Prickly Pear Scrapbooking Layout - Family Time

Prickly Pear Scrapbooking Layout - Family Time

 This month I'm showcasing   Prickly Pear Workshop Your Way Kit (G1128) and the Prickly Pear Scrapbooking Stamp Set (D1722)

at my scrapbooking workshops. 

This page in the Idea Book was my inspiration for my layout. I wasn't too excited by the cactus paper in this pack but all the other bright papers are really nice! 

To start you need to cut a circle from any cardstock or light coloured paper to use as the background. I left a tiny gap between the stripes so you will see the background. I used a dinner plate to trace around and cut out the circle.

Cut 1"x12" strips from your patterned papers. I used two from each of these four designs. 

Cut 1/2" strips from co-ordinating cardstock. I cut two each from Sorbet, Sapphire and Emerald. Lay the strips out in the order you are happy with and starting at the top of your circle, adhere the first strip. I used the Bonding Memories Broad Tip Glue Pen and saved half of this first strip to use at the bottom of the circle. If your circle is smaller you won't use as many strips.

Continue to adhere the strips, leaving a small gap between each piece if you wish. When finished, turn over and cut around the circle to remove the excess. 

My circle was 11.25" in diameter so I found the halfway point with my ruler and marked where to cut. I used my SureCut Paper Trimmer to cut down the middle and adhered each half to my base pages.

I cut photo mats from Sapphire Cardstock. The left side has a 5x7", 4x4" and 2.75x4" journal mat. The right side has two 4x4" and two 4x6" mat. The white journal box is 2.5x3.75".

Next I used a few of the offcuts to make a little dovetail collection for the corner of the page and drew a border by hand with my Journaling Pen around the entire border and the journal box.

I stamped the title using the Prickly Pear Scrapbooking stamp set. I stamped Family in Emerald Ink,  Time in Sorbet and Is the best time in Emerald again. Finally I added a few hearts and flower stickers from the Complements pack.

Here's another look at the layout to save you scrolling back to the top!

You will find all the co-ordinating products in our current Seasonal Expressions 2 Idea Book, which is only available until the end of August. 

Click the image to view the catalogue

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CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - S1612 Thoughful Flowers SOTM

Hello and welcome aboard our December 2016 Thoughtful Flowers Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Maz Wood: aMAZing Close TO My Heart Creations then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

I would like to share with you some cards I have created featuring the December Stamp of the Month, Thoughtful Flowers S1612. This stamp set is available during this month only, for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75 or more. 

Now I'm predominately a scrapbooker but when I saw this stamp set I had a picture in my mind and I just had to make some cards. I will also reproduce them onto page layouts so it's a win for me!

Don't forget to pin photos to Pinterest!

For this card I did random stamping onto Black Cardstock using White Daisy Pigment Ink. I stamped over the top of two of the flowers with Versamark Ink and then heat embossed before adding the Gold Foil Tape and gems. Next I stamped the sentiment in Black Ink on a scrap of White Daisy, dovetailed the end and adhered it with 3D-Foam Tape.  

This next card was a little hard to photograph well. Again I random stamped the Black Cardstock but this time I used coloured Mini Pigment Inks and then heat embossed the lot. I used a piece of lace ribbon from the Rustic Home ribbon pack and Bitty Sparkles to embellish. I also used 3D-Foam Tape to adhere the cute little sentiment: You're a whole lot of wonderful. 

With my third card I stamped in coloured Pigment Inks on White Daisy Cardstock, masking some of the flowers to overlap them. I adhered it to a black mat and added Gold Shimmer Trim along the top edge. I stamped another flower and fussy cut it out, cutting off the leaves and tucking one back under it when I adhered it to the card with 3D-foam Tape. This time I used the Best Wishes sentiment in Black ink, adhered it with foam tape and added gems.

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:

Shaunna Richards Passionate About Pages

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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

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CTMH Australasian SE1 Last Chance Blog Hop

 Our SE1 Seasonal Expressions Idea Book is finishing up at the end of April. This means that most of the crafty goodness inside will be unavailable to order after April 30th.

This Blog Hop is to showcase some of our favourites so you can get your orders in ASAP before stocks run out! Click on the image below to view the contents of  Idea Book.

