april-blog-post

If you have come from Alison's blog welcome and hope you are enjoying reading about all the ideas and being inspired. If you want to go back to Alison's Blog then follow this link.

Pinterest Inspiration  -  Washi Tape

Our challenge this month was to look at our pinterest feed and pick a project to try and maybe inspire you to try a new technique.
I have been using pinterest for awhile now and have been obsessed with finding projects for my washi tape.  I have lots of it and it lasts forever but I really love the effects of washi tape and so it pops up on my pinterest feed all the time. I thought you may be interested in a technique that popped up on my pinterest this week. I also have been obsessed with using what I have as well as buying all the new products so this project is highlighting the use of old products and how they match beautifully with new products.

 This was a really simple card but used lots of simple techniques.  The card stock I used was Seaglass and Raspberry and cut them at 5 1/4" x 4" and 5" x 3 3/4".  I then cut some white card stock at 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" . The washi tape I chose was some thin Thistle and Blossom that I had in my stock and added it with Everday Washi Tape Z3211, which is on sale at the moment.  I placed the washi tape randomly on the edge of the card stock and then folded it over so it gave a nice edge.  Once I had done that I placed the card stock into my embossing machine - Cuttlebug - and used the arrows embossing folder.  This embossing folder I have had for a while and had never used, so today was the day as it matched with the arrows on my washi tape.  I found the journalling box unused on my Sugar Rush Compliments X7215C. I had completed my "Workshop Your Way" Sugar Rush and I still had some wonderful pieces left to use on other projects. I then used my Raspberry stamp pad and stamped "Happy Birthday" using the stamp " Tagged with Love" C1614 which I had also not used for a while but any sentiment would work.  I then stuck all the levels on with my trusty Duck Tape and my card was finished. Of course I used the card and envelope that I purchased from Close To My heart a bulk pack of 50 white cards. Check out my shop at kerrydehring.ctmh.com.au and you can purchase your own bulk pack of cards, at $23.00 it is such a great price.

My inspiration came from the following photo which I found on Pinterest and the photo linked to a blog called diy-ome.blogspot.com.au.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my project. To see some more inspiration then hop over to Cindy's Blog by following this link.

march-blog-hop

Welcome to this month's Blog Hop

If you have come from Alison's blog welcome and hope you are enjoying reading about all the ideas and being inspired. If you want to go back to Alison's Blog then follow this link.

The ART of THREE.

I have often been asked what are some tips when creating scrapbook pages and I have found that the "Art of Three" is a great start.

First Art of Three - Three colours 

When you are thinking of what papers to use just choose three.  Thank you to Alison for choosing three colours for this blog hop, that I probably would not have chosen for myself. Since I had only three colours to choose from I found that it freed me to be more creative.  Looking through my paper for Seaglass, Whisper and Black I found that Close To My Heart had the plain paper but they also had patterned (B & T) that incorporated these colours.  So I checked out the "Uptown Fundamental Paper" and there was some spectacular Whisper and Black patterns to use.

 Once I had decided what paper to use I got out all the papers that fitted in with the theme and put them aside.  I then looked at my embellishments and found that the "All Together Complements" matched and mixed excellently with this theme.

I had two types of pages to create for this month, one was a Heritage page and one was a Family Home page. So I used the same colours for both projects.

My first one was the Heritage page and I wanted to use a particular photo of my Uncle Alan when he joined the Navy so I created a page using the three colours and tried to create a heritage feel to the page.  I really enjoyed going back to a basic format of lots of mounting and enjoyed using the three colours in this way.

Second Art of Three - Triangle Effect

The second page I created was to use the same colours with a contemporary feel.  I love doing  double page spreads and with only having three colours it made it fun and simple.

With my double page spread I also used the great tip from Close to My Heart which is the triangle effect on a page.











I was not sure what embellishments to use from the pack as there were so many.  So I took one of the suggestions and pulled out only the embellishments that were in that grouping. So this also made it simple to add these to my page with the triangle pattern.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third Art of Three - Embellishment groupings

As you can see by the grouping of my embellishments I used the next "Art of Three" tip. The idea is to use an anchor piece then add a main piece and thirdly add a sparkle to the grouping.

See below a closer view of my embellishment "stacks"

Hope you enjoyed seeing my project. To see some more inspiration then hop over to Cindy's Blog by following this link.

