September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop: Grateful for This Life

September means a new stamp of the month, new two-month idea book, and a new core catalog!  It is such an exciting time for Close To My Heart!  You're going to enjoy all kinds of great ideas with the beautiful September stamp of the month, Grateful for This Life, along the stamp of the month blog hop.  (If you're already hopping, then you've probably arrived from Katy's blog.  From here, you'll visit Lauren's blog next.)

I made two cards using two brand new colors, Papaya and our color of the year, Wild Berry!  Before I share the details, be sure to check out all of the amazing sentiments in the September stamp of the month, Grateful for This Life.

My first card pairs uses Wild Berry to make a fun shaker card!  I made it in stages to show how cute each version can be.  I began by stamping Grateful with Wild Berry and the other sentiments in Black.

I turned that simple card front into a shaker card by cutting out the Wild Berry glitter paper rectangle with the Stitched Rectangles Thin Cuts. 

Aren't the Wild Berry sequins absolutely gorgeous?

My second card is a little simpler version and uses the new color Papaya.

Again, I think the simple stamped version makes a pretty card in and of itself, but I took it to the next level by tracing the "shadow" with my black journaling pen and adding black burst sequins.

Finally, I added some sparkle, because you can never have too much sparkle (!), with Papaya and black shimmer trim.

Thanks for visiting!  Please leave a comment before you hop to Lauren's blog next!

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