Sweet Girl Australasian CTMH Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most prettily decorative paper suite Workshops Your Way® Sweet Girl Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, matching stamp sets, which are featured this month. If you have arrived here from Shaunna Richards - Passionate About Pages 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® Sweet Girl Scrapbooking Kit

Product Description

Kit contents:

1 – Sweet Girl Paper Packet (X7246B)

4 — cardstock sheets (2 Ballerina, 1 Heather, 1 White Daisy)

1 – Sweet Girl Complements (X7246C)

1 – White Alphabet Foam Stickers (Z4088)

1 – Sapphire Crochet Thread (Z4058)

4 – Memory Protectors™ Top Load 

photo placeholders

printed instructions

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This is the pack we were given at our 2019 Convention in March so I got to play with it there. We were given a set of instructions and I made my pages almost to the instructions. But I cut out the inside of the papers to save some (as it was new to me and I didn't have my orders arriving yet so wanted to make the new paper last as long as possible). 

Then I laid out the photos I wanted to put on the pages and I had WAY too many photos to put onto the page. Come in my favourite addition to page making the humble 4x6 flip flap. These come in both vertical and horizontal within the pack (see here to open link to what I'm talking about Flip Flaps™ Memory Protectors™ 4" × 6"). They also come in a variety of other sizes = 3x4, 5x7, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4 and 6x12.

Flip flaps get put onto the page protector so they have to be placed once the page is inside the protector. I prefer the Memory Protectors™ Side Loading sleeves.  Usually I photograph my pages without the memory protectors as having them on does make it very hard to photograph flip flaps with reflections and such. I haven't done a great job below as its hard to hold the page open, not get reflection off the covers and show the display. I've done the best I could without showing a video. 

This photo below is showing how I laid out the photos stacked on top of each other. 

 The photo Below this is how the finished page looks when its in the page protectors and flip flaps. Obviously the top photos are the best photos and the additional photos are underneath. I could have cropped the photos but its a scenic mountain we visited in Queensland so I didn't want to crop too much or I would have lost the grandeur of the scenery. But the photos weren't that great so I was happy to hide them as my family are the central theme of the photos. 

 

The below photo is taken with the flip flaps open. You can't see all the pictures I have on this layout because one flip flap is covering another but its just for the general idea. 8 photos in total fit on this page. 

Close up of the super cute complements and the different signs to the ones we have in WA. No Koala's crossing in WA. 

The below photo is the left hand side page with the favourite photos on top with a vertical and horizontal flip flap. this shows 7 photos on this page. 

 

Really happy with how these turned out. While the paper is sort of girly and babyish, travel and holiday photos also suited quite well this gorgeous soft paper pack. I really enjoyed working with Sweet Girl and will miss it when its gone. Get your hands on it quickly because we only have a limited time with it. The complements and titles are my favourite. 

NB: When we got this paper pack at convention the White Alphabet Foam Stickers lettering wasn't available so I haven't got back to putting a title on it yet. I can't wait to get hold of that white foam lettering because I've seen the fabulous titles made with them. See below for a few artworks from Close to My Heart showing the cool title stickers. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Sweet Girl Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this catalogue. 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 

Maz Wood.

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

S1808 For The Love of Crafting CTMH Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "For the Love of Crafting—August Stamp of the Month" Stamp set. If you have arrived here from Creating with Kara Davies 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 feature the For the Love of Crafting—August Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout August 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. Please note that prices do not include GST. Beginning 1 July 2018, 10% GST will be added to your order at checkout.

This is the most amazing set for all my crafty friends. I Love crafting, Craft today do housework tomorrow, Craftiness is Happiness, I craft so hard I sweat glitter... then some positive uplifting stuff like Do what you love and Enjoy the Small Stuff, Plus the typewriter and the camera. Perfect for every craft room, scrapbooker and stamper or cardmaker. 

My first card I made using the "Enjoy the Small Stuff" and Typewriter that I stamped with Peacock Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on white cardstock. Then I matted that on 12" × 12" Peacock Cardstock cut down to 4x4 inches (the dark side). I LOVE the colour Peacock as its been really versatile, in so many of the packs we've had in the last few months. 

My most favourite paper of the Workshops Your Way® Documented Scrapbooking Kit 

is the white brick wall paper. I backed the card almost the whole way on the white card and added the peacock spot ribbon from the Enchantment Ribbon Pack to the bottom of the card. 

