The Good Life Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the Australasian CTMH the Good Life blog hop, if you arrived from Lynda at the Scrapbooking Photographer  you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

Today we are showcasing the Good Life collection, if you have boys in your family or live rural these papers and stickers will be a great addition to your stash. Even if you don't as always CTMH's papers are so versatile and can be used for many different themed projects.

Along with the good Life papers I have used the Scrapbooking stamp set for this card, I am sure any male in the family would be happy to receive this card, don't you just love this vintage truck. I coloured the truck with the Spectrum Noir markers, the pen work and sqiggely lines are what was needed to finish this card. 

I think these papers worked really well with this photo of my maternal great grandparents and their youngest son. I have also used the September stamp of the month Thoughtful Tokens S2309 and some of my now retired vintage stamp sets.

I inked the edges of all of the papers with Mist ink, and also used mist and toffee inks to stamp the other images. The sentiment stamp says "Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. You are the result of the love of thousands." Yes that is so true, I am very much enjoying working with these old photos of my parents.

For this last card I have also used another of the stamps from the September stamp of the month set with one of the lovely papers from the Good Life collection. The Spectrum Noir markers Vintage Blue Blend and Antique Pink Blend matched the mist woodgrain paper and cardstock beautifully. The addition of few pearls always makes any card beautiful.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you found some inspiration from my projects, now hop along to Maz's blog and see what wonderful project she has to share.

If you like what I have created please leave a comment before you go, they are appreciated.

Happy crafting!

Specials Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian Specials blog hop, if you arrived here from Lynda at the Scrapbooking Photographer  you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance, click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

We had the choice of the two current specials "Memory Lane" or "A Gnome For All Seasons" I decided on the Memory Lane collection for my projects. They are both gorgeous and will be a favourite with everyone.

The Memory Lane paper and sticker pack contains 12 sheets, 2 each of 6 double sided designs and one sticker sheet with lots of lovely images and sentiments. The colours are all yummy and will go beautifully with just about any project.

Back in the 1980's my parents established a thriving avocado orchard from a 40 acre vacant block, they lived there for nearly twenty years but when it became too much for just them two to manage they decided to sell. They did not want to move back to the suburbs of Perth so they decided to buy a residential block in rural Muchea that's just an hour out of Perth. These are photos of their home it was  a lovely spot with large trees and wild flowers on the block.

I have used both sides of beautiful yellow paper and the sage green as a background for my photos. I have also used several stamps from my stash as decorations for my page.

When we first moved to Australia in the early 70's we rented for a number of months until our home was built. This is the house we lived in at that time. It was during winter and this house was so cold, there was a small fireplace in the lounge but it did not heat the house. Coming from the Bahamas we were not accustomed to the cold weather. Even though there was a garage at the back of the house, as you can see my dad and brother both parked on the front lawn.

Don't you just love this paper with the houses and trees! Once again I've used stamps from my stash and the lovely little journal box from the sticker sheet.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you found some inspiration in my projects. To see more ideas hop along to Danielle at Scrappy Chicks I am sure she has something wonderful to share.

Happy crafting!

Cozy Up Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian Cosy Up blog hop, if you arrived here from Lauren's CTMH Craftings you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance this is a circular hop so click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog. When you are back to me you have finished.

We are showcasing the Cosy Up collection, this is a autumn theme with lotos yellows, orange, red and brown shades of paper. The July - August Mix in paper pack go very well with the Cosy Up papers and I have used some of them in my pages.

       

 

The papers worked very well for my page showing the growth of my mangos from tiny fruit to when they were ready for picking. 

I have used the leaves pattern paper and then added a border of scarlet paper to the top and bottom. The stamped images of the fruit are a discontinued stamp and are supposed to be peaches but I think I did a pretty good job of turning them into mangos. 

The die cut butterflies are from the Butterfly Layers Thin Cuts Z4653 and the letters for my title were cut using the Simple Serif alphabet dies Z3760

My niece's daughter spent some time with me during the last school holidays, we went for a short walk along the river. the sage printed paper from the Mix In collection with the paprika from the Cozy pack complimented my photos perfectly. I used random leaf dies and flower stamps to decorate my page.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have found some inspiration from my pages. To see more ideas hop along to Danielle at Scrappychicks  I am sure she has something wonderful to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment before you go, they are appreciated.

