Merry Little Christmas - AHSC 244

Merry Christmas!

I hope you and your family have a warm, loving and fabulous day today.

 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Beary Christmas
- White Daisy and Cranberry card stock

Ink:
- Cranberry

Stamp:
- B1455 Be Jolly (retired)

Embellishments:
- Z3024 White Shimmer Trim

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I welcome any and all feedback on my designs.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

St. Nick - AHSC 243

St, Nick made an appearance at my workshop this month! I just adore this little Santa. I love the simplicity of this card. the stripped paper and the holly leaves leave the focus on Jolly ole St. Nick.

 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Beary Christmas
- White Daisy, New England Ivy, and Cranberry card stock

Ink:
- Black
- Cranberry

Stamp:
- Z4046 Beary Christmas card making and Thin Cuts

Embellishments:
- Z1848 Red Shimmer Trim

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I welcome any and all feedback on my designs.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Merry Everything - AHSC 242

Hi! Today I have a fun card for you. I just adore these gingerbread men thin cuts and stamp. How adorable are they. I going to make gingerbread people with my girls this year just so that I can use these on a layout...yeah I do stuff like that!

 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Beary Christmas
- White Daisy and New England Ivy card stock

Ink:
- Toffee
- Cranberry
- Black

Stamp:
- S1510 Twinkle (retired)
- Z3378 Gingerbread Friends

Embellishments:
- Z3090 Red Enamel Gems

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I welcome any and all feedback on my designs.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Warm Wishes - AHSC 241

Here is the next card we created in my Beary Christmas workshop. I just adore the sentiment on this card so I wanted to make it the focal point so I matted rather than stamping directly onto the paper.

I also kept this one simple to let the poinsettia paper stand out. Poinsettias are very special to me, my mother who passed away 14 years ago absolutely loved Christmas and especially poinsettias. This paper actually reminded me of a Christmas eve we had that just made my mom so happy. My oldest brother worked at a department store called Gemco (no longer in business, it is now a Target) and he had to work Christmas eve. After closing the store managers told the employees they could take home any of the remaining live Christmas flowers as no one would want them on the 26th once Christmas is over. Most of his friends left empty handed, he was a teenager after all, what teenage boy is going to pick up a poinsettia? My brother sure did and not just one, his manager said take what you want so he took A LOT. We were not home, if I remember correctly we were at my aunts house that night when he got off work and he put them all over our house. I will never forget how beautiful our house looked with all the poinsettias and how absolutely stunned and happy my mom was when she saw what he did. Such a small gesture but instead of going out with his friends, he did this for her. I think of it every year and I must have a poinsettia in my home at Christmas to have a bit of my mom with me over the holidays.

Products Used:

Paper:
- Beary Christmas
- White Daisy, New England Ivy, and Cranberry card stock

Ink:
- New England Ivy

Stamp:
- M1182 Mistletoe Kisses

Embellishments:
- Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I welcome any and all feedback on my designs.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

A Little Bit of Pun - SOTM Blog Hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring December SOTM, which is A Little Bit of Pun, a set of 17 stamps.  If you have come here from
Priscilla Gotham'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 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!

Here is my project for the month. I just love these "punny" stamp sets, the minute I see them, I order them. I just love the cheeky nature of them. I really enjoyed playing with the Fundamentals on my Girl Guide layout so I got them out again for this card.

Project Details:

Paper:
- Adventure Fundamentals
- White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Black, Pear, and Blossom

Stamps:
- S1712 - A Little Bit of Pun

Tools:
- Water blending pen Medium

Now "Hop" on over to  Jean McNulty's 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 November SOTM is only available until November 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Girls Night Out - H2H Anything Goes

This week at Heart 2 Heart we are having an Anything Goes theme and I have a layout that I did a few months ago that I never posted but it is one of my favourites and I really was very proud of this layout so even though the paper pack is retired I am going to post it anyways. I did this one for one of my workshops from the Prickly Pear paper pack and really loved how different it was to the image of Prickly Pear with the Cacti and Llamas.
The title was cut out using my Silhouette and some fonts I had on my computer.

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and see what I created. We would love to see what you come up with.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Joy - AHSC #239



Hello...Happy Holidays. Over the next few posts you will see the cards that were featured in my Beary Christmas card workshop. I will be honest, I was not 100% sure if I liked this paper when it first came out, the bears, I was like really...Christmas Bears? But I am a convert. I love the paper. It was so fun and easy to work with. I hope you like my Beary Christmas cards!

 

 

 



Products Used:

Paper:
- Beary Christmas
- White Daisy Cardstock

Ink:
- New England Ivy
- Cranberry

Stamp:
- Z4046 Beary Christmas card making and Thin Cuts

Embellishments:
- Z3090 Red Enamel Gems

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I welcome any and all feedback on my designs.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Just for Fun Blog Hop

Welcome to our Just for Fun with Fundamentals Blog Hop!  We will be featuring projects made with the Fundamentals paper packs.  If you have come here from  Miss Carrie’s Creations 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 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!

