2013. 

Visit my website at www.ccmarsh.myctmh.com to order or email me directly!

If you have come from Judy's blog, you are on the right path! 

If you get lost along the way please visit Helen's Blog for a complete list of participants. 

On this tag, I used the Cricut to make the circle fan. I stamped the flowers as a background and used the Clementine paper and burlap to finish it off along with a button! 

Again, same concept except with black ink. I used one of these older accessories for the accent piece and the images stamped in the corners are from a recent Snow Flake stamp set. These simple little 3x3 cards will go great with a gift. 

  I just love this stamp set as a background. It gives it a "toile" look that I absolutely love!  I made this card for a make and take at our team meeting where we preview the upcoming three months of stamps. It was a hit with the team members! The key to getting this look it to stamp the images very close to each other almost as if you are interlocking pieces of a puzzle to each other. If you leave gaps, there will lots of white space and you will lose the look of toile.

Another black, white and red idea! It's never too early to get started on Christmas! This was my tag creation for a swap I did. I cut out trees on the cricut and simple stamped the main flower image over it. Distress the edges and you've got this amazing tree that really pops! Even though this is a Valentine's Day themed stamp, these images can work so well with other projects and holidays. 

Below is the images that come in this set:

Oddly enough I was not enthused with this stamp set when I first saw it, but since I signed up to design a card for the team meeting make and take, it forced me to really play with it and I actually LOVE this stamp set so much now! 

Thanks so much for visiting - Now head on over to Helen's Blog to see her amazing creations! 

Who's your Valentine? Blog Hop

 Thanks for visiting the Blog Hop! 
If you are here from Madeline's Blog, welcome!

My idea for these adorable tubes is to give as teacher gifts. Instead of candy, the plan is to put small classroom supplies like paper clips, thumb tacks, erasers and so on!

This kit is available now through January 31st, 2013.
Please visit www.ccmarsh.myctmh.com to purchase!!
Lots of discounted merchandise is in the "While Supplies Last" section so be sure to check that out!

Please now head to the next stop along the blog hop Allisa's Blog to see her lovely creations.

When you place an order of $35 or more in Close To My Heart products, you’ll receive the Whooo’s Your Valentine kit for only $10

Whooo’s Your Valentine kit (CC1022)
12 – Die-Cut Boxes (3 each of 4 colors: Blush, Hollyhock, Ruby, White Daisy)
3 – 12" × 12" Cardstock Sheets (Blush, Hollyhock, White Daisy)
1 – Sheet Silver Glitter Paper – new product for Spring/Summer 2013!
12 – Treat Tubes with Lids – new product for Spring/Summer 2013!
1 – My Acrylix Whooo’s Your Valentine Stamp Set (D-size)

August SOTM Blog Hop

 Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring August's SOTM, which is Boroque Borders, a set of five stamps.  If you have come here from Jean McNulty's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, just visit the full list of consultants.

This month we have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

 It's been awhile since I participated in a blog hop but they are always so much fun, I wanted to jump right back in! I've been spending lots of time reorganizing my crafting space so I was eager to actually create instead of clean something!

On this colonial white cardstock sized 4x4'' I simply stamped with two different shades of grey. Grey  Wool and Flannel Grey were the shades I used. I stamped the image in the lighter shade first and then sponged on the darker shade with a sponge dauber. It gives the image a multi-colored look. The sentiment was from a stamp set called "Card Chatter - Sympathy."  I love the simple elegant look of this card. 

I also wanted to share a photo of the following artwork. This card that also uses the Baroque Borders, was created as a Make 'n' Take provided by a teammate Cathryn, at my Silicon Valley Stampers team meeting. We always celebrate a new catalog with  make 'n' takes from the upcoming catalog using the stamps of the month. Fun times! Thanks Cathryn for making such a cute make 'n' take for us! 

Now "Hop" on over to Kathleen's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the August SOTM is only available until August 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set for only $5.

Rock the Block BlogHop

Welcome to the Rock the Block - Blog hop CELEBRATING NATIONAL PAPERCRAFTING MONTH in January 2012.  Get an exclusive E-size stamp set and the new My Creations Collage Cubes for just $15 (with a qualifying purchase) available December 19th thru January 31, 2012.

If you have come here from  Laila's blog, you are on the right path!  You can find a list of all the partipant's in case you get lost here:  Complete List of Rock the Block Blog Hoppers

We have just over 30 CTMH Consultants sharing their creations using this amazing set. The hop is simple to follow --just click on the link provided at the end of the post to move to the next blog!

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  Now it's off to Shirley's Blog to see her lovely creations!

With this item coming right at Christmas, I look at everything crafty and wonder to myself: How can I get that on my tree? These little boxes gave me an idea. This is the first year both of my kids are in school. So I put a photo of each kid on a side and then a brief profile of their age, school, teacher name and some of their favorite buddies in class. I used a CTMH stamp set to do the journal side. The paper is leftovers from Miracle and Notebook to throw in a splash of pink for my daughter.

Pair-A-Phrase Blog Hop

Welcome to my blog! If you have arrived from Adeline E. Brill's blog, you are in the right place!  So many adorable images and sentiments in this set for many occasions and holidays.  I've made a slide show of the many 4x4 cards I created using this set. I hope you enjoy! I used many older paper packets from the CTMH collection. It was great to go through and use some of my favorite packets from the past and make some fresh cards to give away in the future! Hope you enjoy!

This promotion runs from August 15th until September 30th and features 2 D-size stamp sets in one envelope - valued at $35.90!  You can earn this stamp set for FREE with a $75 order during the promotion period. 



When you're all done here, please head over to Lisa's Blog and have a look at what amazing ideas she has created!

August SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring August's SOTM, which
is Wicked. If you have come here from Carol Lee's Blog,
you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work
your way all around. If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating
consultants here: Complete List of Blog Hoppers


This month we have just over 60 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one!
Here we go!

 This is a 6x6 card using a design called "Button Trio" from the How-To card making book offered by CTMH called Originals.  The paper used in this card is from one of the new packets called, Dreamin'. It's now available beginning in August. You will love this stamp!

Now "Hop" on over to Kat's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the February SOTM is
only available for the duration of this month! Contact your CTMH Consultant or visit myCTMH website to
see how you can get this stamp set, valued at $17.95 for only $5!
 Take a look at the other images on this great stamp set:

 Also in August there is a free A-sized stamp set when you spend $50 - which means you get the Stamp of the month for only $5 and this A-sized set for FREE!