Sew What?! - CTMH Technique Blog Hop

There are 12 other amazingly talented Close to my Heart Consultants sharing their artwork with you for this month's Blog Hop. 

Should you get lost along the way, all participant's links can be found here. 

If you are coming from Michelle Loncar's Blog, you are on the right track.

I used all Close to my Heart products for my featured card:

If you have had an opportunity to see the Story by Stacy™ line of products, you already know how versatile the stamp sets are regardless of the project you are working on. 

For this month's "Sew What?" Blog Hop, I chose the Quotable Words Stamp Set for the sentiment.

The pink polka dot patterned paper and the gray houses patterned paper are both from the Central Park Paper Packet.

I used Black and Pewter cardstock for the card base and layers.

I also used Pewter Ink to distress all of the edges of the card. 

I used 3-d Foam Tape to pop the sentiment up for some added dimension. 

I used a Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen to add faux stitching along the top left corner and bottom right corner of the card, to give it a sewn feel. 

Thank you so much for stopping by, before heading over to Darlys Recker's Blog, please consider leaving a comment and enjoy the rest of the creative talents in this month's Blog Hop! 

Mini is Marvelous - CTMH Technique Blog Hop

Anyone who knows me personally, knows I am an avid Disney fan. 

The movies, the cartoons, the parks. 
If it's Disney, I've probably experienced it.

So when I saw these new 4 x 4 Story by Stacy albums, I just knew I had to have the polka dot one for a mini Disney album of one of our recent trips. 

I chose this little album to highlight the "Mini is Marvelous" technique for this month's Blog Hop. 

I used several of our newer stamp sets from Close to my Heart to help me decorate the album to create this adorable work of art.

There are also 10 other Close to my Heart Consultants sharing there amazing artwork with you, so please be sure to make your way around the entire Blog Hop. 
You are going to love what you see!

If you are coming from Wendy's Blog, you are on the right track.
Should you get lost along the way, all participant's links can be found here. 

I used the Story by Stacy Story Starter Workshop Kit-Dots. 

The kit includes:

1 – 4" × 4" mini album with built-in Memory Protectors™

22 – 4" × 4" cards

1 – Story Starter workbook

There is more than enough for you to create a cute album that tells the story of an important person, place, or thing that you love.

For this album, I started out with a 4 x 4 sheet of cardstock or paper for each page. 

Then I added layers for most. 

Some pages include distressed ink, Stargazer Dots, Gold Pearls and Red Shimmer Trim. 

I tried to keep the embellishments light, so the pages wouldn't be too bulky.  

Here is my Title Page, I could have used the Cricut, but tried to keep my album simple...

A few other notable pages...

In the album, I used paper from the Stagazers collection and our new Central Park collection. 

I love them both!

I used both Story by Stacy stamp sets along with a few others...

Quotable Words

Colorful Texture

A few of my favorite pages...

Last Page in the album...

Thank you so much for stopping by, before heading over to Katy's Blog, please consider leaving a comment and enjoy the rest of the creative talents in this month's Blog Hop!