April | 2014 | Papercrafting with Kelly Janes

Have you caught a glimpse of CTMH’s April’s Stamp Of The Month, Balloon Talk?!? The two cards I have to show you today are made using just this stamp set!!

Card #1

CTMH: Balloon Talk

I started by placing a zip-strip from the CTMH Skylark Paper Packet on the left hand side of the card. Using a combination of CTMH’s Juniper Exclusive Ink™, Desert Sand Exclusive Ink™, Sweet Leaf Exclusive Ink™, and Lagoon Exclusive Ink™ I stamped the text bubbles from April’s Stamp of the Month, Balloon Talk. Notice the very bottom text bubble….do you see how I did that?!? I flipped the “fab” stamp over and stamped it in the Sweet Leaf Exclusive Ink™! So instead of getting the text image it was just a blank, solid bubble!! For a finishing touch I added a few Clear Sparkles.

CTMH: Balloon Talk

{This card was inspired by this card by Cristina at My Paper Secret}

Card #2

This card features one of my FAVORITE embellishments…..WASHI TAPE!!!! I layered the Smoothie Striped Washi, the Lagoon Houndstooth Washi, the Honey Triangles Washi, and the Silver Geometric Washi tape. The adorable bird is from the CTMH Hello Blooms Stamp Set in CTMH Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™. The text bubble & sentiment are from April’s Stamp of the Month, Balloon Talk, and are stamped using CTMH’s Honey Exclusive Ink™ and Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink™. To give the card a little balance I added a couple clear sparkles to the top & bottom layers of washi tape.

{This card was inspired by this card by Miriam Pranter}

Thanks for stopping by & happy Sunday!!!

-Kelly

Today my card is based off the most recent CAS(E) this Sketch! challenge.

I started by grabbing the Pick A Posey Stamp Set. I inked the flower image with Blush Exclusive Ink™ and rolled the edges in Cotton Candy Exclusive Ink™. I used, the retired, Sweet Leaf Exclusive Ink™ for the leaf images. I masked the flower with a scrap piece of paper, and used my waterbrush with the Blush Exclusive Ink™ to create the subtle splatter pattern. The banner is cut using the Artiste Cricut® Cartridge, and I lightly brushed the edges of the White Daisy Cardstock with Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink™. The sentiment comes from the Give A Lift Stamp Set and is also inked with the Smokey Plum Exclusive Ink™.

Tip: Unlike rubber stamps, CTMH’s clear polymer stamps can be manipulated. The Merci Beacoup sentiment comes off the carrier sheet in a wave, and I needed it to curve. Because I can see through my acrylic block onto the area I was going to be stamping, I knew exactly how to reshape the curve of the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by!!

-Kelly