Stampin' From Thought to Finish

To Gnome me is to love me ;)

2012-01-31T15:46:00.000-05:00

I adore this new set!!!

This card is using a few of our NEW products from our Occasions mini.

I started this card by stamping my cute 'man' gnome in basic black ink on whisper white cs.

Thought: He looked so lonely :(

So, I decided to add him a family of gnomes.

I stamped several gnomes on post-it notes and cut them out. I used these as masks, so that it looked like some were in front and some were behind, but made sure to keep my main gnome man in the front spotlight ;)

Since I wanted him to stand out, I only colored him. I used both markers and blender pens for this.(Colors:lucky limeaid,pacific point,blush blossom,daffodil delight,sahara sand,and pumpkin pie)

To create my lamplight, I punched a 3/4"circle on a post it note too. I sponged daffodil delight in that circle to give the effect of light.

I used 2 pieces of cs 1"x5-1/2". The first,in lucky limeaid I punched with the scallop trim border. I stamped the grass and saying in lucky limeaid and always artichoke respectively. The second, I used the new Adorning Accents Embossing Folder and ran through my big shot to create the scallop impression:

I added a little bow with out Island Indigo bakers twine, weaving it between two scallops. Lastly, I added a baja breeze button from the twitterpated buttons collection.

Finish!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

shut the front door...

2012-01-20T22:02:00.001-05:00

I need some inspiration!! Visit my go-to: SUO challenges
What? A technique??? hmmmm, I smell something burning. I hope it is that romantic fireplace behind this front door ;)
Thought: I used a step card to create a door.

The card base is a piece of bravo burgundy cs,measuring 4-1/4"x 10-1/2". I scored the 10-1/2"side at 5". Placing the 10-1/2"side along the 1". From the score mark(5"),cut to 9-1/2". Flip this over and do the same to the other side,making parallel slits. Turn your card to the 4-1/4". At the 5-1/4" mark make a score line on the INSIDE only. This will be the top of your door. Score at the 9-1/2" and 9-1/4" on both of the OUT-Sides only. This will give you the 'step' at the bottom of your door. From here, you can flip over(this way they are raised) and make panels as you like on the door. I distressed with our distressing kit,using the mahogany ink and the smooth stamp.

I made 2-1"x4-3/4" panels with the 'brick'-look DSP from our Well Worn DSP. And another smaller panel 3/4'x4-1/4" for the step front. I distressed these as well. On the door itself, I stamped a heart (in Early espresso ink) from the new ss Take It To Heart on Kraft cs and cut out with the new Hearts Collection Framelits. I added a 'Mr. and Mrs.' from Tiny Tags ss and double-punched with our jewelry tag punch.

I also used the '4'you and the jewelry tag punch as my house numbers to the side of the door. These were both done with espresso ink on kraft and distressed as well.

Finish: Add a brad as the door knob so the Mr. and Mrs. get some privacy ;)

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Every snowflake is "O"

2012-01-02T10:12:00.001-05:00

This card is another of my QAS cards...This means quick and simple!

My card base is whisper white cs (8 1/2" x5 1/2",folded in 1/2). Add a piece of 3x3" calypso coral.

For the "wow", punch our snowflake punch on a piece of whisper white cs(2 7/8"square). Trying to center it as much as possible ;) *Hint: if you have trouble with getting objects into punch,you can use a little repositional glue and put the paper you want to punch on a thin piece of printing paper. This gives you a little more room to work with your smaller pieces of cs.

Using a strip of packaging tape(yep,clear packaging tape!)adhere to the snowflake punched square. You will have a sticky snowflake;) I used our dazzling diamonds glitter and sprinkled it on my sticky snowflake. waaaalaaah!

I guess my camera doesn't pick up the brilliance of the glitter, but it is very pretty :)

For the sentiment I used the "O" in our Occasions alphabet stamp set. I used my markers in calypso coral and riding hood red to get the 2-toned effect.

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Halloween DSP meet Trendy Tree

2011-12-31T11:02:00.002-05:00

This card was a bit of experimenting on my part. It actually started with the thought of I wonder if when you heat up window sheets will they melt?? Thankfully they did not :)

My card base is very vanilla cs.

Now what?

I tried to keep this a QAS (Quick and Simple)card,but it ended up maybe being 1 step above Quick ;)

So where does this Halloween DSP enter in,you ask?

Well of course it is my backdrop ;)It is from our Frightful Sight DSP. The other side has bats on it, and while I suppose they would be ok to put with my trendy tree, I was trying to go a little more wintry since that is the current season;)

I used our peek-a-boo frames die and the big shot. I did this in both vanilla and old olive.(only cut the window you wish to use). I stamped my Trendy Tree SS image on a square piece of window sheet(I can't remember the measurement-oops!,but I just went slightly bigger than the opening of my window)in CRAFT old olive ink. I then sprinkled our Heat and Stick Powder over this image, and then heat set with embossing gun. While still tacky I sprinkled our dazzling diamonds glitter on it and then heat set with embossing tool again. The heat and stick powder seems to make a more permanent glitter sticker to me.

