Happy Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble!!! Happy Turkey Day and Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone filled their tummies with lots of yummy filling foods.  I had a little extra time after having dinner and checking out the wonderful sale at Michaels crafts.  Here's my newest fun card to make.  I "borrowed" the idea from a youtube video i saw so I can't say its completely my idea. 

 

Here is the Triple Time Stamping Card.

 

It is a really simple way to make a really gorgeous card.

I used my handy dandy cricut machine and cut 6 pieces of paper. You are also welcome to cut it with your paper cutter as well.  

For the Smiles card on top you need the following:

Cut 3 sizes of white cardstock:  2.25x3.25"; 3.25x4.50"; 4.25x5.50"

Cut 3 sizes of a patterned paper: 2.50x3.75"; 3.50x4.75"; 9x5.75"

 

I then layered the white cardstock one on top of the other, using temp tape (or any temp adhesive to hold the panels in place). Then i stamped using my Penny Black stamps (first i did the greeting in 2 shades to create a nice shadow then i used the leaves in a light green to add a little background. Then I stamped with embossing ink and used WOW Tea Garden Green powder for the big flowers)  (see photo below).  I started in the middle and made sure the next ones surrounded it even going off the page.  Once it was all embossed, I took the 3 layers apart and used it with the patterned cardstock. Alternating between the white cardstock and the patterned.  I used some Distressed Ink - Shabby Shutters to add a nice little shadow to stamped white cardstock. 

 

On the card below I cut the same sizes except instead of cutting the larger 9x5.75" piece I cut a half piece 4.50x5.75".  And then used in my layering a 5x6.5" precut card as the uppermost stamped layer. 

  I have a lot of fun with these cards and using the same dimensions you can make smaller cards or larger ones.  Happy Crafting Everyone!

Happy Halloween



Its a little late but here's a card I made for my cousin.  I've wanted to do a manly/masculine card, that a guy wouldn't be embarrased to get.

 

I used Tim Holtz vintage tissue tape, Embossed cardstock that i sanded & used distressed ink and pearlized mist.   Then i cut out welded Happy Halloween using Life is a Beach Cricut Cartridge.  I attached with dimensional tape. 

 

 

Catching Up

Hi Everyone!

Its been a crazy 4 months.   So I wanted to catch everyone up on what's been going on.  On July 4th at 2:15 p.m., We welcomed our little firecrackers to our family.  Nikolas Kenji  was a born a healthy 7 lbs 3oz.  He's been keeping me super busy.

I also welcomed the opportunity to be part of the Design Team for TheCraftsCorner.com (www.thecraftscorner.com) .  I'm very excited to be included in the companys new endeavors.  :)  They have been getting some fabulous new stuff and I can't wait to "play" with it.

I've been crafting and cardmaking in between changing diapers, feedings and burpings and enjoying every new milestone little Nik has had.  But I think i need to really get my butt in gear and post some stuff. 

And here's a pic of my two guys.  Love my boys.   (Jakob 4 1/2 years & Nik 1 month)

Have an awesome day & Happy Crafting.

TheCraftsCorner.com

Hello Everyone! 

Hope everyone is having a great day and a wonderful beginning of June! 

I'm so excited to share some new projects in the works for me.   Starting this month, I will be doing some designing for The Crafts Corner http://www.thecraftscorner.com/home    I am so excited about this new adventure and hope to have lots of new items and products demo to share with you.  :)  

Lots of Love & Excitement,
Bren :)

Elizabeth Craft Design Birthday Card

Used Elizabeth Craft Design Outline Stickers Style ECD2517

Washi Paper from Hanko Designs

Double Sided Tape 2-1/2"

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Lots of different Glitters (Michaels, Sparkle N Sprinkle, Stampin' Up).  I'm trying to find the best glitter to use.  I'll keep you updated :)

I'm still trying to get figure out how to get my photos to rotate.  As you can see I haven't figured it out.

Birthday Card using Paperlace

Birthday card using Cricut Paper Lace Cartridge

My Craft Corner!

The wonderful shelves the Hubby made for my crafting area. 

Embossed & Quilled Birthday Card

Birthday Card - Pink & Black

Wedding Card

Birthday Card

Mother's Day Card #3

As you can see i'm still learning how to set pictures on the blog.  Unfortunately its upside down. :)

Birthday Card

Mother's Day Card #2

Mother's Day Cards - #1

Dad's Surprise Birthday Party Invite

For my Dad's Surprise 70th Birthday Party I made the invitiations.  I used in asian motif being that we were going to a Japanese Buffet and we are Japanese. :) 

I had recently found the Cricut Pagoda Cartrige.  And used the whole think to make my the invite.  

I purchased a package of Blank Cards from Michaels.   Then cut out rectangles using my handy dandy Cricut machine.   Then I used Vellum paper that I had pre-printed and embossed with disco black powder (please embosses as far away from the paper as you can because Vellum will burn/get distorted) with the Party information, to create a "rice paper" screen in the window I had cut out. 

I then cut a 4" pagoda & a 3 1/2" bonsai to put behind the window.   I then cut the "Celebrate" Kanji characters in 1-1/2" with shadow and a 2" dragon to accent.   I then embossed the Kanji character with clear embossing powder (to give it a shiny look) and then added dimensional glue and red ruby glitter to accent the dragon. 

Health Invite

7" Rectangle from Plantin Cartridge in Dark blue cardstock.  Then 5" Kanji word (on shift) for Health Card in light blue cardstock.  I then printed out the invite message on card.   I did try to emboss the invite but the ink dried too quickly to emboss.  I then used double sided tape behind the health word and sprinkled with bright blue extra fine glitter.   Then I adhered the the health card on top of the dark cardstock using 1st rubber cement (please ensure that the rubber cement has dried completely before proceeding.  Don't forget to remove the double sided tape on the backing. 

Then i cut a 2" bonsai to accent the top of the card.  To add a little shine you can either glitter your bonsai or use pearlized paint. 

My Family

This is a family photo from a few years ago from our Trip to Rochester, NY .  Jakob had just turned 1.  A few days ago he turned 4 so i will have to add some more current photos.  This just happens to be one of my favorites.   Its a Mano- Panipinto Sandwich!

Bren Mano

Turtle Birthday Card

My dear friends just celebrated their first born son's 1 year birthday.  I was overjoyed to be a part of such a momentous occasion.  In honor of such a blessed event, I decided to surprise them with a crafty handmade card.     To create this cute little card I used the following: I used Inkadinkado stamp # 60-00059 Turtle wheels, Stamper's Studio glue tape in the dot pattern, embossing powder clear, irish sparkle Sparkle & soft,  pearlized paint, gold glitter, Ranger distressed ink, archival ink pad and happy birthday cling stamp.  

First I used cut a a few rectangles with my cricut (Sample cartridge) in 3 different sizes and paper colors, each one a 1/4 inch smaller than the 1st.  The blue plaid I laid on top of a pre-bought blank card from michaels.  I used a darker blue cardstock on top of the plaid and the last white rectangle on top of the dark blue cardstock. I rounded the corners to give it a nice framed in look.   Then i stamped my Turtle wheels stamp using black achival ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I then used pearlized paint to color in turtle.  It gave it a nice shimmery color.  For the darker green spots i used Irish Sparkle "Sparkle & soft" that i glued down with dimensional glue.   This is a great glitter and flocking in one that I purchased from Sparkle & Sprinkle (they are great!) that i thought would be great for a one year old to touch and feel. 

I let the glue dry and then used a cling stamp and stamped  as simple happy birthday in black again using clear embossing powder.  I then used some green, black, blue and yellow distressed ink to ink the edges.   I then used the glue tape to create a path behind turtle and then covered with glitter.   I saw that once i did the glitter path it looked to plain and decided to use more distressed ink throughout white.