Category: Stamping

Australasian CTMH SOTM Blog Hop – Circus Alphabet

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Stamping4 Comments

Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Lauren’s blog, CTMH Craftings then you are in the right place. If you landed here by accident, no problems, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

This month’s SOTM set is the Circus Alphabet set.    In the past I have never used alphabet stamps so this has been great to challenge me.  But they are easy to use in a number of different ways.   In today’s blog there are a number of different projects that I have used the Circus Alphabet set to show how versatile these stamps are.

Alphabet stamps suit baby cards so well with spelling out the words baby, boy and girl easily.  First up is a baby girl card that I have done with the Lollydoodle papers.  I have trimmed the edge of the front card by 1 1/4″ and then used the scallop edge punch to create some interest.  I then trimmed the card with a combination of papers from the Lollydoodle range.  The sentiment is from the Cricut Artiste cartridge and the crib is from the B is For Baby stamp set.  The sparkles have been coloured with Cotton Candy alcohol markers to match the colour scheme.

CTMH Lollydoodle baby card.For the blocks with the letters I have cut out 3 pieces of 1 1/4″ White Daisy cardstock and then I stamped the letters using Cotton Candy and Pear inks.  I have used the Pear and Cotton Candy alcohol markers to draw a line around the edges of the blocks.  I have tried to make these look like children’s building blocks.

 

 

CTMH Lollydoodle baby cardHere is a baby boy card using a building block card technique from Splitcoaststampers here.  I have seen a couple of these cards and they are great for baby cards and the lovely blue striped paper from the Ariana paper range is perfect for a boy’s card.  Once again I have used the stamp set B is For Baby and fussy cut the images of the pram, crib and rattle.  Sparkles have been added to give a little bling.

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Here is a close up of the blocks.

Here is another card similar to what I have done in the past using the pattern from the Make It FromCTMH SOTM - Circus AlphabetHere is another card similar to what I have done in the past from the Make It From Your Heart Volume 1 pattern 19.  As you can see I love this paper and also the scallop punch to add a little  – well punch…  I am not sure it is finished yet so I will keep looking at it, and if I change it I will post it here.

DSCF1496-001Finally I have made some tea bag dispenser box using Ariana papers and have stamped the word TEA on the back of it.  This is another really easy project to do and once again I have got the pattern from Splitcoaststampers here.  I must admit I found the instructions for the decorative layers quite complicated and ended up using my method of matting of decreasing by 1/4″ each side to simplify what I was doing.  I have distressed everything including the rosette with Cashmere ink to give it a lovely vintage look.

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Here is the back of the box with the words from the stamp set.

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Materials used:

Cardstock – White Daisy, Outdoor Denim, Colonial White, Pear, Pink glitter cardstock

Papers – Ariana, Lollydoodle

Stamp sets – Circus Alphabet, B is for Baby,  Frame Flair

Inks – Cotton Candy, Pear, Outdoor Denim, Cashmere

Cricut cartidges – Artiste, Art Philosophy

Alcohol markers – Cotton Candy, Pear

Sparkles – Bitty and regular

Green epoxy bubbles

Mini medley – rosewood collection

Topiary chevron ribbon

Outdoor Denim bakers twine

Scallop punch

 

This gorgeous stamp set is available for the month of July only from your CTMH consultant here.   I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop,  Denise’s blog, Stamp, Stamp, share.

Have a great month playing with this stamp set.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

 

CTMH Cricut Cartridges

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Cricut, Die Cuts, Paper Crafting, Stamping8 Comments

Welcome back

Cricut cartridges

Since I have started with Close to My Heart I have relished the chance to do lots of different papercrafts.  I have purchased all three Cricut cartridges and I am constantly looking at the booklets that come with the cartridges to do different things.  The Artiste cartridge is great for doing 3 dimensional items such as rolled flowers and lots of different boxes along with an impressive range of embellishments, the Art Philosophy is great for tags and labels while the Artbooking is a very versatile cartridge that does lots of overlays as well as lots of different embellishments for both scrapbooking and cardmaking.  I have used metal dies in the past but rarely use them now as while you can get a clean and crisp image with them you are limited to the size of the die.  With the Cricut machine I can cut each image at whatever size I want plus each cartridge comes with about 700 images, three stamp sets to coordinate with them and dimensional elements to add that little something special to a card or layout.   With all these images on the three cartridges I have not even thought about buying other cartridges.

