April 2019 - Joyful Stars Blog Hop and April Stamp of the Month - Love So Sweet!

Welcome to the April 2019 Joyful Stars Blog Hop!  If you came here from the versatile Debi's blog, you've come to the right place!

April must be a popular month for our CTMH Stamps of the Month.  I've seen so many samples of this beautiful stamp set, and it's no wonder - it is quite a lovely set!  I wanted to challenge myself to really think outside the box on this one, so thought I would go with some cheery rainbow colors. 

One of my favorite "colors" introduced in the last few years to the CTMH color palette is Charcoal.  Using White Daisy pigment ink, I decided to stamp the leaf cluster in the form of a wreath onto a piece of Charcoal card stock.  While letting the ink dry (and helping it along with a heat tool), I stamped the smallest butterfly from the set onto White Daisy card stock using Candy Apple, Nectarine, Lemon, Willow, Bluebird, Sapphire, Pansy, and Raspberry inks.  After fussy cutting each image, I used a black pen to outline the butterflies' bodies.

Next I used the largest square from the Stitched Square Frames die set to cut out the innermost stitched square from White Daisy card stock.  I adhered the stamped Charcoal piece to the center of the square.

The sentiment was then stamped directly onto a White Daisy card base, leaving room for the assembled stitched square.  The square was adhered to the card base, then the butterflies were attached using Thin 3-D Foam Tape.  Finally I used the smallest heart from the Stitched Hearts die set to cut a heart from White Daisy card stock.  I attached this to the center part of the wreath using Thin 3-D Foam Tape and added a single sparkle for a bit of pop.

Would you like to get your own copy of the Love So Sweet stamp set for only $5.00?  See the details below to see how!

 

Each month you can purchase a new D-size stamp set, available for one month only, for just $5 - that's over 70% off retail!  When you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, you qualify for this special Stamp of the Month pricing.  Otherwise, you can purchase this set outright for $18.95.

Now please head over to Betty's blog to see what magic she has made!