tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66431526501966155702024-03-19T19:22:15.071+11:00AnnespirationsAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-76885471280281375802018-11-12T00:01:00.000+11:002018-11-12T00:01:56.623+11:00Cards made at Today’s Card buffet <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);">
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We had a lovely time today making some Christmas cards.
We made these two from the <a href="https://anne.closetomyheart.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=11254&ci=11664">Mistletoe Wishes card making kit </a>which includes the stamp set. I love the new tinsel embossing powders, they are so glittery!
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This one uses next month’s stamp of the month and was inspired by some of the artwork in our current ideas book.
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New england ivy cardstock and ink
Sweet leaf cardstock and ink
White daisy cardstock
S1812 Candycane alphabet (december 2018 stamp of the month)
Z4215 fern stitched ribbon
Z4191 silver glitter gems
White embossing powder
This one uses our very beachy Santa just hanging out in the sun.
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Current materials used:
Candy apple cardstock and ink
Zip strip from the tis the season paper pack
B1621 happy Christmas stamp set
Black, willow, toffee and glacier ink
Z4190 red pearls
Shinhan markers
And finally this one uses our cute little Aussie stamp set.
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Current materials used:
Tis the season paper pack
White daisy cardstock
Candy apple, black, willow and heather ink
C1718 fair dinkum christmas stamp set
All up we had a fun afternoon and I look forward to our next event on the 1st of December.
Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-71522108223785657722017-02-01T05:00:00.000+11:002017-02-01T11:00:44.134+11:00Australasian CTMH Blog Hop February 2017<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Hello and welcome aboard our S1702 Easter Bunny CTMH Australasian Blog Hop.</span></i><br />
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<i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">A little bit of colouring was all I needed to make the bunny look adorable and I used the flowers to make a sweet background stripe. The blue hearts are washi tape from the <a href="http://anne.closetomyheart.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=9777&ci=8123" target="_blank">Sugar Rush washi pack.</a></span></i><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-2280903971330099202017-01-01T23:55:00.000+11:002017-01-01T23:55:14.812+11:00A New Year - A New NameHappy New Year!<br />
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It has been over a year since my last blog post. I have needed that time to attend to my family and myself. With 2016 now behind me I am ready to launch into a new 2017 - a new fresh start to a new year.<br />
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You may have noticed the name change - 'Mummy you made this?' really spoke to me when I first named my blog and my darling boy was the smile behind all of my creations. He still makes me smile and still is amazed by my artwork but my work has become about more than just making him smile. Of course, now his sister is becoming more involved too the blog title just didn't sit right anymore.<br />
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Annespirations has been what I have labeled my craft kits with for some time now - the blend of my name with the word inspirations simply came to me one day when I was creating a list of ideas and titled it : Anne's Inspirations. This became Anne'Spirations and then Annespirations.<br />
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I have been wanting to share more on this blog and now seems like I will be able to create opportunities for me to do so.<br />
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Looking forward to the year ahead,<br />
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AnneAnnehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-87624768119176855032015-11-01T05:00:00.000+11:002015-11-01T05:00:00.158+11:00Cheers, 2016! November Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi! It's time for our November Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop!!!! So Excited to share my project with you!</div>
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But firstly... If you arrived here from <a href="http://expressionsofthe-heart.blogspot.com/2015/11/ctmh-november-cheers-2016-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">Wendy Hopper's Expressions of the Heart</a>, then you are in the right place! If you have come across my post from somewhere else, thats OK! Join in! It's fun! Just follow the link at the bottom of my post to click through to the next blog and keep going til you get back here!</div>
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This month we are celebrating this set:</div>
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So this set would be so great for New Year scrapbook pages or even a new year card but to me it just screamed New Year Resolutions.... so I made this:</div>
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The whole book is 8 pages (including the cover) and is made from just 1 sheet of <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382&ci=23" target="_blank">White Daisy</a> Cardstock cut into 4 inch strips, folded in half (use the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7936&ci=1619" target="_blank">scoreboard </a>for best results) and then tied together using <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8600&ci=3265" target="_blank">Poppy Twine</a>.</div>
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The only stamp set I used other than Cheers, 2016! is <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8874&ci=2793" target="_blank">Jennifer's Hand</a> which is an awesome alphabet set that I LOVE - it's small enough to use on cards and only costs $15 for a set of 45! I used it to write the word 'Resolutions'.</div>
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I used the<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8561&ci=3182" target="_blank"> Sangria Paper Pack</a>, the eggplant and pomegranate cardstock from that pack, eggplant, pomegranate, slate and Pacifica inks, the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8624&ci=3317" target="_blank">confetti stars embossing folder</a>, the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=3386&ci=957" target="_blank">sanding kit</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7976&ci=1419" target="_blank">gold shimmer trim</a> and a star from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8611&ci=3287" target="_blank">gold fundamentals assortment</a>.</div>
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The star panel on the front cover was created by running pomegranate cardstock through the big shot using the confetti stars embossing folder then sanding it to make the stars stand out. I cut a length of shimmer trim into quarters and then used three of those pieces to create the tail on my shooting star.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed my project. To get your own copy of the Cheers, 2016! stamp set, contact your CTMH consultant to place an order before the 30th of November, after that they will be gone.</div>
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I'd love you to leave a comment before hopping off to see what Shaunna has created on her blog: <a href="http://wp.me/p43YPS-oP" target="_blank">Passionate About Pages.</a></div>
Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-53355858850410649172015-10-10T05:00:00.000+11:002015-10-10T05:00:01.103+11:00Sangria Australasian Blog Hop<div style="text-align: center;">
Welcome to the Australasian Blog hop for our Paper Feature - Sangria. If you have arrived from <a href="http://vandractmh.blogspot.com/2015/10/sangria-australasian-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom</a> then you are in the right place. If you have arrived here by chance, then come and join the hop by following the link at the bottom of my post and continue hopping until you arrive back here.</div>
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Ever have one of those moments when you have to make a card quickly and you are not sure what to do? Well, I had one tonight. By the time you are reading this I will be on my way to a very exciting convention for Close to my Heart consultants in Brisbane. That meant I spent this week organising. Yesterday washing and today packing. Eeeek!!! What will I do for the blog hop!?</div>
