Stamp of the Month

I love this set because it has a cat on it - I will be sure to use it with photos of my gorgeous fur baby, Sandy.  Today however, I want to share a layout that has nothing to do with cats or Halloween. I love to take a themed stamp set and turn it into something different so I had a really good look at all the gorgeous small stamps in this set.  Here's what I came up with as I played one night.   I can see so many possibilities using these small stamps as accents and borders on your pages.  He…

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop.  This is a circular hop.  If you arrived from Denise's Blog , you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it.  Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from.  Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Celebrate with Cake (S1605) stamp set which is May's Stamp of the Month.   This is such a versatile set.  You can stamp on coloure…

Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop.  This is a circular hop.  If you arrived from  Vandra's Blog, you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it.  Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from.  Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Life In Pictures (S1604) stamp set which is April’s Stamp of the Month.   I think everyone of us needs this set in our craft roo…

Welcome to the March Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop.  This is a circular hop.  If you arrived from  Tanya's Blog, you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it.  Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from.  Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Sunshine Birdies (S1603) stamp set which is March's Stamp of the Month. Don't you just want to smile when you see these stamps? W…

Welcome to the Australasian Charlotte Blog Hop.  This is a circular hop.  If you arrived from Wendy's Blog you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it.  Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from.  Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Charlotte Collection from Close To My Heart.   I don't usually share layouts without photos but the little lady who will adorn these pages hasn't …

Today I'm sharing our Make and Take project from yesterday's Paper Picnic.  It was really popular and everyone fell in love with this month's Stamp of the Month after using it. I was inspired by a card shared by Margaret Maroney on our team Facebook page. Here is the card version And here it is as a border on a page layout The single bloom is a sweet focal point.  It is stamped in Poppy ink.  For the base, ink the stamp, stamp once onto scrap paper and then stamp onto your cardstock without r…