Crazy4Challenges Inspiration

Saturday means that it's time for another Crazy4challenges Blog Challenge!

This week Helen gave us a fun inspiration picture for our challenge and it inspired this card!

The image is a Shady Tree Studio digital image that I had colored a long time ago and grabbed it off my desk because I knew it would be perfect for this inspiration challenge!

That cool ribbon is May Arts.

The sentiment is from High Hopes.

Make sure you stop by the Crazy4challenges Blog so you can check out the inspiration picture, learn more about the challenge, and see more inspiration from the rest of the design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Shady Tree Flower Trio

Happy Friday!

Wow! This week has flown by!  It really does feel like the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas goes by twice as fast as any other month!

All year long I stamp and stash my cards and then in December I package them all up and give them away for gifts.  Last weekend I packaged up over 200 cards and wrapped them up for gift giving.  Each of these boxes has 12 cards in it.

Once I get them packaged up I go into panic mode because all my boxes of cards are empty and even though I don't need them right now I feel like I need to start getting them stocked up right away!  So....this week I have been using all my pre-colored images to try and make quick cards and start rebuilding my stash.

Here are three that I made using my Shady Tree flower images.

 Here's a closer look at each of the cards.

I'm not sure how much I'll be blogging in December because it's such a busy time but please check back as I'm sure I'll have new things to share with you!

Kristine

Joy-Slash Pocket with Tag

Happy Monday!

I am excited to show you a fun card that I made with "Slash Pocket with Tag" from Creative Cuts & More!

This is another great die cut that makes it look like your project took forever but you know that half the work was done for you...no measuring...no cutting...just decorate, put it together, and you have a FABULOUS card!!!

Stamps:

"Floral Occasions" by Shady Tree Studio

Paper:

"Slash Pocket Tag" from Creative Cuts & More

Bazzil Red Canvas Textured Cardstock

Ink:

Memento Tuxedo Black die ink

Copic Markers

Other:

Dots & Dashes Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by! Have a terrific week!

Kristine

Shady Tree Release Day

It's Shady Tree Studio's Release Day!!!

I am so excited to be a guest designer this month for Shady Tree Studios.

Nancy is releasing some fabulous new sets! You might even recognize some of the new images from the old Cornish Heritage Farms Shady Tree line.

The images used on all of these cards are available after today!

Enjoy...

I just entered this one in The Paper Variety Blog challenge to make a Get Well card.

I hope you enjoyed my New Release projects. Make sure you check out what the rest of Nancy's fabulous design team came up with here! She's been sneak peekin' projects for the last few days!

And...in addition to some new great stamp sets you'll find a special offer for the month of March...a free digi image with every purchase. Go check it out!!!

Kristine

Shady Tree Sunday

Happy Sunday!!!

I have some fun Shady Tree Studio cards to share with you today. Back when I was on the Cornish Heritage Farms design team I designed for the Shady Tree Studios line. I was very excited to see Nancy start her own company after Cornish Heritage Farms closed their doors!

I was even more excited when Nancy asked me to be a guest designer for her March stamps release. I've gotten a sneak peek at the new images and they are awesome! But I won't have them in my hot little hands for a couple more weeks so I thought I'd share a few cards I made with Shady Tree Studio stamps that you can get your hands on now!

All three of these cards were made with stamps from the "Elegant Valentine" set. And...Nancy is offering free shipping on all orders over $40 so go check it out!

I hope you are having a terrific weekend and appreciate you stopping by!

Kristine

CPS Flower Vase Sketch

I have another sketch card for you today. this one was based on this weeks CPS sketch.

Here's the sketch:

Here's the card I came up:
PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-cursive expressions (MLM)
-Large Floral Vase (Shady Tree Studio)

Paper:
-Prism Paper
-CHF simply Smooth
-patterned paper

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa dye ink
-copic markers

Other:
-Makin Memories brads
-cuttlebug embossing folder

Thanks for stopping by.

-Kristine

Christmas Blessings

I've been working on making 30 Christmas note cards for a friend. This is one of the designs I came up with. I made 6 of them. Now I just have to come up with 5 more designs and I'll be done! I just love the colors in the Basic Grey, Eskimo Kisses pack! Non-traditional Christmas colors but they work so well together!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:

Stamps:

-Just Believe (Shady Tree Studio)

-vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM)

Paper:

-Prism Paper Cardstock

-CHF Simply Smooth White

-Basic Grey patterned paper

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-copic markers

Other:

-Nestabilities by Spellbinders

-makin memories brads

Only 5 days till the big marching band field show tournament at our high school. I am in charge of it and have a bunch of little details to take care of this week so I am not sure how much I'll be around but I will try to stop by and get something posted for you!

Have a great week!!!

Orange, Green, & Brown

Not posting much this week as I am working in Memphis and spent this past weekend with the kids marching band so I haven't had much stamping time. I do have a card to share today though!

