Three Amigos October 2017 Blog Hop and Challenge

Welcome to the Three Amigos Blog Hop. We are three Close To My Heart Independent Consultants with a love for stamping and scrapping, and would like to share our creative ideas with you. On the 3rd of each month, we feature a different CTMH product and create a card, layout, or other project. There are only three stops on this hop, so it will only take a few minutes to hop through. When you finish hopping, be sure to check out the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge!

This month we are sharing projects using Cats & Bats (papers or featured colors) from the new Holiday Expressions Idea Book. The featured colors are Black, Charcoal, Emerald, Goldrush, Pebble, Pewter, White Daisy, and Willow.

I used two very special stamp sets on my card today. That cute lion is just one of 13 adorable images on the Operation Smile Punny Pals stamp set. When you purchase this stamp set, CTMH will donate $7 to Operation Smile. CTMH also designed a stamp set specifically to benefit those affected by disasters, such as the recent hurricanes in the United States and the wildfires throughout the US and Canada. The stamp set is titled Stronger Together and features a variety of sentiments that can be used for comfort, encouragement, and more. 100% of the cost of this stamp set will be donated to disaster relief efforts!

I thought the courage sentiment was perfect with the lion.This particular sentiment is vertical on the stamp set with a row of dots separating each word. Using the masking technique, I stamped each word on one line. I offset the two die cut circles and accented them with gold pearls. I used another Stronger Together sentiment on the inside.

Thanks for hopping by today! Hop over to Lisa's Blog and Donna's Blog to see what they created for you, then over to the Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge. We hope you play along!

Supplies Used:

C1716 Stronger Together

D1751 Punny Pals

X7224B Cats & Bats Paper Packet

1385 White Daisy Cardstock

1386 Black Cardstock

X5969 Emerals Cardstock

Z3271 Archival Black Ink

Z2805 Black Ink

Z2823 Goldrush Ink

Z2806 Emerald Ink

Z3318 Thin Cuts Circles

Z3371 Gold Pearls

Z3224 Waterbrush- Small Round

X254 White Daisy Cards & Envelopes