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Close To My – I Heart Us Paper Suite: Australasian Blog Hop

Australasian Blog Hop

A Happy Hello and welcome aboard our I Heart Us Paper Suite, Australasian Close to My Heart Blog Hop.

If you have arrived here from Nell Ward 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 with you a creation which features Close To My Heart’s Featured collection I Heart Us Paper Suite

 

I Heart Us Close To My Heart Scrapbooking Paper Suite www.maz.closetomyheart.com.au

This fun vibrant paper suite has a bit of something for all occasions, there are stripes, geometric patterns, spots & tiny hearts on the paper & there are rainbows, flowers & butterflies in the cut apart sheet & compliments.

It truely is a happy paper suite & I really have enjoyed creating with it.

My first share with you is a scrapbook Layout that I created with the I Heart Us Paper Suite.

 

I Need a 6 month vacation twice a year scrapbook layout with CTMH I Heart Us www.maz.closetomyheart.com.au

First I designed a flower boarder using the Cricut® Flower Market Digital Collection. I welded & sliced until  I got the design I wanted & cut on white cardstok. I backed the flowers with the papers from the  Heart Us Paper Suite, bar one which is a yellow from the Something Fierce.

I created some water colour in different greens & yellows. I also added in some transparent texture paste taht you cannot really see till you are close up. This was all done onto white daisy that I cut smaller to mat with the lighter side of Lagoon cardstock. I placed this cut out flower boarder onto the water colour . This formed my decorative element to my layout.

I matted the photos & added extra paper strips at the top, created a label for a little subtitle & stamped a saying from one of the stamp sets you get from the Cricut® You Are Here Collection to form my title. 

Finally I added embellishments using the I Heart Us Compliments & sequins. 

While there are no flowers in my photos, I was originally going to add flower photos, I thought it didn’t really matter as the photos had a lot of greenery so it was more about nature.

My second creation is a card combining the  I Heart Us Paper Suite and the exclusive Love Blossoms stamp set.

Flower Card with CTMH I Heart Us & Love Blossoms www.maz.closetomyheart.com.au

I cut the yellow striped paper at an angle & added a strip of patten lagoon. I coloured the Love Blossom image with Shin Han Markers & fussy cut out & added some I Heart Us Compliments to finish off.

I hope you liked what I created & it inspires you to try out some of these ideas.

If you love this featured collection I Heart Us Paper Suite then contact your CTMH consultant to place an order.

If you do not have a consultant, I would love for you to place an order with me on my website

I’d love you to leave a comment before heading off to the next stop, Doreen Watkins.

Enjoy the hop & thanks so much for taking the time to check out these ideas with this month’s feature on I Heart Us.

Til next time, see you soon & keep creating!
Maz

16 responses to “Close To My – I Heart Us Paper Suite: Australasian Blog Hop”

  1. I love your ideas Maz, especially that flower border – very clever and stunning.

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    1. Thank you, it was fun to create it & give it go of designing my own cut file

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  2. Maz, I love the soft colours of your layout it is so calming, your Cricut cut flowers are great. You haven’t added a sentiment to your card and it really could be used for any number of reasons.

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    1. Thank you, I was surprised how soft the layout turned out with the bright fun papers. I often don’t add a sentiment till I need the card for something & even then it might only be on the inside.

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  3. I love how you have used the more muted colours from this collection for your layout. And that flower border is beautiful!

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    1. Thank you. I have been meaning to create a cut file & it was a learning experience. Love to do something like this again.

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    Miss. Carrie’s Creations

    What a delightful layout! I love that border of flowers. ❤ Miss. Carrie

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    1. Thank you, it’s my favourite feature too

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  5. That flower border is so stunning on your layout, and I love the way the yellow flower pops on your card. Great job!

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    1. Thank you, I wanted to do something bright & yellow is perfect for that

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  6. That layout is stunning! Very clever use of backing your cricut cuts.

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  7. Love, love, love them both! Thank you for sharing!

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    1. Thank you, glad you loved w

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  8. Your layout is stunning. I love the cricut flowers and the background design you created. Its a stunning piece of art. Fabulous.

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    1. Thank you I had a lot of fun creating the background & backing ht cricut flowers.

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