Documented CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. If you have arrived here from Doris Taylor 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.

Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:1 – Documented Paper Packet (X7234B)
1 – Documented Complements (X7234C)
4 – cardstock sheets (2 Linen, 1 Saffron, 1 White Daisy)
1 – Documented Titles (Z4171)
1 – Documented Dots (Z4177)
printed instructions
photo placeholders

Use the materials in this kit to create three coordinating scrapbook layouts. 

I made a quick card using scraps from my favourite bricks paper from the Documented set. With the lovely floral paper. Then I used the stickers from the complements to add the hello typewriter and the bunch of flowers. Quick Simple, Effective and a lovely card to give a friend for a hello. I took the photo in the light so it looks a bit washed out, the dark grey charcoal colour is more prominent in real life. 

The other card I've been working on is one I've done as part of my 3rd video with Caroline in our "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra" YouTube series on Sponge Techniques. To get the instructions on how to make this card, you'll have to watch our video when it's ready this week. I will add the link here later or subscribe to receive my blog posts to see it when its ready to go live. Click here to go to Youtube to watch it or click here to go to the blog post to watch it.  

The below card uses 2 sided Peacock Cardstock (peacock is a featured colour in Documented), White Daisy Cardstock, Peacock ink, Daubers, Rose Embossing Folder and the Love wooden letter stickers Documented Titles. All on white cards and envelopes. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue which finishes THIS MONTH (LAST CHANCE) so go to my website or to your Close to My Heart Consultant. If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE. 

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.

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra SPONGING VARIATIONS Video 2

Caroline & I have been working very hard to make this latest video for you. We had such fun making it, I hope you enjoy watching it. 

Our Second video in the Sponging series, "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra" Be Kind this is only our 2nd ever video. We've made cards with daubers, spray pens, watercolour pens and the most exciting Shimmer Brushes. 

The Mermaid is the finished card from one of our demos. She was made with a bit of stamping onto the sponging and water colour/shimmer brush effect (as per the video).

Below are stills from the video (for Pinterest and to show what we used. ).

Also please note the pretty girl that we stamp in the video is only available for June 2018 while stocks last so she will be gone soon. Contact me ASAP if you want a copy of her.

See you next time with Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra

S1806 A Bushel & a Peck CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Lauren Moore- CTMH Craftings 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 A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout June 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. 

This stamp set is the Cutest and everyone has been making lots of cards and pages using this cute little girl and the sweet apples. 

The card below was the first card I made using a card template from the Make It from Your Heart™ Volume 4. I used Workshops Your Way® Beautiful Friendship Scrapbooking Kit for the base card with Bashful Glitter Paper as the edging. Then I cut the Thin Cuts—Basic Banners, and the title card with Bashful Cardstock. I stamped the title and apple with Black Memento™ Ink Pad on a Thin Cuts—Basic Circles. I then coloured in the apple with Shimmer Brush—Bashful for the apple and for the leaf I used the Willow Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with Shimmer Brush—Clear as a paintbrush to make the leaf glittery green. 

I went around the edge of the banner, the circle and the title backing with Marvy® Uchida® LePen™ Journaling Pen and  Black Memento™ Ink Pad. Sticking it all together with Tombow® Permanent Adhesive and the title and circle with 3-D Foam Tape for a three dimensional look to the card. 

This is the card I did last month when I mixed up my dates when I was unwell. Thankfully I'm all better and happily I'm well prepared for this months blog hop post. 

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The next card I did is a technique card as a sample for our next video for our sponging series "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra". Watch this blog for more news soon. Subscribe to get notified about new blog hops or posts I make = To subscribe all you need to do is add your email to "Follow by email" on the right hand side of this blog post and follow the prompts. You can subscribe to all the blog hop ladies in a similar way on their blogs too so you don't miss anything from anyone.

To start with I used Pansy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad with Sponge Daubers Value Pack (12) to sponge some white daisy cardstock. Then I dropped some Glitter Shimmer Brush—Clear and Shimmer Brush—Bashful in dots onto the Pansy ink to create this lovely galaxy/ universe/ night-sky/ artwork/ random cloud of purple blobs. 

After I'd let the inked and dropped shimmer paper dry, I backed it with Pansy Cardstock for the backing and the title. I stamped the title and little girl with Black Memento™ Ink Pad and then coloured the little girl & title in using Shin Han Markers. The title is from an older set so is in the clearance section of my website its called Prickly Pear Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts currently reduced from $34.50  now $10.50. Its a great title for colouring in to match your paper or artworks and its only one of the stamps on that set. 

I fussy cut the little girl out and stuck her on the card. The title was adhered with 3D Foam tape. Super happy with how she turned out and can't wait to film the video to explain it. I may updated this post to give a link HERE when its done. 

Remember this great stamp set A Bushel & a Peck—June Stamp of the Month is only available throughout June from my website or from your Close to My Heart Consultant. If you don't have a Close to My Heart Consultant feel free to contact me either on this blog or via my website HERE. 

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 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. 

Vandra Stenton, Close to My Heart Consultant, Perth Western Australia

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra - Sponging Techniques Video 1

This is the very first video we have made called "Cardmaking with Caroline & Vandra" 

We are pretty happy with our very first video. I'm sure as we make more of these I will get better at editing, speeding up and improving the quality of the video. We had lots of fun making this, which is the whole point of this exercise. 

 
 Please enjoy this instructional video teaching some sponging techniques for your cardmaking.