Layered Flowers Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian Layered Flowers 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 find some inspiration from my projects and you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

The layered flowers thin cuts will be a great addition to your collection of dies, there are 17 different shapes in this set of flowers and leaves. These cut beautifully with CTMH cardstock with just one pass through my Cuttlebug. I am sure you will be using them over and over again!

All little girls love a sleep over with their friends and it looks like Mia and her friend had a great time. After cutting the flowers I dry embossed them to give them some texture, I did tone on tone stamping on the pink cardstock and I am so happy with how it looks.

These photos gives you a better look at the embossed flowers, aren't they so pretty and the tone on tone stamping. I used thin 3D foam tape to adhere the flowers and leaves. A little bling always goes a long way to embellish a pretty layout.

 

This beautiful spot is only about 10 minutes from where I live and to make it even better there is a lovely cafe there that serves yummy food. It's the perfect spot for a light lunch or afternoon tea with friends. The black swans raise a family here most years. The title is made using the Block Alphabet thin cuts which are still available on clearance for just $44.00. I have cut two of each of the letters to make the title more sturdy.

To give the flowers a different look again I have drawn lines and circles with the CTMH dual tip stylus and then sanded the raised lines using an emery board. You can also highlight the lines with ink if you wanted but I like just the sanded look.

After cutting lots of different flowers I had a few left over and thought I would make a small box and use one of the flowers as a decoration. I have had this button in my stash since I first joined CTMH and it looks great on the flower. This is a very easy box to make it all it uses one piece of cardstock 11"x4" and a piece of pattern paper 3.5"x8" I have used the new red double sided adhesive tape to make this box and it works a treat. Any 3D project that you use this tape on will definitely not be coming apart. Check out this video for easy to follow instructions Succulent Garden Tent Box - Stampin' Up! UK #1 Demonstrator Sam Hammond (pootles.co.uk)

Thank you for stopping by, to see more great ideas hop along to Danielle's scrappychicks and see what she has to share.

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Happy crafting!

Holly and Ivy Blog Hop

 Welcome to our CTMH Australasian blog hop, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance I hope you get some inspiration from my projects. You can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

Today we are showcasing the lovely Christmas collection Holly and Ivy which has some beautiful papers and embellishments. I very much enjoyed using this collection with my Christmas photos.

Christmas really is a magical time when you have children in the family. My nephew lives in London with his wife and family and it was so wonderful to have them visit Australia for Christmas. Yes I am behind with my Christmas layouts, this was Christmas 2018. I loved working with this collection, this layout came together really easily. I used the red shimmer brush to add the splatters. The glitter presents are from a retired collection.

This layout is the same year and I wanted to make the family photo the focus of the page so I decided to create  a one photo layout which is something I rarely do. Because I was using just one photo I thought I would showcase all of the papers from this collection. Adding the pen lines around the edges of the papers defines the smaller pieces of paper so they are more noticeable.

 

Even though this collection is Christmas themed,  the toffee and red striped papers can be used for other occasions. I've had the Macaron stamp set for awhile and haven't used it yet so I set myself a challenge to use for this hop. When I saw the sentiment "Ooh La La" I wanted to use the retired Eiffel Tower stamp  as well as the macarons. The Bitty Sparklers are coloured with the tri blend markers. 

Thanks for stopping by, now hop along to Danielle's Scrappychicks blog and see what wonderful project she has to share.

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Happy crafting.

October Stamp of the Month

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian stamp of the month blog hop, if you arrived here from Artymaz you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you get some inspiration from my project and you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

This month's stamp of the month is Wildflower Friendship, aren't these animals just the cutest. The floral clusters are so pretty.

I was given these photos of Lucy's primary school graduation a few weeks ago and decided to use them with this stamp set. I found the quote "become a little wiser every day" online and thought it was perfect for the layout. The quote was stamped using the Stacy's Hand alphabet stamps with sapphire ink on two of the tag thin cuts. The owl and the other sentiment are also stamped with sapphire ink. The book page for my journalling is a cricut cut from the CTMH Artbooking cartridge. The papers are from the July - August Mix In paper pack which I ink destressed with sapphire ink. The other decorations are from my ever growing stash of retired products.

Doesn't he look like a wise old owl and pretty cute at the same time. Lucy looks too young to be going to high school the following year. At this age they have so much to look forward to, their whole lives ahead of them with unlimited possibilities. 

I really like how simple this card is and I love the colours, I was originally planning on doing a black and white card but when I saw this grey and black plaid I fell in love with it. It is also from one of the Mix In paper packs, these paper packs are always so lovely. By only stamping the fox's head I was able to use the lace doily thin cut which I am so sorry to say is now discontinued. What a lovely face the fox has.

 

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Shaunna's Passionate about Pages and see what great project she has to share. 

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Happy crafting,

Doris