Braer's Team Blog Hop - Inspired by Pinterest!

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring Inspiration from Pinterest.  Of course we also showcase Close To My Heart products.  

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way by going to Brae's for a full list of participants.   

If you came from Tamara Lisowski's Blog  then you are in the right place!

This beautiful layout by Susan Stringfellow in the Pinterest gallery inspired me.

Here is my version of the same layout.

The paper I used was Buzz & Bumble and I liked the idea of a tone on tone background paper so I used the Stamp of the Month from last October which just happened to have a honeycomb pattern!  The Sunflowers are the Stamp of the Month from May 2012 stamped on "Dotty for You" paper.  

Thanks for looking, 

Now hop on over to Cheryl Peyton's Blog and see what inspired her!

Braer's Team Blog Hop - Teachnique Focus

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring different techniques.  Of course we also showcase Close To My Heart products.  

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way but going to Brae's Blog for a full list of participants.   

If you came from Carol Taggio's blog  then you are in the right place!



I decided to do a little "wet" embossing.  
That's a misnomer, it's not really wet!  

Here's the steps you follow if you've never done it before:

1)  Stamp your CTMH stamp onto a Versa Mark Pad.  It is clear and acts like a type of sticky glue, and stamp the image onto your paper.

2)  Sprinkle embossing powder over the image, then gently tip it so the extra falls off.  You will see that it has only stuck to the stamped image.
Embossing powders come in all different colours and textures (ie. glitter)  I chose to do white so I could add my own colour with ink after it is embossed.

3)  Using a heating gun (tool) start to heat the  image from about 8" away and you will see the powder start to melt.  I guess this is what they would call the "wet" part, but it is still not wet because almost as soon as you heat it, it cools and becomes hard and shiny.

This is pretty much it!  Easy huh!

4)  Here's the fun part!  I used sponge dobbers (you can also use pieces of sponge cut up) and added various colours.  You can see where the white embossing is resisting the ink and therefore colouring in the backgound of the image.  Pretty!






Here's the finished product.  
I will be adding the word "Mom" on a small white tag to the pink card to the left, and "Friend" to the card to the right.

Featured Items:
Paper: Chantilly   X7163B
Stamp: Pirouette  B1409
Inks: Pear Green Z2197, Baby Pink (retired), Buttercup Z2110, Twilight Z2160
White Embossing Powder Z673
Zipper Lace  Z1826
Silver Shimmer Trim  Z1799
Pink Glitter Gems  Z1807
Sparkles  Z1752



Now go take a look at Roz Kelly's Blog for some more inspiring projects!

CTMH March Blog Hop

Welcome to our Blog Hop featuring new Spring/Summer Close To My Heart products.  We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!  

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you get lost you can find your way but going to Brae's blog at http://thebrae-er.blogspot.com for a full list of participants.   

If you came from Cheryl Petyon of http://peytonspaperplace.blogspot.ca  then you are in the right place! 

I made a picture frame for my favourite picture of my daughter and I.

The frame is from the dollar store, but the rest of the project is all Close To My Heart.  

As you can see, I used the Surf's Up paper, it matched the colours and spirit of the photo perfectly.   The rose is cut from Chantilly paper  and the swirl is Later Sk8r paper.  Both were cut with the Art Philosophy cartridge.  "I Love You" came from the Artiste cartridge and I used the Bonding Memories glue to adhere the Prisma Glitter to it and popped it up!

Unfortunatly the photos do not do the project justice.  It is very vibrant in real life and the glitter title is really eye catching.

As an additional project I made a quick card with Chantilly paper, Surfs Up paper and paper I made myself with the awesomely fun spritz pen!  The wee fishy's (Under the Sea) bubbles are made with Glossy Accents.

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to create your own projects using some of the designs and paper seen along the way. Join us again in next month when we will be featuring scrapbooking and card making techniques!

Your next stop on the Hop is Carol Taggio  http://craftycarol55.blogspot.com

CTMH Frame with Avonlea Paper

This was a snap to make!  

The CTMH frame is already put together and all you have to do is decorate it.  

The part that was hard for me is deciding what to put on as embellishments.  

                                                   

The Roses and fanfold round thingy were cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge. 

  

Thursday Thoughts

How come the phone rings just after you've put the milk on your cerial?

Teething!?

It's under the knife I go today.  Yup, 44 years old and I have a wisdom tooth coming through!  Maybe this would explain the wining and crying and general bad moods LOL!  If a toddler can't handle it, surely a big person with bigger teeth.....  oh, well.. it was worth a try ;)

These Gift Card cards are so easy to make with the new CTMH Artiste cricut cartridge.  It literally took me only 5 minutes to make them.  If you know me, then you know that is a miracle!! 

 Inside I included a little Monagram stamp for my customers who ordered from the new catalogue :)

Thought of the day(s)

Why is it that when putting on shoes you have a 50/50 chance of getting them on the correct feet, but toddlers get it wrong 100% of the time??

Thought of the Day

Why do we press harder on the remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak?

A fast 4 years!

First day of school photos
What a difference 4 years make!  From a wee girl to a young lady :)