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You've Got a Friend S1405A CTMH Australasian May Stamp of the month Blog Hop

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Yippee Yay!  Yippee  Yay!  It's the first of May.  That means it's time for another Australasian Stamp of the Month Blog Hop.  If you arrived here from Patricia's blog you are in the right spot.  If you happened upon us accidently, WELCOME to the hop.  Once you've checked out my post you can click on the link at the bottom to the next blog on the tour.  Eventually you'll end up back here.  Enjoy!

I just love the fun designs of these stamps.  The sentiments are ones we use everyday and will suit s…

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Aussie and Kiwi Stamp Set Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to the Australasian Stamp Sets Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Mandy's Blog, Hall of Indulgence,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. The hop is a circle so you will end up back here.


As Australasian Close To My Heart consultants we wanted to showcase the Australasian Stamp Sets that Close To My Heart designed especially for our market. The projects we feature  today are…

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Basketball Artbooking Page

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Our household is very excited that the Perth Wildcats won the NBL grand final over the weekend.  Kathryn and her boyfriend are members and Mike and I get excited because they are!  This page features photos from a game earlier in the season.

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It was so much fun to create this page.  I simply began with the layout shown on p82 of the Cricut Artbooking instruction book and decided on the colours for each element.  I love the way the Artbooking cartridge cuts every element in proportion to all the ot…

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Free To Be Me

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I had a lot of fun making this page using the April/May Exclusive paper pack called Free To Be Me.  It was inspired by a layout I saw on Pinterest but that one was very girlie.  The strips were all cut 8 inches long.  Widths varied from 1/2 inch to 2 inches.  Just have fun playing with the arrangement of colours and offset each strip a little.  The top and bottom strips were centred across the page.

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The Balloon Talk Stamp of the Month accents were perfect for expressing how Kathryn felt to have 2…

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CTMH Stamp of the Month: Balloon Talk S1404A Australasian Blog Hop

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Welcome to the Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop for April's Stamp of the Month. If you have arrived here from Artymaz's Inky Fingers 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.

SOTM - Page 008

This stamp set is a must have in your kit.  The generic sayings will fit with any project or page you are making.  Don't want a speech bubble? Simply mask the tail before stamping

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My Page today is based on the layout shown …

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Free To Be Me Special Offer

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I just love the amazing deals Close To My Heart offers to me and to you.  During April and May you can choose to add a glorious paper pack to your qualifying order for just $5.00!

Free to be Me Vellum

The pack includes:
  • 2 exclusive Vellums - one printed in delicate white feathers and the other with bold gold dots;
  • 6 sheets of UV coated Cardstock - plain on one side and textured with delicate resist textures on the other
  • PLUS 6 sheets of double sided print papers.
  • The pack is valued at $16 but can not be purchase…

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Super Simple Page

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Needing to clear some photo backlog?  Time to revert to simple pages.  Just two colours, in this case Cranberry and Bamboo.  Daub the edges in the same coloured inks for a subtle edge highlight.  Add a caption to each photo.  Cut a decorative title on your Cricut or use some ABC stickers. Done!  Next page...

Art all around

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St Patrick's Day

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Yesterday was St Patrick's Day and a bit of serendipity saw me scrapbooking a photo from last years St Patrick's Day!  I decided a monochromatic colour scheme fit the bill.  The chosen colour of course, was green!  I love using shades of the one colour on a page - it always makes the elements work together so easily.

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I chose Champagne for my background because it is an earthy neutral and it was what we drank on the day!  The greens  used were Pear, Sweet leaf, New England Ivy and Olive. I am in l…

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Artiste Butterflies

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Perth has an urban orchard, right in the heart of the city.  Raised beds showcase herbs, vegetables and fruit trees.  It's right beside the art gallery and we always take a wander through this garden when we are visiting this part of the city.  Mike is a keen gardener and we both love the colour and texture that comes from food producing plants.  We love photographing everyday stuff like this - it will be a 'snapshot in time' for our grandkids.

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The page is made up of 3 bands of 4" x 12" cardstock…

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Cityscape

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I bought the Cityscape Stamp Set (C1563) with these photos in mind and I am thrilled with the way the page turned out.  We were having one of our 'Tourist in our own town' days and exploring the newly opened Brookfield Plaza.  I wanted a very simple layout as the photos had lots of detail within them.

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The NEW Paper Fundamentals Basics Assortment (Z1939) was perfect for the pages.  This set features double sided papers that are embossed and shiny on one side and 2 toned on the other.  I'm on my se…

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