February 22, 2020

You are Simply Wonderful

February 22, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

One of the team building things my team does each month is choose a card from the Idea Book and Catalogue and case it. Sometimes I make small modifications such as the sentiment. The original card used for this Case had the sentiment ‘Forever Starts Today’ but it doesn’t really apply to my life stage right now so I thought I would swap it out for ‘You are Simply Wonderful’, which can be sent to anyone for pretty much any reason. I did use the Stampin’ Supply guide (published on the demo page under the Printing Place) to see exactly how they achieved the soft coloured feel. I loved how the flowers were stamped with Sahara Sand and then coloured with water colored pencils, but the surprise was the adding Pretty Peacock ink and a blender pen on the tips of the blue flowers!

I know everyone will be happy to get this card as I love receiving what they have created for me!

February 22, 2020

Hello Friend!

February 22, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

A recently hosted a get together of a group of girl friends who had formed one of my first scrapbooking groups back about 12-13 years ago. One of the girls had moved away and was back in Edmonton for a night so I gathered everyone together to make this awesome scrapbook page. I want to give some credit to Angela Meiritz-Reid who had shared a card on Instagram that featured this color palette. I love it immediately as it was not a combo I would have put together myself. I used this color combo as the creating start to making this page. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out. I combined the Be Mine Stitched Framelits, Poppy Moments and Painted Labels Dies along with the Thanks for the Laughs and Seriously the Best stamp sets plus a few select embellishments to create this page. I love the crispness of the white with the softness of the Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight and the contrast of the Call Me Clover. The Honeybee DSP added in a nice metallic touch.

I love this page so much that I have created another project with this same elements. I will be sharing it on my blog next week so stayed tuned!

If you look close you can see that the base of the poppies was run through the Subtles embossing folder (found in the main catalogue). This is a great way to add texture and interest when using tone on tone to create these flowers. I used the Frosted Flowers embellishments, Metallic Pearls, Perennial Essence Floral Centers, and the Petal Pink 1/4 Metallic-Edge Ribbon to add detail. I have been heard to say, “It’s all the details” and this page is a great example of that. I hope you are inspired!

February 08, 2020

Joy of Sets February Blog Hop--Sprinkle Hearts

February 08, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

The theme for this month’s Blog Hop is love and hearts! Those two criteria inspired me to make this Valentine’s Day layout featuring my favourite item of the moment, Pigment Sprinkles. I have really been focused with sharing this great product at my groups over the month of January. I was finding two things-my loyal stampers needed an introduction to something NEW and many people were intimidated by how to use the Pigment Sprinkles. They are, my friends, so easy! The first tip I have is to let go of trying to control them! They will work magic for you with just a little water and either water-colour paper or Shimmery White Cardstock as your base. In my case I used Shimmery White to add to the overall finish of the hearts. I have played around with spritzing water first and adding the sprinkles or adding sprinkles and then water and I find I have a better end result by adding sprinkles and then the water. You will also get a different look with using a heat tool (which is what I did in my class settings) versus allowing the product to air dry (who has time for that! hahaha).

You can see here that you only need three ingredients to create something awesome! After you spritz the sprinkles with water, let them sit for a few seconds as they absorb and spread. The last photo shows the difference of letting the sprinkles sit. I then took my heat tool and blasted the paper until it was dry.

I tried to keep the rest of the elements on my scrapbook page minimal to really draw the attention to the sprinkle hearts. They were easy to punch out using the heart punch pack from page 10 of the Occasions Mini. The Happy Valentine’s Day stamp is from the Heartfelt stamp set (pg 10). LOVE is embossed in gold from the Well Said stamp set (found in the main catalogue) and the From My Heart Faceted Gems added the perfect finishing touch!

I hope this page has inspired you to try playing around with the Pigment Sprinkles. You can find them on pg 179 of the main catalogue in a group of six awesome colors. My page features the Mango Melody pigment sprinkles which is actually a great blend of pinks with a tinge of coral and orange!

Continue hopping along by visiting Rochelle Laird-Smith’s blog and please feel free to leave a comment for me to enjoy :)

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I am also going to include all of the stops on the Blog Hop just to be sure no one gets missed!

Blog Link

Rochelle Laird-Smith

https://stampingflair.com/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-february-2020-love-is-in-the-air/

Fiona Whitehead

https://craftystamping.blogspot.com/2020/02/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-february-2020-love.html

Jane Allmark

https://amethystarcrafting.blogspot.com/2020/02/jos-blog-hop-february-2020-love-is-in.html

Tricia Butts

https://triciastampingcreations.blogspot.com/2020/02/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-love-is-in-air.html

Angie McKenzie

https://www.naturesinkspirations.com/2020/02/the-joy-of-sets-blog-hop-love-is-in-air.html

Susan Webster

https://pumpkinhillstampers.com/?p=3657

Sue Allen

http://sueallensimplycraft.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-joy-of-sets-february-2020-blog-hop.html

Libby Fens

https://libbystamps.com/2020/02/08/love-is-in-the-air/

JoAnn Pollock

https://jpollockdesigns.wordpress.com/2020/02/08/from-my-heart-suite-day-5/

Alejandra Gomez

https://www.creatingwithallie.com/?p=2966

Narelle Fasulo

http://www.simplystampingwithnarelle.com/2020/02/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-love-is-in-air.html

Vicki Milyard

https://stampingvickisvisions.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-joy-of-sets-february-blog-hop-love.html

