February SOTM- Thoughtful Tidings

Hello and welcome to the first SOTM Blog Hop from the brand new Spring/Summer Idea Book. There are so many wonderful things in the new Idea Book, I can't wait to share them all here. If you arrived here from

Judy Burger's Blog, 

Then you are on the right path. 

It's a great big loop of fantastic artwork by lots of creative consultants

so enjoy your first peeks of what's to come.

Here is my card

I used one of my favorite paper packs from the last catalog, Sonoma for this one. I am so happy that Sonoma is one of the papers that is carrying over for a second run in the new catalog. I love the color combo of Cocoa, Smokey Plum, Olive and Amethyst.

Here is what I used to create this card...

Sonoma Level 2 Paper pack

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Exclusive Inks on Cocoa and Olive

Cocoa GrosgrainRibbon

Opaques Adhesive Pearls- Mocha Collection

Now hop on over to

Susan Brooks' Blog

to see her wonderful creation. As always, remember that you can only get 

Thoughtful Tidings through the end of February.

August SOTM Blog Hop- Wicked

Welcome to the August Stamp Of The Month Blog Hop. If you have arrived on this hopping good time from Pamela O'Connor's blog you are on the right track. This is the first SOTM in our brand new Autumn/Winter Idea Book. They have done such a great job with the SOTMs this time, you will not be disappointed.

August's set is called Wicked

I was so excited to play with this set. Isn't it cute!

Sadly my catalog order along with my SOTMs decided to go on a little extra detour adventure without my permission and Fed-Ex had to track them down so I wasn't able to get my art work posted for the start of this hop. They finally arrived just before my weekend retreat with my consultant's group so I was finally able to ink up this little witch.

Here is my card...

 I decided that rather than using the images whole I would highlight some of the areas of each image to make a collage. I used the new Sonoma paper pack which wasn't really designed for Halloween but the colors (Smoky Plum, Olive and Bamboo) really make for some fun Halloween cards. I also used our new Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge to cut all of the fun shapes on this card. I am in love with this cartridge! There are just SOOO many possibilities.

Materials Used:

Sonoma Level 1 paper pack

Exclusive inks in Smoky Plum, Olive, Bamboo and Black

Pewter Brads

Black Grosgrain Ribbon
Sparkles Blue/Green Collection (for cat eyes)

Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge

Each month I also participate in a monthly swap with other consultants using the SOTM sets.

Here are the cards made by my group for a little extra inspiration.

Cards made by  (from top left) Randa Wacaster, Vicki Price, Julie Nilsson, Jodi Frank, Cathleen Burk and LeAnne Dudley

  Did you know that you can get this awesome set for just $5 throughout the month of August? And if that isn't a great enough deal you will get a FREE alphabet stamp set just for ordering the Stamp of The Month set in August. Head on over to my website for more details.

  

Now hop along to Angela Tutton's blog to see her awesome ideas and enjoy the rest of the hop.