From the Artiste cartridge I have  made these note boxes from page 65 of the booklet.  They have been cut from Cotton Candy and Buttercup cardstock at 4 1/4″.  (If you love the Buttercup cardstock it is on the retiring list so be in quick to order it).  It is a beautiful colour.  The flowers are cut from the Artiste cartridge as well and the leaves from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

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Here is a close up of using the piercing tool to create a pattern on the edge.

DSCF1465Here is some small cards made out of the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I have cut them all out at 3″ to fit the 3″ envelopes available from CTMH as a bulk order.  You can see with these cards how it it so easy to cut different sizes for the tags to layer on top of the cards.  I have used 4 different shapes for the cards.

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I love how the stamp sets coordinate with cartridges.  I have used the stamp sets that come with the cartridges.

Finally here are a couple of examples from the Artbooking cartridge.  I have cut the overlay at 2 1/2″ and it made a nice background to layer the tags from the Art Philosophy cartridge.

DSCF1451This is a sneak peak of my next post for the Paper Trail Blog Hop featuring the Balloon Ride papers.  I have cut an overlay as well as the titles from the ArtBooking cartridge.  This is such an amazing cartridge and I use it all the time.  I have placed small strips of different coloured cardstock behind the overlay to make this colourful addition to the overlay.

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Cardstock – Colonial White, Pear, Sherbet, Sky Blue, Creme Brulee, Saddle, Cashmere, Cotton Candy, Buttercup, Hollyhock

Papers – Lollydoodle, Balloon Ride

Inks – Cotton Candy, Pear, Desert Sand, Topiary

Stamps – Distressed Backgrounds,

Cricut Cartridges – Artiste, Art Philosophy, Artbooking

Flamingo dots

Topiary ribbon

Brad from the Embellishment

Bakers Twine

Liquid Glass

Pink polka dot washi tape

Brads from the Extraordinary Embellishments pack for $30 when you spend $75

If you would like to order any of these products please visit my shop here.

Have a great week and I will be back next week with another creation.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

 

Paper Trail Blog Hop – Jubilee

On By patriciamanhireIn Close to My Heart, Die Cuts, Paper Crafting, Scrapbooking, Stamping12 Comments

Welcome to another Paper Trail Blog Hop and this month the focus is on the Jubilee papers.

If you have come from Connie’s blog,  you are in the right place and if you have just popped in to visit then feel free to have a good browse.  The blog hop is circular so once you have visited everyone you will end up where you have started.

I have found this paper range very challenging because it really encapsulates America to me and not so much New Zealand.  The papers are beautiful and as usual with Close to My Heart papers there is a wide range of colours and patterns for all occasions. For this layout I have picked out the beautiful green toned papers as these colours and patterns did remind me a little of New Zealand and the photos I have chosen went well with the blues and reds of the cardstock.

For this layout I have used the Bottom Border – Triple Combination from the Reflections Scrapbooking Programme book.  I love this pattern and use it a lot as it is great for both landscape and portrait photos which I have shown here.  One side is completed with using landscape photos and the other side with portrait photos and I have used different elements for the triple combination.

CTMH Jubilee layout

I have used my Artbooking Cricut cartridges to cut out the photo frames from Indian Corn Blue for the photos.  This was quite important as both the photos and the background paper are really busy and I needed a solid colour to make the photos stand out more.  This cartridge is great and easy to use and I don’t know what I would do without it now.  I adhered the frames to the photos and then onto the background paper.  I also placed some blue patterned papers to cover the bottom of the portrait photos and also tie in with the patterned paper on the other side.

I have used a combination of zip strips and patterned paper to edge the panels of Cranberry cardstock.  These have been distressed with Cashmere ink and then placed on the background paper.

I have discovered dimensional elements and how they can add something a little extra to my work.  You can stamp them, distress them, paint them, cover them with paper and much more.  Here I have used the dimensional elements that match with the Artbooking cartridge set and stamped them using both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue inks.  The arrows have been finished off using blue epoxy bubbles.  The rosette dimensional element has been stamped using the stamp set from the Artiste Cricut cartridge bundle using Outdoor Denim ink.

