Thank You Camille!

My very dear friend Camille is always inspiring me and teaching me new things......She is so talented and I don't know how but she sure whips stuff out.....My craft room is pink and brown so one day when she came over for our Girls Stamping Day she brought me these great gifts......She is always showing me some new folding idea or a new website and I just love that about her.......She recently went to Japan and I had given her a list of Copic markers I didn't have and you would not believe how much cheaper they are there.......Amazing.......I think I got 11 markers for like $30.00 can you imagine that.......So thank you Camille for all that you do.......Your awesome.....

A Few Bellas

I really love this MM paper.......It's super old but for some reason I seem to have a lot of it.....So I have been trying to use it up......Pretty simple card I guess......
JUST A THOUGHT: Sometimes my Primas don't match the color combo I'm using so what have started doing is I just color a white prima with my copic marker and then it matches perfect

I love this Bella.....She is so cute.....Since I ride with my husband
of course I had to get this one......I am sad to say I have not used
it all that much.....I really seem to be on this blue & red kick...I
guess because it's almost Fourth of July.....I have been making cards
today but I need to take some pictures.......Soon I hope......Hope your
all having a great weekend.......Happy Stamping

Hanna Challenge

Challenge for our Hanna Yahoo Group......




On my Hanna Yahoo Group we had a challenge to do and the inspiration
that Kristi at Hanna Stamps provided u with was so perfect and so me....
I love these colors......One of my favorite color combinations.....So I was
to mail to Susan so I made a 6X6 card that was already a day or two late
(shocking I know) so when I mailed it I didn't put the correct postage so I
got it back in my mail box.......Not good.....So it was going to be really late
now.....So I decided that I needed to make a small gift to make up for my being
late......So I made this little card set with some chocolates since it matched the
the paper I was using so well......We all love chocolate....I hope she likes it........




I covered some nugget chocolates with Pattern Paper and
added some rub-ons.....I used a tin from some Maya Roads
rub-ons or stamps that I got a long time ago......




These ar 4X4 cards and really are very simple
I used some American Crafts paper......SU Cardstock
and of course my copic markers........Oh and Riley from
Hanna Stamps.......The words are also from Hanna



Same thing here except that I added a few flowers



How cute is he.......I think this one is one of my favorites......
So this is what I sent to Susan I sure hope she likes it.....

You know when you make a card or gift that just comes together so well and you just love it....
Like it turned out even better than you had envisioned........Then you try to convince yourself
that you should just keep it for yourself.......Well that was me but I just kept pictures and it always feels good to give your handmade gifts to people and especially another crafter that appreciates the time and effort that you put into it.......Well I have more to post so better get going......Happy Stamping........

May Highlights***12X12 Layout

I'm not sure what happened with the photo but it
sure doesn't look as clear as my pictures usually come
out......Oh Well.....Projects always seem to look better
Hanging in my craft room than in a picture....So I was
inspired to do this layout a layout in Simple Scrapbooks
which had the same concept but I changed it up a bit.....
Shocking I know......May is always so crazy for us and I have SO
SO many pictures from that month that I don't even really know
where to start.......So this seemed like such a great solution
and a fast layout.......I am happy with the way it came out
except for the Chipboard letters I used for MAY.......I originally
wanted to use some lil' davis white chipboard letters but after
putting all the pictures down there just wasn't enough room......

I cut the numbers outs of white foam with my quickutz Star Numbers
I think and everything else was just scraps of Black & White Paper, Large
Heidi Swapp flowers and cute Maya Road black and white ribbon.....It would
be cool to do an album of these layouts for each month......We will see......It's
a great thought.......So what do you think?????

Cards For Mini Pizza Box

So I made four 3 1/2 X 3 1/2 plus Envelopes to put inside
the Pizza Box and wrapped it with a band and tag...
I was trying to use up scraps by punching circles and
using rub-ons......Very Very simple.....

This one I used the SU scallop punch and circle punches
and a rub-on and done.......I also embossed with Swiss dots

Well I guess with this one I dressed it up more
because I added two prima flowers and brads..
I love this stamp from Stampin Up.......

Two Weeks!

Wow......So yesterday made two weeks since I have posted on my blog....I am so bad at keeping on top of this......Although I have been busy working outside.....Planting and digging up weeds and getting the backyard cleaned up......My back is so tan and my front is not so much......Well I have been crafty and have finally uploaded pictures so I will go ahead and post now......Sorry I have been MIA once again.....Not that anybody noticed...Ha Ha....Have a great Friday......

Small Card & Mini Pizza Box

So I made this mini pizza box after my friend Camille made one for me.......It was just so cute.....So I thought that it would be a perfect gift to add some mini little cards (4x4 or smaller) along with envelopes.......I also added a band to close it........I love the way it cam out........Now I want to make all the mini cards inside with Riley.....Another project to add to my list of bright ideas.....I used all SU patterned paper and Cardstock and many different odds & ends that I have had around for awhile.....some rub-on stitching and sentiments.....It feels so good to use supplies that I have had for way to long......Now I have to find the pictures of the cards that I made to put inside......

I have been Scrapbooking!

Well I have been MIA again I know.....Seems like this happens often with me........Well May was an extremely busy month for us.......So I saw this layout in Simple Scrapbooks and it was a one pay 12x12 layout that had the highlights of the month on it.......So I have been working on that, I have printed my pictures and done the journaling.......So I am almost done......I am loving the way it's coming out.......I have the goal of finishing it today.....I went with black and white.....

I have also taken up gardening.......Which is a whole lot of work........But so rewarding I think......I started with seed and they are almost ready to transplant now......I am still kind of working on the whole design of the flower bed and still need to add some green........But it's so nice and I haven't killed anything yet which is really big for me.......I will keep you posted on that.......

I have also been working on some digital stuff.......I am a self-teaching kind of digital scrapbooker.....which isn't the easiest thing I will have to say.......But its fun learning.......

We have also been working in the backyard........More work........I don't think that I'm all that good at manual labor and need to try and stay away from that.......My husband however seems to get really happy and excited when he comes home and sees that I have been busting my butt....So I was totally rewarded yesterday and we went and bought new patio furniture.........we have never had any........In fact we have used my very first kitchen table in the backyard for several years now.......So I am super excited and just love it........Let me see if I can add the link http://www.walmart.com/catalog/detail.gsp?image=http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/72/29/38/02/0072293802206_500X500.jpg,http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/72/29/38/02/0072293802206_500X500.jpg,http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/72/29/38/02/0072293802206_AV_60X60.gif&product_id=8130574&iIndex=1&isVariant=false&corpCard=false&type=0

I wonder if that worked.......I will have to check........well that is what I have been up to......So now it's time to get back in the craft room to work on some cards and finish my layout.......Have a great day and I will be back........Kristina

Hanna Challenge

O.K. so I have made two of these cards in different variations.....Which one do you like better.....I have been working on several Riley cards so I will try to get them uploaded today.......

Hanna Challenge

I have been working on a few patriotic cards with my Hanna Mini Set........I also realized that I have no 4Th of July paper........Imagine that.....Well this came out alright but something seems off just not sure what it is yet........Well Happy June and may the creative juices keep flowing......Back to cutting paper.......