Wishing You A Most Lovely Day - Sketchy Cardspiration #2

Happy Friday everyone! 

I hope you all had a great week and found some time to get crafty.

I want to thank everyone for your lovely comments you all left on my blog over the past week. I read every single one and tried to respond to the ones I was able to. Your kind words mean so much to me! 💗

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I have a new Sketchy Cardspiration for you today! 

I'll share my card inspired by my sketch first and add the sketch at the bottom.

I had lots of fun with this one and used as many matching papers as I could to make the sunburst pattern and then went further and stitched each one together!

After I got done stitching everything together, it kinda looked like a cool quilt! I will always love the look of stitching on paper...adds lots of awesome texture too!

The stamp I used is Magnolia Stamps "Tilda With Heart Balloons". I'm sure she is a retired stamp because I have not been able to link to her. I was lucky enough to purchase this stamp second hand, from a fellow crafter years ago, that was clearing out some of her older stamps. But if you're looking for a great place to buy Magnolia Stamps in the US, I've always bought mine from Magnolia-Licious.

The sentiment is my own design available in my digi sentiment shop HERE. The little crocheted hearts I got years ago from a fellow Etsy crafter. She custom made a bunch of different colored crocheted hearts for me. Her shop is called "Craft Me Crazy" and can be found HERE.

Some more close-ups...

The inside...

CARD INGREDIENTS:

IMAGE: (Retired) Magnolia Stamps "Tilda w/Heart Balloons" and Sentiment from BrossArtfulDesigns

COLORING MEDIUM: Copic Markers

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Skin & Blush: E13, E11, E00, E000 & R22, R21

Hair: 100, C7, C5, C3

Dress, Shoes & Socks: V17, V15, V12, B04, B02, B00, RV19, RV14, RV13, RV10

Balloons: Y17, Y15, Y13, YG17, YG13, YG11, V17, V15, V12, B04, B02, B00, RV19, RV14, RV13, RV10

Grass: G99, G94, G82

Sky: BG01, BG00, B00, B0000

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PAPERS: All DP is from "Recollections" and All cardstock matting is from "ColorBok"

EMBELLISHMENTS: All flowers and pearl hearts from "WOC", custom hand crocheted hearts from "Craft Me Crazy" and all other embellishments from stash

TOOLS: Spellbinders Grand Calibur Machine w/"Grand Scalloped Circles" & "Grand Circles" dies, EKSuccess "Pinking Hearts Border Punch" and EKSuccess "Corner Rounder Punch"

OTHER: Stickles "Stardust" glitter glue and Glossy Accents

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And now, here's my card sketch I designed to create my card today! 

Sketchy Cardspiration #02!

I will post them off and on and they will be here for whenever you need a little inspiration! I hope you all enjoy them and find them useful!

I would LOVE to see any cards you make inspired by my Sketches!
You can share with me on Pinterest or on my Facebook Page in the coordinating albums created.

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A HUGE 
thank you for stopping by and 
HAPPY crafting to all!

BIG, BIG,

xxHUGSxx

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~♥~Card Will Be Shared With~♥~

Pile it on Challenge - "3D Embellishments"

Midweek Magnolias - "Anything Goes"

Colour Crazy Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Crafting With Friends - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Catz Weekly - "Anything Goes"

Jo's Scrap Shack - "Anything Goes"

Polkadoodles - "Anything Goes"

QKR Stampede - "Anything Goes"

4 Crafty Chicks - "Lots of Layers"

Art Impressions Stamps - "Anything Goes"

Starz Stamps - "Make it Girly"

A Bit More Time To Craft - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Awesomeness - "Anything Goes"

Love to Craft - "Anything Goes"

Mix it Up Challenge - "Anything Goes"

The Creative Crafters - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Creations - "Anything Goes"

Inspiration Destination - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Gals Corner - "Add a Heart"

Simon Says Stamp - "Add a Die Cut"

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More Digi Sentiment FREEBIES!!

Hello again everyone!

I hope you all are having a great start to your week so far!

Before I get to my next card this week, I want to share some more FREEBIES with you! 

I've added a couple more NEW sets to my digital sentiment shop too!

Just a couple more days before Valentine's day, so I have my brain on hearts! lol. But I can see these being used for other occasions too, like anniversaries or birthdays!

Layers of Heart FREEBIES Set!

Download HERE or you can click on the picture 

which will take you to MediaFire to easily download the free digi sentiments!

The files are uploaded in zipped format, so you will need a program like 7zip or Winzip which you can download for free to extract them. If you have trouble, please leave me a comment and I will try to help you.

I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them! All I ask is that you give credit on whatever project you may use them on. And please do not share them or claim them as your own. You may sell your handmade cards with the sentiments, but you do not have permission to sell the sentiments in their original format.

