Papertrey Ink MIM #51

Happy Sunday dear friends!!  I have been itching to get out my PTI goodies and play and what better way than taking on the Make it Monday Challenge??

Make It Monday #51-Dimensional Sentiment Banner

Here's my take on the challenge:

I used PTI's Seed Packet Die, Seed Packet Frame Die, Tag Sale #1 Die, Rosie Posie and Garden Variety Stamps.  I think Rosie Posie is my new favorite stamp set.

For the banner, I used a sentiment from the Garden Variety stamp set and selectively stamped it onto a strip of paper and then inked the edges and hand cut the tails on the ends.

Supplies used:

Little Red Scrapbook January Kit

Papertrey Ink Seed Packet Die, Seed Packet Frame Die, Tag Sale #1 Die, Rosie Posie and Garden Variety Stamps

Papertrey Ink Raspberry Fizz and Spring Moss Ink

Thanks for stopping by!!

I wish you an absolutely fabulous week!!

Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook BLOG HOP

Welcome to Little Red Scrapbook's "Out with the Old, In with the New" Blog Hop!  With the start of the new year we all like to set goals and think of new ways to get organized.  With this in mind our talented Design Team has come up with some fun challenges that may help you get started.

Here's the scoop:

STEP 1:  First you will need to leave a comment on the LRS blog and tell us what goal or organization idea you have for the New Year.  This will not only inspire all of us with your goal or idea, but it will also get your name entered into a random drawing for a chance to win the blue colored inspired “hodgepodge” prize. Pretty easy so far right!    

STEP 2: Second you will need to visit all FIVE blogs and leave a comment on EACH blog.  This is important so we know you have been to all of the blogs.  If you have left a comment on each of the blogs your name will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win the orange colored inspired “hodgepodge” prize.  Another easy peasy way to win!

STEP 3: Once you’ve done that, you will need to check out our Facebook page, and LIKE us. This will put your name in another random drawing for a chance to win the green colored inspired “hodgepodge” prize.   

STEP 4: For a chance to win the Love LRS Grand Prize head on over to our message board and say hello, then upload your project and/or layout for any of the design team challenges posted on their blogs to the “2012 Out with the Old, In with the New” gallery. The Blog Hop challenges will run from January 27^th until midnight January 30th. You can enter as many times as you like. You do not need to be a subscriber to participate. The more entries, the more chances you have to win!

Then on February 1^st, be sure to check out our Facebook page, or visit the LRS community or the LRS blog to see if you are one of the lucky winners!  

Now to the fun part of my post:

One of my favorite things to do when the new year arrives is to choose a Word of the Year.  "A word that would basically encompass my goals and define what I am striving to do or become during the year." This year, the word I've chosen is "Trust".  This word will hold many meanings for me in 2012.  The greatest being "trusting in the Lord with all my heart, mind, soul and strength".  The greatest test of this will be when my son leaves to serve with the U. S. Army Military Police in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan.  It is my hope that in the year 2012, I will grow in my faith and Trust in the Lord rather than lean on my own understanding.  

My Challenge for you is to create a project using your "Word of the Year".
The next stop on the Hop is my dear friend Nikki!!

Good Luck and I hope you have a lot of fun playing along!!

Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook December Reveal

Happy Friday dear friends! It's time for the Little Red Scrapbook December Reveal!!  I had a ton of fun with this kit.  The Bo Bunny papers are absolutely gorgeous and perfect for all your winter project needs!  

First up is a sweet little card using Papertrey Ink's Shape up Dies!! Isn't he the cutest?

The next project features Beth and Matt's 2011 Christmas Card.  Isn't it beautiful!! We took the photo along the Gallatin River while they were home at Thanksgiving.  The trees are die cut using Papertrey Ink Dies.

 I just had to scrap the photos taken during our 2011 Christmas tree hunt!! What a fabulous day that was!!

and of course, I just had to scrap the photos of our new puppy, Ruby!!  We are soooo in love with her!!

