Christmas Tunes CTMH SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to the October 2017 SOTM Blog Hop featuring the stamp set Christmas Tunes. This month there are about 25 bloggers sharing projects they created with the CTMH Stamp Of The Month. If blog hopping is new to you, we try to keep it easy: just keep clicking on the link to the next blog (typically near the bottom of the post) to visit the next stop. Our blog hop is circular so visiting the next blog will take you back to where you started.

You should have arrived here from ***Brandi Robinson's crzy4scrapbooking***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda Everitt keeps a list of participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

I really love this stamp set so I created two cards for this hop. I really wanted to use this "O Holy Night" stamp. I did not have a plan, I just tried different things until I came up with something I liked.

I used my fingers to shape the banner so it was raised in the middle and was flatter at the ends. I used 3-D Foam Tape to help it keep its shape.

The card below was inspired by a card on page 66 of Holiday Expressions. If you hopped with us for the Holiday Expressions New Product Blog Hop, you might recall I cut the "Christmas Tree" stamp apart to use it with Mistletoe Kisses (M1182). I fit the pieces back together on the block and removed the word "Christmas" before inking with New England Ivy. Then I fit "Christmas" back in, removed the other pieces and inked with Cranberry.

Before you visit ***Stampin' Maui by Jean McNulty***, the supplies I used to create my project are listed below.

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

• My Acrylix™ Stamp Sets: October 2017 SOTM: Christmas Tunes (S1710)
• Beary Christmas Paper Packet (X7225B)
• 12" X 12" Cardstock: White Daisy (1385), Cranberry (X5975), New England Ivy (X5959)
• 5½" × 4¼" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack (X254)
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Cranberry (Z2816), New England Ivy (Z2835)
• ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Markers: Golden Yellow (Z2452), Sap Green (Z2463), Carmine (Z2448)
• tools: Thin Cuts: Ribbon Border ( Z3349); Embossing Folders: Buffalo Plaid (Z4032); Sanding Kit (Z1294) - this is in the Going Soon! area of your Consultant's website
• embellishments: Gold Pearls (Z3371), Gold Shimmer Trim (Z1985)
• Cricut® Collection: Artbooking physical cartridge (Z3169) - physical cartridges are retiring and available while supplies last
• Doily Circle ― #M470D9 ― page 80 ― height 3.4″ ― PhotoMat2 <Sugar> ― I used the Hide Contour feature in Design Space (I also used the circle shape in Design Space and cut it at 3")
• this is my Design Space file if using the Hide Contour feature is new to you
• adhesives: Adhesive Runner (Z3372), Thin 3-D Foam Tape (Z2060), 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)
• Cricut® Cuttlebug™ (available at Level 1 of Hostess Rewards; see page 4 of Annual Inspirations 2017-2018)
• Cricut® Explore Air™ 2 (available at Level 3 of Hostess Rewards; see page 4 of Annual Inspirations 2017-2018)
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: craft knife, glass cutting mat

If you do not have a CTMH Independent Consultant, you may purchase all of the supplies I used on my Consultant website.

Before you leave I would be delighted if you left me a comment letting me know what you think of my cards. Thanks for hopping with us! So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Stampin' Maui by Jean McNulty***.