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Luckily Sangria is just the most beautiful paper pack so the papers can do most of the talking. My son asked me to use this stamp set:</div>
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so I knew we were going for Christmas ... and then I thought... well what would I do if I was on the way to a party and had to quickly knock something together? Well, I'd use a complement pack of course!</div>
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Ok, so it's not the most amazing card but I think its pretty neat and it's certainly pretty good for 15 mins. Now... I'm off to my convention so you best check out<a href="http://mezscraftroom.blogspot.com/2015/10/sangria-ctmh-australasian-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"> Mez's Craft Room</a> to see what she has come up with.</div>
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Welcome to this month's blog hop! If you have arrived here from <a href="http://hallofindulgence.com.au/blog/s1510-twinkle-close-to-my-heart-october-stamp-of-the-month-australasian-blog-hop/" target="_blank">Mandy's Hall of Indulgence</a> then you are in the right place - if you arrived here by accident then you are in luck! Just join in by clicking the link at the bottom of my post to follow the hop from project to project until you arrive back here!</div>
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This month we are featuring this stamp set : <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8775&ci=3457" target="_blank">Twinkle</a>.</div>
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I LOVE this set! I especially love the lights! So pretty! I can just image using this on scrapbook layouts with photos taken in night markets in Cambodia, my friend's wedding who had fairy lights strung through trees, New Year's Eve photos and of course Christmas light photos! Oh they are so pretty!</div>
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Ok, so that IS pretty and I love it.... but.... I've been dying to try this:<br />
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So you rub the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8624" target="_blank">confetti stars embossing folder</a> with an ink pad in the colour of your choice. I've used <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8702" target="_blank">sapphire</a>. Make sure you coat the side that has the stars sunken in.</div>
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The stamp set I have used for the word 'bright' is <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8874" target="_blank">Jennifer's Hand</a>. It's a great alphabet font for cards as the size is nice and small. I coloured behind it with a Shinhan marker.<br />
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If you love this stamp set as much as I do you can buy it this month from your <a href="http://www.anne.ctmh.com.au/" target="_blank">Close to my Heart consultant</a>, it is $27 or just $7.50 with a qualifying order. Hurry, once the month is over this set will no longer be available!<br />
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To see what other wonderful creations can be made from this set, continue on to <a href="http://Patricia Manhire's Creative Corner" target="_blank">Patricia Manhire's Creative Corner</a><a href="http://ctmhtracey.blogspot.com/2015/10/christmas-scrapbooking-page-layout-with.html" target="_blank"></a><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-77596267172854086872015-09-10T05:00:00.000+10:002015-09-10T05:00:01.491+10:00Australasian Nevermore Blog Hop<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Welcome to our Australasian Nevermore Blog Hop. If you've come here from </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://expressionsofthe-heart.blogspot.com/2015/09/ctmh-australasian-nevermore-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Expressions of the Heart </a>then you are in the right place! If you've happened upon us by happy mistake then please join in by hopping from blog to blog by clicking the links at the end of each blog post until you arrive back here.</span><br />
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So Zoe is my paper theme for the month and I have made two of the most beautiful double scrapbook page layouts using the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8559" target="_blank">paper pack</a> and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8567" target="_blank">complements</a>. I will be sharing my directions for these pages in a free file to be posted after my sisters wedding which is at the end of this month.<br />
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I created some pretty detail boxes by cutting the complement stickers and pairing with B&T. While we are at it though... check out that ZIP STRIP! How cool! I intend on using the triangle stamp in the Workshop on the Go stamp set to stamp a small triangle above the strip to show the month the photos were taken and one below to show the date. </div>
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How about a few more of those complements stickers for detail? I purposely stuck the stickers on the white dots of the paper. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUvSd-MwKnQzuhLFsCoRHA8lxFbyDviabr6Qu2NkiIawGKUCNSPSnDnkQR6WF6CkcJc34M7IWGezsAc4eXbcIPTnM9C6RB7GbN8qulLgPNQPgpafdZUBy7tuGVwI2G8RPFAjAvlCfOyg/s640/blogger-image--1407935478.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMUvSd-MwKnQzuhLFsCoRHA8lxFbyDviabr6Qu2NkiIawGKUCNSPSnDnkQR6WF6CkcJc34M7IWGezsAc4eXbcIPTnM9C6RB7GbN8qulLgPNQPgpafdZUBy7tuGVwI2G8RPFAjAvlCfOyg/s320/blogger-image--1407935478.jpg" width="320" /> </a></div>
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Thanks for joining me to see my new Zoe layouts, I hoped you liked them.<br />
Please leave me a comment before continuing on to <a href="http://craftyconnectionsau.blogspot.com/2015/08/ctmh-australasian-zoe-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Crafty Connections Australia.</a><br />
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If you want to create any of the wonderful creations seen on the hop you can find the Zoe papers and additional supplies on your <a href="http://www.anne.ctmh.com.au/" target="_blank">consultant's shopping page.</a> <br />
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Well it is August and we are in uncharted territory... This month's stamp of the month isn't pictured in our current idea book... and the paper I have used isn't either.... stay tuned for a blog hop in a couple of weeks time showcasing this new paper pack which will be available for the next year as the first paper pack in the new idea book being released at the start of September. But first lets check out this set:</div>
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Those red lines around the frames show that cricut files are available for those shapes and these shapes are found on the BRAND NEW <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8545&ci=2600" target="_blank">artistry cartridge</a> which is available from today!<br />
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Ok ok ok... lets calm down and look at what I've made:<br />
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I think it's a cute way of making a background on a card and also a neat way to use the frames. The number 6 I have used is a tiny sneak peak of a new alphabet set which will be heading our way next month.<br />
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=239&ci=847" target="_blank">White Daisy Card Base</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8559" target="_blank">Zoe paper pack</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8743&ci=2278" target="_blank">S1508 Framed August Stamp of the Month</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=835" target="_blank">Sweet Leaf Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=4142" target="_blank">Sorbet Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8081" target="_blank">Glacier Ink</a><br />
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8743&ci=2278" target="_blank"> Framed</a> is only available until the end of August from your CTMH
consultant for $27 or only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $75 or more. I'd
love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, <a href="http://designsbymarguerite.blogspot.com/2015/08/august-2015-sotm-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Designs by Marguerite</a>.<a href="http://scrapstampshare.blogspot.com/2015/06/life-is-wonderful-ctmh-july-stamp-of.html" target="_blank"></a>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-32604603155371095322015-07-01T01:00:00.000+10:002015-07-01T01:00:06.147+10:00Life is Wonderful S1507 CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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exclusively throughout July for $27 or for just $5 when you