Now, don't blame the picture taker,but there is a beautiful glittery trendy tree here;))

I cut out the frame center with my paper snips and adhered the window sheet with my glittery Trendy Tree to the back. I then used stamping dimensionals and added to my vanilla frame.

I adhered this to my Frightful Sights DSP!

wintry? I'm not sure,but it is pretty:)

For my finishing touch, I added a cajun craze curly label punch, "Enjoy"(from You're a GemSS)embossed with our new tangerine tango embossing powder(yay colors!!!)and a little bling with a cajun craze itty bitty flower and our basic rhinestones. I tucked this under my Halloween DSP.

ENJOY the New Year!!!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

merry to the 3rd power

2011-12-28T11:20:00.000-05:00

Hello All!!!

Hope you had a merry,merry, merry Holiday!

This is a QAS((Quick and Simple)card that I made as a thank you card for my merry Christmas presents.

I started with a card base of confetti white cs. I stamped my tree stand with the image in Chocolate Chip ink from our Pennant Parade SS. And the merry 3 times in garden green ink on the right hand corner of the card. And a cute little star where the top of my tree will be in daffodil delight.

I punched out the scalloped tree 3 times. I scored each tree in half and adhered them together to make the 3-D effect.

All done!!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

These are a few of my Favorite Things...

2011-12-24T22:26:00.000-05:00

Hello my friends!!

Sorry for my absence, 'tis the season to be...BUSY!

Here to share a quick project with you though :)

This is a 12x12 magnetic board. I just love our Letters to Santa DSP! It is so cute, it has these awesome double sided sheets with Santa checking his list as well as others ;) I decided to go with this one that shows all these colorful ornaments.

I found these magnetic steel sheets at Lowes(under $10!)- already pre-cut!! How awesome is that??? The edges were clean cut-almost like a die cut from our BigShot!

These make awesome Christmas gifts and you can decorate both sides so after Christmas you can flip it to the other side and use all year long!!

I glued the piece of DSP to my steel using a liquid glue. I actually used our Crystal Effects-it worked great! I just used my decor elements applicator and smoothed out so there were no bubbles.

Other elements:

I made a fireplace in riding hood red with our Woodgrain stamp. The fireplace doors are made with the Peek-a-boo frames die in soft suede, embossed with the SnowBurst embossing folder.

I added two logs with our word window punch and the fire with the petal builder punch and coordinating stamp set.

The picture frame above is also made with the peek-a-boo frames die. I added the stamp from the ss Welcome Christmas as the picture.

I made several stocking magnets with our stocking building punch(which is going to be retired :'(( )and adhered a magnet to the back.

For the top of my magnetic board I used a strip of kraft cs, edge with the eyelet punch,sponged with espresso ink, and the decorative strip(available on the clearance rack,while supplies last)Peace,Joy,and Love in cherry cobbler.

I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes in the top..yes this does work!!! I added some ribbon to hang it with and a wish list(of course!!!)that I made with my MDS.

I wish you all a few of your favorite things this holiday!!!

May you enjoy all the peace,joy,love and cheer that the season brings you!!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

The Reason for the Season

2011-12-07T09:17:00.001-05:00

Can you Wait???

Thoughts: As many of my stampers know, I keep almost EVERY scrap. They believe sometimes that I am nuts,(Karen ;), upline-Donna;))

So what card can I make them from a bunch of scraps? Something with all these tiny pieces that I love so much!

A peek-a-boo nativity!!!

I have had the idea to make an itty nativity as soon as these peek-a-boo frames came out...

thinking,thinking,thinking...

Here at my house we keep our nativity above our mantle, so I wanted to recreate a piece of my home to share:

The card base is naturals white cs,a layer of chocolate chip and a layer of cherry cobbler which has been embossed with our Stripes EF. My mantle is a piece of chocolate chip card stock, that I scored with our new Simply Scored Tool(everyone needs this tool!!)I just scored it roughly half way in 3 1/8" lines to make a ledge:

I used a piece of natural whites punched with our double scallop ribbon punch scored in half to look like a doily,because I have a doily under my nativity,mine is a little more intricate than this one but no way to recreate that! I will have to find a picture of my mantle and throw it in here later...

