Mojo Monday Sketch # 77

Today I have another Easter Card using the same American Crafts paper....I colored Tilda and she is so pretty...I have been putting crystal affects on my Prima flowers and I really love the look....For this card I started out following the Mojo Monday Sketch #77 and this is what I got...

The ribbon belt is 7 gypsies and I cant remember what the ribbon is...But this paper is a few years old....So happy to be using it up....I have a few more Tilda projects with this paper that I will be posting over the next few days....Happy Stamping.... This is a close up of the flowers and leaves....I have really enjoyed playing with some of the candy we have to dress up our projects....

Ingredients:

Paper American Crafts, Image Magnolia Easter Collection, Sentiment SU!, Flowers Prima, Dies Nestie Circle & Scallop Circle, Leaf MS punch, Copic Markers & Primsa Pencils

Happy Easter

So is everyone on spring break or are we just especially early here in Hawaii....I have been keeping busy with the boys cause they are out of school and trying to get things together for our vacation next week...Well actually it's in a few days....We are all flying to Kauai for a week....Yippee....We are going to visit with some friends, take the kids camping on the beach for a few days and relax....I'm really looking forward to the time away....I have been to the vet and have everything set for Bella to go to the Kennel...Poor baby....We are going to miss her so much....

I have been busy making stuff to take for my friend and getting ready for Easter...It's going to be here before I know it....I love Easter, the candy, the colors, the spring....So this is my first Easter Card with my Whipper Snapper stamp....I hope you enjoy....

I really love this Bunny in a basket by Whipper Snapper and although I still don't really know how to color "white" as well as most....This one came out really well I thought....I also love this Happy Easter sentiment stamp that I got from Lisa at yourATCstore it's from Catslife Press they are Rubber Seal Stamps....They have a lot of great stamps and she is very nice.....I colored my image with copic markers and prisma pencils with OMS....Added a few flowers with some crystal affects and I was done....

Ingredients

Bazzill Cardstock, American Crafts pattern Paper, Nesstie Dies, CM circle cutter & Fiskars border punch...Stamps are bunny by Whipper Snapper & Happy Easter by Catslife Press....Copic markers, prima flowers, Making Memories brads and some jewelry parts and brown ink from SU!

Thanks for stopping by.....I love to hear the wonderful comments that are left....Have a great week...

Eggstra Special Easter!

I hope everyone had a great weekend...It sure went quickly though....Have a great week...
For today's card I used an old Precious Moments stamp and I played with some green flower soft for the grass...I really love that stuff...Have you played with it...I had thought it was heavy and thick and hadn't heard good things about it...Well let me tell you that's not the case and I really love that stuff and it's so fun to play with, although it's just as bad as glitter and gets everywhere.....lol
I used SU cardstock, PaperTrey to stamp my image on and Copic Markers to color....The Easter Eggs are I'm not sure what brand paper.....Sizzix Flourish die, labels spellbinders die....Prima flower and the ribbon is a no name brand I got at a local craft fair....I think that's everything...If I missed something or you have a question please let me know....Have a great day....

A Little Scrapbooking

TGIF...I love Friday it's always nice to look forward to the weekend and spending quality time with the family...Today is the last day of school for the boys and they start their two week spring break...We are taking vacation to Kauai next week for seven days...Yippee...We are so excited...

Today's project is a little wall hanging that I made for our friends Devon & Shelia....This was at our house for our New Years Party....The photo is of Vernon (my hubby), myself and Devon....Unfortunately Shelia had a little to much to drink and was not in the picture....But we all had a great time....

Back to the project....I used my BIA to cut two pieces of 4X6 black Chipboard which I just tied ribbons to bind it together....I painted the black Chipboard with a little silver paint....I then cut one black and one pattern paper with the spellbinders die and embossed the black one and brushed it with silver paint....I somehow got paint on the photo so I just sponged paint around the edges to make it look like I had meant to do it....lol....I printed the info on a piece of vellum and added a velvet flower with brad....OMG those flowers smell so bad....