spend $75 on CTMH products OR as part of our July campaign if you spend $32.50 on current retail priced stamps you can have this stamp set FREE!<br />
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All my card designs use the flourishes in the stamp set. I just liked the way they looked and couldn't stop creating patterns with them once I started. All my cards are 3.5 inches square on <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=251" target="_blank">black cardstock</a> embossed in<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8055" target="_blank"> silver</a>.<br />
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My first card design was tricky to get accurate until I solved my accuracy problems with a bit of maths and some ingenuity.<br />
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Firstly I placed my two flourish stamps onto my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=3385" target="_blank">versamat </a>with the bottom of the stamps at the 1 3/4 marks. (I placed them here as that is the centre of the card).<br />
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Next I placed two of my larger blocks on my versa mat making sure they were square and leaving space for a 3 1/2 inch card to fit on the mat alongside them.<br />
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Next I inked up my stamp in versa mark ink and placed my block down making sure I slid it down the sides of the other two blocks which guided it into exactly the centre of the card. <br />
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I then rotated the card 90 degrees and repeated the stamping. I rotated the card twice more so that I had 4 perfectly lined up impressions of the stamps, giving me the pattern I wanted.<br />
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You could of course use any flat straight items to line up your block but I did find that my larger blocks did the job nicely.<br />
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Once it was all stamped I of course used silver embossing powder and my heat gun to heat emboss the design.<br />
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My second card design just uses one of the flourish stamps and repeatedly stamps it around a centre point.<br />
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My third card design uses just one of the flourish stamps and tessellates it to create a background style pattern. <br />
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My fourth design uses both flourishes to mirror each other in a border style effect.<br />
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8227&ci=1767" target="_blank">Life is Wonderful </a>is only available until the end of July from your CTMH
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love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, <a href="http://scrapstampshare.blogspot.com/2015/06/life-is-wonderful-ctmh-july-stamp-of.html" target="_blank">Denise's Blog, Scrap Stamp Share .</a><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-3625200873188020512015-06-01T01:00:00.000+10:002015-10-30T22:35:23.294+11:00Icecream dream S1506: June Stamp of the month Australasian Blog HopHello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop! If you have arrived here from <a href="http://wp.me/p45lJH-kJ" target="_blank">Maz's Inky Fingers</a>, then you are in the right place.<br />
If you landed here by accident, no problem, please join in by following the link at the end of this post.<br />
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Today I would like to share with you these cute cards which feature the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8226&ci=1766" target="_blank">June Stamp of the Month : Ice Cream Dream.</a><br />
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I made the ice creams on these cards really 'pop' by stamping the coloured cardstock with its matching <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6837&ci=682" target="_blank">pigment ink </a>and then embossing it with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8057" target="_blank">clear embossing powder</a>. Each piece was then cut out (thank goodness for my microtip scissors!) and the ice cream assembled on top of the cone. I've topped my ice creams off with a <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7680" target="_blank">purple glitter gem</a>.<br />
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Honey cardstock with Autumn terracotta pigment ink and clear embossing powder<br />
Sorbet cardstock with sorbet pigment ink and clear embossing powder<br />
White Daisy cardstock with versa mark ink and clear embossing powder<br />
Pixie cardstock with pixie pigment ink and clear embossing powder<br />
Thistle cardstock with thistle pigment ink and clear embossing powder<br />
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I used the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8431" target="_blank">blossom papers</a> paired with lagoon cardstock for the background and I used the very cool <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8440" target="_blank">carnival washi tape</a> to do the sentiments and the stripe across the bottom. The sentiments were placed onto white daisy cardstock and then cut out before being placed on the cards.<br />
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Ice Cream Dream is only available until the end of June from your CTMH consultant for $27 or just $5 with a qualifying purchase.<br />
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I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, <a href="http://laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com/2015/06/ice-cream-dream-s1506-ctmh-stamp-of.html" target="_blank">Lauren's blog - CTMH Craftings.</a><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-54893905746965399712015-05-01T08:00:00.000+10:002015-05-01T10:29:05.172+10:00Just sayin: May 2015 Stamp of the Month Hello! Welcome to this month's Australasian Close to my Heart Stamp of the Month blog hop!<br />
If you hopped on by from <a href="http://wp.me/p43YPS-ii" target="_blank">Shaunna's blog - Passionate About Pages</a> then you are in the right place! If you came here from somewhere else, that's ok, join in by hopping through - simply click the link at the end of this post and then follow the trail of blogs until you end right back here!<br />
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Today I am going to share an easy but effective card which features our May stamp of the month - <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8225&ci=1765" target="_blank">S1505 Just Sayin' </a>available
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I made a card similar to this a year ago and have constantly been requested for it since so when I saw the shapes in this stamp of the month I knew what I was going to do.<br />
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Using <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5442" target="_blank">Pacifica</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=743" target="_blank">Cranberry</a> and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8083" target="_blank">Canary</a> ink I randomly stamped the background with each of the 3 shapes.<br />
I then stamped the striped dovetailed pennant twice in cranberry ink and trimmed up to create the ribbon on the card. Using pacifica and canary I stamped the same image and trimmed to use as embellishments under the tag. I used pacifica for the tag itself and the 'thanks' was a stamp from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8122" target="_blank">Pathfinding Cardmaking workshop on the Go (</a><span id="ctl00_ctl00_ctl01_ctl00_cphContent_cphContent_cphContent_cphContent_uxLblProductNumber"><a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8122" target="_blank">G1083)</a>.</span><br />
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I am a bit sad I haven't had time to create a scrap book page to share with you using this set as it really does lend itself to pages, I am looking forward to using it on some pages this month (hopefully inspired by some of my fellow bloggers!).<br />
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Just Sayin' is only available until the end of May from your CTMH
