Tyed Note S1504 : March Stamp of the Month CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Kreative Kay's Blog then your in the right place. If you landed here by happy accident then come and join us on a hopping adventure - just follow the links at the bottom of each blog until you get back to where you started!

This month's stamp of the month set is pretty straight forward - it's a typewriter with a set of sentiments that fit within the paper that it is printing out and also a pointing hand. These are vintage in style and very in right now!

I love the fine line detail in these and look forward to using them on lots of my projects. 

So there are heaps of obvious things we can do with this set but I decided to have a play with the finger as a repeating background. I love the look it creates. I'd be happy with this as a card on its own.

But it does look good when paired with the typewriter too.

Tip: to get the very fine distressing on the edges of your cardstock simply drag the edge of the card stock along the ink pad.

To complete this card I used:

Desert sand ink

Cocoa ink

Black ink

White daisy card base

Kraft cardstock

The Typed Note Stamp of the month is only available until the end of April from your CTMH consultant for $27 or just $5 with a qualifying purchase.

I'd love to hear what you think of my project before you head off to Vandra's Virtual CTMH Classroom.

Choose Happy S1503 : March Stamp of the Month CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to this month's Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Wendy Hopper's  Expressions of the Heart then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

 

This month's stamp is a lovely set of frames and I am sure you are going to see lots of great ways of using them in this hop. I am excited to see what everyone has created especially as I have had a very busy month and haven't had a lot of time to play with it! As I am writing this it is past 1 in the morning so please forgive the hurried post.

Here is the card I have made:

 

I have coloured the frame with Shin Han markers and cut the centre out  to peek through to the inside of the card. Then on the inside I have stamped my monster from the Love Ya Silly set (my current fave). To give the monster a bit more definition I have outlined him in black and added a googly eye.

Next time I make this card I will adding a second piece to the front cover so as not to get the frame outline on the back from the markers - although I don't hate it exactly... it kind of gives the card a little something.

Anyway it's late and I have to be at a craft stall in less than 7 hours so...

If you want to get in on the framing action with 'Choose Happy', get in before the 31st of March 2015. And remember that it is only $5 when you spend $75!

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