Tristan’s Build a Bears!!!!

Tristan has been having fun making the build a bears using the Big Shot and the die cuts.  Back in February, he made a couple and took to school, as a result, he came home with several requests.  So on a Saturday a week or so ago, he spent several hours down in the stamp room creating to his classmates, and teachers requests, and interests.  These are what he made. The only thing I did to help him was show him which supplies he could and could not use, give him a clear space to work, and request that it all be picked up when he was finished.  (I wished I had gotten pictures of his little work area, but I didn’t).

Who says your bears have to be brown or black? Why not go for red?

Or yellow?

   

Or Orange?

At least he had fun.  And he was pretty creative too.  He created the megaphone all on his own as well.  Even gave 1 of the cheerleaders wrist bands. 

I need to get some pictures made of the projects I’ve been working on.  So hopefully I will have more to show you soon.

 

Blessings - Brandi

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, …….

Gene is in a community play here in Wellington tonight and tomorrow afternoon.  They are doing it as a fund raiser for our little local theatre The Ritz.  They are also doing a silent auction before the performance.  Each cast member had to bring something.  I have been following Ellen Kemper’s blog, and have CASE’d several of her punch art characters, including the 7 dwarfs.  I just love how they turned out!  She was putting a basket together using all 7 of them for a get well basket.  I took that and changed it bit to make an all around basket.  I think the end result is really great.

 

Here is a close up of Sleepy. He is on a box of Chamomile tea.  Notice the picture of the cottage on the box.

You can see Happy in the back on a Ritz gift card, and grumpy attached to some lemonade jelly beans.

Dopey is attached to a bag of pretzels, chocolate covered pretzels, and roasted pecans.  Bashful is hanging out on a couple of mugs with a little coffee sample.

Here you can see Doc attached to a can of chicken noodle soup, and Sneezy attached to a travel pack of Kleenex.  They were a lot of fun! Thanks Ellen for such wonderful creations.

 

Blessings - Brandi

Surviving a crazy life!

Yes, I am still here.  Our spring break vacation was crazy!  We got stuck 30 miles from our first destination by traffic in snow.  We sat for 3 hours not moving at all, the car in park, and even off for an hour, in the middle of a major interstate.  It took 5 hours to travel that 30 miles, and we finally arrived at the hotel at 2am.  Coming home wasn’t as bad, but once again the interstate was closed, so our trip was delayed by a day.  We chose to stay and rest in the Hotel as opposed to fighting the traffic and slow speed limits.  A wise choice, we were so tired, we did nothing but rest and let the boys swim.

Here are some  more card that I cased from Michelle Zindorff.  She is amazing, and I’ve really had fun learning a new way to use some of my crafting tools.  Hope you enjoy them too!

This last card was made for the wonderful man who has done all the hard work on our house during our remodel.  We really appreciate his attention to detail, and so I wanted to make him a very special card.

  

Hope to post some more soon.  I have lots of fun things I’ve made, but I need to photo them, and download the photos.  Still need to download the photos from Spring Break too!

Have a great weekend!

Blessings - Brandi

Catching up on posting!

Here is the card I made for Gene for his birthday.  It was in conjunction with a sketch challenge on Stampin’ Connection, but due to the remodeling that took place at the house, I didn’t get it uploaded for the challenge.  I still think it is great though.

And here is the super fun project we did at a 14 year old birthday party last night!  Everyone had such fun making this.  It is a clipboard converted into a chalkboard.  We covered it with some of the vinyl chalkboard sheets that Stampin’ Up! is carrying right now.  Super Fun! 

Here is a close up of the super fun flower using pages out of an old book.  Isn’t it just adorable?

We are heading off tomorrow for spring break week.  Blessings to all!

Brandi

Cool Samples

I have seen some awesome tutorials by Michelle Zindorf on using a brayer.  I’ve always been too intimidated to try it, but for some reason, I found some of her finished cards that I absolutely loved, so I gave them a try.  I think they turned out pretty cool.  What do you think?  This first one is for Gene’s Grandfather.  His birthday is today.  88 I think is how old he is.  He loves to fish, and thought this would be a great card for him.  Gene loved it.

This card makes me think of my son Tristan.  This is one of the stamps I got specifically with him in mind, and love having a really cool way to use it.

Not bad for my first attempts at her tutorials.  Hopefully I will get better with practice.  You can find more of her work here.

New Samples!

I have been doing some stamping, I just haven’t been real good about posting.  Here are 2 cards I made last week while partcipating in some challenges with other Demonstrators. 

Blessings - Brandi

Bird Punch Class

These are the 5 cards we will be making in my Bird Punch class this month.  If you are interested in taking these classes, please contact me. 

 

I wasn’t sure I was crazy about this punch, but after playing with it and making these cards, I think I am in love.  Wait until you see the poinsettia card I made using this punch and the layout of the first card on this post!  Too cool!

 

Blessings - Brandi

Occasions Mini Fun Stuff!

There are so many fun and wonderful things in the occasions mini catalog.  I have finally gotten to play with the new Clear Mounted stamps (after getting carpet installed in the bedrooms and my stamp room).  And oh what fun I have had!  Below are a few samples of some of the new things I’ve done.

 

I’ve also had fun using the dots impressions folder to create texture on the cards.  The bird punch is super fun too!  Wait until you see all the fun cards I’ve made with that as well. (even a Christmas card)!  Yes, I am already working on Christmas for next year.  My goal is to make 15 cards a month so by November, I will have all my Christmas cards made.  Well, gotta go play with the kids, and try to slip downstairs to stamp some more.

Blessings to all! - Brandi

Vintage Friendly Words Cards

Here are a set of 4 cards using the friendly words wheel.  They are so beautiful. This is one of the classes I have this month.  I’ll try to post more pictures of the 4 cards later.  Truly some of my favorite cards.  I plan to make several of these to have on hand.

I hope to have more to show you soon, but we are having carpet put in and that includes my crop room, so that means all my stuff has to be moved upstairs. Hmmm! Doesn’t sound like much time for creating to me! Wish me luck!

Blessings! - Brandi

A beautiful Package!

This is the packaging I made for the gift Gene gave his secretary.  I have to say, that is probably one of my favorite boxes I’ve done.  I used a wheel out of the new Occasions Mini that starts January 5th. It really turned out pretty!

Here is a close up of the image on the front.  I used the petals a plenty embossing folder, and used the backside.  I loved how it turned out!

Here is an up close picture of the gift card I made to go with it.  I really am pleased with the end result.

Gene wanted to give her a coffee mug, so she could have a real mug to use at work.  We added a set of coasters for her as well. 

  

I guess with the holiday coming to an end, I am going to have to get back to work on stuff.  I have done nothing but play with the kids this week, so needless to say, It’s going to be back to the real world come Tues.  Yes – We don’t go back to school until Tues.  (Sorry teachers, I know you have to go on Monday!)