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

Birthday Flowers

My stepmother's birthday was this past weekend. I finally got my hands on some Shimmer cardstock and put it aside just for her card. I always want to make her elegant cards. I must tell you this cardstock is fabulous!! Stamping on it was wonderful. I stamped CTMH Autumn Terracotta, Hydrangea, and Goldrush, with Garden Green for the stems. I can't remember the stamp set, but it is CTMH as well. I scored around the edges and this is a simple one layer card!

Enjoy!

Kristin

Ladies, Ink 3D Challenge

My blogging group, Ladies, Ink issued a challenge: 3D (dum, da, dum, da... DUMMMMM)... ok, that was overly dramatic, haha.

I made a coupon book (file her coupons in) that will hold a pen and shopping list on the inside (of course, I forgot to get a picture of the pen and notebook!).

Anyway, a wonderful friend has been watching my kids on Mondays all summer. I wanted to make her something to show her how much we appreciated what a sacrifice she made for us. So, I took Lauren's template "All Boxed Up" and printed it out on PTI cs, ribbon, and printed paper. I wanted everything to match and look completely finished (Lauren's motto!). I even used my scallop punch on the inside to finish it out.

I used some Stampin' Up stamps that a friend had recently given me (for FREE, to use indefinitely!!), my cricut and design studio software to cut out the shapes AND I pulled out my cricut markers (that I never use, shame on me) and found that the green marker matched perfectly!! I just colored with the other markers I had in the open areas to finish it off.

The second picture shows off the bow!

And the last picture shows the tabs/file folders that will be for her to sort her coupons.

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

Secret Sister

In my Sassy Stamper blogging group we are doing a secret sister swap. I thought I would show a few "sneak peaks"...

We had to do a technique we don't use often or one we don't do at all. I used the brayer technique over the versamark/embossed image after I colored the little girl from the CTMH Play Time. (as in get a little Play Time for yourself!).

It is an all PTI card in paper and yellow grosgrain. CTMH in image and ink. I used my cricut and CDS for the scallop and circle and popped it up. It is a Monday Mojo sketch with a few Bella baubles!!

Enjoy!

Kristin