Thanks for stopping by to see the reveal!!!  I am off to work!!!
Have a wonderful day,
Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook October Reveal

I think it's a record!!  Three blog posts in one day???  I have been a busy beaver over the past couple of weeks, that's for sure!!  I have been so excited to share my Little Red Scrapbook Design Team work with you all!!!  It is such a joy that Glitz Design is the featured manufacturer!!!  What a great combination!!  Sara and Rachel put together such a pretty kit and I hope you were able to reserve yours, because I know they won't last long that's for sure!!! 

Here's the October kit:

and here are my designs:

I used my favorite picture of Heidi taken by my dad quite some time ago.  I layered lots of goodies and really played up the blue and gold colors.

Here is a good shot of all the layers in this layout.  I just had to include one of my favorite hand dyed seam binding bows in a gorgeous shade of blue!

I cut the circle out using my Cricut machine using the Wild Card Cartridge set at 9 inches.  I added the banner from my stash.

I used a Fiskars Fingertip Craft/Hobby Knife to cut around the flowers and nestled the photo inside the slits.

The next photo features my two sweet girls at New Years Eve.  The colors were perfect for this kit!!

Once again, I used lots of layers and the dyed seam binding.

The Vintage Blue Expoxy Words are from My stash.

I altered one of the florals in the kit and just used the center in this layout.  I like the color and it worked well with the large flower.

The next layout features my daughter and son-in-law.  What a cute couple they are!!!  It's hard to believe they've been married for 5 years now.  Wow, I'm getting old!

Lots of layers in this layout too!  I just have to say the background piece of patterned paper is probably my favorite in the whole kit.  It's just sooooo pretty!

I used my Papertrey Ink Turning a New Leaf dies to cut out several vines to accent this layout!! I just love my die cut machine!!

My last project uses a genuine Moleskine journal.  I just love to alter these journals and give them as gifts!! 

The Glitz Design Paper Layers make great journal covers!! They are soooo pretty!

Ok, so I know I went overboard with the dyed seam binding....but it works so well with these papers!

Supplies Used:
Little Red Scrapbook October Kit featuring Glitz Design Vintage Blue Papers
Prima Lace
Tim Holtz Accoutrements
Moleskine Journal
Hand Dyed Seam Binding by MemrieMare
Glitz Design Vintage Blue Journaling Stickers: Titles
Glitz Design Vintage Blue Epoxy Words

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook September Reveal

Happy Friday my friends!!  What a breath of fresh air to say that it's Friday!!  It has been a wonderful week and I am looking forward to a fantastic weekend!  Before the weekend arrives, however, I want to share my designs using the Little Red Scrapbook September Kit.  This month's kit at Little Red Scrapbook feature the Nantucket line by Pink Paislee.  Such a pretty line that reminds me of the time we spent in Washington with our kids.  I love the ocean.  It calls to me. I could gaze upon it's ever changing beauty all day long!

“It’s hard for me to put into words why I like the beach so much. Everything about it is renewing for me, almost like therapy... Beach Therapy.” - Amy Dykens

The photo was taken while we were walking along the beach in Port Townsend.  Such a beautiful place and when you're with your kids it's even more amazing!!

The first layout is of the kids and their "Adventure on the High Seas".  Actually it's the Puget Sound, but the high seas sound much more adventurous, lol!

 The second layout is of the kids in their new boat... isn't this picture of their little family soooo cute!!!

The next layout is of the girls during our visit to the Hoh Rain Forest.  Such a beautiful place, and such beautiful girls!!!

and last but not least a fun little card using the kit:

Thanks for stopping by!!

Wishing you a fabulous weekend,

Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook September Sneaks!!

Hi there dear friends!  I've been having some fun with my Little Red Scrapbook kit this week and I have some fun sneaks for you!!

I can't wait for the reveal!!! I know you all are going to love this kit!!!

Wishing you a wonderful day,
Kristii

Card Patterns #131

Happy Labor Day dear friends!!!  I hope you are enjoying the end of the summer holiday!!  I am taking it easy after being sick for two weeks and I tell you, what a blessing it is to get some extra sleep and enjoy some extra time with my family!!  I am feeling truly blessed indeed!

I am thrilled to share this week's Card Patterns Challenge with you today!!  It's a classic sketch with lots of flair!!  Here's the sketch:

This week's sponsor is:

and they have the most beautiful scrunched seam binding and absolutely fabulous baker's twine. I used their gorgeous cream seam binding on my card and I just love it!!!  A big Thank You to My Craft Spot!!!

