Love is All You Need blog hop

 Hello and welcome to the Australasian Close To My Heart Love is All You Need blog hop. If you arrived here from The Scrapbooking Photographer you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance just click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

This hop is will be a little different, we get to choose what products we want to use as long as it fits the description of "Love is All You Need". This means there will be a variety of products used, I have chosen the Now and Forever collection. I fell in love with this collection as soon as I saw it  aren't these papers divine!

The Now and Forever papers have a vintage look to them, so I knew what photo I wanted to use to create this page. This layout features my grandmother, my mother's mother and three of her children, my mum who is 91 wasn't yet born. There is a wee baby in my grandmother's arms that you have to look closely to see. 

I love it when CTMH designs a paper pack with papers that you can cut up to create embellishments, which I have done with the flower paper. I have also added a stamped flower, the flower and butterfly images uses two stamps to create the two tone look. I have added a few of the White Acrylic Flowers Z6035 and also some ink blending and stenciling as well. I used one of the Card Front Pattern Stencils Z4679. I will add the journalling soon.

 

We all love sending birthday cards and this card is filled with special delivery birthday wishes. I have used different papers from the Now and Forever pack to create this card, the presents and special delivery stamps are from the Seasonal Haul stamp and thin cut set Z4655.

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Scrappy Chicks to see more great ideas, I am sure Danielle will have something wonderful to share.

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

Happy crafting!

Are We There Yet?

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian "Are We there Yet" blog hop, if you have arrived here from Lynda's The Scrapbooking Photographer 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 paper pack is bright and colourful and has some lovely pattern papers with images relating to travel. There are drawings of many of the really popular and well know iconic sights plus the images of passport visa stamps and luggage. Something to use with all of your international travel photos or just a short trip to the countryside.

 

 

 I very much enjoyed creating this layout, I was traveling home to Perth and stopped in Sydney to visit my sister, we had a great day in the city sightseeing. Much has changed since 1978 but the well known sites of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House are still as amazing as ever. The Sydney skyline has definitely changed.

I love the honey butter printed paper and chose this plus papaya and glacier cardstock for my layout. The Sydney Opera House cricut cut is from the CTMH "You Are Here"  cartridge and I used the slim  alphabet and numbers dies for the title. I also used glacier ink for the splatter stamped images.

I love this truck from the Seasonal Haul (D2117) stamp set and used the idea from the core catalogue as inspiration for this title piece. I will use this piece on a layout with my Australia Day fireworks photos. The truck was raised using the thick 3D foam tape to give it some dimension. The sapphire printed paper was perfect to mount my stamped image.

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Danielle's Scrappy Chicks  for more great ideas. I am sure she will have something wonderful to share.

Happy crafting!