Anyway, I used our new peek-a-boo die and the big shot to create my stable. I used kraft cs and stamped it with our Woodgrain SS. I used 2 pieces from the edge of another frame to create the roof. I wanted this to pop a little.With my simply scored I created the chocolate chip background to give some dimension. This piece was 2 1/2"x3", and scored at 1/4"and then another 1/8" from each side on the 2 1/2" side. I then folded this in a u shape from both sides and put a cut poppdot under each area folded area and then attach my stable to this. Now on to my Holy Family...

And of course every nativity needs an angel watching over:

Many little scraps were used in the creating of this nativity, but I assure you none where harmed;)

Joseph: daffodil delight cherry from our cupcake punch,a circle 'topping'from the same punch in very vanilla cs,sponged with pink pirhouette and facial features drawn with markers,the praying hands are the top of the candle from this punch as well. The jewelry tag punch and 2-halves of the itty bitty shaped flowers act as the arms. The staff is the candle from this punch in silver cs( I used my paper snips to trim and make look like a staff)

Baby Jesus: The crib is made from a jewelry punch and the 'plus' flower(fold in half and glue to crib front) in our itty bitty punches(the crib legs) in soft suede, the hay from our snowflake punch in more mustard cs, the halo is daffodil delight and the eyes from our Owl Punch, the head is the cupcake punch circle,sponged with pink pirouette and facial features done with markers. The bunting is marina mist and a stocking piece from our Stocking Punch(see I use this punch in ALL my projects!LOL)

Mary: The halo is made from the eye of the owl punch in daffodil delight cs, hte body and arms are made in marina mist and similar to Josephs. The head and hands are made in very vanilla and the circle jimmie and candle flame from the cupcake punch also.

And lastly our angel: She is made with some naturals white CS that I had embossed with our snowflakes ef. She is made similarly to Mary and Joseph. Her Wings are 2 small hearts from our Owl Punch.

Add your Holy Family into the stable with pop dots! :)

Lastly, I embossed a rectangular piece of naturals white cs with our Cherry Cobbler embossing powder and marker-ed in with marina mist the open areas. I layered this on chocolate chip and attached to corner of card.
I love all these muted tones,not too bright! I need my halo to be the brightest thing here;))) I will share this with SUO challenges

Finish:

I think it was so worth the wait!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Thanks and 'stuffing' too...

2011-11-22T15:03:00.002-05:00

What's a Turkey without the stuffing??

My thought:

I know you will be so surprised that I used the stocking punch again :p

This is a card made similar to my santa suit card. My card base is 4 1/4"x 8 1/2" very vanilla cs,scored at 2 1/8",and 6 1/4" so that it opens from the middle like so:

I used a piece of dsp as my 'apron'. I measure this at 4 1/4"x5 1/2"and then cut to fit my front flaps(2 1/8"on left side) I used the wide oval punch vertically to make equal arm holes,and also a horizontally one for the neck. Then you may attach this to card front.

Arms: are made from very vanilla cs turned upside down

Oven Mitts: stocking punch made with spice cake dsp

punch out 2 stockings(make sure to get opposite sides)
round off top of mitt with circle punch
cut a partial word window with same dsp

Turkey Platter: Using bigz oval die,get coordinating oval size in very vanilla cs. Place that oval in designer frames embossing folder and then sponge with soft suede ink.

Stuffing: use several flowers from itty bitty punches and some leftover seeds from the blossoms builder flower:


(see this is what I do with all my scraps;))

glue these together and then run through our square lattice embossing folder and Big Shot,sponge with soft suede

Turkey: punch out largest flower petal and 2 smaller petal in chocolate chip card stock with our blossom petals punch,sponge these. Add 2 tiny scraps of white and make ruffled piece with scissors and itty bitty scallop flower

Attach(with stampin dimensionals) the platter to the front left(only) bottom of your apron. attach arms and oven mitts together and put stampin dimensionals under them. Place arms where they look to be best. I tuck the one on the right side of the card with thumb holding the platter:

Add a cute little button brad from our vintage trinkets:

And stamp the inside(I used our four frames SS with more mustard ink and 'Happy Thanksgiving' with our Teeny Tiny Wishes SS and chocolate chip ink:

And now I am thankful that you don't need to hear me ramble on anymore AND that I am NOT the cook tomorrow;))!!
I'm gonna enter and share my little cook over at SUO challenges!

Finish:

I hope you all enjoy this holiday with your family and those you love....

and enjoy the stuffing too!!!

Blessings~

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Happy Thanksgiving

2011-11-18T15:06:00.000-05:00

OK, I had to leave my stocking punch for a few cards :(( but don't think I have forgotten about it ;), in fact,my brain is still thinking about making a stocking cornucopia!!

Anyway, my thought: I saw these pretty paper napkins in Walmart and I couldn't resist. They needed to go on my card! Now I know you can't see this very well but this card was done in the same technique as a dryer sheet technique...

