Party Time Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to our CTMH Party Time blog hop, if you have arrived here from Doreen's blog  you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you see something you like. You can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

This collection has a wonderful selection of party papers, with balloon, candle and streamer images and then even more with the dots, stripes and Happy Birthday sentiments.

Of course this collection screams party and birthdays, so my first project is a birthday card. I wanted to showcase different papers, after choosing three of the papers I then matted them on complimentary cardstock. To decorate I have added the party hat stamped and coloured images, ribbon and the Happy Birthday. A little bling adds some sparkle. 

I am really happy with how the streamer paper looks on this layout, makes it look really festive. These beautiful flowers are from the Stitched Florals stamp set Z3698 and they match the flowers on the cake perfectly. I haven't done pen stictching on a layout for a long time and love how it looks.

Never feel you have to stick to the theme of any collection, there are always at least one or two of the papers that can be used with any project. I love these pink flowers backed with the pretty white dots on the pink paper.

Thanks for stopping by I hope my projects have inspired you to use this lovely collection. For more great ideas hop along to Lauren Moore's blog I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

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

Happy crafting!

Bloom With Grace

 Welcome to our CTMH Australasian blog hop, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance stay and have a look then continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

We are showcasing the Bloom with Grace collection, these papers are so pretty and include a new release colour Desert Rose.

 I was a little late placing my order and and unfortunatly it isn't arriving until today, but I was able to source 2 sheets of the bulk paper. I love this sunflower paper it is so bright and cheery, I have use it for  this simple yet pretty card.

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I am still working on my old photos from many years a go, this gorgeous little munchkin is now in her late 30's and has two lovely daughters of her own. I knew these photos would look great with these papers and wasn't disappointed with the finished layout. The sunflowers and umbrella are from the Flower Market Cricut cartridge.

Thank you for stopping by, to see more great ideas hop along to Lauren Moore's blog. I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.  Please take a moment and leave a comment before you go, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!

September Stamp of the Month "Here For The Memories"

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH stamp of the month blog hop, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog  you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you like what you see and you can contnue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

This stamp set is all about preserving our special memories in our albums, the sentiments are so apt for our many varied themed layouts.

This layout is all about what life was like for my niece and her daughter during lockdown because of the COVID 19 pandemic. Life changed quite drastically for them, they live in Florida USA and when the schools, shops, churches and places of entertainment shut, they had to stay put in their condominium and get on with life as best they could. This meant home schooling, lots of arts and craft time and even indoor Hop Scotch played on the lounge room tiled floor.

This stamp set is not really one for making cards with but I thought I would give it a go and came up with this idea. It's a bit of fun and whimsy and I also used some of the older stamp sets. I used the stamp that looks like a polaroid photo and says "say cheese" I cut out the stamped image so it looks like a frame removing the inner bit. I then added the cute animals in the frames and used different stamp sets to create the sentiment. 

I usually spend Mothers Day with my sister, her family, my mum and my brother. We have a picnic at the Peel Winery but this year was very different. It was just my sister, my brother and I visiting mum at home for afternoon tea. These lovely papers are from one of the new Mix In Paper Packs X9019

Thank you for stopping by, I hope you have been inspired by my projects, to see more great ideas hop along to Lauren Moore's blog I am sure she has something great to share.

Before you leave please take a moment and leave a comment, they are always appreciated and help us to be more creative.

Happy crafting!