12 Days of Christmas--Day 8

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Today I want to share a Christmas inspired scrapbook page with you. It uses a little bit of new, a little bit of old and a little bit of current! It is always my favorite things to do, mash up a bunch of products that I love and enjoy!

The base of this page is Real Red which is just classic Christmas and I paired it up with Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Basic White elements for a really awesome holiday feel. The Gingerbread & Peppermint DSP from holiday 2021 was some of my favorite DSP and I still have a couple of packages to use on some projects for this holiday season.

I almost always add DSP to my scrapbook pages and often that color dictates the rest of my page design. I wanted to go with a winter Christmas feel so I added some snowflakes from the Joyful Flurry stamp set to the background in Real Red ink.

 

Top Tip: when stamping background images, mount as many of the stamps onto a large block as you can. This way you can ink up the stamp and efficiently fill in your background!

I added some of the Wonderful Snowflakes to both of my scrapbook pages. This is one of the main elements that connect these two pages to each other along with the coordinating photo mats in Early Espresso and Crumb Cake.

I used a variety of sentiments from Snowflake Flurry and Framed & Festive for my pages.

Have you been seeing sneak peeks of the Alphabet A La Mode Dies around the internet? I love love love these dies and knew that I wanted to incorporate them into my page design. The word ‘JOY’ fit perfectly on the tag from the Celebration Tags Dies.

I love these dies and have used them so many times over this holiday season! A few classic Rhinestones are the perfect bling for these pages!

The North Pole Sacks are the perfect scrapbook page accessory! I added one to my page with a little pull out that you could use to journal or tuck Christmas momento’s inside.

I really love how this page layout came out and I can’t wait to share it with my scrapbook group later this month. If you are local to YEG and are interested in scrapbooking, please let me know! I would love to share in some creativity with you in 2023.

Click on the link below to see what Melanie has shared today over on her blog!

Color Fusers--December Blog Hop!

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Hello my crafty friends! Thank you so much for coming by to see what the Color Fusers Design Team is up to this month! We are creating projects with a very unique color combo for December!

What do you think? I bet Basic Black, Merry Merlot and Smoky Slate were NOT what you were thinking when you think “Holiday Colors”…but that doesn’t mean we are all creating holiday projects! Guess you will have to go through the Hop to see how many of us did!

As you can see I decided NOT to create a holiday card with this challenge. I could NOT resist the temptation to play with brand new stuff!

I decided to go with Smoky Slate as the base and added a second layer that I ran through the new Cane 3D embossing folder. I LOVE this new folder! I added a piece of Basic White as my top layer and decided to incorporate Merry Merlot in a water color wash behind where I planned the sentiment to be. I went over it twice so it would have a little bit more depth. Let the first layer dry and then run your water painter over it a second time. I finished the background off with a flick of my Merry Merlot marker.

I love how the sentiments in sentimental park can work together to create a variety of captions

I used two new bundles to create this card, they are both from the same suite—Regency Park. All of this will be available in the new upcoming Occasions catalogue in January. Its an absolutely gorgeous suite with a stamp/punch combo and stamp/die bundle. I used BOTH to create this card.

The flowers are from Petal Park bundle. I stamped them with Versamark ink on Basic Black card stock and then embossed them with Basic Black embossing powder. They do look quite awesome in person (hard to capture in a photo). The stamp and punch work together so that 3 flowers are created at once. Love that!

The sentiment is from the Sentimental Park stamp set and is cut with a coordinating die from the set. I did trim off some of the detail from this die as it had some little white flowers attached.

 

I really like these new dies as they cut out stamped images as well as some flower shapes. I cut some out in Smoky Slate to tie the background of the card into the design.

I also added some Smoky Slate bakers twine as well and some grey Classic Matte Dots.

I also distressed the edges of the Basic White layer to add a little extra texture to the card. I am so pleased with how this project turned out and I hope it has inspired you to consider these new bundles when they come out in the new year!

My crafty friend Melanie is next on the Color Fusers Blog Hop—make sure to check out what she has designed! I am so curious to see if any of my fellow teammates created a holiday card with this combo!

You can always go backwards too if you like by clicking on Previous—you will be taken to Tami’s blog—Swimming in Stamps!

On Stage Vienna Presentation

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Hello friends! I wanted to share some of the super fun projects that I was able to design and share in a video that was streamed in Vienna at our On Stage Conference earlier this month! I was so excited when Stampin’ Up! reached out to me as an extension of my role on the Artisan Design Team. I am just finishing my second term on the team and I was blessed to asked to return for another year in 2023. I have loved every creative challenge and opportunity that has came my way with my role as an Artisan Team Member.

 

It was really excited to get to create with a NEW upcoming bundle called Conversation Bubbles. It is so whimsical and fun! The dies are spectacular!

I was asked to create a variety of projects with this bundle and the new Alphabet a la Mode dies that are also coming out in the January-April Mini Catalogue!

This is my cute bestie Hawkins—where I go, he goes

My first project was a scrapbook page and this is not only because I love scrapbooking (if you follow me on Instagram @stampwithbrenda or my Artisan journey) you know I create a lot of memory pages. So this was actually the basis for my presentation—how to create a scrapbook page from a card design or vice versa!

I used a fun technique on the back ground where I cut a stencil with one of the dies from our Window Sheets. I used a Blending Brush in Pool Party ink to create some ‘thought' bubbles on my page. I then used a Pool Party Stampin’ Blend to DOODLE on top of the designs. Yes DOODLE!!! Doesn’t that take you back to sitting in class, doodling away! You can see I used a variety of stamps and dies from this bundle on this page!