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<a href="http://laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com/2015/05/just-sayin-s1505-ctmh-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">CTMH Craftings</a>. Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-46120216923746334272015-03-31T23:58:00.001+11:002015-03-31T23:58:23.158+11:00Tyed Note S1504 : March Stamp of the Month CTMH Australasian Blog Hop<h4>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=750" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Desert sand ink</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=738" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Cocoa ink</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=712" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Black ink</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=239&ci=847" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">White daisy card base</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5782" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kraft cardstock</span></a></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/ctmh/promotions/sotm/2015/1504-typed-note.aspx" target="_blank">Typed Note Stamp of the month</a> is only available until the end of April from your CTMH consultant for $27 or just $5 with a qualifying purchase.</span><br />
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br />I'd love to hear what you think of my project before you head off to </span><a href="http://vandractmh.blogspot.com/2015/04/typed-note-april-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">Vandra's Virtual CTMH Classroom.</a></div>
Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-9768708949681125902015-03-01T09:00:00.000+11:002015-03-01T09:00:03.801+11:00Choose Happy S1503 : March Stamp of the Month CTMH Australasian Blog Hop<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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Welcome to this month's Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop!</div>
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If you have arrived here from <a href="http://expressionsofthe-heart.blogspot.com/2015/03/and-welcome-aboard-our-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">Wendy Hopper's Expressions of the Heart</a><a href="http://wp.me/p45lJH-iI" target="_blank"></a> then you are in the right place. If you landed here by
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This month's stamp is a lovely set of frames and I am sure you are going to see lots of great ways of using them in this hop. I am excited to see what everyone has created especially as I have had a very busy month and haven't had a lot of time to play with it! As I am writing this it is past 1 in the morning so please forgive the hurried post.</div>
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I have coloured the frame with Shin Han markers and cut the centre out to peek through to the inside of the card. Then on the inside I have stamped my monster from the Love Ya Silly set (my current fave). To give the monster a bit more definition I have outlined him in black and added a googly eye.</div>
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Next time I make this card I will adding a second piece to the front cover so as not to get the frame outline on the back from the markers - although I don't hate it exactly... it kind of gives the card a little something.<br />
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Anyway it's late and I have to be at a craft stall in less than 7 hours so...<br />
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If you want to get in on the framing action with '<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8223&ci=1814" target="_blank">Choose Happy</a>', get in before the 31st of March 2015. And remember that it is only $5 when you spend $75!<br />
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Love you to leave me a comment (although I wont be replying for a day or two... boy am I busy! But I promise I will get back to you all).<br />
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Next stop? <a href="http://wp.me/p43YPS-hc" target="_blank">Shaunna's Passionate About Pages</a><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-85808450582722174742015-02-01T09:00:00.000+11:002015-02-01T09:00:01.721+11:00A Happy Hello S1502 CTMH stamp of the monthWelcome to this months Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop! <br>
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If you have arrived here from <a href="http://wp.me/p45lJH-iI" target="_blank">Maz's blog : Inky Fingers</a> 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.<br>
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I love this month's set - <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8222&ci=1763" target="_blank">A Happy Hello</a>. My favourite part is the branch or stem stamp - I have used this already on multiple projects. I love that I can use this with my various flower stamps, stickers and embellishments that otherwise would be stemless!<br>
Today's project is a simple page layout.<br>
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I had fun making the overhanging tree branches by overlapping the stem stamp.<br>
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382" target="_blank">White Daisy Cardstock</a><br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=288" target="_blank">Indian Corn Blue Cardstock</a> (6.5"x4.5" ; 2.5" x 2.5" ; 2.5"x2.5")<br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=822" target="_blank">Ponderosa Pine Ink</a><br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=2891" target="_blank">Honey Ink</a><br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=785" target="_blank">Indian Corn Blue Ink</a><br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=712" target="_blank">Black Ink</a><br>
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8222&ci=1763" target="_blank">S1502: A Happy Hello Stamp Set</a><br>
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The Happy Hello Stamp set (with my favourite stem stamp!) is only available until the 28th of February 2015 for $27 or just $5 when you spend $75.<br>
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I'd love you to leave a comment before heading off to visit <a href="http://closetwomyheart.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-happy-hello-from-close-to-my-heart.html" target="_blank">Tracey's blog, Aussie Ink</a>.<br>
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<br>Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-82345188288900258242015-01-16T09:00:00.000+11:002015-01-16T09:00:00.512+11:00Operation smile Australasian Blog Hop<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b>Welcome to our Australasian Operation Smile Blog Hop. </b><br />
Today we will be sharing some inspiration using the "<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8343" target="_blank">You're the Bomb</a>" C sized stamp set which is featured on the back page of our Seasonal
Expressions Idea Book. For each “You’re the Bomb” stamp set sold CTMH will
donate $3USD directly to Operation Smile.<br />
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Here is my project:<br />
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Ingredients: <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=239" target="_blank">White daisy card base</a>,<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6792" target="_blank"> white shimmer trim</a>,<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8281" target="_blank"> Heart Strings paper pack</a>,<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6849" target="_blank"> slate ink</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=779" target="_blank">hollyhock ink</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8096" target="_blank">cherry pink ShinHan marker</a>,<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7986" target="_blank"> honeycomb embossing folder</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8343" target="_blank">You're the bomb stamp set.</a><br />
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The blog hop is a loop with about 10 participants so follow along and you
will end up right back here. If you have hopped through from <a href="http://hallofindulgence.com.au/blog/?p=1137" target="_blank">Mandy's Hall of Indulgence</a> you are in the right place. If you get lost there is a list of
participants on <a href="http://hallofindulgence.com.au/" target="_blank">Mandy's Blog here</a>. <br />
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To learn more about Operation Smile and the involvement Close to my Heart
has with this important work keep reading below, otherwise, pop over and