In short, I remove all plys of the napkin so it is down to just the 1 ply with the design on it. I attach this to a piece of scrap paper with glue(the more the merrier;)). As the napkins settles on the glue soaks through.

Then we dip it in our dazzling diamonds glitter. Stunning!!

I adhere this to my coordinating CS so saffron and more mustard. The more mustard was randomly stamped in more mustard ink with the leaf image from our Days of Gratitude stamp set.

Finishing touches are grosgrain ribbons in chocolate chip,so saffron,and gold cording(all retired-sorry!!)and old olive grosgrain. Then stamped with the Happy Thanksgiving stamp from out Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp set.

Finish:

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Santa's 'Stocking' Suit

2011-11-09T11:13:00.000-05:00

Just a quick post today!! And another stocking card, of course!

This one uses the stockings as arms.

I love making Santa's suit, always have! I remember as a kid,I would draw Santa and his suit constantly!

the base of this card is a 4 1/4"x 8 1/2" piece of real red card stock. Score from 2 1/8" on the left side and 2 3/8" from the right side. The right side will actually fold under the left. Punch out 2 stockings from the Stocking Punch. Spritz with Shimmer Paint Mixture(if you are unsure of this leave me a comment and I will get back to you with how-to) Emboss only the front flaps and stockings(making sure to put opposite,so they are embossed not debossed;)).

Next sponge the embossed suit with some cherry cobbler ink.

To make mittens: use the following punches: word window for thumb,lg oval for hand and stocking punch for cuff. Attach to your 'arm' and then pop using stampin' dimensionals to card base. cut a strip of black card stock 1/2" wide. You can wrap all around card or just trim strips to front. Punch the smaller hole with crop-a-dile, line up jewelry punch with edge over hole and Punch a jewelry tag from our white shimmer paper. Buttons are from our embosslits buttons in basic black.

and HO!Ho!Ho!

 Hope you enjoyed this quick post!!!

Until Next Thought,

 Kris

I always feel like somebodies watching me....

2011-10-25T14:30:00.005-04:00

Ok. I left the stocking punch alone for a couple cards ;)

This is a card I wanted to make as soon as I saw our new Peek-a-Boo Frames in the winter mini catalog.

My Thought: Remember all those old scooby-doo cartoons?? There were always these eyes that followed from a picture or mirror, so I wanted to re-create a 'haunted wall' scene like in those shows!

My card base is old olive. On top of that I layered a piece of basic gray. To make it look like a wall, I used our festive finishes letterpress and versa mark ink to give it that kind of wainscot look. Above the 'ledge' I used basic gray ink and our four frames swirly? image.


Four Frames Stamp Set(available in clear or wood mount)

I then ran this layer through the Big Shot with the corner only of our 'spider web' embossing folder. I sponged this with white ink. I ran some concord crush card stock in our new peek-a-boo frames die. So dang cute!

I layered that on a 1 3/4" black circle with pop dots and added some googlie eyes and with our white gel pen a "b and!"


b-O-O!

I added some other frames made with our 'Frightful Sight'DSP,old olive cs,cajun craze cs,and basic black cs. I also made a make-shift 'shelf' with our jewelry tag punch.
Now back to our scary mirror...I sponged platinum shimmer paint over the interior of the frame and some spooky eyes from the stamp set Make A Monster:

What a fun set!!

Finished!!
Hope you all have a spooctacular Halloween!!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

ok, not sure if I did this right??! but I tried to enter my 1st blog hop!! The link is below.I guess we will see :)

Ice Skates...

2011-10-12T10:14:00.000-04:00

Thought:...One more Stocking Card

Are you getting sick of them yet? 'Cuz I do have some more ideas for this stocking ;))

So for this card I used rich razzleberry card stok as my base with a layer of whisper white then, wild wasabi card stock. The wasabi was ran through my big shot and our new letterpress plate "Festive finishes" which is available in our holiday mini. I used versamark ink and sponged with a little platinum shimmer paint.

I stamped 2 stockings in razzleberry ink with the snowflake stocking image in our 'Stitched Stocking' stamp set. I punched those 2 images out with our 'stocking builder' punch. Using my mat pack I evenly placed some holes for my laces. The laces were white bakers twine colored with razzleberry ink.I laced thru the holes and tied in a bow at the top. My origanal thought was to have them hanging from the branch but I did not make my laces long enough, so I just improvised ;)

I added a little of our dazzling details on the snowflakes for a little 'bling'!

The skate blades are actually the branch from out bird builder punch!! I punched out the branch in our silver glimmer paper. I trimmed the leaves off. Using some of the scraps, I made the thin attachments for the blades. I don't know-do they have a name??

Attach as shown ;))

I added a little tag with some scraps at the bottom with my modern label punch, word window punch and the sentiment from our 'Got Treats' stamp set.

