June Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Can you believe another month has arrived, June's stamp The Long Way Home S1606 is a great stamp. There are lots of different travel related images which would be suitable for lots of different projects. If you arrived here from Georgia Creates you are in the right place, if arrived by chance please continue on. To see the next great project just click on the link at the end of this post. 

I have done a layout using the Penelope papers X7207B, Thistle Ink Z2640 and Canary Ink Z2643 and the little Purple Hearts Z3124. I used this sketch I found on Pinterest for inspiration for my layout.

I hope you are enjoying this blog hop, to see what Vandra has created click here to go to her blog.

Would you take a few minutes to leave a comment we all appreciate it very much. 

Georgie Blog Hop

Welcome to the Georgia Collection Blog Hop, if you have arrived here from  Vandra's Blog you are in the right place, if you arrived her by chance no worries just continue by clicking on the link at the end of this post. This is a wonderful collection, the colours are are beautiful and even though it appears to geared towards Baby layouts and cards it is a very versatile collection.

The Workshop on the Go Collection contains Georgie Paper Packet (X7203B), Georgie Workshop Stamp Set (D-size), 3 Cardstock Sheets (1 Peacock, 1 Whisper, 1 White Daisy), Georgie Assortment (Z3092), 1 Grey Enamel Gems (Z3089) and 1 Instructional Brochure

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I decided to use these beautiful papers for our Easter family celebration photos, I love the soft colours of the papers. To decorate the pages I added titles cut using the Cricut cartridges and some cute little bunnies and of course some journalling which is so important. 

I hope you are enjoying this hop and getting lots of great ideas. To continue please hop over to Mez's Craft Room and see what lovely project she has created.

May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop "Celebrate with Cake"

Welcome to the May Stamp of the Month Blog Hop, wow this is a really cute stamp. "Celebrate with Cake"  S1605,  it's perfect for any celebration.  If you have arrived here from Vandra's Blog you are in the right place, if you arrived her by chance no worries just continue by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

Look at these great images, how sweet are they? Working with these would make anyone happy.

I saw a sketch of a wedding cake with gold accents and want to replicate it in a card, and here is my finished card. I stamped the images in black ink and used the Gold Metallic Marker Z1768  to colour parts of the images. I stamped the roses and Hearts with Versa Mark Ink then embossed with Gold Embossing Powder.  The hearts and the roses were then fussy cut and adhered with foam tape. The heart stamp is from the Cutie Pie set which was the Stamp of the Month for December 0414 but I am sure any small heart stamp will be fine to use. I double stamped the heart then gold embossed it.

For this card I first coloured the Daisy White cardstock with Pixie and Canary ink using a great new product which is being released this month, the Water Brush Pen. It comes in either a round or flat tip. I coloured the overlay using Lagoon ink. The overlay is cut from the Artbooking Cartridge found on page 41 and is cut at 4". The cake image was to large for my cake stand so I stamped the image, decided what size I wanted the cake to be then drew a line with the black marker along the edge and fussy cut it out. I coloured the cake and the banner with the Shin Han markers, which I also used to coloured the Bitty Sparkles.  Did you notice I used the same image on this card as the image for the second layer of the other cake but I turned it upside down on this card?  

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I hope you are getting lots of ideas for this terrific stamp set. To continue click here to go to Georgia Creates to see her fantastic project. Please leave a comment, we all appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment.

CTMH Australasian SE1 Last Chance Hop

Welcome to our latest Blog Hop as we will be getting a new Seasonal Catalogue next month we want to show some great projects made with products from the Seasonal Expressions 1 catalogue. If you arrived here from Maz Wood's Inky Fingers  you are in the right place, if you arrived her by chance no worrie just follow the link at the end of the post to continue the hop. You will still have time to purchase any of the products from the outgoing catalogue before the end of the month.

I have chosen Your Beautiful Self  B1516 as my product to showcase. I love butterflies and this stamp set is so gorgeous. It is so versatile and would be perfect for all sorts of projects.

I have been wanting to have a go using the Watercolours Paints Z3132 and the Watercolour Paper Z3146. So I decided to watercolour one of the butterflies, I was pleasantly surprised that you really can't make any mistakes when watercolour painting. If you add too much colour you can just water it down, if  you have added too much water just use a tissue and blot it up. I still have need lots of practice but I am happy with my first effort. I stamped the script background using an oval cut out, then adhered the painted butterfly with foam tape a little added bling finishes off the card. Even though it appears the backing cardstock is grey I did use white cardstock.

This second card was fun to colour with a variety Shin Han Markers, I love the rounded corners and the pop of yellow paper behind the stamped images.

This last card is a simple one and I really like the Flaxen, Glacier and Pomegranate colour combination.

To continue, hop along to Georgia O'Shea's Georgia Creates to see what great project she has created, she has chosen the Penelope Collection to showcase. Thank you for joining our hop and I hope you are getting lots of ideas. Please leave a comment, we all appreciate you taking time to leave a comment.