see <a href="http://vandractmh.blogspot.com/2015/01/youre-bomb-operation-smile-blog-hop.html" target="_blank">Vandra's has created in her Virtual CTMH Craftroom.</a><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">So what does operation Smile do?</span></strong><br />
Throughout the world Operation Smile Volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. <br />
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In more visual terms - this is what they do:<br />
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This is Thanh and Ngan. You can read their full stories on the <a href="http://australia.operationsmile.org/" target="_blank">Operation Smile Australia</a> site.<br />
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In developing countries approximately 1 in 500 children are born with a facial deformity. These children often have difficulty breathing, drinking, eating and speaking and as a result many suffer from malnutrition, medical and psychological problems.<br />
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It only takes a surgeon 45 minutes and donations of $300 to change a child's life forever.<br />
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During the Brisbane convention last year Brian Holman (CTMH Chief Operating Officer) shared his experience with Operation Smile with us. He had gone on an international mission to the Phillipines - <br />
Operation Smile conducts more than 25 of these international medical missions a year. Volunteer surgeons, anesthetists, nurses, dentists, speech pathologists and other medical professionals travel with non-medical volunteers to Operation Smile partner countries to treat children during a 2 week period.<br />
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Brian showed us photos of the hundreds of children and parents waiting and hoping that they would be accepted into the program. Many families had walked a long way to get there, some children had even come on their own and all of them sat waiting in the hot sun hoping....<br />
On a typical mission 300-500 children will receive full medical evaluations but only 100-150 children will be surgically treated. <br />
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Despite being queasy at the sight of blood, Brian developed a bond with many of the children in the program and was able to give them moral and emotional support through their treatments. <br />
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This is what I love about our relationship with Operation Smile - it is embedded in the roots of our company. The very people who grow our company and are the heart of Close to my Heart are involved with our Operation Smile Mission at the most devoted level. <br />
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Jeanette Lynton (CTMH CEO) several years ago also served on an international medical mission to Mexico. She said of this experience "..it truly changed my life as I wept with joyous parents or bonded with these sweet, beautiful children. I will never forget that experience and it has made me a lifelong advocate for Operation Smile."<br />
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In 2012 Jeanette was asked: why operation smile over other charitable organisations? You can <a href="http://www.jeanettelynton.com/2012/02/q-choosing-smiles.html" target="_blank">read her answer on her blog here.</a><br />
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CTMH raises money for this worthy cause in many ways. We donate a portion of profit from all stamp sets sold, as consultants we run events to raise funds, our customers can make donations at any time which we pass directly onto Operation Smile, we raise awareness and as consultants we are very generous. At our convention in Brisbane last year we could choose to purchase a custom made piece of jewellery with the profit going to Operation Smile. Then we held an auction of artwork with page layouts and cards being auctioned off for as much as $500! The final auction item was a complete Sticky Boy stamp set (very rare indeed), from memory there were 5 of these sets and each set was sold for $500. After convention the auctioned artworks and sticky boys continued to raise money through workshops, sets of instructions available for consultant purchase and sticky boys stamped on cards sold for Operation Smile donations.<br />
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This photo was included in an email to Jeanette in 2010 - from the children of Rwanda some of whom are just post surgery and others awaiting their big day. An excerpt from the email reads: Thank you so much for your extraordinary support. Once again and
despite the economic downturn, you and the fabulous team at Close To My
Heart seem to find a way to rise to the occasion and exceed your goals.
With great pleasure, we wanted to share this tribute message with you
in hopes of reminding you just how special you are to so many,
especially the children around the world!<br />
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I am so proud to be part of a company changing lives of children around the world and I hope you have gained some insight into Operation Smile via this blog.<br />
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Thanks for joining me on this journey, the “<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8343" target="_blank">You’re the Bomb” stamp set</a> is
only available until the 31st of March 2015 from your CTMH consultant and $3USD from every purchase will go
directly to <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/ctmh/what-we-do/operation-smile.aspx" target="_blank">Operation Smile</a>. You can also choose to make a donation of any size
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So the albums are a new addition since the seasonal inspirations catalogue came out - they are available normally in <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8306&ci=1897" target="_blank">Kraft</a> or <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8305&ci=1895" target="_blank">black</a> and have plastic pocket sleeves. The first pocket is 6x4 then the next page has two pockets each 3x4 and it continues to alternate for the entire 10 pages.</div>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-75989992272128998042015-01-01T09:00:00.000+11:002015-01-01T09:00:01.156+11:00This Moment S1501 : CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop Hello and welcome to my first blog for 2015! It's also the first Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop for 2015!<br />
If you have arrived here from <a href="http://wp.me/p2MuRN-Cn" target="_blank">Patricia Manhire's Creative Corner </a>then your in the right place. If you landed here by happy accident then come and join us on a hopping adventure - just follow the links at the bottom of each blog until you get back to where you started!<br />
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So, if you know me, you'll know that I'm not that 'girly girl' - hearts aren't my thing and valentines day isn't something I go crazy over... so this stamp set was a challenge... until as per my usual odd way of looking at things I found myself madly cutting circles and watching as various creatures popped out at me.<br />
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Cricut machine (all shapes are from <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/ctmh/products/cricut-collections.aspx" target="_blank">CTMH cartridges</a> but most are just circles)<br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5471" target="_blank">Pear Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8078" target="_blank">Canary Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382" target="_blank">White Daisy Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=274" target="_blank">Desert Sand Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=251" target="_blank">Black Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=738" target="_blank">Cocoa Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=712" target="_blank">Black Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6846" target="_blank">Ruby Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8303&ci=1891" target="_blank">Stuck on you Puffies</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8304&ci=1893" target="_blank">Junebug Puffies</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8221&ci=1762" target="_blank">January Stamp of the Month </a>(available
exclusively throughout January for $27 or for just $5 when you
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I cut the tips off the leaf shaped puffies to make the eyes for Teddy.<br />
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Teddy's eyes were stamped with the O from the HELLO.<br />