Here's my take on the sketch:

I have a little secret for you, I used my Little Red Scrapbook September kit for this challenge, so you have a sneak preview of what's to come!!  I am totally loving this kit and the stamps are absolutely fabulous!!  The dogwood flowers are from the stamp set and I stamped them twice and colored them with my copic markers and fussy cut them out.  I glued a bit of Stampin Up Glass Glitter in the centers for a little sparkle and shine.

I stamped the background circle with the script stamp from the set using PTI's Aqua Mist ink and added some Copic colored flowers and aqua buttons for contrast.  I also added some vintage ephemera from the kit for fun.

I hope you join us in challenge this week and you know I'll be looking for your projects in the Card Patterns Link!!

Have a great week!!
Kristii

Card Patterns #129

Happy Sunday dear friends!! Today is the last day of summer break before we all head back to school tomorrow.  I'm not quite ready to go back, but that's because this has been such a wonderful summer!!  We've had our whole family together several times this year and that makes me happy as can be!!  I have lost 15 pounds this summer and I have grown as a card artist as well!  My heart is overflowing with thankfulness and it looks like even brighter days are ahead this fall!  I look forward to all that the rest of 2011 will bring!

Today I have a card to share with you that I made for the Card Patterns Challenge Blog:

Don't you just love this stamp by Sparkle Creations!!  The stamp is called Relaxing Charlotte and the sentiment is so perfect, it makes me smile!!  We all need to pamper ourselves a bit, don't we??

Supplies used:
Little Red Scrapbook August Kit featuring Echo Park Country Drive Papers
Martha Stewart Glitter
Prima Rose
Joann's Ribbon
Copic Markers:

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Wishing you a spectacular week!!!
Kristii

Card Patterns #127

Happy Saturday sweet friends!!!  I hope you are having a wonderful day!!!  I had a great morning at the Farmer's Market and I'm not quite sure what this evening holds, but I am going to enjoy it no matter what we do!!  It's good to stop and take a time out from the craziness of the week!  I do have to be honest, I am so sad it's already the 6th of August!  School will be starting before we know it!  I did take time to clean my laundry room, pantry and oven this week! It feels so good to get some of those chores accomplished!!  I still have more to do before we have one last visit with our kids, but what gets done, gets done.  I can't fret over such things!  The house will always need to be cleaned, but taking time out for family is what matters!  I am also happy to say that my boy moved back home!!  I am very thankful to spend more time with him before he is deployed to Afghanistan next year.  I will take all the time with him that I can get!!!  So, I am a happy mom, a very happy mom!! I am so very thankful for the little blessings in my life!!

I am also thankful for this hobby that I love so much!!!  I am loving being a part of Card Patterns and I am excited to share this week's sketch with you!!!

Here's the sketch:

and here's my take on the sketch:

I used some leftovers from my Little Red Scrapbook August kit for this card!! The colors are so bright and cheery, they make me want to smile!!!  This week's sponsor for Card Patterns is Tiffany Doodles.

I chose to work with this digi stamp:

I thought these stamps would work perfectly with the Echo Park Papers!!!  If you look close enough, you can see that I sprayed a little Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist on them after I colored them with my Copic Markers.  A little sparkle makes all the difference!!!

Supplies used:
Little Red Scrapbook August Kit featuring Echo Park "Country Drive Papers
Tiffany Doodles Digital Stamps: Sweet Butterfly
Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock
Papertrey Ink Parisian Lace Doily Die and Tiny Tags Die
Papertrey Ink Little Labels Stamps
Vintage Hymnal Paper
Recollections Floral
Hand Dyed Seam binding by MemrieMare
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist:  Pearl
Copic Markers:

I hope you are able to join in the fun this week!!!!
I'll be looking for you over at Card Patterns!!!
Kristii

Card Patterns #124

Happy Saturday dear friends!!  It's going to be an absolutely lovely day here in Montana and I hope it's beautiful where you are too!!

Today's sketch at Card Patterns is fabulous and I hope you'll be able to play along with us!!!

