Medallion Mother's Day

Hello all,

I had my second workshop last week, and I made this beautiful card. I had a lto of fun. met a few new people, and showed off some of Stampin' Up's! fantastic products and even showed some avid scrapbookers a new technique! I'm looking forward to more workshops and meeting more new people!!

Recipe:
Stamps: Medallion, Delightful Dozen
Cardstock: Old Olive, Concord Crush, Melon Mambo.
Ink: Basic Black, Versamark.
Embellishments: Melon Mambo Embossing Powder, Basic Pearls, Beautiful Wings Embossing Folder.
Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Glue Dots, 2-way Glue Pen.
Tools: Heat Tool, Big Shot, Decorative Label Punch, Paper Piercer Tool, Simply Scored.

I'll be back to show you the other make and take card that we made at my workshop!  On a side note, I wanted to congratulate my mom.  She was a Pals Artist Pick at Pals Paper Arts on their last colour challenge!  Congrats!!! 

Thanks for stopping by and checking me out!  Leave some love so I can check out your blog too!

Brenna

Workshop Projects!

Last week I hosted my first workshop! I was nervous, but it was at my house so I was in my comfort zone, and I knew that I couldn't forget anything that would be the "key" ingredient to my make and takes!!
So I had some friends come over and we shared in a lot of laughs, snacks and beverages! And of course did some stamping! I feel like it was a success just to have some friends over and hang out! Plus, I got my Mother's Day card made, I also got my Easter card for my daughter made! ha ha ha... These are the cards that I decided to make with everyone. This card is a CASE from my upline's Sister! small world, but the card was totally my style and I couldn't help myself!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: Raining Flowers, Delightful Dozen, Pursuit of Happiness
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilly, First Edition DSP
Ink: Blushing Bride, Bravo Burgundy
Embellishments: Basic Jewels, Blushing Bride 1/2" Stitched Poly Ribbon, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Simply Scored.

This card is a CASE from a fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I cannot remember her name! SORRY!!! But it is cute as hell, and I changed a few things!

Recipe:
Stamp Set: EveryBunny.
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Whisper White, Perfectly Plum Patterned DSP.
Ink: Jet Black Staz on.
Markers: Colours as desired to colour bunny image.
Tools & Embellishments: Triple Layer Blossom Bouquet Punch, Modern Label Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Basic Pearls, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Simply Scored.

Looking forward to my next workshop, which I have booked already! Yay!! April 20th! Thanks for checking me out today!

Brenna

Spring Time

Hello all,
I have been feeling very springy.  It is easy to feel springy when the temperature keeps getting nicer and nicer!!!  yay!!  And not to mention the challenges are all becoming more and more springy, so it's easy to get your crafting to start going towards the spring theme also! 
I made this c ard with the challenge colours from the Pals Paper Arts Challenge blog.  Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Chocolate Chip.  the colours are soo cute together.  They are fabulous for spring, but the other thing I think I may be doing is a baby card in these colours.  Pink and green are a super popular colour these days for baby girls.  Anyways, I love the Just Believe Stamp set, it is definately gorgeous, and the Pursuit of Happiness stamp set is so full of beautiful sayings, it sells itself.  There is a sentiment for every occasion.  Anyways, without further ado...

Recipe:
Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Confetti White, Subtles Patterns DSP in Certainly Celery.
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, and Certainly Celery & Pretty in Pink Markers.
Embellishments: Certainly Celery 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Antique Brads, Basic Pearls.
Stamp Sets: Just Believe, Pursuit of Happiness.
Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Paper Piercer, Adorning Accents Scalloped Edgelits, Corner Rounder Punch, 11/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Simply Scored, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Thanks for checking me out again today!  Have a beautiful spring! 

mona

Submitted: Pals Paper Arts - PPA 132 Colours -Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip.

Scrappin' Away

I've been busy scrappin' away here!!  I've had some time off work, and so I've been taking Paisley to day home and really trying to focus on taking care of myself (getting lots of sleep) and trying to catch up on Paisley's scrapbook so that I can focus on the new baby's when it comes!!  So here is one of the pages for Paisley's scrapbook.  I did use some cricut for the lettering, as I don't have any of the big shot dies from stampin' up...yet.  ha ha ha...I just haven't been able to stomach the price quite yet, but I know that I'm going to be bucking up sometime soon!  That is all I can think about currently is getting those die sets...ha ha ha...don't tell my husband!  Anyways, I love the nursery nest suite it is soo cute and the colours are fabulous for boys and/or girls!! 

Recipe:
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Marina Mist, Perfectly Plum, Whisper White, Nursery Nest DSP.
Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Perfectly Plum, Marina Mist, Versamark.
Embellishments: Dazzling Details (dots on the letters), subtles buttons, white bakers twine, Cherry blossom embossing folder (cuttlebug).
Tools: Cricut, Big Shot, Pennant Punch, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Glue Dots.
Stamp Sets: Aviary, Sweet Shoppe Lower Alphabet, Pennant Parade, Sweetly Said.

Thanks for checking me out again today!  Hoping to be back again soon with a new page layout!! 

Brenna
Submitted at: The Paper Players Challenge #87: Clean and Simple with Buttons

To Gnome You Is To Love You

Hello stampers!  I am here today with a new card that I made for one of my gardening girlfriends!  It is just about time to start planning the garden, and so this is what I've made for her.  She has quite the green thumb, and has always given me some of her extra basil that she somehow manages to have!  Hopefully this year is no different.  Ha ha ha...I made this using some inspiration from PPA Sketch Challenge 131. 
The Gnome stamp sets are soo cute!  There is so many things that you can do with them and with the different sayings, I just love them!  The other thing that I love from the sale-a-bration catalogue is the entire everyday enchantment series.  The DSP, brad and ribbon pack and fresh Vintage stamp set is soo awesome. 


