Happy Birthday - AHSC 681

Hello! 

I have been busy working on some cards for some upcoming vendor shows, and this is another one. I am also trying to use up some stash; this was created with a CTMH Mix-In paper pack sold by Stampin' Up! The cattails remind me of the cottage. I love the feel of this card; it all reminds me of the lazy days of Summer at the cottage. I am so ready for those lazy days. 

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

 

Paper:

- CTMH Mix In

 

Stamps:

- Paper Pumpkin (do not recall which one)

 

Ink:

- Memento Cocoa

 

Die Cuts:

- CTMH (retired) The Lake Life cardmaking kit

 

Embellishments:

 

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!

 

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

Here's to a Bright Future - AHSC 680

 Hello! Welcome to Grad season! I have been working a lot of vendor events, and as we approach grad season, I am working on some graduation cards. For this one, I stuck to the classic black and, in this case, an off-white. 

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

 

Paper:

- Mix In (retired)

 

Stamps:

- For the Grad (retired CTMH)

 

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black

 

Die Cuts:

- Z4181 Stitched Circles (retired)

- Z3639 Scalloped Circle (retired)

 

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!

 

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

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

Thanks a Bunch - AHSC 574

Hello! Super proud of my consistency, life is being good and not interrupting my crafty time these days and I am loving that! I am back with another card for the AHSC design team.  

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In

- Sapphire and White Daisy cardstock

 

Stamps:

- Z7136 Honey Bunny cardmaking stamp set + thin cuts

 

Ink:

- Sapphire and Intense Black

 Embellishments:

- White enamel dots (retired)

- Silver Embellishing Thread (retired)

 

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

So Grateful - AHSC 572

Happy Monday! Today I am bringing you a card for our AHSC. I am in the process of building up my card stash and I use a lot of thank-you cards, so you will see a lot of those in the coming posts. 

For this week, I made two cards, the first was the Bon Voyage but it just did not feel right to me, I tried to create a different take on the sketch but it was just missing something so I created the Glacier plaid card and I was more fitting of the sketch. 

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In

- Wisteria and Sage card stock

 

Stamps:

- Z7136 Honey Bunny - Cardmaking

- CM022 Sweet Memories Cardmaking workshop

 

Ink:

- Intense Black, Flamingo, Honey Butter, Limeade, and Sage.

 

Embellishments:

- Sugar Plum Shimmer Brush (retired)

 

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Birthday Wishes - AHSC 530

Hello! I am back with a cute little birthday card for my stash. This is made up of scraps, I used scraps from the Mix in paper collection and the tea cup and flowers were left over from a workshop I did during COVID. I don't remember which one but I always cut some extras just in case the Silhouette or Cricut munch the paper while cutting so I always have some tid bits laying around and I am trying to use them up!

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In

- Lagoon

- Lemonade

- Candy Apple

- Glacier

- White Daisy

 

Stamps:

-D1514 Just a number (retired)

 

Ink:

- Lagoon

 

Embellishments:

- 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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Miss You - AHSC 529

 Hello! Happy Wednesday! I am back with another card for the AHSC for this week. My stock of cards has diminished so I am building up my stock again. 

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In

 

Stamps:

- CC3234 Dream Maker

- RYW 146 Exciting Times

 

Ink:

- Intense Black

- Flamingo

- Green Apple

- Lemonade

- Glacier

 

 

Thin Cuts:

- Circles

 

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 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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Floral Thank You - AHSC 522

Hello! Today I have a card for you from the AHSC for Sketch #522. I had a fun time playing with the papers and stamps, I wanted to be creative and wanted a faster project than a layout, so I spent a few hours making some cards. 

with the Mix In paper pack and the . I used the Light Yellow Blend, Coral Blend, and Light Green Blend of the Tri-Blend Markers and added a touch of the Silver Shimmer Trim. 

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In Paper Pack

 

Stamps:

- Z4666 Flora Blooms Stamp and Thin Cuts set

 

Ink:

- Intense Black Ink

 

Markers:

- Light Yellow Blend

- Coral Blend

- Light Green Blend

Embellishments:

- Silver Shimmer Trim

 

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Thank You Bunches - AHSC 520

Hello! Happy Wednesday! I have been so busy creating and so bad at posting lately, I so need to get better at that! But I do have a card I made for the Atlantic Hearts Design team. I did follow the sketch pretty closely, there is a postage stamp shaped rectangle behind the circle sentiment but most of it is covered by my flowers and blending in with the plaid background! It does show up better in person...lol

Products Used:

 

Paper:

- Mix In

- Glacier and White Daisy Cardstock

 

Stamps:

- S2303 Precious Moments

 

Ink:

- Intense Black

- Flamingo

- Capri

- Wisteria

 

