Make Waves Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our Australasian Feature Paper Blog Hop for February.  Did you arrive here from Doreen's lovely blog ?
"Make Waves" is perfect for beach and pool photos, and anyone with mermaid-mad little girls is going to love this one but with a bit of thought this paper pack works for just about anything.

It also plays really nicely with Chelsea Gardens and Stargazing - like this page:

Stickers from the Make Waves and Stargazer Complements, Green scale paper from Make Waves, grey and white spot from Chelsea Gardens

Zip strips and coordinating cardstock make quick easy pages! Bashful and Lagoon cardstock

Another simple zip strip and the February Stamp of the Month on a cricut cut sun (I used canary ink to dauber around the edges)

I love how many different colours this paper pack works with! And how cute are those mermaids?

Sweet and simple! The little Make Waves Flower sequins add a little disco bling.

This is the card I made out of Making Waves using our new Make it From Your Heart Vol 4 Pattern 4.  I wanted to use our Birthday Sparkles Stamp but couldn't find it in my messy craftroom - any sentiment would work!
So that is it for me.  Please hop onto Doris's Blog to continue the hop (and we would love for you to leave a comment)
Keep smiling,
Nell

Sunny Thoughts February SOM Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our February Stamp of the Month Australasian Blog Hop.  Hello to those that arrived from Denise's lovely blog and hello to all of you who found your way here by chance or accident.

The Sunny Thoughts SOM has a wonderful mix of sentiments and sweet floral motifs.

Fern ink and cardstock.  Sometimes I like to let great photos be the highlight of my page and keep the embellishments sweet and simple.

I particularly like the "Thank You" sentiment on this one - just the right size for quick easy cards.  Thank you cards are my favourite type of card to make and give.  We have so much to be thankful for in our lives and I hope that by having a stack of thank you cards on hand it makes it easy for my kids to show gratitude to others.  Even small kindnesses shouldn't go unacknowledged if it means we can brighten someone else's day.

Now, I initially thought this set would work beautifully with the Chelsea Gardens range (and it does!)  I can't get enough of the Sweetleaf and Glacier combination at the moment!)

Charcoal ink, Sweetleaf cardstock, Chelsea Gardens paper and complements

Sweet leaf and Glacier ink with a Charcoal sentiment.  I fussy cut the Glacier flowers and attached them with foam tape

The pale side of Glacier cardstock with some whisper twine and the Chelsea Garden's complements - I like to put some faux stitching with a journalling pen.

These cards were so quick and simple to make that I thought while I was on a roll I could use Make Waves:

Using Make Waves paper and complements

And then Stargazer!

I am certain that I have made more scrapbooking pages with this stamp but can't find them in the messy craft space (which is definitely above 40 degrees today - much too hot to play in!)

Make waves paper and complements

And Stargazer for a more masculine theme - I was so lazy with this one that I just used the two PML cards still joined together and then just put the sentiment over the top of the rocket.

Stargazer Complements with Charcoal ink

So that is it for me this month.  Thanks for all  of the lovely comments on our Chelsea Garden Blog Hop.  Now head over to our creative friend Doris to share the love!
Keep smiling,

Nell