I cut the flourish with a sizzix die and added some bling to make it pop....I used some making memories black clips to hang it and added some glitter silver brads on top of the silver ribbon....It was a really simple little project that I think they will enjoy....I really love this photo of the three of us....We will truly miss our dear friends when they move....Being a military family we experience friends coming in and out of our lives and there are very few that actually will be lifelong friends....Devon & Shelia have become friends that we will have in our lives for many many years....I hope you have a great weekend and like the project that I have made...We are having dinner with them tonight so I will give them their gifts so I will let you know what they think....Have a great weekend and I hope you enjoy the project I made...Happy Stamping....

A Friendly Challenge

My friend Kellie challenged Camille and I to make a card with the circle background image from Magnolia....So this is what I came up with and it's my first Easter card so far....

I put this together super fast...But Camille beat us all she was done first...Both images are from Magnolia the paper is super old from I have no idea where and prima flowers with robins nest in the center....I cut out the background image and put it on the sizzix scallop circle...Simple right?Do you ever think that your project has to much dimension....It seemed like this did but I didn't use my usual SU stampin dimensionals I used some other ones I had and they just seem to high....I don't know.....Have a great day and thanks for stopping by....

Blog Candy Winner!

So I had thought that I would let my boys pick the name for the blog candy but that didn't work cause then they would fight about who got to do it....I know why had I not thought of that in the first place....I don't know....So my husband Vernon Picked the name.....So out of 140 names (some were in there twice) between my blog and the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog the name he picked was Julie Temple.....Congratulations Julie......How exciting....I'm not so lucky when it comes to things like this...So Julie just email me at krystinah002@hawaii.rr.com with your name and address and I will get your box sent out to you....Thank you to everyone that left comments and that applied for Nicole's DT call.....Have a great day and Happy Stamping!

Congratulations My Friend

BLOG CANDY UPDATE.....Check back this afternoon for the winning name....They boys will draw a name after they get home from school....Good Luck to everyone....
For today's card I went super simple....It's for our friend Devon who just graduated from OCS and is changing paths in his career and as happy as we are for Devon & Shelia we are also sad because this means they are moving soon to a new duty station....We will miss them so much...So I have been putting together a CD with all the pictures we have taken together over the last few years, a wall hanging with a great picture from New Years and some other goodies for them to take and remember the great times we have shared since being here in Hawaii.....I will be posting those photos over the next few days so you can see what I have been up too....LOL...Back to the card I always find it a little harder to make a card for men and this was just to simple and I was happy....I used all Stampin Up! stamps and paper and added a few prima flowers and it was done....I love that it was so simple and came together so easy.....Always a good thing right....Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping as always....Love Love

Postbox Sugar Nellie

First let me say Thank You for all of your great comments I'm so happy to read them all....Thanks so much.....I take my pictures outside when I can and place them on a white towel to give a clean background....Since I live in Hawaii I don't have to worry so much about the weather however I seem to do most of my work at night and it's then that my pictures ALWAYS come out looking like junk....So I really wanted to know what everyone else does....I'm not super computer savvy cause I just don't take the time to spend on the computer to figure it out....I much rather be in my craft room....Speaking of Craft room I have been spending my last few days moving furniture around, cleaning, organizing, and finding all kinds of stuff in there....I'm really liking the new set up much better now I just want to finish so I can get back to work....lol....

So I have a quick post for today which is the cards below....I made two of them but on doesn't have a sentiment on it yet....thought I might wait until I'm ready to send it to someone to figure out what it needs to say....I had the most fun with this card....If you have any questions about the supplies or techniques I used please let me know....I'm always more than happy to share....
I used basic grey papers for this project and Postbox Sugar Nellie, I added some rub-ons and chipboard flowers that I covered with paper to match....I also paper pieced her pants and the mailbox....
I added some bling to the scallop circle which is a sizzix die and I put bling on the flower lace which is Making Memories from long ago....I think....lol

This is the second card that I made from the same image and papers and I changed a little with it but basically the same....Well I hope you enjoy my project and thanks for stopping by....Can't wait to hear what you think....Have a great weekend!