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The full, detailed sets can be found in my digi shop HERE or you can click on the pics to take you to the individual set in the shop!

And some more shaker frames! The frames come with fun, matching shaker bits!

Until next time,

Thank you for stopping by and Happy crafting to all!

Big Big

xx Hugs xx

My YouTube Channel!

Hello again everyone!

I just wanted to let you all know that I FINALLY created my own YouTube channel!

I was asked to make videos years ago of my card making process. This was something that was completely out of my comfort zone, but once I started it and created my first one, I actually had lots of fun doing it!

So, here is my very first crafty video ever! I hope you all enjoy it and would love if you could subscribe. And please feel free to let me know what you think?

Depending on how well this one is received, I might make more!

Thank you in advance for taking a look!

Big, Big,
xxHUGSxx

With Love From The Heart - Sketchy Cardspiration #1

Hello, Hello, Hello!

I'm SO excited to finally get to this post! 

My first card or anything crafty in 4 years! You would be surprised just how much you forget not using your supplies, tools and techniques for that long! But once you get in there and start playing around, it starts coming back and that's when the fun and crafty therapy starts! I've definitely been needing some crafty therapy and creative release!

Before I began my card, I thought...where did I always start? 

I always, always started with a sketch first! So, I just sat down one day and started doodling my own card sketches...and was only going to keep them on hand for myself at first, but then I thought, why not share them! So, since I was taking the time to digitize my card sketches anyways, I figured I would share them with you all here and hope to inspire your card making process. A card maker can never have enough card sketches on hand to get a jump start and get that creativity flowing. 

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I'll get to the sketch at the bottom of this post. But, first I'll start with my card...

Side view...I just LOVE this sparkly gold paper from The Paper Studio!

For my image, I used a stamp by La-La Land Crafts called "Marci w/Heart Balloon". Now, the downside to not touching your craft supplies for 4 years, is I think this stamp may be retired?? Because I can't seem to find her anywhere in the shop to be able to link to her. But La-La Land Crafts has many other adorable stamps to choose from, so I will just link to the main shop!

Some close ups...the sentiment stamp I used on my card is one of my own designs and is a FREEBIE available on my blog HERE!

And of course, I had to do up the inside too!

CARD INGREDIENTS:

IMAGE: Marci w/Heart Balloon "La-La Land Crafts" and Sentiment from "BrossArtful Designs"

COLORING MEDIUM: Copic Markers

COLOR LIST

Skin & Blush: E13, E11, E00, E000, Blush- R22, R20

Hair: E35, E55, E53

Dress & Shoes: BG15, BG32, BG11 and V17, V15, V12, V000

Balloon: Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21

PAPERS: DP from DCWV "Summer Dream",, The Paper Studio "Glam Glitter" & All cardstock matting is Colorbok "Home Sweet Home"

EMBELLISHMENTS: Lilac Twine from "The Twinery", Ribbon and flat back pearls from stash and all flowers and crystal heart stem from "WOC"

TOOLS: Bow-it-All Maker, Spellbinder Grand Calibur and Cuttlebug Machines, Scalloped Heart dies from QuicKutz and Darice Hearts background embossing folder, sewing machine

OTHER: Stickles Stardust and Glossy Accents

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Now for my first Sketchy Cardspiration used to create my card today!

I will post them off and on and they will be here for whenever you need a little inspiration! I hope you all enjoy them and find them useful!

I would LOVE to see any cards you make inspired by my Sketch!
You can share with me on Pinterest or on my Facebook Page in the coordinating albums created.

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A HUGE 
thank you for stopping by and 
HAPPY crafting to all!

BIG, BIG,

xxHUGSxx

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~♥~Card Will Be Shared With~♥~

Pile it on Challenge - "3D Embellishments"

Brown Sugar Challenge - "Valentine Day"

Colour Crazy Challenge - "Anything Goes"

Crafting With Friends - "Anything Goes"

Crafty Catz Weekly - "Anything Goes/Love is in the Air"

Cut it Up - "Layers of Love"

Jo's Scrap Shack - "Anything Goes"

Pattie's Creations - "Love is in the Air"

Polka Doodles Craft Challange - "Anything Goes"

QKR Stampede - "Anything Goes"

Simply Create Too - "Fav Color Combo (Mine is Purple & Turquoise)"

Simply Papercraft - "Anything Goes"

That's Crafty Challenge - "I Heart You"

As You Like It Challenge - "Fav Way To Add Stitching & Why? (I like real stitching because I love lots of texture on my cards)"

Craft Rocket Challenges - "Love"

Crafting With an Attitude - "Anything Goes"

Cute Card Thursday - "Love"

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - "Anything Goes"

Moving Along With The Times - "Love"

Through The Purple Haze - "Anything Goes w/Turquoise"

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - "It Must Be Love"

Crazy For Challenges - "Add a Heart"

A Gem of a Challenge - "Have a Heart"

Creatalicious Challenges - "Anything Goes w/Love Option"

A Bit More Time To Craft - "Anything Goes"

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Lots of Hearts! NEW Sentiments and FREEBIES first! Card Next!

