March Stamp of the Month "Winged Masterpiece"

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian blog hop, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

I think this is one of the loveliest stamp sets, all of the images are really special and the sentiments will be uses again and again. The floral clusters that make up the butterfly and the dragonfly are stunning.

At first glance I thought the butterfly was going to be too time consuming to colour in but it really was so much fun. I have used some of the Happiness Lives Here papers and Blue Belle ink. These photos are from Easter last year, when we were in lockdown due to COVID 19, so there weren't any family get togethers to celebrate Easter. My nieces sent me these photos of their kids with their Easter goodies. The butterfly is a symbol of new life, so I thought it was perfect for Easter. 

 

I love the sentiment "wishing you the happiest of birthdays" and I wanted to create a pretty card to go with it. I used this paper from the Perfect Match pack, the flowers are from a discontinued stamp and thin cut set but of course any flower stamp would work. The flowers were stamped with Candy Apple ink and coloured with the pink Spectrum Noir marker, for the leaves I used Mink ink. The flowers and leaves were adhered with 3D foam tape. Pearls make everything look elegant.

 

The Creative Design Team (a group of CTMH makers) have been making a video a day for February  with the theme of love your stash, showing some great ideas on how to use up the stash of past products that we all have. So I thought I would have a go at using up some of my stash of embellishments and papers. The papers and embellishment are from the Florence collection. Check out their videos on YouTube here is the link for the first video (13) Day 1 Love Your Stash | Pocket Scrapbooking Cards | Process Video - YouTube there are links to all the other videos.

  

I heat embossed the dragonfly and the sentiment, then fussy cut the dragonfly. I love how pretty it looks. I am waiting for another photo from a friend to complete this layout. I have been friends with these lovely ladies for a very long time and when we catch up we always have a great time. Here are are some close ups of the embossing.

 

Thank you for stopping by, to see more great ideas hop along to Maz's blog I am sure she will have something wonderful to share. 

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Happy crafting! 

Sweet Safari Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the Australasian CTMH Sweet Safari Blog hop, if you arrived here from Shaunna's Passionate about Pages you are in the right place. If you arrived by chance you can join in the hop, just click on the link at the end of this post.

Don't think this paper pack is just for kids projects, CTMH have paired some beautiful pattern papers with the whimsical designs of clouds and cute animals. This means there are lots of options for using this collection. 

My next door neighbour's have a beautiful kitten that loves to come and drink from my bird bath, of course the birds don't like it when she visits. Thankfully I haven't seen any evidence of her catching any of the birds. Her name is Mitzi and she is the spitting image of one of my cats that has gone to heaven. The letters are the white alphabet foam stickers Z4088 that I have coloured using a black marker.

 

For this card I have used the smallest square stitched thin cut, a plain circle and a scalloped circle then some twine and a few red gems to decorate. Birthday cards are always needed as I have a large extended family and I need at least one card nearly every month. 

I thought the title Sweet Safari was perfect for this layout. My local shopping center had a display of jungle animals the same week my grand niece was visiting for a few days. I love that the shopping centers put on these sorts of displays during the school holidays. This set of leaf thin cuts is no longer available but there is a new set with even prettier leaves Z3692 why don't you check them out.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you found some inspiration in my projects for this great paper pack. To continue the hop go to Doreen's blog  and see what wonderful project she has to share.

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Happy crafting!

February Stamp of the Month "Doodled Borders"

 Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian blog hop, the February stamp of the month is "Doodled Borders" If you arrived here from Maz'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 stamp set is quite amazing with 36 different icons which includes one sentiment. Wow what a variety of different images so many possible projects to create.

I had never heard of a "Super Pink Moon" before last April, when it occurred and I was amazed to see it. Apparently a super pink moon occurs only twice a year when the moon reaches it's closest point to the earth and is the biggest and brightest at this time. Thankfully it was a clear night and really quite easy to see. Unfortunately you can't see the pink around the edge of moon in this photo but it is evident in the photos that I used on this layout. 

 I used three of the images, the border for the zip strips, the flag that I added the date and the stars. The silver sequins adds a little bit of sparkle to the layout.

To make the pattern paper border I used Candy Apple and Sapphire inks and the plaid like stamp. A really simple layout, I used one of the Make It From Your Heart layout ideas for this page. I have also used the sentiment and the small circle border stamps.

 

When I first saw this stamp set, I thought this image looked like a bicycle tire track, so I thought I would make a card using this bicycle stamp. I got the Volume 4 Make It From Your Heart Ideas Book in last month's sale and I used pattern 3 as inspiration to make this card.

 

Thank you for stopping by, now hop along to Doreen's blog and see what great projects she has to share, I am sure it will be something wonderful.

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Happy crafting!

Happiness Lives Here Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to our Australasian CTMH blog hop, today we are showcasing the Happiness Lives Here collection. If you arrived here from Danielle's blog you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance, you can click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

Oh my isn't this one of the prettiest collections, I love everything about it, the colours and patterns of papers, and all of the decorative items. They are all gorgeous, for my projects I have used the paper pack and the picture my life cards.

Don't you just love this photo of my niece's daughter "dressed for breakfast" with all her bling! She has on two bracelets and a necklace. This is Genevieve (AKA Geneva) Cara sent me these photos of her amazing two daughters who are growing up before my eyes. Every mum should receive a note like this to go with their morning cuppa. I cut out one of the PML cards with the flowers to decorate this page, I added 3D foam tape to give the flowers a little lift off of the page.

This layout is the accompanying page with Monique making pancakes  for the family's breakfast. The cooking utensils stamps is from a discontinued stamp set and I thought they went perfectly with this layout. Inspiration for this layout came from the Make it From Your Heart Vol 2 pattern 3. 

