Category Archives: spring/summerideabook

Sunshine and Warm Breezes Blog Hop

I am sure not all my readers have had a winter similar to mine but also know that many of you have- the cold was VERY cold and the snow just piled up and piled up and …. well, you get the idea! Now here I sit half way through March and spring should be in sight! I am hopeful that April will dawn with green grass and flowers pushing their way up through warm soil- ahhh! For now seek some solitude in the ‘Sunshine and Warm Breezes’ Team Blog Hop where members of my team (the Brae-er’s) will each share project on this theme that uses Close to my Heart products!

How does a hop work? Just read my blog, leave some love in the comments and click on the link at the bottom directing you to the next person in the hop! Have fun!

I love how this cute card turned out! I used a mix of papers from Lollydoodle and Balloon Ride- with some Kraft paper mixed in. The card itself was very simple- I cut some triangles with my paper trimmer, the base of the boat is a circle cut in half and the waves are from the CTMH Cricut Artbooking cartridge.

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Now hop on over to Lucy’s Blog to see what she has prepared (she has even been somewhere warm recently- how lucky is she!)

If you get lost the full list of hoppers is posted here:

1. Brae Montgomery- Here is my link: http://wp.me/p4htXJ-rP

3. Lucy Imrie- http://lucyscreativeexpressions.blogspot.ca/2014/03/sunshine-and-warm-breezes.html

4. Alyson Mayo – http://createwithalyson.blogspot.com/2014/03/unit-blog-hop-spring-card-box.html (permalink)

5. Michelle Stewart –http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunshine-and-warm-breezes-blog-hop.html

6. Arlene Bonsma – http://arlenescreativespace.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunshine-and-warm-breezes-march-blog-hop.html

7. Chris Robertson- http://chriscreativelife.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunshine-and-warm-breezes-march-blog-hop.html

8. Kimberly Clark – http://leokc34.blogspot.ca

9. Michelle Hughes – http://therighthugh.blogspot.com/2014/03/sunshine-blog-hop.html

10. Tamara Lisowski – http://geermara.blogspot.com/2014/03/ctmh-sunshine-and-warm-breezes-march.html

11. Sheri Ballantyne — http://sherisays-justscrapit.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-brae-ers-sunshine-and-warm-breezes.html

12. Heather Steeves – http://paperplayroom.blogspot.ca/2014/03/sunshine-and-warm-breezes-march-team.html

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Ivy Lane Overlay Layout

I love taking some of the artwork I see in the CTMH Idea Book and recreating it to work with my own taste and pictures! I did that with this layout using our Ivy Lane paper and the Cricut Artbooking cartridge and you can see it all on my video! See below 🙂

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 15

Welcome to the last day! Today I get to sit back and wait to see how much hostess rewards we have to give away to our Grand Prize winner! I cannot wait- be sure to check back tomorrow to see who it is!

Today I wanted to showcase a card and a stamp set- CTMH has some of the cutest stamps! The paper is one you have seen before – maybe it is my actual favourite pack since I seem to use it so much- Skylark! I actually have mixed in two stamp sets on this card- one which is an upcoming stamp of the month (the word bubble) and the ‘Owls’ stamp set. To create my colourful owl I stamped the branch and the owl on a variety of papers (they are from a few different paper packs). I then cut out the pieces I wanted and pieced them together- paper piecing! I love how it all turned out in the end.

Products revealed:

Till tomorrow!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 14

Only one day left! WOW! I cannot wait to pick and announce the winner of the hostess rewards for our CTMH Idea Book reveal- you will have till midnight (MST) on the 15th to submit your orders to the party on my SHOP (be sure you ‘join’ the Idea Book reveal party)- the winner will be announced here on the 16th!

Today’s project is a simple one but it focuses on an item that I actually intro ducted in an earlier post as a teaser- our Picture my Life system. (If you are familiar with Project Life or Pocket scrapbooking then you will be familiar with this style of scrapbooking).

We have come out with 8 different PML kits- each kit features 44 4×6 cards, 78 3×4 cards, a 12×12 designed cover page and 10 memory protectors of various designs. This allows you to add an album (did I mention we have two new patterns of albums) and you will have a completed book in an afternoon! This is the answer for those who like the look of a scrapbook but don’t have the time or don’t want the fuss. You can keep your PML book simple or you can dress it up with some simple accessories like washi tape!

Here are pics I took of 6 of the kits- I have even organized mine in our medium organizer for storage. This picture shows only the left side of the organizer but all the cards fit very nicely – even with all 8 kits I still have room in the back for another 8 or other pieces (like accessories or pictures) that I might want to take with me when completing one of these albums.

This is such a great system and I cannot wait to get started!

Products revealed:

Oh and before I forget I do have a video on Youtube also showing this:

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 13

Hello, hello, hello!! I am so excited for today’s reveal- it is one of my favourite new products in our idea book!

Last fall we introduced a line of ‘craft’ jewellery called Base and Bling- this line was very popular as it allowed you to mix and match supplies and accessories you may have already had, with fabric, to make necklaces, cuffs, rings and hair accessories! I enjoyed them thoroughly! CTMH has extended this line and it is SO MUCH MORE FUN! I REALLY LOVE IT! Yep – that much!

Our new line of Base and Bling involves choosing your chain, your pendant and a matching glass cover, a charm (or two) and a fun picture for inside your pendant- either from our style sheets or from your own life! This is what a finished necklace looks like!

This one I added to a simple card cut out on the Artiste cartridge- for presentation. The scalloped top to my card is covered with some of our new washi tape! I love this necklace and it totally is me- from the phrase to the charms- best part… I can make more pendants and mix and match every day for a different look! This necklace shows the antiqued gold finish but we also offer a antiqued silver finish. Isn’t this awesome?!

Here are some pictures of the pieces I put together:

Products revealed:

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 12

Welcome back to Day 12 of the Spring/Summer CTMH Idea book reveal! We are only a few days away from the end and the big announcement… the winner of the HOSTESS REWARDS! If you have not had a chance to place your order then be sure to visit my SHOP – all orders qualify for one ticket in the draw, a second order gets a second ticket and so on!

Also- if you have not yet- please subscribe to my website! I have so much more planned for the coming weeks and would hate for you to miss any of it!

Now for today’s reveal.

This is Jubilee- bright, playful, sunny and summery (and as I write this and look out my window at yet another foot of snow after a big snowfall I cannot wait to feel sunny and summery!).

This layout is from another workshop on the go kit. I love how it all came together and how the colours worked perfectly to scrapbook my Canada Day memories from last summer! It also made me wish we had made it out to the fall fair.

What would you scrapbook with this fun paper?

Products used:

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 11

Welcome to Day 11 of the CTMH Idea Book reveal- today’s page is simple and sweet! I simply love how it all came together. I based this page on a sketch I saw on Pinterest ( you can follow me on Pinterest by clicking here). I knew when I saw the layout that I wanted to keep things clean but beautiful. The paper I used is all from the Skylark paper pack- isn’ that patterned piece with the birds in the top left corner to die for! Would you believe the paper looks like that- I didn’t have to add anything to that top corner!

I did add some simple pieces to finish the page off- some flowers and a bird from the Skylark Assortment and a few of the chipboard pieces from the Skylark complements.

Products featured:

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of the CTMH Idea Book reveal! Today we are moving away from the soft and springlike to a more masculine product reveal. For a long time (8 years) the only child I had to scrapbook was my son, Austin. Early on I learned to really appreciate the time and attention that CTMH pays to making masculine papers with a board appeal. Timberline is a paper just like that- although it can be very theme based – outdoorsy or camping- it can also be used in creative ways to fit different purposes!

My first layout comes from the Timberline workshop on the go kit- I already spoke about the ease of these kits earlier but they come with a full paper pack, usually two full accessory packs, an exclusive stamp set and instructions for two layouts! I can’t say we camp a lot but I still enjoyed putting this kit together with all the cute stamp images and super-cute wooden accessories!

My next layout shows the same timberline paper,timberline assortment and timberline stickease being used in a completely different fashion. I am a big believer in scrapbooking the more difficult times in our lives- we are great at featuring the fun and happy but most tend to stay away from anything deeper. This past summer, Austin had to undergo open-heart surgery to repair a congenital heart defect (meaning he was born with this). Certainly one of the hardest moments of our lives and VERY stressful! It was rough on Austin but he was able to keep moving through it all- he persevered through pain, discomfort and hours of just feeling crummy! All of this I made sure to document in this layout- I want him to know just how amazing he did and how special he is to us!

In order to make this theme fit the ‘adventure’ theme of the stickers I really only had to adjust a few things- I took a few stickers and added some writing to them. the ‘picnic’ stickers now says ‘no picnic’ and the ‘happy camper’ now reads ‘not a happy camper’. Other stickers I just had to use in the correct place- things like ‘take a hike’ or ‘roughen’ it’ were perfect for what I was writing about and helped carry through my story.

Products featured:

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book reveal party! I cannot wait to share with you all of the great goodies in store (and there are sooooo many!).

Now if you don’t want to miss out on a moment of the fun (read prizes) then be sure to SUBSCRIBE to my website

IMPORTANT NOTE: This reveal party is linked to an online party on my SHOP page and YOU (yes YOU) can win all the hostess rewards from this party. How? EASY- place an order on the SHOP page (be sure to ‘join’ the Reveal party)- each order you place is a ticket into the draw!!

To start this party off with a FLASH I thought I would start with a FLASH of colour!

I absolutely think that this may be the most gorgeous page I have ever created! I love the bright fun colours against the black paper – and of course the subject is pretty darling herself! I held on to this photo for a long time… just waiting for the right layout to be lurking and am so glad with what came together!

New products Included (click on any of the images to be taken directly to my SHOP):

Don’t forget to return tomorrow AND if you place an order with me during the 15 Days Reveals party then you will be entered into the draw for the HOSTESS REWARDS!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

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