Australasian Brushed Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our Brushed Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from ScrappyChicks then you are in the right place.

If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.

Today I would like to share with you a creation which features Close To My Heart’s June Special, Brushed! This is a Bring Back My Pack promotion, who remembers Brushed the first time around? CTMH has brought it back with an updated colour palette and some fun stickers.

I used the zip strips and the floral paper to create this quick and easy card.



Matting the zip strips with cardstock and layering them like this on a card is something I do for a lot of Christmas and birthday cards because it looks like a present, but I wanted to try it with a different theme and I think it turned out great.

I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Maz.

Count Your Blessings

Did you know that today is National Pink Day?

To celebrate, Heart 2 Heart is asking you to share something pink!

I pulled some pink elements from Brushed, Blue Skies and Stitched Together papers to create this layout. Don't be afraid to mix collections!

The gorgeous floral stickers are UV coated and from the Blue Skies collection, and the butterfly and banner are Cricut cuts from the Stitched Together Cricut collection.



This beautiful ombre bokeh paper was almost too pretty to use- but I challenged myself to use up some of the papers I have been hoarding and this was the result.

Please join in and share your pink projects with us at Heart 2 Heart challenges!

Brushed Blog Hop

Welcome to our Brushed Blog Hop!  If you have come here from Brandi's Blog, you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog.

This month we have 18 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's featured collection and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I created two cards using the paper packet- my favourite mix of pink and red paired with greens and yellow make this one of my favourite papers ever and I was so glad to see it back that I used up every last scrap!

The first card uses a lot of 1.5 x 1.5 inch squares of Brushed paper and coordinating cardstock placed on a piece of cardstock in a quilt pattern. I then ran the whole lot through my Cuttlebug using the Quilt Embossing Folder. I love all of the different texture and interest that this embossing folder creates!



The second card uses one of my favourite card patterns. I made the strips of Brushed paper blend well with the main focal point, which is this sweet mason jar of flowers.



I heat embossed the flowers with Gold Embossing Powder and added a few gold gems- shiny and bling without it being too much!



Now "Hop" on over to Stefani's Blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #130

This week's sketch at Atlantic Hearts immediately reminded me of a lever card I have been wanting to make for my twin sister's birthday. I always have my birthday with her (funny that!) and since we both make cards I wanted to wow her with a new design. I also thought this would be perfect for entering in the Just Add Ink Fancy Fold challenge!

This was also perfect for the Between The Folds Fancy Pants challenge!

I used the retired Brushed Paper Packet to make a floral lever card. Here it is closed.



When you open it up, it becomes a 3D card!



The sentiments are from Belated Birthday, and I used the suggested Brushed colours of Pear and Hollyhock to ink with. The beautiful flower is from Blossoming Expressions, and I used the leaves from Lovely Birthday.



I have left a blank white panel to write something to my sister.



We would love for you to join in with this week's sketch!

Full instructions on how I made this card can be found here.

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #110

Another week, another sketch at Atlantic Hearts!

I am not sure why, but this week's sketch reminded me a lot of the Pinwheel cards that have been doing the rounds recently. I was inspired to make my own version using the beautiful Brushed paper pack.

Full instructions on how to make this card can be found here.



I added a decorative element using the Brushed Assortment Metal Flowers on a stamped circle so that I know which way up the card goes!



When you open up the card, here is what is inside.



I love using this stamp set with Brushed papers as it coordinates perfectly. I rock and rolled the flower in Pixie with Cranberry ink before adding the leaf accents.



As you can see, you can take these sketches and really make them your own! We would love to have you join us at Atlantic Hearts.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Pear, White Daisy
Embellishments: Brushed Assortment
Ink: Cranberry, Pear, Pixie
Paper: Brushed
Stamp sets: Have a Happy Day, Lovely Birthday

Tutti Frutti

This week we are looking for some Tutti Frutti fun at Heart 2 Heart challenges!

The new Taste of Summer paper packet is perfect for this, but anything related to this theme is welcome.

I used some scraps from the TOS paper packet to create this card, complete with a sweet little bee flying across the paper.



The Brushed paper goes well with the Taste of Summer, and I also added some chevron stamped patterns and the Operation Smile stamp set. Even though it is winter here, this card reminds me of lemonade and summer!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Canary, White Daisy
Ink: Black, Canary, Pear
Paper: Brushed, Taste of Summer
Stamp sets: Happy Everything, Have A Happy Day

Brushed Birthday for Color Dare

I finally have had some time to play along with this week's Color Dare over at Color My Heart!

I have been wanting to scrapbook my mum's 60th birthday for a while, and I had the Brushed paper pack sitting in my stash, so this was the perfect prompt to get me started.

I used a strip of the brushed paper down the side as well as a strip down the bottom. I accented the white space with some Cricut shapes left over from a pop-up card I had made. It is always good to keep the leftover pieces from your Cricut projects as you never know when they will come in handy!

some faced blurred for privacy reasons

The pinks and Juniper went so well with the birthday cake, and I added some red, yellow and green accents as per the Color Dare. Some white cardstock and a black stamped sentiment at the top of the journalling box, as well as a red flower embellishment, and I had managed to get all the colours on one page! The red goes quite while with the photos, and my yellow matting stops the photos from getting overwhelmed by all the accents.

I have done some journalling on this page but took the photo before I wrote on the journal box to keep the details private.

One of the special photos of this page is my Nana and Mum looking through an album that my sister and I made to give to her. It was also special as some of my family members surprised my Mum by driving up and crashing the party! This is why I scrapbook- to remember these special moments and share them with my family.

Thanks for stopping by!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Canary, Juniper, Pear, White Daisy
Embellishments: Brushed Assortment
Ink: Black
Paper Packet: Brushed
Stamp set: Belated Birthday

A Brushed Birthday

I am always using sketches to create my layouts, so when I saw that the challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart was to use your favorite CTMH sketch I was very happy!

I have been meaning to scrapbook my 30th birthday photos, and so off I went to the Make It From The Heart Volume 2 ideas book to find a double page sketch. Pattern 10 appealed to me, and I also used some inspiration from Patricia Manhire's beautiful layout.

Here is the completed double page layout.



The left side features some journalling, as well as some photos from our High Tea. I matted all of the photos with Flaxen cardstock so that they stood out against the busy floral paper. I thought the paper went well with my dress!
The right side showcases photos from coffee out with my husband and boys, as well as a photo of me and my Dad at our big birthday lunch.



I used up an old stash of paper flowers, which worked really well with the colours in the paper pack. I added some flamingo dots to the centre. The 30 title was cut from the Cricut, and I added a paper pieced cupcake.



I also pieced together this cupcake on the stand, and adhered it with 3D foam tape so that it popped against the busy background. I love pink and red together!


We would love to see your favourite sketch in action, whether it be a layout, card or other project. Be sure to link up at Heart 2 Heart challenges!

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Black, Cranberry, Flaxen, Pixie, White Daisy
Embellishments: Flamingo Dots, Heartstrings Complements, Paper Flowers
Ink: Black
Paper pack: Brushed
Stamp sets: Cutie Pie, You Are My Happy