Perfect Match Blog Hop

Welcome to the Perfect Match Blog Hop featuring items from the Perfect Match Collection.

On this hop there are nearly 20 CTMH Makers sharing projects created with items from the Perfect Match Collection. Our blog hop is a circle; visiting the next blog (typically via a link near the bottom of the post) will take you back to where you started.

CTMH Perfect Match Blog Hop

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

For our hop I created this card. The card evolved as I was creating, and is not what I had in my mind's eye when I started creating, but I am still pretty happy with it.

card created with Perfect Match

I was loosely inspired by a painting that was famous when I was in high school and I think it was used on a postage stamp. I planned to use the "XO" Black and White paper from Perfect Match along each side of this card, but when I laid the paper on the card base where I intended to place it, I was not "feeling it". I decided to use the arrow and heart stamp to "build upon" the borders I previously created.

I used the heart and "you" to create my own sticker-like element. I stamped the heart using Candy Apple and then stamped "you" using Black. I fussy cut around the images then attached it to the card with 3-D Foam Tape. It is hard to see in the photo, but I added Icicle Stickles™ Glitter Glue to the corners of the "Love" layer.

Before you head to ***Snips, Snaps, and Scraps by Kathy Burrows***, 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: Perfect Match (CC12204)
  
• Cardstock: White Daisy (1385) and Perfect Match Coordinating Cardstock (CC12203) or Candy Apple (X6038), Flamingo (X6050), Black (X6047)
  
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Candy Apple (Z6509), Flamingo (Z6520), Black (Z2805)
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• Icicle Stickles™ Glitter Glue (Z3785)
  
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, glass cutting mat, Mini Perfect Layers, craft knife

If you are not already working with a CTMH Maker, you may purchase all of the supplies I used at my e-commerce website.

If you have a few moments, please let me know what of my card by leaving a comment. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with items from the Perfect Match Collection. Thank you for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Snips, Snaps, and Scraps by Kathy Burrows***.