Card of Blessing

I sent this card to my BFF in Indiana. I really love it. It's 'almost' PTI all the way! I used an embossing folder on the main cardstock panel, and by stamping off CTMH chocolate it looks like Kraft cardstock on the tree trunk. Berry sorbet is the pop of color.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Sweet Girl!

I finished this layout in March (things have gone from bad to worse around here... but hopefully I'll have a few things on here). The paper and cardstock are from a class I took years ago (I'm using the rest of it for a layout for my dh and I). I used cricut cuts, bella baubles, stickles, and the beautiful pictures are from a photo shoot by a friend of mine. She does a great job! Check her out at Monkey House Photography!
Enjoy!

Kristin

When the world stops

***UPDATE***
I have wonderful news now (1 week later). Pip and her parents have gotten the best news possible. No radiation or chemo is necessary. There may be a 2nd surgery in 4-6 weeks to get the remaining tumor (if it doesn't shrink on it's own). Otherwise, HOME. Can you believe how great that is?? Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!



Have you ever had your world stop? I hope not. It usually means something terrible has happened. A phone call. A knock on the door. A doctor telling you something dreadful.

I received the phone call. However, my sister and her husband received the dreadful information from the doctor at some point yesterday.

My 14 year old niece was diagnosed with a brain tumor the size of a small orange. She was taken into surgery this morning. Brain surgery.

I absolutely love that girl. I remember the first day I held her. And, I remember the last time I saw her she was at my son's birthday party in January. At 14 she's already grown into loving cardmaking and I'd gotten her a scrapbooking kit for Christmas.

If you pray please pray for her, the doctors, my sister and brother in law.

If you make cards, do so and send them to me. I will get them to her. She will LOVE them.

This is her- isn't she a beauty!

Thanks!

Kristin

Sweet Pea

I made this card for a friend who is expecting a baby girl. I used a Monday Mojo sketch, PTI polka dot paper, polka dot ribbon in Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush cs and ink, some bling and pink stickles on the flowers in the patterned paper on the top (click on the card for a closer look). I'm so happy with how it turned out.

Enjoy!

Kristin

CASEd card

This is a completely CASEd card! But isn't it lovely?? This has to be one of the prettiest cards IRL I've ever made. Classic and simply stated. If you don't follow Nicole's blog for PTI updates and info, you should for just the inspiration!! Besides Cathleen in my Ladies' Ink group, there isn't anyone I've ever found that I just outright CASE!! I usually change something to my own taste... but these two extremely talented women are so great at the what they do, they take it to another level and there isn't anything else to do but CASE it (which means... Copy And Steal Everything!! just make sure you give credit where credit is due!!).

So, PTI everything: Vanilla base cs (and ink), Kraft cs, Poppy cs, ribbon, and ink, and PTI stamp.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Thanksgiving Layout

Last November, Jake was in a Thanksgiving program. It was SO good! We laughed at the funny parts and were so proud that he learned his lines. It was great. I had a lot of fun using my cricut with this and cutting out some stamped images too. I used paper I'd had for awhile and a sketch that I found in my book. What's funny is that when Jake and I were looking at the layout (after I was done, he could still remember and tell me all the meanings of the drawings on the vest that represented different things).

Enjoy!

Kristin

Valentine bookmarks for the boys

These are the bookmarks he gave to the boys in his class, keeping one for himself and giving one to his dad. Aren't they cute?? I used scraps for the 2 dinos, cricut to cut them out, design studio to "flip" the bottom one. My son picked out which dinos to use, the colors they should be, and he taped them down. It is PTI cs (so they would be a good weight). And, just like the girls, he did the verse, his name, and I laminated them.

Lots of fun!

Enjoy!

Kristin