S1806 A Bushel & a Peck CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.

This is a circular hop. If you arrived here from

Shaunna Richards

you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link at the end to take you to the next Consultant's great idea.

Don't forget to Pin any of your favourite ideas to Pinterest to save for later!

Each blog will showcase projects using the stamp set 

S1806 A Bushel & a Peck

This stamp set is available this month only for $27, or buy it for $7.50 when you purchase $75 or more from your Consultant.

I wanted to make my niece's 16th Birthday card with this stamp set and tell her that she's "awesome to the core"! I've been scrapbooking with the new Fresh Air paper pack and decided to use the same earthy papers for my card as it really suits my niece. I made the card base 4"x7" out of White Daisy Cardstock. I posted it in a standard business size envelope and I stamped apples and leaves in the corner.

I stamped the three images and the sentiment in Memento Ink and coloured-in with my watercolour pencils. I used Thin 3D foam tape to adhere the gorgeous girl to a piece of retired Espresso cardstock. This mat only slightly overlaps the gold Shimmer Trim. I adhered a piece of green Zip Strip and then the sentiment with foam tape.

Next I adhered the basket of apples with Thin foam tape and then I adhered the apple pie with a double layer of Thin foam tape so it really added extra depth.
I added some glitter gems from my stash and stamped the inside and it was in the post. I know my niece will love it!

This is the Fresh Air paper pack that I used.

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today with 

your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Lauren Moore

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

S1804 Colour Your Life Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our April 2018 

Stamp of the Month blog hop.

This is a circular hop. If you arrived here from

Nell Ward

you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link at the end to take you to the next Consultant's great idea.

Don't forget to Pin any of your favourite ideas to Pinterest to save for later!

Each blog will showcase projects using the stamp set S1804 Colour Your Life.

This stamp set is available this month only for $27, or buy it for $7.50 when you purchase $75 or more from your Consultant.

S1804 Colour Your Life

I have created a couple of very different cards from this stamp set to show you. 

This first card is to send to someone who I think is brave.  Someone who has overcome obstacles, had a rough trot, been through some hard times. Wouldn't it be nice to show someone that they should celebrate their own courage and that you think they are amazing!

I used Blossom cardstock to make a 4"x7" card base and used the Scallop border punch on one of the 7" sides to make the card front. This punch is now retired but you could use the Scallop border thin cuts instead. I used the pink gingham zip strip and floral paper from our Gimme Some Sugar paper pack. Gold shimmer trim and Bashful Pearls add some bling. Celebrate is stamped in Juniper ink and Courage is stamped in Memento ink and coloured with ShinHan markers.

On the inside I added a 0.5" strip of the Juniper spot paper. I then added a white mat 3.25x6.75" that I had stamped with the arrow, leaves and hand drawn the border. The orange flower was fussy cut from the floral paper. When the card is closed you can see the green spot paper under the pink scallop edge.

The next card I have to show was made for a friend's husband who did me a big favour and I wanted to show my appreciation. On the inside I stamped "Thank You".  This card was made using papers from the Basic Fundamentals pack and a bit of Juniper. I am told he loved his card!



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your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Vandra’s Virtual CTMH Craftroom

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

Stargazer CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome aboard the Close To My Heart Australasian blog hop showcasing the Stargazer paper collection.

This is a circular hop. If you arrived here from

Doreen Watkins

then you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link at the end to hop to the next blog. Don't forget to Pin any ideas to Pinterest to save for later! Keep "hopping" until you find yourself back where you started from. Each blog will showcase a project featuring the

 Stargazer Paper Pack and coordinating products. 

I decided to make my very first Shaker card using the Stargazer paper and Complements and March's Stamp of the Month Birthday Time. 

First I sponged Sapphire Ink around the front edges of the White card base. I cut a mat from the astronaut paper, cut out the circle window and distressed around the edges. I used some coloured sequins from my stash, removed the adhesive dots from the back and popped them in a little pocket that I made out of a plastic sleeve and attached this to the back of the circle window. I then attached the card front onto the card using 3D foam tape.

I added a section from a circle of red stripe paper onto the bottom left corner, added some silver spot stickers and part of a zip strip. I took the rocket sticker from the Complements and stuck it onto Canary cardstock before cutting it out and sticking it down with 3D foam tape. I stamped It's your birthday in Sapphire ink on a scrap of white cardstock and inked the edges before adhering it with 3D foam tape.

I have also made the Scrapbooking layouts using instructions that come in the Stargazer Workshop kit. I changed them up a little to suit my photos.

The first layout really shows that you don't only have to use this pack for little boys!

 I used it for my daughter's album to scrapbook the evening we watched the supermoon from the beachfront with lots of other families from the community.

The second layout I encorporated March's Stamp of the Month again, making an awesome birthday layout with this versatile stamp set.

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today with 

your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Rachel Stribling - Creative Workshops By Rachel Stribling

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

Explosion Box Card - Baby Boy - Chelsea Gardens

It's March. Our Seasonal Expressions catalogue came out January 1st and I'm still creating with the Chelsea Gardens collection! 

But this time it's different. This time it's a baby BOY card. 

 This pack is so obviously pretty with all the flowers and butterflies BUT I want to show you how the other papers in the pack can be non-girly.

I searched Pinterest for instructions for an exploding box card and found one from Lori Williams that was easy to follow. I'll pop the link at the bottom of this post to her blog as it has all the measurements. Here is my baby boy card box.

