I alluded to this in my Events, Invites and a Blog Candy Giveaway post on Sunday, and I’m excited that today is finally here so I can share the story of my amazing weekend along with some wonderful photos (please note: you’ll see little blue stars in several of these picture to honor the anonymity of the children who attended the event). An Overview I was thrilled when Rhonda, a resource development administrator for the…
I always love when the “CASE the Designer” challenges roll around for the Global Design Project. We get to find inspiration in a card that was made by one of our design team members (colors, theme, stamps, layout, occasion – it’s all up for grabs). This week is particularly exciting for me because we are CASE’ing a card by Shawn de Oliveira, who is also one of my InKing Royalty Team members and a great…
Hear ye! Hear ye! I’m excited to share a handful of announcements today. My post is jam-packed with great information about events, invites and a crowd-favorite Blog Candy Giveaway. What fun! EVENTS I love every opportunity I have to get together with my InKing Royalty team members, amazing customers and other demonstrators. I have two really big events to tell you about – one happened yesterday, and the other takes place in October. Memory Keeping…
Are you stuck here? Something happened on May 20 – and we can’t exactly pinpoint what it was – that has caused some people’s browsers to be stuck on this blog post. I like this card, but you certainly don’t want to be stuck here forever, do you? If you are stuck on this page when you go to stampwithbrian.com, please clear the cache on your computer – and everything will be good again (at…
There are so many amazing, new products in Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog – Spring is alive and well in the Delightful Daisy Suite! Such beautiful papers, a great stamp set, must-have punch and some versatile embellishments. What fun! Here’s my card: Tips, Tricks and Reminders Build-a-Sketch. You can’t go wrong with a simple, classic layout for any card. Detailed and complicated layouts might be a fun challenge if you have plenty of time to…
There are a lot of “LOVELY” products in Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog. Literally. While Lovely as a Tree stands the test of time (it’s the longest running stamp set), there are lots of new, lovely products that are worth taking a look at: Whole Lot of Lovely Designer Series Paper, #144110, page 87 Whole Lot of Lovely Cardstock Pack, #144112, page 87 Lovely Inside & Out Stamp Set, #144008 (wood), #144011 (clear mount), page…
Many of my Stampin’ Up! team members (not just those with blogs) share their gorgeous projects in our team’s Facebook community – there’s such amazing and inspiring creativity in this group! I’m always excited when my team’s blog hop rolls around, though, because I get to share some of their amazing work with you. I’m just as excited to see their projects as you are, and I am proud to share them with you. Welcome…
I love playing around with new products – it’s one of the great perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator – and I can’t wait for you to be able to get your hands on the amazing, new products in Stampin’ Up!’s 2017 Annual Catalog. I used three new products to make this super-sweet card for this week’s CAS(E) This Sketch challenge: And here’s the banner for Donn Mikasa’s sketch that inspired my simple card:…
This week’s Global Design Project theme is “Cooking, Baking and Making.” Projects can be just about anything – as long as it somehow relates to food. I didn’t have any goodies to wrap up, so I decided to make a birthday card that features a teeny-tiny cake (from the new Tabs for Everything stamp set) and a wonderful new sentiment (from Special Celebrations). I love this little cake – and I really love this sentiment. …
I’m not a big believer in “luck” – when you land a good job or reach an amazing milestone in life, there’s a big chance you earned it (rather than having it handed to you by sheer luck). At the same time, I feel so lucky that Mary King is my mom. I didn’t earn her – it was definitely a lucky gift to be raised by her. I am fortunate to be surrounded by…
