Candid Moments Blog Hop

Capture life’s special memories with Close To My Heart’s  beautiful Candid Moments paper suite and stamp set.  The soft colours go with any photo theme and the letters in the stamp set are such fun to create with.

If you arrived from Dannii’s Blog, Scrappy Chicks , you are in the right place.  If this is your first time on a blog hop, simply read on and enjoy my creations.  Click on the link at the end of this post and it will take you to the next blog and so on and so on. Easy and fun! Best part is you can see several different projects to create with Close To My Heart’s Candid Moments collection.   When you land back here, you are done and it’s time to hit the scrapbook room for some crafting fun.

Make a quick base layout so you can spend more time on the decorating

This layout is one of 9 created from just one pack of Candid Moments papers and co-ordinating cardstock.  It’s part of my latest Same But Different online class.  Of the 9 layouts, this is my favourite.

The paper portion is super quick to assemble, leaving lots of time to enjoy the stamping and decorating with the stickers, die cuts and card making stamp set that are all part of the Candid Moments collection.

Make your title pop on the page

Use the thin cuts and stamps in the Candid Moments card making stamp set to create your title.  The two tone effect on the letters is easily created as the stamps for each letter come in two pieces!  Here are my tips for getting a good result:

• Cut the thin cuts first from White Daisy cardstock
• Lay on the foam side of your Versamat so it’s easy to see the outline of each letter and heart.
• Stamp the lower half of the letter or heart first. This portion of each letter is just easier to line up with the thin cut shape.  Check you have an even border on bottom and side of stamp.
• When lining up top half of the letter, be sure to have your head directly above the stamp and then look through the block. Overlap the two stamp sections slightly.

Lightly sponge Carolina ink on the base page to hel;p the letters stand out.  Pop the heart up on foam adding the LOVE sticker to it.  Complete the cluster with the bracket frames from the die cut set.

Create fun journal boxes

These cute little file card shapes are cut using one of the thin cuts in the set.  Ink the edges in Mink ink and sponge the background with Carolina ink.  Finish off with a few hearts to form a pleasing cluster and draw attention to the story on the page.

I love this technique of listing short facts about the experience.  It’s a fun change from long paragraphs.

Order your supplies

The Candid Moments collection is available, while stocks last, until the end of December, 2021.   Choose papers, Cricut collection, stickers, co-ordinating cardstock, Wood look die cuts, PML Cards and 2 stamp/thin cut sets individually.  There is also a card workshop kit and a scrapbooking workshop kit. 

Check your consultant’s website.  If you’re an Aussie without a consultant, come shop with me by clicking here.

Next up is Doreen’s blog, Scrapping and More. Doreen always has something beautiful to share.

Happy Scrapping,
Shaunna

Products used in this project

X7275S Candid Moments Papers & Sticker Sheet

X7275C Candid Moments co-ordinating Cardstock

X7275E Candid Moments Die-Cuts

Z4394 Candid Moments Card Making Stamp  & Thin Cuts

Z 6534 Papaya Exclusive Ink

 Z2848 Sapphire Exclusive Ink

Z6521 Sundance Exclusive Ink

Z6505 Carolina Exclusive Ink

Z2825 Mink Exclusive Ink

Z697 Round Sponge

Z3342 Regular Foam Dots

Z3372 Adhesive Runner

Z3396 Aluminium Cut Rail Trimmer

Z1836 Non-stick Micro-tip Scissors

Unless otherwise stated within the post, this is my original work. Please feel free to use as inspiration for your own personal use, but do not use for publication, contest/message board entries, or to sell. If my work inspires a work of your own, please give credit by posting a link to my blog. Thank you! 

About Shaunna

Shaunna Richards is the founder of Passionate About Pages, a business built on finding connections to help women keen to preserve their memories though photos, memorabilia and storytelling in traditional scrapbook albums.

Shaunna’s 20+ years in the scrapbooking industry coupled with her teaching background make her the perfect person to show you how it’s done.