One of the ways of sharing joy and building friendship is by sending handmade cards. And Card Chain Challenge is a monthly and fun challenge that you send a handmade card, and you’ll receive a handmade card. Participants are from many countries!

I participated on the February 2016 CCC and this is a card I made for a friend in Spain.

I stamped the flowers from Blossoming Expressions with Black Archival Ink Pad and added some watercolo paints on them. I love the color palete provided by Deborah for this month challenge. Perfect for Spring 🙂

Deborah posted a full reveal of the cards that sent out in February 2016. Check them all here.

And if you would like to know more information on how you also can participate for March 2016 Card Chain Challenge, please visit here.

I hope you can join us on this fun challenge. The more the merrier 🙂

THANKS!

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring March SOTM, which is Sunshine Birdies (S1603), a set of 11 stamps. This stamp set is so cute and perfect for Spring projects!

This month we have 39 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using March SOTM – Sunshine Birdies (S1603) and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is a big circle of blog hop, you can continue hopping until you make the loop, or you also so you can start the blog hop from Melinda’s blog and over there you also can find the full list of participant for this month blog hop. So, you should arrive from Traci’s blog.

Today,  I am sharing 2 cards from the card set I made for a friend:

I stamped the images using Black Memento Ink Pad on a piece of Watercolor Paper. I colored them using Watercolor Pencils and then I used the Blending Pen to blend and to give the watercolor look.

Then I fussy cut the images and added them on the card using 3D foam tape for some dimensions.

You can this cute Stamp Of The Month for only $5 when you place an order of $50 or more in Close To My Heart products, and this stamp set is only available until March 31, 2016! Contact me here if you have more questions about the Stamp Of The Month.

And… Your next hop is Jeanie’s blog to see what she has created for you this month.

Supplies:

• March SOTM – Sunshine Birdies (S1603)
• Penelope Paper Packet
• Watercolor Pencils
• Blending Pen
• Black Memento™ Ink Pad
• Watercolor Paper
• Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors
• 3D Foam Tape
• Adhesive Runner

THANK YOU so much for hopping by my blog today and I do hope you find some inspirations here today 🙂

I still can feel the love is in the air today with snow falling outside the window, and smelling the flower bouquet my husband and daughters got for me. I hope you all had a fabulous and sweet time with your loved one celebrating Valentine’s Day yesterday.

Today we are sharing projects featuring the kissing stamping technique for the monthly CTMH Technique Blog Hop 🙂 This is one fun technique of adding extra texture to a solid image stamp by using a that have more detail on in.

In this video, Tresa explains what is kissing technique and she shows you how to stamp with this fun technique.

You should arrive from Kirsten’s blog, but if you happen to be here first, it is totally okay. You can continue hopping to the next one to continue seeing the projects my fellow consultants has created for you this month using the kissing technique. But just in case you got lost, you always can go back to Melissa’s blog.

And… here’s my cards:

For both cards, I added the grundy texture on the camera feather. First I inked the solid images, then I stamped one of the un-inked stamp image from Oodles of Doodles set on them.

I went with one-layer, clean and simple designs this time. I just love to see the center of the card is the stamped image and sentiment. And also this type of card is very mail-friendly 🙂

Supplies I used today:

• Share The Love stamp set (CC1060 – only available until 2/29/2016)
• Oodles of Doodles (B1449)
• Feathers stamp set (C1584)
• Inked Alphabet (E1033)
• Urban Paper Packet (X7204B)
• My Acrylix® Block Starter Kit (Y1501)
• Red Enamel Hearts (Z2009)
• White Enamel Stars (Z2010)
• Exclusive Inks Stamp Pads: Black (Z2105), Ruby (Z2170), Sapphire (Z2648)
• Glue Adhesive Runner

Your next hop is Michelle’s blog to see her project for this technique.

I hope you are inspired and THANK YOU so much for visiting my blog!

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The Card Concept #48 – Sweet Hearts