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A few of Teddy's and Frog's friends are on the brink of joining the party... namely Monkey, Fish and Caterpillar but they were running a bit late so you'll have to do those ones on your own!<br />
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8221&ci=1762" target="_blank">January's Stamp of the month: This Moment</a> is only available until the 31st of January from your CTMH
consultant. Please leave a message for Frog, Teddy and I before you leap into <a href="http://expressionsofthe-heart.blogspot.com/2015/01/january-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">Wendy's blog - Expressions of the Heart.</a><br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-43841471805208502292014-12-01T09:00:00.000+11:002014-12-01T09:00:01.246+11:00Cutie Pie s1412: CTMH December Stamp of the Month AustralasianBlogHop Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month
Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from <a href="http://wp.me/p2MuRN-Bc" role="button" target="_blank">Patricia Manhire's Creative Corner,</a> then you are in the right place. If you landed here by
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Woo Hoo! New products to play with today! Our <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/ctmh/products/online-idea-book.aspx" target="_blank">new Seasonal Inspirations Catalogue</a> has launched and it is very pretty. Love our new hopscotch papers and I have used them in my project today.<br>
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I have created a cute little counting book for my son.<br>
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<li>Hopscotch paper from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8285" target="_blank">paper pack</a></li>
<li>Hopscotch <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8307" target="_blank">picture my life cards</a> (they come in a pack of 56 and only cost $12!)</li>
<li>Shinhan markers (<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8107" target="_blank">Peacock green</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8103" target="_blank">Marigold</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8096" target="_blank">Cherry Pink</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8110" target="_blank">Tender Pink</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8105" target="_blank">Pastel Green</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8091" target="_blank">Barely Beige</a>, <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8101" target="_blank">Light Orange</a> and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8111" target="_blank">Turquoise Blue</a>)</li>
<li>1 12 x 3 flip flap from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5303" target="_blank">large assortment pack</a></li>
<li>8 3 x 4 flip flaps from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6741" target="_blank">small assortment pack</a> (you'll need 2 packs)</li>
<li>1 3 x 3 flip flap from the small assortment pack</li>
<li>Curlicue Alphabet stamp set D1630 (from the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7949" target="_blank">Artfully Sent cartridge collection</a>)</li>
<li>Handwritten Alphabet Stamp set <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8215" target="_blank">E1030</a></li>
<li>White Daisy<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382" target="_blank"> Cardstock</a></li>
<li>Cutie Pie stamp set<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8220" target="_blank"> S1412</a> (only available this month!)</li>
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The Cutie Pie Stamp of the month is only available until the 31st of December from your CTMH consultant.<br>
I'd love to hear what you think of my project before you head off to <a href="http://wp.me/p43YPS-ec" target="_blank">Shaunna’s Blog, Passionate About Pages</a>.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-51963599989516267012014-11-01T09:00:00.000+11:002014-11-13T14:59:38.079+11:00It's the little things S1411 : CTMH Stamp of the Month AustralasianBlog HopHi and welcome to our November Blog Hop! If you arrived here from <a href="http://wp.me/p43YPS-dl" target="_blank">Shaunna's Passionate About Pages</a> then you are in the right place. If you didn't then... CONGRATULATIONS! You are about to join me and a bunch of amazing girls on the Stamp of the month Australasian Close to my Heart Blog Hop! Just follow the link at the end of this blog to join in.<br />
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What happens when your baby starts to crawl but is still waking for feeds 4 times a night?<br />
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Ok, I'll tell you.... You have no time to sit still anymore so crafting happens whilst dangling children over sharp blades and ink pads and blogging is an acrobatic event involving feeding whilst swatting small fingers away from keyboards and touch screens.<br />
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Why do I mention this when clearly I should be telling you about my stamp of the month project? Because..... Here is..... MY SHORTEST BLOG EVER!!!!!<br />
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When I saw this month's stamp of the month set I immediately thought.... chickens.<br />
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Sure I could have done something like this:<br />
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But I didn't. I did this: <br />
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This border will soon be gracing a page with one of my children doing something cute. I could tell you how I love the scaredy cat papers and colours I used (which I do!!!!) but then this blog would cease to be short - so here is a list:<br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7951" target="_blank">Dotty Background and Orange Rectangle : Scaredy Cat Paper Pack </a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8083" target="_blank">Flowers stamped into bady shapes : Canary Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6849" target="_blank">Leaf for chicken wing, partial flower for beak and sentiment : Slate Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8082" target="_blank">Dotty stamp for chicken feed/grass : Flaxen Ink</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6843" target="_blank">Background : Slate Cardstock</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8114" target="_blank">Eyes, baby beaks and feet : Warm Grey ShinHan marker</a><br />
<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=268" target="_blank">Sentiment and chicken background :Colonial White cardstock </a><br />
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<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/ctmh/promotions/sotm/2014/1411-its-the-little-things.aspx" target="_blank">It's the little things Stamp of the Month set</a> is only available until 30 November from your CTMH consultant. Please leave me a comment before you head off to <a href="http://vandractmh.blogspot.com/2014/11/its-little-things-s1411-ctmh-stamp-of.html" target="_blank">Vandra's Virtual CTMH Craftroom</a> .<br />
If your comment contains random letters I'll know you are swatting child fingers too :)<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Welcome to our October Stamp of the month
Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from <a href="http://scrapstampshare.blogspot.com/2014/09/home-for-holidays-ctmh-october-stamp-of.html">Denise's Blog: Scrap Stamp Share</a> then you are in the right place. If you landed here by
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Today I am going to share a cute little embellishment idea that could be used on a card, a tag or on a scrapbook page. I like to call it 'There's a bear in there'.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It features this month's stamp of the month: <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8218&ci=1759" target="_blank">Home for the Holidays</a> available
exclusively throughout October for $27 or for just $5 when you
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Now you will have to excuse the craft surface you may see in some of my photos, being a Mum of two very active children I completed this project on THEIR craft table so they could 'help'.<br />
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Step 1: Stamp the polar bear stamp in <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=746" target="_blank">Crystal Blue ink</a> onto <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382" target="_blank">White Daisy Cardstock.</a> Isn't he cute?<br />