If you have arrived here from

Doris Taylor - Creative Expressions

Then you are in the right place. If you have just joined in then have at look at my ideas then click on the link at the bottom of this post to take you to the next blog. Don't forget to Pin any photos you like to Pinterest!

I am using the Penelope WYW Kit (G1106) to create some little albums out of 4x6" Flip Flaps (Z4114). The pack of 15 Flip Flaps is only $6.50 and I used 3 for each mini album. These albums are going to be given to my daughter's best friends who came to her birthday party. 

They will have a few photos of the day's festivities and are full of gorgeous colours! 

First I cut up the PML sheets from the Penelope Paper Pack. I trimmed the edges off this PML card and mounted it on a 4x6" mat of Thistle B&T with green on the back.

I chose a 3x4" PML card and trimmed it a little before mounting it on the green mat. I stamped on a scrap of White Daisy the Wish (M1051) sentiment. Only $5!

The next mat has Thistle on one side with a strip of yellow zip strip along the bottom edge. The back of this B&T is the colourful birds.

The right side is another 4x6 PML card.

The back is another mat cut from B&T yellow stripe with another zip strip along the top.

I went through and added a few stickers and vellum accents from the matching Complements.

Then I peeled the cover off the Flip Flaps and stuck them together one at a time. To cover the adhesive I added Silver Shimmer Trim and then used our Mini Stapler to attach some Thistle Twine. I then put another strip of Shimmer Trim on the back which also covered the two staples.

 

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

Tanya Armytage - Happy Papercrafting

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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Regatta Workshops Your Way - CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Regatta Workshops Your Way Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from

Vandra’s Virtual CTMH Craftroom.

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!

 This is the Regatta WYW Kit (G1105). If you haven't bought this kit yet, you need to order it asap. Just click on the photo to shop. You will find it in our Seasonal Expressions catalogue (pictured below) and it is only available until the end of April!

This is the traditional scrapbooking layout I made using the papers, stickers, cardboard compliments and White and Gold Ribbon from the kit. Don't you love how everything coordinates perfectly? I also used a Picture My Life card from the papers included and added the "Nothing Better" title from the stickers. It all just suits my daughter's Cub Scout photos so well.

The Complements in the kit (X7206C) are beautifully designed and make embellishing your layout so quick and easy. Just cluster little groups together until you are happy with how it looks.

This cute little journal box is a sticker!

There is so much included in the WYW kit that you will have lots left over for more pages and cards. Here is a Picture My Life layout that I also decorated with PML cards from the same kit. 

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

Shaunna Richards - Passionate About Pages

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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Life In Pictures - CTMH April SOTM Blog Hop

April SOTM 

Life in Pictures - S1604

Welcome to our Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from

Wendy Hopper -  Expressions of the Heart

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 this layout of my Dad when he was young. He passed away in 2014 but he spent his whole life as a photographer, using many of these large format cameras. 

It features April 2016  Stamp of the Month Life in Pictures S1604

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

I started with White Daisy cardstock 3.25" x 11" and used black ink to stamp the photo frame in the centre and then the sentiment in the middle of the frame. I random stamped the cameras, making sure that I stamped over the edges. If you do this on your All Purpose Mat the excess ink can just be wiped away. I stamped the photo frame again on a scrap of Flaxen cardstock and cut it out with my All Purpose Scissors. The fine point lets you get right into those corners easily! I then adhered this frame over the top of the other stamped frame using 3D Foam Tape and tied some Black and Gold Ribbon around it. Next I used a Dauber and Flaxen Ink to distress the edges of the whole piece and then went around again with Black Ink.

The background page is 12x12" Black Cardstock. The Flaxen page adhered on top is 11.5 x 11.5". I adhered only the left hand side of the stamped white piece so that I could tuck the black ribbon under the other side later. I used Micro Glue Dots to stick down the pieces of ribbon, cutting them as I went and tucking the ends under the page edge. 

I used EzyDots to adhere the matted photos to the page and then stamped an extra camera in Flaxen Ink in a blank corner. I added Black Epoxy Bubbles to the corners of the page and one to each photo to look like tacks or pins. I wrote my Dad's name on a scrap of Flaxen and daubed the edges in Black Ink then just wrote the year next to each photo directly on the page. I hope you like it!

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

Jenny Gilbert The Creative Heart 

  

Thanks for looking!

Georgia O'Shea

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