Rad Dad Blog Hop

What are you doing for father's day? A few Close To My Heart consultants want to share with you what they are doing with one of the June specials called  Dad is Rad on this special blog hop.

If you came from Michelle Johns blog you are in the right place. After you check out my projects you can start the blog again by going to Wendy Kessler's blog who is the first of ten blog participants. The list of every one participating in the Rad Dad hop can be found on Melinda Everett's blog.

When I got this sweet stamp set in the mail last week I knew right away that it work well for a planned movie night celebration of my dear husband for Father's Day.

I used the stamp set to add a title to our movie ticket cricut invitations. I thought it would be fun to show home movies of our children growing up to celebrate their special father. 

I made a two page layout  as decorations for the movie night.

I used the diamond stamp to make a cricut pattern to make multiple diamond chains. I made this in 2 colors (cranberry & lagoon) and then used the positive in the projects and the negative as a background for the layout

I used the diamond stitch stamp to add detail to the cricut cuts.

I cut out popcorn boxes on cricut and used the stamp set to design #1 rad dad accents.

My husband is more then a rad dad! He is also a great husband and a fantastic grand father. So much to celebrate!

The stamp set also comes with a free pattern for 3 cards and 2 layout pages. The directions are free and you can make them your own by changing the colors or design up a bit. I will be using one of the cards to accompany my husbands gift 2 Sundays from now. What will you make with this great workshop kit?

I would love to have you post your projects (and comments) on this blog to help encourage other paper crafters.

Don't forget you can see other consultants projects by starting at the beginning of the hop at Wendy Kessler's blog or checking out the list of 10 consultants doing this blog on Melinda Everitt's blog.

Always, Alayne

Stamp of the Month June: A bushel and a peck!

June Stamp of the month blog hop...

Are you ready to get inspired to use your Stamp of the Month?

If you came from Shelly Mendenhall's blog then you are in the right place!  When you finish my blog go over and see Kathy Burrows blog and check out what she created with this fun stamp set. If you want to start at the beginning of the blog hop circle go to Melinda Everitt's 

blog for the list of all the participating Close to My Heart Consultants.

A Bushel & a Peck

is a favorite old song that my family sang when I was a child in the 60's.  I found this sweet stamp of the month became a favorite also....and all for only $5 with qualifying purchase.

 I used the stamp of the month, A bushel & a peck to make my granddaughter a birthday card with a matching banner.

 I stamped and used colored pencil on the images, and then I copied and cut them larger on the cricut explore to make a banner for the birthday party. Check out yesterday's blog, Pretty to Practical to see how I made the banner outside and kid proof.

Amelia enjoyed her card and banner at her party. I also captured a few moments from the party and then scrapped them using enlarged stamped images for the scrapbook layout.

 This was the planned layout, before I took the pics....

This is the finished layout with the pictures added.

So now it is your turn to get this sweet stamp set and share your creations with us. Please feel free to post them on the comment section below.  Also, if you have little ones in your life that tend to inadvertently rip or tear the creations you make for them, check out yesterdays blog post  to see how to make your work more practical for little hands.

Always, Alayne

Time to go to Kathy's blog now!

Acrylic stamped images transformed by cricut....

Stamp images on white daisy cardstock using Archival black ink so you can color with watercolor pencils or paint with watercolors with no danger of "bleeding".

If you choose to enlarge the images, cut out individual images with a paper trimmer.  There is no need to "fussy" cut the image. 
Save the images by uploading them to cricut design space

 

Now you can choose these images and make duplicate cards and /or enlarging them for titles or other projects.

You can only use your images you stamped because you can not share home made files, but it makes it easier to adapt your stamps to many projects. Go to the blog hop to see how I enlarged these images and used them on a banner and scrapbook page.

Always, Alayne