CTMH Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings SOTM Blog Hop - April 2021

Welcome to the April 2021 SOTM Blog Hop featuring the stamp set Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings. This month we have almost 15 CTMH Makers sharing projects created with the CTMH Stamp Of The Month Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings. Keep visiting the next blog (typically via a link near the bottom of the post) to get back to the blog where you started.

Scandinavian Folk Art - April 2021 SOTM Blog Hop

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

Scandinavian Folk Art stamp set

I was a little unsure where to start with this stamp set, so I did an image search for "Scandinavian folk art examples" and found some great inspiration. Two things I noticed right away were bright colors are often used, sometimes mono-chromatically, and often times many elements are combined to create a scene (which occasionally made me wish we had some of the stamps in reverse).

This 6" ⨯ 6" page is my first creation with the stamp set. I was thinking about creating a square card, but I do not want to cover any of the stamping with a sentiment so it is going to be a 6" ⨯ 6" PML-like card. Is that crazy? Or maybe I will search my stamp stash for a smaller sentiment that will fit inside the Candy Apple heart cut from the Hearts Background Thin Cut.

6" ⨯ 6" page created with Scandinavian Folk Art

This project came together so nice on my stamp platform. I placed the stamp where I wanted it then rotated my 6" ⨯ 6" piece of White Daisy ¼ turn until all of the stamping was done with that stamp and color then I moved on to the next stamp/color. I lost count how many times I rotated the cardstock, but if it was a person I bet they would by dizzy.

My next project is inspired by a Nordic folk art repetitive navy blue ornament image I saw on iStock by Getty Images (one of the results for searching Yahoo images for "Scandinavian folk art examples").

card created with Scandinavian Folk Art

While I do not think Scandinavian art typically includes Glitter or Glitter paper, I could not resist including some Sapphire Glitter Paper with the Bluebird ink and paper. I wish the Glitter Paper showed better in the photo.

I used the "hello" stamp from Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings on the cards I created for the March SOTM Winged Masterpiece. You will find the cards here.

Before you head to ***Haley Dyer's The Inky Scrapper***, 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: Scandinavian Folk Art — April Stamp of the Month (S2104)
  
• Cardstock: White Daisy (X6046), Candy Apple (X6038), Bluebird (X6037)
  
• Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pads: Clover (Z6507), Bluebird (Z6508), Candy Apple (Z6509), Lemonade (Z6517)
  
• White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack (X254)
• Heat Embossing: Anti-static Pouch (Z4220), White Daisy Pigment Pad (Z2863), White Super Fine Embossing Powder (Z2068), Heat Tool (Z4252)
• Specialty Paper: Sapphire Glitter Paper (Z3840)
  
• Thin Cuts: Hearts Background (Z3680) or Background Thin Cuts Bundle (Z3758)
  
• Die-cutting & Embossing Machine (HB1080)
• Supplies not from Close To My Heart: We R Memory Keepers Precision Press Stamping Tool

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

If you have a few moments, please leave a comment letting me know what you think of my card. I hope you are enjoying the projects created with Scandinavian Folk Art Greetings. Thanks for hopping with us!

So you do not have to scroll back up, the next stop on the hop is ***Haley Dyer's The Inky Scrapper***.