Stamps,Paper,and Ink~These are theThings I Love

My Pti swaps and the first day of school pics!

  Hello! Heres one of two swaps i made for the PTI swap, round 8. I used my well oved Spiral Bouquet and Birthday Basics. Check out that DP! I fell in Love with October Afternoon recently. I love this pattern, especially. Its called Rain Boots. The ribbon is SU! tafetta, which I cant seem to ever get to tie nicely. Not a fan of it.  

This is my other swap card. I used Women of Life for the flowers and Spiral Bouquet for the sentment.I like the Swiss Dots CB folder.It just adds that extra special touch. That yummy ribbon is American Crafts. I love it, so I bought lots of it. I like the brown as well. Its super stretchy so you can get more out of it, I think.   These are 2 of my 4 kids. Hannah is 6 and in 1st grade, Robert is 10 and in 5th. Robert does NOT like getting photographed. Anyways, thaks for stopping by!Kristi

Happy Birthday, Christian!

  

I made this card for my daughter's friends bday. I am so not good at man/boy cards but I think it turned out "boyish" enough. I thought the cuttlebug folder went well with the wheel/circle theme of the card. I got my ribbon and glitter on the card, too! The inside of the tire has black stickles and the ribbon is masculine enough. It isnt apparent on the photo, but the "dirt" in the truck is brown Fun Flock. Cute!!! I am not sure about the screw brad.. it just needed one more accent and so there it went. Thanks so much for looking, and stay tuned, I thought I would have a little blog candy giveaway in the next week or so. Also, I still need some help with my watermark, and where, oh where is my counter?? I cant get it on my blog. Any ideas? Thanks for stopping by! Kristi:)

Recipe~Stamps Loads of Fun {Lizzie Anne Designs} CS: CU! Bordering Blue, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, White. Ink: Pallette Burnt Umber, Prisma's and Gamsol. Dp: ?? Extra's: CB Embossing Folders Dots and Spots, SU! Jumbo Eyelets, CE, screw brad, ribbon, Black Diamond Stickles,dimensionals, Crop-a-dile, quickie glue pen.

Thought of You...

  Happy Sunday! I was paying around with my new BasicGray Eva 6x6 and I love these papers. The colors are so rich. I had originally intended to use this as Jen's Sfytt, but it didnt turn out that way, did it! I used SU! retired Purely Pomegranate cs. I never did really get into that color, so I have a ton of it. But it does come in handy as it matches these papers. The flower is a mix of Verve's Thankful Blossoms and Petals and stems. I stamped the bloom twice on the Eva paper and cut out. The second is on a dimensional with a Michael's faux dew drop center. Check out my Pomegranate dew drop. I figured out how to make my dew drops match every color. I took my 1/4 inch circle punch, punched the circle out of cs, and adhered it with Crystal Effects to the BOTTOM of the dew drop. Voila'! Custom Dew Drop, and all you need are the clear ones. I am posting several entries todays, so stay tuned! Have a blessed day!     

Recipe~ Stamps: Verve Stamps Petals and Stems, Thankful Blossoms, Essential Sentiments {My Favorite Things}. Cs: Purely Pomegranate, WW, Eva dp. Ink: VersaMagic Dew Drops in Tea Leaves, Perfect Plumeria, Key Lime, Antique Linen and Palette Noir. Extra's: Classic and scallop Ovals Nestabilities, Dew Drops, 1/4 circle punch,ticket corner punch,word window punch, CE, ribbon{Michaels} dimensionals, clear Glaze pen.