A short hiatus

Hi all... I'm away from blogland for awhile and don't have any stuff to show you. Check out the blogs in my sidebar for some inspiration!



Enjoy!



Kristin

Baby Boy Shower Card

A friend of mine just had a baby shower... her daughter is the same age as mine and now she's having a BOY! Boys are so much fun (and so much LESS drama than girls... can I hear an "amen" from group?). Easier to dress (jeans and t-shirt, anyone??... no matching socks, hairbows, sweaters, shoes... yada yada yada!). And, as my son gets older I realize more and more how much he acts like a junior high boy. You know- crazy, silly, doesn't listen, and is way too interested in what happens in the bathroom!

Okay, the card was a Mojo Monday sketch, CTMH paper (don't know the name, sorry) and ink and stamp.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Emma Christmas LO

So, here's the lo I did for Emma. Still using Christmas celebrations cartridge, paper, sketch, and photos, but changed two of the pics. Scrapping this way just makes my life so much easier and much less stressful! I still take some photos and scrap them the way I want and put them in no particular order, ala Stacy Julian's Photo Freedom. What's funny is that over the last couple of weeks I have been revisiting high school and college memories. So, as the kids get older I will have a better idea of what I want to journal about and scrap for them (like LAST names, and fun events).

Enjoy!

Kristin

Jake Christmas lo

My sweet husband "had" to make up the last 2 Saturdays- he was working all day one week and was gone the next. So, I got some great scrapping time and finished the kids' Christmas layouts. This is Jake's... I'll show Emma's on another post. Pretty close to the same pics, same papers, and same layout. Jake's got 2 photos specifically for him and Emma's got 2 for her.

I always use the CTMH Cherish book with multi-photo, 2 page spreads. So much better!

This is from a HUGE stack of paper I bought at HL and J's after Christmas paper sale in 2008 (January of 2008... I've been waiting ALL year!).

I used my Christmas celebrations cart, rub-ons I bought and did computer journalling so I could get everything I wanted!

enjoy!

Kristin

PTI sketch card

This last sketch card from PTI's anniversary countdown was great. I was soooo happy with it! Now, this paper that I wasn't that excited about, I think is awesome! It is CTMH Whimsy (all 3 pp). I did some scoring on the white part of the card for interest. Used my bella baubles for the dots on the side. Paper pierced the sentiment panel. Stamped in versafine black ink.

Enjoy!

Kristin

PTI Color Combo & Mojo 72 Sketch

Papertrey Ink has been celebrating their 2nd anniversary! Last week they offered up their first color combo. I only have 4 of their colors- none of which was in the cc.

So, I improvised!!

I used the same red I used in the kid's Valentine's cards, paper I have used several times (see here), and a CTMH stamp in Sunflower.

I sorta used the Mojo 72 sketch (but eliminated the ribbon and flower on the side).

Enjoy!

Kristin

Valentine's for the kids

Today is the kid's Valentine's party at school. I had to make cards for both kids classes. I really needed it to be cheap!

I used a bunch of red cs that is double sided with a lighter red paisley image on the other side.

I used Okie's lollipop holder.

I cut white squares (2 1/2 inches) and glued them on.

Then, I cut out all the hearts on the same paper. On Emma's I used the paisley side up and on Jake's I kept it as the solid red. I put the names on the white cs.

Finally, I inserted Dum Dum lollipops (little and inexpensive) into all of them.

Ta Da!

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

Get better Grandpa!

This past weekend Terry went to visit his folks in OK. Last week Friday his dad was scheduled to have a quadruple bypass. While Terry's brothers could be there, Terry had to work mandatory overtime (and we'd just returned from my grandmother's funeral). So, Terry wanted to go back home now that his dad has gotten out of the hospital. (and, Praise God he only needed a triple bypass!!).

He asked for a card to give his Dad, but so the kids could color pictures inside (best of both worlds, right?).

I used our latest stamper's blog challenge for the inspiration (although, I am not entering the card in the contest since I couldn't send it to the winner). Funny thing, though... are those black buttons. They are PINK!! I glued black paper on them, dried, poked the holes through, then sanded the sides. But, in the close-up you can still see some pink! oops!

Enjoy!

Kristin

His Holy Name Challenge #2

This challenge came out on January 18th and I just now got around to doing it! Life has been crazy.

Here's the link to Patter's page about this challenge:

His Holy Name

This challenge was God is Sovereign- meaning He IS. There is nothing greater than Him.

I used the verse from Isaiah 25:8 to illustrate my tag:
“The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth.”

I used the colors Black & White on purpose. God is either sovereign, or He isn't God. Clear cut. Simple.

But, God loves his children... think about the act of a "dad" wiping away the tears on His son or daughter's face. Total gentleness. Love, concern, and caring is there. As God, He can do ANYTHING or not... but here, Isaish talks about how He CHOOSES to wipe away our tears.

Hope you play along... you can start at the most recent week's challenge and go from there!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Jake is 5 layout

Fancy title huh?? I completed Jake's 5th birthday layout recently and finally got the pics uploaded. I used a Story Tellers kit from the free ones I got last year. I added my own cs to mat the photos, and distressing inks around the edges.

I tried to really showcase the photos to tell the story of that day.

Sometimes, less IS more! :-)

Enjoy!

Kristin

Nesties from the cricut

Okay, stop the presses... all you girls out there with a cricut.



Do you know what nesties are??? Have you seen my posts about them??



See Here! But come back to this post...



This girl is super smart!! Go to this post here

enjoy!

Kristin

Steph's Stampin' Stuff: Candy Time: It's My Blogiversary Today! :)

Steph's Stampin' Stuff: Candy Time: It's My Blogiversary Today! :)

Check out this post!!

Kristin

Blog Candy!!

I love Stephanie's blog!! She is a fabulous, clean and simple stamper. She makes GREAT cards. And, she's only been doing this for about 14 months!! Today is her 1 year blogiversary!! You just need to leave a comment on this post to win!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Glass etching

So, one of the things you need to do when you start your own private practice is get referrals from physicians. However, you have to get and KEEP their attention. We came up with an idea to let them display a pretty bowl at the nurse's station, and refill it with cards and disposable hearing protection. This had to be cheap... so I found the bowls on clearance at Target- $2 each!

First, I created our logo on DS software and Base Camp. Then, I cut the papers and ran them through my Xyron with laminate/repositionable adhesive. Next, I cut out the stencil on the cricut. Put it on the glass and used the glass etching material. Let sit for 20 minutes, wash off, let dry. Tada!

What do you think??

Enjoy!

Kristin

Thank you cards

After my grandmother's funeral, my mom wanted to make some thank you cards. I did a variety for her. I used Okie's ticket punch cut file for the cricut (love her!), threading water for the border of one card, scored lines for an elegant finish, and used YELLOW bella baubles that I colored blue with my copic marker, then with a glue dot adhered more blue paper to the back of it before gluing to the paper. I embossed all the thank yous- stamped in CTMH daisy white, then white embossing powder.

Cool, huh?

Enjoy!

Kristin