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Step 2: I use a technique I entirely made up myself. In saying that I am sure I am not the only person who has ever done this just that it is not something I learnt from anyone else. Ok, so I took one of my son's old textas and removed the ink bit from the inside. I ran it under warm water for a few minutes until the water ran clear. I now how have a thoroughly dead texta. Good. Because what I really want is a fine tip pointy sponge.<br />
I take my new tool and dab it in my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=972" target="_blank">VersaMark ink</a>. Then I draw over the top of each snowflake on my stamped image dabbing in the ink in between each one.<br />
I keep my special home made tool in my organiser and I don't let anyone else near it. I have used it for lots of projects now with both the VersaMark ink and also my pigment inks - my previous one met a sad end when someone tried a little too hard to get the texta to work.... grrrrrr.... don't touch other people's tools without asking! Sorry... digressing...<br />
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Step 3: Coat with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8055" target="_blank">Silver Embossing Powder</a> (and tap off of course). In this case I haven't worried about flecks of dust on the image as it adds to the effect I am creating.<br />
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Step 6: I took my stamp and inked it with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=743" target="_blank">Cranberry Ink</a>. Then I took a piece of paper towel and rubbed off the ink on the ears, the facial features and the arms. You could also just use your finger. I don't like to use wet wipes for this because they are sometimes too effective and stop the next bit from working.<br />
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Step 7: Stamp this onto White Daisy Cardstock. Using <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7190" target="_blank">micro-tip scissors</a> cut around the bear. Don't leave any colour around the edges of him.<br />
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Step 8: Stamp the image again in Crystal Blue ink on white daisy cardstock and cut out the inside of the picture leaving only the frame.<br />
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Step 9: Take a piece of <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=270" target="_blank">Cranberry Cardstock</a> and cut to 3 1/8" x 4 1/4"<br />
In the centre bottom of the back stamp the image again. It does not matter how perfect or imperfect this stamped image is.<br />
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Step 10: Cut out the inside of the image including the frame parts - go slightly wider than the frame on all sides.<br />
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Step 11: Use adhesive to stick the Crystal Blue Frame to the Cranberry cardstock.<br />
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Step 12: Use <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=1058" target="_blank">Glue dots</a> to stick the cut out bear to the embossed image. The glue dots will raise him up off the page just a little bit.<br />
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Step 13: Stick the window on top of the embossed image using <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=4303" target="_blank">foam tape</a>.<br />
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Step 14: There's a bear in there.... Just decide what you want to do with your little cutie!<br />
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-51255225126456039972014-08-01T09:00:00.000+10:002014-08-01T09:43:05.350+10:00What A Hoot S1408 : CTMH Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop<br />
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Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month
Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop! Look at us with a brand new Stamp of the Month from a Brand New Ideas Book!!!! Hoot Hoot Hooray!!!<br />
If you have arrived here from <a href="http://natalieburtonctmh.weebly.com/" target="_blank">Natalie's Close to my Heart Blog</a> 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
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So one of the things I do on a regular basis is run workshops for kids. As a Mum and a trained primary school teacher I really enjoy seeing kids of all ages enjoying the creative process and especially the part when they turn to their parents and say 'Look what I made!'.<br />
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So today I am going to share some of the techniques I use with kids in a simple stamping session. I have used <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8216" target="_blank">August's Stamp of the Month 'What a Hoot'</a> available
exclusively throughout August for $24 or for just $5 when you
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This is an amazing stamp to use with kids! It screams creativity. It's like playing dress ups with owls. So much fun!<br />
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So when I work with younger kids (today's attendees are 3 year olds), I make sure I get all my materials organised beforehand. I place all my materials in groups on a nearby (but out of reach) table. I want to be able to grab the next step/ activity at a moment's notice. Kids in this age group will not sit quietly while you dig around trying to find a pair of scissors or decide to mix a new paint colour.<br />
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So at this session I had a plan that we would create a card. I had all the pieces precut and I had pre-stamped the phrase 'what a hoot' with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=972&ci=1811" target="_blank">VersaMark ink</a> onto <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=382" target="_blank">white daisy cardstock</a> and embossed it with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8057&ci=1566" target="_blank">clear super fine embossing powder</a>. I had also mixed up some paint with water - I do this regularly, it makes the paint go further but in this case it also made the paint into more of a wash, which is what I wanted. I had all the stamps prestuck on blocks and the kids table covered in butchers paper.<br />
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The kids arrive and it is so exciting to be doing craft!!!<br />
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I always start with a stamping activity with no boundaries. This gets the kids used to the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6033" target="_blank">blocks</a>, stamps and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6033" target="_blank">ink pads</a> (which are super kid friendly - don't worry, nothing toxic here). So I just let them go for it with some plain white paper and a couple of ink pads. I choose colours based on their preferences but also keeping in mind that I don't want the colours to mix so darker colours are better to prevent cross-contimaniation on the pads.<br />
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I was really interested to see which stamps they wanted to use together. It's never what you expect.<br />
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After some fun I get out my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6839&ci=684" target="_blank">black pigment ink</a> and get the kids to pass me the stamps they want to use on their cards. I do the stamping on this one - pigment ink is a bit too yukky to put in the hands of a 3 year old. After the nod of approval on the cards I cover the stamped image in our very special <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8057&ci=1566" target="_blank">'magic pixie dust' (Clear Super Fine Embossing Powder)</a>, shake off the excess and while I hold the cards over the toaster I get the kids to say magic words to help the magic happen.<br />
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I set the newly embossed images to one side to dry while we do a bit more magic of our own. The pre-stamped 'what a hoot' cards are brushed with the paint solution and.... magic! Words appear! We put these to one side to dry.<br />
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Now we can colour our owls. I do not let young children use my excellent alcohol markers. Best markers to use with young kids are Crayola Washables. The number of times I have panicked because texta has appeared on something precious and then run it under a bit of water and it has disappeared has made me a fan of these. Love them.<br />
So why have we bothered to emboss the owls? If you have done colouring with young children recently you will know that they often don't stay in the lines and in the case of my dear boy he often just scribbles over the entire thing making it so you can't see the image at all. When you emboss, however, it creates a plastic coating over the image which prevents the marker ink from colouring it - so even if they scribble over the entire image, you will still clearly see the owl. Clever huh?<br />
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Finally we need a pop of colour on our card - a quick mat of <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Products.aspx?CatalogID=5" target="_blank">coloured cardstock</a> stuck on an angle behind our dear owls helps to create a fun look. With kids I usually just use glue sticks because they are cheap and they can manage them on their own, plus the glue is easy to wipe up if it gets dropped. However when we are just sticking a few pieces down like with this project I help them to use a tape runner - for this project I used my new favorite: <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8068&ci=1575" target="_blank">EZ dots</a>. Love love love my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8068&ci=1575" target="_blank">EZ dots</a> but that is a blog for another day... <br />
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Ta da! Look what we made!<br />
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The <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=8216" target="_blank">What a Hoot Stamp set</a> is only available until the 31st of August from your CTMH consultant. I'd love you to leave a comment (or even ask a question) before heading off to the next stop on the Blog Hop- <a href="http://crouchie-creative.blogspot.com/2014/08/what-hoot-s1408-ctmh-stamp-of-month.html" target="_blank">Lisa's blog : Crouchie's Getting Creative</a><br />
<br />Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-53800221201561682262014-07-01T09:00:00.000+10:002014-07-01T17:17:05.597+10:00Circus Alphabet S1407 : CTMH July Stamp of the Month AustralasianBlogHop<br>
<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Welcome to my first ever blog hop entry! If you are not sure what a blog hop is, read on and you'll soon discover a fun scavenger hunt of ideas! This is the Stamp of the month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from </span><a href="http://hallofindulgence.com.au/blog/circus-alphabet-s1407-ctmh-stamp-of-the-month-australasian-blog-hop" target="_blank">Mandy's blog, Hall of Indulgence</a> then<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> 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. </span><br>
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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12019211919586168001noreply@blogger.com2Higgins ACT 2615, Australia-35.2313836 149.0267523-35.2573231 148.98641179999998 -35.2054441 149.0670928tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643152650196615570.post-90099498072520244912014-05-03T19:45:00.001+10:002014-05-03T19:54:59.899+10:00Arrgghhh!!! There be treasure me hearties!As part of my job as a Close to my Heart consultant I often make projects to order as requested by my customers. This is usually a special card or a cricut shape or maybe a gift box. Last month though I got a request for something exciting... a pirate's treasure chest!!!<br />
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The box needed to be quite large (minimum 10x15x12 cm) in order to fit a prepurchased gift inside. Here is what I came up with:<br />
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As soon as I read the request I knew that I wanted to use the new <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7656&CatalogID=2174" target="_blank">Timberline papers</a> with the <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7674&CatalogID=2102" target="_blank">chocolate woodgrain washi tape</a>. I had been planning on using this combination for an upcoming kids workshop to make a father's day gift, so this was a great chance to make sure the combination worked.</div>
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First thing I had to do was design a net that would give me the correct size and shape (lucky I was fairly good at maths at school). I always draw a rough sketch of how I want my nets to look before I draw them to scale on scrap paper and cut them out. It is important to take into consideration the size of the paper you are actually going to use (in this case 12x12 inches) - you want to make sure your pieces will fit on the paper. [There is one piece missing from the photo below.]</div>
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This chest required 3 pieces of cardstock. I chose to use <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=5782&CatalogID=2098" target="_blank">Kraft Cardstock</a> to complement the look of the woodgrain paper. </div>
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I used <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=1819&CatalogID=2094" target="_blank">tombow</a> and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=1058&CatalogID=2094" target="_blank">glue dots</a> to glue the flaps down to create the 3D chest. I use the tombow along the edges of the flaps to stop them lifting and looking untidy and then place a dot on either end of the flaps to give it strength.</div>
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Next I cut out rectangular pieces from the timberline paper to cover each of the rectangular surfaces on the chest. It is important to make sure that the 'grain' in the wood is running the right way when placed on the chest. To cut the two trapezoids on the sides of the lid of the box I simply cut that piece out of my net and used it as a guide.</div>
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I glued the timberline pieces to the chest using <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=171&CatalogID=2094" target="_blank">bonding memories glue</a>.</div>
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Next I cut lengths of the washi tape and covered all the edges. This helped reinforce the chest as well as hide any edges where the timberline paper had not quite sat flush with the edge.</div>
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Once this was all done I felt the chest still needed something. After much deliberation I finally decided a closing mechanism looking somewhat like the padlocks on old chests would work.</div>
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I used dimensional elements (<a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7381&CatalogID=2100" target="_blank">framework</a> and <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6165&CatalogID=2100" target="_blank">mixed shapes</a>) and covered them with <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7331&CatalogID=2102" target="_blank">bronze shimmer trim.</a> I cut lengths of the shimmer trim and placed them side by side over the dimensional element until it was covered, then I trimmed the excess shimmer trim off with scissors (love my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=7190&CatalogID=2097" target="_blank">micro-tip scissors</a> for this fiddly kind of work).</div>
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This left the edges of the elements looking blatantly white - no problems, easy fix - grabbed a <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=905&CatalogID=2103" target="_blank">dauber</a> and my <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=725&CatalogID=2089" target="_blank">chocolate ink</a> and coloured the edges to be a less distracting chocolate brown.</div>
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A piece of ribbon from my stash was easily stuck to the back of the two dimensional elements using glue dots and the top element was stuck to the top of the chest with more glue dots. I then put a piece of <a href="http://anne.ctmh.com.au/Retail/Product.aspx?ItemID=6882&CatalogID=2094" target="_blank">velcro</a> behind the bottom element - and here is a trick - you stick the joining piece of velcro to it as well (so you have the element, then ribbon, then a velcro hook dot, then a velcro loop dot with it's tacky side facing outwards). Now I can position the bottom element where I want it to be when the chest is closed and push down so that the velcro sticks. Then I carefully open up the chest to make sure that velcro piece now stuck on the chest is stuck down firmly.</div>
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I was very happy with the outcome but discovered a devastating problem..... Master 3 thought it was for him!</div>
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