CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - Last Chance Annual Inspirations 2015/2016

Hello and welcome to the

Close To My Heart Australasian Blog Hop

 Last Chance Annual Inspirations

 If you have arrived here from

Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings

then you are in the right place. Just click the link at the bottom of this post and you will hop over to the next blog. Don't forget to pin or save any ideas you like!

 

Our Blog Hop participants are showcasing their favourite products from our Annual Inspirations (AI) Idea Book that have been available for the past year.

These products can only be purchased from our websites until the end of this month! Click HERE to shop online. 

I have chosen the Paper Fundamentals Pack, their matching Fundamentals Stickers and Assortment. The packs come in our four colour collections: Whimsy, Adventure, Enchantment and Basics. The papers are all double-sided and such great value. Get them while stocks last!

This layout will suit any size photos as you can place them anywhere over the background papers. One side of these papers has an embossed pattern which you can see in my close-up photos.

All the stickers on the page, even the lettering, come from the Fundamentals Sticker pack and make the embellishing of the layout so quick and easy!

 Look at the pennant stickers. So cute! 

 Now because we had a messy time all digging into the pavlova (no-one brought cutlery!) I decided to "mess up" the page a bit with watercolour. I pressed my Honey Ink pad together to get some ink on the lid and then used my Medium Flat Waterbrush to swipe it around the pages. Then I tapped the brush on a pencil to get a little splatter effect. Yes I did this AFTER I had finished the layout! I know...living on the edge.

 When the ink was dry I stamped the journal lines from July's Stamp of the Month twice to get a longer story in, covering the gap in the middle where it wasn't perfect with more stickers. More posts on the Stamp Set HERE.

 I love how this turned out and I love these papers!

Here is another layout I did using the same pack. 

These products are while stocks last for this month only - Last Chance!

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

www.georgia.closetomyheart.com.au

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

Shaunna Richards

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

Georgie Workshop Kit - Australasian CTMH Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the CTMH Australasian Blog Hop featuring the

 Georgie Workshop Kit

If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore - CTMH Craftings

then you are in the right place. Just click the link at the bottom of this post and you will hop over to the next blog. Don't forget to pin or save any ideas you like!

I have a few different ideas to show you today. You will see that the Stamp Set in the Georgie WOTG Kit is baby themed but I have created this double page layout featuring my dog Tasha to show you that you can use this pack for any theme. At my workshop one of my ladies used this layout for a man's birthday.

I stamped the "2 years 3 months" and "sweet" and the tiny heart with the included stamp set. I then used bows, gems and twine to embellish.

The next project was for a baby shower card and gift for my cousin.

I made the card using this month's Stamp of the Month "Celebrate With Cake", colouring the cakes with Watercolour Pencils and blending with a wet paintbrush. I then made a gift card holder as the envelope and embellished with elephants from the Assortment pack and Green Shimmer Trim. 

There are white enamel gems on the front of the card too.

 I used the "Congratulations" from Cute Koalas D1642 stamp set and the onesie on the inside of the card.

I also made a bag full of 3x3" Thank you cards using the Animal Greetings (D1679) stamp set. $7USD from the sale of each stamp set goes to Operation Smile! The parents-to-be will now have plenty of thank you cards to send out after the baby is born. Don't you just love it when everything is matching?!

Animal Greetings D1679 stamp set

Georgie Paper Packet, Complements and Assortment

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

Maz Wood - Inky Fingers

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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

www.georgiaoshea.ctmh.com.au

Celebrate With Cake S1605 - CTMH Australasian SOTM Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Close To My Heart 2016

Celebrate With Cake

Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from

Doris Taylor Creative Inspirations

you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link to the next blog at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share with you a layout I have made for my daughter's birthday featuring the May Stamp of the Month, Celebrate With Cake S1605. This stamp set is available only in May 2016 for $27, or for just $7.50 when you place an order of $75 or more. 

I have also used the new Calypso WYW Kit which has just been released today with our new Seasonal Expressions 2!

 To start with I stamped the 5 cake stands onto a piece of White Daisy cardstock (or Watercolour paper) 11.5" x 4". I then stamped the different cake pieces and then it was time to colour in!

I used our Watercolour Paints (which are so smooth and gorgeous to use) to colour in a combination of all the different cakes and cake stands in the set. You could also use our Exclusive Inks stamp pads and a waterbrush , ShinHan Markers or Watercolour Pencils to colour in our stamps!

I then arranged my photos and decided on the flamingo PML card to go on the right hand page. Next I just built up some clusters of vellum accents, stickers, sequins, zip strips and papers to embellish. I used the pineapple Washi Tape and the flamingo Washi Tape too! Love it!

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

Meryl Cheetham - Mez’s Craft Room

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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

www.georgiaoshea.ctmh.com.au