Markers:

- Tri Blend Dull Green (darkest shade)

 

Thin Cuts:

- Postage Stamp Thin Cuts (retired)

 

Embellishments:

- Liquid Pearls

 

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Thank You Mix In - AHSC 492

Hello! Today I have for you a card I made using the AHSC sketch #492. This was a fun card to do after playing with the fall muted colours of some previous projects I have been working on, I needed bright and cheerful so I pulled out one of my CTMH Mix In paper packs. For the flowers I used the new Floral Blooms stamp and thin cuts (D2119) and I am in love with these flowers, there are so many, I only show two here but there are so many more that I did not use, you can see them all below! The colours I used were Avocado, Lemonade, Nectarine, Flamingo and Black. 

Floral Blooms stamp and thin cuts (D2119)

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Thank You - AHSC 491

Hello! I am back and today I have a super bright and fun card for you. I used the sketch from AHSC #491. I had fun playing with the flowers and the bright colours from the Mix In paper pack and thought they were perfect for the flowers. I used the black to tone down the brightness a wee bit. 

I used the stamp and thin cut from the Card Creativity special for National Stamping Month, I am having so much fun playing with this one, I love the sentiments and the flowers. This is available until October 31, 2022 while supplies last. 

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

You're the Best - AHSC #490

Hello ! I am back with another card featuring the Card Creativity special that is going on right now.  For this card I used the current CTMH Mix In paper with some White Daisy and Sapphire card stock. I added the flowers from the Hello Fabulous stamp and thin cut along with the sentiment. I pulled out my Love of Colour book to choose colours that go great with Sapphire and it recommended some older retired colours so I pulled them out and had some fun playing with them, they were Fern (an all time favourite of mine), Raspberry and Goldrush.

As you can see in the sketch the sentiment area is a square not rectangle but I decided to make mine a bit bigger as the flowers I was using were on the larger size and I needed more room for them but that is the great thing about sketches, they are just jumping off points and you can alter them to meet your needs. 

Above is the stamp I used for the card; I used the stamp and thin cuts but did not use the stencil as of yet. It is available through October 31, 2022 while supplies last!

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Many Thanks - AHSC 469

 Happy Wednesday to you! I have a card for you today that I created for the AHSC Design team. I am still playing with the Layered Flowers Thin Cuts and having so much fun with them!

As you can see from the sketch below, I flipped this one on its side. I flipped it because the black patterned paper had words in it and they would be going the wrong direction and well we can't have that...lol

Products Used:

Paper:

- Mix In (Mar/Apr 2022)

- Green Apple, Nectarine, Lemonade, Glacier, Wild Berry, Black and White Daisy

Thin Cuts:

- Square Windows Slimline Thin Cuts

- Layered Flowers

Ink:

- Wild Berry

Stamps:

- CC3228 Many Wishes

Embellishments

- Silver Glitter Gems

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Layered Flowers Birthday - H2H Challenges

Hello and welcome to another fun challenge from H2H design team! This week our theme for the challenge is Flora or Fauna. So show us projects with flowers or animals! 

I have a fun floral slimline card that I created for this challenge, I worked on a layout recently with these flowers and had a bunch left over so I created a card with some of them. 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Mix In (Mar/Apr)

- White Daisy, Green Apple, Lemonade, Wildberry, Glacier, and Black cardstock

Thin Cuts:

- Layered Flowers

- Square Windows Slimline 

Embellishments:

- Silver Glitter Gems

Ink

- Intense Black

Stamp:

- Thoughtful Florals

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

Holy Cow - AHSC Sketch 460

Hello! Today I have a card I made for you the AHSC design team and it is one of the cards for my February card workshop.

For this card, I used the now sold out Udderly Wonderful stamp + Thin Cut set. The stamp is available still but the set with Thin Cuts is sold out, sadly. Below is my card and the sketch. I had to flip the card as When I was stamping the sentiment on the inside, I was not paying attention and I had stamped it in the wrong direction...opps...no worries, nothing is glued down yet so just flip it. I felt the card needed a bit more so I added some dots to dress it up a bit. Super simple card but the colouring on the cow gives it some pizzaz if you ask me!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Mix In (Jan - Feb)

- Mink and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Intense Black

- Tri- Blend Markers

o   Snout – Pale Pink

o   Light area around the snout is Fair Skin Blend

o   Fur is Medium and Light of Tan Blend

o   Spots is Dark Earth Brown

o   Flowers are Light Yellow, Light Green, Purple, Antique Pink, and Coral Blends

Embellishments:

- Black and White Dots

Stamps:

- Z4026 Udderly Wonderful Stamp + Thin Cuts

Thin Cuts:

- Z4260 Stitched Rectangle Frames

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 AHSC, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi