Three weeks till graduation

At our house we are clicking off the days till my daughter graduates high school. This week we had her very last band concert and Senior Awards night. Next week is finals and the end of year band banquet. Feeling sad that this stage of her life is over but very happy and excited for her as she gets ready to head off to Cal Poly SLO in a few months! Of course we have other graduations to think about as well. I made a couple of more graduation cards that I wanted to share with you today.

This one is for one of my daughters friends. I still love this awesome Kim Hughes Owl image! I used the Super Saturday Sketch for inspiration.

This one is for one of my best friends daughter who is graduating next week. It's the first easel card that I've made. Much easier than I thought it would be. I know I will be making more of these! I'm sure I don't have to tell you that the adorable little mouse is a Penny Black image!

And this one is for my nephew who is graduating a few days after my daughter. I just love this fun digital image from Dustin Pike! The paper on all of them is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

I hope you enjoyed these cards! Have a great Friday and thanks for stopping by!

-Kristine
Look at me all caught up on my graduation cards!

Congrats Graduate

I was lacking some mojo yesterday and so I started surfing blogs for a fun challenge and found this sketch over at Get Sketchy. I decided to make a graduation card since my daughter and my nephew are graduating in three weeks from high school and I know I will be needed lots of graduation cards!


PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Congrats Grad (Kim Hughes by CHF)
-Vintage Text Scrapblock by CHF
-Big Words & Handy Additions by AmyR
Paper:
-CHF Simply Smooth white
-Prism Paper Cardstock
-The Paper Studio patterned paper
Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black & Ladybug red
-copic markers
-Ofray Ribbon
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-Joanne Scrapessentials start brads

My foot is feeling much better today after two days of anti-biotics so I am planning on going to Houston on Monday for the week but I am going to work hard to get my posts all scheduled so you won't even know I'm gone! Hope you are having a nice Saturday!

-Kristine

What's Mew?

Just a quick post today as I really must get to work! This card is based on this weeks Card Pattern Blog sketch. I had these scraps of patterned paper laying on my table and they were perfect for this layout.

I didn't get much sleep last night as my foot was throbbing. It feels better this morning but I can't just sit....I'm a MOM, right? So...I'll try to take it easy, keep it up, and hopefully will get help from the podiatrist tomorrow. Thanks for all your well wishes!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Cutie Pet-tootie & Pet-tootie sentiments (KIm Hughes)

Paper:
-Basic Grey
-Bazzil
-Prism
-CHF Simply Smooth white

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

Other:
-Prima flowers-
Makin memories brads
-Nestabilities by spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by!

-Kristine

Class of 2010

Made it back from camping and visiting the Cal Poly campus with my daughter last night. Hubby and son came up early yesterday and will hang out today before heading home. I had to get my daughter back because she has to work today!

We fell in love with Cal Poly again! She is so excited to be going there in the fall. It is a beautiful campus with friendly, supportive people. I am really happy she's made this decision. Thinking about college get's me thinking about her graduation in 8 weeks..so I've started playing around with some party announcements. Her group of friends wants to have a party to celebrate and I'm in charge of invitations.

Here's a couple that I've come up with...



I'm leaning towards the second one but am still playing around...They were both made using Kim Hughes "Congrats Grad" set. It's a great set to have on hand at this time of year!

Well, I'd like to say that I'm off to stamp...but I'm off to do laundry and clean up the camping stuff! Hope the rest of your weekend is great !

-Kristine

Let's Party Pop Up Card

Just got back from a quick business trip to Texas. Haven't been stamping in the last couple of days but still have a few things left from VSN to share with you. I made this pop up invitation for one of the VSN challenges to make a pop up card. I didn't quite finish it in the alotted time frame but finished it up for you to see.

I'm not sure I'd actually make these for actual invitations as cutting out those cupcakes and gifts on the front is a little time consuming but I think it turned out really cute and if you did make these everyone would be pretty impressed! You can find directions for making a pop card here. The first one is tricky...but once you do it, they really are a breeze!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:

Stamps:

-Let's Party (Kim Hughes)

-Invitation Essentials (MLM)

Ink:

-Memento Markers

-Copic Markers

-Memento tuxedo Black dye ink

Paper:

-Prism Paper

-CHF Simply Smooth white

Kristine

BBQ Invitation

Just a quick share for you today. I made a few of these for a friend who hosts a big BBQ at the end of Spring Break every year. She wanted some invitations to send out to everyone so we came up with this! We're expecting rain this weekend so no BBQing for us...hope you have the perfect weather for whatever you've got planned!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Summer Trees (Kim Hughes)
-Fine Houndstooth Scrapblock
Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black & Ladybug dye ink by Tsukineko
-Copic marker #27
Paper:
-CHF Simply Smooth White
-Prism Paper
Other:
-Ofray gingham ribbon
-American Crafts brad
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Reflections

I was a bit tied up over the weekend as I mentioned that I might be.

