Cake Day Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH Cake Day blog hop, if you arrived here from Danni's blog  you are in the right place . If you arrived here by chance please click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

The Cake Day collection really is all about birthdays, but of course you can use it for many other themes of projects. This is a really bright and fun paper pack and the stickers are gorgeous. 

Some how I only ordered the Cake Day picture my life cards and not the paper pack, not to be deterred I was still able to create a layout and a card. 

I loved this card from the picture my life pack and thought I would add another sentiment as well. I just wrote it with the black journalling pen. It's a really fun card now, what do you think?

 
This layout uses just two of the picture my cards and the stunning new coated cardstock that is on special this month. You can get a special bundle of 24 UV coated sheets, 2 each of 12 different colours for $48. I choose the beautiful lemonade colour for my background and the mint for my title. Photos just don't do this paper justice, you have to see it in person. The UV coating gives the paper a beautiful sheen. I was able to cut the 4"x6" multi coloured paper into 2 pieces to create the border strip and then I cut one of the other cards into 2, 1/2" x 6" strips to create the other border piece. You can cover the joins in the papers with your embellishments and no one will ever know. 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I was able to inspire you, now hop along to Lauren Moore's blog  I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

Before you leave, please take a moment and leave a comment they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting! 

Cardstock Carnival Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian cardstock carnival blog hop, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance, click on the link at the end of the post to continue the blog hop.

Close to my Heart have a fantastic special on cardstock for the month of March. Cardstock is something you can never have too much of and CTMH's cardstock simply can't be beat. This month only you can save 15% to 30% on selected packs, check my website for details doristaylor.closetomyheart.com.au/

Never feel limited if the majority of paper that you have is cardstock, there is so much that you can do with cardstock to change the look or give it some texture. You can stamp and colour on it, you can dry emboss with embossing folders, you can heat emboss with the beautiful embossing powders, or you can use textured paste. They are just some ideas off the top of my head.

This first project uses dry embossing and images stamped with black ink and stamped and coloured. I also cut the milk bottles on my cricut. This is a free image from Cricut Design Space. When I first looked at these photos I didn't notice the empty milk bottles at the front door, I was reminiscing about how cute my nieces were way back then, but as soon as I saw them the memory of home delivered milk came rushing back. Do you remember when milk was delivered to your door, you just had the leave the empty bottles out the night before!

I have used random stamps from my CTMH stash that went with this layout and I embossed the papaya cardstock. As I have said before the Slim Alphabet Thin Cuts are my favourite. 3D foam tape was also used on the flowers and vines.

This card is a really easy but beautiful card, I have had this embossing folder in my stash for many years so I am not sure where it came from. Embossing with white cardstock really is so beautiful and this butterfly folder is simply stunning. It really is the focus of this card, the subtle pink border, pearls and the ribbon are all it needs to complete the card. I really like this card, I haven't added a sentiment because I feel it's not needed. The card is 6"x6" so there is plenty of room inside to write.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I have given you some inspiration to use what cardstock you have or maybe get some more in this month's great special. Now hop along to Lauren's CTMHcraftings and see what great project she has to share.

If you like what you see please take a moment and leave me a comment, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting! 

March Stamp of the Month blog hop

 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 by chance you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post. 

This month's stamp is call You're The Goat: that is you're the "greatest of all time". There are 9 different animal images and 15 punny sayings. We can have lots of fun with this stamp set, for cards as well as scrapbooking.

This layout uses the the very cute "have a whaley great day", and also the whale stamp of course and I love it on this layout. I had to hunt through my stash of papers to find this past paper pack called Seas the Day which was perfect for these photos. 

The waves along the bottom decoration was an after thought after I had already added the scalloped sticker and thankfully I found 2 different stamps ( a straight line and the waves stamp) in my stash that allowed me to recreate the same pattern as on the paper with sapphire ink. Always check your stamps when you have little boo boos like what happened to me, you never know what you will find. 

Here is a close up shot of the stamped images. I fussy cut the whale and adhered it with 3D foam tape. He really is cute, with that cheesy grin.

I loved this black cat when I first saw it and the cool cat sentiment is so cute. I found this card kit of pieces when I was looking through my stash and made it work for this card. I really need to use up more of my stash. I hope you like this card as well. 

My mother has always sewn but came to quilting later in life and she has made quilts for all of her great grandchildren and many other people. I am proud to say I have two of them. I have never tried quilting but my two sisters have followed in mum's footsteps and have made some beautiful quilts. My sister Theresa made this small quilt for my niece and it truly is "toadly amazing" The front of the quilt is the pieced hearts and the floral is the back, I have to keep reminding my sister to sign her quilts as they are works of art like any other project. 

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you to use this stamp set, now to get some more grat ideas please go to Alison's Scissors, Paper Heart blog. I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

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

Happy crafting!