Distressed Much? - Technique Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Technique Blog Hop tonight. This is my first time participating in this blog hop and I am so excited to join the fun and hopefully step outside my comfort zone and this months technique did just that, tonight it is all about Distressing! But before we get too far into that, if you are joining me from Melissa Robinson, welcome! If you are starting here, welcome!

For the distressing, I used some pretty basic techniques...Inking edges and I also used my ScorPal to create some lines and I sanded them to show the white core of our paper. 

Products Used:

Paper:
- Yesterday and Today with sticker sheet
- French Vanilla and Espresso

Embellishments:
- Sparkles - brown and tan assortment

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. 

Now it is time to hop on over  Alyson Mayo and see her great projects.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Believe in the Magic - H2H Challenges

Hello! The parade of Christmas cards continues. Today though the card is part of the challenge over at H2H Challenges called "Full Circle." The challenge is to use a circle or circles on your project. 

Products:

Paper:
- Oh What Fun (retired)
- Lagoon, Glacier, White Daisy card stock

Ink:
- Clover, Raspberry, Black

Stamps:
- Z4240 Oh What Fun Cardmaking Stamp & Thin Cuts
- CC10188 - Love with all the trimmings

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

Hello darling....lets hang out! - H2H Challenges

Hello! Happy Monday to you. I am back after a bit of a break while I was working and a huge fundraiser for our girls school and prepping for a scrapbooking workshop. I have some different projects to share of the next few days / weeks. I am happy to be back and back into my normal routine!

Here is a fun card I did for my Some Kinda Wonderful card workshop. I love this card, it is super cute and whimsical...if you ask me...lol Oh and wait the theme over at H2H this week is Whimsy-cal...hmmm perfect timing if I do say so myself.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Some Kinda Wonderful

- White Daisy and Black card stock

(the pink is actually from Some Kinda Wonderful, it is one of the PML cards)

Ink:

- Memento - Tuxedo

- Copic

Embellishments:

- Silver Shimmer Trim

- Shimmer Brush

Thanks for stopping by to check out my work this week, I do appreciate it. Please check in with H2H challenges and share your whimsical projects!

Until next time, happy crafting,

Brandi

Play Laugh - BTF Challenge

Hello! Spring is in the air at Between the Folds (BTF)! Spring really brings the kids out of the house after a long cold winter and it is time for the wee ones to be outside and playing with their friends. I created this card with that in mind. My girls ride the bus to school so while I am very involved at the school and always there volunteering it is often during the school day and I do not get to meet many of their friends parents. So there are few that I do not know and would like to get to know so that we can get the kids together for some fun times. I made this card to introduce myself and provide our phone number and email address to begin a dialogue for inviting their kids over to play. I could just write a simple note but I am a paper crafter and that goes against my core values...he he he

This stamp set is School Kids and initially I was not a fan of it but the more I saw what my fellow consultants were doing with these cutie pies I just had to have it.

Products used:

Paper:

- Dreamin Big

- Some Kinda Wonderful

- White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Memento in Rich Cocoa

Stamp:

- D1706 - School Kids

Thin Cuts:

- CC1158 - School Kids

Shin Han Markers:

- 0 - Colorless Blender

- YR29 - Barely Beige

- BG61 - Peacock Green

Copic Markers (not CTMH):

- E00, E000, E23, E25, E29, E50, E51, and E53

- V04 and V05

- B24 and B26

- RV10 AND RV13

Embellishments:

- Z1263 Bitty Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. I always welcome feedback.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Tea - rrific

It is tea time over at Heart 2 Heart challenges this month thanks to the stamp of the month, Tea-rrific. Here is a quick card I put together using up some of my scraps from the Dreamin' Big workshops and  of course the Tea-rrific Stamp of the Month.

Producst Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Poppy, Whisper, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- S1703 Tea - riffic

Ink:

- Black

- Saffron

- Glacier

- Juniper

- Poppy

Thanks for stopping by to check out my work. I welcome any feedback you might have for me.

