No Worries Birthday Wishes

This week at H2H challenges the theme is "Oh the places you will go" that could be a tak off of the Dr. Suess books or somewhere you have been on your recent travels. I have not had the opportunity to travel much lately as I cant take my girls with me so I don't go, only our situation is finalized and I can travel with them, I look forward to the trips we can take but until then...I chose to do a birthday card for my husband who will have his birthday while we are up at his parents cottage. 

Products used:

Paper:
- No Worries
- Cashmere, Sapphire, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Cashmere
- Sapphire

Embellishment:
- No Worries Sequins

Stamp:
- No Worries scrapbooking thin cuts bundle

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. We would love to see what you come up with for this theme, join us at H2H here!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Unicorn Love - H2H Ribbon

Hello....Happy Monday once again! Here in Canada we are celebrating Victoria Day today, the official kick off to summer holiday. Our kick off to summer weekend usually resembles a winter or late spring weekend, cold, wet, and gloomy and this year is no different! But while the kidlets and those out camping may not like it...it does make for good paper crafting weather.

I had a workshop last night so I was playing around in my basement scrapbooking today while the kids played and I was actually quite productive. I got 2 layouts done and several cards....I was quite happy with that, I am not typically that productive when the munchkins are around.

Here is one of those cards....

OMG it is Unicorn....I am shocked I got as much done today...as you can see rainbow paper and unicorns....my girls (ages 7, 8, and 9) were drooling over the paper and thin cuts on this one...."its so pretty mommy....can we have some?" Why yes you can, here are a few each from the extras of my workshop so go create something awesome while mommy works (they LOVE my extra bits and pieces!)

So about this card, it is a note card and can be left blank. I did stamp the inside with the sentiment "always be yourself unless you can be a unicorn then always be a unicorn."

Products used:

Paper:

- Little Dreamer

- Lemon and White Daisy card stock

Embellishments:

- White and Gold ribbon

- Gold Glitter Gems.

Ink:

- Glacier, Lagoon, and Black

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, I welcome feedback of any kind. If you want to play along with the challenge this week at H2H join us here!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Teeny Tiny - H2h Challenges

Hello! Guess what, I am LATE, LATE, LATE! Those who know me would not be surprised by that as I tend to always seem to be running late with the munchkins in my life! So this post was supposed to be up yesterday but life as it often does got away from me but my theory is better late than never!

Here is a card I made for the Heart 2 Heart Challenges design team. The challenge this week is teeny tiny. You can interpret that however you want. I chose to go with what I consider to be a small stamp. I often buy stamp sets that have smaller stamps and never get around to using them though I see others use them on cards and layouts and they look great, so I decided to break one out. Now, how is this for hoarding...this is the Stamp of the Month from December 2012 and I am using it for the first time.

Paper:

- Little Dreamer

- Glacier, Lemon, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- S1212 Year Round Cheer (retired)

Ink:

- Black and Lemon

Embellishments:

- Little Dreamer Glitter Gems Z3321

We would love to see you play along with us at H2H challenges. I would love to see your take on the Teeny Tiny theme!

Thanks for stopping by!

Brandi

Little Creatures - H2H challenges

Hello! And happy Monday to you. Today at Heart 2 Heart challenges we are celebrating all the creatures...spring brings out or reawakens so many creatures it is a great time to focus on those beautiful creatures.

Here is a card I made featuring one of my favourite little creators, the butterfly.

I keep bouncing back and forth with my projects between Dreamin Big and Some Kinda Wonderful, I love them both so much, they are so fun to play with.

Products used:

Paper:

- Dreamin Big

- Black, Poppy, Whisper, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Saffron, Poppy, and Black

Stamps/Think Cut Bundles

- Dreamin card making bundles

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. I do appreciate it. I hope you will join us at H2H Challenges we would love to see what you come up with!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Caution: Kids @ Play - H2H Challenge

I have a ton of pictures of my kids playing and the some Some Kinda Wonderful paper pack is perfect for getting these pictures in albums. This paper pack is so awesome, it is so versatile with the bright fun primary colours and works awesome for boys, girls, adults, or kids....I am loving this one!

Products used:

Paper:

- Some Kinda Wonderful

- White Daisy, Raspberry, Pacifica, Glacier, WIllow, Lemon and Black card stock.

Stamps:

- D1711 True Love

- D1716 Some Kinda Wonderful scrapbooking

- Anchor my life (Regatta) - retired

Silhouette Cameo

- Kids at play title created by me with fonts.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, I really do appreciate it. I hope you will head over to Heart 2 Heart scrapbooking and check out the rest of the design team and play along with us. If you do not have the paper pack you can use the colour palette: Black, White Daisy, Whisper, Glacier, Pacifica, Lemon, Raspberry and Willow.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

Hello darling....lets hang out! - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday to you. I am back after a bit of a break while I was working and a huge fundraiser for our girls school and prepping for a scrapbooking workshop. I have some different projects to share of the next few days / weeks. I am happy to be back and back into my normal routine!

