Mike and I had the great joy of hosting an engagement party for our daughter and her fiancé recently. Many of their close friends, family members and some of Kathryn’s scrapbook aunties joined us. I had a lot of fun creating this frame for photo opportunities.
It's not difficult to make a decorative frame but it does take some time. Start early so you can enjoy the process and play around with placement of elements before you commit to gluing them down. The proposal happ…
How cute is this little Gingerbread banner? One of my sister consultants, Laura Beachum, gifted a kit to me at a recent retreat and I loved it so much I just have to share with all of you.
Instructions for making the banner follow. Read right to the end to discover how you can receive a pre-cut kit FREE.
The banner can be made using all Close To My Heart stamps and Thin Cuts. A full list of all items used appears at the end of this post.
Last night 13 of my team and I attended the state launch event for Seasonal Expressions 1. That's our New Year's catalogue which is filled with awesomeness you are going to love. BUT... I'm sworn to secrecy and can't share anything yet. I'm such a tease, aren't I?
This post is about the Christmas brooches I made for each team member who attended. I adore the Gingerbread Friends stamp and Thin Cuts set. You can dress these cuties up in many ways.
Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. This is a circular hop. If you arrived from Vandra's Blog, you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it. Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from. Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Life In Pictures (S1604) stamp set which is April’s Stamp of the Month. I think everyone of us needs this set in our craft roo…
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' .
How cute is this little gift bag made by my friend, Rose Kendell?
The fruity prints of the Taste of Summer papers (CC1038) are perfect for gift bags. This one stands about 5" high.
She used the Cricut Artiste Cartridge (p79 3D Object). The Cricut cuts score lines making folding super easy. Glue it together with Bonding Memories (Z553) for a strong hold.
The gift tag is made using one of our NEW CTMH Hostess Rewards Stamp sets.
One of the things I love about being a consultant with Close To My Heart is the active sharing of ideas between consultants. It is rare for me to have to think something up myself - so many really creative ladies make amazing things and show the rest of us how it's done.
Take these fabulous Christmas gift tubes for instance. These ones were made by Katrina Crute, a consultant in my team. She showed them off at this month's team play day. Her inspiration had come from consultants in the Easter…
We retired our Christmas Wreath last year after over a decade of good service. This year we will have a fresh new one for the door - handmade by me!
I fell in love with this wreath as soon as I saw it on page 74 of the Annual Inspirations Catalogue. It did take a bit of time to make but I'm thrilled with the result and can't wait for December 1st to hang it on my front door.
My mum lives in an aged care facility. She has dementia. Mum has always loved little albums filled with photos of our family. They help her remember who we all are. One other benefit I've discovered is that they help staff to know a bit about the person mum is and the family she belongs to. In the past I used Creative Memories paper albums but they don't exist anymore. I'm thrilled to have discovered the Close To My Heart Hip Pics albums (Z1956) do the job perfectly.
Have you ever read or heard the story of 'Warm Fuzzies'? When I was a teacher I would read this story to my class and have everyone decorate a paper bag with pictures & words relating to their personality. Througout the day, other students would write a small note of encouragement or affirmation and secretly slip it into the bag. This was a "Warm Fuzzy". You should have seen the delight on their faces when their bag had a warm fuzzy in it. The kids would go out of their way to see good thing…
Instructions for making the banner follow. Read right to the end to discover how you can receive a pre-cut kit FREE.
I stamped the Gingerbread girl onto Almond card…
Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop. This is a circular hop. If you arrived from Vandra's Blog, you are in the right place. Simply read through this post and click on the link to the next blog at the end of it. Keep reading and ‘hopping’ until you find yourself back where you started from. Each blog will showcase a project featuring the Life In Pictures (S1604) stamp set which is April’s Stamp of the Month. 
I think everyone of us needs this set in our craft roo…
Spin cards (Z1866) are available to purchase through my website. They are 7" x 5" and come in packs of 10.
I used the Taste of Su…
Spin cards (Z1866) are available to purchase through my website. They are 7" x 5" and come in packs of 10.
I used the Taste of Su…
Available May 2015 only
The fruity prints of the Taste of Summer papers (CC1038) are perfect for gift bags. This one stands about 5" high.
The gift tag is made using one of our NEW CTMH Hostess Rewards Stamp sets.