CTMH Jubilee layout

To add some interest to the page I have embossed some Indian Corn Blue cardstock with the Quatrafoil embossing folder and distressed it with Cashmere ink.  I then cut the pinwheels out of the Artiste Cricut cartridge and stamped them with Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue inks and then topped it off with a blue epoxy bubble.

This page features my son doing demonstration of Taiha – this is a wooden spear type weapon that Maori men train very hard to use in warfare.  A Maori Kaumatua (respected elder) came to the school and taught the children how to wield this weapon.  The children also had moko printed on their faces to make them look more fierce.  The sentiment ‘Sweet As’ has come from the New Zealand Greetings stamp set and is a very popular one in New Zealand.  Also to keep with the theme of New Zealand I have added a stamped kiwi and some leaves that have been stamped using Topiary ink and fussy cut out and then distressed with Cashmere ink and then placed on the page.

This other page features my son dancing around the maypole.  They were having a cultural day and doing different dances and traditions from different cultures.  I have used the Pinwheel SOTM from last year to keep with the motif of movement and stamped with both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue which incidentally picked up the colours of the clothes the children are wearing.  The pinwheels have been adhered to Indian Corn Blue cardstock that has been embossed using the Quatrefoil embossing folder and distressed with Cashmere ink.

I have cut the journalling tag out of Colonial White cardstock using the Artbooking Cricut cartridge and stamped with the coordinating stamp set in Cocoa.  I then distressed with Cashmere ink and completed the journalling.   I love this little tag as the ruled lines make it so easy to write the journalling neatly.

To complete the layout I have stamped onto the dimensional elements using the coordinating stamp sets from the Artbooking cartridge and distressed them with Cashmere ink and placed them on the layout.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Colonial White, Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, 

Paper pack – Jubilee

Inks – Outdoor Denim, Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry, Cocoa, Cashmere

Stamps – New Zealand Greetings, Pinwheel SOTM (NLA), Artbookimg

Cricut Cartridges – Artbooking, Artiste

Embossing folder – Quatrefoil

Blue and Green Epoxy bubbles

Dimensional Elements

I hope you have enjoyed your visit here and seen how much fun the Jubilee papers are.  Now hop on over to Karen’s blog here to check out her fabulous creations.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

Australasian CTMH SOTM Blog Hop – ‘Kaboom’

On By patriciamanhireIn Close to My Heart, Cricut, Paper Crafting, Scrapbooking, Stamping6 Comments

Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Monika’s Blog A Glitter of Sprinke 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. 

Today I would like to share with you a layout which features June Stamp of the Month ‘Kaboom’   available exclusively throughout June for $29 or for just $5 when you spend $75

The Jubilee range of papers go so well with the ‘Kaboom’ stamp set especially as the ticket image actually says ‘Admit One to a Real Jubilee’ I have got my inspiration from the WOTG for Jubilee but then added my own twist.  I loved how the patterned paper edged the layout and I have copied it here but I have used the kraft cardstock as base instead of the blue cardstock base.

I have then used the big star burst and one of the smaller star burst stamps and stamped the background with Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry and Honey randomly.  (I have got this idea from another CTMH consultant on Facebook).

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I have basically followed the Front & Centre – Accent Band pattern in the Reflections Scrapbook Programme with a band along the centre.  I love these books as they give all the instructions on cutting the pieces as well as showing alternatives to suit your photos.

 

CTMH Jubilee layout using the June SOTM set - KaboomFor the centre band I have used Indian Corn Blue and Cranberry cardstock.  I then matted the photos with Indian Corn Blue cardstock and placed them on the above and below the centre band.  I have been wanting to do the cute owl in the Artbooking Cricut cartridge for ages and thought it would go great with the school theme.

CTMH Jubilee layout

The owl has been cut out using Slate as the base of the cut, Cashmere for the top layer and then I have laid it all on Cocoa cardstock and trimmed the cardstock around the owl.  The tree branch has been cut using Olive cardstock and the leaves from Topiary. The apples have been cut out of Cranberry cardstock and distressed with Cranberry ink.  All cut pieces have been distressed with Cashmere ink.

