Happy Birthday - AHSC 301

Hello and welcome to Wednesday post with a sketch from AHSC. I really liked todays sketch and found it super easy to work with, this card came together so quickly, I was shocked...

Here is the sketch and the card:

Products Used:

Paper:
- Something Fierce
- Pewter and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:
- Music Speaks

Ink:
- Black Memento
- Carolina, Bluebird, and Pewter

Embellishments:
- Black and White Enamel Dots

If you want to play along, click here to link up your project! We would love to see your take on this sketch!

Beautiful Friendship - AHSC 300

WOW! Today at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge we are bringing you our 300th sketch. I have not been a design team member since the beginning but I came aboard at Sketch 35 so I have been designing for them for quite a long time and I love it. Not only are the sketches great and I use them all the time for my cards and workshops but through it I have actually made a great friend in Michelle Stewart, the founder of the challenge site. So not only is it fun but it has been life changing for me. I would like to congratulate Michelle on 300 sketches, WOW...300 sketches that is huge. 

Now onto the sketch and my take on it. I will admit, some sketches are super easy to work with and some are more challenging to me and this one I struggled with big time. I walked away for a few days and came back to it and wow it came together in literally about 15 minutes, the longest part was colouring the flowers!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Something Fierce

- Ballerina and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- I Heart Us card making

Ink:

- Black Memento

- Ballerina, Bluebird, Carolina, Lemon, Pewter, and Willow

Embellishments:

- Clear Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. We would love to see your take on this sketch! Link up by clicking here!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Something Fierce Notecard - AHSC 299

Hello! Happy Wednesday to you. Today I have a card for the AHSC #299 (one away from our 300th sketch!) I am not going to lie, I am late linking up this card, this one was hard for me, I struggled with this card and I had to walk away, I was working on it yesterday and it just was a struggle, I got frustrated and gave up. Once the kids left for school I sat back down and it has come together pretty quickly and I am actually really happy with how it turned out. Some times you just need a fresh perspective!

Products used:

Paper:
- Something Fierce
- Ballerina, White Daisy, Mink, Pewter

Thin Cuts:
- Circle

Silhouette:
- Hexagon Shapes by KI Memories
- 4 Hearts by Lori Whitlock
- Carta Bella Banners by Carta Bella

To join us and play along with us at AHSC click here, we would love to see what you come up with for this challenge.

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

Technique Time - H2H Challenges

Hello! Welcome to a new week at Heart 2 Heart challenges! This week we have a fun challenge for you, it is a technique challenge so dust off those stamp sets, we want to see a stamped background! The stamps, design, colours you use are all up to you, but lets see your creativity in making a project with an all stamped background!

Here is what I came up! I am busy working on my Something Fierce workshop so it was natural that I went with the colours and stamps that went with it. 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Something Fierce

- White Daisy and Willow Card stock

Ink:

- Willow, Bluebird, Lemon, and Carolina

Stamp:

- Something Fierce card making

Embellishments:

- Black and White Dots

We would love to see your take on this technique challenge, to play along you have until January 31st and just click here to get more inspiration and to link up. 

Until next time...happy crafting!

Brandi

Something Fierce Cross Canada Blog Hop

Welcome to the Cross Canada Blog Hop, in this blog hop CTMH consultants from across Canada will feature artwork they have created using our new Something Fierce paper pack. Something Fierce is the first paper pack featured in the Seasonal Expressions I idea book. If your starting at my blog you are starting in Ontario and will work your way out to B.C. then looping back to the East Coast. If you want to start out east, click here to start with Michelle in Nova Scotia. 

If you are following the loop you came here from Diana's blog you are right on track!

Now onto my project! I am loving the dino theme of this paper. I don't have boys but I love creating for the little guys, this is one of the layouts for my upcoming workshop for Something Fierce...a lot of CTMH paper automatically lends itself to girls and women so when one comes up with a hint of boy or male influence I take full advantage for my customers who have boys but really this layout could be used for any wee little one!

Products Used:

Paper:
- Something Fierce
- Bluebird, Ballerina, Lemon, Pewter, Willow, Raspberry and White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Raspberry, Willow, and Pewter

Stamps:
- Something Fierce Scrapbooking 

Embellishments:
- Clear Sparkles
- Black and White Dots

Thank you for stopping by and visiting me on the hop, you can now "hop" on over to Janet's blog and check out her awesome artwork. 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today, I hope you find lots of inspiration along the "hop"

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Love....H2H Important Things

Christmas is usually a time of year that brings out the jolliest, happiest and most loving memories in families and for our family this is especially true this Christmas. Since the Fall of 2011 my husband and I have been fostering with the hope of adopting three beautiful little girls, our intent from day one was to adopt and in working with our local children's agencies we were placed with 3 beautiful little girls, all sisters who needed a stable and loving home. How does Christmas tie into this you ask? Well, on December 21st our prayers were answered, we received a Christmas Miracle and the adoption of our little girls, now young ladies was finalized and we are now and forever a family! The road was long, silly, hard, emotional, crazy, exhausting, wacky, and wonderful all at the same time and one I would willing start all over again if it meant I got to call these girls my daughters. 

I made this card, the first of many...to thank our friends, family and loved ones for supporting us on this journey. As I said, it was not always easy but we were never alone in this process. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Something Fierce
- Ballerina, Mink, and White Daisy

Ribbon:
- Z4145 Light Grey

Embellishments:
- Beautiful Friendship Bows (retired)
- Enamel Gems Grey (retired)

Stamp:
- A1098 Adoption (retired - I have been holding onto this one and hoping for a long time!)

Ink:
- Pewter

Thin Cuts:
- Border Thin Cuts
- Stitched Ovals
- Ovals

And here we are....a forever family!

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

Card Captions - Janaury SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring January's SOTM, which is Card Captions, a set of  26 stamps.  If you have come here from Gina Brandstetter'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:  http://ifyoublingit.blogspot.com/p/stamp-of-month-blog-hop-list.html.

This month we have 18 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!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Something Fierce

- Willow, Bluebird, Ballerina, and White Daisy card stock.

Embellishments:

- Black and White Dots

- Whisper Extra Thick Twine

Stamp:

- Card Caption - January SOTM

Ink:
- Willow

Thin Cuts:

- Decorative Borders

Now "Hop" on over to Michelle Loncar'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 January SOTM is only available until 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Thanks for stopping by!

Brandi