I made this card for this weeks color challenge on the Gingersnap Creations Blog. The colors are orange, green, and brown. Perfect for this fun fall card!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:

Stamps:

-Fall Cleanup (Shady Tree Studio)

-Friendly Kritters Holiday Expressions (MLM)

Paper:

-The paper studio patterned paper

-Prism Paper

-CHF Vanilla

Ink:

-Clearsnap Olive fluid chalk

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-copic markers

Other:

-Green twill ribbon

-EK Success photo corner punch

-Q & Co. brads

-Martha Stewart leaf punch

-Nestabilities circle die

CHF is sponsoring Gingersnap Creations all this month with lots of blog candy so go check it out!

Thanks for checking me out!

Friendly Kritter's Scripture

So glad for the weekend! Even though it was a only a four day week it seems like it took forever for Friday to get here! The best thing about Friday was the release of three new Mona Lisa Moment's sentiment sets! I have a couple of cards to share today that I made using the Friendly Kritter's Scripture set.

But you don't have to save these sentiments for your Friendly Kritter Cards...they work great on any cards! On this next one I used the "Thank You" sentiment from the set.


The layout was inspired by a card I saw in Papercrafts Card Creations magazine. The flower is from Shady Tree Studios.

I'll be back tomorrow with some cards I made with the new Doggie Expressions sentiment set. See you then!

Shady Tree

Two new Shady Tree Studio images are being released by Cornish Heritage Farms on Friday. The first one is called Stump Scene and I made this card with it.

Stamps:
-Stump Scene (Shady Tree Studio)
-Friend Centers (MLM)
-Ornamental vines backgrounder

Paper:
-Frosted Teal & Suede Brown Dark cardstock by Prism
-CHF Simply Smooth Whtie

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-copic markers
-versamark by Tsukineko

Other:
-clear embossing powder


The second image is called Fall Clean up.

Stamps:
-Cursive Expressions (MLM)
-Fall Cleanup (Shady Tree Studio)
-Picotage Prints Backgrounder

Paper:
-candle glow dark and desert coral dark & suede brown dark cardstock by Prism Paper
-CHF simply smooth white

Ink:
-Memento Rich Cocoa dye ink by Tsukineko
-Copic markers

Other:
-WE R Memory Keepers metal
-ofray ribbon

There are lots of other great samples for you to check out in the Shady Tree Gallery. Have fun drooling!

Shady Tree Studio Release Christmas in July

Today is the day that the new Shady Tree Studios Christmas images are released by CHF! I shared "Home for the Holidays" and "Embrace Christmas" earlier this week. Today I'll share a new set. It's called "Just Believe":


Isn't it adorable? I love the primitive look to it. Here is a card that I made using that adorable Santa image:

Stamps:

-Just Believe (Shady Tree Studio)

-Vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM)

Paper:

-Prism Cardstock

-Basic Grey patterned paper

-CHF Simply Smooth white

Ink:

-Adirondack cranberry and pitch black dye ink by Ranger

-copic markers

Other:

-Robins Egg Dew drops

-Martha Stewart punch

-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Check back later...lots more Christmas releases to share with you this month!

Sneak Peak-Day 2

As promised I have a peek at the second of three new Shady Tree Studio releases to share with you today. This image is called "Home for the Holidays" and is available on Tuesday over at CHF. I thought it would be fun to use non-traditional colors and paper with this holiday image.

Stamps:

-Home for the Holidays (Shady Tree Studio)

-Vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM)

Paper:
-Basic Grey patterned paper
-Prism cardstock
-CHF Simply smooth white

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-copic Markers

Other:
-white brads
-Nestabiltiies by Spellbinder

Happy New Year Snow Scene

Cornish Heritage Farms is celebrating Christmas in July with a whole slew of awesome holiday stamp releases. Tuesday, Shady Tree Studio will have three new releases...Just Believe, Home for the Holidays, & Embrace Christma. Today, I wanted to give you a quick peek at Embrace Christmas.


I just love snowman images. It matched perfectly with my Basic Grey paper. I thought it would be fun to make this a New Years card. What do you think?

Here's the deets:
Stamps:
-Embrace Christmas (Shady Tree Studio)
-Vintage Christmas Expressions (MLM)

Paper:
-Basic grey patterned paper
-CHF Simply Smooth white
-Herbal Green Medium and Blush Red Dark Prism Paper

Ink:
-Adirondack pitch black & Cranberry dye ink by Ranger
-Copic Markers

Other:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-Ofray Ribbon

I'll be back tomorrow with a peek at Home for the Holidays....see you then!

If at first you don't succeed....

Today's post is the story of how messing up on a project can actually force you to take another look at it and make it even better than you had planned!

Today's project is a card with one of the images from Athletic Hands, which is the newest release from Shady Tree Studio.
So...first I stamped the Bowling ball image. Then I carefully stamped each of the words from Invitation Essentials. I was very pleased that they lined up pretty well. Finally, I got out my copic markers and started coloring the image. Well...I must have gotten some glue or adhesive on that hand because there was this weird streak across the wrist part where the ink would not color the paper. Soooo frustrating. But...I did it once, I could do it again...right? I got a new piece of cardstock and started again.This time I must have been pressing a little too hard because the Y's had come out much darker than the rest of the words. It doesn't show too well in the picture but trust me...I couldn't use the panel. So I started again...