Hello again! 

I told ya, I'd be back!

My card post will probably be a little long today, so I want to share some NEW sentiment sets and some freebies that I've been working on first. I've been getting to know and playing around with my Illustrator software again and having lots of fun creating NEW sentiment designs!

Since Valentine's day is coming up....like next week, I was in the mood for hearts, lots and lots of hearts! I started out with creating hearts and the designs and ideas for them just grew from there! But I can see these being used for friendship cards, thank you cards, weddings or even anniversaries.

I have 3 NEW fulls sets in all that are available in my shop now! I can't tell you how much fun I had creating these! You can click on any of the pictures or titles to be directed to my Etsy sentiment shop, where they can be purchased and instantly downloaded!

Here is the first set...

From The Heart

And these next 2 sets, I got a little wild with my out of the box thinking and thought, how fun would it be to create some frames to makes shaker cards?! I haven't made shaker cards since I started card making, but I've noticed it's been making a comeback! I can also see these frames being used to frame other images and stamps!

Heartfelt Shaker Frames Set #1

Heartfelt Shaker Frames Set #2

I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way these turned out!! 

AND both sets will come with a set of shaker bits that you can color up and use inside the shaker frames!!

I'll have some inspiration coming up soon and show how I used some of these!

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And now, if you got through all that...you deserve some FREEBIES!! These turned out absolutely adorable, in my opinion. I actually used one of my freebies on my card I will be sharing next!

From The Heart FREEBIE Set! Download HERE or you can click on the picture which will take you to MediaFire to easily download the free digi sentiments!

The files are uploaded in zipped format, so you will need a program like 7zip or Winzip which you can download for free to extract them. If you have trouble, please leave me a comment and I will try to help you.

I really hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them! All I ask is that you give credit on whatever project you may use them on. And please do not share them or claim them as your own. You may sell your handmade cards with the sentiments, but you do not have permission to sell the sentiments in their original format.

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Until next time,

Happy crafting to all!

and

Big Big

xx Hugs xx

Before jumping right back into the crafty world...a little update!

Hello everyone! 

Or I should say, anyone?....lol

I can't believe it's been 4 years since I did anything crafty related! Wow! Has it REALLY been that long?!! I guess it doesn't feel that it has been that long, because I still follow most of you on Facebook. I've had lots of people asking me over the years when I was coming back and never had an answer for them.

It's been a long 4 years, with lots of ups and downs for myself and our family. It started with losing my grandma in 2013, which was hard enough and took a long time to process. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, my mom was diagnosed with stage 4, Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. She died within 6 months of her diagnosis, in June of 2015. It was obviously an extremely difficult time, because she was not only my mom but my best friend too. What makes it all the more heartbreaking, she was only 49 years old. Going on 3 years since she's been gone and it's still something I struggle with wrapping my head around. I miss her every day!

I made this up for her awhile back. The bottom pic was taken by me, a few years before she got sick. In the top pic, she was in the middle of getting her chemo and radiation treatments. She sent the pic to my phone a couple days before she died. She was so sick here, but she still managed to smile. I loved and miss her strength!

If that wasn't devastating enough, my husband lost his job of  nearly 10 years. And shortly after that, he lost his mom to a blood clot. It was just so surreal.

I went back to work for a little bit in 2016, after not physically working outside the house for 10 years! My husband had a major career change and went to schooling to become a longhaul trucker. And he has now been happily trucking for a little over a year. Although we're financially secure again, it's been hard on me and the boys not having him home every night.

Writing this post is making me a little teary...I think that's why I've been putting it off for so long. But, I'm happy to say that we are finally settled into our new house after moving around for so many years, with everything being in boxes! And this current house came with a spare room that I have ALL to myself and was able to turn it into a nice little crafty space. I feel like I've been unpacking and organizing it for months now. But I'm finally ready to get started!

I have so many ideas floating around in my head, I'm ready to get them all out to make room for more!

I already have some cards in the works, some new sentiments designed, as well as FREEBIES to share...and that means I'm working on getting my shops back open too! I've also been working on some card sketch inspiration that I'm SO excited to share with you all! And I've been asked in the past to make videos of my card making process...so, I'm even going to try my hand at that too...we'll see how that goes. lol

For anyone who read this entire post, give yourself a big pat on the back, because I know it was a long one. For those of you who haven't followed me on Facebook all these years, I figured I should update you all before jumping right back in again!