The next card I did was using the Eggplant Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad and stamped the camera all over the white cardstock. Then I cut it down a little and added another piece of white only slightly larger so it had just a small white edge. Then I added the purple spots paper from the Documented paper pack at 4 x 5.25 inches. I added stripe of the purple over the top of the stamped cameras and added the 3D adhesive-backed wooden words "Smile" from the Documented Titles.

I also did last month's blog hop with the stamp too, as below using the Story by Stacy "Story Starter". using the "do what you love" heart. Click here to see that post. 

Remember this great stamp set For the Love of Crafting—August Stamp of the Month is only available throughout August 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 Doreen Watkins 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

Highlight Reel S1807 Stamp of the Month CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. A small group of us have been creating with the "Highlight Reel—July 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 projects which features the Highlight Reel—July Stamp of the Month available exclusively throughout July 2018 for $27 or for just $7.50 when you spend $75. Please note that prices do not include GST. Beginning 1 July 2018, 10% GST will be added to your order at checkout.

This cute little set is perfect for adding little titles or icons to your scrapbooking, journalling, bullet journals, or cards. I used it for a mini scrapbook kit called Story by Stacy™ Story Starter Workshop Kit—Stripes

I got one of these at our Convention and while there decided to do an album for my sister who's moved to the UK recently. I purchased a second one to have a copy for myself at home, for the kids to look at and for my to show off to everyone how cute these little albums are. I don't want to share the whole album online because it is private for my sisters birthday but I wanted to show a few pages I did using these cute little icons from this months stamp of the month.  

There are some great instructions inside the Story Starter kit to make this album and I worked on it from the story before the photos. 

The Album is called "What we know and love about DAENA" for her Birthday in June (it may be arriving a few days late as it hasn't arrived yet and her birthday was the 25th June - it will be worth the wait I promise DM). 

I knew Daena loves music and how fortuitous this set has MUSIC NOTES (This is so handy for me because both my children are learning instruments, so this tiny stamp will get a workout), it will make a cute bullet point for journalling on the big scrapbook pages and it makes a cute addition to the smaller pages or cards (especially cards to thank the music teachers at the end of the year!). 

Watch the short video below for how Story by Stacy little 4x4 sized albums and story starter kit work. 

Once I had determined I wanted to write about Music I used the back of the white card to stamp Heather Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad all down the side of the card (x2), the other side has lines. You can see that I ran off the bottom with a bit of scrap so I could get a single note down there and have the corner all stamped up. 

Due to the fact that this little album is travelling from Australia to the UK I wanted to make it as light as possible, so I stamped and wrote on both sides of the cards. I have HEAPS of cards left over because the kit is designed to have one bit of card for each side and gives you a whole set as a practice set (I only practiced a few pages so have LOTS of cards left so I can use them in other ways! yay!!). I was happy with how it turned out and I don't think you can see thru it (unless you hold it up to the light). It ended up weighing less than 100 grams, so worth all the weight reductions. 

The end result above, after writing on it was the above (you can't see anything from the page before). 

The next icon I knew I had to use was the little plane - as you can see from the below pic I ended up doing a couple of placements for the plane. I ended up liking the bottom one better so I sent that one in my sisters album. She loves to Travel so this plane is the perfect for the travel page of her album. 

I had plenty of cards to re-stamp them but I decided it didn't matter if our two albums were slightly different, because they are each UNIQUE. 

I had so much fun making this little album and finding photos to fit them. Some of the pages I did a collage prints and got 4 photos in the space.  I would recommend everyone do one of these tiny albums of things you know and love about your family or friends. I'm sure it will become a treasured keepsake. Plus the Highlight Reel is the perfect stamp set to accompany it. 

Remember this great stamp set Highlight Reel—July Stamp of the Month is only available throughout July 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 Lauren Moore. I hope you leave a lovely comment on all the blog posts and come back around to mine. See you again soon. 

🎵 Happy New Financial Year everyone - You can make new years resolutions today about what you'll do in the next financial year... I resolve to post more of my artworks on my blog, Pinterest, Instagram and my Facebook Business Page, so I will have to DO more artworks, cards, pages, tags, bookmarks, off the page items, papercrafts and all sorts of fun things, to inspire my loyal followers, customers, family and friends. Watch this space. 🎵

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

www.vandra.closetomyheart.com.au

Fresh Air CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Fresh Air Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, kits, stamp sets and ribbon, which is featured this month. If you have arrived here from Shaunna Richards: Passionate About Pages 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.

