Amber Ink Project 2: Oh What a Doll!

Welcome back to another Amber Ink project!  Today I am showcasing two digiStamps: Oh What a Doll! and a cute princess babe.  These are separate images you can get at the Amber Ink Shop. This was my first *real* time venturing into digiStamps, even though I have used printed journalling off the computer.  And, I must confess I am no copic coloring goddess like many other crafters.  I actually sold all my copics awhile ago.  I do use watercolor pencils and like the effect, but mostly I paper piece stamped images.  So, I needed to see what I could do with this princess image to do her justice.

And, well, I paper pieced her! I traced her onto the Yellow Dot iPaper after printing out my page onto regular copy paper using something similar to a lightbox.  Then, I cut out her dress and shoe (as one piece), and her crown.  I adhered those pieces to the cardstock image I had printed her on and then finished coloring her with watercolor pencils.  Then, I die cut her image and a mat out of cardstock.  I printed the sentiment and die cut it as well.  The pattern paper was die cut multiple times with a scallop border.  Everything was adhered to the card base and the princess matted image was popped up.  Buttons, pearls, and stickles were added as finishing touches because she is, after all, a PRINCESS! :)

Enjoy!

Kristin

AI Yellow Tiny Swiss Dots	Princess stamp	AI Oh What a Doll sent	PTI Med Scallop Die
PTI Photo Finisher Die Collection	PTI Perfect Match Lavender Moon Cardstock	PTI Fillable Frame #10 Die	PTI Lavender Moon buttons

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Lost first tooth layout

Layout showcasing my ds having lost his first tooth last year. I used PTI's spiral notebook die as well as selected stamps from MSS:Tabs to tell the story (along with journaling). Cricut cut out shapes/diecuts.

I also wanted to point out here (for fellow PTI forum friends) that I used a vertical strip in the upper left corner.  One picture and the journaling info is on it.

Can't wait for those Half and Half strips!!

Enjoy
Kristin

Make It Monday: Masking with Dies

Here is my card for this week's MIM!! Since Maile Belles introduced BB: Chevron Stripes I was inspired and pulled out BB: Christmas with the dotted version. Using the negative of the Take Three die I sponged around the edges with a light yellow and then stamped the stripe repeatedly in a pretty blue (those two inks were CTMH).

Now I know we are *just* getting into Spring but I'm a TX girl so barefoot or flip flop weather can never come soon enough!! I love summer! I pulled out the ones from Day at the Beach and Inks were Hibiscus Burst and Scarlet Jewel with a bit of stickles. Sentiment is from same set.

Enjoy!
Kristin

Pretty in Pink

Sorry my time has been so short these last two posts! I'll have a longer post on Friday for the PTI blog hop! This is PTI Sweet Blush, cricut cut from New Arrival, Everyday Button Bits sentiment on a MS3 border and Lap of Luxury SU! dsp. Stickles and Bella baubles with a bit of satin ribbon finish it off.

Enjoy!
Kristin

Baby Rattle

A sweet but simple baby card cut from New Arrival on the cricut in PTI Polka Dot Parade pp and PTI Aqua Mist cardstock. I put stickles in the stars on the card and the "ribbon" on the card and used a vellum envie to the positive image and send the card. Fun!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Beach Babe

Here's a fun 2page beach layout for my daughter's scrapbook. The paper & most of the coordinating embellies are from the StoryTellers kit. When I attended GASC years ago here in Arlington, TX I went to a class hosted by them and got a ton of stuff (long story) for free. I'm eventually getting through it all. What I finally figured out was to use *real* accents (stickles, brads, my own stamping and cricut cuts) and fun stuff from my stash to bring it up to a level I was happy with so I could use their beautiful paper. They include great sketches which I usually use. This has some PTI and cricut stuff thrown in... see if you can spot it :-)

Enjoy!

Kristin

Stamps: PTI MSS: JT
Cricut: LAB, Doodlecharms

My Top 10 Cards of 2010

Here are the details. Enjoy! (SECOND post for today... please SCROLL down to see the other!)

These are my favorite of 2010 (in no particular order... bc that is WAY TOO HARD, :)!)

Christmas Cards 4

More Christmas cards for your viewing pleasure :). The Door-Hanging Wreath was inspired by Maile Belles. Now *that* is a girl that can knock your socks off!

Can you believe Christmas Eve is here already?? My sweet little ones are at *that perfect age*. They BOTH are super excited for what today and tomorrow holds: the magic of Christmas and the real reason we celebrate- the birth of Jesus Christ.

Have a WONDERFUL Merry Christmas Eve! (no details today!) All PTI and CTMH goodies... see previous posts this week to fill yourself in.

Enjoy!

Kristin

Christmas Cards 1

Now that Christmas is almost here, I thought I would show a few of the Christmas cards I made every day from now until Saturday! This year I didn't mass produce but made different cards for everyone. Joy is almost a CASE from Kim Hughes. And I would be nowhere on *twine tying* if it weren't for Mish!

Enjoy!
Kristin







Country Wreath:
PP: CTMH Mistletoe
CS: PTI Ripe Avacodo, PTI Kraft
Ink: CTMH Olive, PTI Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI Wreath for all Seasons
Other: Twine

Gold Wreath:
CS: PTI Pure Poppy, Gold Shimmer, Stamper's Select
Ink: Versamark
Stamps: Wreath for all Seasons
Other: PP buttons, ribbon, Gold Embossing Powder, Red Stickles

Joy:
Ink: PTI Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, CTMH Olive
CS: Enchanted Evening, White Shimmer, Pure Poppy
Stamps: PTI Background Basics: Christmas
Other: EE ribbon, Silver Stickles (Cricut cuts for "Joy" & "Star"; Cuttlebug swiss dots)

Rock On!

I am finally posting the projects I did in August/September. This was for our best friends' oldest daughter. She is now nine. Painfully old am I too. But, she rocks... so she needed a very cool card! CTMH paper, PTI cs and stamp, lots of stickles, cricut cuts, and some cute ricrac ribbon I got from CTMH.

Enjoy!

Kristin

2 Cards 4 U 2Day

Here's my favorite sketch again, turned upside down! I also scored the pink cs in the bottom one and cuttlebugged the brown cs in the top one. Matching dsp's to match, bling in the top card (click to get a better look), cricut cuts for the panels, PTI stamp for the sentiment on top and SU sentiment on bottom. The only thing wrong is that pink bow: I love it so much I don't know how I'll put it in an envie to mail to anyone!

Enjoy!

Kristin

"Small is the new Big" (says Tinkerbell)

Well, I finally caved and bought the Tinkerbell cricut cartridge. Walmart's are either not going to carry cricut products at all (like all the ones near me!!), or are going to carry the new Cricut Lite cartridges. So, all Walmarts are trying to get rid of their stock. I picked up the Tink cart for $20. That is such a great deal! Since my daughter STILL thinks Tink rules, I figure I'll get a few good uses out of it before it sits on my shelf unloved (and then sold??).

Anyway, I made this for an AWESOME girl who turned 6 in July. Can't believe my best friend's youngest is now 6. We are getting old! Ha! The image cut perfectly (except the eyes were so difficult to figure out!). Used a bit of leftover Tink paper from another layout for my daughter and the card was perfect!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Bright & Beautiful... fish?

This was to represent Emma's first fishing experience. Hard to balance "girly" with, well, "scaly fish"... but hopefully it looks okay. Lots of pinks with a denim colored light blue and white as the focal color. The flowers and title are from the Tink cartridge. I put stickles on the paper doll girl trying to make her look girly enough!

Enjoy!

Kristin

butterfly thank yous

This card is a CASE of a Nichole Heady card (who is the creative "creator" behind PTI). I used cricut for the image panel, an SU butterfly, embossed the polka dots on the butterfly and stickles for the wings. PTI Kraft and Lemon Tart cardstock and LT ribbon. PTI Polka Dot Basics II stamp set is how I created the background.

Enjoy!

Kristin