This card was the result of the inspiration provided by my scrapbook page. You can see how many of the same elements carried over. This project is so fun as I love the mixing and matching of stamped images, dies and the negative die opportunity!

TOP TIP: When you #addtocart the Alphabet a la Mode Dies (as I know you all will) please make sure to add the Adhesive Sheets. They will keep your project mess and glue free as essentially you will be creating a ‘sticker’ out of the die cut letters. Trust me, you won’t be sorry to add this to your order!

My favorite project that I made for this presentation was this adorable shaker card. I love me a good shaker card and this one is relatively easy to create! Its a square card with a large circle cut and covered with a Window Sheet. I used the same stencilling technique on the base in Blushing Bride ink and this time and I added ‘YAY’ right to the top of the Window Sheet. I used some of the little hearts and stars from the dies plus a pinch of sequins for the ‘shaker’ aspect of the card.

Then I embellished the front with more stamps, dies and some Iridescent Pearls. Who wouldn’t LOVE to get this in the mail?

Who does’t love a good slimline card! this card is perfect with the little speech bubble at the bottom

Have you been noticing the ADORABLE Designer Series Paper used on my projects—spoiler alert—you can get it for FREE during Sale a bration as a Level 2 Reward. Yep, you know it! It is called the Dandy Designs 12x 12 DSP. Make note!

This slimline card is just the best to showcase how much fun you will have with the Conversation Bubbles Bundle. You can layer and mix and match the sentiments and dies to create a variety of catchy fun phrases. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE the color palette of my projects—all driven by the DSP!

 

And as my final project, I knew I needed to make an adorable little treat holder using the Mini Pocket Envelope Die. Clearly we need to utilize a stamp that says YUM and what is better than tucking a cute chocolate or take ou gift card inside this treat holder?

I cannot wait util this bundle is available for you to all order! I had so much fun creating with it and I know you will too! Bookmark this post so you can come back to it in January!

Make sure to visit my blog on Thursday as I am starting a 12 Days of Christmas project share with my friend @melsinkyfingers!

A Card a Day in May--Day 7!!

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Hello friends! I have another manly man card for you today! I am excited as this card will be a part of my upcoming The Man’s Man card class in early June! So consider this a fun little sneak peek! And if you live in the YEG area I hope you will consider coming to one of my “In Person” card classes this year!

 

I was so excited about this new Brewed For You Bundle in our new annual catalogue. A: because I enjoy BEER and B: because BEER is Fun and C: its awesome to see some more ‘manly man’ stuff in our catalogues!

I used Night as Navy as the base and first layer for this card while stamping some fun beer mugs on the base in the same ink color.

I wrapped some of the Fan Bakers Twine around the first layer and over top I added the largest square from the Stylish Shapes Dies #addtocart

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Even though this card is in a more manly man color scheme (Night of Navy, Early Espresso, Cinnamon Cider and Crushed Curry) you can still give it to a beer loving gal pal or re-create it with a more gally gal color palette!

The two different been mugs are stamped with Momento Ink and then I very lightly added a touch of Balmy Blue ink with a Water Painter to accentuate the glass. The detail on the foam has a bit of Dark So Saffron added with the Stampin’ Blend.

Both mugs and foam are popped up on Dimensionals as well. The sentiment ‘Another Round for Your Birthday’ is stamped in white craft ink and embossed. I also used the Stylish Shapes Dies to cut the sentiment.

And lastly I added a few of the dark blue rhinestones from the Waves Rhinestones because secretly I think men like bling.

Hope you are enjoying the first WEEK of A Card a Day in May—31 projects will be shared this month! I can’t wait as I am also MAILING a card a day as well! This is great motivation for me! :)

A Card a Day in May--Day 5!!

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Dream it

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Its TRUE! I am manifesting seeing the ocean in 2022 and if you dream it hard enough, it can happen right? This also ties into the card I wanted to share today for my A Card a Day in May series. This was a card I created as an Artisan Design Team assignment and I love it. I mean really, who doesn’t love a good shaker card?

Fun Fact, the last time I saw the Ocean was in 2019…makes me sad inside but I am hopefully I can dip my toes in one in 2022.

This card features the amazing Waves of Inspiration Bundle which was an early release and is a current offering in the new Annual Catalogue. It is such a unique and wonderful bundle and I had a fantastic time creating with it.

I used the Stitched Rectangle Dies and the Foam Adhesive Strips to create the ‘shaker’ aspect. You also need a Window Sheet and some kind of filler for your shaker card. I used the Sparkle & Shine Sequin Assortment from the JJ catalogue (still available to order from until June FYI).

My favorite part of the card is the waves that decorate the shaker window. I cut one wave die (you get two in the Waves Dies) out of Basic White cardstock. The second, I stamped and embossed with Whisper White ink and embossing powder and then used Pool Party ink and a Blending Brush over top for a embossed resist look. I then die cut that wave out. This gives it a little subtle color and texture!

Under the sentiment I added some of the Denim Ribbon that I cut in half and some of the White Bakers Twine. I few well placed sequins finished off the design.

 

To me this card just feels serene yet interesting at the same time and its one of my favorite Artisan projects I have created this term!


I had also created a scrapbook page using some similar elements so I will share that too! What is better than more inspiration right? This is a picture of my daughter Summer on the Thailand Incentive Trip a few years back. It makes my heart so happy to have that shared experience with her!

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