Gina's Little Corner of StampinHeaven

About a week ago I sat down to make a card using a card sketch from a challenge blog I found.   I chose my paper and even stamped and colored a chair from Close To My Heart's May Stamp of the Month - Chairs To You.   But that was about as far as I got.  For some reason, I wasn't feelin' it.   Do you have those moments?   The card just wasn't coming together like I wanted it to.  So I left it there on the table semi- put together.  I got busy last week and never came back to it.   Yesterday I was checking out the new blog postings for Thursday and came to one I have been wanting to try out -  Pals Paper Arts .    I couldn't believe it!  Their color choices for this week's challenge were the colors I had already started with on my unfinished card.   I sat down at my table last night and looked at the card.   I could use this for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge!  But - the design had to go.  I pulled out my fav...

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!    We will be featuring May's SOTM, which is  Chairs To You!  a set of 12 stamps.    If you have come here from  JEAN'S BLOG , you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.    If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants  here   . This month we have 55 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go! Chairs to You! - May Stamp of the Month Here is my card that I created for the hop!    I used the Wings Creative Basics Collection paper (X5812) for this card.   To give my chairs color, I first stamped them in Cocoa ink and colored them with watercolor pencils. ...