Gez Carpenter

https://www.nigezza.co.uk/2020/02/joy-of-sets-february-blog-hop-love-is.html

Jill Chapman

https://www.paperdaisycrafting.co.uk/2020/02/joy-of-sets-february-blog-hop-love-is.html

Kristie Meeker Wilson

https://mypaperlife.com/2020/02/08/the-joy-of-sets-love-is-in-the-air-blog-hop

Annette Ball

https://stampinwiththebees.blogspot.com/2020/02/joy-of-sets-february-2020.html

Anne Marie Hile

http://www.stampinanne.com/2020/02/the-joy-of-sets-february-2020-blog-hop.html

Angélique Nederpel

https://stempelkeuken.blogspot.com/2020/02/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-love-is-in-air_8.html

Brenda Nelson

https://www.stampsandstretchypants.com/home/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-feb2020

January 23, 2020

Its a Valentine's Bonanza!

January 23, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

I absolutely love Valentine’s Day. I love making V Day projects, cards and buying special gifts for my family. When my kids were little we developed a “Pink Dinner” tradition. My husband and I realized that we probably wouldn’t be going out to romantic dinners anymore with having three kids, so we decided to create something special for our whole family to enjoy. So I decorate our table with Valentine’s Decor and even pull out real wine glasses for the kids to use. We drink pink pop, eat heart shaped pizza and all the other foods are either pink or red. I will admit, it makes for a pretty interesting dinner sometimes. But it is fun and the kids all look forward to it. I will make sure to do a blog post of my table!

This year I will be adding these adorable heart tin treat boxes to each persons spot at the table and I will fill them with the candies each kid likes best (probably Skittles, Reeses pieces and Kit Kat’s!). I cannot resist these Bonanza Buddies, the Koala (fun fact: its one of my favourite animals, tied with the panda bear and an Ewok if they really existed!) and the lion are just beyond adorable! They can be found on page 33 of the Mini Catalogue. The entire Birthday Bonanza Suite is colourful, whimsical, and fun!

I love our new heart punches pack on page 10 as they are so easy for kids to use and the layering option of the two is fabulous. And personally, I think you can use hearts all year long! This project was a great way to use up some ribbon scraps as well. The sentiment, For You, is from the Label Me Bold stamp set which is a Million Dollar Achiever stamp set.

Hot Tip: you can use the classic label punch for any of the sentiments in the stamp set and just quickly snip the edges to get a perfect cut!

I added in the heart doilies to the bottom of the tins as well for that added detail. I think its awesome they come in a package of 40! Way to go Stampin’ Up!

I hope you are inspired by these super cute projects. I had so much fun making them and will be offering them at two different class times—-Wed, Jan 29th at 6:30 pm and Monday, Feb 10th at 6:30. They are perfect for kids and adults to make! Imagine finding one of these on your desk at work! Click on the Sign Up Now button to register for this class!

Honestly, I don’t care if you are 5 or 50, I think these would make anyone happy!

I thought it would be fun to add something to the inside of the lids. It is like a little extra surprise!

January 11, 2020

Joy of Sets Blog Hop-January!

January 11, 2020/ Brenda Nelson

I am so excited to participate in the Joy of Sets Blog Hop for 2020! This is the first Blog Hop I have ever participated in, so please be patient with me as I work out all the kinks on the techie side! My creative side is great, the techie side, not so much! haha!

Today I created ‘something new’ using the new Tropical Oasis Suite in the recently launched Mini Catalogue for 2020. This card is definitely an avid level project as it uses embossing paste and colouring with the Stampin’ Blends (in Mango Melody). The large flower is actually stamped in the new Saddle Brown Staz On ink that was released with this suite. I added in some of the Braided Burlap trim and a couple accent flags from the Tropical Oasis DSP. I love how it turned out with the layers and different textures! The leaves are in two colors, the stamped leaf is Old Olive and the small leaf is Mossy Meadow. The In the Tropics Dies for this set are great as they not only cut but they have shapes that also emboss such as the leaves.

I want to include all of the links for this fabulous Blog Hop (and to make sure that I don’t mess up where you need to go to see everyone’s projects!). You should have just been over at Rochell’s blog checking out her amazing project, and after me you will hop on over to Susan Webster’s Blog! If my NEXT BUTTON isn’t linked correctly (remember, newbie here!) you can at least access things from the main list!

And lastly, I want to give a huge SHOUT OUT to Angie for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the Joy of Sets Blog Hop and for helping me with some ‘behind the scenes’ stuff! You are so humble and gracious!

Angie McKenzie
https://www.naturesinkspirations.com/…/the-joy-of-sets-blog…

Amanda Farlinger
https://fromwhereistamp.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop…

Libby Fens
https://libbystamps.com/2020/01/11/something-new/

Jane Allmark
https://amethystarcrafting.blogspot.com/…/jos-blog-hop-some…

Tricia Butts
https://triciastampingcreations.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-…

Angelique Nederpel
https://stempelkeuken.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-s…

Fiona Whitehead
https://craftystamping.blogspot.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-…

Sandra Roberts
sandrascraftstudio.com/?p=2012

Rebecca-Jo Unwin
https://rebecca-jounwin.blogspot.com/…/the-joy-of-sets-blog…

Rochelle Laird-Smith
https://stampingflair.com/the-joy-of-sets-blog-hop-january…/

Brenda Nelson
www.stampsandstretchypants.com/…/joy-of-sets-blog-hop-jan20…

Susan Webster
https://pumpkinhillstampers.com/?p=3449