Damask Divas Chalk It Up Blog Hop

It's August and you know what that means!!!!  The new Annual Inspirations Idea Book is LIVE!!!  SOOO.......Welcome to the Damask Divas Blog Hop featuring the Chalk It Up paper pack!  If you came here from Sarah's blog then you are in the right place.  If you've hopped here by chance, be sure to check out the full list of blog participants on the Damask Divas Blog. 

I've seen a new technique all over YouTube and Facebook.......the "masking tape stamping" technique.  So I took a stab at it and made this 5x5in card....which surprisingly went together very quickly!!  Don't you just love the effect?! You simply press a strip of masking tape (must use the blue painter's tape kind, the regular kind is too sticky) across your ink pad and then press it onto your cardstock. Then stamp your sentiment and other designs over that, using black ink.  SO Easy!!!

I hope you have a blast seeing all the great projects with this new paper pack....and an even MORE blast checking out the new Idea Book.  You'll be in awe for days! :)

Close to My Heart products used:

Kraft die-cut card (I cut a 6x6in card down to 5x5in)
Chalk It Up paper
White Daisy cardstock
Glitter Glam stamp set
Exclusive Inks in Lagoon, Sorbet, Flaxen, Champagne & Black

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Get the August Stamp of the Month "What a Hoot" for only $5 with your $50 qualifying purchase!

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Radiate Beauty - July Stamp of the Month Circus Alphabet

Get this stamp of the month until July 31st for only $5 when you spend $50.  Such a versatile stamp set!  Be sure and see my post of a Hip Pics album that I made using this stamp set.

July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet"

Happy 4th of July everyone!!  I've had a relatively quiet day at home....except for the neighbors testing their fireworks!  Maybe we'll get a free show from our front porch?? Anyway, since I had some free time today, I spent the afternoon in my scrap room.

I used the My Creations Hip Pics Album, the Free To Be Me paper pack, and the July Stamp of the Month "Circus Alphabet."  You can get this stamp set for $5 with any $50 qualifying purchase, but only until July 31st!  This is any easy album to embellish as little or as much as you want...then just add pictures! I used various other stamp sets to embellish the pages. I colored the title piece using Copic markers. The pages have a slot in the top to put the pictures into the pages.  All products used are Close to My Heart except for the metal arrows (those are Tim Holtz).

Bow is from Ariana Assortment; stamp on right is from Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Lagoon ink

right page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry and Flaxen (new color!!) inks

These pages were stamped using the Enjoy the Little Things stamp set in Cotton Candy, Pacifica, Honey, Cranberry & Topiary inks

Lagoon washi tape & Durables Triangle Studs

Bow is from Ariana assortment

Left page uses Feathers stamp set in Cranberry & Flaxen (new color!!!) inks

Get the stamp of the month for only $5 with your qualifying $50 purchase

Place a $50 order in July or August and get a free Annual Inspirations Idea Book Free!! 

(Retail value $6; Idea Book will be mailed to you after placing your order)