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Back to School: Brae-er Team Blog Hop

This month my team blog hop is going ‘Back to School!’

We will be sharing with you videos and tutorials that will teach you things- I hope you enjoy and feel inspired! Just follow along our posts and click on the link at the bottom to go to the next blog (if you get lost you can come back here to the full list of hoppers).

Learn to Dry Emboss with Ink!

Now hop on over to Michelle and see what she has to teach us!

Full list:

1. Brae Montgomery- inked embossing folders http://wp.me/p4htXJ-A7

2. Michelle Stewart -resist embossing – http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/09/brae-ers-team-blog-hop-resist-embossing.html

3. Chris Robertson- reinker bubbles (if it doesn’t work I will do something else) <a>http://chriscreativelife.blogspot.com/2014/09/brae-er-team-blog-hop.html</a>

4. Tamara Lisowski – Painter’s Tape Background Technique http://geermara.blogspot.com/2014/09/september-ctmh-blog-hop-back-to-school.html

5. Julie Sinnott – http://12x12travels.blogspot.com/2014/09/team-brae-er-september-blog-hop-back-to.html basic blending with the markers

6. Carol-Anne Grenier – http://cagrenier.blogspot.ca/2014/09/brae-er-team-blog-hop-back-to-school-we.html

8. Darcel Kirvan – Hip Pic/Artbooking album https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=8738109316605568301#editor/target=post;postID=5318142755174492721;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=0;src=postname

9. Heather Dawson – stamping background to make pattern paper http://pagesbyheatherd.blogspot.com/2014/09/back-to-school-blog-hop.html

10. Michelle Hughes – shaker card http://therighthugh.blogspot.com/2014/09/team-back-to-school-blog-hop.html

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

September Stamp of the Month Blog Hop

Hello Hoppers!

Unfortunately I am caught up in my sweet daughters 3rd birthday. I love her so much I just had to give her all the time she deserves so my project never got completed.

Hop on over to Traci and I will see you another day for LOTS of great stuff I do have planned out! AND be sure to tune in when I share the BIG party and all the cute decorations made with CTMH product!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Technique Tuesday: Chalkboard Stamping

You see the look all over Pinterest and in stores – the chalkboard look is totally IN!

Did you know that you can also achieve that look on your card (and fairly simply I might add).

What you will need:

Stamp

White Pigment Ink

Tissue

Black cardstock

Take your piece of black cardstock (should be cut to preferred size already) and rub the tissue (dipped in your white pigment ink) in the corners and around the cardstock- you want to give the paper the look of the chalkboards at school when they had seen a lot of use.

Next stamp your images onto the cardstock with the same white pigment ink. Now give the ink time to dry- pigment is wet and will need a few minutes but it is worth it!

I LOVE how this turned out!

Now you may be able to tell (or may not) but I added some colour to the chalk stamping (I mean really, who didn’t play with the coloured chalk in school every chance they got!?). I added some purple to the star burst and some blue to outline the ‘Great Job’ sentiment. I coloured over the white pigment ink with my ShinHan Touch Twin markers – and it worked AWESOME!! I then finished this guy up with some Chalk It Up Assortment stickers, some bitty sparkles and some new washi tape!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

CTMH Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge

You may have heard.. and if you haven’t let me be the first to tell you! We have a NEW cricut cartridge coming out and like all the rest this will be one of your go-to cartridges!!

Artfully Sent is designed with 700 new images and the BEST part- over 400 of these images combine into fantastic cards!

Build a scene cards, swing cards, border cards, gift cards and soooooo much more! Watch this video for details.

Artfully Sent won’t be available till late August but watch for a special customer incentive when you place your order with me.

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

ShinHan Touch Twin Markers

I am really pleased to share this first product with you- clearly there is a reason why I have chosen to share them with you FIRST…. CTMH has decided to carry Shin Han Touch Twin alcohol markers and I wanted you to be the first to know!

Why is this exciting? Cause these markers are amazing!

You can do so much with alcohol markers (now you may have heard about Copic markers? these are the SAME top of the line quality that comes from those- just a better price point).

We will be carrying 24 of these markers and YES they are refillable (if you ever need to refill them).

So, what can these markers do?

Alcohol markers are fast drying- colour embellishments (like my stars and sequins) and the colour stays!

Alcohol markers blend beautifully- you won’t see stroke marks when colouring with these!

The colours are bright and long-lasting.

You can blend the colours together to get a truly lovely look (and we have a colourless blender that helps achieve a blended look).

I first trailed these markers at convention and I was impressed right away! Not only do they sit in my hand nicely (they are ergonomically designed) but they are so smooth! The other thing I immediately noticed- there is NO NASTY SMELL! Some alcohol markers make my head swim with the smell they give off but these ones don’t!

Needless to say… I ordered all 24 right away! I couldn’t resist and I have been happily playing with them all month (and I still LOVE them!)

Here is VERY easy card I created using the markers. I chose 4 colours and just did a big colour across the cardstock- random and yes I did allow the colours to overlap. I then stamped in black ink (our dye based- I have had ZERO problems with this ink bleeding on me) a sentiment. I added some flowers that I coloured and my white enamel stars (also coloured with the markers) and I was done!

I highly recommend you get a marker and try it out BUT I know you will want MORE so if you order 6 markers from me this month I will buy you a colourless blender!!

Check them out here!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Annual Inspiration Online Launch Party

Welcome to August 1st!!

I am pretty excited about the next few weeks (and really the next year) as I can share with you all the wonderful product that you can now purchase.

A few things to know first:

I have set up a party on my SHOP titled “August Launch Party”– if you want a chance to win the MYSTERY HOSTESS rewards then I suggest you JOIN that party when you shop!
I will be doing lots of reveals on my blog BUT there are even more going on if you visit my Facebook page! There you will find an event from the 8th to the 11th and you will also have the chance to win prizes, play games and see so much more!!

Now… you are going to have to wait LOL.

My first reveal comes tomorrow! BUT if you want to get a look at the Annual Inspirations Book online then click here!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Family Friday: Canada Day Fun!

I have decided to share some of the fun and crazy adventures that my family has- on family fridays! These posts won’t be regular but will allow you to get to know me and my gang just a little bit more. I hope you enjoy them 🙂

Canada Day was a while ago (July 1st for anyone not Canadian who follows) and I returned home just in time to celebrate with my crew. Every year we participate in the full assortment of events (even though this year I was really feeling the jet lag or just exhaustion from my trip). We went down to our local park and watched the parade, took park in the free kid activities and the midway and of course, returned later that evening for the fireworks!

This is my youngest, Ellery (almost three). Pretty cute, right?

Here are both my kids- Austin is 10 and is not always willing to participate in a photo. Currently my albums look like I only have one child… I hope he grows out of it! Lucky me though, he didn’t notice so I grabbed a pic of him and Ellery on the boats- I LOVE this because it shows just what a great brother to her he is. He is loving, helpful and takes such good care of her (they do have their moments but overall the age gap between them worked out great!).

Another! I tell you he was in a good mood that day!

Ellery also was able to experience midway rides for the first time- she loved them… little daredevil!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Picture My Life Mini Album

By now if you follow my blog you know how much I enjoy using CTMH items in unconventional ways- well here is another post! This one uses the Picture my Life cards to create a little mini-album- I focused on friendship as the theme for this and will use it as an Operation Smile Auction Item for my upcoming team event!

The PML cards for this one are from the Skylark collection- I used few accessories to pull this one together as the cards really offer more than enough! You can see washi tape is prominently used for the binding on the pages- super easy! I then cut apart other cards to use aspects of them in my mini-album (a little bit of foam tape really helps these pop).

Here you can see some of the Skylark assortment and some Aqua dots- I love doing these smaller projects as they are a great way to use up some of my leftover product (especially accessories).

Now I just need to wait for photos!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

CTMH contest: Paper Fundamentals

July means a new social media contest from our founder and CEO, Jeanette Lynton!! Watch this video and be sure to either go directly to youtube or to Jeanette’s blog for your chance to win!!

Only a few days left to enter!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Brae-er Team July Blog Hop: Out with the old!

Welcome to another Brae-er team blog hop- this month we decided to focus on products that are retiring in order to make way for NEW stuff in August (I am super excited to share the new stuff with you!)

If you have never participated in a blog hop then just read on and follow the links provided on each person’s blog- if you get lost you can come back here to see a full list of participants (at bottom). If you want to order any of these items the feel free to visit my SHOP where there is a whole section of retiring items.

I decided to focus on one of my favourite items on the retiring list- of course these are now sold out! But I will share anyway and maybe some day they make a come back. This is a layout made with one of our True-fit folios- they are great for a layout on the front and some ‘stuff’ inside (they are a 12×12 file folder). I used this one to showcase some of Ellery’s artwork- kids bring so much home and I wanted to have it in an album if possible.

In this photo you can see some of her work sticking out of the top. I used an old paper because it fit the art theme well. Since it had a strong pattern to it I kept my additions to a minimum and matted my photo and just added some pennants and flowers (off another piece of paper in that particular kit). THEN I used the July Stamp of the month- Circus Alphabet- for my title (and you can get this stamp still when you purchase $50 or more on my website- for only $5!)

Now hop on over to Chris’s blog to see what she has decided to share with you!

Full list of Blog Hop Participants:

1. Brae Montgomery- http://wp.me/p4htXJ-wC

2. Chris Robertson –http://chriscreativelife.blogspot.com/2014/07/out-with-old-july-brae-er-team-blog-hop.html

3. Michelle Stewart ~ http://mycreationswithmichelle.blogspot.com/2014/07/team-brae-ers-out-with-old-blog-hop.html

4. Kiera Van Schyndel – http://inspirepapercrafts.blogspot.com/2014/07/out-with-old-brae-er-team-blog-hop-july.html

5. Carol-Anne Grenier http://cagrenier.blogspot.com/2014/07/july-blog-hop-out-with-old.html

6. Alyson Mayo – http://createwithalyson.blogspot.com/2014/07/brae-ers-unit-blog-hop-retiring-products.html

7. Tamara Lisowski –http://geermara.blogspot.com/2014/07/july-ctmh-blog-hop-out-with-old.html

8. Carol Taggiohttp://craftycarol55.blogspot.com/2014/07/july-out-with-old-blog-hop.html

9. Lucy Imrie –http://lucyscreativeexpressions.blogspot.com/2014/07/out-with-old-brae-ers-blog-hop.html

10. Julie Sinnott – http://12x12travels.blogspot.com/2014/07/team-brae-er-july-blog-hop-out-with-old.html