Sending Smiles - H2H Photo Inspiration

Hello and Happy Monday to you! I come to you today with another design for the H2H challenges design team and this time it is a photo inspiration challenge. Use the photo below to inspire your project in any way. 


Here is the photo for inspiration:

And here is what I was created:

I was inspired by the soft colours of the card, it was almost muted colours to me and I love Green so I ran with it but using Mint for a softer look. I used a sponge to sponge on Mint, Ballerina and Wisteria and then used the Stamp of the Month, Floral Celebration to stamp the flowers in black. I second generation stamped some ink spots in Wisteria behind the sentiment. I finished it off with a scallop thin cut border and some White 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 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

Floral Celebration - SOTM BH

Hello and welcome to the August Stamp of the Month Blog Hop! Tonight Close to My Heart consultants from all over the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand will be coming together to showcase artwork they created using the August Stamp of the Month - Floral Celebration. 

If you are joining me from Gina Brandstetter, welcome, you are in the right place and if you are starting here..welcome!

Tonight I have two cards I created using this stamp set. I love how I got two completely different looks just by changing the colours I used. I used both of our current paper packs Timber and Summer Vibes, I actually used some scraps I had...I love when I can use up my scraps!

Card 1 - Timber. 
I used the wood grain paper from the Timber paper pack and paired it with the large bracket thin cut. My ink colours are some of my favourites, Ruby, Saffron, Fern and Sapphire. And just added a few clear sparkles to finish it off. 

Card 2 - Summer Vibes

I used some Glacier, Candy Apple and White Daisy card stock. On this one I random stamped the flowers in Candy Apple, Lemonade, Glacier, Nectarine, and Smoothie. I stamped the sentiment in Black ink to help ground it a bit. I used some red Shimmer Trim, the scalloped oval is from the Stitched Together 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 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 very talented Colleen Dewis

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Give Thanks - H2H Challenges

Hello! Can you believe it is September already? I am so sad to see summer go but not going to lie, I do love fall too (I am just not a fan of what comes after fall!)

The new Share the Seasons set of stamps and thin cuts is just too cute so I had to get it out and play with it. I random stamped some of the fall imagines onto White Daisy card stock and coloured the images in with a variety of Comic and Shin Han markers. 

I used my scallop border to cut the top border out of Saffron card stock and the banner is cut from Toffee card stock and it was embossed using the CTMH Wood Slats embossing folder, I felt the card needed a bit of dimension and texture. I finished it off with the No Worries sequins which have a wood grain look to them. 

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

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Love so Sweet - April SOTM BH

Welcome to the April Stamp of the Month Blog hop. Each month, on the first of the month several CTMH consultants come together and share a project (or two or three) that we have created using the newest monthly Stamp of the Month. This is a great way to show the versatility of the stamp set, get ideas from consultants all over and see how we all use this stamp set. This stamp set is loaded with 26 super adorable stamps, so there is something for any type of project. I can see it used a lot on both cards and layouts!

 

If you are here you are either joining me from the amazing Wendy Kessler blog or starting here at my blog, either way, welcome, I am thrilled you are here! For my project, I have created a card with some random stamped flowers and butterflies from the Love So Sweet SOTM, I also fussy cut the flowers and some leaves and paired it with the So Much Happy paper. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- So Much Happy
- Mint and White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Sapphire, Mint, Clover, and Lagoon 

Stamp:
- S1904 Love So Sweet

Thin Cuts:
- Basic Circles
- Stitched Circles

Embellishments:
- Clear Sparkles
- Zig black pen (not CTMH)

If you see any products along the hop that you would like to purchase, please visit your local consultants website, if you do not have a consultant and are in Canada I would be happy to assist you with an order. If you live outside Canada I can help you find a local consultant in the US, Australia or New Zealand. 

Now it is time to hop on over to the very talented Brenda Lapp and her amazing blog! Please share the love and let us know what you like about all of our projects as you travel through the hop, we all love and welcome feedback on our projects. 

Thanks for stopping by on the hop!

Stampganza - SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to another Blog Hop...today we are bringing you a sampling of cards, layouts and projects featuring stamps that are available in the Stampganza sale that is going on with Close to my Heart in the month of July. If you have not heard, Stampgaza is buy 2 stamp sets and get the 3rd FREE (of equal or lessor value)!

You have should have come to me from Brenda Lapp's Blog....

Today I am going back and pulling up some of my previous work that features stamps that you can get as part of this sale. 

 The background of the Hero card is White Daisy card stock with  Ruby, Tangerine, Lemon, Willow, Pacifica, and Thistle sponged on to create the rainbow affect.

 Stamps featured:

- D1781 Let's Go Fishing

- D1782 Real Heroes
- M1186 Happy Birthday

Paper Packs Featured:
- Central Park
- Fresh Air

If you get lost along the blog you can always start over here. Now it is time to head off to Vickie O'Dell's Blog If you see any artwork you like, please be sure to leave comments along the way.... 

If you see anything you like and want to order, please contact your CTMH consultant or if in Canada contact me at here!

Have fun!
Brandi

Going Green - H2H Challenges

For those of you in March Break week like me, Happy March Break! With the kidlets home I am running a bit behind in my posting duties, I hope you will forgive me. Today I have a card that I created for the Heart 2 Heart challenges design team. This week the challenge is Green! Use green in your project in honour of St. Patrick's Day. Here is my project:

Products used:

Paper:
- Make Waves
- White Daisy and Emerald card stock

Stamp:
-D1764 Make Waves Scrapbooking


Ink/Colouring:
-Watercolour Pencils
- Clear Shimmer Brush
- Black
- Emerald

Thanks for stopping by and visiting today. I would love to see what you come up with Green in it. Join us at H2H challenges by clicking here! You have all month to get your project done so plenty of time to play along!