Finished ;))

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Anniversary Stockings

2011-10-03T11:29:00.000-04:00

Oh My Goodness!! 

I just cannot get enough of these cute stockings!

Don't worry I will only torture you with a few more cards made with them ;))

Thought: 

This is a card I made while thinking that my baby brother celebrated his 1st wedding anniversary!!  Haha I'm saying baby brother and he is really quite a bit bigger than his sissy.  While I am at 5'4", I think he stands over 6" !!  Maybe I am just short?? 

To make these cute stockings, I punched out one in night of navy card stock and one in our  
sparkly:) silver glimmer paper! I embossed the night of navy stockings with the new snowburst impressions embossing folder-LOVE this!!  I then sponged my platinum shimmer paint over my snowburst navy stockings-we can never have too much bling right? Mix and match to make a cute little set ;) I made two little bows with white bakers twine and attached a little jingle bell to 1 stocking.

Now these are just gorgeous enough as they are, so I didn't want to take away any of their sparkle ;)

I used a card base of whisper white, and using our new simply scored tool, I scored 3/4" from all edges. At the two bottom edges, I turned my card on a diagonal and made score marks every 1/8" in a diagonal triangle shape.  

In the lower right hand corner from my Tiny Tags stamp set, in night of navy ink.

Finish!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

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2011-10-01T22:24:00.000-04:00

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A rip and a tear...

2011-09-26T07:45:00.001-04:00

I am having so much fun with our new stocking punch!!

My Thought: I wanted to fill my stocking with some toys!

OK. I went a little vintage on this card. I didn't intend for it to be that way but...

I'm not so sure I am good at the vintage style? but I love the Well Worn DSP we have, so I guess that's where I steered vintage. I love to make the new 'lollies' as the folks at Stampin' Up call them. You can find many video tutorials such as :(Stamping Madly Lolly Tutorial) on you tube on how to do these if you can't understand my ramblings ;)

To make a lolly: I use a 12" strip of dsp. Using our awesome new simply scoring tool, I make score lines every 1/8". I like to give my lolly the look that I used 2 papers(which I don't!)To accomplish this I turn my paper and score a 1/4" mark on the 12" side. I then fold it over. I fold all score lines in hill and valley folds(a little tedious but Love the effect of the smaller lines!!) If this is too tedious you can do your score lines in bigger increments. I glue my lolly together and allow to dry.

On to the rest of the card ;)

My card base is soft suede. I embossed a piece of not quite navy with our new 'snow burst' embossing folder. I sponged this in 1st, soft suede ink, and then in our champagne shimmer paint(this is the BEST stuff!!)I tore a little strip at the bottom with a piece of dsp peeking out from under.

I 'ruffled' another piece of dsp(the opposite side of my lolly paper) and attached it across the not quite navy. I made 3 jewelry tags using my tiny tags stamp set and our jewelry tag punch. I attached to my ruffled strip with a vintage safety pin from our vintage trinkets.

Now my lolly is ready for some adornments!!

I punched a stocking from our stocking builder punch in textured soft suede card stock. I thought since i was going vintage here that my stocking should be torn. So I tore the heel a bit and 'darned'(heehhee-vintage terminology;)) it with some bakers twine that I sponged with some suede ink.

To fill my stocking, I used the baby from all in the family stamp set, a couple of hand made blocks and a button from my vintage trinkets too!

To hang our stocking I used our 'Chantilly' Crochet trim. I sponged it a bit with my soft suede ink to give it the look of some worn lace. Behind the stocking is a soft suede scallop and a 'snow bursted' circle -both are distressed and well worn!

I LOVE,how it turned out...

What do you think?

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Witchy Woman

2011-09-23T16:40:00.000-04:00

THOUGHT: Think Fall!!

I am getting into the spirit of FALL!!

I have been playing with our totally wicked stamp sets this week. I can't decide which 'witch' I love more!

Anyway, on to my witchy woman card ;)

I had this idea that the flowers from our blossom petal builders punch looks like a long witchy fingernail?? And don't all witches scratch their fingernails along something, CREEPY-almost like running your fingernails across the chalkboard!!

Details for the card: Card base is cajun craze cs, with a layer of paper from our 'frightful sight' dsp, torn at the edge to reveal my sentiment. This sentiment is on basic gray cs and embossed with the wild wasabi embossing powder(love this shtuff!!)

I layered 2 co-ordinating pieces of the 'frightful night' dsp on basic black cs. My witchy finger was made with a strip of old olive cs. I rounded this at the end by placing it in the end of my lg oval punch:

I punched a piece of rich razzleberry cs with my blossom petals punch:

I stamped one spider from the 'Out on a Limb'(in our holiday mini)in basic black ink on witchys finger nail, and added a pearl(cuz a girl needs her bling;)) from our basic pearls, that I colored with a permanent marker in a dark purple.

