Choose Happy March 2015 SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the Choose Happy March 2015 SOTM Blog Hop. There are over 50 bloggers participating in this hop. If you are new to hopping, just keep clicking on the link (typically near the bottom of the post) to visit the next blogger. The hop is circular and you will eventually arrive back on the blog where you started.

The SOTM for March 2015, Choose Happy, is a D-size set of 14 stamps that is only $5 with a qualifying purchase.

You should have arrived here from ***Crafty Happy by Darlys Recker***. If you get lost along the way, a complete list of participants is always listed at Melinda Everitt's If You Bling It.

I was having a hard time thinking of how I wanted to use this stamp set, but in mid-February I was sitting in a meeting and the discussion shifted to a topic that did not apply to me and viola, I had a idea. I bet the people around me were wondering why I kept flipping to the back of my notepad and sketching. I actually went home that night and started creating something with scraps to keep the idea fresh in my mind.

After a couple of previous attempts, this is what I ended up with (watch for my earlier creations later this month). I hope you like it.

And inside the card:

Before you visit the next blog on the hop, ***Evergreen Memories and Art by Michele Rowley***, additional information about how my project was created is below.

All supplies are from Close To My Heart except where noted:

• My Acrylix™ March 2015 SOTM: Choose Happy Stamp Set (S1503)
• My Acrylix™ Assorted Edges Stamp Set (D1635)
• My Acrylix™ Lovely Birthday Stamp Set (B1462)
• 12" x 12" Colonial White Cardstock (1388)
• 12" x 12" Pear Cardstock (X5764)
• 12" x 12" Topiary Cardstock (X5635)
• 12" x 12" Pixie Cardstock (X5773)
• Brushed Paper Packet (X7190B)
• Slate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2173)
• Pear Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2197)
• Topiary Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2155)
• Hollyhock Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad (Z2128)
• ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Markers
• Pastel Green (Z2459)
• Leaf Green (Z2454)
• Turquoise Blue (Z2465)
• Golden Yellow (Z2452)
• Tender Pink (Z2464)
• Scallop Border Punch (Z1851)
• Stripe Embossing Folder (Z1960)
• Thin 3-D Foam Tape (Z2060)
• 3L® E-Z Dots® Adhesive (Z3022)
• Score Board (Z1937)
• Cricut® Art Philosophy Collection (Z1686)
• #M4047F - "Scalloped" Oval - pg 52; ungroup the image and delete the "frame" layer, rotate the image to 90 degrees, unlock the image and set the width to 3" and the height to 2.7"
• #M4734D - Oval - pg 42; rotate the image to 90 degrees, unlock the image and set the width to 2.85" and the height to 2.58"
• Cricut® Artiste Collection (Z1790)
• #M39081 - Card - pg 52; unlock the image and set the width to 10" and the height to 7"
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Cricut® Design Space, Cricut® Explore
• Cricut® Design Space file - this file will work if you have the Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges linked to your account

If you are not already working with a CTMH Independent Consultant, you may purchase all of the supplies I used at my online business address.

I hope you like my card. I love to read comments so if you have a moment, please let me know what think of my creation. So you do not have to scroll up, the next stop on the hop is ***Evergreen Memories and Art by Michele Rowley***. Thanks again for visiting today.