Hello, and welcome to our 'Down Under’ 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.      In this blog hop, we will be following the theme of 'Down Under', inspired mainly by the March Stamp of the Month, which has lots of iconic Australian animals on it.   If, like me, you are a New Zealander, you will note that the stamp is totally Australian animals, but the blog title is 'Down Under', which is intended to include us kiwis too.       However I imagine I am not unique in the fact that I am a New Zealander (Kiwi) with an extended family of Australians. In fact, I am the youngest of 22 cousins, and the only Kiwi amongst us! Even my brothers are Australian, but being the youngest in my family, I waited until Mum and Dad had moved to Auckl...

 Hello, and welcome to our 'Borders' Australasian 'Blog Hop'. If you've arrived here from Maz Wood - aMAZing Creations , 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.  This blog hop is all about borders. There's soooo many choices of how to create a border, it's hard to narrow it down to just one option. This months 'stamp of the month' is a beautiful border stamp, but I decided to share a border I've made to use in my family album.  The photos will be from a trip we did to Sydney a few years ago, so my border reflects the skyscraping city we holidayed in. The products used in making this border are: - White Daisy cardstock.  - Stamp pads - Periwinkle and Pewter. - Mini ink blending foam. - Irresistable letters. - Travel Stencil.  STEP 1: Taking some white Daisy cardstock, I trimmed it to 3 inches wide. That's not the finis...