I have to say that this is one of my very favourite ranges we've played with in ages. I love the natural look of the papers, fibres, fabric, wood, earthy tones and forest pages. This suits so many of my photos of living in the Perth Hills and doing lots of camping as a Scout leader and being a scouting family. The sentiments are amazing, the stamps of leaves and trees and titles are awesome. Enjoy what myself and all the ladies in this hop have created.

Workshops Your Way® Fresh Air Scrapbooking Kit

Item Number: G1152

Product Description

Kit contents:

1 – Fresh Air Paper Packet (X7232B)

1 – Fresh Air Complements (X7232C)

4 – cardstock sheets (1 Almond, 3 White Daisy)

1 – Fresh Air Shapes (Z4185)

1 – New England Ivy Burlap Ribbon (Z4170)

printed instructions

photo placeholders

I made up the pages as per the printed instructions but I made a few adjustments because I didn't want to use the large pieces of the sheets as just backing paper cause I wanted to save them and use them for my Monthly Card & Scrapbooking Clubs. The very best pages I wanted to use. So all I did was substitute for other cardstock (or another hint on my 3rd page layout). 

 For the first page layout (below), I took out the lovely forest pages and used 12" × 12" New England Ivy Cardstock (you can get this paper in Green Cardstock Bundle special pack on sale this month or you can get it in the Fresh Air Coordinating Cardstock) BUT you can ONLY get this forest paper in the Workshops Your Way® Fresh Air Scrapbooking Kit or the Fresh Air Paper Packet. To me its rare and special. To show it just using paper as a backing is also another way of getting the most out of your printed instructions. You could use the templates and cutting guides with other papers too. Thus extending out this kit quite a lot! I certainly have. 

I've shown both the sample page (above) and my version (below) . I think I would put in another few photo spaces on the right hand side page when I add my photos to this page because without the trees the top of the second page is a little bare and could easily fit more pics. 

For the below page layout 2. I used 12" × 12" Linen Cardstock instead of the patterned paper which had the lovely hessian look paper (see my cards for the hessian paper and why I didn't want it to just be the backing paper hidden from view). 

On the 3rd page below I still followed the page layout but instead of cutting a 7.25 inch x 12 inch strip of the wooden look paper. I cut half inch and slightly smaller than half inch strips to put on the pages instead of using the whole 7.25 inch strip on 2 pages (14.5 inches) I used less than a 3 inch strip. So that's a handy hint for making this page. Save yourself heaps of this glorius wooden look paper. I love this paper and would use it again and again. 

Please note: I also noticed I photographed the pages around the opposite way to the sample but I think either way works :)   Right/Left swap to be Left/Right :) 

When I was looking at this range of paper in the catalogue in the lovely tree/leaf/nature featured pack I also purchased the Workshops Your Way® In My Heart Cardmaking Kit because I LOVED the stamp set that goes with it as its all about Kindness. It has instructions and cards/envelopes to make 12 cards with the Fresh Air paper. I cut all those out I will finish them off late. I wanted to make others first that weren't from a pattern.  

I made the following two cards using the stamp set with my scraps left over from making the Workshop your Way Scrapbooking pages. An off cut off the wood look, plus the mottled linen look paper, plus a thin off cut off the New England Ivy cardstock. I stamped with New England Ivy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on the Picture my life card and added the wooden heart.  Really happy with this card. This sentiment is what my 10 year old daughter wants to send her Aunty Daena who's moved to the UK, "Always on my Heart and On my Mind". Watch this space Aunty Daena, Missy is going to make you a card with this stamp set (don't tell her I told you) 

For my last card, I really love the hessian look paper (as already mentioned) I think that it really looks like fabric. I used offcuts of that, the top is the back of it and the bottom is an offcut of the leaf paper. Then I stamped in New England Ivy Exclusive Inks™ Stamp Pad on the Almond Cardstock and stuck on a wooden star and 3 bronze sequins from the set in the card kit. The green "washi" is actually the offcut from a complement sticker that was a leftover from making my 3rd page layout - the sticker goes across where the small pine cones are. The off cut of that complement fits this card in a unique way. Love to use my scraps productively. 

Another stamp set in this range is the Fresh Air—Scrapbooking I made some pages using this stamp set earlier in the month and I really like the Titles in this. Our Incredible Fun Crazy Silly Family - suits my family down to a T. 

Remember this great set Workshops Your Way® Fresh Air Scrapbooking Kit and associated things will be only available while stocks last with this seasonal catalogue 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 Creating with Kara Davies
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