I sponged around both the fingernail and the finger itself, adding some lines for my finger bends. I stamped, in rich razzleberry ink, a piece of whisper white cs with the witchy hat from the 'wicked cool' stamp set. I used my markers to color in the brim.I embossed the spooky in black over top. I punched that image out and layered it on another black circle. I punched a piece of cajun craze cs with our decorative label punch. I used our awesome new scoring tool to create lines on my label and sponged it with some basic black ink.

hmmmm. Why are itches fingernails never longer than 11 inches??

Because if they were 12 inches than they'd be a foot ;)

LOL, sorry I couldn't help the joke!

Hope you enjoyed!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Get Well Cup of Tea

2011-09-20T08:23:00.001-04:00

Thought:

"The smallest deed is better than the grandest intentions"-unknown

I am dedicating this blog post to my friend Irene :)

Irene is one of my stamping GF's.

For some time now, Irene has been battling the ugly "C"word.

She is such an inspiring, beautiful, and resilient lady!!

Did you ever just meet one of those people that you can immediately call friend? That's our girl Irene.

I am awful! I put it on my back burner to send Irene a card, so here is my virtual smallest deed ;)

Irene, when you are ready, we got a card to make!!

So here are the details:

I used my tag punch, and the Paisley Prints DSP to create a 'cup' of tea. The handle is made with the same DSP flipped to the other side. Punch a 1/2" circle out of this dsp, then layer the large oval punch over the circle and punch again creating the handle(trim as needed). Punch a large oval and use for the saucer. I used my pear pizzazz marker to draw a base on the saucer.

For the tea bag: I punched a lg tag in both vellum and 1 in early espresso cs. The 1 in espresso is torn and layered behind the vellum one. Sponge around the vellum to give it that used look.

Add a square piece if dsp, some bakers twine,and staple!

For the card base, I used a piece of river rock cs and stamped the swirly image from the baroque motifs in river rock ink to give off the effect of steam.

Add tea bag and saucer to card front.

For my sentiment, I used the triple layer punch in early espresso, a scallop oval in marina mist, the modern label punch in river rock cs, and a word window with the saying 'get well wishes' in espresso ink on whisper white cs, from our teeny wishes stamp set. Layer together:

Add all elements and your Finished!!

Love you Irene, keep up the fight!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

"Pretty Stocking Sweater"

2011-09-18T08:52:00.004-04:00

Thought:Every girl needs a sweater;)

Another sweater, made with our new stocking punch!

So, as in my previous post, create your 'sweater'.

I used our concord crush ink. I added a pocket.

  To do this, I used our jewelry tag punch and trimmed with my paper snips. And some pearls-cuz every girl need pearls!

For the skirt, I used 0ur 2-3/8" scallop circle punch with our in color concord crush dsp. I also used some of this dsp and our cupcake punch to create my purse bottom. I stamped another stocking and used our scallop oval and oval punch to create the flap and strap of my purse.

My card base is pear pizzazz cs. I layered a piece of very vanilla that I ran through my big shot with our new stripes embossing folder. I added a strip of concord crush dsp with a strip of peach parfait punched with our scallop ribbon punch,layered behind the dsp. I also used a strip of this peach to create a frame around my 'hello' circle.  This hello circle is stamped with concord crush on very vanilla cs and punched with our 1"circle punch. Add pearls:)

  I also used this same stamp set to create a peach parfait flower.  I stamped a peach parfait houndstooth flower on peach parfait cs, and then punched with our fancy flower punch.

Finish:    

Hope you like this one too!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

"Stocking" Sweaters

2011-09-15T12:52:00.000-04:00


For Baby

Ahh, the new mini catalog is here and in it: the stocking punch!!

I just absolutely love our punches!

I am always thinking for ways to use our punches.

Here is one I came up with that I hope you will enjoy :)

My thought: if you put 2 of these stockings together it could look like a sweater?

So, of course, I had to play;))

I stamped several stockings in our new in-color 'pool party'.

oh, let me put them together and see how they would look as that sweater. Well, duh Kris, one of them has to be a mirror image!

So, back to the stamping board ;).

To make my mirror image, I knew I had to pull an old trick out of my sleeve:)

I stamped my image,then used an old solid stamp and kissed the 2 together. This will give me my mirror image.

"stamp,stamp"

"kiss,kiss"


"mirror, mirror"

Now, you know what to do,right?

"Huff" on this mirror image stamp and stamp on our whisper white cs.


other 'half' of pair of stockings

Ok punch out and enjoy,right??

LOL...not so fast.

In order to punch it has to be the opposite side.

So, I place my image up to my light and outline the stocking:


outline of stocking

Now, I can punch out my mirrored stocking :))


punch, punch :)

 Now, I put my socks together to form a sweater.


sock,sock

 I trim the sleeves and circle punch the neckline.

