Hello Lovely Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Hello Lovely blog hop, if you arrived here from Lauren Moore you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance no worries just click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

This is the most beautiful paper collection and embellishments, and it is so versatile. I have used it for a number of layouts of various themes previously but for this hop I have created two cards. The different colours blend so beautifully together, I just love this collection.

Here are my two cards, I decided to used just the elements in the compliments pack and the printed cards . Because the beautiful flowers are adhesive and I wanted the embellishments to not lay flat on the card I adhered them to Daisy White cardstock and then cut them out. This allowed me to place the flowers where I wanted and have them  looking like they are peeking out from behind this paper.

For this second card I fussy cut around one of the printed cards in the paper pack and adhered it to the side of my card. I added the hearts, clear gems, the corner decoration and a bow to finish off the card. Both of these cards were quick and easy to complete.

I hope you are enjoying the hop and getting lots of ideas to use with this very "lovely" collection. To continue just hop along to Vandra to see what she has created and shared. Please take a moment to leave a comment we all appreciate your comments.

February Stamp of the Month Blog Hop Easter Bunny

Welcome to the Australasian CTMH "Stamp of the Month" Blog Hop if you arrived here from  Anne Patterson's Annespirations you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you like what you see, just click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog. I am sure there will be some great ideas shared.

This month's stamp set is Easter Bunny S1702 and what a beauty it is. I love the cute little bunnies and the sentiments are fabulous. You can buy this gorgeous stamp set for $27.00 or just $7.50 with a $75.00 order. There are 12 stamps in this set.

A special little girl is having her birthday later this week and I wanted to make something to decorate the party room so I created this birthday bunting. I stamped the images on water colour paper and then painted the images with our lovely water colour paints Z3132. Using our Non stick Micro tip scissors Z1836 made fussy cutting the rabbits quite easy. I also used the Flower Marker Cricut cartridge to cut the letters, the size is 2". Each pennant is 6" x 4" and then I dovetailed the end.

                            Here is a close up of some of the individual pennants of the bunting.

My second project is also an off the page item, this stamp set lends itself to creating cute projects. I used the cardboard frames that came with my first CTMH Cricut Cartridge but you can cut this shape with the Art Philosophy cartridge. The frames are 21/2" square, I used Cashmere Ink to colour the frames. I then stamped various images on grey paper from the Hello Lovely Paper Pack. Once again I used the water colour paints to colour my rabbits. The ribbon is 17" long and 1/4" wide, I used glue dots to adhere the ribbon to the back of the frames.

I hope you are enjoying this hop, to continue go to Shaunna Richards Passionate About Pages to see her great project. Please take a moment to leave a comment we do read and appreciate them.

Hello Lovely Layouts

Hi all, it's been a few weeks but I am back, my goal is to be more regular in my blog posting.

I showcased the Hello Lovely Collection at my January workshop, this is a gorgeous kit. The kit contains:
1 – Hello Lovely paper packet (X7216B)
1 – Hello Lovely Complements (X7216C)
4 – cardstock sheets (4 White Daisy)
1 – gold glitter gems (Z3312)
1 – blush shimmer ribbon (Z3313)

At my workshop I provide my attendees with all the materials to complete one double page layout and the instructions for three layouts. After I completed three double page layouts I still had lots left over from this kit. Here are my layouts.

It really disturbs me that many people that take photos never do anything with them. They leave them on the camera or just download them to their computer. The possibility of losing your photos if your memory card is damaged or lost or if your computer crashes is more likely to happen than not apparently. I love looking through my many albums and remembering the events or holidays and sometimes family and friends that are no longer with us.

Happy scrapping and see you soon.

January Stamp of the Month

Welcome to the Australasian CTMH "Stamp of the Month" Blog Hop if you arrived here from  Lauren Moore you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you like what you see, just click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog. We have some great ideas to share.

This month's stamp is "Adore You" S1701, another beautiful stamp that can be used for lots of different projects. The images and sentiments are lovely.

I have created a layout and a card using this great stamp set. It appears to be for Valentines Day or a romantic theme but as you can see I have used it to make a family layout. So never be put off by first impressions of our stamps as they are all so versatile. I have used the papers from the Rustic Home Fundamentals Z3262 and the Whimsy Fundamentals Z3255, the Shin Han Markers to colour my stamped images and various embellishments. The Micro Tip Scissors Z1836 make fussy cutting the stamped images so easy.The craft cardstock was cut at 6" and placed in the centre of the page, the yellow and white stripe paper id 4" and placed 1" down from the top of the craft cardstock.

My second project is a card which I stamped multiple images of the floral heart stamp using Pixie and Glacier Ink and a few other punched hearts from various papers. I added Glacier Twine and a  heart from Base and Bling range, which is no longer available. I used 3D Foam to adhere the hearts and the envelope..