CTMH Jubilee layout

I have also used the Artbooking Cricut cartridge to cut the title on the left ‘think, grow, learn’ out of Topiary cardstock as well.  The letters on the right layout is from Art Philosophy and I have cut them out Topiary.  Again they have been distressed with Cashmere ink.

CTMH Jubilee layout

To embellish the layouts I have stamped the movie ticket image several times to make the two tickets.  The first ticket I stamped the image with Cocoa ink on Colonial White cardstock and trimmed it with scissors.  I then stamped the same image with Indian Corn Blue on Colonial White cardstock and I then trimmed the middle part out and adhered it to the first image.  The second ticket was created by stamping the image with Cocoa onto Indian Corn Blue and then fussy cut out.  I then stamped the image with Cranberry onto Colonial White cardstock and trimmed out the middle and adhered it onto the the blue ticket.  I then placed them over the ticket image already on the paper to create some dimension.  The ‘fun’ image has also come from the ‘Kaboom‘ stamp set and I have stamped this with Indian Corn Blue ink onto a round dimensional element and then distressed with Cashmere ink.  This was then placed over the tickets.

The ‘Lets Celebrate’  image has been stamped with Cocoa ink on Colonial White cardstock.  I then stamped the same image with Cranberry ink   on Colonial White cardstock and just trimmed the ribbon and then adhered it onto the original image.  I then placed it over the corner of the top photo.

The gingham button has been created by gluing the paper onto a dimensional element using the Bonding Memories glue.  I trimmed around the edge and then used a sanding tool to sand the inside to reveal the star shape.  I then glued some Cranberry cardstock underneath and then trimmed closely.  To finish off I have distressed again with Cashmere ink.

The mini starbursts have been cut using the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge using varying  sizes.  The small size was ideal for the mini starburst image and I have stamped several using Honey, Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue ink.  I have distressed them all and then added them randomly throughout the layout.

The ‘What a Blast’ image has been stamped using both Cranberry and Indian Corn Blue Ink onto the medium sized cuts and edged with the same colour ink before placing over another slightly larger cut which had already been distressed with Cashmere ink.  This created an illusion of a dimensional element and went well with the layout.

I have actually finished the journalling as well by using a hidden tag under the last photo.  Normally, I find the journalling the most difficult part but for this layout it was quite easy as the photos were really fun and I can remember it like it was yesterday (in reality it was too many years ago to count!).  I have cut the tag from the same page that I have cut the ticket shape from the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge so there is some continuity within the layout.  I have distressed again with Cashmere ink and wrote the journalling with a marker.  I have cut strips of gingham paper to make some tags and then placed the tag behind the photo.  This is a great way to put journalling on a page without disrupting the layout.

Finally I have placed some strips of patterned paper and dove tailed them for some added colour.

This was a fun layout to do as the photos were interesting and the ‘Kaboom‘ stamp set and Jubilee papers went so well with the colours and theme of the photos.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Indian Corn Blue, Cranberry, Kraft, Colonial White, Olive, Topiary, Slate, Cashmere

Paper – Jubilee

Inks – Cranberry, Indian Corn Blue, Cashmere, Honey

Cricut Cartridges – Artbooking, Art Philosophy

Dimensional Elements

Reflections Scrapbook Programme

‘Kaboom‘  is only available until 30 June  from your CTMH consultant and if you would like to purchase it please visit my website here.  I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Shaunna’s Blog Passionate About Pages

Happy Crafting

Patricia

CTMH Fabulously You

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Stamping12 Comments

Welcome back.

I apologise for being MIA again but I was spending last weekend working on my next blog hops featuring the June SOTM set and the Jubilee paper pack.  After scrapbooking I needed to get back to my cardmaking.

So today I have made some cards using the gorgeous stamp set Fabulously You ((C1533).  This set is so versatile and I have tried to do three different versions to demonstrate this.

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This card has been made using the basic pattern from Make It From Your Heart Volume 2 page 46.  I have stamped the main image using Olive ink onto White Daisy cardstock and then distressed the image with Cashmere ink.  I have done the same with the diamond patterned stamp on the band.  The main image has been matted with Olive cardstock.  I had a leaf left over from the Timberline layout and it fitted beautifully with the Olive ink and cardstock.  The card was completed with a bow made with the Topiary mini chevron ribbon and a couple of green epoxy bubbles.  The card base I have used is Colonial White despite using White Daisy cardstock for stamping the images.  But because I have distressed the White Daisy cardstock with Cashmere ink it has given it an aged vintagey look.

