Kite Flying

Quick post today! Lots of scallops and polka dots!  Inspired by a previous PTI blog hop of scallops, I used a similar theme here.  The kite is from an October Afternoon stamp set that matches the paper by the same line "Fly a Kite"... I paper pieced it. 

Enjoy!

Kristin

Happy 7th Birthday Wishes

Sorry I was absent for a week! This is the week of my annual business meeting out of state. Glad to be home! I usually set some posts to show up, but I didn't even have time for that this year. For my ds's 7th birthday last month, I made this cute card. The grass and sentiment are from PTI's Mailbox Greetings and Birthday Bash Sentiments. The boy and "word balloon" are from an October Afternoon Fly a Kite stamp set. He is mostly paper pieced. The cardstocks are PTI Fine Linen and Pure Poppy.

Enjoy!

Kristin

October Afternoon in August

Isn't this sooo cute?? It's October Afternoon all the way (except for the ink and cardstock which is PTI). I picked this up in a great LSS on the way back from our vacay in June. Got 1 sheet from 3 different lines and they are super cute and "country-feelin'"... not my typical stamping style. I also have a "boy" version stamp set that compliments the little girl set. SOOO cute!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Flying into 1st grade!

Today my oldest is graduating from kindergarten! (Personally I think it is still a teeny bit silly to graduate from kindergarten, but this is what his school is doing, he is SUPER excited, so I am totally throwing myself into it!) Hence, this little piece of PTI sweetness. This is an awesome set called Fly Away and is one of their super cheap sets. But, inexpensive in cost never means cheap in quality!! I added Enchanted Evening cs and Kraft cs, double stamped the airplane image, and did LOTS of little tiny cutting for the plane! I even added my OWN little sets of buildings at the bottom and some puffy looking clouds by using lots of light blues in the sky. Hope you like it!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Scalloped Eloise Greengrass

This is the last of the trio I made w/ PTI, SU, and Bellas. I really love this combo! I will have to figure out a way to get my own paper :-)!! I scalloped both the Bella and her mat (just because I could- and I broke out the nesties to do it instead of my cricut this time).

Love it!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Birthday Girls!

Today is MY Birthday :-)... and I love celebrating it!! I think there may (at some point) come a day where I might not want to celebrate it quite so enjoyably (but I'm getting ever close to 40 and that time hasn't happened yet!). I celebrate all week long in what was dubbed the Birthday Extravaganza by some work friends years ago.

In my Ladies, Ink Blogging group there is another woman who also celebrates her birthday today and we have had a fun time talking about all the things she could do to have some of MY Birthday Extravaganza week for herself!! (I had to share, of course!!)

One of the things I wanted to do for her was send her one of my favorite cards ever... I made this last February and have hung to it ever since. I just LOVE it. But, for Michelle- the only other person I've ever met (who ALSO loves this stamping stuff like I do) who shares my birthday- it was worth it to send it to her!!

Please visit Michelle and leave her some birthday love (me too!!)

Enjoy!

Kristin

SS Week 3: Birthday Card

Here's another sneak peak! We had to make a birthday card, so I used some cute Tea Party dp paired with CTMH Sweet Leaf textured cs. I cut a flower from one of my cricut carts and put a Bella bauble on it for some bling. I paper pieced Eloise (my fave way to show her off). I went back and "fixed her face" after I photographed this... didn't realize what happened till after the fact! The sentiment is CTMH Say it in Style. Of course, I used stickles on her wings for some final bling!


Enjoy!

Kristin

PTI Pretty in Purple

Here's another PTI lavender moon card, this time with a Bella image that I've paper pieced and a CTMH sentiment stamp. I also paper pierced around the image to make it stand out a bit.

Enjoy!


Kristin

Birthday for a friend

Today is an old friend's birthday. I was sooo late getting this card in the mail to her, but hopefully she will forgive me once she gets it!

It's all PTI and paper piecing... witha background butterfly stamp I picked up ages ago at M's that I rarely use (I stamped it in the same color ink as the base card- Lavender Moon). I also used CTMH Hydrangea for the dark puple.

Check back in a couple of days b/c I'll show off another PTI Lavender Moon card with a Bella image!

Enjoy!

Kristin

New Things...

Last month a couple in our church was called to go to another church. He was to be the music minister. We were all excited for them, but of course, sad for us.

I wanted to make a simple card for them (and then forgot it at home, so had to mail it!)... never fails.

This is mostly CTMH paper- called Emporium (*thanks Melissa!!*), with a Verve butterfly I paper pieced. I kept trying to make this fit a sketch, but never could. It's a smaller size (b/c of how I kept changing things), so it's a narrow rectangle. I used cocoa cs that I ran through the cuttlebug (but I don't think you could even tell once I put all the pp on it!)...

What do you think??

Enjoy!

Kristin

Bella Birthday Piecing

The card sketch is actually my own... I kept trying to make it fit one of my other sketches, but finally gave up.

I used Balloonabella, with PTI Berry Sorbet (and polka dot ribbon) and Sweet Blush cs (also used in the balloons). I paper pieced her dress and used copics for her skin and hair.

