Clearly the Best: Party Favor Flavor (S02E12)

OMG this so up my alley with 3 little girls and a ton or birthday parties in my future! Such cute ideas and I already have all the cartridges needed (they are my go to for scrapbooking!)



Do you make your own party favours? I would love to see them, share the link in the comments and show off your great designs!

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Brandi

Clearly the Best: Create the Date (S02E11)

I love desk top calendars and the great thing with this is that is something you can start and add to, it does not all need to be done at one time and you can start it any time of the year, it does not need to start in January and end in December…it lets you be creative. 



I love my Artbooking cartridge and this is just another great, creative and fun project to work on. I can't wait to make my own…how about you?

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Brandi

Clearly The Best: Swirlin' Shapes (S02E10)

I love this layout and I will be recreating this layout. I have just the pictures for this layout but due to my obsessive compulsive desire to scrapbook in chronological order since adopting our girls (so I don't get confused on which birthday or Christmas it was) I need to wait a bit. The good news is I am almost done scrapbooking 2012 and will be moving into 2013 very soon and the pictures are in 2013 so it should not be to long….lol 



Does this layout speak to you? Is there any other layout or project you have seen that you just absolutely can not wait to recreate? Share your thoughts and layouts with me, I would love to see your inspiration!

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Brandi

Clearly The Best: Subway Speak (S02E09)

Subway signs are all the rage and I love these designs. I could see how this could work for so many different types of projects for the girls rooms, holiday decorations, oh the list can go on and on….




Do you have any inspiration on how you can adapt this project to work in your decor? If so I would love to see it!

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Brandi

Clearly The Best: Curtains Sew Easy (S02E08)

I do not know how to sew and I could do this! I can think of a few ideas I can use these around the house but think I might need larger fabrics. 



Oh my…just what I needed is another project to add to my crafting list! Do you sew on your paper crafting, do you see a project you could use something like this on? Let me know or better yet, share your work with me!

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Brandi

Clearly The Best: A Countdown to Love (S02E07)

What a fun idea to celebrate the love of your family. This gave me so many ideas on how I can use these frames. I already have so many ideas, I would need like 50 of these awesome frames to make all my projects!






What about you? How would you use these great frames or muslim bags?

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Brandi

Clearly The Best: Crafts for Your Curls (S02E06)

This video is right up my alley, with 3 little ones who love to have be ver girly, this is a project I am going to have to give a try, What are your thoughts? Do your little princesses love headbands and bows and frilly stuff for their hair? 




Have a crafty day!
Brandi

Clearly The Best: Do the Twist (S02E05)

Today's video showcases some of the different ways to use the new Close to My Heart Twist Ties.  I would have never thought of 2-3 of these ideas, so this video made me love this product even more than I already did. 



How would you use your Twist Ties?

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Brandi

Clearly the Best: Wacky Washi (S02E04)

Washi tape is all the rage in paper crafting right now and this is a fun fun way to use your Washi tape to  create a super fun and incredibly adorable card. 



I hope you enjoyed this fun way to use up your stash!


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Brandi

Clearly the Best: Connect the Dots (S02E03)

This is a great way to use up some of those extra embellishments that you have left over. All scrapbookers have left overs, lets face it, we are hoarders of craft supplies and this is a great idea for an incredible look!




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Brandi

Clearly the Best: Preserve with Pizazz (S02E02)

What a fun way to use your cherished documents to create a fun mini album! I love the all about you theme Kristine is doing with us, starting the album with her and husband and building up to include her family. 

I love working with Modge Podge, if you have never used it, it can be purchased at Michaels, Walmart and many different retailers. If you would like tips and suggestions on how to use the Modge Podge, please do not hesitate contacting me at any time, I am happy to help out!



Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed today's video!
Brandi

Clearly the Best: A Burst of Creativity (S02E01)

I have been featuring the Artbooking Made Easy video series and now that I am caught up on those it is time to start featuring the Clearly the Best video series. I will be featuring Artbooking on Wednesdays and the Clearly the best on Saturdays. 

Here is our first video which I love! I love the sunburst and the little sun design element, we are in the dog days of winter so it is fun to see something bright and cheerful. 

I hope this fun video gets your inspired to create something today!

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Brandi

Clearly the Best - Embossed Resist Stamping

This is one of my favourite techniques and one that I need to bring out again, I have not done it in a long time. Guess it is time to get out my heat gun!





If you would like information on how to do your own projects using this technique or would like to try it out, contact me for a class in how to do this. 

Until next time, happy scrapping!
Brandi

Clearly the Best - Cluster Luster

Do you like to form your own images from various stamp sets? Let Monica and Kristine show you how they build their own stamp images by clustering various different pieces together. 




Sounds like a fun technique to try, I will most definitely be trying this one out soon. If you have any questions regarding this video or the products they use, please do not hesitate contacting me. 

Until next time, happy scrapping!
Brandi

Clearly the Best - Passion for patterns

I just love the look of tone on tone stamping, I need to do more of it. This video shows the simplicity of the process but how much it truly adds to any project. 



If you have any questions regarding this video or the products used just let me know. If you would like to have a workshop or class to learn more about this technique just let me know I would love to teach a class for you.

Until next time, happy scrapping!
Brandi

Clearly the Best - Basic Stamping

I love the look of generational stamping, ok I know I love all aspects of stamping. I remember when I went to my first Close to my Heart party I assured my husband I would not get into stamping, I was a scrapbooker and had my fill with all that. As I am sure you can tell I did not follow my promise to my husband and I am overly addicted. I love everything about it, I love how one stamp set can transform into some many different things and this generational stamping is a perfect example of that.



I hope you enjoyed this video and even learned something new and useful in your own paper crafting. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have, I am always here to help out. 

Until next time, happy scrapping!
Brandi

Say it with a kiss!

Stamp kissing is a great technique that uses all of your stamp sets in a different way to create a truly custom affect. The sky truly is the limit with stamp kissing!

If you have any questions regarding this technique, just let me know, I am happy to help out!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Brandi

Do you have a Cricut? If so you have to add the CTMH Cricut cartridges to your inventory. I absolutely love both the Art Philosophy and Artiste and use them on almost every layout I do, sometimes I use both on one layout!

Artiste truly is an amazing cartridge and will really give you so much inspiration. If you have any questions regarding this cartridge just let me know!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!

Brandi

Clearly the Best - Alcohol Marker Madness

I just recently began dabbling in Copic markers and while I do like them, they are a bit pricey. I love the afforadbility of the CTMH markers and that you get 2 coordinating markers and you never have to guess if they are going to match with your exclusive CTMH colours and paper packs. 



There is so much you can do with these markers all it takes is some playing around and colouring to discover the true potential of these markers. If you would like to play around or need any help with these new markers and all that you can do with them, just let me know, I am here to help!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Brandi

Clearly the Best - Monogram Magic

I love these adorable let stamps. The problem is I want them all!



I really love some of the details in the video such as the inside of Kristine's envelope, subtly but so elegant.

If you have any questions or need project inspiration, you know what to do, reach out to me and I will be more than happy to help out!

Until next time, Happy Scrapping!
Brandi