June PTI Blog Hop

Once again I am getting to participate in the PTI Blog Hop.  Sadly, it's only because my son came home early from "grandparents week" very very sick (pneumonia) and pretty much he and I are stuck at home.  He sleeps or watches TV and that is it.  So, I found myself with crafting time I usually wouldn't have had!

Here's the inspiration photo:

Here is my card:

Enjoy!

Kristin

Sweet Boy blue

So excited to use Sweet Baby stamp set and dies!  I made both a boy and a girl card.  Our pregnant friends are dwindling but still enough for me to enjoy making baby cards now and again and to justify only the 2nd baby stamp set I've ever bought! 

Enjoy!

Kristin

Valentine Goodness overload

These are the cards I made for my kids for Valentine's Day.  I used the cricut and Pebbles and PTI pattern paper for the card & envie. Stamps are PTI.  The mailboxes are Target $1 and I used CTMH and Pebbles pattern paper, cricut for the guitar, stamps are PTI (the guitar was stamped with Grunge Me using Kraft ink).

Enjoy!

Kristin

Butterflies and flowers

I was just playing around one day and this is what I came up with- not too shabby (yes, I do hear Adam Sandler in my head... if you don't get the reference just keep on going, lol). This is a little bit PTI (dies and felt), a little bit SU (dsp and cardstock), and a little bit CTMH (stamp). I figure when or if I decide the card will be given to someone I'll put a sentiment on it.

Right now, it appears plain and *blah* to me.

All you PTI fans who have listened to Erin's latest Radio Podcast... I'm asking for *real* constructive feedback...

What should I do to this card to make it better?? One thing, many things, trash it and start all over? :-)

Give me your suggestions and let's see what I can come up with this week on my days off for Spring break!

Enjoy!
Kristin

Color Challenge... PTI style

Today's challenge over at PTI is a color challenge. I chose Jessica W.'s colors of Soft Stone, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, and Raspberry Fizz. Her cards looked so amazing and different I really thought I could pull it off. Now I am not so sure!! I changed this card at least 3 or 4 times. At least I finally came up with something I could show on my blog :-).

So, the base is Soft Stone cs with a mat in AM. I used tone on tone color ink (AM) at the bottom with Text Style II to give the mat some character. I die cut the SG: Flower out of RF felt and the Spiral Notebook die from Soft stone. I used Versamark ink and the Embellishments stamp set on the SN page. I edged the AM mat and the SN page in Summer Sun ink. Then, I stamped the sent in Summer Sun. Finally, I cut my own banner in Summer Sunrise cs and put it behind the SN page. Still lacking something... I sewed an AM button onto the flower using SSunrise floss and put 3 rhinestones at the top for balance.

Hope you like it!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Full of Hope

I made this card around the time a dear friend's son was having surgery. Not just his first surgery, but he has had surgery multiple times. He still has at least one more to go. Either way we rely on God, but I wanted to remind her He is a God of hope. When the surgeon was done... for the first time he came out with a beaming smile. YAY!!! But, even if things hadn't gone *our way* He would have walked that path with us as well.

Anyway, this card is when I get an itch to have a card look like Mish or Melissa P. They never turn out quite that way, but it is sometimes fun for a CAS cardmaker to embellish a little.

Enjoy!
Kristin

October Afternoon paper
All other supplies PTI:
Fall Elegance stamps
Embellishment stamps & dies
Vintage Cream felt
Smokey Shadow ink
(inside) Everyday blessing stamps
Aqua Mist cs (mat)
Rustic Cream cs (card base)

Christmas gift of felt

As a Christmas gift I finally received some fabulous PTI felt!! I used some as soon as I could with a flower die and then made this cute little card to send to our best friends in IN to say thanks for being so great!!

Enjoy!

Kristin

All supplies are PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamp: Signature Greetings
Paper: Vintage Cream and Raspberry Fizz CS, My Mind's Eye *Ooh La La* pp
Other: SS:Flower die, VC Button, bling (unknown)