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Cross Stitch Wishes Blog Hop

Welcome to the stamp of the month blog hop- today we are featuring the Cross Stitch Wishes stamp set!  If you have come from Michelle’s blog then you are on the correct path.  To see this stamp set you can follow this link to view it.

I had to think out of the box for this stamp set – and since New Year’s Eve is today I am always ‘stuck’ on gold and party thoughts! I used the stamp set on the large heart and on the three small hearts- you cannot see them as I then turned them into a scalloped border to the right of my photos.  I also added one of the arrows and stamped it in colonial white pigment ink (I love how it looks agains the black paper).
Here are some close up photos.  Since my photos were of my daughter all dressed up like a diva (on a day she was very sick but she wanted to go visit Santa)- I decided to play up the diva-flair with the use of gold.  For this I used some of the Washi tape the comes in the cloud nine card kit (this is a special during the month of January) and I also used a generous amount of our gold glitter paper.  The images in glitter paper are cut from our art booking cartridge and the heats from the stamp set are from the artiste cartridge.  

Now hop on over to Michelle Jones blog!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Cloud Nine Card Kit- January starts the year off right!

I was lucky to receive my Cloud Nine card kit the other day- as consultant’s we can purchase these specials early so that we can create and share with our customers.  I LOVE this one! Enough to make 10 cards- the instructions are included.  You receive paper, card bases and enveloped, die cuts, an exclusive stamp set, durables accessories,  gold polka dot washi tape and teal shimmer trim! SOOOOOOO much goodness!!!

Check out the cards below and how to qualify to receive yours in January!

To get your Cloud Nine card kit in January you can:
  • spend $35 in January and receive the kit for $15 (retail value of the kit is $46)
  • Become a consultant in January and when you place your first $300 in sales you will receive this kit for FREE!

visit my website in January or message me

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 25, Decor Advent Calendar

Today is bittersweet- the last day of our 25 days of handmade gifts ( a big sigh of relief on turning these projects out) but also sad as it has been such fun!!  The only thing keeping me happy is that any day now I will be receiving the new SPRING IDEA BOOK and will be planning a big blog reveal for February 1st!!! So excited for new product, new projects and spring!!!
This beauty of an advent calendar mixes a few different items- 
Black Decor Frame
Sparkle and Shine paper
Sparkle and Shine assortment
Sparkle and Shine Washi tape
Magical Day stamp set
Cricut Artiste
I cut all my cute little boxes using the Artiste and added the numbers to the front- I mixed up what i did with them in terms of ink colour, glitz or shimmer trim.  I added the tissue paper to make it feel more like a present for my kids- this year instead of adding gifts to each box we will be revealing a family activity OR something that we can do for someone else- a different spin but one I think will be fun and important for my children!

If you are in Canada and want to order any of the items you have seen please visit my website
Be sure to return to my blog regularly! Although this ‘activity’ is done there will be lots of see over the next few weeks and even more come February 1st!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 24, Snowman T-shirt

Yes- one simple sewing idea and easily lead to another! For this one I used some of our Sparkle and Shine textiles and our Cranberry chevron ribbon (all sewed on to one of the blank t-shirts from Michael’s).  EASY!! Now my daughter has a very distinct holiday shirt for daycare.

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 22, Layout Love

If you are a scrapbooker like me make sure you do not overestimate the hobby you love as a great gift item! I have many friends who LOVE the look of scrapbooking but for various reasons will not attempt to make one of their own- the holidays are a time that I can gift them these items for their personal books.  Fun for me (as I love an excuse to scrapbook) and a great gift item for them!

This one features the following product
Frosted Workshop on the Go Kit
Frosted Stickease


Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 21, Snowglobe Mason Jar


This little project started out as a fun holiday craft with my kids BUT since one of them was to sick to participate I decided to create one 🙂

I cut out and coloured in some of the stamped images from the Christmas Village stamp set (such a cute set!!) To colour them I used our alcohol based markers as I really wanted my colours to pop! I then glued them on to the outside of the hear and added some ribbon to the bottom to cover the lid.

The inside of the jar has some large glitter flakes in it (about 5 heaping tablespoons) and then is filled with water).  A great little craft that would make a great gift for a child to give to someone. 

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop- Special Care

Welcome to the December Stamp of the Month Blog Hop – this month we are featuring the stamp set “Special Care”- so cute and compatible with our Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge. If you have come from Sarita’s blog then you are on the right path- enjoy and read on and be sure to leave some love!

For this layout I used a mixture of elements from some of our cartridges- the stamp set ones are from art philosophy and the others are from artbooking.  The paper I used is Laughing Lola- accented with Laughing Lola assortment and some sparkles- it all came together perfectly to help tell the story of my ‘little Mom’!!

Now hop on over to Lalia and see what she has in store to inspire you!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 20, Gingerbread play dough

Today’s post is a little different as it the focus is the inside of the gift- I did work in some Close to my Heart product in the wrapping of my gifts as you will see in the second photo.  Gingerbread play dough is the BEST handmade gift idea for small kids.  All natural, home made and it smells soooooo good!  To make your gingerbread playdough you will need to mix the following items into a large bowl:
2 cups of flour
1 cup of salt
1 tablespoon of cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg
1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
1 cup of water

Mix it all together and when it becomes hard to mix with a spoon you can knead it with your hands.  Then you are done!! 
To wrap my gift I placed the dough in mason jars- covered the lid with some of the CTMH sarita fabric and tied it off with seam binding ribbon.  I tied a gingerbread man cookie cutter onto the ribbon.  To top  off the gift I added a scallop circle to the top and a while circle stamped with a christmas sentiment.  I cannot wait to give these to the many special little people in our life!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 19, Christmas Tree Apron

I want to start this post by stating that I am NOT an expert sewer- I know how to work my sewing machine and once upon a time I was able to even make a pair of boxer shorts from a pattern (sadly that skill is lost- ha ha).  BUT, I had this idea and I really wanted to see it through to the end!

I am VERY pleased with the result! I bought the basic apron at Michael’s and wanted to use only some small scraps of fabric leftover from my other fabric projects- it worked out beautifully! I mixed bits of our sparkle and shine fabric, sarita fabric and even our Chantilly fabric.  My tree truck is a piece of our jute ribbon.  I know a little cook who collects aprons and plan to gift this to her pint-sized assistant (it is a child’s apron).  

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Until we craft again, The Brae-er


25 Days of Handmade Gifts: Day 18, Seasons Tweeting’s Kit

Welcome to Day 18!!! Today I am showing you the same bags we saw on Day 5 but this time using the Kit pieces. The Seasons Tweeting’s Kit comes with 8 gift bags, 8 tags and an exclusive stamp set for making your tags (you can see the stamp used on the tags).  To colour in the images I used the CTMH Blending pen and ink from our stamp pads.  
See the kit on my website here!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er