Recipe:
Cardstock: Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Lucky Limeade, Confetti White, Everyday Enchantment DSP.
Stamps: Gnome Sweet Gnome, Gnomenclature, Up Up & Away, Send Me Soaring.
Ink: Staz On Jet Black, Basic Black.
Markers: Poppy parade, So Saffron, Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Lucky Limeade, Blush Blossom.
Tools: Simply Scored, Stampin Dimensionals, SNAIL, Crimper, Paper Piercer, Everyday Enchantment Brads.

Thanks for checking me out today!  hope your spring season is looking up!  and shaping up for an awesome gardening season!  have a good one!

Mona

Submitted at: Pals Paper Arts 131: Sketch

Here We Go Again...

      Well hello blogging world.  oh how I have missed thee!!  It has been like forever since I have blogged, but even longer since I have actually done any crafting on my own!!  (For these purposes, the classes and stuff that I go to don't count!)  ha ha ha...Anyways...so it has been a while...so long in fact that I am Pregnant!!  yay!  again...ha ha ha...not only am I pregnant, but I am 28 weeks pregnant!  no matter how close you are to the end, it is never close enough to the finish line!  but all has gone well so far...but I do have to say this pregnancy is part of the reason that I haven't been scrapping...I have been soo exhausted, just treading water basically with all the household stuff, Paisley, and work...but now I must be in the nesting phase right now becuase I feel pretty darn good, and am back to a somewhat normal level of energy!  Another fun thing about this pregnancy is that we dont' know the sex of the baby..again!  It was so exciting at the end of the whole labour to find out that Paisley was a little girl.  it is so surreal...and I just feel like it is one of life's true surprises left, and i just don't want to take that away from myself.So, I finally had a chance to do some scrapbooking for the new baby, it's first scrapbooking page!  I used the colours for this weeks Paper Players Challenge: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake.  I really really love the colour combination that they chose for this week.  I didn't think that it was too girly or too boyish at all, so I went with it.  I love love love the way that it turned out. 
I know it doesn't look complete without the photo, but we actually haven't taken a photo for this page yet.  but I know exactly what I want it to be!  It is going to be Ryan, Paisley and I...possibly with the positive pregnancy test...scrapbook pages look so muhc better witht he picture in it...but i think it looks pretty darn cute already!! 

Recipe:

Cardstock: Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party.

Ink: Sahara Sand, Lucky Limeade (oops, i kinda goofed on the ink, for some reason I thought it was lucky limeade, and then I looked again and it was pear pizzazz which actually goes a bit better), Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party.

Stamps: Occasions Alphabet, Sweet Shoppe Lower Alphabet Clear, Tiny Tags, Dot Dot Dot, A to Z, Fine Flourish, En Francais, Parlour Prints,

Tools: Paper Cutter, Paper Snips, Paper Piercer, SNAIL, Glue Dots, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Boho Blossoms Punch, Tiny Tags Punch, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Scallop Border Edge Punch, Designer Frames Embossing Folders, clear block A, stamp-a-ma-jig, stampin' sponges, Big Shot.

Embellishments: Pool Party Bakers Twine, Paper Daisies, 2011-2013 In Colour Designer Brads, Neutral brads,  Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Poly Stitched Ribbon.

I also am going to submit this scrapbook page for another challenge over at freshly made sketches.  I know it's meant mostly for cards, but I love it when you can get some inspiration from a sketch (or advertisments or anything really) and transfer it to scrapbooking and crafting in general!  My layout is a bit turned around from this sketch...but the main components are the same!  This is the sketch!  Head on over and check it out!!

Anyways...thanks for checking me out!  I'm glad that I could finally play again, and i'm excited to get crackin on the scrapbooking catch up game.  Hopefully I can play some catch up and get finished with Paisley's scrapbook before the new baby comes!!  ha ha ha...Hopefully I can get going on that one!!  I'll be back soon!!!  thanks for checking me out.  Also, I think my mom might have a Pals Paper Arts Challeneg Entry for tomorrow!!  come check her out too!!! 

Brenna

Submitted: Paper Players Challenge #86 - Pool Party, Crumb Cake, Wisteria Wonder, Pear Pizzazz.

Freshly Made Sketches #26 - Sketch

Sending Many Thanks

I'm here again this time with a little 3x3 thank you card!  These are the little cards that my friends will find in their bags along with the goodies they decided to purchase!  I totally love them.  It goes along with the st. paddy's day theme of march and of course it also coordinates with the PPA Challenge 130: Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke and another colour.  This was totally inspired by something I've seen online (I'm soo sorry I can't remember who did it!), using the iridescent ice embossing powder and embossing on a darker colour.  It looks fabulous.  I wish you could tell a bit better  how cool the iridescent ice powder looks, but a good picture was very difficult to acheive...Check it out for yourselves!

Recipe:
Cardstock: Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke, In colour DSP Patterns stack.

Stamp Sets: Petite Pairs, Mixed Bunch

Embellishments: Early Espresso 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Brads.

Tools: Heat Tool, Iridescent Ice Embosssing Powder, Blossom Punch, SNAIL, Dimensionals, Sticky Strip, Simply Scored.

Anyways, thanks again for checking me out today!  Hope you all like my card!!  Leave me some love if you're checking me out so that I can come by and check your blogs out too!!!

Mona

Submitted at: PPA 130: Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke, and another colour.