My son is in the Southern California Jazz Honor Band. It's made up of kids from Santa Clarita to San Diego. They had an all day rehearsal in Yorba Linda on Friday which is about 90 miles from our house. Then they performed at Disneyland on Saturday and then a final performance on Sunday at Cal State Fullerton. I drove him and his buddy to Friday rehearsal. While they rehearsed I visited some craft and scrapbook stores in Orange County. After the rehearsal we stayed at a hotel near Disneyland. I wasn't about to drive 90 miles home in Friday night LA traffic just to turn around and meet at Disney at 6:30 AM on Saturday! We stayed Saturday night in the hotel too and then had the concert on Sunday. A very nice weekend! But...that is why I haven't posted here lately!


I did get a tutorial posted over on the CHF Creative Blog though. It will guide you step by step to create this card.If you haven't seen it yet you still have time to check it out. And....if you post a comment on the Creative blog tutorial by 5 pm PCT tonight you can win the stamp set that I used to make this card!

Good Luck!

Kristine

Let's Get Stuffed

I can't believe that it's all ready the last week in October. Time to start thinking about the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Kim Hughes, Let's Get Stuffed set, was one of her first releases with Cornish Heritage Farms and I still love it! I've been working on sme fun projects that I have shared over on the CHF Creative Blog. Here's a big group shot but you can see each of the projects in better detail here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Get Well Soon

Flying back home today from Alabama. I haven't been able to stamp in a few days but I still have a quick post for you.

I made this card a couple of weeks ago for a sick friend. I just love this patterned paper! It works with everything. It adds such a nice festive look to this get well card.

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:

-Comforting Hugs

Paper:

-Cosmo Cricket patterned paper

-Prism Paper Cardstock

-CHF Simply Smooth Vanilla

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-Copic Markers

Other:

-Large Red Brads

-Nestabilites dyes by Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by!

Let's Party

Just a quick post this morning...hubby is on his way home which means I only have a few hours to stamp today as I try to stay out of that room and spend time with him when he is home!

As part of my involvement with Chemo Angels I get a long list of members with birthday's each month and try to send out birthday cards to as many of them as I can. This is a pretty quick card I came up with for mass production. Made 20 of these yesterday in different colors using my patterned paper scraps.

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Birthday Bash (Kim Hughes)
-Polka Dots Backgrounder

Paper:
-Prism Paper
-CHF Simply Smooth White
-DCWV patterned paper

Ink:
-L'Amore Red Palette Hybrid ink
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-copic markers
-black marker for doodles

I am leaving for South Carolina at O dark thirty tomorrow and will return on Friday. I am going to try and get some stuff scheduled to post while I am gone so I hope you'll stop by!

Welcome Summer

Getting ready to head to the airport for a business trip to Mississippi. I am not taking my laptop on this trip because it's quick and busy! So...I won't be posting again until the weekend. I did want to post this quick and easy card before I left. Just something I threw together with some scraps that were laying around on my table.

Stamps:

-Summer Trees (Kim Hughes)

Paper:

-Kim Hughes Mocha Chica patterned paper

-Prism cardstock

-CHF Simply smooth white

Ink:

-Adirondack pitch black, butterscotch, stonewashed, meadow dye ink by Ranger

-copic markers

Other:

-rick rack

-makin memories flower

-dew drops

I hope that you are enjoying your summer so far!!!

Welcome Summer

We're in the middle of week two of the Stamp Star challenge over at CHF and this weeks challenge is paper piercing. The gallery is filling up with all kinds of gorgeous entries and all though I can't enter the contest I wanted to make a paper pieced card so I put this one together yesterday.

Stamps:
-Summer Trees (Kim Hughes)

Paper:
-yellow/green Prism Paper
-Basic Grey patterned paper

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

You have till Monday to enter a card in this weeks challenge. Each weeks winner will win $50 in CHF stamps!

Eat Cake

I'm coming home from North Carolina today!  Just a quick little birthday card to share with you!  Hopefully, I was able to get a bunch of images colored during my travel.  I took a bunch of stamped images with me.  If I had time and room (nobody in the center seat) to color I should be able to make a bunch of new cards this weekend to make up for the four days I was unable to stamp!

 

Title: Eat Cake

Size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4

Stamps:
-Let's Party (Kim Hughes Collection by CHF)

Paper:
-Creative Imaginations patterned paper
-white and Intense pink by Prism paper

Ink:
-Adirondack Mountain Rose dye ink by Ranger
-copic markers

Tools:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Accessories:
-Hero Arts Buttons
-DMC Embroidery thread
-Barbara Trombley art glitter
-may arts rick rack

Hope you've had a good week.  This is my last pre-scheduled post.  Hopefully, I'll make it back here tomorrow to share something new...see you then!

Fuzzy Bear Hugs

I submitted this card to a publication for a flocking call last month but it didn't get picked up. I still love it!  My daughter saw it and stole it to give to her friend who has been having a bad week.  All the images are from Bear Hugs from the Kim Hughes Collection.

