BlueSkyScrapping: Cross Canada Blog Hop

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Hawthorn

Hi everyone!

Well, a month has flown by and it is already time for the October Cross Canada Blog Hop for CTMH consultants. This month we are featuring the Hawthorn collection.

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If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. If you came from Jessica's blog then you are in the right place!

On this post I talked about how much I like the Card Making Workshops that CTMH always includes in each catalogue, and for THIS post today, I am STILL feeling the love for the workshops only this time it's Hawthorn! I absolutely fell in love with the included stamp set and HAD to have it... you probably know how that goes! ;)

I followed the workshop instructions to create the background mats, but then I went in a different direction using other stamp sets that I have and love.

First up is the one with the beautiful exclusive workshop stamp set. For this one, I followed the directions as stated, but I stamped extra pinecones and popped them up in the center of the leafy spray. I used Sangria ink on the saffron patterned paper and it created a lovely brown. I also added a couple of wooden leaves that I had in my stash.

Next up I used D1872 Sunflower Sympathy on the card. I love this sunflower stamp! I stamped it out 3 times and fussy cut the three separate layers. I then popped up each layer to give it some lovely dimension.

I stamped the sunflower on the saffron patterned paper and coloured the outer tips with Sangria ink. I also used Sangria to colour the inner fringe, and the edges of the middle piece. Then I took a small piece of jute and snipped it into 1/8" pieces which I used to cover a blob of glue that I placed in the middle of the sunflower. Here's a close up for you:

For the third card I made from this workshop, I used a frame stamp that I purchased from an earlier catalogue this year called Flourishing Frame A1235. I stamped it with Paprika ink and topped it with a butterfly from the Every Little Thing Cardmaking Workshop G1189 that was stamped on the saffron paper. The sentiment and other embellishments are from my stash.