This Moment - January CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "This Moment" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings. 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. Follow the links, check out all the amazing ideas and eventually you'll come right back to my page.

Today I would like to share with you my card which features the This Moment – January 2015 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout January for $27 or for just $5 when you spend $75. I've also included a bonus card for you to see.

I got excited for Christmas I got the Cricut® Artfully Sent Collection 

finally... so I wanted my Blog Hop creation to use the Artfully sent cartridge.

I started with a 12x12 piece of the Crystal Blue design Paper Fundamentals Whimsy Assortment.  I really love this paper pack!

 For my very first Artfully Sent Project I wanted to make something simple. I chose the tea-pot on page 18 of the booklet. I put the paper on the mat, loaded it, chose Sentiments and the "i" button and chose 5 inches then Cut... in a few minutes it was cut out! I didn't even use Cricut Craftroom on my computer. It was so quick and easy!

To finish off the card, I put a strip of Black Shimmer Trim (the length of the cut out heading) on a piece of 12" X 12" Crystal Blue Cardstock  underneath and glued it using Bonding Memories™ Glue to ensure all the bits of the teapot stayed stuck. Card Number 1 done in 5 minutes! Simple basic 5x7 inch card. Pretty happy with my first Artfully Sent Card.

Then I had the tea pot cutout left to make my Blog Hop Stamp of the Month Card out of... 

I embossed some White Daisy Cardstock at 5 x 3.75 inches with the Dot Embossing Folder. Then I used the Round Sponge (which I have cut into wedges to make it last longer) and sponged Crystal Blue Exclusive Inks onto the white cardstock to show up the dots a bit more.

I grabbed my value pack of 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes
and lined the edge of one of the white cards with Black Shimmer Trim which I cut in half lengthwise to stretch it further and placed the embosed white cardstock on top using my 3L® E-Z Dots® Adhesive. 

On a scrap of 12" X 12" Crystal Blue Cardstock  I stamped the HELLO from This Moment – January 2015 Stamp of the Month and then cut a dove-tail into it. I stamped the "I'm thinking of you" from the Cricut® Artfully Sent Collection stamp sets on some White Daisy Cardstock and backed it with Crystal Blue Cardstock dove-tailing both of their ends. With an extra piece of Black Shimmer trim also dove-tailed, to tie it together. Lastly I stuck on the tea-pot.

When I was packing up the cards after I photographed them, I popped the smaller card onto the larger card and I loved the look of it and thought if I was making another one I would make it larger just like this, with a double-mat.

Remember the Fun, Romantic, Friendly stamp set This Moment – January 2015 Stamp of the Month is only available throughout January from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project.  I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop,  Loretta's Creating Memories

See you soon!