I hope you are enjoying the hop, to continue click here to see what great project Georgia  has created. Please take a moment to leave a comment, we all read and appreciate your comments.

Oh Deer! Blog Hop

Welcome to the Australasian CTMH "Oh Deer" Blog Hop if you arrived here from Vandra you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you like what you see, just click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog. We have some great ideas to share.

The Oh Deer collection is lovely, the papers and embellishments are beautiful. You will be able to create any number of  projects with this collection, the papers an embellishments will make great cards and scrapbooking layouts.

 I have created the a Christmas Shadow Box, I used the papers, cricut images and stamps. The frame is  9" x 9" the smaller squares are 2" and these are matted on 2 1/4" squares. JOY was cut using the Artfully Sent cartridge at 2". I have used various Christmas images from different cartridges and some stamped images.

To continue the hop click here to see what Lauren Moore has created, I am sure you will love it. Please take a moment to leave a comment, we do appreciate it. 

December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop "Thoughtful Flowers"

Welcome to the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop, if you have arrived here from Lauren Moore you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance I hope you enjoy the hop and click on the link at the end of this post to go to the next blog.

This is such a versatile stamp set, the flowers and sentiments can be used for so many different projects. I have created two different projects to share with you. This first one is a Christmas gift bag, these bags are cheap to buy in places like the Reject Shop. The stamp I used is a great poinsettia, I stamped three of them using black ink then coloured them with the Shin Han markers, I added strips of paper from the City Sidewalks Paper Pack and a Christmas greeting.

This projects using five of the different flowers plus some of the sentiments. You can watch a video here with instructions to make this box. I used the Hook and Loop Dots Z1805 to seal the box.

There are four cards and envelopes in the box. I used some of the cards from the September National Stamping Month "Create Kindness Kit. After stamping the flowers I coloured them with the Shin Han Markers and then fussy cut them. To decorate I used  the Bitty Sparkles and Enamel Gems.

Thank you for stopping by, to continue the hop click here to go to Maz's Amazing Close To My Heart Creations.  Please take a minute to leave a comment, we all appreciate your comments.

City Sidewalks Blog Hop

Welcome to the CTMH City Sidewalks Blog Hop if you arrived here from Maz's blog  you are in the right place. If you arrived here by chance no worries just click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

Wow, this is a terrific collection, I love the papers and compliments!

I had a lot of fun working with kit and have created two projects for this hop, a card and a layout. I sometimes have difficulty working with papers that have a very busy pattern but I have found if you use smaller pieces of the busy paper it is all that you need. I have used the new Flip Flaps Z3245 with this layout, the first photo shows without the flip flap, the second with the flip flap and the third photo shows how it looks in my album.

This card was so easy to make, I used the Zip Strips from the papers to make the wreath. I cut the strips into 3" pieces which I folded in half and dove tailed the end. I cut a 11/2" circle frame and then placed the strips onto the circle frame. I used 18 pieces of paper for the wreath, then added a flower cut from the new Flower Market Cricut cartridge found on page 49 cut at 11/2". I then added one of the silver snowflakes from the Compliments. I dovetailed the ends of the sentiment to match the wreath.

Thank you for stopping by to continue please click here for Kara's blog and see what great project she has created.

A Few Christmas Cards

I love Christmas and everything associated with it. Giving handmade Christmas cards to family and friends is so special. Here are a few of the Christmas cards from last weeks workshop. Close To My Heart have released a number of new great Christmas stamps and I have used quite a few of them in this workshop. You can find all of these stamps on my website

I hope these cards inspire you to make your own handmade Christmas cards this year. Your family and friends will love receiving them.

November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to the November Stamp of the Month Blog Hop if you arrived here from Shaunna's blog  you are in the right place. If you arrived her by chance no worries just click on the link at the end of this post to continue the hop.

I am happy to be back joining in the blog hops, I have been busy with relatives visiting from overseas so have unfortunately been neglecting my blog. The November stamp of the month is New Year's Cheer S161, a fun stamp for your party invitations and layouts or as the name describes New year's celebrations.

I have created a layout of my nieces' birthday party which we celebrated just 4 days after her arrival from the Bahamas. It was easy to choose different elements from the stamp set to decorate the layout. I have also used some of the new Thin Cuts, which I love.

 

I have used the Gift Thin Cuts Z4005 and the Hearts Thin Cuts Z3260, these make adding great decorative elements so easy.

 I hope you are enjoying the hop to continue click here to see Vandra"s blog  what  has created. I am sure she has something great to share. Please take a moment to leave a comment we all appreciate your comments.