I made 2 little booties using the same stamp and a little bonnet as well(with the wide oval punch)

I ran all these through my Big Shot and the square lattice embossing folder.

Add pearls and a (non SU!)wooden hanger for my little sweater.

bootie,bootie


sweater and bonnet

For the rest of my card:

Base is so saffron cs,layered with pool party cs,and a piece of dsp from our neutrals dsp paper pack.

I used our absolutely gorgeous new vanilla velvet ribbon.

And using the bigz oval die and our new textured impressions designer frames embossing folder, created a frame for my saying from our occasions alphabet stamp set. Add pearls,here and there...

Put these all together for my finished product!!

Finish, Finish!!

Hope you enjoy!

Until Next Thought,

Kris 

In remembrance....9/11

2011-09-11T10:37:00.000-04:00

This is another card with my Uncle Sam.

10 years ago today was an event that changed our lives and marked our generation.

I feel deeply for the souls who lost their lives that day. Being a public servant myself, I feel particularly close to my comrades who chose to help with the event and continued to help with the event for sometime after. My husband was among these volunteers who went to NY in a recovery mission. Sadly, he was unable to save a life that day, but just the same I am proud of him. So to him and my comrades,I want you all to know "you're the best" and thank you for all your unselfish acts in helping.

God Bless and Until Next Thought,

Kris

Tags,Tags and more Tags

2011-09-09T12:32:00.001-04:00

I am sorry I have been MIA! Most of my friends know that during the summer you can find me on the beach!  I know that boys like to run and run and run so I take them where they can have at it ;)

Anyway, I have stamped a little bit so I am here to show you what we worked on last month at our technique class.  I wanted to pull out something that I know I've neglected(just like my blogging!!!)

I wanted to teach everyone how to use something other than for its original purpose ;)

This card features tags as a background and as a page element.

My card base is in soft suede with the flowers and petals stamped randomly in the same color.  I used 8 small(Oops, I keep forgetting that this is actually our large tag punch :o -my bad!) tags that I had used for a previous card(which I hope to post,but gave away my sample so need to make another!)   I  used marina mist and ran through the big shot with our dot embossing folder. I used a strip of bravo burgundy and used our new stripes embossing folder,impressing both horizontal and vertical for a plaid look.  I also used 2 early espresso tags,embossed with the vintage wallpaper embossing folder,and a hole punched with my crop-a-dile through the ends. Wow, ok, enough tags already ;)

  Lets move on to our beautiful DSP called paisley prints: I used a strip of that behind my 2 espresso tags, and some espresso strips punched with our scallop border punch,behind our DSP.  I used a strip of our marina mist 1/8"taffeta ribbon to tie together my tags on the front.  I was going to make my marina mist tags into hexagons but I know my stampers would absolutely kill me for doing that!,so,we used them as a background to our strip that was inspired by our paisley prints DSP.  

Well, I hope you enjoyed these tags!! I will be back to try to show you the next 2 cards using our tag punches, and another Uncle Sam in remembrance of the 10 year anniversary of 9-11. So look for a new post in the next few days :D

Until Next Thought,

Kris

I promise to be back soon!!!

2011-08-03T08:35:00.000-04:00

But in the meantime check out this months SU! promo!!

August Promotional Flyer

I just LOVE our DSP!!! and I love it even more if I can get 1 for FREE!!!!

Please visit my on-line store or contact me to take advantage of this months awesome deal!!

I am working on some swaps and new pictures soon, so will post as soon as I am off the beach long enough to get them up on my blog ;))!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Uncle Sam meet the SU! cupcake punch!

2011-07-04T09:02:00.001-04:00

Happy Independence Day America!!

This is a card I made to celebrate our glorious country, as well as our brave men and women whom protect us everyday!

If you may have not noticed by now, I have a 'thing' for my cupcake punch!

Well,maybe, I have a 'thing' for all my punches ;)

I am always trying to imagine what else you can make out of these shapes,so here is what I came up with:

Uncle Sam!!

Now imagine all the possibilities,huh? I'm already thinking leprechaun and the bride of Frankenstein!!