I used Glacier and Cashmere cardstock with Glacier, Heather and Charcoal Inks.

I also used Watercolour pencil to colour in my koala.

I used four stamp sets from my stash to decorate the card.

D1675 Georgie Scrapbooking Workshop

C1614 Tagged With Love

CC1025 You Are My Happy Alphabet

D1642 Cute Koalas

Thanks for looking!

If you would like to shop the Chelsea Gardens range click HERE.

You can find the tutorial I used here:

http://scor-pal.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/may-arts-and-scor-pal-with-lori-williams.html

S1802 Sunny Thoughts Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our February 2018 

Stamp of the Month blog hop.

This is a circular hop. If you arrived here from

Vandra’s Virtual CTMH Craftroom

you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link at the end to take you to the next Consultant's great idea.

Don't forget to Pin any of your favourite ideas to Pinterest to save for later!

Each blog will showcase projects using the stamp set S1802 Sunny Thoughts.

This stamp set is available this month only for $27, or buy it for $7.50 when you purchase $75 or more from your Consultant.

S1802 Sunny Thoughts

I wanted to make a single page layout for a one-off photo from my daughter's daycare. This is definitely out of my comfort zone as I normally like to put lots of photos on my pages.
I chose our new Make Waves papers as the colours are perfect! The first thing I did was choose two cut-apart cards. I attached the one with the "This is a girl..." quote onto the other one on an angle to show off the flowers. At this stage I didn't have a plan, I just liked the look! I chose the background paper and then stamped the leaves in Lagoon ink along a white 1/2" x12" strip.

Next I stamped on white card "You are the Sunshine in my pocket" in Lagoon ink. I then used a dauber to ink the flowers in the stamp above with Pansy Ink and the leaves with Lagoon and stamped it on both sides. I then cut the white card down and daubed the edges with Pansy. 

At this stage I lay all these pieces on the purple base page and just played with the layout until I ended up with this arrangement.

I decided it needed a contrasting coloured circle behind the photo instead of a traditional rectangle mat and chose this gorgeous ombre sheet. After sticking everything down I stamped the lagoon leaf under the photo. Then I stamped a couple of flowers, fussy cut them and attached them with foam tape. After sticking down the "Sunshine" mat with foam tape, I added the little dovetails of shimmer trim, white sequins, clear sparkles and bittly sparkles from my stash of embellishments. I really love what I've created and don't even mind that there's only one photo on the page!

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today with 

your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Colleen Geldenhuys Colsies Scrappy Fusions

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

S1801 Bloom & Grow Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our S1801 Bloom & Grow

 Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

This is a circular hop.  If you arrived here from 

Creating With Kara Davies

you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end. Don't forget to Pin any ideas to Pinterest to save for later!  Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from.  Each blog will showcase a project featuring the January SOTM Bloom and Grow. This stamp set is available during this month only, for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more.

S1701 Bloom and Grow

I have created this layout using the new Chelsea Gardens paper pack (X7230B), Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking stamp set (D1760) and Bloom and Grow stamp set. I also used a retired Alphabet stamp set for "Nana's 70th".



The layout pattern is from Make It From Your Heart Vol 1 - page 20.
I made a couple of adjustments to allow extra width for my landscape photo instead of the portrait photo in the book.
I stamped the two card embellishments using pear ink and then used my waterbrush to add colour to the tiny leaves. I stamped the sentiments in Heather ink and then matted them on Heather cardstock.
The "Wonderful" title, flower and leaves are all stamped from the Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking stamp set.

Chelsea Gardens paper pack X7230B

Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Stamp set D1760

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today with 

your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Doreen Watkins

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

Basics Fundamentals CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Basics Fundamentals

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

This is a circular hop. If you arrived here from

Doris Taylor - Creative Inspirations

then you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link at the end to hop to the next blog. Don't forget to Pin any ideas to Pinterest to save for later! Keep reading and "hopping" until you find yourself back where you started from. Each blog will showcase a project featuring the

 Basics Fundamentals Paper Pack and coordinating products. 

I made this scrapbooking layout for my Son's album, taking the idea from a CTMH design and changing up the colours to suit. I used Crystal Blue cardstock for the photo mats and scalloped edge. The paw prints are from the background stamp "Paws" (only $4.50!) and using Espresso Ink.

I stamped "So" onto a circle of white cardstock and the word "little" is from my stash of Complements.

When I finished my pages I had an idea to make a birthday card using the Paws stamp and the Punny Pals stamp set, which is our Operation Smile fundraising set. I used the Dog and the Yappy Birthday sentiment.

First I adhered the two 3/4" x 5.5" strips down the outside edges. I stamped the paws with Espresso Ink on a 3" x 5.5" linen piece and stuck that down next. Then I stamped the dog and sentiment onto a 2" square and coloured it with my finest waterbrush and the watercolour pencils pictured.

I used 3D foam tape to adhere the square onto a darker piece of 2.5 x 2.75 paper, then stuck this onto the card. I then used glue dots to adhere the ribbons. The one on the left is from Basics Fundamentals Ribbon pack and the other is from my stash. The last thing I did was use our Gold Shimmer Brush to colour the dog's collar and draw a line freehand down the edge of the paws-stamped piece.

I love how this card turned out! 

Shop online for any of the CTMH products I've used today with 

your Close To My Heart Consultant or on my website:

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

  I would love you to leave a comment before hopping along to see the next great idea at:

Creating with Kara Davies

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea