A Recipe for Memories - Hobby Haven

 Hello! I am back with another Hobby Haven workshop, this one features baking, cooking, and coffee-themed papers. 

Products Used: (all products Stampin’ Up! Unless otherwise noted)

 

Paper:

- 167201 Hobby Haven

- Cardstock: Pecan Pie, White Willow, Early Espresso, Petal Pink, Secret Sea, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight, and Pool Party

 

Stamps:

- 162919 Love this Moment

 

Ink:

 - Pretty Peacock

 

Die Cuts:

- 162934 Mini Alphabet Dies

- 166964 Simply Beautiful dies

 

Embellishments:

167213 Earthy Matte Dots

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I welcome any feedback. If you want help purchasing any of the products mentioned in my post today, don’t hesitate to contact your local Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. If you do not have a Stampin’ Up! and are in Canada, I can assist you in ordering. You can also follow me on Facebook by clicking here!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

My Crafting Era - Hobby Haven layout

Hello....today I have a scrapbook layout for you! 

For my December workshop, I was playing with the Hobby Haven DSP and had some fun with it. This one is all about crafting. If you look closely at the DSP, it has all kinds of craft items on it: sewing machines, embroidery, cross stitch, yarn, knitting needles, and crochet hooks, to name a few. It is a super fun, crafty page to document all your crafty endeavours. 

Products Used: (all products Stampin’ Up! Unless otherwise noted)

 

Paper:

- 167201 Hobby Haven

- Cardstock: Pecan Pie, White Willow, Petal Pink, Mossy Meadow, Cajun Craze, and Lost Lagoon

 

Stamps:

- 167107 Lasting Linen

 

Ink:

 - Pecan Pie

 

Die Cuts:

- 167208 Creative Haven dies

 

Embellishments:

167213 Earthy Matte Dots

 

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. I welcome any feedback. If you want help purchasing any of the products mentioned in my post today, don’t hesitate to contact your local Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. If you do not have a Stampin’ Up! and are in Canada, I can assist you in ordering. You can also follow me on Facebook by clicking here!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Curling Birthday - AHSC 638

Hello Hello! I have a card today using up some of my stash to make this custom card for the grandson of a family friend. I was given the information that his favourite colour is orange and he loves curling. 

The paper is a long retired CTMH Mix in, and the curling rocks were from Cricut. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I welcome any feedback. If you want help purchasing any of the products mentioned in my post today, don’t hesitate to contact your local Stampin’ Up! demonstrator. If you do not have a Stampin’ Up! and are in Canada, I can assist you in ordering. You can also follow me on Facebook by clicking here!

 

To play along with our challenge today at AHSC, click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Hip Hip Hooray - H2H Challenges

Hello! Welcome to another H2H challenge week. This week our challenge, should you accept it is is "Hip Hip Hooray." I have paired it with the Cake Day paper pack because is there a better paper pack to use for your celebrations? 

Supplies Used:

Paper:

- Cake Day with sticker sheet

- Black, White Daisy, Wildberry, Glacier, and Sundance

Embellishments:

- Black and White Enamel dots

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH Maker. If you do not have a CTMH Maker and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a Maker local to you for ordering. 

 

To play along with our challenge today at H2H Challenges, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

March / April New Product Blog Hop

 Hello! Welcome to the New Product Blog Hop for the March & April Idea Book. Tonight we have 13 CTMH consultants participating and showcasing projects we have created using products from this idea book. If you are joining me from Lauren Moore you are in the right space. 

Tonight I have a layout that I made using Cake Day for my March workshop. I love the bright bold colours in this one, it is so much fun! Most of the layout comes directly from the Cake Day collection, I used the paper pack with sticker sheet. I did add some Cricut cut flowers from the Celebrate layout on the Everyday Moments Cricut collection. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH Maker. If you do not have a CTMH Maker and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a Maker local to you for ordering. 

 

It is now time to "HOP" on over to Brenda Lapp and see what fun, fabulous project she has in store for us today! 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

July-August New Product Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to our blog hop tonight featuring new products that you can find in the CTMH July/August idea book. If you are joining me from the super talented Becca Whitham, welcome!  If you are starting here at my blog, welcome, we are glad to have you! We have 14 consultants sharing projects with us tonight so be sure to scroll through all the blogs by clicking the links at the end of each blog post. 

Now, onto the artwork! For tonight's project I am featuring our Wander paper pack. I love, love, love this paper pack and will be buying lots of it. For me and most of my customers the colours in this one paper was more of a desert feel to it (and while I do have pictures that will work with that from my childhood) living in Ontario, Canada we have more cottage than desert pictures so with the help of my Cricut and the Wander Cricut collection (click here to view it) I changed the feel of the paper to create a more cottage feel for both me and my customers. 

As you can see, this is the original design of the paper:

And I wanted to make a more cottage feel so I used the layout below that comes with the Wander Cricut collection to cut out the sand in Toffee, grass in Evergreen and water inGlacier card stock and layered it over the Paprika, Sundance and Peacock.  I also used the cloud from the layout below but cut them in White Daisy.  

For some added details, I "fussy" cut the title sticker that said Wander apart and popped the letters up with foam dimensional tape. The sun below, I took some Sundance card stock and cut the 2nd largest stitched Circle thin cut and popped it up over the spot where the sun was on the printed paper and stuck a cloud behind the sun. 

To finish the layout off, I added some White dots from the Black and White dots set, some trees that I cut out from the CTMH Timber Cricut collection and added some stickers from the sticker sheet. 

I hope you like the changes I made to this paper to adapt it more to fit the needs of the pictures I have. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH Maker. If you do not have a CTMH Maker and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a Maker local to you for ordering. 

 

It is now time to "hop" on over to the oh so talented Melissa Robinson at 

My Heartfelt Sentiments to see what fabulous artwork she has for us tonight. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

New Products Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the New Products blog hop! Tonight we are featuring products from the new Jan/Feb Idea book from Close to my Heart. If you are joining me from Alyson Mayo you are in the right spot! If you are joining the hop here with me welcome. As always if you get lost along the way you can always start at the beginning of the hop by clicking here. 

Now onto my project. This is a sneak peak at one of my workshop layouts. Home, where we... is the first of 3 layouts for my January workshop.

On this layout I used a few new products:

- Happiness lives here paper with sticker sheet

- D1985 - Happiness Lives Here - scrapbooking stamp set

- Happiness Lives Here Cricut Collection

Other products, all CTMH just not new to the Jan/Feb Idea book are:

- Cardstock: Sorbet, Blue Bell, Canary, Sage, Toffee, Peach, White Daisy, and Paprika

- Ink: Blue Belle and Paprika

- Flower Sequins

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH Maker. If you do not have a CTMH Maker and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a Maker local to you for ordering. 

 

it is now time to "hop" on over to Katy Taylor and check out her fabulous project!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Bloom With Grace - Cross Canada Blog Hop

 Hello and welcome to the September Cross Canada Blog Hop. Tonight Canadian Close to my Heart consultants are coming together to showcase artwork featuring the Bloom with Grace paper pack.  If you are joining me from Pam Furlong, welcome! If you are starting here, I hope you enjoy the artwork!

This is a layout I created for my monthly scrapbook workshop featuring Bloom with Grace. 

Products used:

Paper:
- Bloom with Grace

- White Daisy yardstick

Ink:

- Black Memento

Tri-Blend Markers

- Dull Green Blend

- Light Yellow Blend

- Ice Grey Blend

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

It is now time to hop on over to Michelle Stewart and see what great project she has come up with using the Bloom with Grace paper pack! 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Use your scraps - Technique Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the CTMH Consultants Technique blog hop, tonight consultants from all over will be showcasing our projects using only scraps. Tonight is all about how to make the most of the left overs from our previous projects. It could be ribbon, paper, shimmer trim, card stock, any kind of scraps that you might have, we want to see you use it up and what you do with it. If you are joining me from the ever talented Melissa Robinson welcome! 

For my project tonight I tried to use as many scraps as I could. I used the left over papers from the Timber paper pack. Now in terms of full disclosure I do have full sheets of this paper pack still but on his layout I only used paper or cardstock that had been previously cut for another project. I used the Sapphire and New England Ivy plaid on another layout so I had some pieces left. For the card stock, I keep every scrap I have so I never need to cut into a paper for small embellishments like the stars (cut with my Cricut using the Timber collection) and the photo mats, some scraps are bigger than others. 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Timber

- French Vanilla, Sapphire, Ruby and New England Ivy cardstock

Cricut:

- Timber collection

Thin Cuts:

- Hooray for today

Stamp:

- E1053 Can't Get Enough

Ink:

- Ruby, New England Ivy, Sapphire 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

It is now time to "hop" on over to the oh so talented Katy Taylor and see what fabulous stuff she has in store for us by using her scraps. If you get lost along the way, you can always click here to go to the start of the hop where you will find a full list of all those participating by clicking here.  

