Buildable Tags 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 my projects inspire you, and you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

Today we are showcasing the fantastic buildable tags thin cuts, wow the possibilities are endless with this collection of  9 different dies. You can layer them or use them as individual dies.

The wonder and excitement of children when they believe in Santa is fantastic. When they write a letter to Santa it shows their absolute belief. Here are photos of my niece's daughter's excitement of posting her letter to Santa last year. I have used a few of the different dies, many thanks to Janice Gilhooley for her inspirational video using these tags. You can find her video here  I loved her idea of using the frame die and adding the gorgeous garden gnomes that have been coloured to create Christmas elves. I also used one of the tags to hold my title.

This second layout uses the basic tag that I have added a PLM card that I cut down to fit it. I love this quote "Collect Moments not Things" I am guilty of collecting things like heaps of scrapping supplies but really when you think about it they are not just things, they are essentials. Some of you may know this gorgeous baby, it's my niece Laura Beacham. I have delved into my stash of beautiful past papers and embellishments to create this layout. As I have said before one of the things I love about CTMH is their core colours remain the same, so different collections from different years all still match beautifully. 

 Thanks for stopping by, now for some more great ideas hop along to Alison at Scissors Paper Heart  I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

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Happy crafting!

Candid Moments Blog Hop

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

Today we are showcasing the Candid Moments collection, aren't these colours beautiful? These papers will be so versatile and can be used for any type of project.

This gorgeous young boy is now in his forties, this is the first time I have tried the smooshing technique. To do this I pressed my ink pad directly on a large stamping block or you can use the all purpose mat, then spray a little water onto the ink and using a piece of cellophane or acetate and smoosh the cellophane onto the block. Then lightly fold the cellophane or acetate and place where you want on your paper, repeat as often as you want. It gives a lovely watercolour effect, I used Carolina and Sundance inks.

I am so happy with how this card turned out, after stamping and colouring the image I fussy cut it out. When you cut close to the edge of an image it's a good idea to then run around the edge of the image with a black marker it gives it a better looking image, no white bits showing. I added a gold sparkly star at the top. 

These photos were also taken many years ago, my mum and dad took my younger sister and a family friend down south during the school holidays. I have used sapphire cardstock for the background and sundance to mat the photos.

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Alison's Scissors Paper Heart and see what great project she has to share.

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Happy crafting!

November Stamp of the Month "Created to Shine"

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian 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 my projects inspires you to use this stamp set. You can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

This stamp set is called Created to Shine, I really like the old fashioned look of the string of lights. These sentiments are lovely as well. I had fun creating with this stamp set.

Little girls love to pose for the camera and these three were having a great time. I felt this sentiment suited the layout perfectly. I wanted to make this a really pretty layout and these flower stamps from the Stitched Florals Z3698 fitted the bill. The delicate leaf dies adds a real softness to the flowers. Various gems were used for the centres of the flowers. I coloured the clear sparkles Z3274 with the coral Shin Han marker.

For this Christmas card I used the light stamps, I was able to ink up individual lights with Versa mark ink and heat emboss them with White Embossing powder Z2068 on the black stitched circles. The holly stamps can be found in a number of different CTMH Christmas stamps.

This last layout is my niece's recent birthday celebration at a rather fancy restaurant, the chandeliers are pretty amazing. The girls all shone brightly that night. I have used a variety of papers from my stash, and the gold Sparkle word die cut and the gold butterflies are from a previous kit.  

Thanks for stopping by please hop along and see what Dannielle at scrappychicks has to share, I am sure it is something wonderful.

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Happy crafting.