Sangria Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop featuring this months feature paper pack called Sangria. We have all been creating with the NEW Sangria Products that have Britt McDonald - Crafty Connections then you are in the right place. If you landed here another way, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. Follow the links, check out all the amazing ideas and eventually you'll come right back here to where you started.

To start this months theme I decided to make a Christmas card using Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month and the Workshops on the Go® Sangria Scrapbooking Kit. 

PS. If you want to view the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop that went live 1st October, go all the way through the Sangria Blog hop and then get back here and click the Twinkle blog hop (see link here). 

 

I cut out a buckle from the Artiste Cricut Cartridge on page 66 at 4 inches in 12" X 12" Black Cardstock.

I picked the red variegated paper from the Sangria Paper Packet 

its the back of the zig zag strip and it has patches of colour variations. I LOVE this paper. 

I stamped in Pomegranate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad the words from Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month Noel, Peace and Joy. I also cut a sheet full of cricut shapes when I made my card for the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop so I used one of the  24 that I had fit on my mat without using Cricut Craftroom. *Note: If I had used Cricut Craftroom I could have fit heaps more on my 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock page. I stored the extra's in the envelope with the Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month and whenever I use it I have extras there.

When I finished the stamping of those bits I thread the Black Shimmer Trim through the black buckle. Hint: I threaded it with the backing still attached and then removed it while it was in place, it took a bit of threading with the clear backing but it was easier than threading the sticking part.

Happy with how it turned out. I used Pomegranate Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the frame and Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the Merry Everything.

This is my latest card buffet card using the Workshops on the Go® Sangria Scrapbooking Kit and the CUTEST stamp set in the world Animal Greetings which is the Operation Smile Fundraising Stamp set. $7 from every sale of this stamp go towards the Operation Smile Charity who provide life-changing operations for children with Cleft pallet and Cleft Lip surgeries in third world countries. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Anne Patterson - Mummy You Made This?

  Come back to see me again soon.

Twinkle October Stamp of the Month Australiasian blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Leah Cameron - Cameron's Corner then you are in the right place. If you landed here another way, please join in by following the link at the end of this post. Follow the links, check out all the amazing ideas and eventually you'll come right back here to where you started.

Today I would like to share with you my two projects which features the Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout October for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This is a predominantly Christmassy stamp set but I wanted to show how versatile it is, the stars and lights really stood out to me so I decided to make a party page. 

Using the squiggle I straightened it out on the 2" X 6 1/2" My Acrylix® Block

and stamped it twice on the top of my 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

I really think this looks like party lights so I used all my fingers to space the lights evenly. I started with the Gypsy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and then the other colours... Lagoon Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Cotton Candy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad.

 When I was finished the stamping of the Party lights, then I decided that the lights needed to be yellow. So I added ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Golden Yellow Marker  and coloured in the empty lights. I was really happy with the result. 

I added the twinkle stamp in Gypsy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and then decided I needed to finish off the page with some coloured card for photo mats. 

I put in some photo mats in the three main colours as well. I made the mats half an inch larger than the three photo sizes. I used the 12" X 12" Cotton Candy Cardstock, 12" X 12" Lagoon Cardstock and 12" X 12" Gypsy Cardstock. I laid out all the paper and then I checked the space at the bottom to see how large the bottom title needed to be. I fitted the 2" X 3 1/2" My Acrylix® Block in the space so I knew how big to put the title. 

I used my new favourite Alphabet called Hopscotch Alphabet to put the word PARTY onto the  2" X 3 1/2" My Acrylix® Block and I put it randomly on angles to make it more party atmosphere. 

To match my PARTY into the theme I coloured the PARTY in ShinHan™ Touch Twin™ Golden Yellow Marker as well as the lights. I added the little star clusters around the PARTY with Black Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

Then to stick with the Christmas Theme I decided to make a quick Christmas card also. 

I started by cutting the cricut shapes, 24 fit on my mat without using Cricut Craftroom. *Note: If I had used Cricut Craftroom I could have fit heaps more on my 12" X 12" White Daisy Cardstock page. 

I printed the outside on the Cricut shape with Topiary Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and then the Merry Everything in Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

Next I cut a piece of 12" X 12" Black Cardstock and then I embossed it with my Big Shot and Confetti Embossing Folder. Then I sanded the confetti with the Sanding Kit.To finish off my card, I put Red Shimmer Trim because everything needs BLING!! This card is going to be added to my Card Buffet classes in October. 

Remember this great stamp set Twinkle – October 2015 Stamp of the Month is only available throughout October from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest projects. I'm really interested to hear what you think about it, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Shaunna Richards   Passionate About Pages.

  Come back to see me again soon.