Technique Blog Hop- Creative with Cardstock

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop! This month, we are featuring lots of awesome ideas with cardstock.

This blog hop is a great big circle so you can start wherever you want and continue through to see all the fabulous artwork incorporating this technique.

If you are coming from Michelle's Blog you are on the right track! 

I absolutely love all the bright colours of cardstock that CTMH has- such a pretty rainbow of brightness! I created a 12x12 layout using eight strips of 1 x12 cardstock in Wild Berry, Candy Apple, Nectarine, Lemonade, Avocado, Capri, Grape and Sapphire as I wanted to showcase some of my favourite colours. This layout background is a fun way to create different colour combos on your layout, and you can also do this with patterned paper or a combination- anything you like! I slightly trimmed the White Daisy base and layered in on Pewter cardstock- this is one of my favourite techniques to anchor a layout. 

I also cut up some White Daisy cardstock into 7/8 inch strips to do my journalling, and stamped each one using the corresponding ink colour using the All Day Every Day stamp set. 

Another favourite technique of mine for cardstock backgrounds is to use Watercolour Paints to splatter the background and create a grunge look- here I used white to offset all the colourful strips but you can use any colour you want! I simply loaded my waterbrush, added the white paint and flicked it onto the page. 

I also used cardstock and the Layered Flowers Thin Cuts to create the floral embellishments on this page- CTMH cardstock cuts like butter and the stitched detail on these thin cuts is amazing. I added some Wild Berry Dots to the centre of each flower for some dimension.

The last thing I like to do with cardstock is to stamp my title on it and then dovetail the ends to make a pennant. This is a really easy way of adding any cardsotck journal box, stamped title or even plain cardstock as an embellishment. I stamped this in Wild Berry Ink and then surrounded the title with some of the Cake Day Dots.

Cardstock only layouts don't have to be boring- thin cuts, paint splatters and dove tailing can all take your cardstock elements to the next level.

Thanks for stopping by!  Please continue onto Haley's Blog where you will find her sharing her cardstock technique.  Be sure to leave a comment and happy hopping!

Cardstock Carnival Australasian Blog Hop

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

If you have arrived here from Doris 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 March special- Cardstock Carnival! You can get some great discounts on cardstock bundles this month so I thought I would share a fun Cricut project I completed using only cardstock.

I started off with a Black cardstock 12x12 base- and then added all of the layered cardstock straight from the Love Each Day Cricut collection. I used Pewter, Nectarine, Lemonade, Carolina, White Daisy and Sapphire cardstock to cut this layout.

The title could easily be changed, but I kept the original title since Adam is now a third generation table tennis player, following in the footsteps of his brother, father and grandfather. 

These colours work so well together- and I also added some glimmer with some Diamond Stickles Glitter Glue. 

You may be wondering if it was a mission to glue all of the stars behind the template- luckily I used the Adhesive Sheets to make the process a breeze!

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

National Scrapbooking Month Blog Hop - Blue Skies

Welcome to our National Scrapbooking Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the amazing new Blue Skies collection.

If you have come here from Carrie'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 SOTM 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 loved the paper packet and sticker sheet especially, and one of the papers reminded me of ice cream sprinkles so this layout was born as soon as I saw that there was also an ice cream sticker! Used the sprinkle pattern on top of the UV coated glossy cardstock that comes as part of this collection.



Look at these fun papers! Here I have used the sprinkle paper, one of the zip strips, some of the starry patterned paper and the coated cardstock. This journal sticker came in very handy to add the story to my layout, as we live in a rural area and Mr Whippy never comes out to our township! We were lucky enough that my work colleague's dad owns a Mr Whippy truck and so he paid us a special visit to our house.



I matted this photo of my son on the coated cardstock and popped it up on 3D Foam tape for some extra dimension. I had to use the ice cream sticker, and I also used the cute little "yum" text sticker.



This banner was made using the back of the coated cardstock, which is the plain side, and the sticker was a title that I thought went perfectly with my photo. Here you can really see the beautiful pattern that the cardstock has, and how adorable are all these stickers?



Now "Hop" on over to Becca'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! Remember, the Blue Skies collection is only available until 31st May!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this collection!

S2005 Time to Celebrate Australasian SOTM Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our May Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from Maz 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 May Stamp of the Month, Time To Celebrate.

How amazing are all these sentiments? This is such a versatile stamp set and one that is a must have in your craft room.

I finally unpacked my Cricut from when I moved house last year (whoops!) and so of course I wanted to try out my new mats and get some cutting happening! I opened up the Everyday Moments Cricut collection and was instantly drawn to a beautiful colourful card design.

I use the light and dark sides of Candy Apple, Ballerina, Lemonade, Willow and Bluebird cardstock to create the stained glass effect underneath a template cut from Black cardstock.



I stamped the main sentiment in Black ink from the Stamp of the Month, and then stamped some of the smaller icons around the banner in the same colours as the cardstock to tie into the rainbow feel of this card. Hopefully you can see the colour variations of the cardstock behind the overlay!



This exclusive stamp set is only available during May. It can be yours for just $10NZ with a qualifying order of $88 or for $37.50NZ if ordered separately from your CTMH consultant. If you do not have a consultant please contact me or place an order here.

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