Thursday, August 13, 2009

SS shape card

Isn't this cute? Used design studio w/ my cricut to make a Flower Shape for my SS recently (anything but a square card). Used some Hot off the Press paper (dp that is like cs and double sided to boot!). Cute flowers in the center, stamping and inking!! Love it!!

Enjoy!

Kristin
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Thoughts & Prayers

Sent this to a friend's mom recently. She had a bit of a scare, but it all turned out fine. Lots of prayer went her way :-)!! Cute cardstock, pp, and stickles.

Enjoy!

Kristin
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

SS Activity Card

One week for our Secret Sister we had to make a card showcasing a fave activity... our family loves to camp! I had to make it a "girly" card ;-)... so the tent is PINK and I lined the envie with the same paper (from an old 6x6 M&M pp stack I got 2 or 3 years ago) I used on the card. I used my watercolor pencils (b/c I am seriously considering SELLING my copics (if anyone out there wants to buy them!) on my studio G stamps.

All in all I thought this was a super cute card!

Enjoy!

kristin

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Friday, August 7, 2009

My Secret Sister goodies

Hopefully by now most of the girls in the Sassy Stampers group have sent and received thier goodies from their Secret Sister. I was SO lucky to have had Shell!! This is a picture of the cards and other goodies. She also sent me several packages of brads (which I've already used on scrapbook layouts and Terry's card) and some stamps that I am dying to use (and since I am typing this almost a week before it posts... maybe longer if I have to delay it b/c I *know* the other girls haven't gotten their stuff... I may ALREADY have used them and posted the cards!).

Thank you SHELL!! I just LOVE your stuff online, but to see REAL LIFE examples... wow. You are such an artist!

Kristin
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Ladies Ink Challenge Sketch & Happy Birthday Honey!


Oh my goodness... Christyne... our *Challenge* girl in our Ladies, Ink Blogger group just will not let us have any easy one.
This time around (last time was the 3D challenge) we had to create our OWN sketch (WHATEVER!!... I am the queen of copying sketches not creating them myself) and then we will be creating cards based off of everyone's else's sketch (that's the fun part- new sketches for me to put in my book and lots of cards I'll need for the fall).
Since I don't use Photoshop or anything like it, this was my best shot and it still didn't come out right. So, ladies make note... *** THE RED RECTANGLE SHOULD GO ACROSS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE CARD*** just look at my example :-)...
And on to my example!
Today is my sweet husband's birthday!! He loves manly cards (he's a man's man for sure!) and he loves that first cup of coffee in the morning (and even one late in the evening, too).
I just wanted to make a card he could look at and kind of enjoy!
Hope you do!
Enjoy!
Kristin

Monday, August 3, 2009

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
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

SS Week 2 Challenge

I love Jen from i {heart} 2stamp! When the challenge was issued for our Secret Sister swap to do something besides a card I went straight to her blog. She has an ABC Friday and I love those!! So, first I must confess I completed CASEd this idea. Here is her version which I believe is so much better than mine, but I would not have mine if it wasn't for hers... so there you go!

I used some shimmer paper (finally got some in a swap!- wowow!), PTI lavender moon that I CB with Swiss Dots (cut out the flowers with my cricut), another cs I had that I cut out with the cricut. Scallop at top with ribbon I tied in a cute bow. I punched corners at the bottom to give it a more finished look.

These are flower embelleshments, so they are adhered with removable adhesive. My secret sis can pull them off the shimmer cs and put them on cards with a permanent adhesive and voila, her own embelly!

Enjoy!

Kristin


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