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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 - Christmas Pages

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A Christmas page without a Christmas print?  I love this fun layout of our breakfast in the park on Christmas morning.  It's another layout I made using leftovers from my Taste of Summer paper pack.

The Taste of Summer (CC1038) papers were perfect for our breakfast in the park on Christmas morning The Taste of Summer (CC1038) papers were perfect for our breakfast in the park on Christmas morning


The red frame is made of 2" strips with corners mitred.  I used the yellow 1/4" Washi Tape from the Carnival pack (Z3067) to give the illusion of a layer of yellow paper.

The border strip is 1 1/2 The strawberry border strip is …

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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 - Debs & Duchies

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This layout gave me the opportunity to use up lots of the scraps from my Taste Of Summer papers (CC1038).

Group shots featuring a large number of people deserve being enlarged - especially when it's a dress up shot and we want to honour the creations everyone took time to put together. Group shots featuring a large number of people deserve being enlarged - especially when it's a dress up shot and we want to honour the creations everyone took time to put together.


I began with a Cricut overlay from the Artbooking Cartridge.  I cut an 11" square overlay and trimmed it down to fit the space.  I began with a Cricut overlay from the Artbooking Cartridge. I cut an 11" square overlay and trimmed it down to fit the space. Then I added a bit to the side to make it cover the 12" width of the page


I randomly punched circles from all my scraps and placed them face down on the back of the overlay.  My goal was to have no adjoining spaces covered in the same paper.  It was quite easy because there are 6 designs in the Taste of Summer pack.  I glued all of these in place with my Bonding Memories glue. I randomly p…

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A Splash of Mum and a Dash of Dad

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Today's pages come out of the vault.  They were made 9 years ago but the words hold true today.  Yesterday being Mother's Day, my daughter posted a link on Facebook about how she will become like me as she grows older.  It got me thinking how similar we are and how like her grandmother she is too.  Then I remembered these pages. These are 2 more pages from my Book of Me album.  I want future generations to know the character traits that run in our family.

If you are having trouble getting started just ask your family for suggestions of how you are like your parents. If you are having trouble getting start…

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Taste of Summer - Simply Sublime

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Available May 2015 only Available May 2015 only


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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Bake Day

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I'm on the home stretch completing 2014's family album!  This layout was quick and easy.  Each year a group of friends gather to bake for Christmas.  In recent years some of our daughters have been joining us which makes it twice the fun.  This layout is a celebration of 2014's delicious creations.

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I used Yuletide Carol papers (X7187B) for my background and Ruby Cardstock (X5927) for the photo mounts.  The accents and journaling cards came from the A La Carte Pea…

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25 photos on a layout

I love Flip Flaps!  Belonging to a family who believe 6 photos are better than 1, I always have such a dilemma culling photos for my scrapbook layouts. Since discovering Flip Flaps my task has been made so much easier.

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This was a magical day out with https://www.rockinghamwildencounters.com.au/ where we saw dozens of wild dolphins and snorkelled amongst them.  I wanted my page to feature as many photos as possible so I designed a layout …

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Giggles & Grins - workshop fun

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One of the things I love about being a leader with Close To My Heart is sharing in the journeys of consultants in my team.  This page brings back lovely memories of a fun filled day in a wheatbelt town creating with 3 Dazzlers (my team is know as the Dazzling Duchesses) and some of their customers. Mike was my travel buddy and he spent the day editing our photos rather than page making.

I love using the Reflections How To Book to plan my pages I love using the Reflections How To Book to plan my pages


The room was filled with laughter as each lady create…

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