A Little Everything Blog Hop...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! We will be featuring March's SOTM, which is A Little Everything, a set of 26 stamps. If you have come here from Karen's Blog, you are on the right path!

This month we have 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!

I chose several paper packets to work with...Bella, Magic Moments, Boom-Di-Ada and coordinating cardstock.  I distressed several different ways...dry embossing and sanding...ink to paper...crumpling....edge distresser tool, etc. 

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I tried not to use any punches on this flower so I had to resort to good 'ol pencil and scissors.  I freehanded a circle and then kinda made a wave pattern when cutting it out.  For the Chocolate Cardstock center, I placed the center circle Dimensional Element on my cardstock, traced around it with a pencil and then cut out with about 1/8" edge.

Now "Hop" on over to Latisha'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 March SOTM is only available until March 31st! Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount or even free!
If you get lost along the way, you can check out Helen's blog for a complete list of Participants.

Boom-Di-Ada Teacher Box

This is the teacher box I made for DD's teacher. Since she teaches "older kids", I decided to make it less juvenile than the other one.

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This is a view from the top (kinda)....I used a flip-flap so that Mrs. H-M can add a picture of her husband, daughter, etc. to personalize it a little more.

The inside....
Pencil and pen holder (same pattern just shortened the pen holder a bit)...
September Word Puzzle again...."take time to SMILE"
Gum Holder....got the idea from Aaron (she's so talented)!!! Here it is closed....
Here it is opened....(you just slide the ribbon (non-CMTH) off and the gum (1/2 of a Trident package) slides ride out!!!)

Goodie bags....I used my circle coluzzle to cut these flowers from the patterned B&T - same thing everywhere you see "circle flowers". The centers are actually 3-D smaller flowers cut from the same patterned B&T.

Same details as the last box - uses Boom-Di-Ada paper packet!!

Not Pictured: Notecards - used the same little apple from September Word Puzzle

Boom-Di-Ada Cards

This card was one of my favorite!!! (Original Post - June 2, 2008)

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I got inspiration for this card from one of the many blogs I visit daily. I used the circle Coluzzle for the flower and the petals (line up 1/2 of the tiniest circle with your border and cut and it creates a perfect scalloped edge). I also used "Say it in Style" which is the SOTM for May 2008.

Just the flower lifts to show a journal box to write your "Happy, Hello, etc." On this card, I have highlighted "Happy" and "Birthday" to make it a birthday card. You could highlight any sentiment you wanted! Another FYI about this card...I used one of my bigger blocks (4x4) and put on the words on the block so I would only have to stamp once! How COOL is that!!! You can only do that with acrylic stamps!!

Boom-Di-Ada - NEW Summer 2008 Paper Packet

These swaps were done by my side-line Debbie Martin using the NEW Boom-Di-Ada paper packet....