Get Your Spook On - Freshly Made

Hello! Today I have a Halloween card for you, as I have mentioned in previous posts I am making some Halloween cards for my mother in law and her friends to send to their grandchildren. I decided to check out Freshly Made Sketches for some inspiration on the current card I am working on. 

Above is the sketch that I used and below is my card I tried to stay super close to the sketch but it was a lot of white space for me, which I love on others projects feel like mine look so silly. I added some ink sponging to fill up some space and add colours but not with paper or bulk.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Spooktacular (retired)

- White Daisy cardstock

Ink:

- Lemonade

- Nectarine

Tri-Blend Markers

- Purple Blend

- Brown Grey Shades

- Light Yellow Blend

Stamp:

- D1439 Spook Alley (retired)

Embellishments:

- Z3314 Dots - Black & White

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. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Grade 2 - Smarty pants - H2H Splatter It!

Hello and welcome to another challenge from H2H challenges; this week our challenge is for you to Splatter it! The challenge is to splatter ink, shimmer brush, water colour, or anything that will splatter on your layout. If your link me and want a controlled splatter you can use a stamp that has that splatter look. 

On my layout I have some Nectarine "splatter" on the right page in the lower left of the picture and on the left page peaking out from behind the picture. 

For this layout I used the following products:

Paper:

- Smarty Pants

- Candy Apple, Sapphire, Avocado, Capri, and Sundance cardstock

Stamps:

- Z3976 Smarty Pants Stamp + Thin Cuts

- Z3373 School Kids Stamp & Thin Cuts (retired)

Ink:

- Nectarine, Sapphire, Intense Black, Capri

Spectrum Noir:

- Coral Blend, Fair Skin, Gold Brown, Citrus Green

 

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

Isabella Thinking of you - AHSC 439

Hello! Today I am bringing you a project I made for both my Isabella card workshop and my AHSC Design team project. 

I know I always say this but I really loved playing with this paper pack. I just love the bright bold colours and it was a fun switch from the very outdoorsy feel (which I also loved) of the Wander paper pack. I also loved how cheerful the papers made me feel, the bright bold blues and yellows were perfect to me to brighten someones day and with all going on in this world, everyone knows someone who can use some cheering up! 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Isabella

- White Daisy, Lemonade, and Bluebird card stock

Stamp/Thin Cut:

- Z3963 Isabella - Scrapbooking Stamp and Thin Cuts

Inks:

- Blue Bird

- Intense Black

Tri- Blend Markers

- Citrus Blend

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

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Celebrate - H2H Get Inky

 Hello and Happy Monday! Today I have a card for you for the Heart 2 Heart Challenges Design Team; our challenge this week is to get inky! Use ink on your project in any way shape of or form. 

For the challenge, I did some stencilling, stamping, and colouring on this card I made for my daughters grade 8 graduation. I used one of the CTMH Stencils to create the heart background on White Daisy card stock. I used Canary and Flamingo inks for the hearts. For the Party Girl I used our Intense Black ink to stamp her outline. I coloured her in using my Spectrum Noir Tai-blend markers. The colours I used were Tan Blend (hair), Pale Pink and Light Yellow Blend (dress and shoes), Fair skin, and black (soles of shoes). I accidentally coloured the top part of her dress with the darkest of the tri-blend but I went with it and used the lighter on the bottom portion to make it look almost like an organza type of dress. I did not think of it before I took the picture but after I did add a light coat with the clear shimmer brush to give the dress a bit of a sparkle.  I finished it off with 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 BLOG NAME, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 
 
Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Outdoor Borders - June SOTM

Hello and welcome to the June Stamp of the Month blog hop. Tonight we have 16 Close to my Heart consultants showcasing artwork featuring the June Stamp of the Month...Outdoor Borders. This stamp set is available starting today and runs through the end of June, so if you want it, do not delay! If you are joining me from Show and Tell with Michelle, welcome! If you are starting here at my blog, welcome!

            

Now onto the fun and artwork. I had a few minutes in between workshops and decided to use up some of my Hillside Cottage leftovers to create a layout. I went looking for some summery outdoor pictures I have to get scrapped to use this stamp set on. I know this set will work great for my cottage photos but I had none to scrapbook. I did however, have photos from a local event called Ribfest. This is not something I ever knew of before moving to Canada but it is a big BBQ weekend event that rotates through the province (and possibly the country) through the summer with rib and BBQ vendors competing against each other for the best ribs. I personally hate ribs, anything attached to a bone I can not eat but my husband and kids are crazy for them so I suffer in silence, eating a pulled pork sandwich while they all chow down, it is definitely a highlight of the summer for them!

I did not use the stamp set as a border. If you look above the flower cluster on the left page to the left of the title you will see a stamped image saying "summer days" that was from the border saying "sweet summer days". On the right page if you look at the 3 photos that are 3 X 3 you you will see some word bubbles and such, they are small (sorry) in the photo below I have added arrows to highlight where the bubbles I used are. Going left right across in the picture of my daughter chomping on a rib is "good vibes" stamped in Paprika, in the middle towards the upper right corner is "Summer Love" stamped in Blue Belle, and in the lower right corner of the right photo is "fun" stamped in Flamingo.

I have also added the "hello summer" with the sun on a banner/pennant coming off the right edge of the right page. I stamped this in Intense black ink and coloured the sun with the Citrus Blend Tri-Blend marker. 

Full Product List:

Paper:

- Hillside Cottage

- New England Ivy and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Canary, New England Ivy, Flamingo, Intense Black, Blue Belle, and Paprika.

Stamps:

- D2022 Stars and Sparklers scrapbooking

- Z3925 Food + Memories

- S2106 Outdoor Borders

Thin Cuts:

- Z3386 Block Alphabet (in clearance section if you like the letters used for the title grab it fast!)

Tri-Blend Marker:

- Citrus 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 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 over to Wendy Kessler's blog to see what fabulous artwork she has for us. If you get lost along the way, just click here to get the full list of participants!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Yoo Hoo! AHSC 409

 Hello! Welcome to Wednesday and another creation I have made. I made this card for dual purposes, I needed a card for my workshop and for the Design Team at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge so as I often do, I combined them and used the sketch for one of the cards (most of the cards) for my workshop! 

I had a lot of fun making this card, I thought this would be a cute card to send to a special child in your life to give them a lift during these tough times and what kids don't enjoy getting snail mail?

The inside of this card has a special treat in stamping, lots of little buddies to say HI! to the special recipient of the card! 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Sweet Safari

- White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- C1856 Little Buddies 

Ink:

- Black Memento

Spectrum Noir Tri Blend Markers

- Gold Brown Blend

- Ice Grey Blend

- Pale Pink Blend

- Earth Brown Blend

- Black

- Brown Grey Blend

- Tan 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 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

Gnome Christmas - AHSC #399

 Hello! Today I have been busy working on some Christmas cards, I am behind in getting my cards out but I will be getting them out! Sadly my husband has contracted COVID19 and so the last few weeks while in quarantine with 3 young kids who were super bummed to be missing school was a bit hectic and chaotic so I am a bit behind on my cards...but better late than never!

Having sketches to work off of is making the process a bit faster and easier and the AHSC are always a great resource for me when I am needing inspiration!

I used the Gnome for Christmas stamp set with Thin Cuts, Jingle Joy paper and Raspberry card stock. 

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

Blissful Brackets - Technique Blog hop

 Hello and welcome to the technique blog hop tonight. Tonight CTMH consultants from all over will featuring projects using our various bracket thin cuts to show how you can mix them up and create all different kinds of projects with them. If you are joining me from Darlys Recker

You are in the right place! If you get lost along the way just click here!

Now onto my projects:

Merry and Bright...I was inspired by Julie Carrier with this one, the snow on the bracket, so simple yet I would have never thought of doing this. I love that idea so I borrowed it. 

This one is a bit of a joke, I realize the paper(Oh Deer) is long retired but I just had to use it with this stamp from the Black Friday sale on a card for my mother in law, she say "Oh Dear" to everything so it was perfect for her. She also loves the birch wood and deer look so I pulled it out for a special card for her. This is actually going to be a Thank you card for her, we have all had quite a year and 2 weeks ago, after doing everything possible to protect our family from COVID my husband got it and she and my father in law have been fabulous in shopping for us, bringing us supplies and ordering take out for me so I don't need to cook so while it is retired, it is perfect for her and has a bracket so I included it!

Who does not love these little Gnomes. This is just a fun one I put together using our Jingle Joy papers and the Gnome for Christmas stamp and Thin cut set. 

While the stamp set was only available during the Black Friday sale, I just had to use it considering we are a COVID house in lockdown for some of our Christmas cards! If we cant find humour in this horrible situation we will definitely go bonkers, at least in this house. And I do know there is nothing funny about COVID, I just have to laugh to stay sane. My husband is extremely high risk, so I get the severity of this situation!

This layout features the Party Time paper pack and was featured on the H2H challenges blog but after I posted it, I realized I never did any journalling on the layout so I grabbed some Glacier card stock and my bracket thin cut and typed up some journaling and put the bracket thin cut through my printer to print right onto it. 

Here is a closer look at the journaling block!

It is now time to hop on over to Tamara Sandwisch and see what fabulous artwork she has for you tonight!

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. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Peace on Earth - H2H Challenges

 Hello! Today I have a Christmas card for you! At this time of year it is all about Christmas so this weeks challenge from Heart 2 Heart should not be a surprise either, the challenge is Peace on Earth. 

So as I sat down to create cards for this challenge I came to a shocking realization that with my far to many Christmas stamps, not one has the sentiment Peace on Earth on it, can you believe that? I, personally was shocked! I do know that I tend not to get stamps that are to religious in feel for my workshops and try to keep to simple sayings like Merry Christmas and generic stuff as that but I thought for sure I would have at least one...but NOPE! So I have to share just a Christmas card with a generic Christmas saying!

This is one of the cards I created for my Jingle Joy workshop, I don't what it is about this little reindeer but I just love him, he looks so peaceful and that is why I chose him for this card and this challenge! I think he would be super cute with ornaments hanging off his antlers too, I may have to try to that! 

Products Used:

Paper:

- Jingle Joy

- Evergreen, Raspberry and White Daisy

Stamp:

- The Jubilee Crew

Tai-blend Markers

- Tan Blend

- Bright Pink blend

- Black

Ink:

- Black Memento

- Evergreen

Embellishments:

- Clear Sparkles

Christmas Cardinal

 Hello, Happy Monday to you! It is that time, time to start with posting Christmas cards! I hold off as long as possible but the challenge this week from Heart 2 Heart  Challenges is Christmas is Coming Early so a Christmas card it is! It is all good, I need to get started on my Comfort and Joy workshops so it is my kick in the bum I need!

As soon as I saw this stamp set I had to have it. I love it for winter and Christmas cards. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Comfort and Joy

- Scarlet, New England Ivy, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- C1871 Christmas Cardinal

Ink:

- Black Memento

Tri-blend markers

- Earth Brown

- Dark Red

- Dull Green 

- Light Yellow

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 H2H Challenges, simply click here for all the information and entry requirements for this challenge. 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Teeny Tiny - H2H Challenges

 Hello and Happy Monday! This is my first Monday in 6 months with the kids back in school! I am not confident we wont get shut down, cases are on the rise but until then I am going to enjoy my break and craft, craft craft....while I can! I love my kiddos but the break and routine are nice!

Now onto my project! Today I have a card I made for the H2H Challenges Design Team and our challenge this week is Teeny Tiny! I have had this stamp set C1856 Little Buddies for a while and just have not had the time to play with it and was so happy that they are tiny little characters so I could create with it. Are they just not the cutest? And I did not even use them all, there is a fox, a hedgehog, a panda, a penguin, a kitty, and an owl, in addition to the cutie pies I used!

I felt if I put a character in each circle it might be a bit to much so I backed some of the circles with some of our new Lovely paper (isn't it so pretty?) I coloured all the little buddies with CTMH's Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend markers. And used the Multi Circle Thin Cut to cut the Ballerina card stock. 

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

Thank you - Sunflower - H2H Challenges

Hello and Happy Monday! We are now in September and I am super excited to finally get to show off the new goodies that launched with Close to My Heart on September 1st. But first, this weeks challenge....our challenge is called "Wood you rather?" It is open to interpretation but I took it as wood....wood grain paper, my favourites so I am all in for this one! 

Here is what I came up with:

Products Used:

Paper:

- Bloom with Grace

- Timber

- Fern and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Espresso

- Rich Cocoa Memento Ink

Tri-Blend Markers:

- Dull Green Blend

- Citrus Green Blend

- Light Yellow Blend

Stamp & Thin Cuts

- Z3770 Bloom with Grace - card making

Embellishments:

- Gold 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 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