A Little Bit of Pun S1712 Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "A Little Bit of Pun—December Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Doreen Watkins, 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 A Little Bit of Pun—December Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout December 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This month there is a special calendar kit available Through the Year Calendar Kit and I made up the kit and then had lots of scraps left over that I decided to use to make my cards with this months Stamp of the Month - the CUTEST stamp set = there are so many options for these stamps and I loved the Mermaid stamp most so after seeing some ideas on Pinterest and around abouts, I decided to make a mermaid scales card.

I used the second smallest thin cut circle and used some green, yellow, pink (Aka Sweet Leaf Cardstock, Lemon Cardstock and Bashful Cardstock) plus Gold Glitter Paper... The circles were exactly in the three-quarters of an inch on each side. I had to cut more than was pictured because I decided to go up higher than I originally planned. 

I placed the first three circles touching the sides, the bottom and slightly overlapping each other. Then I cut some in half to do the bottom overlapping and the pink bottom corners were a half cut into quarters. The rest were full circles besides down the sides that were half sized, vertical. The bottom halves were horizontal. 

Hint: only put adhesive on the bottom half of the circles to start with - then go back and add glue dots to those that require it after you've finished. 

I added the text We MERMAID to be Friends with 3D foam tape. I stamped in 

Black Memento™ Ink. 

 The second card I made was using the gem stamp on white cardstock using Black Memento™ Ink. I didn't take any progress photos. After I had stamped I then coloured in with Watercolor Pencils the bottom third of the gemstone and spread the colour around using the Shimmer Brush—Clear. The photo doesn't show it but the gemstone is glittering and shimmering. My birthstone is amethyst so I think I'm partial to purples stones :) 

This purple (Pansy Cardstock) is scraps from the Calendar kit also. As is the grey Basics Fundamental Paper Packet leftover from that kit. Added a tiny touch of Silver Shimmer Trim, dovetailed with my Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors and it finished it off nicely. 

Remember this great stamp set A Little Bit of Pun—December Stamp of the Month is only available throughout December 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 

Doris Taylor Creative Inspirations

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

Hello Foxy S1706 Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Hello Foxy—June Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Chris Woodward: woodies-creations  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 Hello Foxy—June Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout June 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This is super cute set. I wanted to do something completely different this month. My sister has been talking to me about Bullet Journals - a new popular type of diary journals, and this set is PERFECT for this type new hobby. Stamping in your Bullet Journal with Close to My Heart Stamps is a great use of our stamps. Making it easier to be creative with the journalling. 

Google Search says "The Bullet Journal is a customizable and forgiving organization system. It can be your to-do list, sketchbook, notebook, and diary, but most likely, it will be all of the above."

A really interesting article from Marie Claire is linked here to explain it and show some videos. There are lots of Pinterest boards, and YouTube clips and Blogs about Bullet Journalling. 

Using Black Memento™ Ink Pad, Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen, and the blocks with the flowers and wreath, I stamped onto a notepad to get a sense of how it will work and this will be my sample. Once I decide on what I want to put into my journal I will find a nice bound note book to enter this into, lots of the info I read about this is to not use an expensive journal just a cheap notepad. You can use sticky notes to find your most used pages. . 

I stamped the wreath and it makes a perfect heading.

Then each of the flowers make a great bullet point (hence the name bullet journalling). 

One of my goals is to drink more water and in the bullet journal you can track things, like drinking water. So after the main page I created a diary of days with 8 flowers per day to represent the 8 glasses of water I want to drink. The idea is to colour in each flower to show each glass of water that is drunk. 

Using a highlighter I coloured in some water "flowers" to show this. 

Then I can go back to my main goal page and colour in that goal. 

Lots of bullet journals have indexes at the front and then you can add page numbers and add whatever you'd like to your bullet journal. 

I really see why its taking off as a new fad. Its a fun way to record all sorts of information. 

Some of the things I think I'll record is - movies I've watched, Books I've read, Podcasts I've listened to, Netflix, Further Goals, Blessings (gratitude journal 10 things everyday I'm thankful for), To-Do list, organising my decluttering, Days I've crafted or created art (and what I've created), Graphs. Days without buying work lunches (bringing lunch from home), 

This type of journalling goes so perfectly with our Everyday Life™ Stripes Album & Planner Pages Bundle and Everyday Life™ Sea Glass Album & Planner Pages Bundle.

These planner bundles give you a diary base with plenty of room to add extra things into it. Using the flowers as bullet points means you can colour them in as you complete them. 

You could use the flowers for savings goals, weight loss goals, drinking water, days without take-away/junk-food, exercise goals, phone calls for your business, number of nights you eat with your family, or read to your children.

You could laminate a selection of the flowers and your list- I'm thinking for my kids before school, to-do list, each day my daughter could colour in with whiteboard marker on the laminated sheets each flower once she had completed her list.  

Ideas from Pinterest below. 

I found this list on Pinterest but the link to it doesn't appear to be working. Put the search into Pinterest to find this list. "Bullet Journal Goals". 

Remember this great stamp set Hello Foxy—June Stamp of the Month is only available throughout June 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 Georgia O’Shea - Georgia Creates.

Live, Laugh, Love Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the "Live, Laugh, Love—May 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 Live, Laugh, Love—May Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout May 2017 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This stamp set is a beautiful set, especially for colouring in. I spent a lovely morning with my 9yr old daughter colouring in these cards. I cut a 3.75 x 5 inch White Daisy Cardstock and stamped with Black Memento™ Ink Pad. 

After I'd stamped the flowers and words, we used my 9yr old daughters little pencils to colour in. She coloured the LAUGH in and it took a very long time... perfect for a kids card making class to keep them entertained. 

Note: I cut out the top of my daughters head from this photo on purpose but it was a lovely time spent colouring in together.

I did a little bit of masking to get the flowers leaning together. I matted the white daisy cardstock on both cards with Canary Cardstock 4 x 5.25 inches. I used the Tombow® Permanent Adhesive.

The Laugh together card would make a great birthday card or invitation for friends. 

Remember this great stamp set Live, Laugh, Love—May Stamp of the Month is only available throughout May from my website or 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 them, so I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop on our Australasian Blog Hop which is Georgia O’Shea - Georgia Creates.

From the Notebook July SOTM Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with "From the Notebook—July 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 From the Notebook—July Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout July 2016 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. This stamp set is perfect for diary journalling, Calendars and other fun stuff like that. One of the Close to My Heart designed pages looked amazing (see below). 

I wanted to show this stamp set used in a different way on a card. There are so many stamps in this set but a few caught my eye. 

I started with the Hello Stamp and stamped it onto White Daisy Cardstock 

with Black Memento™ Ink Pad. I stamped a couple to see what I could do with the extras. These would make great name tags for birthday parties or workshop type events.  

The next thing I did was grabbed scraps of Workshops Your Way™ Magical Scrapbooking Kit and fitted them to my 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Cards & Envelopes, Value Pack white card. 

I then stamped the "Read this" and small arrow on the yellow of the Magical paper with Black Memento™ Ink Pad. I cut a 1 inch circle out of White Daisy Cardstock using 1" Circle Punch and stamped the "Super" circle onto it with  Cranberry Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad. I also stamped the "You are Fabulous" with Cranberry Ink with Tickled Pink stamp set. 

I didn't have any Black Shimmer Trim my favourite trim ever (It's all run out!!). So I grabbed some of my black shimmer paper from the Black & Grey Glitter Paper pack and used that instead. Note to self: buy more Black Shimmer TRIM!!!

I added the "Hello you are Fabulous" and "Super" stamps with 3-D Foam Tape 

Remember this great stamp set  From the Notebook—July Stamp of the Month is only available throughout June from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project, I hope you get inspired. 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 Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings.

Come back to see me again soon.

Thin Cuts - CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with Close to My Heart's 

"Thin Cuts" Dies and coordinating Stamp sets. 

If you have arrived here from Maz Wood: Inky Fingers 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. 

There are currently 4 sets of Thin Cuts that are currently available (see below).

I started with the Tickled Pink Thin Cuts with matching Tickled Pink stamp set and while I was cutting them I cut out extras of the A Bunch of Love Thin Cuts to use for other projects with the matching A Bunch of Love stamp set.

I wanted to make a pop up card and the steps below are how I did it. 

Below are the pictures of the stamp sets that perfectly coordinate with these two thin cuts. 

You put your thin cuts downward (all facing with the sharp edge down). I found the wings of the flamingo moved a little so I found the best way to keep them in place was with Washi Tape. (You can get this pear striped washi tape in the Ultimate Embellishments Bundle that is available in the Flash Sale today until Tuesday). 

For my Card I got a piece of White Daisy Cardstock cut to 8 inches x 4 inches. I marked the middle of the cardstock on the edges at 4 inches (You can use a pencil mark or a small crease at the edge of the card - DO NOT crease the card all the way across or your pop up card will be ruined - I'm not exaggerating {Smiley Face}). 

 When you are cutting the pop up card from any of the thin cuts you choose, make sure you lay only half of the shape across the centre line. You hang out the half you wish to NOT cut out the bottom of your cutting placement on your Big Shot or Cuttlebug (as shown above). 

 Above photo shows how the flamingo looked after it had been cut and folded. He almost looks like a dinosaur (Note to self: Dinosaur!!). I made it this size purposefully because it fits into our 5 1/2" × 4 1/4" White Envelopes, from the Value Pack. Also available in the Flash Sale Ultimate Envelopes Bundle (6-pack) available until Tuesday this week. 

The above shows how the flamingo looks printed in Pixie Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad

and Black Memento™ Ink Pad. The Memento Ink is because I was planning to use watercolour paints!

  

I loved using the Watercolor Paints and Waterbrush—Medium Round with blue water colour paints from the set.  

While I was waiting for the paint to dry I took a photo of the above lying down opened out. This is how I painted them. 

To finish off the cards I used 3-D Foam Tape to stick on the wings and extra flamingo and Black Memento™ Ink Pad to stamp the "You are Fabulous" sentiment. 

I was really happy with my end product and made 10 of them for our Consultant ten-fold swap at our Monthly Consultant Fun Day this month. 

Remember these Thin Cuts are only available until the end of the current Seasonal Expressions Catalogue (end of August 2016) from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. 

Thanks so much for dropping by to check out my latest project, I hope you get inspired. 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 Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings.

Come back to see me again soon. Thank You!