I'll be back tomorrow with my first NEW crafty post in 4 years!! Until then, thank you for stopping by and for your continued understanding and support throughout the years. The crafting community truly does have the biggest hearts!

Big, Big, Hugs!

END of Summer SALE Event!!!

Happy Labor Day everyone!! 

Hope everyone had a great Summer! I know I had a blast with my boys and it went by way too fast!! But they are actually really excited to start school tomorrow. And I'm excited to start homeschooling my oldest tomorrow and so is he!

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I'm announcing some exciting shop news today!

☆.¸¸.•´¯`♥ The SALES continue into my END of Summer event!!! All earrings will be 50% OFF all September long!! And if you use coupon code: ENDSUM10 You will receive 10% OFF on your entire order!! <<<*Coupon Code can only be used at BrossArtAddiction. ♡ ♫ ♡ ♫ ♡

All my digital stamps sets will also be 50% OFF!! 

I've been adding new items to the shop over the past few weeks, including; new earrings and stitch marker charms!

And I can't believe the holidays are upon us already!! And with that, I've added some of my holiday cards to the shop too and I will continue to add more through the week!

My main shop: brossartaddiction.etsy.com
My digital stamp designs shop: brossartfuldesigns.etsy.com

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Thank you all for stopping by!

BIG BIG

xx Hugs xx

Hello! I'm still here! And Thank you for your support!!

HELLO Everyone!

Just wanted to let all you know that I'm still here and I thank you all so very much for sticking with me! It would be expected to lose followers because I've been gone FOREVER from the blogging world! So HUGE hugs to all of you! I missed everyone!

And I want to start with an apology at how abruptly I left. I obviously had a very good reason to be gone so long but I will just leave you with that is was for personal family reasons.

And another big apology to everyone who followed me with my design team work. I of course had to quit the teams because of my sudden departure from the craft world. It was my decision and I want to say everyone was so wonderful to me and understanding. So I want to send BIG virtual hugs to, Kim Reid of Kraftin Kimmie Stamps, Christy Croll of Tiddly Inks Stamps, Diana Crick of Magnolia-Licious Stamps and of course, all my DT buddies too! Thank you all for your support! You are ALL missed so much!

I'm finally getting my act together and hope to return to the crafting world soon. Although I won't be posting my card creations as much as I did in the past, I will be concentrating a little more on my jewelry.

I will also be homeschooling my oldest son this year. Homeschooling will definitely take up a lot of my time. And I'm very excited to start this new venture.

I will probably be posting some of my jewelry creations here ever so often. So I hope those of you here for my card creations will stick with me, but I will of course understand if you don't. And those of you here for my Jewelry and Etsy stuff, I hope you will enjoy! :)

Until Next Time...

BIG BIG

xx Hugs xx

Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Pick a Holiday Challenge!

Happy weekend crafty pals!

I'm back today with a project for Kraftin Kimmi Stamps. We have a NEW challenge starting today and this week the theme is "Pick a Holiday"!

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Well, welcome back for some more krafty fun here at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps!!! Hope you can play along as we've got another great challenge for ya! It's awesome to see so many of you creating with KKS!!! Keep them coming! 

This week our hostess is SHERI!! And her challenge is PICK A HOLIDAY!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie stamp featuring any holiday you choose! It could be Halloween, Christmas, New Years, Valentine's Day....or something totally obscure!! You choose and have FUN!!! Join us this week because we'd LOVE to see your KKS designs. We hope you can play along for your chance to WIN some Kraftin' Kimmie rubbah!!! 

Did you hear about our new SHARE to WIN challenges?? We introduced the new WONDERFUL WEDNESDAYS this week, so go HERE to get all the information and play along with us!! Now you have MORE chances to play with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and more chances to WIN!!

Check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and Guests featuring this week's challenge!! If you join us and play along, you could WIN a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp! 

Happy kraftin'!!

Side view...

The stamp I used for my card today is from Cheryl Alger and the "Christmas Cheer" collection available HERE in the Kraftin Kimmie Stamps store!

COPIC COLOR LIST:

SKIN: E13, E11, E00, E000 & BLUSH: R21

HAIR: E59, E57, E55

PAJAMAS: G82, G24, G21
STOCKING & HAT: R29, R35, R32 & W3, W1, W00

Love these little snowflake buttons I tied to the twine!

CARD WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE FOLLOWING CHALLENGES:

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - "Sketch #230"

Craftitude - "Anything Goes/Use Twine or String"
Allsorts - "Christmas Cheer"
Crafty Calender - "All Things Christmas"

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Thank you all for stopping by 

and 

Happy crafting to all!

BIG BIG

xx Hugs xx