Chelsea Gardens CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop. We have all been creating with the most lovely paper suite Workshops Your Way® Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Kit matching complements, stamp sets and ribbon, today. If you have arrived here from Megan Lawrence - Crop Craft Create 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. 

This is a beautiful set of papers and stickers, stamps and complements -I could make hundreds of things out of this paper, its restful, classic and stunning. I've loved everything that I've seen created with it so far!

 

Chelsea Gardens Cardmaking Stamp + Thin Cuts

Workshops Your Way® Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Kit

Kit contents:
1 – Chelsea Gardens Paper Packet (X7230B)
1 – Chelsea Gardens Complements (X7230C)
5 – cardstock sheets (2 Pewter, 3 White Daisy)
1 – Chelsea Gardens Dots & Gems (Z4155)
1 – Cream Ribbon (Z4154)
1 - Printed Instructions

Use the materials in this kit to create three coordinating scrapbook layouts (as shown below). 

I  started by stamping 4 butterflies on Vellum Paper with Black Memento™ Ink Pad 

I left it for an hour or so to dry. This was a technique we learnt at our Close to My Heart Seasonal Expressions Launch. Also recommended is Archival Ink for stamping on vellum. 

The next thing I did was line up the "dear Friend" and "Thinking of you" on my White Daisy Cardstock 1.25 x 3.75 inches piece where I wanted them to sit, then I dropped the block on top (with space to make it a banner) 

Next I cut some 1.5 inch squares of the Workshops Your Way® Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Kit paper and then the backing stuck to the White Cards & Envelopes Value Pack was the linen pattern from the BBasics Fundamental Paper Packet 4 x 5.25 inches. I fussy cut the vellum stamped butterflies out and folded the wings and stuck them on with 3-D Foam Tape. The banner was on with Thin 3-D Foam Tape.

 After I finished this card, I two vellum butterflies left. I wasn't sure if we could paint them because it was Memento on Vellum and I wondered if it would bleed. It was an experiment = I used some Watercolor Paints (oranges) with the Waterbrush—Medium Round. It curled up a little while wet but I really like how it turned out. (see below for how it looks with watercolour pencils with shimmer brush to paint on white cardstock).

For the card below I used the Remember picture my life card and stamped "thinking of you" with Memento ink. I used the Basic Fundamentals paper to line the front of the card and put the PML card on top. Then I added the heart banner from the Chelsea Gardens Complements set (cut a little shorter to fit). Then I stuck the curled vellum butterfly on top. 

The three cards I made below were from the Seasonal Expressions Launch event. I really loved using the Watercolor Pencils with Shimmer Brush—Clear to colour the butterflies in on white Cardstock. Such a pretty look on the paper. I don't think the photos of the three cards below really do the technique justice as they look amazing in real life. 

Remember this great  Workshops Your Way® Chelsea Gardens Scrapbooking Kit is only available while the current Seasonal Expression catalogue is running (Jan 2018-April 2018) 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  Doreen Watkins

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

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.