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This card has been made using the beautiful blue striped paper from the Ariana paper pack and the zip strip from the paper.  The image of the cardinal has been stamped using Outdoor Denim on a base card measuring 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches and then stamped another three times on scrap White Daisy cardstock.  I have cut out three flowers from one of the images, then the two top images from the second image and finally the top flower out of the final image.  These have been layered on the original image using the Tombow adhesive – I have not used foam tape as I did not want too much height on the image.  I have used the light Indian Corn Blue marker to colour the petals and a Buttercup marker for the centre.  I then placed sparkles in the middle and just touched them with the Buttercup marker.  The image was then matted onto Outdoor Denim cardstock and placed on the card base.  I have stamped the sentiment from the Fabulous You stamp set onto White Daisy cardstock and then matted it with Outdoor Denim cardstock.

DSCF1390I have kept this card deliberately two-toned.  I finally got the Stripe embossing folder and I love the fact that it has a split in the centre and I can partially emboss the cardstock.  Here I have left 2 inches un-embossed and then matted the White Daisy cardstock onto Outdoor Denim cardstock.  The band has been stamped with Outdoor Denim using the diamond stamp from the Fabulous You stamp set and then matted with Outdoor Denim and placed just above the edge of the embossing.  The bird image has been stamped with Outdoor Denim ink on White Daisy cardstock and matted with Outdoor Denim cardstock.  The Happy Birthday from the Holiday Tags stamp set was stamp on a banner that I had cut using my Cricut machine using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I then matted it with some Outdoor Denim cardstock and placed on the card.  I finished this off with some blue epoxy bubbles.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Olive, White Daisy, Outdoor Denim, Ponderosa Green, 

Paper – Ariana paper pack

Stamp Sets – Fabulous You, Holiday Tags

Inks – Outdoor Denim, Olive, Cashmere

Embossing Folder – stripe

Liquid glass

Green and Blue Epoxy bubbles

Markers – Buttercup, Indian Corn Blue

Sparkles – clear and bitty

Cricut cartridge – Art Philosophy

I hope that you all have a good week.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

CTMH Lollydoodle cards

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Stamping7 Comments

Welcome back

I would like to wish all mothers a Happy Mother’s Day and I hope that you all had a good day.

This week I have been playing with Lollydoodle papers which I love because there is PINK in the papers.  Plus I won some White Marquee Enamel shapes and wanted to show my upline how I would use them.  This paper pack is gorgeous and so versatile that while most of the cards are feminine  I have changed the colour way and make them more masculine.

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Here they are:

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I love the simplicity of this card.  The flower has been cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge (page 50) in three different sizes and then I have sponged the edges with Cotton Candy ink.  The centre and leaf has been cut out of the patterned paper and finished off with a Flamingo dot.  I have stamped the sentiment with Pear ink first on White Daisy cardstock and then placed the enamel shape over it and then trimmed around the edge.  This was then adhered to the card.  I love how it pops the sentiment out of the background paper.

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This card happened by accident.  The grey trim on either side of the spotty paper is actually part of the patterned paper and I just happened to put the paper against the grey and it looked just like a rope edge and I was able to trim it to fit.  I have also used Topiary ribbon as a trim.

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Once again I had to use this pattern from Make it From Your Heart Volume 2.  I am getting to know this pattern very well and was able to make it without the book in front of me.  I have used the enamel shapes on pink glitter card to add some impact.  The sentiment has been fussy cut out and placed on Pear cardstock and then matted onto Cotton Candy.

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This is a very simple card and I have placed the heart marque shape onto spare pink patterned paper and trimmed around the edge.  I then placed it onto the pink strip of paper and it looks like a buckle.  I am still enjoying using the SOTM set – You’ve Got a Friend’

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Here is another flower using the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I have teamed it up with some bling with pink glitter cardstock and some Sparkles – Flourish.  The Thank You is from the New Zealands Greetings stamp set.

