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CTMH Stamp of the Month: Happy Place S1403A Australasian Blog Hop

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Welcome! I'm so pleased you've found the March Stamp of the Month Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop. If you have arrived here from Jo's Blog, My Heart Craftroom  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.

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I have a double page layout to share with you featuring the March Stamp of the Month Happy Place S1403A which is available exclusively throughout March for $24 AU or for just $5 AU when you spen…

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Balloon Ride WOTG

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Today's pages were created by my daughter, Kathryn.  She is a no frills scrapbooker.  Her pages need to have lots of room for photos and there is always a long story to be written. The layout featured in the Balloon Ride Workshop on the Go Kit suited her style perfectly.

Balloon Ride

The stamps in this kit are just beautiful.  The sentiments will go well with so many themes and the dainty border and corner add subtle highlights to any pages.  I love the stamp and franking lines - they add some fun.  I can p…

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Wild Things

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My baby sister turned 50 last year and a celebration at the zoo was planned.  It's her favourite place to go.  Unfortunately, the forecast was for rain all day so we relocated the event to my house.  We wanted her to feel like she was at the zoo, so pulled out all the stuffed animals and cushions with animal motifs to scatter about!  Gathering our adult children together is never easy and one was missing but we took the family photo regardless.  A snapshot in time.

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CTMH Stamp of the Month: Wild About Love S1402A Australasian Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome aboard our Stamp of the month Australasian Close to My Heart 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.

Today I would like to share a scrapbook page which features the February Stamp of the Month, Wild About Love, S1402A available exclusively throughout February for $24 or for just $5 when you spend $75.

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English Markets

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There is something about fresh produce markets that just draws Mike and I in.  We love the smells, the colours, the banter of the stall holders and the opportunity to see foods we haven't experienced before.  The English Markets in Cork did not disappoint.  We went back a second time too!  The cold meats, cheeses and marinated mushrooms were delicious - we enjoyed a beautiful picnic back in our B&B (because it was raining again) and washed our treats down with some bubbles.

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Butler House - Washi Stamps

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Our visit to this beautiful house in Kilkenny, Ireland last year was an absolute treat.  It was right next to the castle and had been lovingly restored.  When we travel we mainly stay in modest hotels or apartments but do like to 'splurge' once or twice along the way.  Mike picked this place and it did not disappoint.  If you are heading to Ireland I thoroughly recommend Butler House.

Butler houseI wanted a simple layout so I could fit lots of photos onto it.  I have very rapidly fallen in love with Washi Ta…

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2014 Title Page

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As a kid I just loved the start of a new year.  One of the best bits was making title pages in all my school books!  I know, "Nerd alert".  I always make a title page for my photo albums too and was keen to experiment with a stamping technique I've seen about the place.

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This layout is taken from the Half & Half tags design on page 86 of Reflections How To book.  I love the ideas in this book - the basic designs are very simple and you can dress them up anyway you desire.  My sponge daubers got a …

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Co-ordinating pages for unrelated themes

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Sometimes we only have enough photos for a single page.  "WOW!" I hear you say, "Does that actually happen?"  The answer is , "Yes, occasionally."  When it does it brings the problem of needing to find a way to co-ordinate the two layouts so it remains pleasing to the eye when you turn to this page in your album.

Here are my tips for this situation...
  •  Keep the layouts simple
  • Use the same papers on both pages
  • Choose generic images or shapes for your decorations
  • Keep headings in the same styl…

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Family time is the best time

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As our kids grow the opportunities to just hang out together become fewer.  They are just so busy living life and being the well adjusted, social & opportunity seeking individuals we raised them to be!  I loved this afternoon stroll on our local dog beach.  We chatted and laughed and even touched on some D&M topics.  It's this everyday stuff that I cherish most and so it needs to be in my album.

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The inspiration for this layout came from a Flip Stand Album project taught to us at a consultant trai…

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Cross-Stitch Wishes Stamp of the Month

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January's Stamp of the Month is this adorable set of Cross-Stitch inspired images.  It will suit  so many page and card themes.  You will use it over and over in your scrapbooking.

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Today's page was inspired by one made by my friend, Rose Kendell.  Matching the layout to the patchwork theme of the photo was fun.

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Measurements:

Blue: 10" square     Photo Mount: 6 1/4" square

Dark Yellow squares: Large - 3" Small - 1 3/8"     Dark Yellow Rectangles: 1 3/8" x 3"

White Daisy pigment ink was used for the st…

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