Until next time, Happy crafting!

Brandi

Deepest Sympathy - AHSC Sketch 204

Sadly, we all need a Sympathy card from time to time and while I was working on cards for my Dreamin' Big workshop I had a death affect our family and it was a reminder that we all need these from time to time and it is always a good idea to have on hand, these are the types of cards we hate to make but typically are not in a crafty mood when we need one.

Products used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Saffron and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Slate

Stamp:

- D1476 - Card Chatter - Sympathy

Embellishments:

- White and Gold twine

- Clear Sparkles

Cricut:

- CTMH Flower Market

Thanks for checking out my AHSC for this week, I welcome any and all feedback so that I can continue to grow and evolve.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Brandi

Friends make life fun - BTF Challenges

Today is another challenge post and another project from my Dreamin' Big workshop. Today is a layout that I made and is inspired by my girls and their friends. It is so fun watching the girls grow and learn about themselves through their friendships.

Products used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Saffron, Poppy, Glacier, Black, and White Daisy card stock

Embellishments:

- Black and White dots

- Black Shimmer Trim

Silhouette Cameo:

- Various fonts for the title

- arrow

Stamps:

- D1702 - Capture This

I had a lot of fun working on this layout and cant wait to add one of my girls and her friends to this page. I welcome any and all feedback on my projects.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Thanks! - H2H Challenges

Today I have a thank you card that I made for a gentleman in my families life who recently was honoured for 15 years of volunteer service in our community and province and he came into our life through his volunteer work and has had a significant role in our lives and the lives of our wee ones. He drives our wee ones to various appointments that we are not able to attend with them. And that is why there are cars on this thank you card. Our volunteer driver has a red mini van but I do not have a mini van stamp but I do have this one and it just felt perfect for him. He is a wonderful caring man who takes wonderful care of not just our girls but many children.

Now onto the card! Our drivers van is red so of course I had to make it red to pop off the card. The challenge this week at Heart 2 Heart challenges the challenge is stamped backgrounds. I used a retired stamp of the month called Long Ride Home.

Below is a close up of the background stamping with the bits of colour pops I added in.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Ruby, Sapphire, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Saffron, Sapphire, and Black

Embellishments:

- Black and White Dots

- Whisper Extra thick twine

Thanks for stopping by and visiting. I welcome any and all comments, I love feedback!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Grilled Cheese

This may just be a record for me....day 4 of posting projects. I am posting a card I made for my last workshop featuring the Dreamin Big papers and it was so super simple and fast but I still think super cute!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin Big

Ink:

- Whisper

Stamp:

- C1672 - Silly Sayings

Embellishments:

- Whisper Extra Thick Twine

- Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my blog. I appreciate any and all feedback!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

You are Tea-riffic - AHSC SKetch #203

Happy Hump Day! Day 3 of projects...I am so on a roll this week! It is truly amazing how productive you can be when you have a reliable working computer! I finally upgraded my computer after watching my Mac die a slow and painful death, it is not dead yet but it is not doing well and could be any day now so before I loose everything, it is time to switch over. I knew I hated working with it with all of its issues but I can not believe how quickly I can do things again, it is wonderful!

Any hoots, onto the project. I have a card for you today, this is also from my Dreamin' Big workshop this month. And can I just say...I love this paper? he he he! Ok ok I know I say that ALL the time...but I am being honest, I do love it!

Ok....onto the card now!

So of course as you can see that this card was done for my workshop but I used the AHSC sketch for inspiration. I often use the challenges for inspiration for my workshops! Now onto the details....

Products used:

Paper:

- Dreamin Big

- Glacier, Saffron, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- S1703 - Tea-rrific (March Stamp of the month)

Ink:

- Black, Poppy, Glacier, and Saffron

Misc.