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This is a different coloured card yet using the Lollydoodle paper.  I have gone with the Juniper and Slate colours and used Juniper and Slate ink for the sentiment.  I have added a pop of Cotton Candy for a lift and finished off with Aqua dots.

DSCF1332I used the pattern from Make it From Your Heart Volume 1 page 46 and I have used the marquee shapes on pink patterned paper to add some oomph to the card.   The Juniper spots on the left provide some relief from the overall pink scheme.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Cotton Candy, White Daisy, Juniper, Slate, Pink Glitter

Paper – Lollydoodle

Inks – Cotton Candy, Juniper, Slate

Stamps – You’ve Got a Friend in Me, For a Friend, New Zealand Greetings

Sparkles – Flourish small

Flamingo dots

Aqua dots

Topiary ribbon

Art Philosophy Cricut Cartridge

White Marquee Enamel Shapes

Blue and Green Epoxy bubbles

Slate Bakers Twine

I hope that you have enjoyed my cards as much as I had in making them.

Have a good week.

Happy Crafting.

Patricia

 

CTMH Mother’s Day cards

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Stamping2 Comments

Hello again and welcome to my new followers.  I hope you enjoy reading my blog and get inspiration from my projects.

After a very busy week with two blog hops I have settled down with some cards for Mother’s Day next Sunday.   I enjoy using different colours and combinations and CTMH make it so easy with the wide range of colours and patterns they have for us to use.

Here are just a few that I have made:

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For this card I have used tone on tone with Lagoon with a hint of soft green in the background matting.  I am happy with the different patterns here – what do you think?  I have also finally found a way to use the Lagoon zipper lace and I am looking forward to using it more.  I have also used Lagoon washi tape on White Daisy cardstock to add even more pattern to the card.  The photo does not do the colours or texture justice.

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I love the simplicity of this card.  This paper and vellum is from the Free to Be Me paper pack that is only available this month and there is gorgeous papers and this wonderful gold polka dotted vellum.  I have teamed it with some patterned paper from the same paper pack and stamped the images with Lagoon ink and completed the card with the Aqua dots.

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I must confess I have used this pattern before but I wanted a simple yet elegant card.  This beautiful red paper is from the Free to Be Me paper pack again I have used the sentiment from the Mother’s Day stamp set with the lovely silhouette from the Sweet Moments stamp set.  I have fussy cut the image out and used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

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Here is another Skylark card (I love the name of the papers!) The edging is actually a negative image from a die cut that I had cut for a mini album.  I never throw anything away and this has come up lovely and I have added some Lagoon cardstock to create a ribbon effect and added a slate twist tie.  I really like using the frames and sentiments as they make such a lovely addition to a cut and a nice change from the very square tags I used to do all the time.

DSCF1322Here is another card from the Free to Be Me paper pack.  I have cut the shapes out using the Art Philosophy cartridge in White Daisy and the red patterned cardstock that came with the pack.  The flower is from the Art Philosophy Cricut stamp collection and cut in half with an Aqua dot in the middle.

Materials used:

Cardstock – White Daisy, Lagoon,

Paper – Skylark, Free to Be Me, 

Inks – Lagoon, Ruby

Stamps – Mother’s Day, Sweet Moments, Cricut Art Philosophy Seasons Cricut Collection. Holiday Tags, Perfect Fit – Frames 2

Aqua dots

Cricut cartridge – Art Philosophy

Lagoon zipper lace

Lagoon washi tape

Slate twist tie

The Free to Be Me paper pack is available for this month only for $5 with any purchase of $75 or over.  The normal retail price is normally $18.

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For further information about any of these products please feel free to contact me through my website here or my contact details are on my About Me page.

All these cards and more are available for sale at my shop Craft Hutt.

I hope you all have a good week.

Happy crafting

Patricia

 

 

The Paper Trail Blog Hop – Timberline

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Crafts, Stamping2 Comments

Welcome back to the Paper Trail Blog featuring the fabulous Timberline papers.  This is such a masculine paper and a lot of fun to use.

If you have come from Betsy’s blog,  you are in the right place and if you have just popped in to visit then feel free to have a good browse.  The blog hop is circular so once you have visited everyone you will end up where you have started.

