February SOTM "Home sweet home"

Welcome to our February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! This month's stamp set from Close to My Heart is "Home Sweet Home" and is available exclusively through your Close to My Heart consultant from February 1 - 28, 2013. You can purchase this stamp set for only $5 with a qualifying purchase.




If you have just hopped onto my blog, please start at the beginning at Lucy's blog – Love 2 Create

If you came from Priscilla of  Priscilla's Paperie  then you are in the right place!

For my project, I decided to make this "Home Sweet Home" wall decoration. I found a 4x6 wood frame from the goodwill that was unpainted for .99 cents. What a deal! I found some craft paint that I had purchased ages ago, that can be used to paint wood, terracotta, and other outside items. This color is barn red. I stamped the sentiment with Stazon ink onto cashmere card stock. You can't see it, but I added a few small pieces of bling on the swirlies.  I made a flower out of burlap ribbon. This was not my design, I found a video on you tube by a sister consultant. You can watch the video HERE. I then added a button threaded with some of the burlap strings that I had pulled out of the ribbon when I made the flower. To adhere the flower, I hot glued it to the frame. I then hot glued the burlap at the top to create the hanging piece.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies:
February stamp of the month 
Frame
Burlap ribbon ( Z1760)
Button: stash
Stazon ink black (Z888)

Your next stop on our "Home Sweet Home" hop is "Traci  " of "Paper Crafting 101"

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:


Lucy ~ Love 2 Create

Darla ~ Caution: Crafting is Contagious 
Amber ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Jennifer ~ 4 Hearts Scrapbooking
Priscilla ~ Priscilla's Paperie
Theo ~ Celebrate Crafts <--------You are here
Traci ~ Paper Crafting 101 <---------- Go here next
Ryan ~ Piece and Paper
Michelle ~ My Creations with Michelle
Donna ~ Diary of a Scrapbook Addict
Stephanie ~ The Quilted Scrapper
Jane ~ Jane's Scrap Shack 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you.

The Everything ABC's blog hop letter "B"

 

If you are looking for the Art Philosophy "It's your birthday" blog hop, go HERE.

For this hop we will be featuring the letter B. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set or an embellishment. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their B element will be featured in their post.


If you came from Lucy Kelleher ~ Love 2 Create then you're on the right track!

                                                 

I made a card using buttons! I stamped the stems using stamp set C1441 Affection, in Topiary ink. 

I used buttons on various colors for the flowers, using bakers twine for the centers. For the sentiment, I used stamp set D1283 Say It In Style, and stamped it using hollyhock ink. I used liquid glass to glue down my buttons, just to make sure they stayed down.

Supply List:

Z1370 Pink assortment buttons

Z1372 Green assortment buttons

clear button and yellow button from my stash

Z1702 Bakers twine, Paradise assortment

D1283 Say It In Style

C1441 Affection

Z2128 Hollyhock

Z2155 Topiary

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Linda at Scrappy Therapy.

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Amber La Mons ~ Scrapper's Therapy
Lucy Kelleher ~ Love 2 Create
Theodora~ www.celebratecrafts.com <------------You are here
Linda ~ Scrappy Therapy <--------Go here next
Shalana Glass ~Scrappin' with Shalana
Joanne Barnes ~Josie's JOY
Kathy Johnson ~Kathy's Creative Corner
Alicia Olson ~ Love Stamping
Kelly Lane ~Paper Petal Memories
Jen Patrick ~ Roxybonds Scrappin
Shelly Nemitz ~ Just One Piece