Triple Time Stamping

Hello all,

I am here today to show you a technique that has taken the stamping world my storm! Everywhere you look, there it is! And it is soo simple, it's crazy! It is such a beautiful technique it really is a WOW factor with little extra time, actually no extra time as it's all done at once!! This card is CASE'd by fellow Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Dawn Olchefske. She did a fabulous video to go along with this card. Check it out!  She used such a beautiful stamp set and colour scheme that I couldn't help myself but to do the same thing....but....if you scroll down you will see one that I did myself.  It is such as easy technique, and looks beautiful.  I think that it works beautifully with many different stamp sets and colour schemes!!  This articular card is for a colleague who is leaving her current position and going to another hospital in the city. 

Recipe:

Cardstock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla.

Ink: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso.

Stamps: Petite Pairs, Creative Elements.

Tools: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals.

Embellishments: Early Espresso Baker's Twine, Naturals Designer Buttons.

I used the small Designer Buttons, but if you look at all three of the buttons in the container, any of them would be a beautiful accent to the card!  Ther is a layer of stampin' dimensionals in between the second and third layer to give it an extra bit of pop also!  Now below is the card that I made using the same technique.  I wanted to show that this technique isn't only for stamp sets with frilly swirls and flourishes.  But it works for background stamps also!

Recipe:

Stamps: Day of Gratitude, En Francais.
Cardstock: Basic Black, Very Vanilla.

Ink: Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Real Red.

Tools: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Paper Snips, Simply Scored.

Embelishments: 1/8" Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon, Neutrals buttons.

I just love this technique, it is such a stunning effect and so simple.  I can't go on and on about it enough!  ha ha ha...This card is for a girlfriend of mine who I met for luncha and she had the most adorable little outfit for Rylea with her!  I ran out of the other cards that I made in bulk right after Rylea was born.  I am also going to be submitting this card at Create with Connie and Mary - they have a colour challenge.  Basic Black, Sahara Sand, Real Red were the challenge colours.  I like the red in this card, it adds just that splash of colour and personality to this card!  The other Challenge that I am going to submit this to the SU Only Challenge Blog.  Although I haven't entered in this challenge before, I have been watching it and I really like it because the other entrants are so fabulous and it gives me a spot to get even more inspiration for classes and my own cards!  The SU Only Challenge this week is to use buttons or brads in your project. 

Anyways, thanks for checking me out again!  Hope to see you come by and check me out again!!

Brenna

Submissions:

SU Only Challenge - Buttons or Brads

Create with Connie and Mary - Real Read, Sahara Sand, Basic Black

Freshly Made Sketches # 46

Hello all,

This must be some kind of record for me!  ha ha ha....I am back on maternity leave....that's what it is!  ha ha ha...i get a few hours in the day (nap times) to go to my happy place and do some crafting.  This card is one that i made for a girlfriend of mine who recently wrote the NCLEX exam...I am counting on her passing as she is one awesome nurse!  I'm not sure if she even has her results yet...but I can't imagine any other possibility for her other than passing!!  My colour combination was inspired by a fellow demonstrator, I'm sorry I can't remember her name, but it was seen on Stampin' Connection.  She also used this stamp set in her card, that's how I decide to use this set as a "congrats" type card.

Recipe:
Cardstock: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, So Saffron, Whisper White.

Stamps: Happy Hour

Ink: Calypso Coral, So Saffron, Pool Party.

Tools: Big Shot, Houndstooth EF, Bitty Banners Framelits, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool, Scallop border Punch, 2 way glue, sticky strip, stampin' dimensionals, SNAIL.

Embellishments: Calypso Coral 3/8" Ruffled Ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter.