I love the versatility of the Fundamentals paper pack, it can be used for anything at all. As you can see here I have used it to scrapbook my daughters enrollment into Sparks with Girl Guides of Canada.  I love that this paper pack can be used for so many different thing....school, hair cuts, baking, park, pool, bikes, pets, any family member or any event. It is so much fun to play with.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to help me with the title of this layout and the little clovers of the Girl Guides logo, I copied it into my Silhouette and after a simple trace of the logo I had a file I could cut with.

Products used:
Paper:

- Adventure Fundamentals

- Pacifica and white Daisy card stock

Tools:

- Z3347 Hearts Border

- Silhouette Cameo

- Silhouette Sketch Pens

I did not use much on this layout besides the paper but I think it looks awesome and will do a great job of helping my littlest munchkin remember her days as a Spark with Girl Guides of Canada. I do apologize for the no pictures on the layout, however I am not able to post pictures of my little ones as our adoption is not finalized as of yet, so I will add them now that I have taken the picture of the layouts.

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

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Thankful - AHSC #238

Today I have a card I designed for the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge. I love this paper pack so much, it is so easy to work with.

As you can see I turned things around a bit. My oval is sideways and rather than a ring for flowers I used a patterned paper but did add a few embellishments to the oval in a flower, heart and banner and a few gold pearls.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Falling for You

- White Daisy, Fern, and Saffron card stock

Stamp:

- S1710 Feel so Blessed

Embellishments:

- Gold Pearls

We would love to have you join us at AHSC. It is easy to do, just create a project based off the sketch above. To join us, click here to add your project.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Counting my blessings - H2H Challenge

The theme this week at Heart 2 Heart challenges is Count your blessings. For me my family is my greatest blessing. It has not been an easy road at all, and it has been a long long road for us to become a family, a road we are still travelling. Adoption is not for the faint of heart I have come to learn but it is worth all the work, effort, heart ache, late nights, early mornings, worry, school meetings, and countless (but fun) play dates. I love my family...yeah they drive me bonkers from time to time but I really really do love my husband and my girls. I am thankful for my family and I count them amongst my greatest blessings!

Products Used:

Paper:
- Falling for you
- Fern, Goldrush, Saffron, Toffee, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:
- S1710 - Feel so Blessed

Ink:
- Goldrush

Silhouette Cameo:
- Fall Set by Ms. Kate Cuttables


Thanks for stopping by and visiting my work. We would love to see your work featured within our challenges. You can join us here!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Christmas Card Blog Hop

Welcome to our CTMH Christmas Card Blog Hop!  We will be featuring Christmas cards made with any of the current CTMH papers. 

 

 If you have come here from Miss Carrie's Creations'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 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!

 

I chose to use Silver and Gold for my project because, well I am a traditionalist and I firmly believe that red and green are Christmas. I am not even a fan of various shades of red or green for Christmas. I like Cranberry or Ruby for the red and Fern or New England Ivy for the green shades. So this black, white, grey, and gold has been bothering me to say the least. I was telling my workshop ladies I was not planning on using it as it was not traditional colours and they asked to see it and when I showed them they all loved it and I mean LOVED it! So I guess the issue is with me so I am breaking WAY out of my Christmas comfort zone and went against the rogue and used none traditional colours on a Christmas card and guess what, I don't hate it. I actually quite like it (otherwise it would not have made the cut...lol) It came together quite quickly. I am beginning to think this workshop may not be as challenging for me as I thought it would be...which is good because my customers want it, I will do it, anything for them!

Products Used:

Paper:
- Silver and Gold
- Black card stock

Tools:
- Z3329 - Thin Cuts - Basic Stars
- Z4046 - Beary Christmas Cardmaking Stamp and Thin Cuts
- Gold Embossing Powder (retired CTMH)

Embellishments:
- Z3371 Gold Pearls

Now "Hop" on over to Michelle Rowley'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  Holiday Expressions is only available until December 31st!  Contact your CTMH Consultant (or click here) to order the supplies for your upcoming holiday cards or memory keeping.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Through the Year - November SOTM blog hop

Welcome to our Stamp of the Month Blog Hop!  We will be featuring November SOTM, which is Through the Year a set of 28 stamps.  If you have come here from
Darlys Recker 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 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!

Here is my project for the month. I love that this stamp set is a fun funky font and it is great for adding a bit of date journaling to any projects. I added a few of the different leaves to add some additional touches I like that the leaves are on the smaller side in this set it makes it great to pair with other stamp sets as leaves come in all different shapes and sizes.