I stamped the image and all the words. I colored the ball and arms. So far...so good. I went ahead and matted the image and poked the holes for the brads. Then I noticed that there were some spots of color around the words. I tried to get rid of them with my colorless blender but it only made it worse!!!

I was getting ready to toss this panel and just give up on the card when I had a thought...maybe I could cover up the words. So...I got some scraps off my desk, stamped each of the words, cut them out and adhered them over the smudged words. I am very happy with the finished card. So much better than what I had origionally planned! What do you think?

This new set has so many great possibilities. Here's a look at all the images in Athletic Hands:
I hope this post inspires you to take another look at those "goof ups" and see if you can make them into something you love. See you later!

Birthday Boy

I made it home safely from Atlanta and am looking forward to a week at home!

Today I have a quick sneak peek of a new Shady Tree Studio release that is coming out on Tuesday. It's a set of Sports images that I think you'll have a lot of fun with! I think any boy would love to receive this on his birthday!

I made the little baseballs by punching out white paper circles and decorating with a red marker...fun, huh?

Stamps:

-Athletic Hands (Shady Tree Studio-release date 6/9/09)

-Fine Lines Backgrounder (CHF)

Ink:

-L'Amore Red by Palette

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-copic markers

-Adirondack Denim dye ink by Ranger

Paper:

-Classic Red and Blue by Prism

-CHF Simply Smooth white

Other:

-makin memories brads

-nestabilities by spellbinder

-EK Success circle punch for the balls

Well...I told you it would be quick...Hubby is off golfing and I am off to the craft room!!! Have a great day!

A Piece of Cake!

A day late with my final Shady Tree Studio sneak peek...but on the good side-you can hop right over to the CHF store because all three of these new images are now available!



Along with the cute little package that I shared on Tuesday, a matching slice of cake is being released. I decided to make a few little birthday note cards to keep on hand. These are 3 x 3...the perfect size to use with a little gift bag!

Stamps:
-Classic Essential Expressions (MLM)
-Floral Slice of Cake (Shady Tree Studio)
Paper:
-Prism Paper-CHF White cardstock
Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-Copic Markers
Other:
-Nestabilities die by Spellbinder

I hope you've had a great week. I am sooo super busy with work that stamping has taken a back seat during the week but I am hoping to get some stamping done this weekend. I hope you can too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Floral Gift Box

This Floral Gift Box image is one of the new Shady Tree Studio images being released on Thursday. It would look great on any card that you make for any gift giving occasion.

I decided to use it for a Wedding Card for your sneek peak today.

Stamps:
-Wedding Centers (Mona Lisa Moments)
-Floral Gift Box (Shady Tree Studio)
Paper:
-Basic Grey patterned paper
-Frosted Kiwi and frosted pink by Prism Paper
Ink:
-Copic Markers
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
Other:
-Ribbon from Michael's
-Heidi Swapp bling

I'll be back tomorrow with another peak and the new release. See you then!

Shady Tree Sneak...

This Thursday the Shady Tree Studio line is releasing three more new images. I'll be sharing sneak Peek at each of them this week leading up to the release!

The first image is another pretty flower. This is a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card.

Stamps:
-Large Bloom (STS)
-sentiment from Silhouette Blooms I(Kim Hughes)

Paper:
-Basic Grey patterned paper
-Prism Paper (simply smooth white and wizard light)

Ink:
-Memento Rich Cocoa and Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-copic markers

Other:
-Prima trim
-pop dots
-waterfall stickles by Ranger

The stickles doesn't show up very well in this picture but in real life it's very cool looking. I'm off to stamp while hubby is golfing. Hope you get some stamping time in too!

Take Care!

Happy Mother's Day!

Wishing you all a wonderful day! Hubby has left for a morning of golf, and darling daughter has left for work. My son is sleeping, though he promised me breakfast burritos for breakfast so I am waiting....

I am getting ready for a day of stamping, with a quick trip to REI and Costco in the middle. Hubby is cooking steaks and artichokes for dinner so all in all it should be a great day for Mom!

Here's a peak at a little something that I made for Mother's Day gifts. I made one for my aunt, my mother in law, and my sister in law.


Stamps:
-Mother's Day Centers (MLM)
-Sophisticated Swirl Backgrounder
-Closed Tulip (Shady Tree Studio)
-sentiment on cards from Silhouette Blooms II (Kim Hughes)

Paper:
-CHF white
-Basic Grey pattern paper

Ink:
-Lilac, olive and orchid pastel fluid chalk by Clearsnap
-Memento Tuxedo black dye ink by Tsukineko
-copic markers

Other:
-martha stewart punch
-ribbon from Michaels

I got the template for only $5 from Papertrey Ink's Timeless Templates collection. All ready got my money out of this one! Can't wait to see what they come up with next!

Hope you have a terrific day...I am off to stamp!