Magical Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to another great blog hop, if you have arrived here from Shaunna's blog you are in the right place if you arrived by chance I hope you enjoy this hop. I love the Magical Collection, the bright colours and there are a wonderful selection of stickers, diecuts and embellishments.

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For this hop I have two layouts and a card to share and I had such fun doing these projects. This first layout is a simple one and uses just a few strips of the papers and some of the embellishments. I have also used the stamped lines stamp from the July Stamp of the Month for my journaling.

 For the second layout I have used different papers and embellishments, I love how allof the CTMH papers and embellishments compliment the photos and make scrapbooking so easy.

I love the bight yellow and red papers used for this card.

To continue, hop along to Maz Wood's Inky Fingers to see what great project she has to share. Please take a moment to leave a comment.

CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the July Stamp of the Month " From the Notebook" S1607 if you arrived here from Georgia Creates you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance just click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

This stamp has 24 different images, the images with the red line around them means that you can cut the corresponding shape with one of the CTMH Cricut cartridges. There are so many cute little images in this set and I am sure I will come up with lots of ideas to use them.

My layout uses the Magical Paper Pack X7209B and Cranberry and Black Ink. For inspiration I used the sketch on page 34 of the Cherish Idea Book 9038. The title was cut using the Artfully Sent Cricut cartridge. 

To continue the hop click here to go to Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom and see what she has created. Please take a few minutes and leave a comment, it is appreciated. 

CTMH Thin Cuts Blog Hop

Welcome to the Close To My Heart Thin Cuts Blog Hop, if you arrived here from Creating with Kara Davies  you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you see something you like and just click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

The Thin Cuts are great products that eliminate the need to fussy cut certain stamped shapes. I have chosen the My Anchor Bundle CC1139 which is one of the many products in the  Flash Sale for this week. The bundle includes the Thin Cuts as well as the stamps, and you can buy this set for just $36.00 the regular price is $45.00 what a great saving.

This layout uses photos from my holiday to the Bahamas last year to visit family and friends. The Regatta Paper Pack and Accessories, look great with these photos but unfortunately they are now discontinued. I need to give credit to Karen Pedersen as I used her layout as inspiration. I love how easy it is to use the Thin Cuts and the finished image looks so great. Check out the Seasonal Expressions 2 catalogue to see the terrific new Thin Cuts that are available for purchase

I really like the look of this card, it was super quick and easy to make. The flowers use the larger stamped heart and the centre of the flowers is the sun image.The stem of the flowers are cut freehand. The butterfly is made with the smaller heart, three of the Bitty Sparkles which I coloured with a Shin Han Marker creates the body of the butterfly.  I used Sapphire, Canary and Pixie Ink.  

                                       

I hope you are enjoying this hop, to continue click here to go to Maz's Inky Fingers, I am sure she will have a great project to share. Please leave a comment, we all appreciate you taking the time to comment.

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