June SOTM - Clown Faces

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I happened to glance down at the Ice Cream cone stamp on my work table one day when the stamp was upside down.  All of a sudden all I could see was a clown's head - the ice-cream had gone!

All my ladies at Saturday's Paper Picnic loved these cuties so much I thought I'd share the 'How To' with all of you.

Turn the ice cream cone upside down and make a clown.  CTMH June SOTM 'Ice Cream Dream' S1507 is so versatile! Turn the ice cream cone upside down and make a clown. CTMH June SOTM 'Ice Cream Dream' S1507 is so versatile!
  1.  Stamp 2 Ice Cream cones in Pixie ink on white daisy cardstock.
  2.  Use watercolour …

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June 2015 Stamp of the Month - S1506 Ice Cream Dream

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June SOTM

There’s a lot of lip smacking inspiration on  Ice Cream Dream, June's Stamp of the Month (S1506). Enjoy!

CTMH June Stamp of the Month is the perfect stamp for my upcoming visit to a well loved West Australian ice creamery, Simmo's.  I can taste mine already!!  Can't wait to visit it ... I know the exact photos I'm going to take and I've already journalled!!!

CTMH June 2015 Stamp of the Month is the perfect stamp for my upcoming visit to a well loved West Australian ice creamery, Simmo's. I can taste mine already!! Can't wait to visit it ... I know the exact photos I'm going to take and I've already journalled!!!

This layout is based on the Column Composition layout on page 26 of the Cherish How To Book (9038)

This layout is based on the Column Composition layout on page 26 of the Cherish How To Book (9038) The gelato colours of the Blo…

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Taste of Summer - Cards

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I have LOVED using the Taste of Summer Papers and Stamps throughout May.  Here is your final bit of inspiration from me for the month.  Each of these cards is a little different to my usual and were lots of fun to make.

Spin cards (Z1866) are available to purchase through my website.  They are 7" x 5" and come in packs of 10. The grid on the strawberry card was inspired by a fellow blogger, laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com.au.  It uses May's Stamp of the Month, Just Sayin' . Spin cards (Z1866) are available to purchase through my website. They are 7" x 5" and come in packs of 10.
The grid on the strawberry card was inspired by a fellow blogger, laurenctmhcraftings.blogspot.com.au. It uses May's Stamp of the Month, Just Sayin' .


I used the Taste of Summer stamp with the Rock 'n' Roll inking technique to create these lemons and oranges. The half slices make a nice frame I used the Taste of Su…

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Taste of Summer - Seal of Approval

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Available May 2015 only Available May 2015 only


I love my customers!  Our annual Duchess Retreat is my opportunity to spoil them with inspiration, time to work on albums, no cooking, no cleaning, lots of girl time and some prezzies.  My sister is my straight man, side kick, go to girl and gopher throughout the weekend.

Over the course of the weekend customers and consultants 'work' together: We laugh til our jaws hurt - usually over silly little things. We help each other out - teaching scrapping tricks we've learnt alo…

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Taste of Summer - Simply Sublime

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The Taste of Summer Papers are so bright and cheerful I just had to use them with my photos from this year's Duchess Retreat.  Friday night is 'Frock Night' at the 'Duchess Do' and this year we had some awesome frocks on display.  Op shops were scoured, Nanna's closet was raided and some even found their outfits lurking in their own wardrobes!!!

I felt I needed to honour each of our Debutantes and Duchies by displaying individual photos.

Team CTMH Taste of Summer Papers and Stamp set with Make It From your Heart Vol 1 & Wavy Blooms stamps for a fun layout. Team CTMH Taste of Summer Papers an…

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Australasian May 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop S1505 Just Sayin'

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Welcome to the May Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  If you have arrived here from  Marguerite's Blog you are in the right place. This is a circular hop, click through to the blog mentioned at the end of each post and you will find yourself back here.  There’s a lot of inspiration and creativity shared in the cards, pages and projects created by my sister consultants using Just Sayin', May's Stamp of the Month (S1505). Enjoy!

You can never have too many textured shapes in your stamp sets You can never have too many textured shapes in your stamp set…

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Australasian April 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop S1504 Typed Note

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Welcome to the April Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  If you have arrived here from  Maz's Blog , Inky Fingers you are in the right place. This is a circular hop, click through to the blog mentioned at the end of each post and you will find yourself back here.  There’s a lot of inspiration and creativity shared in the cards, pages and projects created by 14 of my sister consultants using Typed Noted, Stamp of the Month (S1504). Enjoy!

This Layout is inspired by page 16 of CTMH's 'Cherish' How To Book  (9038) This Layout is inspired by page 16 of CTMH's 'Cheri…

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Enjoy Today!

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Convention is one of the highlights in my CTMH year.  Consultants from all over Australia and New Zealand gather to share ideas and learn together.  This page was made at convention last October.  I learnt some nifty tricks for using stamps as page accents.  I love that I didn't have to think them up myself to share with you!

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The papers are from a couple of different packs.  Don't you love the way all the papers co-ordinate across the range?  Seaside (X7192B) and Wanderful (X7191B) work so well t…

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Australasian March 2015 Stamp of the Month Blog Hop S1503 Choose Happy

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Blog BadgeWelcome to the March Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  If you have arrived here from  Anne's Blog, Mummy you made this?, you are in the right place. This is a circular hop, click through to the blog mentioned at the end of each post and you will find yourself back here.  There’s a lot of love shared in the cards, pages and projects created by my sister consultants using Choose Happy, Stamp of the Month (S1503). Enjoy!

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This layout is copied from page 123 of the Reflections How To Book.  I…

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Great Job! - Uni Graduation

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Mike and I were so very proud of our daughter the night she graduated from the University of Western Australia.  She is a beautiful person inside and out and we hope she fulfils her dream to help the lives of those less fortunate than her.

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This page was a joy to make.  I knew the Great Job Stamp Set (C1588) was perfect.  It's lovely swirls just feel like a celebration.  I wanted the left hand page to be all about Kathryn so chose just one photo to include on it.  Our 'proud parents' shots had to …

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