I have used the Stitched Floral Florals stamp set C1861 to make this card, I felt it complimented the papers beautifully. I also used the Make It From Your Heart Vol 4 pattern 17 as inspiration for this card.  All of the ideas books are a great resource to have in your stash of products. I especially love the "Love of Colour" books.

Thank you for stopping by, I hope I have inspired you check out this collection, you will not regret it. To see more great ideas please hop along to Doreen's blog I am sure she will have something great to share.

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Happy crafting!

January Stamp of the Month "Every thank You"

 Happy New Year and welcome to the first Australasian blog hop for 2021. If you arrived here from Shaunna's Passionate About Pages you are in the right place, if you arrived by chance I hope you are inspired by my project and you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

This stamp set will give you lots of different options for lots of projects. There are different fonts and other icons which are great for cards as well as other projects.

Some friends arrive in your life just when you need them, that's how it was with Betty. We had started working at the same hospital at the same time and we knew of each other but had never worked together on the same ward. Then some 20 years later she joined the team on the Day Surgery ward where I worked and we hit it off straight away. She is so different to me, confident, self assured and absolutely mad at times but a great friend. She helped me through some difficult times and I am truly thankful for her friendship.

The flowers are made with the 3D Flower thin cuts and the papers used for the layout come from the Mix In papers. I used what supposed to be the rolled stamen to make the yellow border along the bottom of the papers.

Thank you for stopping, please hop along to Lauren Moore's blog and see what she has to share, I am sure it's a great project. 

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

Happy crafting!

Serenity Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CTMH Australasian blog hop today we are showcasing the beautiful Serenity collection, if you arrived here from Doreen's blog you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance you can continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

The lovely colours of this collection brings joy to my heart, I love them. These papers will look beautiful on any project.

I am still working on photos from back in the 70's that were scanned from my dad's slides, this layout uses photos from when my sister and her husband visited from the Bahamas and mum and dad took them down south.

I am a real fan of butterflies and would love to see them in my garden but sadly I never see them now days. So the next best thing is the stamped variety, and I have created this pretty card for someone special.

This last layout also uses old photos and they look great with this paper and the zip strip adds a lovely contrast. I fussy cut some of the flowers from one of the paper to add some decoration to the layout. 

 Thank you for stopping by, to continue the hop go along to Lauren Moore's blog and see what she has created, I am sure it will be something special.

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

Happy crafting, 

Doris

December Stamp of the Month "Happiness Never Grows Old"

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH blog hop, if you arrived here from Shaunna's Passionate About Pages you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you get some inspiration to use this lovely stamp set.

This is a lovely floral stamp and I am sure it will be used over and over again. The floral sprays are devine and the font used for the sentiments are so pretty.

This first card use just two colour, sapphire and white and I am very happy with how it turned out. I  used sapphire cardstock then this lovely paper from a past collection. The white stitched frame and then the roses and leaves stamped in sapphire ink which completes the card.

I so love it when my niece sends me photos of herself and her daughter, these are just some random photos that she sent to me. This is a simple but really pretty layout and uses just small strips of paper. I thought this sentiment was perfect for this layout.

Inspiration for my final card  came from Connie at Constantly Stamping I loved how special it looks. I have used the single flower and leaves, then just outlined the stamped flowers with the grey and lavender tri blend markers. For a little dimension I added thin strips of white cardstock behind the flowers.

Thank you for stopping by I hope you like what I have created, to continue the hop go to Lauren Moore's blog and see what wonder project she has to share.

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

Happy crafting, Doris

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop "You Warm My Heart"

 Welcome to the November stamp of the month blog hop if you arrived here from Shaunna's Passionate About Pages you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance, you will be able to continue the hop by clicking on the link at the end of this post.

When I first saw this stamp set my first thought was "what can I make with this set", but after a little while some ideas did come to me. Of course it's supposed to be a winter themed stamp set but thankfully a few other ideas popped into my head.

This card has nothing to do with the winter theme, even though this flower stamp is supposed to be a poinsettia but when coloured blue it no longer looks like a poinsettia! Pretty pink and blue colours are always a great combination. I like to have a card in my stash that I can send to someone to brighten their day and let them know "you got this" and tomorrow is always a new day.

I love cooking and baking with the kids when they come for a visit, we baked this yummy cake and added a cream cheese frosting. For this layout I used Make It From Your Heart Vol 5 pattern 9. I used the piece of pie stamp but after stamping the image I fussy cut off the pastry so now it looks like a piece of our yummy cake. Don't you just love how versatile our stamps are.

This is a fun holiday card, who doesn't like a steaming hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows. I used Make It From Your Heart Vol 2 pattern 20 as inspiration for this card. The Make it From Your Heart ideas books are really the best and the later addition of Love Of Colour Volumes 1 and 2 are even better.

Thank you for stopping by, please hop along to Lauren Moore's blog I am sure she has something wonderful to share.

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

Happy Crafting!

Comfort and Joy Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Australasian CTMH blog hop, if you arrived here from Kimberley's blog  you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance click on the link at the end of this post to see more greatr ideas using this collection.

 

This lovely Christmas collection has the traditional colours and icons, but some of the patterned papers can be used for other themes than Christmas.

This layout uses some of the lovely papers and stickers, a simple but quite nice layout. It's always a lot of fun when the kids come and we check out the Christmas lights in the neighbourhood. I love that so may people take the time and effort to decorate their houses and yards so beautifully.  

I really like this Christmas tree stamp, it's so pretty but used with the black and red plaid paper gives it a masculine look.

Thank you for stopping by hop along to Shaunna's blog for more great ideas, I'm sure she will have something wonderful to share.

Please take a moment ans leave a comment, they are always appreciated.

Happy crafting!