Make It Monday #99

I finally found some time to play along with this week's MIM, even though the ideas have been floating around in my head all week!

For this card, I used "Through the Trees" and inked it up with Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides and Plum Pudding.

I added a strip of distressed grey paper from my scrap pile and the sentiment which is also from this set. Everything was mounted onto True Black card stock.

I'll be back tomorrow to share another card using the Repeating Rainbows technique :-)

-Kristen

So Many Smiles...

Hello!

Today I have a post up at the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog.  Please stop by and check it out!

Kristen

Landscape Calendars

Hello!

Today I am sharing some landscape calendars I made for Christmas gifts.  The original idea came from Amber here.  Love love LOVED these calendars as soon as I saw them.  Amber graciously offers PDFs of her calendar templates and I snagged them up for this year's project.

Here is my take on it :-)

 

All Stamps are Papertrey Ink, Waltzingmouse Stamps or October Afternoon.

Kristen

Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge

Hello and Happy Holidays!

I haven't played along with the monthly blog hops in awhile, and thought I'd get one in for the end of the year! :-)

This month's challenge was white on white.

I stamped the sentiment "Peace" (From Peace, Love and Joy mini set) in embossing ink and added clear embossing powder before heating.  It's a tad bit hard to see in the photo, but in person it has a neat effect.

I also ran the top panel through my Big Shot along with the woodgrain impression plate after die cutting the mat stack window.

I raised the panel using Crafty Foam Tape from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.

Happy New Years!

-Kristen

Christmas Card Holder - part 2

Yesterday, I featured a Christmas Card Holder I made for the blog hop.  Today, I am showing another one I made this year, but with different papers - this one uses Cosmo Cricket papers and features the snowflake die from Papertrey Ink.

I love making these for gifts... and MYSELF! :-) What a great way to keep all your Christmas cards together year after year.

Happy Holidays!

Kristen

Blog Hop with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and Graphic 45!

Graphic 45 and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L are hosting a week long blog hop - be sure to stop by!   Today I am featuring a post on a Christmas Card holder I made :-)

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

Feel Better Soon

Hello!

Today I am sharing a get well card I made for my friend that recently had back surgery.  Making masculine cards is so hard.. its even harder for a 30-something male!  Then I got to thinking, video games!

Have a good week!
-Kristen

Lovely Layers Birthday Card

Hello-

What? 2 posts in one week? I KNOW!!!  I'm taking full advantage of the holiday time off to get crafty and catch up on my blog.

Today's card is a birthday card with a feminine theme. I used Lovely Layers (I LOVE this set!)

I stamped a white panel with the complete design from left to right using Hibiscus Burst ink.  The panel was adhered to a Spring Moss base to coordinate with the other stamped elements.

I stamped the leaf veins on Spring Moss cardstock using Simply Chartreuse ink. Next was a combo of Hibiscus Burst and Pure Poppy, followed by Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise and Canyon Clay.

The inside was stamped with an image from Birthday Tags 2012 in Spring Moss.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristen

Masculine Birthday Card

Hello-

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving :-)  I celebrated mine by running a 5k in the morning, and filling up on sweet potatoes in the afternoon! PERFECT!

Today's card is a masculine card I made for my cousin, Jeff.

I stamped the Ocean Tides panel with a background from Market Street Stamps. I used Ocean Tides Ink for the argyle.  

I used Birthday Tags 2012 for the circular element, stamped in Kraft.

The front sentiment and the inside sentiment are both from the Think Big Favorites collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristen 

Counting My Blessings

Hello-

Today I have a post up at the Crafty Power Blog :-)  Be sure to stop by and check it out!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Kristen

Snowflake Thank You Cards

If it ain't broke... don't fix it, right?  I always seem to keep going back to the layout that works so well for me... Circular element + Sentiment.  Clean and Simple - but with a lot of impact.

Today I am sharing a few Thank You cards I made - its not even Halloween yet, so thinking about snow might seem crazy, but in Chicago, it could be 70 one day and snowing the next!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Halloween! HA!

-Kristen

Operation Write Home - World Card Making Day Bloghop!

Hello! 

I am so excited to be participating in another OWH Blog hop!  I love supporting this great cause!  Here is my card for the hop:

Its based on this sketch here:

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristen 

One Cool Dad

Hello!

Today is my turn on the Crafty Power Blog at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.  Stop by!

-Kristen

Never too early for Halloween!

My favorite holiday. Period.  I would have decorations up year round if could :-)LOVED this stamp set the minute I saw it...

Dragged out my Vintage Cream ink on this one :-) I need to stamp more on dark cardstock. I love the way it looks! 

Happy Weekend! I'm running in another (GASP!) 5K tomorrow... lets hope I don't get rained on!

Kristen