My Blog Candy!

Oh I'm so excited....First I found the cord for my Camera....Plus plenty other goodies in the process....lol....So I have made this frappuccino box gift set and Nicole has given $10.00 for Inky Impressions store credit(Thank You!)....I will let the boys pick the number which will be announced on my blog Wednesday March 18th....All you have to do is leave a comment here telling how you photograph your projects & any tips you have learned along the way....You can get a second chance to win by applying for the Inky Impressions Design Team call....Are you still with me...oh goodness I hope this isn't to much....If you have any questions please let me know..It would be great if you would like to help spread the word on your blog but not necessary to win....Good luck....

A lot of people say they have such a hard time getting a good picture of something they made....I am not that great at it myself....I usually take my pictures outside in the daylight to get the best results.....I would love to hear what you use....

I have covered the frappuccino box with fancy pants designs pattern paper and added lace trim around the whole box....Then I decorated each side with a few fun images and a few of my favorite stamps...
I used Heidi Swapp large flowers to wrap on two of the four sides.....On the left is LiLi (inky Impressions), Brick Wall (Magnolia), Sun (alota rubber stamps)....I played with the shamrock green flower soft for the bottom....OMG I just love this stuff, it so cool....On the right is Angelica (inky impressions) sitting on a chair (Magnolia) I cut out the flourish pieces with sizzlet dies....


These are just such beautiful words and I wanted to share them with you....On the left is a stamp from Wordsworth, its called The Women Who and I just love it....On the right is from DRS Designs....I have always loved this prayer....
This is some of the stuff that's inside....Lotion, Bottle of kisses, Some Trims, Some Flowers, A Few Clear Stamps, Some Alpha Stickers & Tags and a few more little things I have....I also made a tabbed mini compo book that matches....Don't forget the check for $10.00....I hope you enjoy

This is the $10.00 Gift Certificate which I made with a stamp from art declassified & hero artsO.K.....Good luck to everyone....I am in the process of cleaning up my craft room and moving things around (as always) which I'm finding lots of yummy goodies so the blog candy might get larger as the days progress....Have a great week and head over to Inky Impressions Challenges site to apply for her DT...It's so easy now days huh....Thanks for stopping by.....

Blog Candy!

I want to first say that I'm so sorry that I haven't posted until now and there are no pictures of the yummy candy I have up for grabs....I have hand made a really special project and I've used the few of the new images from Inky Impressions new line coming out soon....Nicole from Inky Impressions has been very generous and offered a $10.00 gift certificate for her web store....I have also added some fun odds and ends that I hope you will enjoy....I took photos of my project and stash to post but they didn't come out very good so I was going back and forth about should I post them or wait until tomorrow and take pictures with better light....Then thought I said I would do it today so I went to do it.....Can you believe I couldn't find my cable to connect my camera....I have spend the last few hours looking for it and have no idea where it's at....I used it just a few days ago so it has to be here....I have been busy with many projects in my craft room so it's a mess in there....I think it has to be in there somewhere...I will start there first thing in the morning.....Sorry but trust me it will be worth the wait....lol....Hope to see you back soon....

Thanks Kellie!

My friend Kellie made this card for me and she used the cutest pink & brown papers....She even covered a mailbox for Valentine's Day....What a lucky girl I was.... Just love her card....I have a few new projects but I haven't taken pictures yet so I will try and do that tomorrow so I can share....I'm working on a few altered aged looking items and I'm really loving the way they are coming out....I hope to finish soon so I can share....I'm also getting my stuff together for the blog candy I will have up before the weekend is over....It will include some fun items and a few items handmade by me....I hope everyone will like them.....Have a great weekend and get a lot of stamping time in....