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Happy Birthday - AHSC 374

Hello Hello! Today is Wednesday and I have my project I created for the AHSC Design Team. You know my love of sketches and use them ALL the time to jump start my projects and designs!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Lagoon, Lemonade, Sweet Leaf, Smoothie, and Mint

- Stitched Together

Cricut:

- Stitched Together Collection

Stamp:

- A1244 A Little Sentiment

Ink:

- Black

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

To play along with our challenge today at AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

It WHALE be ok! - H2H Challenges

Hello! Welcome to Monday and another new challenge by H2H challenges. I have a fun card for you today as our theme this week is "So Punny" and is all about the Puns and I just love a good punny card, they are my favourite so the hardest thing about this challenge was deciding which Punny stamp set I was going to use!

I decided to use my Seas the Day card making kit and while it comes with some adorable cards, I decided to put my own spin on this one. I tried to create waves with the Borders Thin Cuts and I cut some clouds from the Cricut Artiste collection. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Seas the Day
- Sapphire, Smoothie, and White Daisy card stock

Thin Cuts:
- Z4241 Decorative Borders
- Z3657 Seas the Day Cardmaking Workshop 

Stamp:
- Z3657 Seas the Day Cardmaking Workshop 

Ink:
- Sapphire and Smoothie

Embellishments:
- Bitty Sparkles
- Black and White Dots
- Clear Shimmer Brush

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

To play along with our challenge today at H2H Challenges, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Adventure Family Time - H2H Challenges

Hello and Happy Monday to you all! Today I have new challenge for you from H2H Challenges. This week the theme challenge is "Cutting it Close" so for this challenge you need to cut something out either with a Cricut, a Thin Cut, or the good ole fashioned Fussy Cutting! 

For this challenge I am using one of the layouts I did for my upcoming Spruced Up workshop as it is full of Cricut cuts. Now in all fairness I did not design the left page, that is from the CTMH Complete Creativity Cricut Cartridge but I did add the second page on as it is a one page layout in the cartridge. 

I had a lot of fun creating this layout, but it is a lot of intricate Cricut cuts, but that is what I love about it, it is so detailed.

Products Used:

Paper:
- Spruced Up
- White Daisy, Glacier, Espresso, Fern, Evergreen, Toffee, and Sangria card stock

Embellishments:
- Clear Sparkles
- Bitty Sparkles

Cricut:
- Complete Creativity 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

To play along with our challenge today at H2H Challenges, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Spruced Up - Cross Canada Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Cross Canada Blog Hop! Tonight we are going to take you on a tour from East to West across Canada and show case how we Canadian consultants are using out Spruced Up paper packs. If you are joining me from Sheena or you are starting the hop here with me, I want to welcome you to my blog! If you have never done a blog hop before, just follow the links at the bottom of each blog and it will take you in a circle until you end up back at your starting blog! Lets get started!

Tonight I a sharing one of the 3 layouts I am doing for my Spruced Up workshop, Together...is my favourite place to be. 

Some of the finer details not visible in the full layout picture. I used my Cricut Sketch Pens to finish the title off. I also brought out some retired Fern burlap ribbon for the bow on the right page and added Clear Sparkles to the centres of the snowflakes. 

If you are interested in this or any of my workshops, please visit my facebook page here and find out when, where the workshops are located or how to get your own kit at home. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

It is time to move onto the very talented Valerie and their blog in this hop. Be sure to let us know along the way what you think of how we are using this fabulous paper pack. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Happy Birthday Cricut - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday to you! Today I bring you a fun card I made for the H2H Challenges All About Cricut theme. 

I made this card by cutting the flowers out on my Cricut and the Close to my Heart Cricut collection called Artistry, it was super quick and fun card to make. 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Every Little Thing

- White Daisy, Sapphire, and Julep card stock

Ink:

- Sapphire

Stamp:

- M1186 Happy Birthday

Cricut

- #M410487 Rose (Cricut Artistry)

Embellishments:

- Clear Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, I welcome any and all feedback. If you would like help with purchasing any of the products mentioned my post today, please contact your local CTMH consultant. If you do not have a CTMH consultant and are in Canada I can absolutely assist you in ordering. If you are in the United States, New Zealand or Australia, I can help you locate a consultant local to you for ordering. 

To play along with our challenge today at H2H Challenges, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi