Through The Year S1711 CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Through the Year—November Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from 

Nell Ward

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 project which features the Through the Year—November Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout November 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

One of the first things I made for my nephew was a nerf gun candle card. Each of the candles had a "flame" from the leaf of this stamp set. Stamped in first and second generation Tangerine Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. 

I placed 6 candles on the front and one inside. 

The next thing I did with this stamp was take it to my card class and one of the girls made this card for her 13yr old cousin. I wanted to showcase it on here because I think she did a great job with the stamp set and the Gold Foil and the Thin Cuts. There are 13 cakes outside and 13 presents inside. 

This weekend just gone I was a consultant retreat and I worked on a My Creations™ Calendar. I used the month's to stamp each title in Heather Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I did have a giggle at the 1's I stamped first. You can order a calendar now but watch this space for more info on a special coming next few months about the calendars. We may be able to order this Through the Years stamp set in December at full-price but order early in November to get it at the Stamp of the Month special price. 

I took a photo of my desk mat at the end of the calendar because I thought it looked really interesting and kind of arty with the new Stronger Together stamp set which all the proceeds go to Red Cross for the hurricane relief fund.  Tough Times don't last - January, March, September... Tough people do... Sometimes our scraps can turn into art :) 

Remember this great stamp set Through the Year—November Stamp of the Month is only available throughout November from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

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

Maz Wood aMAZing Close To My Heart Creations

I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.

Punny Pals CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Operation Smile™: Punny Pals" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Rachel Stribling 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 projects which features the Operation Smile™: Punny Pals available all this year in the current Catalogue. When you purchase this stamp set, Close to My Heart will donate $7 USD of the proceeds to Operation Smile™, a non-profit organization that provides surgeries to repair cleft lips and palates for children around the world.

This Month as an exclusive special is a kit that includes a thin cut set with ALL the animals, plus little 3x3 cards with instructions to make cute little cards. I've been making the cards with my 9yr old daughter to give to her friends at school.  I'm not posting my versions here because the official Close to MY Heart photo below is much prettier than mine. 

Share a Smile Card Kit

Product Description

Materials to make 32 3" × 3" cards, including the following:

32–card bases and envelopes

9–12" × 12" sheets of colored cardstock

1–12" × 12" sheet of gold glitter paper

1–Thin Cuts—Punny Pals

Printed step-by-step instructions to assemble cards

My Acrylix® Punny Pals stamp set (D1751) sold separately.

These are the CUTEST little animals with some cute little puns that go with them. The below card with the "I love you, no LION"... was made with White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack. 

I used the Goldrush Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad to stamp the lion and Heather Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad for the title. The orange paper is from Cats & Bats Paper Packet and the floral ribbon is from the Basics Ribbon Pack. I stuck on the ribbon with Glue Dots® Ultra-Thin Dots.

The next card I made with this cutie set is my favourite stamp set is the "You're TOAD-ally awesome". I stamped it with Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Black ink with 12" × 12" Willow Cardstock.

the Cats & Bats Paper Packet is the black and white stripes paper with Black Shimmer Trim.

Remember this great stamp set Operation Smile™: Punny Pals Share a Smile Card Kit is available throughout October from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project ideas. I'm really interested to hear what you think about them, 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

I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.

Beary Christmas CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop featuring this months featured pack called  Workshops Your Way® Beary Christmas Scrapbooking Kit.

If you have arrived here from Wendy Hopper Expressions of the Heart 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.

We are all creating with the Workshops Your Way® Beary Christmas Scrapbooking Kit.This kit is featured by Close to My Heart in October and is available until the end of the Seasonal Expressions Ideas Book.

Workshops Your Way® Beary Christmas

Product Description

Kit contents:

1 – Beary Christmas Paper Packet (X7225B)

1 – Beary Christmas Complements (X7225C)

6 – cardstock sheets (2 Cranberry, 1 Fern, 3 White Daisy)

1 – Beary Christmas Dots (Z4038)

1 – Silver Shimmer Trim (Z1799)

Beary Christmas is such a sweet Christmas set and the matching Beary Christmas Scrapbooking Stamp + Thin Cuts is the cutest!! I was excited to hear that these cute animals are especially designed with Australia in mind - they don't have scarves on! 