Here is a fun card I did for my Some Kinda Wonderful card workshop. I love this card, it is super cute and whimsical...if you ask me...lol Oh and wait the theme over at H2H this week is Whimsy-cal...hmmm perfect timing if I do say so myself.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Some Kinda Wonderful

- White Daisy and Black card stock

(the pink is actually from Some Kinda Wonderful, it is one of the PML cards)

Ink:

- Memento - Tuxedo

- Copic

Embellishments:

- Silver Shimmer Trim

- Shimmer Brush

Thanks for stopping by to check out my work this week, I do appreciate it. Please check in with H2H challenges and share your whimsical projects!

Until next time, happy crafting,

Brandi

Thanks! - H2H Challenges

Today I have a thank you card that I made for a gentleman in my families life who recently was honoured for 15 years of volunteer service in our community and province and he came into our life through his volunteer work and has had a significant role in our lives and the lives of our wee ones. He drives our wee ones to various appointments that we are not able to attend with them. And that is why there are cars on this thank you card. Our volunteer driver has a red mini van but I do not have a mini van stamp but I do have this one and it just felt perfect for him. He is a wonderful caring man who takes wonderful care of not just our girls but many children.

Now onto the card! Our drivers van is red so of course I had to make it red to pop off the card. The challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart challenges the challenge is stamped backgrounds. I used a retired stamp of the month called Long Ride Home.

Below is a close up of the background stamping with the bits of colour pops I added in.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Ruby, Sapphire, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Saffron, Sapphire, and Black

Embellishments:

- Black and White Dots

- Whisper Extra thick twine

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I welcome any and all comments, I love feedback!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Happy Birthday - H2H Challenges

Happy Monday! Today I have my design team project for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog site. This was a card I did for my Dreamin' Big Card workshop.

I love how easily everything came together for this project. I know I sound like a broken record but for someone who struggles with mixing and matching papers and NEEDS things to be matchy matchy for my slight OCD to not make me twitch, CTMH makes it so easy for me to be cute, trendy and not worry if the papers work together. I love that they make my job so much easier.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Glacier, Poppy, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Saffron

Thin Cuts

- Z3303 - Dreamin' Big Thin Cuts Bundle

Stamp:

- Z3303 - Dreamin' Big Thin Cuts Bundle

- D1646 - Finding the Words

Embellishments:

- Z1263 BItty Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today! I would love to have your thoughts on what you like and do not like about my projects so that I can improve for my customers.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Wild & Free - H2H Challenges

Whew, here we are at another Monday and I have survived my 3rd straight weekend of workshops! I love having people over and helping them to share their memories and their pictures so I love it but it has required a lot of creative time on my part...I know huh horrible that I have to scrapbook and make cards, oh shucks...cant make dinner, these cards will not make themselves....lol Ok so I might have milked it a bit with the hubby and kids but I do a lot for them. So any hoots over the next few days / weeks you will be seeing a lot of the work I have been working on all these weeks. 

Here is project 1 - a layout featuring the Dreamin' Big paper pack. I know I say this all the time but OMG I loved playing with this paper, these pages went together so easily for me. I am so happy I have more to play with!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Slate, Glacier, Saffron, Poppy, and White Daisy card stock

Embellishments:

- Black Shimmer Trim

- Sparkles

- Itty Bitty Sparkles

Electronic Cutting

- Cricut Artistry

- Silhoutte Cameo

Ink:

- Saffron

Stamp:

- It's your day (retired)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting! Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Congratulations - H2H challenges

Hi! Happy Monday to you! Today I bring you the latest challenge from the H2H challenge blog and the challenge this week is Tuxedo (Black & White). This one proved to be a bit of a challenge for me as I kept thinking of this would make a great accent colour to offset the black and white, or I could put this bling here but it was not black or white..ahhh that was hard for me but I think I did good even though I found it to be a challenge. 

I hope you will join us and play along, it is amazing how striking black and white can be together and we would love to see what you come up with. 

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

I love you - H2H challenges

Happy Monday to you! Today I bring you a card for the H2H challenge group and a sneak peak at my upcoming card workshop. The theme this week at H2H is falling in love and that is exactly what I am doing with this Hello Lovely paper pack now that I am playing with it. It is so soft, sweet and elegant...I am having a lot of fun with it!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Hello Lovely

- White Daisy and Sorbet card stock

Ink:

- Sorbet

Embellishments:

- White and Gold twine (retired)

- Gold Glitter Dots

Stamp:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my designs, we would love to see what you come up with for the Love theme! 

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

Fun with Friends layout - H2H Challenges

Hello! I have a layout for you today. One of the layouts I made for my Sugar Rush workshop was a perfect fit for the round and round theme of that we have over at Heart 2 Heart Challenges this week. I am really trying to get my work done bro all the design teams, with the craziness of the holidays and being super sick over them I am still trying to get caught up and into my routine. 

Products used:

Paper:
-Sugar Rush
- Canary, Sea Glass, White Daisy, and Pomegranate card stock 

Ink:
- Pomegranate and Whisper

Stamps:
- D1716 - Some Kinda Wonderful

Embellishments:
- Oceanside Sequins (retired)

Misc:
- Silhouette Cameo and Silhouette Sketch Pens did the "Fun with" 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting! We would love it if you would join us and play along with the round and round theme at Heart to Heart challenges!