Happy crafting.

Stamping Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian Stamping blog hop, if you arrived from Maz's aMazing Creations  you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance click on the link at the end of this post to take you to the next blog.

This hop will be a little different from the usual where we focus a certain stamp set or paper collection to create our projects. This hop has the title stamping, which means we can choose any stamp in the current catalogue to showcase. 

I have chosen the Lovely Borders stamp Z3763 and the Florals and Flutters stamp Z3764 for my project. These are both wonderful stamp sets and decorated my page beautifully.

      

I attended an afternoon tea put on by a local CWA which was a fund raiser for a women's refuge center. The guest speakers were three authors who spoke about how they go about writing their novels, from how they develop the characters, the editing process and then finding a publisher. It was a most enjoyable afternoon.

 I stamped all of my images on white daisy cardstock and then coloured them with the Spectrum Noir markers. I love these makers that have three shades of one colour in each of the markers which makes colouring so much easier.

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Lynda at the Scrapbooking Photographer and see what great project she has to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!

Cape Cod Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian Cape Cod blog hop, if you arrived here from the Scrapbooking Photographer you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance I hope you get some inspiration from my projects and then click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

Today we are showcasing the Cap Cod collection, I love the soft colours of these papers and embellishments. These papers really do make me think of the ocean and the beach. 

My niece recently sent me these photos of her and her daughter and they were perfect for this collection. They love spending time at the beach and enjoying the simple pleasures of life.

I will let you in on a secret I had no intention of doing the ink smooshing technique but I managed to spill tea on my page. I was able to dry up the tea but it did leave a few stains, I was thinking I would have to start over  and that was then I thought of adding the ink smooshing. If you really look you can see the tea stains but thankfully the ink covered them pretty well.

One of my very good friend's father passed away last week and I made this card to send to her. I thought the colors were so soft and soothing they would work well for a sympathy card.

 Thank you for stopping by now hop along to Maz at aMazing Creations  and see what great project she has to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!

Hello Darlin Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH Hello Darlin blog hop, if you arrived here from Lauren Moore at  CTMH Craftings you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance I hope you see something you like and then click on the link at the end of this post to take you to the next blog. This is a circular hop so when you get back to me the hop is completed.

The Hello Darlin papers are bright and beautiful, the theme is very much the American 4th of July patriotic look with the red white and blue colour scheme. As always with the beautiful patterned  papers they can be used for many different projects. The sticker sheet offers lots of lovely images to decorate your cards or pages.

 I only had this one photo of my brother wearing his new glasses, my niece asked me to take of picture of her dad and send it to her, so I obliged. These papers were perfect to use for this page, the word spectacular was fussy cut from one of the PML cards. The stitching around the edge of the page is a now discontinued stamp but there are many other similar CTMH stamps available. The glasses are a cricut cut, the tags. the date, words and splatter stamps are from my stash of many CTMH stamps.

I added the Layered Flowers thin cut set Z4324 to my stash in last month's Memorial Day sale and I am very happy with them. There are 17 different dies in this set, a combination of flowers and leaves. This card uses some of the flowers and one of the leaves thin cuts. I have also one of the stencils from the Dream Maker stencil set CC3235 and I am so happy with how this card turned out.

This is a pretty simple layout, it uses a 6"x 12"piece of printed paper, 2 zip strips and small bits of other printed paper. The flowers and title are fussy cut from the PML cards. To add a little interest, I tore small areas of the white daisy cardstock and added some printed paper behind the tears. 

Thank you for stopping by, to see more great ideas, hop along to Lynda's blog the Scrapbooking Photographer  and see what great project she has to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment before you leave, they are appreciated.

Happy crafting!

National Scrapbook Day Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH NSD blog hop, if you arrived here from Maz at aMAZing creations   you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance this is a circular hop and you can go to the next blog by clicking on the link at the end of this page.