For my post today I have done a layout of my son using the WOTG layout with my own twist.  I cut out the basic layout months ago and finally with this blog hop I managed to get it completed.  I could not believe that the school photo of James went so well with the Twilight base card and  I also managed to find some photos of James playing cricket at about the same age and once again the photos went well with the colours.  Here is the layout:

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My Cricut machine got another good workout.  I have used the Artbooking cartridge to cut the vines and leaves, the Ready. Steady.Go and the All Boy titles and the Art Philosophy cartridge for the scalloped matting.  The leaves have been cut using Ponderosa Pine cardstock and then layered with Olive cardstock.  I have then distressed them all with Desert Sand ink to add some dimension to the leaves.  I have also used an embossing tool to add some texture to the vine leaves.  Here is a close up of the leaves:

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I have kept to a fairly simple colour scheme – just using Ponderosa Pine and Desert Sand inks on the Ponderosa Pine, Bamboo and Twilight cardstock.  I think this makes for a very harmonious layout.

Here is a list of the materials I have used for the layout:

Cardstock – Twilight, Bamboo, Ponderosa Pine, Colonial White

Inks – Ponderosa Pine. Desert Sand

Papers – Timberline

Stamp sets – Catch You Later, Take Note Cricut Bundle, Tech Speak

Cricut Cartridges – Art Philosophy, Artbooking

Dimensional elements

I have also made some fishing cards from these papers.  I love the Timberline paper with it’s beautiful plaid pattern and the wonderful woodgrain effect paper – very versatile.  In the past I have found it very difficult purchasing decent masculine cards and CTMH make it so easy to make cards for everyone.

CTMH Timberline card

CTMH Timberline card

CTMH Timberline card

CTMH Timberline cardThe materials used are:

Cardstock – Colonial white, Cashmere, Chocolate, Slate

Paper – Timberline

Inks – Cashmere, Chocolate, Twilight

Stamp sets – Catch You Later, Joyful Birthday, Just a Number

Bakers Twine – Chocolate

Sparkles Black and Grey Assortment

(I have used my Scorpal to score the horizontal lines – time to get the CTMH Stripe embossing folder I think!).

I hope you have enjoyed your visit here and seen how much fun the Timberline papers are.  Now hop on over to Mary’s blog here to check out her fabulous creations.

Happy Crafting

Patricia

 

 

 

Australasian CTMH May SOTM – You’ve Got a Friend Blog Hop

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Cricut, Patricia's Creations, Stamping13 Comments

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Hello and welcome aboard our Australasian Close to My Heart Stamp of the Month – You’ve Got a Friend  Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Jenny’s Blog    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.

For today I have made some cards using the stamp set.  These make great sentiments for cards and useful for either feminine, masculine or children’s cards.  I have used two different paper packs for these cards to show the versatility.

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I have used the Balloon Ride Picture My Life products to create this card as well as papers from the Balloon Ride paper pack.  For the sentiment I have stamped the image with Black ink on Ruby cardstock and then stamped again on some blue paper and then cut out the middle and adhered it to the centre of the image.  I have done the same for the red/pink ribbon

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I have used the pattern out of the Make it From Your Heart Volume  2  to make this card.  This makes a lovely masculine card – especially with the moustache which I have stamped with chocolate ink onto Saddle cardstock and then cut out and placed over the original image which I have stamped using Sorbet ink.  Finally in keeping with the French theme I have used my Cricut Artist cartridge to cut out the Eiffel tower from Chocolate cardstock which has been distressed with Slate ink.

For the other set of cards I have used Lollydoodle papers.  I love the pink and greens in this paper set and I have also used some gorgeous pink glitter cardstock to add some extra bling.

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For this card I have added some hearts cut using the Art Philosophy cartridge and the sentiment from the Artbooking cartridge.  The butterfly is from the Artiste cartridge.

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Here I have stamped the image in Outdoor Denim ink on Pear cardstock and fussy cut it out before I used foam tape to adhere to the White Daisy cardstock.  I have used the a stamp from the Card Chatter – Sympathy set that just fitted in with this particular stamp.

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For this card I have used sponge daubers to place the ink on the stamp.  I have used Cotton Candy on the ‘Friend’ and Pear on the rest of the stamp. I am in love with the Flamingo dots.  They add such a different dimension than the glitter gems.   I am really pleased how it has turned out.

