Christmas Greetings Tag

Hello!

I have a post up today on the Crafty Power Blog - be sure to stop by and check it out!

Happy Holidays!

-Kristen

CHA!

Hello!  Today was the first "official" day of CHA and I was lucky enough to be there!  If you were there, you would have seen me at the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L booth - with some of my fellow design team members...

Now that CHA is upon us, I am VERY excited that I get to share my projects that I made with all of you!

I made a gift set with matching card, gift bag and bottle tag.

All of the items featured glitter and flocking as unifying elements :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristen

Memorial Day Bloghop - Operation Write Home

Hello!  Happy Memorial Day Weekend! I am so glad to be participating in this year's hop once again!  Here is my card for the hop:

I used sketch #9 from their list of sketches here.

I love making cards for Operation Write Home - It's a fantastic cause and a great way to give back to those who gave ALL to US. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristen

Supplies

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Halfway Cafe"

Dies: Spellbinders "Stars"

Other: Buttons, Twine

Hope

Hello-

Today is my day over at the Crafty Power Blog :-)

For details and supplies ... hop on over and check it out!

-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!

Giveaway at the Crafty Power Blog!

Hello!

Today I have a post up over at the Crafty Power Blog (Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L).

http://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/blog

Be sure to hop over there and leave a comment for a chance to win the giveaway they are having :-)  (you must leave a comment there to win!)

Thank you and HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Wine Bottle Tag

Hello-

Today I have a post up over at the Crafty Power Blog, hop on over and check it out!

The post is for this super simple Wine Bottle Tag - how easy is it to add just a little something to a plain wine bottle - and make it personal? :-)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kristen

Supplies

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: MyStik Permanent, EZ Dots Permanent, Crafty Power Tape, 3D Foam Squares

Spellbinders: Labels 14

Waltzingmouse Stamps: Holiday Labels No. 14, Compliments of the Season

Papertrey Ink: Vintage Cream & Kraft Cardstock, Wine Bottle Tag, Tag Sale#5

DCWV: Fall Stack

Ranger: Wild Honey, Tea Dye Distress Ink, Brown Sugar Ink

Cornucopia of Thanks!

What a weekend! Its the middle of September, and I really thought the weather was going to be cooler from now on... alas, I had to turn the A/C back on today! (not happy!) But I noticed that the weather outlook for the rest of the week looks MUCH better... which is good, because I am in the mood for FALL!

I couldn't wait to pull out my Lawn Fawn Stamps that I bought LAST fall and put them to good use! I was really excited to use the cornucopia stamp - now that I have amassed a few more Copics and can really try to color it!  This is one of my first attempts at coloring - but it was pretty fun - even if it was daunting!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Upcycling!

Just wanted to share my post that is up at the Crafty Power Blog.

Everybody is going “green” these days, and crafters are no exception! What better way to reduce our carbon footprint, then reusing items that would normally go in the garbage?  Upcycling is taking something that no longer serves its original purpose – and altering it into something useful.

Adhesive Sheets make it easy to repurpose the packaging into something fun.  I started out, by measuring all the sides of the box.  I then applied the adhesive sheets to my paper – and cut all the pieces to fit.

I wanted to make sure I included that cute little window, so I also used a Spellbinders die to cut my own window – this way, once the paper was applied, the window would still be visible.

Once all the paper was applied, I used a foam brush and some black acrylic paint to dry brush all the edges.  This is an easy way to camouflage the very edge of the box – that didn’t get covered with paper.

I then diecut a second Spellbinders Label out of teal cardstock to make the window pop.  

Once I found the right image, I matted it onto cream cardstock using Crafty Foam Tape.  

Have I mentioned how awesome Crafty Power Tape is? Its uses are ENDLESS. For this project, I used a bit of it to adhere the large button to my diecut flower center.

The last step is to fill your box with tasty goodies… in my case, I used Snickerdoodles. YUM!

-Kristen

Garden Note Cards

Hello Everyone!

Today, I am sharing a set of note cards that I did for the SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L booth at CHA.  I created a set of 6 note cards - each one a little different.

For the seed packet (hanging on the basket), I stamped and die cut the seed packet frame from a piece of vellum to which I had applied an Adhesive Sheet.  

Thanks for looking!
Kristen

Supplies:

Paper: Pasta Fagioli (Jillibean Soup); Vellum & Textured Cardstock (Paper Studio)

Stamps: Garden Variety, Botanical Silhouettes, Tiny Tags (Papertrey Ink); Vegtastic (PaperSmooches)

Ink: Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Brown Sugar, Chili Powder, Seed Packet, Fountain Pen (Ranger); London Fog, Timber Brown (Tsukineko)

Other: Crinkle Ribbon, Twine, Buttons

DieCuts & Punches: Seed Packet, Tiny Tags, Seed Packet Frame, Garden Variety, Sending You, Beautiful Blooms (Papertrey Ink); Label (Spellbinders); Scallop Card (Sizzix); Circles, Butterfly (Ek Success); Edger (Fiskars)