A little bit of this and a little bit of that...

So, I made *another* easel card as a birthday card for my mother in law. We have A LOT of birthdays in July. I am forever making birthday cards (all females) in June for July birthdays. I feel like I threw everything but the kitchen sink in here (as far as stamp sets go)... lol!

Let's see:
Signature Greetings
Tiny Tags
Tiny Treats: Birthday
Fruit Fusion: Berry

PLUS:
double ended banner die
and... spiral notebook die (just for good measure!)

The paper is some older October Afternoon (Fly a Kite) that I just love and have a hard time using up.

All the cardstock, ribbon, twine, and ink is PTI.

Enjoy!
Kristin

score boy bday monkey

 I've done it several times and THIS is probably my fave example.

I always score first, then mask, then stamp. I used several shades of green with TANL and then the monkey from TT:B (I'd LOVE the monkey image a bit bigger!! anyone else??). Finally, the sentiment is from Big Birthday Wishes.

Enjoy!

Kristin

NSBD Kraft Card (post 2)

Saturday May 7th was Nat'l Scrapbooking Day.  There were lots of blogs and websites celebrating.  I was working on some projects but when I needed a break I would play along with Robyn over at My Pink Stamper.  (there is also a gal in the PTI Dolls group, Laurie, who was celebrating and I checked in with her too... *hi Laurie*... but never got to any of her challenges)

Anyway, I had already intended on making a masculine birthday card and this challenge : USE KRAFT CARDSTOCK (#2) was perfect for me!

I used one of the Make it Monday "challenges" from several weeks ago (was this the first one??) and masked out the image of the die for MS 1.  Then used a gel pen to dash in the outline and stamp in my sentiment.  Thought it was pretty cool.

Enjoy!

Kristin

PTI Blog Hop!

Welcome to the March PTI blog hop! Here was the challenge: to use embroidery floss in a fun and inventive way on your project. This could include stitching, wrapping it around and tying it like ribbon, braiding, accenting tags, embroidered patterns or anything else you can dream up!

So, I used the notecard cut from the Paisley cricut cartridge (similar to the lunchbox die which I love!) in New Leaf cut at 3". Pulled out TT: Birthday and stamped the balloons and the squiggle image on the back on the card. I *love* the little snail image for girls from the same cartridge so I pulled out Lemon Tart, Blueberry Sky, Hibiscus Burst, and Sweet Blush cardstock for all the layers. I used embroidery floss that matched SB over that same colored cardstock and stitched over it multiple times adding the perfect texture to the little snail bringing bday wishes to a lucky little girl.

Took the "happy bday" sentiment also from TT: B and stamped on the snail. When the birthday rolls around my daughter will finish out the inside for her little friend.

Thanks for the challenge! We had a blast!

Enjoy!
Kristin

Love notes for the kiddos

So PTI introduced the cutest little die last month: Lunchbox note. I think it is darling and have seen some cute things done with it. But, I do not have it on my must have list yet. Since I own the cricut, I have to be very choosy about dies. Well, I have several cricut cartridges and *before Christmas* as I have time I am cataloging my cartridge images and sentiments. I also wanted to know which ones made cards, tags, or 3D items. Big project even if you only have a few carts. Imagine my very pleasant surprise when I ran across the LB Note "image" in a cricut cartridge!! Paisley!! Yahoooo!! So, cutting it at 3 inches it appears to be just about right. I made these 2 *love* notes for the kids for Valentine's today. I paired them with Tiny Treats: Birthday images and Signature Greetings sentiments and TT: Valentine sentiments on the inside. On the inside I used more cricut cuts that matched the TT stamps. LUCKY me!! What a good day.

Happy Valentine's Everyone!

Kristin

Make It Monday Week 1 #1

What a FUN challenge! PTI is now issuing weekly "Make It Monday" challenges via a video on Nichole's blog and You Tube. It is open all week long and there is a prize at the end. This was the first challenge. We were to select similar type sentiments from a variety of sets and group them together. I've looked over a variety of cards (especially now with ANOTHER snow/ice day here in DFW today), and even though there have been several birthday cards... including Nichole's, I'm always needing masculine cards.

So, I pulled out my birthday sentiments... and I have finally accumulated *enough* (lol). Even though these came from only a few sets, there was a lot of variety. To help the black stand out on the Smokey Shadow I embossed the background sentiments. Then, I used soft stone and Matstack 1 and Enchanted Evening ink to soften that but keep it *manly*. Finally, it needed something extra, so I added a blingy rhinestone for the *I* in birthday on the MS the "to you" in Smokey Shadow ink and the EE ribbon behind the mat.

I might have to try this again in a few other color combos!

Enjoy!

Kristin