This will be a birthday card, stamped on the inside with CTMH Hollyhock which coordinates beautifully with the Berry Sorbet.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Eloise Greengrass- SCS sketch 213

So, this card was done awhile ago, but again, that whole getting pics off the camera thing...

This is Eloise Greengrass with a paper piecing technique. I used the SCS 213 sketch.

First, I ran my PTI Sweet blush panel through the CB- d'vine swirls. Then, I cut some paper I had bought off HSN years ago for the backgroung. Used some olive cs as the accent color.

Then, I stamped Eloise on white cs, olive cs, sweet blush cs, and the pp. I cut out each part that I wanted and paper pieced them together. I colored the rest with my copics and stickles for her wings and shoes.

Finally, I glued some pretty flowers on as the final touch.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Mojo 71 sketch

I finally got a chance to play after putting the kids to bed on our "go home early with wet roads day" (haha- no ice around here!).

The sketch is the Verve Mojo Monday 71. I hadn't played since the beginning of the months, so it was fun...

I wanted something pretty and springy... this comes close don't you think??

I used this paper from HL (used in Emma's 2nd bday lo), with Verve stamp and Doodlebug sentiment and small butterfly stamp. I double stamped the butterfly in CTMH Hollyhock (cut out the inside) and Garden Green. Nesties for the square scallop and embossed panel.

Cute sketch!

Enjoy!

Kristin

MFT Sketch

This was an MFT sketch that I tried the weekend before Christmas. I used some more CTMH pp's from my friend Melissa (love this paper!).

I paper pieced the tub, colored with copics and used glossy accents on the the metal parts. Then, did some sponge distressing on all the papers, including the card base. I even distressed the ribbon b/c it was a little too pink.

Enjoy!

Kristin

SCS Blogger 3 Challenge 2

Our newest Blogger challenge was a "Flap Card" either with a Christmas theme or a summer holiday.

As you can see, I picked Christmas!

I used some textured Bazzill red cs as my base and the same kind, but in green, as the accents/mats. The pp and ribbon I bought last year after Chrismtas when it was on sale.

I stamped the penquin in CTMH black, paper pieced his hat and scarf from the same red cs. I colored his beak and feet with copics. I used stickles on the trim of the hat and pom pom, then covered it with glossy accents (after the stickles had dried).

I used my cricut to cut the 2 circles to layer and pierced the image.


On the inside I used rub ons that matched the paper on the outside.

I glued the ribbon on the bottom part of the flap, so that when I tied it the card would stay closed.


TOMORROW, the voting will begin!

I'll post the link here on my blog.




Enjoy!

Kristin

Mojo 63

I sorta went to town on the bling! I used the Mojo 63 sketch from Julee at Verve stamps.

I put white Bazzill Bling cs as my base, then stamped my snowflakes in glue and poured blue glitter over them. While that was drying, I stamped my sentiment and then main image. I paper pieced the snowman, and colored his nose, candy cane, and water with copics. I matted both on more snowflake paper.

Put all the layers together and added more sparkly ribbon and done!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Random Act of Kindness (RAK)

So, as the title suggests... a RAK is a Random Act of Kindness. Good thing is I have a lot of friends who do things for each other (and me for them) without it seeming to be such a big deal. But, I think it is. It lets us know there are people out there who love and care for us and have our interests in mind.





Well, a couple of weeks or so ago I was concerned about something in my life. It could have been such a big deal if it had not turned out well. But, God knew that I needed to be reminded of His guidance, my faith is in Him alone, and He is in control. My friend Melissa sent me this awesome card!!

It is from the CTMH set With Love (a stamp of the month set for June-sorry you missed it!). I absolutely LOVE this set (and so happy I now have 1). She stamped the images on paper and cut them out and glued them to the card (paper piecing). The flower and stem images are stamped directly on the card. Before she did anything (I think) she used a rubber brayer to lay down that background color- looks so smooth).

Such a fabulous card and I am so glad to call her "friend!" (Of course the best part was all the scripture verses inside to remind me of how Great a God we have!)

Enjoy!

Kristin

Daisy Card

Well, my friend Lisa LOVES daisies!! I (and the rest of her family and friends) have bought her daisy stuff for years! When I saw that I could get a free stamp set in June from CTMH, I HAD to get the Seize the Daisy set to make cards for her (and yes, let her borrow when she's ready to stamp again!).

The set is awesome! I first stamped the stems on the cards, the the petal images on another cs. I colored in with my copics (I think watercolor might have been a better option?). I then took a yellow and green ink pad and "swiped" it on the card base to show sun and grass. I cut out the petal images and popped them up on dimensionals and adhered to the card. I wasn't sure whether to put the sentiment on top or inside. I decided I'd use one of the cute butterfly images and do a paper piecing. I stamped the butterfly on the card first. Then, onto yellow cs, then onto pp. I cut out the body from the yellow cs and wings from the pp and layered.

Finally, added white rickrack ribbon and called it done!

Enjoy!

Kristin