Until next time, happy Scrapping!
Brandi

Magical - Oh Deer - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday to you!

Today I bring you a layout from my workshop that I had at my house last night. I had a lot of fun with the ladies making these great layouts. I really loved working on these layouts and had so much fun with the ladies.

Products Used:

Paper:
- Oh Deer
- Slate, Sea Glass, and White Daisy


Embellishments:
- Whisper extra thick twine
- sequins
- White shimmer tape

Stamps:
- Woodland Wonders Thin Cut Bundles

Ink:
- Fern and Cocoa

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my blog and my work. We would love to see you join us at H2H challenges.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

O Chrstmas Tree! - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday! 

Hold onto your seats, I have a layout for todays project. I have been playing with City Sidewalks and I really loved working with this paper. I know I say that about all of them but it really did help me start getting into the Christmas spirit.  

This was a cute sweet layout called O' Christmas Tree. 

All products are Close to my heart except the title of O' Christmas Tree, I got that from the Silhouette store and I believe the designer is either Kollette Hall or Lori Whitlock. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I would love to see your take on City Sidewalks or its colour palette. 

Until next time, happy crafing!
Brandi

Change - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday!

I have another Heart 2 Heart challenge to bring to you. This weeks theme is Change....with fall in full bloom change is all around us. Soon we will be changing clocks, the leaves are all changing into gorgeous colours and will soon be gone in favour of snow...change is all around us.

I made this card using Swan Lake, it is the paper of the month and I have been having s much fun playing with it, I just love it!

Products Used:

Paper:
- Swan Lake

Embellishments:
- White and Gold Twine

Stamps:
- Beyond Blessed


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. If you have any questions I am happy to answer them. To see what the rest of the design team has come up with please check it out here! Want to play along we would love that too!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Super Star - H2H Challenge

Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian visitors!

Today I bring a layout for the Heart 2 Heart challenges and the theme this week is Perfect 10! Your project can be anything as long as 10 is somehow represented in it. 

This is a layout I did for my last workshop and it has 10 stars on it. The papers are from Florence and the title was cut out using my Silhouette, I do not recall the fonts I used, sorry!

I hope you like my project and to see more great projects, head on over to H2H challenges and see what the rest of the design team has put together for the Perfect 10 challenge!

Thanks for stopping by and until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Uptown

Hello...Happy Monday!

Today I am bringing you a project from H2H Challenges. The theme over at H2H this week is Uptown.  What is uptown...it could be a night on the town, Uptown Girl by Billy Joel, Uptown Funk by Bruno Mars, it could the City Scapes papers or what ever you think of when you think of Uptown.

I really struggled with this challenge, not going to lie. When I think uptown I think classy so I pulled out the Happy Times, the gold tones in this give me the feel of uptown, classy and chic. 

Products used:

Paper:
- Happy Times (retired)
- White Daisy card stock

Ink:
 - Black

Stamp:
- Life is sweeter

Embellishments:
- Gold Shimmer Trim
- Gold Sequins


Thanks for stopping by and looking. We would love to have you play along with Heart 2 Heart (H2H)! 

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Adventure - H2H challenges

Hello! Happy Monday!

Today I bring you a challenge from H2H challenges. The theme this week is Adventure. Create a project that shows us your adventurous side or a use the CTMH Adventure colour palette.

I really love these little monsters and the bright fun patterns of the Jeepers Creepers paper pack. It was fun to work with so far. I do wish I could use a bit more of the adventure colours but unfortunately I was stuck with the ink colours back ordered, so I had to use the few that carried over. 

Products used:

Paper - 
- Jeepers Creepers
- White Daisy and Gypsy card stock

Ink:
 - Lagoon, Pacific, and Gypsy

Stamp:
- Z4006 Monstrous Thin Cuts Bundle

Embellishments - 
- Z3124 Enamel & Glitter Duos Purple Hearts

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I would love to see your take on the challenge. Please feel free to join us at H2H challenges! 

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

You're the Best! - H2H challenges

Hello! 

Happy Labour Day! I am a wee bit late in bringing you my card for the Heart 2 Heart (H2H) challenges. The challenge this week is to do use Close to my Heart products and stamp on your project. 

I know that Florence retired a few days ago but this is my first chance to play with it and I am so loving it. I used Saffron paper and random stamped some flowers in Saffron ink to give a tone on tone affect. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Florence
- Saffron and Colonial White card stock

Stamps:
- Sisters (retired)
- Say it all (retired)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project, we would love to see your take at H2H challenges. 

Hip to be awesome! H2H challenge

This week at the Heart 2 Heart Challenge site the challenge is all about squares and how it is "Hip 2 be Square!"

I whipped this card using the Calypso paper pack that is about to retire but I just had to bring it out for a quick card as I love the bright fun colours and patterns. 

Products used:

Paper:
- Calypso

Stamp:
- Beyond Awesome

Ink:
- Pear and Lagoon

Embellishments:
- Pixie extra thick twine

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. I would love to see your take on the hip to be square theme!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi