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Cross Canada Blog Hop: Trick or Treat!

Welcome to our Trick or Treat Blog Hop across Canada!! If you have come from Joanne’s blog them you are on the path of lots of Halloween fun!

For my treat I created a simple one page layout- the spin on this (or trick you could say) is that I created this using our new Artfully Sent cartridge (which is a card based cartridge… think outside the box and you can use it on your layouts too!). I cut the Haunted house and fence on the ‘fit to page’ setting on my machine. I backed my house with yellow paper to make the windows shine. I then added some stickers from the Scaredy Cat Complements and used foam tape to pop them up. This came together very quickly!

Now hop on over to Carol’s blog to see if she has tricks or treats for you!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Guest Designer on Atlantic Hearts

I was honoured to be asked to be a Guest Designer for a Sketch on the Atlantic Hearts Blog. I received the above sketch and immediately knew I wanted to adapt this sketch to use with the new Artfully Sent cartridge from CTMH!

Here is what I came up with:

For this card I used one of the swing card cuts on the Artfully Sent- a birthday one. I added some Confetti Wishes paper and accented the cuts with paper, markers and shimmer trim (always need to add shimmer trim!)

The inside also got a bit of fun- I cut out the Happy Birthday from another piece of paper in the Confetti Wishes set.

I would love to see what you create with this sketch. Feel free to post your finished projects in my comments!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Wanderful Picture my Life Mini-Album

It is no secret that our Picture my Life cards are versatile and that I LOVE them! Here is another project I made with these cards- a cute little mini-album perfect for summer travels!

My team made this album last weekend as part of our thrive weekend retreat (so fun and more details about it to come later this week). These mini-books are so easy to make- pick your cards (whichever ones fit your theme) and add any embellishments you might like. I added complements, cricut cuts and some of the assortment pieces. I also added liquid glass accents to a few pieces for some added fun.

Punch some holes and add a ring or some ribbon to finish it off! Perfect to be gifted to someone OR taken on a trip to add your journaling as you go!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

One Layout, Two Looks: Wanderful

September brings a new month and that means a new workshop/kit!

This month I am featuring the Wanderful paper- and if you have been on here you know that this is my FAVOURITE paper right now (that is subject to change over the year LOL). This kit was a delight to put together and I hope you like it!

Layout ONE: Uses half a pack of Wanderful paper, Wanderful complements and Wanderful Assortment. You receive all the pieces and the directions to but this layout together (and yes you will have leftovers to play with!)

Layout TWO: Uses half a pack of Wanderful paper, all the cricut cuts featured in this layout and the Wanderful assortment. How fun is this one, right? And again, you will have leftovers.

If you would like to purchase either of these kits please visit my workshop/kit page HERE!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Confetti Wishes

Confetti Wishes is a bright, colourful and beautiful paper just bursting with life! This layout comes from the Workshop on the Go for this paper- it is the layout that my club ladies will be creating when we do this kit.

Have you ever tried our Workshop on the Go kits? They changed slightly in this new book – now they all feature cuts using our cricut cartridges (although they also show you how you can create the layout not using the cartridges).

Of course these papers are perfect for birthday photos they are also useful for a lot of other memories- I used mine for the Wishmaker walk photos from last fall. We do this every year as a family as a way to give back for the wonderful wish trip that my son had when he was four (they do an AMAZING job of their trips!).

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Single Page Saturday: a layout about me!

I have no idea what was going on with the light in this picture- I used a nice sunny day but it looks like it was overcast LOL!

Anyways… for this single page saturday I decided to focus on me. Rarely do we scrapbook ourselves so I took the opportunity of having a photo that my three year old had snapped of me (she did a pretty good job). My inspiration for this layout came from a picture I saw on pinterest of the title for a journal entry. I thought it would make a really fun scrapbook title!

To get the effect of different fonts I used a variety of alphabet stamps (all Close to my Heart) and some of the stickers that come in the My Crush assortment (do I have you convinced on them yet??)

My journaling I kept simple- just added a few things I am loving right now! It actually sums me up pretty well! I also did MY handwriting- it is a layout all about me after all!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Shadow box LOVE!

If you have been following my blog for any amount of time you may be thinking, ‘Don’t you LOVE everything you tell us about?’

Well, you would be right LOL- and that my friends is why I became and REMAIN a consultant with Close to my Heart!

I have been hearing from my customers for a while now about shadow boxes- why don’t we carry any? especially when they show one in the idea book all the time?

Answer: cause CTMH hadn’t made one yet that was BETTER than what was already available! And now they have!!!

First of all, they are gorgeous and really well made- our shadow box frames come in black or colonial white (which is a cream colour). The opening will fit a 12×12 page perfectly. What is the best part? The frame lifts up so that you can fit in your page without damaging it- this feature makes it very easy to change up your frame time and time again! Closure stays closed with a magnet- seriously this is genius!

I was lucky enough to receive one of these frames as my parting gift for my term on the Advisory Board- a bittersweet moment for sure. This AB turned out to be the last for CTMH as they move in a new direction and strike policy committees as needed. I have loved every moment of being part of the AB and am so happy that I had the opportunity at all.

(The art department created the layout- gorgeous!!! It features lots of our new product.)

If you want to order one of these beautiful frames then just click the photo below- you will NOT be disappointed!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Snowhaven Double Page Layout

Yesterday I showed you a single page layout using Snowhaven and today I want to show you a double page layout- I love this paper for the softer colours you can pull out (there are some darker as well)- it seemed so perfect for many of my outdoor winter photos!

Last winter we enjoyed a family sleigh ride at a local farm- it was SUPER cold that day but also EXTREMELY beautiful! We had a fun time and the memories were a perfect accompaniment to this paper. I also used the Snowhaven complements, Snowhaven assortment and the sequins to add to my page.

Here are some closer photos of the detail on my page:

I did use a good amount of 3D foam tape to help give my layout dimension (something that I like but you may not -easy to add the tape or leave it out).

What would you create with this Snowhaven paper? Can you envision layouts that don’t involve snow and winter?

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

Single Page Saturday: Snowhaven

I love the thought of winter, I love it’s beauty and how pure and clean the world looks after a snowfall…. I HATE just about everything else about it LOL! It looks pretty, but this past winter especially, was super cold and full of LOTS of snow.

We made every attempt this year to enjoy it- on one occasion taking a family sleigh ride at a local farm. Fun, beautiful and COLD!! I did capture this pretty picture and it was perfect for a single page layout.

I used our new Snowhaven paper and complements for this layout- because of this it came together very quicky. I added a few of the silver sequins and some of the snowhaven assortments (the little white triangles) and the slate diagonal striped ribbon.

Here is a close up of the accessory cluster.

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

August: One Layout, Two Looks: Seaside

I am very excited to announce the return and addition of some new workshops/kits to my monthly line up. I few weeks back I asked my customers to fill out a survey and the information that I received back was used to inform my decisions for the upcoming year- it was pretty unanimous- layout and card workshops/kits PLEASE!!

Now if you look up top you will see a new tab on the blog- PAPERCRAFTING WORKSHOP/KITS- each month the information will be updated to showcase what is new. Workshop dates will be listed for local customers and kits prices listed for those who are not able to attend or are not local to me- all prices include tax and shipping to your home!

One layout, two looks is a workshop/kit designed to fit your style of scrapbooking! You can pick between the looks to get a supply list and instructions that fit your style. Chose one that uses the paper and complements OR chose the one that uses paper and cricut cuts!

Here are the August layouts using our Seaside paper! If you want to purchase a kit or attend a workshop then click HERE to go to the page and click the BUY NOW button!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er

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