I have submitted this over at Freshly Made Sketches in their weekly sketch Challenge (#46).  I am going to make a pointed effort to participate in more challenges.  I have been doing some more stamping classes lately and these challenges really help me open my doors and try new things and new stamp sets.  Thsi card may be found some day (or a variation of it) in one of my stamp classes!  If you're in the Calgary area and would liek to join in the fun, email me and let me know!!
Anyway, I am looking forward to more challenges and more blog entries and submissions! Thanks for coming by and looking, please drop me a line and let me know you were here!!
Have a great (long) weekend!! 

Brenna

A Reason To Smile

Hello all!!
I am back with my third card from the stamp club!  This card was CASE'D from my fabulous upline!  I just love the bright colours of this card!  Another beautiful thing about this card is the stamp set that I used "Reason to Smile," is a current promotion with Stampin' Up!  When you spend $60 on any current merchandise or clearance rack items, you can buy this stamp set for $5!!  what a deal!  This stamp set is so beautiful and it is a two step stamping set!!  Two step stampin' is like getting three stamp sets in one!  You can use just the outline, just the inside, or both together!  Anyways, this is the card!  Its hard to tell, but in the center of each of the flowers, I used a bit of dazzling details to add a bit of pop to the flowers!

Recipe:
Stamp Sets: A Reason to Smile, Friendly Phrases.

Ink: Daffocil Delight, Tangerine tango, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Basic Black.

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Pool Party, Tangerine tango, First Edition DSP, Whisper White.

Embellishments: 1/4" Stitched grosgrain Daffodil Delight, Dazzling Details.

Tools: Simply Scored, SNAIL, Sticky Strip.

Thanks for checking out my cards for my first club night.  I have a Scrapbook Club night coming up, so I hope to be back with a posting about how that night went and to show off the layouts that we made!!  I am making two of each layouts (one for each of my daughters), so I have made them both a bit different (with the same supplies), and then hopefully I will be able to take some pics of one of the ladies boys layouts!!  So come back and check out those projects too!  Thanks for checking me out today!!!

Brenna 

Occasions Alphabet

Hello again,
I am on a roll here for posting!  I have had a hard time posting as of late, due to the craziness of a new baby, but I have been trying to make a real effort to get back into it.  Hopefully I'll be more into crafting shortly also.  The basement development that we have been working dilligently on (for ten months, doing ourselves) is going to be coming to a close this week!!  woo hoo!!  I can finally have my stampin' room back!!  I had to clear it out to make room for our second daughter back in May, so all my stuff has been in boxes since!!  It's hard to be motivated to be scrappin and stampin' when everytime I turn around the next thing I need is at the bottom of yet another box!!  ha ha ha...All that will come to an end this coming week!  Hopefully I can be moved into my new room ASAP!!!
Anyways, I am complaining!! ha ha ha...no more! As promised I am back with the second card from my stamp club! This was inspired by a card that I saw on Stampin' Connection. This awesome demonstrator only forum - access is granted when joining the Stampin' Up! Community and becoming a demonstrator. Awesome forum to get inspiration for all things Stampin' Up! (Scrapbooking, Home Decor, Cards, fabric, etc). Anyways, without further ado, here is the card:

Recipe:
Stamps: Circle Circus, Occasions Alphabet.

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Naturals Confetti, Baja Breeze.

Ink: Baja Breeze, Certainly Celery, Crumb Cake.

Tools: Simply Scored, SNAIL, Sticky Strip, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Sponge, Decorative Label Punch, Scallop Oval Punch,  Adorning Accents Embossing Folder (hearts), Big Shot.
Embellishments: Baja Breeze Seam Binding.

The beautiful thing about this card, when you do it for a workshop/club night, it is easy to convert the card from baby boy to baby girl.  Just have the to inks available (pink instead of blue), some pink and blue scrap paper for the punching, and two different options for the ribbon embellishment. It comes at no extra cost for preparing the card packages.  Nothing is wasted if it isn't made, and your guest has the opportunity to make it according to their needs!!  The other thing about thsi card, is that becuase of the ambiguousness of the card front, the guest can tailor it even more by using a different sentiment to transform the card into a birthday card or thank you card or something like that!
For more information on thie card, and how to get the supplies needed to make this card, email me for more information or visit my Stampin' Up! website: brennaanderson.stampinup.net.
Thanks for checking me out again!!   Looking forward to coming back for the final card from my card club night!