A work colleague commissioned me to make some Mumma Bear cards for his mum and I really loved making this one. Colouring in with the ShinHan Markers on the Thin Cuts was fun. 

The card below I used the Thin Cuts—Tree Line Border with the new Gold Foil Paper and then the Merry Everything stamp set. 

The below card was made at our consultant Launch of the Seasonal Expressions Catalogue. The glittery cheer comes from the Silver & Gold Complements. I really love the way it shows the new style double sided cardstock. 

Remember Workshops Your Way® Beary Christmas Scrapbooking Kit is only available for a limited time. Go to my website www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au or your consultants website and order today. 

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 this month on on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Shaunna Richards Passionate About Pages.

Christmas Tunes Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop S1710

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Christmas Tunes—October Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Doris Taylor - Creative Inspirations 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 project which features the Christmas Tunes—October Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout October 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This is clearly your 2017 go to Christmas Stamp set for all your Christmas Cards! I am away for a few days with my kids on School Holidays so I brought a Workshop your Way, some White cards and envelopes, a few basic ink colours, a few acrylic blocks and some adhesives. I am pretty happy with the Christmas cards I made with these limitations. 

The first thing I did was get some Christmas colours out - red and green (Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad) NB: the Ruby pictured below is in the old format and no longer comes like this. 

Then I stamped the pretty wreath in Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and the Title Banner in Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on White Daisy Cardstock.

I have the Workshops Your Way® Silver & Gold Scrapbooking Kit and firstly cut out all the pieces to make the pages and cards and had one of the card bases for Project 6 in the cutting guide. I usually make up my cards out of the "scraps" from the kits after making all the projects. But the project 6 makes 3 cards so I used the base and made my card below. You can find the instructions for all the kits on my website www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au or on your consultants website, with specific instruction guide is with the Silver & Gold Workshops your Way kit. 

This kit is one of my favourites because so much of it isn't christmassy.  Almost ALL of the papers can be used for non-christmas pages and cards. Anyway I had the card base for Project 6 and I used it for the card I made below. 

To make the shimmer paper backing (as I didn't have my glitter paper stash with me), I did have the Black Shimmer Trim and Gold Shimmer Trim (the gold comes in the kit) and I used a larger piece of White daisy card stock (half inch wider) and covered the edges in Black Shimmer Trim. I matted the Wreath on top with 3-D Foam Tape and then the larger glitter on the bottom with Thin 3-D Foam Tape. To give it extra dimension. I do love where the "I Love Christmas" on the paper came out on the card. 

Next I used one of the Reindeer Zip Stips to edge the bottom of the card below. I stamped with Ruby Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad the Merry & Bright bauble onto one of the Picture My Life cards from the kit. Then I matted it with the dark side of the Pewter Cardstock that came inside the Workshop your way kit with Tombow® Permanent Adhesive. A very basic card but I'm happy with how it turned out. I really like grey as a Christmas neutral colour!

Last month I made some cards using the Gold Foil Hearts from this kit to make the "You're in my Heart" card with the special National Stamping Day Special Stamp set, for a consultant swap and as sympathy cards for sale (see below). Using Gold Shimmer Trim and Bashful Pearls.  

 I loved how this turned out and I still had some of this lovely gold foil hearts paper cut to size and so I decided to use that same pattern to make a Christmas Tree card. I stamped in Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and used Gold Shimmer Trim and Gold Glitter Gems from the kit to spruce up the card. 

This is a great card to use some of the beautiful foil heart paper but only 1-2 inches at a time (1.5 or 1.75 I think) x 4.25 inches... getting lots of cards out of one stunning paper sheet. 

Please note: I found photographing the gold foil difficult both times I took pics of it (above last month and below today), so I do apologise for the quality of the photos. I hope you still get the gist of what I made.  

Remember this great stamp set Christmas Tunes—October Stamp of the Month is only available throughout October from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

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

Wendy Hopper -Expressions of the Heart

I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon.