Australasian Borders Blog Hop

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

If you have arrived here from Scrappy Chicks 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 February Stamp of the Month, Springtime Borders.

I was really inspired by this sketch that was featured on the Close To My heart blog last week, and this formed the basis of my layout.

I used the Four Seasons Spring paper packet and cardstock for this layout, since Easter and spring are just around the corner! 

I used the border stamp set on both sides of my layout, and the left hand side features the stamp both as a single image around the journal sticker and the tone on tone stamped cardstock strip.

 

I also used this adorable stamp set, called Sweet Easter, to add an additional touch with the bunny rabbit.

On the right hand side, I added another border strip as well as my title and some of the cute White Acrylic Hearts.

Here is a close up of the border strip I made using Avocado cardstock and Avocado ink. I layered two of the stamps on top of each other to create a larger border. 

I also got inspired by the catalogue images, and made this card using the heart and umbrella borders as a tone on tone background on my dovetailed pennants, then adding the lamb from the Sweet Ester stamp set. 

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Layered Flowers Technique Blog Hop

Welcome to our Technique Blog Hop! This month, we are featuring Layered Flowers as our technique. This could be achieved through Thin Cuts, Cricut cuts, stamp images, or even with masking.

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! 

Easter is this weekend, and I like to do pages in advance- I know I'll be wearing a bright and cheerful dress so I wanted to use bright colours for this year's Easter Family Photo scrapbook page. 

I also set myself a challenge to combine birthday papers, an Easter stamp set and florals!

I used the Mix In Paper Packet as the base, and added some other paper accents using the Cake Day Paper Packet and the Cake Day Picture My Life Cards. 

The Layered Flowers Thin Cuts make it so easy to add bold embellishments- I used a combination of Green Apple, Wild Berry and Lemonade Cardstock from the Cake Day Coordinating Cardstock to create the flowers. I also added Wild Berry Dots to some of the flowers.

Here you can see even more floral accents- I cut the Easter Eggs out from my Cricut using the EGGS font on my computer, and then tone on tone stamped some flowers from the Some Bunny Loves You Stamp Set and Thin Cuts. The floral border at the top is also from this stamp set and layered with some more Wild Berry Dots.

As a side note- how cute are these chicks from the stamp set! I had to add them into my layout.

I think I managed to combine Birthday, Easter and floral accents successfully into my layout- what do you think?

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

March/April Catalog New Product Blog Hop

Welcome to our March/April New Product Blog Hop!  We will be featuring all of the beautiful new  items available over the next two months. 

If you have come here from Michelle'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 16 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 wanted to create an based Easter layout for the Easter Egg Hunt I have planned for my boys this year, and so I created this two page layout for the photos using the new Daisy Meadows collection.

Here is the full double page spread- look at how well everything coordinates!

On the left hand page, I used the coordinating Picture My Life cards for the journalling box, and echoed the egg theme by using the adorable Easter Egg paper. 

 I also added a few of the Daisy Meadows dots for a little bit of embellishment.

The stickers that come with the Daisy Meadows paper packet are adorable, and how effortless is this Easter title?

The right hand page continues the egg theme- and did you notice the cute little stitched zip strip down the bottom? I  love how well all these papers go together!

The stickers make it easy to add extra interest to the layout- once again the egg theme is strong in this layout and I love the little sticker titles.

Look at how these egg stickers "egg-actly" match the paper!

The Daisy Meadows collection is perfect for your Easter photos- but check out my previous blog post here to see how I have done some baby pages with it too. 

 

Now "Hop" on over to Carrie'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! 

E is for Easter

Saturday here in New Zealand means lots of time to craft, and so I was excited to play along with Just Add Ink's latest challenge!



Of course, Easter is coming up and I just happened to have some leftover Easter kit items out on my craft desk so it was easy to create this Easter layout.

I loved the Juniper polka dot paper paired with my leftover Juniper cardstock, and then the layout progressed from there. Quite often I create my base first and then become inspired from those colours. Once I found a darling yellow zip strip to accent, then I was able to bring in the Canary colours as well, and then Smoothie rounded off the colour combo of this Easter layout.