Inky Impressions DT Call!

Congratulations Nicole! I'm so super excited for you and the release of your new stamps....What fun we are going to have....I have enjoyed working with these images a lot....I made this sign for Nicole to hang in her office or craft room as a reminder of her inky impressions future....Thanks Nicole for bringing us these great images and for letting me be a part of your Design Team....I will always be grateful for our friendship....

So Nicole is looking for a few people to be on the guest design team and all you have to do is submit a few of your best projects so head on over to the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog for all the details.....Be sure to check back at my blog this weekend cause I'm putting up some Blog Candy! oh yea and it's going to be super good.....I hope you see you back soon....



Love Love...

Whiff Of Joy DT Sketch

I never apply for these DT calls that we see all the time cause I guess I don't really know if I'm at that level to do something like that but I love doing the challenges and Sketches....Actually I have always loved to use sketches which started back when I started scrapbooking.....I have used several of the sketches Katharina has on her blog and have also bought many of her WOJ images....A friend suggested that we do this sketch and use our new WOJ kit stamps (which I hadn't used yet) and so this is what I came up with...I just love this image of Kneeling Willow she is so cute....

All of the stamps are Whiff Of Joy, paper is Fancy Pants (old stuff), flowers are prima, punches MS and SU, Ink momento and colored with copic and prisma pencils....I think that's everything I used...lol...I hope you enjoy my card I really enjoyed making it and when it all came together....Hope you have a great day....Happy Stamping and thanks for stopping by....

Love Love Kiss Kiss

I made this card for Valentine's Day for my DH but of course I didn't get it done in time so he received a different Magnolia card...lol...I took a little more time on this Love Card I made the pin with some glass beads and pearls, tied some ribbon through a button and added it to the tag which I cut with my sizzix die....I had to cut the Dollie so it would fit and then I stitched around the edges of the card....I really do love this card and the colors were just perfect....I used chatterbox papers that I found at price busters....The card size is 4X8

My stamping buddies came over and we exchanged Valentine goodies and this was one of the items I gave to them....I made the pins, tags and added rub-ons to the bags with everyones name....I really love how they came out and both Kellie and Camille were happy with them....Well thanks for stopping by and I hope you have enjoyed my creations....Would love to hear what you think....Happy stamping....love love

A Few Valentine's Cards!

So I know that I'm a little late with these Valentine's Cards but now that things have settled down I can post them....We had a great Valentine's Day my wonderful husband cooked a wonderful breakfast and dinner for me....He even did the shopping and planning of the meal which I guess was the hardest part....LOL....He also printed out a menu for me....Very sweet he was and I got some new PJ's it was a very nice day....So let me tell you about the cards I made....


For this card used some old BG paper which I still love....I used quickutz for the photo corners and the "Be Mine"....I used the Cuddly Buddly circle sentiments....Also I used the Fiskars circle punch, some chipboard for the hearts and some SU ribbon....And of course the image is Magnolia and the notebook paper is also from Magnolia...I think I listed everything if I forgot something and you have questions just let me know....This card was a 6X6 size which is a little bigger than I like to work with but I had to much to put on there so had to be a big one....

What a simple card this was....I used the Sizzix scallop heart die, did a little paper piercing and added a simple I heart U stamp for my sentiment....Of course the image is Magnolia again...LOLThis was a card that already had the hearts cut out and it was kind of like a watercolor type of paper....My friend Camille gave me these cards which I had not done anything with so I had a try at it....I used the labels die, Magnolia heart and Tilda by Magnolia.....Really easy card....Again...LOL

Well I hope that you like the Valentine's Day cards I have been making and sorry that I didn't get them posted sooner....I do have one more Valentines card, which really is my favorite so I will post that one tomorrow....I hope you have enjoyed my creations and would love to hear what you think....Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping....love love