- Water blending pen

Thanks for stopping by and visiting and checking out my project. I do appreciate any and all feedback!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Brandi

Play like no one is watching - BTF Challenges

Hi again...two days in a row that I have new art for you. Today I bring you my design team work and a layout I did for my Dreamin' Big workshop.

The title of the layout goes across the two pages and is "Play like no one is watching" which is a play on the popular saying of Dance like no one is watching. I just love watching my kids play and there are many times they are busy playing and creating away in the basement while I am working on my CTMH projects and they think I am working but I am really watching and listening to them and are amazed by their creativity and talents...and they have no idea just how closely I am paying attention!

I also know my customers all have kids and grand kids that they scrapbook so this play theme worked well for all of us. I am sorry for the lack of pictures, due to some privacy concerns, I do not post pictures of my girls who will ultimately end up on this layout.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Saffron, Glacier, Poppy, Black, and White Daisy card stock

Embellishments:

- Dreamin' Big sequins

Stamps:

- D1702- Capture this

Ink:

- Black and Poppy

Silhouette Cameo Cuts:

- The title was cut using some fonts but I do not recall; I will be more detailed next time!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project, I hope you like it and I always welcome feedback so I can make my workshops and projects better!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

Happy Birthday - H2H Challenges

Happy Monday! Today I have my design team project for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge blog site. This was a card I did for my Dreamin' Big Card workshop.

I love how easily everything came together for this project. I know I sound like a broken record but for someone who struggles with mixing and matching papers and NEEDS things to be matchy matchy for my slight OCD to not make me twitch, CTMH makes it so easy for me to be cute, trendy and not worry if the papers work together. I love that they make my job so much easier.

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Glacier, Poppy, and White Daisy card stock

Ink:

- Saffron

Thin Cuts

- Z3303 - Dreamin' Big Thin Cuts Bundle

Stamp:

- Z3303 - Dreamin' Big Thin Cuts Bundle

- D1646 - Finding the Words

Embellishments:

- Z1263 BItty Sparkles

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me today! I would love to have your thoughts on what you like and do not like about my projects so that I can improve for my customers.

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Wild & Free - H2H Challenges

Whew, here we are at another Monday and I have survived my 3rd straight weekend of workshops! I love having people over and helping them to share their memories and their pictures so I love it but it has required a lot of creative time on my part...I know huh horrible that I have to scrapbook and make cards, oh shucks...cant make dinner, these cards will not make themselves....lol Ok so I might have milked it a bit with the hubby and kids but I do a lot for them. So any hoots over the next few days / weeks you will be seeing a lot of the work I have been working on all these weeks. 

Here is project 1 - a layout featuring the Dreamin' Big paper pack. I know I say this all the time but OMG I loved playing with this paper, these pages went together so easily for me. I am so happy I have more to play with!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Dreamin' Big

- Slate, Glacier, Saffron, Poppy, and White Daisy card stock

Embellishments:

- Black Shimmer Trim

- Sparkles

- Itty Bitty Sparkles

Electronic Cutting

- Cricut Artistry

- Silhoutte Cameo

Ink:

- Saffron

Stamp:

- It's your day (retired)

Thanks for stopping by and visiting! Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Happy Easter - BTF Challenges

This last weekend I had my Hello Lovely workshop for some fabulous ladies who come out and play with paper with me each month and this is one of the layouts we made. I do apologize, I know my photo skills need to get better! 

The challenge this week at BTF is use CTMH compliments on your project and I did, not a lot and not huge ones but they are there. Do you see the heart and arrow? Those are part of the Hello Lovely compliments package. They are amazingly fun to work with, they have some dimension to them and are soft. I love them and want more for sure! I also featured the little bunnies from the Stamp of the Month for this month! The Fern and Sorbet squares are 4 X 6, 4 X 3. and 3 X 3 photo mats. I do not post pictures of our girls for privacy reasons so this was taken before I added their pictures!

Thanks for stopping in and checking out my project, I had a lot of fun creating this one. 
Brandi

Sisters....

