Happy Birthday - AHSC #230

Today I have a birthday card for you featuring our Cats and Bats paper pack. While the main theme of this paper is most definitely Halloween, there are some great patterns that are not Halloween specific and make great multi purpose cards. I used the Bats and Cats paper to make todays birthday card.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Bats & Cats

- Black, Emerald, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Emerald

Embellishments:

- Shimmer Trim - White and Silver

Stamp:

- Make a wish (retired)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, I welcome any feedback. We would love for you to join us at AHSC here!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi



Bear Hugs - AHSC #229

Hello again! Today's card features the Jack paper pack and the adorable teddy bear that I just can not get enough of, he is a cutie isn't he? 

This was one of my workshop cards for August. I worked my participants with the water colouring of the bears body on a few cards but they were troopers!

Products used:

Paper:
- Jack
- Ruby, Black, and White Daisy card stock

Tools:
- Water blending pen
- Scalloped thin cuts

Embellisments:
- Black & white twine (retired)
- Sparkles

Ink:
- Black
- Ruby
- Toffee

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. I welcome any and all feedback. 

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

It is all negative! H2H Challenge

This is one time being negative is a good thing. Our challenge this week at H2H is to use the negative space on a cut out. For this challenge I used my Cricut Artbooking and cut out the tree in Colonial White card stock and backed it with background paper. 

I used an old retired paper pack called Twitterpated, I have had it for a few years and just felt it was the right paper for this project. The pictures going on this layout will be of our daughters at our cottage with the full fall foliage in the background behind them. I try not to post older products but it just worked so well for this project and I really need to use up some of my stash. 

Products used:

Paper:

- Twitterpated (retired)

- Colonial White (retired), Sorbet, and Chocolate card stock

Embellishments:

- Brown Gems

Tools:

- Cricut

- Cricut Artbooking

Ink:

- Chocolate

Stamp:

- A Thankful Heart (retired)

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. I cant wait to see how you use the negative space of your project. Please feel free to share your project over at H2H challenges. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Feel So Blessed - September SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring 's SOTM, which is the Feel So Blessed Stamp of the month.  If you have come here from Alyson Mayo's blog
you are on the right path! The blog hop is a great big circle, so you can start here and work your way all around.  If you get lost along the way, you’ll find the complete list of participating consultants on Melinda’s Blog here!

This month we have Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. This is simple to do - just click on the link at the end of the post on each blog to move to the next one! Here we go!

I made this card while I was on a kid free week at the cottage and it gave me some free time to do some experimenting. I always see cards with just a little something and and a sentiment, the less is more look and love them, but I always feel they are to simple when I make them and keep adding adding and adding to them. This time I challenged myself not to keep adding and I really love how it turned out!

Now "Hop" on over to Wendy Coffman's blog to see her work! Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the SOTM is only available until !  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Thanks!
Brandi

Products Used:

Paper:

- Goldrush and White Daisy cardstock

Ink:

- Goldrush, Pewter, and Nutmeg

Stamp:

- D1733 Splash of Color

Embellishments:

- Gold Glitter Gems

Wishing you a Merry Christmas - AHSC 227

Yes, you read that right Christmas! I hate that I am already thinking of Christmas cards and prepping for the holiday card workshops. This is the first of many holiday cards that you will be seeing over the next few weeks or months!

Preparing for the card workshops will be easy using the sketches from AHSC and it always helps make prepping for workshops a bit easier!

Products Used:

Paper:
- City Sidewalks (retired)
- White Daisy

Ink:
- Ruby and Black

Stamp:
- Beary Christmast Cardmaking stamp & thin cuts.

Embellishments:
- White and gold twine
- Bitty Sparkles

Tools:
- Scallop Border Thin Cuts


Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, we would love to see your take on the sketch.

Thanks for stopping by, until next time...until next time...happy crafting!
Brandi

Birthday Greetings - H2H challenges

Hello! Happy Monday! Today I have a birthday card that I made for the Jack workshop that I hosted on Saturday night. You will be seeing a lot of Jack over the next few posts. 

I really enjoyed working with this paper, though I do not have any boys, I found it super easy to work with and had fun using it. 

Today's project is the card is a birthday card with what I feel is a masculine feel to it, I mean it has a lumber jack on it! This week at H2H Challenges we are doing an Anything Goes challenge, the only requirement is that your project needs to have at least one CTMH product.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Jack

- Black, White Daisy and Slate card stock

Ink:

- Slate and Ruby

Tools:

- Water blending pen

Stamps:

- Just a Number

- Jack - Scrapbooking

We would love to have you join us at H2H challenges and see what goodness you can come up with. Please join us and post your project for us all to enjoy!

I welcome feedback, please let me know your thoughts.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Ouch! - AHSC #224

Today I bring you an ouch or get well card. This card was super fun to make featuring the Prickly Pear Cacti and the Blue Burlap ribbon....I love that stuff! I made this card for a dual role, my Prickly Pear workshop and for my AHSC design team duties!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Prickly Pear

- Emerald and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Memento Black

- Sapphire, Emerald, Lemon and Sorbet

Embellishments:

- Blue Burlap ribbon

- Prickly Pear Sequins

Tools:

- Water blending pen

Stamp:

- Prickly Pear card making and Thin Cuts.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, I always welcome feedback on my designs to help me improve!

Until next time...happy crafting!

Brandi