Infinity Card and Beyond

Hi Everyone,
Last week I ran a class teaching a group of my friends how to make an "Infinity Card". The beginning of creating the card was really difficult but once you got the foundation done the creating of the card was great fun. Of course before doing the class I needed to learn how to make the card myself so I could teach it to my friends. I am a real scaredy cat learner and I like to see a finished project and recreate it as I am not great at imagination. I was fortunate enough to go to a training workshop and one of the projects we learnt about was the "Infinity Card". One of many projects shown on that day. If you do not know what an "Infinity Card" is then at the end of this I have put a video for you to see my card.

For the last 3 years I have been attending these workshops and then passing on what I have learnt to some of my friends. I have learnt all about embossing which I had always seen done on cards but always thought it was too hard for me. I have learnt how to use watercolour paints, how to blend using pencils, how to stamp in many different ways like rock and rolling and masking. All methods I had seen on Pinterest and Utube but always thought was too hard.

What has changed over the last 3 years is that I joined a wonderful company called Close to my Heart. I joined because I wanted to get good quality supplies for my scrapbooking. As you all know I love to put the wonderful photos my family hsve taken and put them in albums.  What I did not know about this company was that I would learn so much about paper crafting in general. As a consultant I get the opportunity to try new products, learn new techniques, use old techniques in new ways. I have been invited to attend training workshops where I can see these new techniques first hand. What a privilege.

Since attending these workshops I have learnt how to do such great projects that I am compelled to show my friends how to make them too. It has been such fun learning new techniques then having the desire to show others how to make the same project.

If this sounds like you in any way. That is wanting to learn how to make these wonderful projects and being able to purchase the tools to complete them. Even wanting to then show these techniques to your friends then why don't you become part of my team and we can learn and teach new techniques together.

Close to my Heart have a wonderful Consultant special on this month and if you would like more details please contact me direct by email or check out my website at kerrydehring.ctmh.com.au.

 

http://kerrydehring.closetomyheart.com.au/ctmh/what-we-do/be-a-consultant.aspx

Would absolutely love for you to join me in creating, learning and even teaching.

See the video of my card below. I am really impressed by myself.  Thankyou to Gaynor for her teaching of this project at our last training workshop. It had been such an inspiration.

Bye for now

Kerry

february-blog-hop

Welcome to the first blog hop for 2017

If you have come from Alison's blog welcome to the Paper, Scissors Heart Blog Hop.

I have started the New Year with fresh insights into the products created by Close To My Heart.  I have been inspired by the beautiful papers that are created by Close To My Heart and how versatile they are for all my crafting projects.  As you know I love scrap booking but sometimes I can get overwhelmed with deciding what will go with my photos.  Well I have made a discovery with Close to My Heart papers that makes creating my scrapbooks so easy.  It does not matter which paper you use as the basis of your scrap book page - with Close to my Heart papers your photos ALWAYS look amazing.

The papers on offer in the new Seasonal Expressions are beautiful and I managed to go to a class with Chris Lothian over January and her page layouts are simple and stunning.  So using the new Sugar Rush paper we created a simple layout.

The layout required me to cut out strips of paper and different widths and one slightly different in length. I created the layout  first and then I had to decide which photos to add my layout.  I was spoilt for choice. Every photo combination I used fit really well on this layout.  So I decided to try the same layout using papers found in my Annual Inspirations catalogue.  I used Enchantment Fundamentals.  With the same group of photos I could use the same layout. With every different paper combination I created a new look.

I also found if you turn each paper over you get another great layout.  So using a small amount of patterned paper you can create a great album.  The layout may be the same but it never seems to look that way.  Once you add the beautiful embellishments to the page you add the WOW factor. One thing I did find was that the embellishments from all the paper packs seem to mix really well with all the other papers. Check out all the wonderful paper and embellishment at kerrydehring.ctmh.com.au.

If you want to follow what is in store at the next blog then pop over to Michelles page and see what inspiration you may find.

december-blog-hop

Christmas Traditions - Mine are.....

Welcome to December Blog Hop. If you have come from Alison's blog welcome and I hope you enjoy all the beautiful Christmas Traditions.