For the BTF - Between the Folds blog today I have a layout featuring the Hello Lovely paper pack. I am a bit late in posting as it has been a crazy busy week but I wanted to make sure I shared. 

All Products are CTMH. The title is a silhouette cut with a background added. Again, sorry for the late post!

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my work!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Brandi

Congratulations - H2H challenges

Hi! Happy Monday to you! Today I bring you the latest challenge from the H2H challenge blog and the challenge this week is Tuxedo (Black & White). This one proved to be a bit of a challenge for me as I kept thinking of this would make a great accent colour to offset the black and white, or I could put this bling here but it was not black or white..ahhh that was hard for me but I think I did good even though I found it to be a challenge. 

I hope you will join us and play along, it is amazing how striking black and white can be together and we would love to see what you come up with. 

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

Happy Birthday with sprinkles - AHSC #198

Ok today we are back to a Sugar Rush card. I really had fun with this paper and this card. I love the circles with the donut, it all just came together super quickly and the women in my workshop loved it. 

Products used:

Paper:

- Sugar Rush

- Blossom, Sea Glass, and White Daisy card stock

Stamp:

- Z3300 - Sugar Rush Card making Thin Cuts Bundle

Ink:

- Cashmere

- Canary

- Pomegranate

Embellishments:

- White Twine

- Pink Enamel Dots

We would love to have you join us and play along with us, we love being inspired by others!

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

Just for you - AHSC #197

Today I stepped out of my comfort zone and have a card that is all stamping. I was inspired by a card from a fellow Close to my Heart Consultant Sarah Poulton. I loved her card so much I just had to step out of my comfort zone and give one a try. Sarah's card can be found here. 

For this card I used a lot of ink colours and two retired stamps:

Ink:

Blossom, Raspberry, Canary, Sea Glass, Fern, and Tangerine.

Stamps:

- C1612 Shower Flowers (retired)

- S1411 it's the Little Things (retired)

I hope you like the card, it really was a step out of the norm for me and for my workshop gals, I had them do this one last night and they loved it and all agreed it was not something they would normally do but had a great time doing it!

We would love to see you join us at Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge here!

Until next time...happy scrapping!

Brandi

Hello Lovely - BF Challenge

Two days is a row, I am on a roll this week getting back into my design team duties! Today I bring another Hello Lovely card from my upcoming workshop which I also designed to work with the Ribbon theme at Between the Folds Challenges. This week the challenge is to use ribbon which is absolutely easy to do when you have this gorgeous rose gold ribbon that works so perfectly with this paper!

This card went together super quick. I used the PML cards that come with the paper pack and matted it with Sorbet and then used Fern for the background paper and embossed it with the retired quatrefoil embossing folder. Added some gold glitter gems and the ribbon and done. I left it black so it could be used for any occasion or as a note card. 

We hope you are able to carve out some time in your scrap space because we would love to see your interpretation of this challenge.

Please see the right side bar to read all the guidelines for submitting to our challenge. The main guideline to keep in mind is to use some Close To My Heart products on your project.

You have until Monday, February 13, 2017 at 11:55 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to participate in this challenge.

Don't forget to check back with us on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 to see what the rest of our Design Team have come up with using Ribbon.

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi

I love you - H2H challenges

Happy Monday to you! Today I bring you a card for the H2H challenge group and a sneak peak at my upcoming card workshop. The theme this week at H2H is falling in love and that is exactly what I am doing with this Hello Lovely paper pack now that I am playing with it. It is so soft, sweet and elegant...I am having a lot of fun with it!

Products Used:

Paper:

- Hello Lovely

- White Daisy and Sorbet card stock

Ink:

- Sorbet

Embellishments:

- White and Gold twine (retired)

- Gold Glitter Dots

Stamp:

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my designs, we would love to see what you come up with for the Love theme! 

Until next time, happy scrapping!

Brandi