Well, let me tell you the rest of this card in case you want to CASE him ;). The card base is in whisper white. I ran it through our Big Shot and our dots embossing folder(what did I ever do before this? Life was soooo 1-dimensional!) I added a strip of night of night of navy card stock,edged with our eyelet border punch and faux stitched with our white gel pen, and a strip of DSP from our nautical expeditions pack. Above it, I tied a knot with our 1-1/4"striped grosgrain ribbon. I cut this in half and frayed the edge with my scissors. I used our NEW!!! pennant stamp set and punch in cherry cobbler and night of navy to create my flags,and a piece of out cherry cobbler bakers twine for the mast?(don't know what you call the rope on a flagpole-do you? lol)

For Uncle Sam, he is a 1' circle punch in very vanilla cs sponged with some pretty in pink ink. His nose is actually the cherry from our cupcake punch with the stem trimmed off of course! Isn't that nose just too cute? LOVE it! I used my thin edge of our markers in basic black to draw in Sam's expression. I used the top or 'icing part of the cupcake for his beard and, as shown in above pictures, a piece of whisper white cs,with some scrap strips of real red(see, this is why you save those scraps!! The brim of his hat is another scrap of night of navy that was cut with our dotted scallop ribbon punch,and just cut in half.

Have a blessed and safe holiday!!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

Picnic Time!!

2011-06-28T12:34:00.000-04:00

Here is a quick card I did with the girls at my tech class this month!

My card base is cherry cobbler.  I layered baha breeze on top,with some sponged white clouds for my sky.  Do you know how to do that? Well, let me tell ya!  First, I take a post-it note and punch our 1-3/4"scallop circle through a piece,making sure to get the sticky part ;)  Using the post-it note(or another thin paper) sponge around the top of the scallop with our white ink, moving the post-it note from place to place to give the effect of clouds.  How fun is that?!

I layered a piece of DSP from the love letters dsp with the edge punched with our eyelet border punch.  I thought this piece reminded me of a checkered tablecloth?

My whole watermelon is made with our 1-3/4"circle punch in garden green cs. Want to know how to make the 'ripple look' too? Ok then, I used my watercolor crayons!  Drawing squiggly rick-rack lines across the circle in both always artichoke and white.  Using the aqua painters, I blend the colors until I get my desired look.  I try to use more white on the center and towards the top to give it the dimension it needs. If you don't have one of these-get one! lol I <3 mine!,but you can also use a pint brush;)and water.

For my cut piece of watermelon, I layered my circles,punching out a rind(punch smaller one first then center over and punch again with your larger one) I used real red cs for my center and adhered the rind to that.  I then hand trimmed my watermelon into a pie shaped piece. 

Well, ever since I got my triple layer blossom bouquet punch, I knew  that my little scraps would be great little seeds!  Karen(one of my  girls) is not completely thrilled that I need to find something to do  with EVERY little scrap ;) so she says she will use a black marker to  accomplish the seeds LOL,but mine will be dimensional!

These seeds are scraps of early espresso cs-leftover from a previous project!

My little plate is made using both my large and small(soon to be retired-:'( WAH!!!)oval punches.  I cut 2 ovals from our so saffron cs.  I placed the small one under the large with our dotto repostionable adhesive.  I dry embossed with my embossing stylus but you can use our awesome bone folder too!!  Then took off my smaller oval and wallah- a cute little plate!!

The stamped sentiment is done with our Full of Life set and markers in choc chip,real red and garden green.

Well, life is a picnic...so eat hearty!! Using our tiny scalloped circle from the itty bitty punch pack, take a 'bite' out of that watermelon!  Hope you enjoyed my little picnic card!

Until Next Thought,

Kris

A Fathers Day Card-A Day Late!!

2011-06-20T10:47:00.000-04:00

This is a card I made with the new stamp set 'the Open Sea"

It is a "spring card"

Directions:

I cut a piece of early espresso card stock 4-1/4"x9"

I make a score at the 5-1/2" mark.From that score line, I measure up 2"on both sides of card, and also measure 2" down. I score from one sides top marks to the opposite sides bottom marks, doing this on both sides to create a 'criss-cross' over the center score mark.As shown below;

From the top 2 marks, I cut to center of top(2-1/8') to create a diamond shape.

Sorry my pics on this are not the greatest!

Here is another version of this technique: Split Coast stampers Spring Card

My measurements are a little different, but their explanation is probably much better;)

I stamped the 'woodgrain stamp set' in white ink on my espresso cs, on both the front and the back and also on a piece of scrap,which needs to be big enough to make the porthole.

The porthole is done by punching a smaller circle first in espresso cs and then lining up a larger circle punch(I believe I used the 1 3/4 then a 2" circle punch). The cutter is done with black ink and just a slight bit of water color. I also punch this in the larger circle size. You of course,can use what sizes you have ;)
I adhered these layers together and added 5 antique eyelets. Attach to the top of my card.
I layered marina mist and very vanilla papers on the card base. These I distressed,sponged and stamped randomly with more images from the Open Sea Stamp set. I used cherry cobbler,soft suede and early espresso inks:

I had meant to actually post this ON Father's Day, but as always...a day late;)...
Hope you enjoy and give a go at a 'spring card fold' !!
Happy Belated Father's Day to all the Fathers!

Until Next Thought,

Kris