The materials used for these cards are:

Cardstock – Sorbet, White Daisy, Saddle, Cotton Candy, Pear, Slate, Chocolate, Pink Glitter 

Inks – Sorbet, Chocolate, Pear, Cotton Candy, Slate

Stamps – You’ve Got a Friend, Card Chatter – Sympathy, Holiday Tags

Papers – Lollydoodle, Balloon Ride

Picture Your Life – Balloon Ride

Cricut Cartridges – Artbooking, Artiste, Art Philosophy

Flamingo Dots

Clear Sparkles

Topiary Ribbon

You’ve Got a Friend  is only available until the 31st May for just $5 when you spend $75 from your CTMH consultant.  I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop,  Shaunna’s blog, Passionate about Pages. 

Happy Crafting

Patricia

Happy Easter

On By patriciamanhireIn Cardmaking, Close to My Heart, Easter, Stamping4 Comments

Welcome back

This week I have been busy making some Easter cards to sell at Craft Hutt and at a Craft Fair I am going to on Good Friday at the Cossie Club in Upper Hutt.  I have used some Skylark and Chantilly papers as well as the new Free to Be Me papers from this months Constant Campaign celebrating National Scrapbooking month.  This special paper pack includes beautiful textured cardstock, vellum and gorgeous papers and is normally valued at $19.  If you spend $75 in one order then you can purchase this pack for just $5.

DSCF1180For this card I have used the teal shimmer trim to mix with the gorgeous gold spotted vellum.  With the vellum I used adhesive under the gold spots to make sure it did not show up on the outside.  You can just see the beautiful finish to the red cardstock and I have completed the card with the images from the Hoppy Easter stamp set.
 DSCF1179I love the simplicity of this card.  I have just layered the vellum over the red cardstock and teamed it with the red paper from the paper pack.  The sentiment is from the hostess gift Some Bunny.
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I have used a cut that I made from making a box lid for the label for this card.  I never throw anything out and the colour of this (Creme Brulee) cut worked in perfectly and I had a spare white label already cut so this card came together very quickly.  The strong vertical paper is cut from one of the patterned papers and it made a great strip with two 0.5 cm strips of the red cardstock on either side.  I have used images from both the Some Bunny and Hoppy Easter for this card.

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Here again with this card I have teamed the vellum with the red cardstock.  I have stamped the flowers from the Hoppy Easter with Black ink and coloured them using the alcohol markers from CTMH and finished them off with some Bitty Sparkles.  DSCF1175Finally for this card I have used the Gold Polka Dot washi tape and teamed them up with the paper and cardstock from the pack.  Plus I have managed to centre a strip of the gold polka dotted vellum and it looks like I have got some gold brads on each side of the focus image.  Again I have stamped the flowers and coloured them in with the alcohol markers and finished off with  Bitty Sparkles.  I have also added a little extra with some Bakers Twine in Cranberry.

Here are some Easter cards I have done using the Skylark and left over Chantilly papers (NLA).

DSCF1165I have kept this card quite simple and have matched Indian Cornflower Blue cardstock with the same colour on the little girl’s dress.  I have stamped the girl on White Daisy cardstock and fussy cut it out and then coloured in with alcohol markers.  The images are from the Some Bunny stamp set.

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I love how I can mix and match the colours from different sets.  Here I have used Indian Cornflower Blue cardstock and placed some Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon over it.  The flowers have been coloured in using Buttercup, Cotton Candy and Sweet Leaf alcohol markers.DSCF1163Finally, this is my favourite go to pattern for making cards.  I have used a combination of different patterned papers from Skylark and kept the image very simple.

Materials used:

Cardstock – Indian Cornflower Blue,Creme Brulee, Lagoon,

Paper – Free to Be Me, Skylark

Inks – Black, Ruby, Outdoor Denim

Stamp sets – Some Bunny, Hoppy Easter

Alcohol markers – Ruby, Buttercup, Sweet Leaf, Cotton Candy

Topiary Mini Chevron Ribbon

Teal Shimmer Trim

Cranberry Bakers Twine

Cricut cartridge – Art Philosophy, Artiste

Bitty sparkles

Durables Triangle Studs

Gold Polka Dot washi tape

I hope you all have a happy and healthy Easter.

Happy Crafting

Patricia