Brenna

Stamparama Stamp Club

So, I have started my first stamp club!  I have been busy planning and planning for this for a while.  I have known that I wanted to have a Card stamping club for a while, but it has been bad timing with having a baby and all!  ha ha ha...I finally feel as if I'm ready and can handle having a bunch of ladies over to do some stamping and card creating!!  So on monday i had some ladies over and we made three cards together!  This is the first of three that we made!

Recipe:
Stamps: Mixed Bunch, Perfectly Penned
Cardstock: Whisper White, Daffodil Delight.

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Gumball Green

Tools: 1" Circle Punch, Blossom Punch, Simply Scored, Paper Snips, Sticky Strip, SNAIL, Stampin' Dimensionals

Embellishments: 3/8" Stitched Satin in Gumball Green.

This is a very simple card to make and is made relatively fast, even for beginners.  most of my ladies are beginner stampers who I am trying to convert into crafters!!  ha ha ha...they are all crafty, but have never really done that much paper crafting!  Looking forward to more meetings with them, and hopefully meeting some new people also!  I will be back in a few more days to show you card #2 of the three that we made!  For more information on how to make this card, or how to get the supplies, please contact me!  I am more than happy to help!!  Thanks for looking!

Brenna

Debut of Scrapbook Club!

Hi!
So we had our first evening of scrapbook club last week! It was a blast!! I had a great time chatting and scrapping with the ladies! My daughter was the only newborn there this time...but I'm thinking next time there is going to be a few babies more present, 3 or 4!!
This is the layout that we made. I made the girl version, and I actually made two of them becuase I wanted my girls to have matching 1st yr scrapbooks, ha ha ha...I will be giving my mom the originial 1 yr scrapbook I had made for Paisley I think...not sure what I'll do yet!! The layout is the same (whether you have a boy or girl), the only difference is is anything that is in Blushing Bride was in Baha Breeze for the boys.

Recipe:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Blushing Bride, (Baha Breeze), Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, In Colour (Blushing Bride) Patterns Paper Stack, (Baha Breeze Patterns Paper Stack).

Ink: Soft Suede

Stamp Set: Baby Prints

Tools: Paper Doily Sizzlit Die, Ribbon Lace Border Punch, 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Boho Blossoms Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Timeless Type Junior Sizzlits Die, Big Shot, Paper Trimmer.

Embellishments: Twitterpated Designer Buttons in Blushing Bride (Baha Breeze), 3/8" Pleated Satin Ribbon in Blushing Bride (Baha Breeze).

Adhesives: SNAIL, Sticky Strip, 2 Way Glue Pen, Glue Dots.

This layout was inspired by a fellow Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Thanks for the inspiration!

Brenna

She's Arrived!!

Alright...So I've been sort of busy! ha ha ha...tending to the new arrival that blessed us on June 7, 2102. Rylea Theresa Anderson arrived in a rush right on her due date! I would have been goo if she had come a bit early, but it was perfect timing as she allowed for us to finish up her bedroom, and clean up the house a little bit. We are still finishing up the renovation in the basement...but the house is clean at least!!

These are the birth announcement/thank you cards that I made to give to family and friends!



Recipe:

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz, Natural Confetti.

Tools: Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Circles #2 Bigz Die, dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch, Simply Scored.

Stamp Sets: Baby Bundle, A Word For You.

Embellishments: 1/8" Grosgrain Whisper White Ribbon.

Ink: Staz on Jet Black, Markers- Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz.

Adhesives: Stampin' Dimensionals, SNAIL, Sticky Strip.

Thanks for checking me out! Hope you like the card!

Brenna