Central Park CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

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

If you have arrived here from Creating with Kara Davies 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 July Featured collection, Central Park.

I love the bright, happy colours of Central Park and I also love the coordinating cardmaking stamp set based on housewarmings, new homes and home sweet home.

My friends have just moved out to a more rural area and I wanted to make them a cheerful congratulatory card as we are seeing them tomorrow.



Because one of the house stamps is symmetrical, I was able to use one of my favourite stamping techniques for when I'm too lazy to colour. I cut out the shape with the coordinating Thin Cut and then used the smooth back of the stamp to create a second generation base of Cranberry. I then stamped the detailed stamp image over the base in Cranberry ink.

Central Park is a beautifully vibrant collection and I'm sure I'll be sharing may more creations with you.

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, Crop Craft Create.

Close To My Heart July SOTM - Highlight Reel

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring July's SOTM, which is Highlight Reel, a set of 23 stamps. 

If you have come here from Alyson'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 15 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!

As soon as I saw this stamp set I knew I'd have to do a layout about Chester, our first pet that we acquired three weeks ago. As you can see, he has settled in nicely!

I used the paw print stamp throughout the layout to highlight the black and white accents and added a few ink splatters and a Cricut title and cat cut-out.

 

The first pet banner was "purr-fect" for the theme of my scrapbook page, and I paired the photos with the Central Park Paper Packet to give the layout a fun and playful feeling.



I trimmed one of the Birthday Cheer cards to create a journal box, as this is designed to co-ordinate with Central Park and I had to tell the story of what a funny cat Chester is.



Chester is such  cute additional to our family, and this stamp set arrived at just the right time!

Now "Hop" on over to Brandi'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 July SOTM is only available until 31st July!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!