Ink:

-memento  Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa dye ink by Tsukineko

 

Paper:

-We R Memory Keepers

-Prism

-Scenic Route Journaling die cut

 

Accessories:

-brown and white flocking (On the bear and the marshmellow)

-Rafia

I still working in North Carolina.  I fly home on Wednesday.  See you then!

Cuteasaurous Sketch Card

Today I made a quick and easy card using the SCS sketch challenge layout.

I had some left over Basic Grey Archaic paper laying on my table so I decided to come up with something to use it up.

Here's my quick and easy take on the sketch:

Stamps:
-Little Guy (Kim Hughes Collection by CHF)

Paper:
-Herbal Garden Medium, Suede Brown Dark, Suede Brown Light, natural smooth by Prism Paper
-Basic Grey Archaic

Ink:
-Memento Bamboo and rich cocoa dye ink by Tsukineko

Accessories:
-velvet ribbon
-heart stick pin

thanks for stopping by my blog!

Eagle Scout Cards

Still have a sick daughter at home today. I can tell that she is really not feeling well because I have her settled into the guest room downstairs with a TV and video games and she is sleeping...when she starts playing video games again I'll know she's on the mend!

Yesterday, one of the boys in Garret's boy scout troop had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor so we needed a card. While I had the paper and stamps out I made a few since I know a couple of his friends are getting close to earning this rank as well.

I bought this Eagle stamp a while ago for the purpose of making Eagle Scout cards. First time I've inked him up but I am very happy with the results!




All the stamps and paper that I used for these cards can be found at the CHF Store.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spica Hearts

Today's Way's to use it challenge over at SCS was to alter patterned paper to make it special. I was going to put glitter on all the hearts on the patterned paper but my quickie glue pen isn't working so I went with the spica pen to add some shine. It doesn't really show up in the picture but it's sparkly IRL!
Stamps:
-The Birds and the Bees & Playful Alphabet (Kim Hughes Collection by CHF)

Paper:
-Prism frosted pink and simply smooth white
-basic grey bittersweet patterned paper

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

Accessories:
-Ofray ribbon
-Pebbles chalk

Tools:
-Nestabilities Label 1 die


It's cold and rainy here in Southern California today. Kind of nice after the hot weather we've been having. Hope you enjoy your day!

Thanks for stopping by!

Bear Hugs Sketch

I got a chance to do the SCS sketch challenge today! I flipped the sketch upside down. I think I may have strayed a little far away from the sketch but it was the initial inspiration for this card.

I finally got my new Kim Hughes stamps in the mail and have been having a ball playing with all of these adorable images.

The design team girls have made some amazing samples with a lot of cute paper piecing so I knew I wanted to do some too. It's such an easy way to make adorable cards!

Here's my card:

Stamps:

-Bear Hugs & Spring Trees (Kim Hughes collection by CHF)

Paper:

-Suede Brown Dark by Prism

-Basic Grey

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-copic markers

Tools:

-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Inauguration Day!

I was going to make a patriotic card for today but I decided to hurry and get my post up today so that I can park in front of the television and watch all the festivities as our new president takes office.

Over the weekend I organized and ran a HUGE rummage sale for the band program at the high school. In our town we are not allowed to tape or post signs up in the neighborhood. They actually pay a city worker to go around and take them down! So when you have a garage sale you have to stick signs on your car and park it somewhere. For our sale on Saturday I sent a few kids down the street with large posterboards announcing our sale. My daughter went down to the corner by the soccer field with her sign and her i-pod and was dancing and rocking out...until she landed sideways on her ankle. Suddenly my 16 year old turns 3 again as she calls me crying...

I rushed down there and picked her up, took her home and put ice on it. I really didn't think it was a big deal. 30 minutes later the side of her ankle was swollen up nearly as big as a tennis ball. I took her to urgent care where they took x-rays. She stretched/popped a ligament but didn't do any damage to the bone. They splinted her up, gave her crutches and told her to stay off of it for a few days. Luckily, with no school yesterday she had nearly 3 days of rest. She went to school with the ankle still wrapped but no crutches today. This card is one I made her on Sunday. Gave it to her with a new video game since she was stuck in bed for two days!

Even with all the drama of the day we had a very successful rummage sale raising over $1700 for the band program. I hope you had a great weekend...with a little less drama than mine!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love Birds Color Challenge

I just finished posting the Prism Paper Color Challenge over at the CHF Forums. This weeks colors are:

Island Mist Medium
Blush Red Dark
Spring Willow Medium



Here's my sample card:
After I put this card together I couldn't figure out where to put a sentiment so I stamped it on the inside. I'll put this in my daughters card stash because she will need a bunch of cards by this summer to send to her boyfriend while he's away on tour.

If you get a chance to try this color challenge please post a link to your card back here. I'd love to see what you come up with.