Project Details:

Paper:
- Falling for you
- White Daisy, Toffee, Saffron, Goldrush, and Fern card stock

Ink:
- Saffron, Fern, Goldrush, and Nutmeg

Stamps:
- S1711 Through the Year
- B1463 Thankful Heart (retired)

Silhouette:
- Thanksgiving Perfect Flourish by Kolette Hall

Embellishments:
- Z4029 Bronze Sequins
- Z4030 Twine - White and Bronze

Tools:
- Water blending pen Medium

Now "Hop" on over to  Krista Hershberger 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 November SOTM is only available until November 30th! Contact your CTMH Consultant to see how you can get this stamp set at a discount!

 

 

 

Happy Birthday - AHSC #236

Happy Birthday! I tend to make a lot of birthday and thank you cards because well, I use those the most. This is another one I made for my Falling for you card workshop. As I said in a previous post, I was very drawn to this diagonal striped paper.  

 

 

Products used:

 

Paper:

- Falling for you

- Toffee and White Daisy card stock

 

Ink:

-Nutmeg

 

 

Stamp:

- Birthday Pennants (retired)

 

Embellishments:

- Z3274 Sparkles

- Z4030 Twine - Bronze

 

 

Thanks for stopping by! I welcome any and all feedback. We would love to see your take at AHSC here!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

A Perfect Autumn Day - H2H Challenges

While I am a summer girl, I love the beach, days at the pool and the warm weather, I do love when the days switch over to Fall and the colours start changing in the trees, there is a crisp in the air and sweater weather is upon us. This weeks H2H Challenge is right up my alley...Signs of the season. You can focus on any season and the signs we would see in that season. Summer pool time, winter snow, fall colours, or Christmas décor...the possibilities are endless for this challenge.

Products used:

Paper:
- Falling for you
- Saffron, Goldrush, Fern, Toffee and White Daisy card stock

Die Cutting:
- Silhouette Cameo for title
- Cricut Artbooking for leaves and tree

Embellishments:
- Sparkles
- Sequins Bronze

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work, I welcome feedback! To join us at H2H challenges click here!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Thinking of you! - AHSC #235

I loved this sketch with the scalloped edges. It made for a sweet dainty card. I used the Mason Jar from our Cricut collection and added some flowers I cut out on my Silhouette Cameo to bring this super easy card together.

 

 

Products used:

 

Paper:

- Falling for you

- Goldrush, Saffron, Fern and White Daisy card stock

 

Ink:

- Fern

 

Stamp:

- D1708 Sending Smiles

 

Die Cutters:

- SIlhouette Cameo

- Cricut Cartridge - Artistry

 

 

Thanks for stopping by to check out my work. I appreciate any and all feedback. We would love to have you join us at AHSC here!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Vines & Twine - H2H Challenges

This week at Heart 2 Heart challenges we are looking for anything at all to do with vines or twine. I chose to use twine on my project! Sympathy cards are always a challenge to make and we never seem to make them until we need them, I try to always have 2-3 on hand for those unfortunate situations.

Products Used:

Paper:
- Falling for you
- Goldrush, Saffron, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:
- C1661 Heartfelt Thoughts

Ink:
- Fern

Embellishment:
- Extra Thick Twine - Fern

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I welcome feedback of any kind! We would love to have you join us at H2H challenges, click here for more information!

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi

Thanks! - AHSC #234

Today I have a Thank you card for you. This one is one of the cards that I made for my Falling for you card workshop. I was very drawn to this diagonal stripe paper, I just love it.

Typically I try to follow the sketch exactly but this one I just really struggled with the diagonal piece. I tried so many variations and nothing was working for me so I scrapped it. That is the great thing about sketches, they can be altered to meet your needs!

 

 

Products used:

 

Paper:

- Falling for you

- White Daisy card stock

 

Ink:

- Nutmeg (a new favourite, I love the deep rich colour!)

 

 

Stamps:

- S1709 Feel so Blessed

- D1709 Line it Up (Cricut Bundle)

 

 

Embellishments:

- Z3274 Sparkles

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping and checking out my project. We would love to see what you come up with, join us at AHSC!

 

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Under the Weather - H2H Challenges

Today I have a get well card thanks to the challenge at H2H Challenges. Our challenge this week is Under the Weather and can be illness or health related as well as weather related such as rain, sky, snow, etc.

Products Used:

Paper:
- Falling for you
- Fern, Goldrush, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:
- C1368 Treetops (retired)
- B1508 Kiss it Better

Ink:
- Goldrush and Nutmeg

Embellishments:
- Z3371 Pearls Gold

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work. I would love to get your thoughts on it and we would love to have you stop by and check out the rest of the design team creations and to see what our participants come up with, you can find us here! Feel free to join the challenge or just take a look at the great projects.

Until next time, happy crafting!
Brandi