Twinkle S1510 - CTMH October SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

 for October 2015 

If you have arrived here from

Patricia Manhire - Patricia Manhire's Creative Corner

then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, that's okay, please join in by following the link at the end of this post which will take you to the next Consultant's great idea. Don't forget to leave your comments and Pin any of the ideas you love to Pinterest!

Today I would like to share with you a Card Box which features October 2015 Stamp of the Month

Twinkle S1510

available exclusively throughout October for $7.50 when you spend $75. Or just pay rrp of $27 for the SOTM if you don't need to place a  $75 order this month. 

You can make this Card Box to keep your Christmas Cards in that you create over the next couple of months, ready to hand out or post. Or you can give it as a gift for Christmas. Fill it with cards for any occasion to make a beautiful present for someone special! The lid even has a hidden magnet to keep it closed. Genius!

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Start with a sheet of White Pines B&T Duos and a sheet of Cranberry Cardstock. Cut 1 ½” strips of both papers and then cut these into 1 ½” squares. When you glue these onto the front of the box, you will leave a ¼” border around the top, bottom and side edges. These edges will be covered with the shimmer trim. Apply lots of Bonding Memories glue pen to the back of each square and use tweezers to pick them up and position them on the box. This will keep your fingers clean for smoothing each square down. Continue the squares on the sides and top of the box. I used the White Pines paper to cover the back and base.

Now it's time to add the Green Shimmer Trim to the edges. For the front of the box, you need to cut the shimmer trim to the length of the box and then mitre the corners by cutting off at a 45° angle. This will give you nice clean corners with no bumps. You then need to cut 6 more pieces with square ends at 1 ½” for the top and bottom of the sides and the ends of the top of the box as shown in the photos. You will need some scraps of Colonial White cardstock to stamp your images on. I stamped the bauble twice in Fern Ink and once in Cranberry. I stamped the frame in Fern and then the Merry Everything in Cranberry. I then cut these out with my Micro Tip Scissors. I adhered the Merry Everything with foam tape on the front of the lid and then I adhered the baubles on the front using Glue Dots.

Here is a card I also made with the same products. I hope you like it!

I would love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next blog

Leah Cameron - Cameron's Corner

  

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

www.georgiaoshea.ctmh.com.au

Just Sayin' S1505 May SOM: CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Just Sayin' S1505 May SOM

Hello and welcome aboard our SOM Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from

Lauren Moore's blog 

 , 

then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, that's okay, please join in by following the link at the end of this post which will take you to the next great idea. Don't forget to Pin any of the ideas you love to Pinterest!

Today I would like to share with you this album layout which features May Stamp of the Month S1505 - Just Sayin' available exclusively throughout May for just $5 when you spend $75. Or just pay rrp of $27 for the SOM if you don't need to order $75 worth this month.

The first page is for my daughter's album. I stamped four different sentiments in Pear, Goldrush and Sorbet Exclusive Inks and fussy-cut them out with my fabulous Non-Stick Micro-Tip Scissors. I then adhered them to the page using 3D Foam tape to make them stand out. I have repeated the page for my son's album, using "This is cool" instead of "That happened" and changing the papers. 

 The papers I have used are from the Taste of Summer Paper pack promotion for National Scrapbooking Month, available May 1st.

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Tracey Ray - CTMH TRACEY BLOG

Thanks for looking!

March Stamp of the Month Ideas - Choose Happy

March Stamp of the Month Ideas - Choose Happy

Just over one week left to grab this month's SOM! $27 or just $5 with an order of $75. These fun frames and borders look great whether they are stamped in a colour or stamped in black and then coloured in with our ShinHan Markers. Just a few little dabs of colour make them look even more special.

For these cards I used our Vine embossing folder to emboss some Flaxen cardstock for the mat. I stamped the frames in black ink and then coloured some sections with our ShinHan markers. I added Teal Shimmer Trim and Purple Glitter Gems to the card on the left and a Chocolate cardstock strip with Flaxen Extra Thick Twine to the card on the right.

 This card I have made has a mat in Sorbet Cardstock. I random stamped a White Daisy mat in Black Ink and then stamped a Sorbet Ink frame on a scrap of White Daisy. I stamped "you're special" in black and cut the frame out with my Non-stick Micro Tip Scissors. I used 3D-Foam tape adhere the frame, giving it dimension. Add a puffy heart in matching Sorbet colour and it's done. Easy-peasy. I love how it symbolises someone who is unique, is special!

Never-Ending Card

This is my first attempt at making a never-ending card. I followed a tutorial that I found on Split-Coast Stampers website and found it much easier than it looks!

I used up my leftover Free to Be Me papers and of course, March SOM.

This time I cut out the centre of the stamped frames with my scissors and added some gold Sequins and Teal Shimmer Trim for embellishments.

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