It's Challenge Time!

Hello Friends!

I can't believe it's been over 3 months since I posted on my blog.

Sorry for the absence but hubby and I have been working on getting our house of 22 years ready to sell and as you can imagine, it's a lot of work!

But when my friend Frances asked me to be a guest designer on the Crazy4challenges blog I couldn't say no!  It was so fun to get back in the craft room!

Today's Crazy4challenges challenge is to make a card with a woman on it.

So here it is....

This set is from Art Impressions.

I use it all the time for my friends birthdays!

Here is the inside of the card.

Make sure you check out the other designers cards over on the 

Crazy4challenges blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

C4C428 -National Dr's Day

Today is National Dr's Day...so the Crazy4challenges team is challenging you to make a "thank you for your help" card for a doctor or nurse.

Perfect excuse to use a Art Impressions stamp set that I bought a long time ago but haven't inked up.

I colored the nurse with Prisma pencils and blended with blending stumps and gamsol.

The sentiment is from Stampendous.

The bow is the Small Bow Die from The Stamps of LIfe.

Check out all the other cards for more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

C4C424-Dessert Card

The fun ladies over at the Crazy4challenges blog asked me to stick around  for one more month so I am back today with another challenge card.

Today's challenge is to create a card that features dessert.

Here is the card that I came up with.

The image is from Art Impressions.

It's Out to Lunch.

I colored it with Prisma color pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The paper was from my scrap stash.

The Happy Birthday is a die from The Stamps of Life.

I hope you enjoyed my take on the dessert challenge and that you'll try the challenge too.

You can get more inspiration from the Crazy4challenges blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

25 Days of Christmas Tags

I am super excited to be participating in the 25 Days of Christmas Tags on the 

In My Creative Opinion Blog.

High Hopes Stamps is the sponsor for today and the design team has made lots of great tags.

This is my tag featuring Waddling by.

I used the Snowy Slopes background on the tag.

The image was colored with Copic Markers.

(C1-C3-C5-C7-R27-YR04- YR02-V08-04-V02-YG61)

I sprinkled a little Spoonful of Snow by Stampendous and heated it until it melted.

The sentiment is Winter Hi.

If you haven't had a chance to stop by and check out all the awesome inspiration this month make sure you do!

In My Creative Opinion Blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday Ute!

Yesterday was my friend Ute's  birthday!

I am in NY this week but I made her card and got it to her before she left.

She is a stamping buddy so there is always a little more pressure to make an amazing card and I am pretty happy with how this one turned out!

I created an easel card with a new Art Impressions stamp set.

This is Giant Cake Set.

Here is how the card looks when it is closed up and ready to mail.

I colored the image with colored pencils 

The paper is Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

The ribbon is from Creative Impressions.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is from Stampendous!

I am excited to get back home so we can celebrate with some cake...and wine.

Happy Birthday Ute!

See you soon!

Kristine

Happy Birthday...Make a Wish!

Hello All!

We are half way through and I hope your week is going well!

We had another birthday at the office so I created another BIG card!

For this one I folded and 8 1/2" x 11" piece of cardstock in half to create a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base.

It's just big enough for all 20 of us to sign!!

The image is a fun stamp from Art Impressions.

It's BFF's Cupcake.

The sentiment is from the Birthday with Sizzix stamp set from The stamps of life.

The paper is from my favorite paper pack from Hobby Lobby.

I hope your enjoyed my card today and maybe got a little inspiration!

I'll be back tomorrow with some snowy inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Deep Breath

Busy getting ready for the holiday weekend but I have a quick birthday card to share with you today!

This is another 5 x 7 card that I made for one of the girls at work.

This adorable image is Deep Breath Fish from Art Impressions.

I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

Added some fun bubbles with dew drops too!

I am really having fun making these giant cards.

Lots of room for the whole department to sign!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine