CTMH "White Pines" Australasian Blog Hop

Hello, Merry Christmas, and Welcome Aboard this CTMH Australasian Blog Hop where we showcase the White Pines paper collection. 

(Clockwise from top left: White Pines Paper Packet, Assortment, Complements, Picture My Life Cards)

If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore of CTMH craftings then you are in the right place. If you are starting your White Pines journey here, Welcome! You can join in the blog hop by simply reading through my post and once you get to the end just click on the link to the next blog. Keep reading and 'hopping' until you find yourself back to where you started from. Each of the 8 featured blogs will showcase a project staring the CTMH Christmas collection - White Pines. 

You know you are in love with a certain paper line when you have no sheets left from the 24 sheet bulk pack. 

Christmas is my absolute favourite time of the year, and the best time of the year to give handmade cards,papercraft and photo gifts, and to document photos of family, friends and Christmas celebrations. 

As soon as I saw this layout on page 14 of the Holiday Expressions Idea Book I knew I had to reproduce it, and I had the perfect photo to use. 

The photo I wanted to use for this layout was from my 2nd son's first Christmas in 2013. I already had the image printed in as a 6"x8" photo so that is the main difference between the layout in the Holiday Expressions, and the layout I created. 


For this layout I used:

• White Pines Paper Packet x7200B including the Fern and Colonial White Cardstock
• White Pines Assortment z3097
• Red Enamel Gems z3090
• Fern Extra Thick Twine z3093
• Enchantment Fundamental Stickers Pack z3164
• Fern Exclusive Ink z2650
• Trim the Tree stamp set A1149
• Mini Stapler z2027
• Paper Trimmer z1783
• Edge Distresser z1297
• Adhesive - 3-L ez Dots Adhesive z3022 and 3D Foam Tape z1151

The layout is displayed in the Colonial White Shadow Box z2016.

Some of the other things I have created with this paperline include:

Christmas Tree Table Centerpiece

Christmas Cards

Christmas Countdown using the display tray and White Pines PML cards

The White Pines collection, and more, can be purchased from your local CTMH consultant or online here

Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave a comment before hopping off to see what Simone Morton from Scrappy Matters has created. 

You can also follow along on social media by posting your creations and searching others using the hashtag #ctmhwhitepines

CTMH "Urban" Australasian Blog Hop

Hi and welcome aboard this CTMH Australasian Blog Hop where we showcase the Urban paper collection. 

If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore of CTMH craftings then you are in the right place. If you are starting your Urban journey here, Welcome! You can join in the blog hop by simply reading through my post and once you get to the end just click on the link to the next blog. Keep reading and 'hopping' until you find yourself back to where you started from. Each of the 10 featured blogs will showcase a project staring the trendy Urban collection. 

With 2 young boys this paper collection is right up my alley so I had to create a scrapbook layout to show you. This page will be used in my DS2's album of his first 12 months. 

This layout was done based on pattern 6 from Make it From your Heart volume 2. I used the corrugated look papers from the Urban paper collection as my base for this page, ensuring I could see the graffiti watermarks at the bottom.  There is also a 1" strip of the blue urban B&T and the zip strips from the paper are used below the 'Awesome' title. 

Whisper cardstock was used as the solid colour base, with highlights of saffron at the sides. The photo mats are in Sapphire cardstock. To embellish the page I used stickers from the enchantment collection of Fundamentals stickers. 

I also created a Christmas Card which is part of my Christmas Card Buffet this month. The design was inspired from another CTMH Consultant, Dawn Montagano, and I adapted it using the Urban papers. 

All these cards use Urban B&T paper and white daisy 4.25" x 5.5"card/ envelope pack , as well as the following:  

Joy to the World: Slate cardstock, Slate exclusive ink, whisper thick twine, Christ is Born stamp c1629 and sequins silver assortment.

And below, two male birthday cards.




Left: Whisper thick twine, Sequins silver assortment, Sapphire cardstock, Slate cardstock, Whisper exclusive inks, Sapphire exclusive inks and Finding the Words D1646 stampset. This stamp set is a great one to have if you are just starting out in stamping as it has sentiments which can be mix and matched to suit many occasions. 

Right: Blue shimmer trim, Sequins silver assortment, Peacock cardstock, Slate exclusive inks, watercolour pencils, Blending pen, and Darling Dinos stamp B1486

The Urban paper collection and accompanying products are available from your CTMH consultant so you can create your own projects using these awesome papers. 

Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave a comment before hopping off to see what Simone Morton from Scrappy Matters has created. 

You can also follow along on social media by posting your creations and searching others using the hashtag #ctmhurban

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - NOVEMBER 2015 Stamp of the Month 'Cheers, 2016'

Hello and welcome aboard the Australasian Close to My Heart 'November Stamp of the Month' Blog Hop. 

If you have arrived here from Denise's blog Scrap, Stamp Share, then you are in the right place. If you are starting your journey here, Welcome! You can join in the blog hop by simply reading through my post and once you get to the end just click on the link to the next blog. Keep reading and 'hopping' until you find yourself back to where you started from. 

Each of the featured blogs will showcase a project starring the November stamp of the month 'Cheers, 2016'.  This stamp set is only available from your CTMH consultant in November, so hop to it. You can purchase the 17-piece set for $27 or if you place an order of $75 or more during November, you can have it for just $7.50.  Great value! 

Projects you can do using the November SOM, 'Cheers, 2016' S1115

When thinking about what I could create with this New Year's focused stamp, I decided to create some PML (PIcture My Life) cards for use in my pocket scrapbooking. I will use these cards on the first page in my 2016 album.

PML Cards made using November SOM 'Cheers, 2016'

Other Products Used:
Watercolour Paints
Watercolour paper
Paintbrushes
Gold Glitter Paper
Poppy Exclusive Ink
Enchantment Fundamentals Paper
Gold Shimmer Trim
Pacifica Exclusive Inks
LePen Journalling Pen


Thanks for stopping by.  Contact your CTMH consultant if you would like to purchase this stamp set. 

Feel free to leave a comment before hopping off to see what Mez's Craft Room has created. 

CTMH Australasian Blog Hop - SANGRIA collection

Hello and welcome aboard the Australasian Close to My Heart 'Sangria' Blog Hop. 

Sangria Paper collection, assortment and coordinating colours

If you have arrived here from Wendy Hopper's blog 'Expressions of the Heart' then you are in the right place. If you are starting your Sangria journey here, Welcome! You can join in the blog hop by simply reading through my post and once you get to the end just click on the link to the next blog. Keep reading and 'hopping' until you find yourself back to where you started from. Each of the 10 featured blogs will showcase a project starring the gorgeous Sangria collection. 

The first thing I made using Sangria papers was this Bauble.

Sangria features my favourite colours in deep reds, pinks and purples, perfect for Christmas if you like to steer away from the traditional red and green, and I wanted to create something that wasn't cardmaking or scrapbooking to demonstrate that CTMH products have many uses in all types of papercrafting. After scouring Pinterest for paper Christmas decorations I came up with this, inspired by http://www.homemade-gifts-made-easy.com/make-christmas-ornaments.html 
 

Christmas Bauble using Sangria Papers and Poppy Twine 

For this bauble I used 2x sheets of Sangria B&T (background and texture paper), poppy thick twine, liquid glass, and some wire from my stash. 

I cut 14 x 3" circles from the Sangria B&T using my Silhouette Cameo, folded them each in half and stacked them on top of one an other . To achieve an even distribution of pattern - stack them alternating pattern side up and solid colour up. Secure some wire around the centre fold line and thread some Poppy twine in at the top to create a hanging loop. 
To form the bauble, using liqud glass or glue dots, make a small dot 1/3 from the bottom, fold the facing flaps together and press for a couple of seconds to secure the bond. On the next circle along, stick a glue dot about 1/3 of the way from the top. Continue like this all the way around, alternating high and low liquid glue dots. 


After making this bauble I really fell in love with this paper and also created a number of cards and gift tags shown below:

Sangria Cards & Gift Tags

Each of these cute cards are 4x4 inch cut from white daisy cardstock. The super cute Giraffe and Hippo cards are made using the new Safari Ballet stampset, coloured in with the watercolour pencils and blended with the blending pen. They images are stamped on white daisy and matted on pomegranate cardstock.

The sentiments used in the Thank You Friend card are from 'A Thousand Thanks'. And the Christmas Card is made using 'Christmas Star'.


The Sangria paper collection and other Sangria products are available from your CTMH consultant so you can create your own projects using these beautiful papers. 

Thanks for stopping by. Feel free to leave a comment before hopping off to see what Maz from Inky Fingers has created. 

You can also follow along on social media by posting your creations and searching others using the hashtag #ctmhsangria