Serenity Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian blog hop today we are showcasing the beautiful Serenity collection, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

The lovely colours of this collection brings joy to my heart, I love them. These papers will look beautiful on any project.

I am still working on photos from back in the 70's that were scanned from my dad's slides, this layout uses photos from when my sister and her husband visited from the Bahamas and mum and dad took them down south.

I am a real fan of butterflies and would love to see them in my garden but sadly I never see them now days. So the next best thing is the stamped variety, and I have created this pretty card for someone special.

This last layout also uses old photos and they look great with this paper and the zip strip adds a lovely contrast. I fussy cut some of the flowers from one of the paper to add some decoration to the layout. 

 Thank you for stopping by, to continue the hop go along to Lauren Moore's blog and see what she has created, I am sure it will be something special.

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

Happy crafting, 

Doris

December Stamp of the Month "Happiness Never Grows Old"

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH blog hop, if you arrived here from Shaunna's Passionate About Pages you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you get some inspiration to use this lovely stamp set.

This is a lovely floral stamp and I am sure it will be used over and over again. The floral sprays are devine and the font used for the sentiments are so pretty.

This first card use just two colour, sapphire and white and I am very happy with how it turned out. I  used sapphire cardstock then this lovely paper from a past collection. The white stitched frame and then the roses and leaves stamped in sapphire ink which completes the card.

I so love it when my niece sends me photos of herself and her daughter, these are just some random photos that she sent to me. This is a simple but really pretty layout and uses just small strips of paper. I thought this sentiment was perfect for this layout.

Inspiration for my final card  came from Connie at Constantly Stamping I loved how special it looks. I have used the single flower and leaves, then just outlined the stamped flowers with the grey and lavender tri blend markers. For a little dimension I added thin strips of white cardstock behind the flowers.

Thank you for stopping by I hope you like what I have created, to continue the hop go to Lauren Moore's blog and see what wonder project she has to share.

Please take a moment and leave a comment before you leave, your comments are always appreciated.

Happy crafting, Doris