Christmas Trees

I love Christmas Trees, putting them up, decorating them, putting presents underneath them, hanging all my son's beautiful hand made Christmas Decorations, even the ones they made when they were 2 year old.  I just love it on Christmas morning when all the presents are under the tree and the wonderful look on everyone's face. Even now they are older and taller than the tree the boys still get excited about the whole adventure.  Though no Christmas Tree this year as we are away and will be using someone else's Christmas Tree to put our presents under.  So I have created lots of little Christmas Trees to brighten up my house and make it look like Christmas is coming.

These trees look fantastic in a group and really give a festive feel. They are really simple to make especially if you have a Cricut machine. On one cricut mat you can cut all circles to make one tree.

As you can see from this photo from Cricut Craft room all the circles can be cut using only one piece of paper. The mat is a 12" × 12" so easy enough to measure circles yourself if you do nit have a cricut machine. The circles are 6", 5", 4", 3" 2". For my Christmas trees I cut out two lots of circles. One from the Florence paper set - which is not available now - and one lot of Old English Ivy card stock.  As all our papers have two sides I was able to contrast easily. In the new paper packs that are available now you can easily get some beautiful trees made. If you want a larger tree just cut larger circles.
Once I had cut out the circles I then used my bone folder

to fold each circle into 8 folds and then cut the tip off so that it would easily go on the skewer. Before gluing the paper on to the skewer I created a base for each skewer using Plaster of Paris, so they would easily stand up.

It was a great project to do so many trees but even one on its own looks wonderful.

I absolutely love making Christmas decorations as well and using my Cricut machine makes it even easier. If you do not have a Cricut machine then check out my website at kerrydehring.ctmh.com.au. or send me a message at kerrydehring@hotmail.com. There is a wonderful opportunity to get a great deal on the Cricut machine and get the Flower Market Digital collection as well.

If you love Christmas then hop along to Cindy's blog

november-blog-hop

Well Christmas is coming and I have been having a lot of fun devising cards to send for Christmas. See all my pictures of cards I have been creating.
You may wonder how I am so creative.
Well I am not.
I have recieved my inspiration from some of my fellow consultants for Close to my Heart. At our fantastic convention we did some card candy and card swaps and it was fantastic to be able to see such clever and brilliant ideas. Another source of inspiration comes directly from the Close to my Heart catalogues. Not only can you find a card you like but you know that all the products to make the cards is available right now. All you need to do is look through the catalogue, note the name or number of the product, go to the website, maybe mine at kerrydehring.ctmh.com.au, and put in your order. It is then delivered to your door and you can sit at your desk and make lots of beautiful cards. Even some of the ones I have made.
Some of my cards are using the new Cricut machine, which is a wonderful creative cutter of card stock. Close to my Heart have a wonderful deal to purchase your own. Check out my website to see the deal or contact me.

october-blog-hop

Hi and Welcome to our October Blog Hop 

Spring means.....

If you have come from Alison's blog, scissorspaperheart, welcome and enjoy some inspiration.


Spring started in September and it was the most exciting September I think I have ever had.

The most exciting part of it was when Trent, in his first year of every playing hockey, played in the Grand Final AND WON!!!!.


There was so much excitement by all the players, parents and coaches to be part of this magnificent event. The Team were third on the ladder and were not expected to get past the first semi-final so to get to the Grand Final was a fantastic effort, never mind winning.  I unfortunately was unable to get there, as I was away, but I gave strict instructions to all my family and friends who could go to take lots of photos.  Then I thought " What about the coaches and team manager who have been busy all year and not able to take their own photos?"
So I created a small album for each of the coaches and team manager.

Close To My Heart paper is such a brilliant product that not only was I able to match the team colours with our paper I was also able to print the team logo on White card stock and it came out perfectly.

Yes Trent played for the Footscray Hockey Club - who are also called the "Doggies".  They were certainly the under dogs and I definitely believe that he started a trend which seems to have transpired through to the AFL and NRL.

I used the albums I had but these beautiful albums are now in stock and I think this would have been perfect for a gift album. So I hope my album inspired you to say thank you to someone, who may not have time to take the photos themselves, by giving them a small album with your wonderful photos inside.

Check out the fantastic small albums they have in stock at Close To My Heart by following this link.


Now off to Cindy's blog cindyscraps to get some more inspiration.