Grateful Heart CTMH Australasian Blog Hop

Hello and welcome aboard our October Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Vandra then you are in the right place.

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Today I would like to share with you a creation which features Close To My Heart’s October featured Paper Packet, Grateful Heart

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I love the deep, rich jewel tones of this paper packet and I wanted to create a layout for some family photos coming up that I know will be special.

I used the rich Pomegranate tones for the layout, accenting with Sapphire and Saffron as I loved the butterfly zip strip and wanted to match those colours.



Can you see the butterfly accents? I absolutely loved this PML card that came in the paper packet and had to include it in my layout. I backed it with Saffron cardstock to make it pop.



I also embellished with some of the Grateful Heart Complements. Isn't this little owl adorable? I also layered the embellishment with the matching Cork Shapes to add a little extra pop to the layout.



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A Hedgehog Hello

I've rediscovered my love for embossing powders this week, and it's been awesome to have some time in my craft room to play with all the pretty new paper packets!

This cute little hedgehog sticker caught my eye and I wanted to use him on a card. I also wanted to try out my new leaf frame stamp set so this card came together in my head really easily.



I used gold embossing powder to do the leaf frame, and then kept it really simple with just the hedgehog as the sentiment and some more of the patterned paper in a dovetailed strip. The only embellishment was some green triangles that I added for dimension.

I'm linking this card up with a few themed challenges today:
Use Your Stuff Forest Frolic
Craft Rocket Autumn
The Paper Players Tic-Tac-Toe challenge (leaves, patterned paper, green, embossing and glitter)


Products used
Cardstock: White Daisy
Paper: Grateful Heart
Ink: VersaMark
Embellishments: Grateful Heart Complements, Enamel & Glitter Duos Green Triangles, Princess Gold Embossing Powder
Stamp set: Grateful Heart-Scrapbooking

Thankful for sweet friends

The new September Stamp of the Month has some amazing sentiments, and I paired this with the new Grateful Heart Paper Packet and a daisy Cricut cut for the Fusion challenge.

 

The Grateful Heart Paper Packet is aimed at fall/autumn pictures, but I think it pairs well with any floral theme.



I stamped the sentiment in Pear ink and then matted int onto matching cardstock to keep the colour palette minimal. I also added some twine around the stem of the flowers for a bit of texture.

I'm sure I'll have a lot more to share with you for the Stamp of the Month and this beautiful paper packet.