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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!

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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.

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Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 of the CTMH Idea Book reveal! Today I want to share with you a layout inspired by page 21 of the new Idea Book (if you have one you can look it up and see what I am talking about- and remember you can also view the idea book online).

As soon as I saw that single page in the Idea book I knew I had to recreate it- with my own twist of course! This layout does not feature any of the stamping that the other one does- I instead used the Skylark complements to fill in the places that would have featured some stamping.  I love to stamp but I also know that not everyone feels the same way- this shows the versatility of our product line!skylark stamp camp layout

 The other thing that I added to this layout (beyond a second page) is a piece of the Skylark Picture my Life kit.  You can see it in the close up photo below- I used one of the cards and created a nice little spot to feature my journaling!

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Since I wrote this post a week ago I have created a video to go along with this layout- a great step by step so you can create your own!  Check it out!

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Photo Development in Studio J

Photo development is always something that scrapbookers do not take lightly! Finding a quality service that is quick, has great quality and a variety of sizes (or even the ability to create your own sizes) is rare.  Wouldn’t it be great if you had something like this and it came right to your door within a week?!

We do- its called Studio J!

Let me take you step by step through the process.  You can click on any of the photos to be taken to Studio J on my website- if it is your first time you will need to create an account (don’t worry it is free and you pay for nothing in the Studio unless you want to purchase it!)

You will create a project and title it whatever suits you- I chose ‘February Photo Development’ so that I knew what and when the photos were from.

You will be prompted to upload photos- you can do this now OR do it later.  You do not need to wait for the photos to load before you move on in the project.  They will continue to load as you work on the next few steps.

At your next screen you will chose to ‘Start with an Express Collection’

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This is the screen you will see next- you want to select the collection that is ‘Photo Development’

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Your next screen will have you chose a layout to add your photos too- you will start with one but can add more as you work on your project.  There are five different layout styles to chose from.

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Now you can add more layouts OR add your photos- one thing to keep in mind is you need a minimum of four layouts in order to ship your order- this is easily done for most people 🙂

To add your photos just drag and drop them from the menu on the left (a check mark will appear once you have used them).  To add another layout just click on the ‘Add Layout” button in the bottom right corner (and chose to work in the same express collection you are currently in).

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Here is what a full layout will look like- don’t forget you can change the filter of your photos to black and white or sepia.

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Once done you will chose the ‘Buy project’ button on the bottom right and the program will prompt you to ‘approve’ your layouts and then you can check out!  You will have your goodies in a week and a file will be emailed to you with the JPEGs of all your purchased layouts.

Try it out ————->  Studio J

Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 7

Oh my goodness- I am a little excited to show you today’s project and featured items!!! Of course welcome back to Day 7 of the CTMH Idea Book Reveals… and today’s project which not only features one of our great new products BUT an exclusive one!! You read that right- this one is exclusive and you can ONLY get it when you host a party!

WHAT?! NO FAIR!!

Nope, absolutely fair- maybe you don’t realize how easy and fun a party can be? If you live in Central Ontario (or sometimes even other parts as I like to travel) I will come to you and we can have a lovely home party OR a hostess-designed workshop- whatever you like! If you are not local don’t worry! I have something for you too! We could have an online Facebook party- they are sometimes even BETTER than an in house party as no one needs to worry about weather, finding sitters or getting dressed to leave the house!  Just contact me (and believe me you will WANT to!)  If you want to find out a little bit more about hosting please click on the “Be a Hostess” tab above.

Here is our super sweet project- a card featuring that exclusive item- the ‘Unicorn Dreams’ stamp set… it is too cute for words!!!

The card itself is pretty simple- I stamped the unicorn in hollyhock ink and stamped the sentiment over top in black ink.  I added some paper to the top and a strip of paper folded up across that for some dimension.  Then I finished it off with a few more of those sequins from the lollydoodle cardmaking workshop on the go kit!

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Easy, cute and I so LOVE the quote!!!

Product featured:

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Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 6

Welcome back to the 6th day of the CTMH Idea Book reveal- I hope you have been enjoying yourself and if there is anything you would like to see featured or shown in an upcoming post be sure to let me know! In FACT- although you can view the full Idea Book online at this link– if you are in Canada and place an order through me I will also send you a real version FREE! Just email me once you place your order and I will send it the next day.

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Today I am featuring a layout I created using a variety of products.  One of the things I love most about our current spring/summer line of products is the VERSATILITY it offers! So many of the products can mix with other items and will match beautifully! In this layout I have mixed two different lines- Ivy Lane and Balloon Ride.

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Products featured:

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Until we craft again, The Brae-er


Spring/Summer CTMH Idea Book Reveal: Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of the CTMH Idea book reveal! Today I have a project and a challenge – which means our first PRIZE!!

First- the challenge!

I want YOU to do the following:

-Click HERE and ‘Follow’ my 15 days of Reveals board on Pinterest

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When you have done all three just comment in the comments section and I will pick a winner- you have until Feb 4th at midnight to do this and the winner will be announced as part of the Day 5 reveal.

Now to the project!

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This two page layout is from out Ariana Workshop on the Go kit- what I LOVE about these kits is that everything I need is in the bag! I just make sure I have adhesive and my stamp pads, add my photos and I have a gorgeous layout in no time at all!   This is only ONE of the TWO layouts that you can complete with a workshop on the go kit (and yes you will have plenty of leftovers and an exclusive stamp set to keep forever and ever).

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New product featured in this project (click on picture to be taken to the SHOP):

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Last… the PRIZE (nope didn’t forget but I wanted you to sweat it out just a bit ….)

The winning person (chosen at random by random.org) will win….

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this cute stamp set- one of our NEW mini collection stamps and one that will also be featured on tomorrow’s project!

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

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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!

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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):

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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


February SOTM: Wild Thing

Welcome!! I am so happy to welcome you over to my new piece of internet real estate!  While you are visiting me at my new blog I hope you will take the time to subscribe so that you will not miss a MINUTE of the fun!!!

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To start the fun I want to share a project I initially created for an upcoming blog hop- I wasn’t sure if my new site would be up and running in time so I am not participating this month but still want to share my project with you!  February’s stamp of the month is a set called Wild Thing- the moment I saw it I fell in LOVE! My kid’s did too! They have been singing ‘What does the Fox say?’ for months and this was just perfect!

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With this cute stamp in hand (and a small sampling of NEW Spring/Summer Idea book papers) I set out to create a Flip Stand Album.

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I used washi tape (who doesn’t love washi) to add some pizzazz to my pages and of course cricut cuts- this cartridge coordinates with our Art Philosophy cartridge.  The theme of love also allowed me to use up some of the red accessories I had leftover from all my Christmas crafting!

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If you enjoyed this be sure to leave some love- I want to know how you are enjoying my posts, the new look for my blog and what you might like to see in future!

 

Until we craft again, The Brae-er