This title cracked me up (haha!) and get a look at those adorable puffy stickers I was able to use as well!



I had been hoarding this sweet chick puffy sticker, and I have finally used it on my layout! He was a cute little frame for the main photo, and the candy stripe mat was a pre-cut piece that also worked perfectly with this layout.



Even though we are in lockdown I still have a fun filled Easter day planned for my two boys, and so I can't wait for next weekend when I can get some photos on this layout. How many of you pre-make layouts for future events? I love doing it as I can then plan my photo orientation (I'm weird I know!) and all I have to do is print the photos and stick them on.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are keeping well wherever you are.

Zoe Blog Hop

Welcome to our Zoe Blog Hop!  We will be featuring the Zoe Paper Packet, which is back for this month only.

If you have come here from Jayma'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 14 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's special Paper Packet 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 decided to do an Easter themed layout as I had been excited to use my new Easter stamp set, and the Zoe Paper Packet reminded me of Easter as well.

Here's the layout I created, using my Cricut to cut the looped circle and creating a photo mat and a pennant border with the Zoe papers. The Canary cardstock is one of the colours that come in the Coordinating Cardstock.



Once I had cut the looped circle and placed it on my page, I discovered that the small Easter Egg fitted inside the loops and so I stamped them in Smoothie ink around the page. I also cut some larger Easter eggs and layered them at the bottom left of my page.



The cute bunny face was another feature of the stamp set, as well as the adorable carrots.



And here is the finished layout with photos from Easter morning on it! I love the small sentiment at the top with the banners.



Now "Hop" on over to Krista'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!

Just A Little Note

One of my favourite stamps from Seasonal Expressions is A Little Note- perfect for Easter cards if you live in the Northern Hemisphere, or as a general use card if you are like me and currently holed up inside waiting for the rain to go away!

These cheery daffodils lend themselves well to colouring, and I kept the card simple with only a few colours and some dry embossing.



A perfect card to brighten anyone's day, and who doesn't like daffodils?

The Seasonal Expressions catalogue finishes on the 31st March (5 days to go!) so be sure to place your order if there is anything from the catalogue that you want to get your hands on. If you would like to see other projects I have created from items in the Seasonal Expressions catalogue, please click here.

CTMH supplies used:
Cardstock: Honey, Pacifica, White Daisy
Ink: Slate
Marker: Golden Yellow
Stamp set: A Little Note
Tools: Quatrefoil Embossing Folder

Easter Cupcake Wrappers and Recipe

I love everything about Easter, and when I blogged about my Carrot Cake Cupcakes over on my other blog, I had to share the wrappers with you too as they are a Cricut creation!

Here are the wrappers I created using the Artiste Cartridge and Topiary cardstock. I cut these at 3 inches (not real dial size) and managed to get three wrappers per sheet. I then assembled them- I love how the Cricut even cuts slots so they are a breeze to put together!



Here are the wrappers with the finished carrot cake cupcakes inside.



If you would like the full recipe and more details on these cupcakes, please click here to head over to my SAHM I Am blog!

How Cute!

I love the soft pastels of Easter, and I made this Easter themed baby shower banner that I think goes perfectly with this week's Heart 2 Heart How Cute challenge!

I love this little Easter egg stamp set (that is unfortunately retired but you could use this similar one). I coloured then fussy cut the eggs and then placed them on the banners. I cut out the pennants and lettering using the Cricut and the Artiste Cartridge. the cardstocks were old ones that I had lying around that matched the pastel/spring theme, so I used them up!

Here is the banner hung up at the baby shower.



This pennant was so easy to make using the Cricut cartridge- it even made the contrasted scalloped tops and cut the holes for me.



Isn't the Easter Egg cute? I was so thrilled with the end result, and my friend loved it too!



Do you have a cute creation you would like to share? Be sure to link up with us!