Hi there. Thanks for stopping by. Welcome  to ou r 'Stamping’ Australasian 'Blog Hop'. If you've arrived here from Doris Taylor - Creative Inspirations , then  you're in the right place.  If you've landed here by accident, then welcome to the fun! Please join in by following the link at the bottom of this blog. Every two months CTMH releases a new catalogue, chock full of new papers and stamp sets. Plus a stamp of the month, for every month. There is so much to chose from, we are spoilt for choice, which would normally make it hard to decide what to focus on, when the blog topic is 'stamping'...lol. But I had no trouble deciding. The stamp set I am working with for this blog is called 'Perched Budgies'. It comes as both a stamp set on its own, or combined with thin cuts.  It seems this month that all the stars have aligned! Not only is this stamp set ideal for some photos I needed to get in the album, but as a member of the Facebook group,  Creat...

Hello, and welcome to our 'Silhouettes’ Australasian 'Blog Hop'. If you've arrived here from Lauren Moore - CTMH Craftings, then  you're in the right place.  If you've landed here by accident, then welcome to the fun! Please join in by following the link at the bottom of this blog. As you may have guessed from the title, todays blog is all about Silhouettes. The definition of a silhouette is:  the dark shape and outline of someone or something visible in restricted light against a brighter b ackground. The first thing that comes to mind is a sunset or sunrise, as you look into the bright sun. When I use the camera in these situations, I've found that it's good to have a clearly discernible shape as a silhouette. For example, a person standing still can come out as a bit of a dark blob, but if you get them to do a star jump, the shape it creates has far more interest in the resulting photo.  Another tip - if the person you're photographing has their ...

Hello, and welcome to our 'Nature’ Australasian 'Blog Hop'. If you've arrived here from Danielle Edwards - Scrappychicks, then you're in the right place. If you've landed here by accident, then welcome to the fun! Please join in by following the link at the bottom of this blog.  The current catalogue, which runs through April, May and June, is absolutely chokka full of nature themed products. So many, in fact, it was hard to decide what to share in the blog this week. I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else on the hop chooses too! After a couple of weeks playing with several of the products, I decided to work with the Butterfly slimline embossing folder for this blog. It's a great product, because it also comes with two layers of stencils to help us enhance the butterflies. As it happens, I spent some time in my neighbours front yard this week, photographing a whole lot of Monarch butterflies. It's great to photograph them when they first e...