The Dream Maker collection is one the prettiest that CTMH have released, the colours, the designs and the elements are all so beautiful. The coordinating cardstock with the marble pattern on one side has to be seen in real life to truly appreciate it. The stencil and die cuts are a great addition to the papers. Unfortunately I forgot to order the stamp set but I will be getting them soon.

The Dream Maker collection was perfect for these photos of my friend's birthday celebration. We sipped tea from fine bone china cups and the delicacies served were scrumptious. I really enjoyed working with this collection, I used two of the stencil patterns to decorate my pages and the tea pot and cups and saucers.  Also used were various stamps from my stash, and some of the die cuts. Of course some pearls are always the perfect decoration.

I have been making simple cards lately and this is another one, I used one of the papers plus a sentiment from my stash, a few black dots and this pretty ribbon.

Thank you for stopping by now hop along to Danni at Scrappychicks and see what wonderful project she has to share.

        Please leave a comment before you go, they are always appreciated.

        Happy crafting!

Hey Handsome Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH Hey Handsome blog hop, if you have arrived here from The Scrapbooking Photographer you are in the right place. If you have arrived by chance this is a circular hop so click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

The Hey Handsome collection has a masculine theme but you may be surprised to see that it is not just restricted to masculine projects. The papers can be very versatile.

                     

My mother who was 91 passed away in March and I was given these two beautiful rose bushes by a few of my wonderful friends. One is called "Mother's Love" and the other "Remember Me" which I chose as the title for my page.  The title is a cricut cut, the font is Autumn in November which is a free download from Dafont and I have used the offset feature. 

I have chosen two of the papers and just a narrow strip of paprika cardstock for this layout. The brown hessian paper is from the April-June Mix In paper pack.  The rose stamp is now discontinued but it is perfect for this page. I have also added some stamped and die cut hearts plus diecut leaves and a few sparkly gems.

This card uses the motorcycle stamp from the Born to Ride Z4691 stamp set and one of my many birthday stamps. The black tweed look paper and some cardstock made this a simple and easy card to make, yet it looks great. I have adhered the motorcycle image with thin 3D foam tape.

 I am a real fan of fairies and this stamp set is so very cute it's called Fairy Garden Z4526. This is another easy yet fun card to make, I used the harbour paper and cardstock, red cardstock and ribbon and a few sparkly gems. I also used the clear shimmer brush for the fairy's wings and it looks so pretty, it doesn't really show up in the photo but they really do shimmer and sparkle.  The white die cut frame I have had for many years and do not know where I got it, and it looks so pretty on this card. I added the stitch lines on the small square of harbour cardstock with a white gel pen Z1513. 

Thank you for stopping by, now for some more ideas hop along to Danielle at Scrappychicks I am sure she will have something great to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!

Nature Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH Nature blog hop, if you arrived here from Maz's aMAZing Creations you are in the right place. If you have arrived by chance this is a circular hop so click on the link at the end of this post to take you to the next blog.

This hop has the theme Nature, which leaves it wide open to our interpretation as CTMH have so many different products that fit this theme. I have chosen to use two different stamp sets and  thin cuts for my projects.

This thin cut is so pretty, it is called Floral Background Z369. It looks stunning just using White Daisy cardstock which I have backed with this beautiful pink cardstock. The pearls and a sentiment was all that was needed to complete the card. Of course you can use any sentiment to suit your purpose.

I knew I wanted to use the Butterly Layers thin cuts Z4653 with these pages and I am not disappointed with how they compliment the stamps from  the Florals and Flutters stamp set Z3764. I have used papers from a previous Mix In collection. 

In this photo you can see my niece Mia was lucky enough to have one of the butterflies land on her shoulder.

I was able to create an almost replica of the black and cream butterfly with the Butterfly Layers thin cuts. 

If you haven't realised it yet I do love flowers and butterlies. For this card  I used stamps from the Daisy Meadows scrapbooking stamp Z3932 and coloured the flower and butterfly with the Spectrum Noir markers. The pearls add a little elegance to this card.

Thank you for stopping by I hope you found some inspiration in my projects, now hop along to Danielle's Scrappychicks  I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!