Stamp-a-Faire :-)

Well I had a very busy day yesterday during PTI's Stamp-a-Faire, so I am only just getting to play this evening.  I played along with the morning Make n take - substituting my favorite stamp - the medallions for the flowers.

I'm hoping I get to play along with most of the challenges ... but the sun is fading here, it might be less than I hoped :-)  Oh well there is always time to catch up during the week.

Kristen

Gratitude Journal

Hello-

Hope the holidays are treating you well :-)

I have been busy busy BUSY the past few weeks making gratitude journals for my family for Christmas. I made SEVEN (YIKES!) - which is why my posts lately have been few and far between...

Some pages of the journals were inspired by Dawn's here.  Below are the photos... I apologize for the photo-heavy post, but we all know that is the best part of posts anyhow right?

I also filled them with some loose leaf paper that I picked up at a GREAT price after the back to school sales were done (like 28 cents a package! w00t!)

Thanks for looking. Happy Holidays!

CASEing a Christmas Card...

Hello!

Today I am sharing a card I made which is a CASE of THIS card by Nichole Heady.  As soon as I saw it, I KNEW I had to CASE it!  I have loved that Mat Stack die since the day I bought it, and I love finding different ways to use it!

I am not *quite* ready to start my Christmas cards, so I used Harvest Berries instead. I stamped the leaf image in versa mark onto Ocean Tides cardstock.  I also stamped the leaf image using Forest Moss onto the Mat stack.  The berries were added with Weathered Wood, and the sentiment was added in Fountain Pen using a sentiment from Tiny Tags. I finished it off by inking the edges of the mat stack with Tea Dye and tying on some PTI twine.

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Thank You!

I recently purchased a new set from the FSOT boards at PTI, and I literally linked it up within an hour of its arrival!  I have been eyeing the set "Places, Please" for a while now, and I finally snagged it!

For this clean and simple card, I stamped the frame from the set in Brown Sugar.  Then I masked it off and stamped the Ginkgo leaves from Harvest Berries in Wild Honey.  I finished it off with the "Thank You" sentiment from Botanical Silhouettes stamped in Peeled Paint.

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Remember...

I am so ready for fall!  Its funny, when I first saw this stamp set from PTI- of course I envisioned the ginkgo leaves as green... however - since I have received this set, I think I have only inked them up with Wild Honey (yellow/orange)! Funny how that works...

For this card I wanted the stamping to really pop - so I kept the card simple and white.

Just in case you are not ready to embrace fall like I am.. Here is a super simple and bright summer/spring card for you...

Here's to the weekend!!

Attitude of Gratitude - New PTI :-)

Hello...

This last weekend was a busy one - it was my Dad's birthday, and I was having people over for dinner.  My latest PTI order showed up on Saturday - I couldn't wait to ink those goodies up - so today I did.

I am already in Fall mode - (even though I had to cave and turn the A/C back on today!) so I inked up those adorable Ginkgo leaves in Wild Honey.  I LOVE the way it turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kristen

SUPPLIES
STAMPS: Harvest Berries, Gratitude Journal(Papertrey Ink)
INK: Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Brown Sugar (Ranger)
PAPER: Vintage Cream, Kraft (PTI)
ADHESIVES: MyStik Permanent Runner, Crafty Foam Tape(SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L)
OTHER: Flower Die Cut(Papertrey Ink) Brad
FINISHED SIZE: 4.25" x 5.5"