Creativity in Motion Blog Hop

Welcome to our Creativity in Motion Blog Hop. The Creativity in Motion hop is brought to you by the same group of Close To My Heart Independent Consultants who bring you the Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop.

We have almost 15 CTMH Independent Consultants sharing their creations on this hop. If you just happened upon my post, clicking the link to the next blog (often found near the bottom of the page) will take you full circle.

Creativity in Motion Blog Hop

You should have arrived here from ***Krista's Crafty Corner by Krista Hershberger***. If you get lost along the way, Melinda keeps a list of all blog hop participants on her blog at If You Bling It.

This is the first card I created when I received the Creativity in Motion Bundle. It is a retirement card for a (now) former co-worker who retired earlier this week.

Creativity in Motion retirement card

I still had some Craft On Patterned Paper scraps, so I fussy cut some flowers to add the the front of the card. I misplaced my Craft On—Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts (Z4069) or I would have used that. I cut a strip from Lemonade cardstock and stamped the phrase from Celebrating You.

When I created the pull tab, I made it about 2 inches wide. When I was sliding the central image in and out, it occasionally would "hang up", so I decided to make the central image double sided. Problem solved and it makes the card a little more interesting to the recipient.

Creativity in Motion retirement card

If you do the same, be sure to make sure it flips top to bottom rather than left to right so the pull tab can remain on the right side.

You really need to see this card in motion to appreciate how awesome it is (at least in my opinion) and see how it will look to the recipient. [please be gentle as this is one of my first videos]

 

 

Unfortunately I could not find a current retirement stamp set on my shopping site, so I used the retired Happy for You stamp set for the "Congratulations on Your Retirement" sentiment I placed inside the card. I still had For My Beautiful Friend on my craft table so I used the butterfly stamps to embellish the sentiment. The butterflies are colored with Watercolor Pencils.

Creativity in Motion card - inside sentiment

 I created another card, but was unable to take a photo before it got dark. Here it is; I will replace the photo when I get an opportunity to re-take the photo in better light.

Creativity in Motion thank you card

I stamped the solid stamp with second generation Clover, but it is hard to see. Then I stamped the outline stamp with Intense Black. I colored with a variety of TriBlend™ Markers.

There will be a Facebook Live on the CTMH Facebook Page creating with the Creativity in Motion Event Bundle (CC9208) tomorrow, Saturday, September 19. The Event starts at 4pm EDT / 2pm MDT. If you have not received your bundle yet, the video will be available to watch later. Cards that will be created are shown in this image:

CTMH National Stamping Day Creativity in Motion

Before you move along to ***Crafty Happy by Darlys Recker***, the supplies I used to create my cards are listed below.

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

• My Acrylix™ Stamp Sets: Animated Butterfly Kisses (CC9202), Animated Sentiments (CC9201), Border Tab (CC9204), Celebrating You (C1847), Happy for You–retired (C1660), Floral Borders (C1822), For My Beautiful Friend — July Stamp of the Month (S2007)
• Patterned Paper: 6" x 6" Bright Stack (CC9207), Craft On–retired
• Cardstock: White Daisy (1385), Lemonade (X6035), Pixie (X5984), Clover (X6040), Evergreen (X6030)
  
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Clover (Z6507), Intense Black (Z4189)
  
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• TriBlend™ Markers, Watercolor Pencils (Z3630) 
• Thin Cuts: Border Tab (CC9206), Stitched Simple Brackets (Z3687)
  
• Die-cutting & Embossing Machine (HB1080, available with Hostess Rewards, see Party on my Consultant Website)
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, larger card base from my stash for the retirement card
  

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

If you have a few moments, please let me know what you think of my card. I am curious the impression people have of my cards and I enjoy reading the comments. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with the new products from CTMH. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Crafty Happy by Darlys Recker***.