Here's the sketch:

and here's my take on the sketch:

I used some scraps from my Little Red Scrapbook kit and Glitz Design goodies for this card.  I just love using up my scraps for cards and I challenge you to get our your scraps and see what you can put together for this sketch!!  Don't you just love the measuring tape from the LRS kit??  I've been dying to use it and the theme of this card is perfect for it!!

Supplies Used:

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock

Basic Grey Out of Print Patterned Papers

Glitz Design Afternoon Muse Patterned Papers

Lawn Fawn Stamps:  Sew Lovely

Papertrey Ink Stamps: Button Boutique (sentiment)

Papertrey Ink Dies:  Signature Series Dress Form, Tiny Tags

Hand Dyed Seam Binding

Copic Marker:  E50 Egg Shell

Tim Holtz Distress Ink:  Tea Dye

Recollections Floral

Kaiser Craft Jewels

Papertrey Ink Button Twine

DMC Embroidery Floss

Directions:

1. Cut card base to 7" x 6", score and fold in half so card measures 3 1/2" x 6".

2. Cut a rustic cream panel slightly smaller than the card base.

3. Cut three panels from different patterned papers and adhere to cardstock panel.

4. Machine stitch the seam between the top and middle panel.

5. Cover the seam between the middle panel and bottom panel with measuring tape.

6.  Die cut dress form and stamp thread spools and cut out. Ink all edges.

7.  Embellish with ribbon, embroidery floss, jewels, and button.

8.  Dye Ribbon.  I used an E50 Egg Shell Copic Marker to dye my ribbon, then I sprayed the ribbon with Tattered Angels Dazzling Diamonds Mist, then I ran the edge of the ribbon along a Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad to give it a nice distressed look.  I crinkled the ribbon and dried it with an embossing heat gun.

8.  Stamp sentiment.  (I selectively inked the stamp and made the sentiment fit in the floral tag from PTI's Tiny Tag set.)

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you join in the fun this week!!!

Kristii

Little Red Scrapbook July Reveal

Happy Friday dear friends!!  I hope this day finds you enjoying beautiful summer days!  I can't believe we are more than half way through our summer break!! It has been an absolutely fabulous summer so far and I have lots to do in the days to come!  Lots of cleaning and organizing is still on my to do list and I am determined to get it done!!

In the meantime, I have my Little Red Scrapbook projects to share with you! 

I ordered the stamp set with this month's kit and I am totally loving them!!  They are used in the focal point of this card:

Aren't they beautiful stamped on the colorful dot paper?  The ribbon club is absolutely fabulous too!!   This card is 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" and has rounded corners.  I stamped the sentiment with Papertrey Ink's Happy Trails stamps.  Such a nice sentiment!

I used my June vacation photos with this month's kit and I am pretty happy with how they turned out. Don't you just love the die cut paper included in the kit!!  Love the calendar image printed on it and I used it to add the date to my layout.

These pictures feature my sweetie and our kids at a Seattle Mariners game.  The journaling states:  Seattle Mariners vs. San Diego Padres....Lame game...Great Company!  I fussy cut the patterned paper along the bottom of the circles to make some fun scallops and I also fussy cut a flower.  The date is circled with part of a PTI's Happy Trails stamp selectively inked.

The next layout features my sweetie and our best friend Charley.  We took a long walk along the Puget Sound and took a brief photo break.  Isn't this a great photo??

I used several of the kit stickers and also some of the amazing embellishments as well!  What an awesome kit this was!! For the title I used Thickers from the kit and a PTI Wonderful Words die cut.  I also stamped another butterfly onto the dot paper.  I think those butterflies are my new favorites!!

The last layout includes a great photo of my daughter and my sweetie in front of Pike Market.  A bystander got in on the fun and handed Beth the flowers for the photo!! How sweet was that?  The flowers made the photo that much sweeter!!!

I punched the circles out of the patterned paper and created a scalloped border and I stamped the background paper with one of the stamps from the kit.  This layout includes lots of fussy cutting and the sweet bird embellishments included in the kit!

I just loved working with this kit and I hope you were able to get one for yourself!!
Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow with the Card Patterns Sketch of the Week!!
Have a great day,
Kristii