"Regatta" Blog Hop

Welcome to the Regatta Blog Hop. If you arrived here from  Mez's Craft Room you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance no worries, just continue the hop by clicking the link at the end of this post. 

The Regatta papers and compliments are really lovely. The paper pack contains 12 sheets of  papers two sheets of five different doubled sided  designs and two sheets of journal and decorative boxes. The compliments pack has nautical and floral elements and titles.

                                                  

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I enjoyed creating with with this set, I love the colours and have made two cards with a nautical theme, they were fun and simple to make.

I look forward to using the Regatta pack to do my photos from my trip to the Bahamas last year but I wanted to show that these papers can also be used for other types of layouts as well. These photos are from my 60th birthday. I have used the Glacier and Flaxen papers and Glacier and Pomegranate inks. The stamp set I used is Shower Flowers C1612 I fussy cut the flowers and leaves, then adhered them with the foam tape.

Thank you for joining our blog hop, to continue hop along to Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom and see what special project she has created. If you wish to leave a comment it will be greatly appreciated. 

CTMH "Charlotte" Workshop Layouts

Last month's scrapbooking workshop I showcased the Charlotte papers, stamps and compliments. I love the colours in this pack and at first glance you would be inclined to think you could only use these papers with feminine type photos. I found they worked rally well with my photos from our visit to the museum to see the Dinosaur Exhibition.

These layouts are single page layouts but look good next to each other. I stamped the flours and then fussy cut them, adding them in cluster makes a lovely feature. 

 I hope you get the opportunity to be crafty this weekend, that's what I plan to do myself. All of these products can be purchased from my online shop. Charlotte Workshop Your Way G1104 $41.00

                                                Charlotte Paper Pack X7205S $15.00

Sprintime Wishes Stamp Set C1641 $21.00

                                               Charlotte Compliments X7205C $10.50

April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. If you arrive here from Tanya Armitage's Happy Papercrafting you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance no worries, just continue the hop by click the link at the end of this post. 

April's stamp of the Month is Life in Pictures S1604, what a fun stamp this is.

My first layout uses the Penelope Workshop Your Way Pack , I love the bright colours of this pack. They were great with my photos of our visit to the Perth Royal Show. I added some of the stamped cameras using Crystal Blue, Pear, Thistle and Pixie ink and the Happy Smiles title. I used the Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut the title "Capture the Details" 

I wanted my second layout to have a vintage look, so I printed the photo in sepia. I used some of the papers from the Urban Paper Pack X7204B, I really like how the vintage camera compliments this layout. I stamped the cameras using Saddle and Cashmere ink, then fussy cut them using out great Non stick Micro tip Scissors Z1836.   I used Colonial White cardstock for this layout.  

My final project is a very simple card, I used the frame stamp and stamped it on Honey cardstock using Honey ink. I then fussy cut it. I love the current Operation Smile stamp set D1679 "Animal Greeting" and used the very cute whale stamp and coloured it with the Shin Han markers. I cut the background frame using the Artiste Cricut cartridge( Accent 4 key 3 the second image using shift key)  to finhish off the card I added 2 Aqua Dots Z1853.

I hope you are enjoying the hop, to continue click here to go to Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom to see her wonderful creation. Please leave a comment, it's the only way we know anyone has actually seen our projects.

Easter Cards

Happy Easter, I hope everyone is having a relaxing break. It started raining last evening and has continued for most of today, my garden will really appreciate the rain. I love that autumn is here and winter will be following soon, I am glad to see the end of summer.

At my Card Buffet last week, I made a few Easter cards as requested by my ladies. I don't usually give Easter cards but was happy to make and share them.

The Happy Easter and the grass was cut using the artfully Sent and Artiste Cricut cartridges, the cute little bunny is a die. A little bling and ribbon finishes off the card.

Butterflies represent new birth, and what a fitting image to use on an Easter card as a symbol of the Resurrection of Christ.

 This was an easy card to make, using the Wood Grain Embossing Folder and the Wreath stamp.

This was a fun card with the Easter eggs, a little bling and some ribbon.
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I hope you have an opportunity to do some crafting on this rainy long weekend.

March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop "Sunshine Birdies

Welcome to the March Stamp of the Month Blog Hop. If you arrive here from Wendy Hopper's  Expressions of the Heart you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance no worries, just continue the hop by click the link at the end of this post.

This month's stamp S1603 is so cute, the set has 11 gorgeous images. They make me think of Spring but they could also be used for Easter or so many other themes. You can buy this set for $27.00 or for just $7.50 with a $75.00 order.

 I used all of the stamps plus a few others to make the title page for my 2016 Family Photo Album. This stamp set is so much fun to work with. I loved colouring in the images with the Shin Han markers, they are a breeze to colour with.

I hope you are enjoying the hop to continue click here to go to Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom.