A Little on the Farm Love

Happy Wednesday dear friends!!  I am busy making goodies for the Farmer's Market that starts this weekend. So many ideas....so little time!!  I just had to pull out my On the Farm Stamps and make some Farm Fresh Cards!!

I was totally inspired by Maile Belles' card found in this Blog Post.  Stacking the animals on top of each other was a brilliant idea and I just had to try the idea out with my own twist!!!  I used some October Afternoon Sidewalks paper and added a little felt flower to embellish.

The card base has been impressed with the Chicken Wire Impression Plate and it looks fabulous in real life!  I love it!! The On the Farm set is so much fun to play with!! I love it!

Supplies Used:
PTI On the Farm Stamps and Dies
PTI Chicken Wire Impression Plate
PTI Heart Border Die
PTI Pure Poppy, Kraft and Stamper's Select White Cardstock
PTI Pure Poppy Felt
Ribbon from Joann's
October Afternoon Sidewalks 6x6 Pad
Recollections Pearl
Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink by Ranger

Hope you have a delightful day!
Kristii

12 Days of Christmas - Day 11 Framed Snowman

Good morning sweet friends!!  I am a little behind on my 12 days of Christmas projects due to wisdom tooth issues last week.  Slowly but surely I am catching back up, thank goodness!!  I finally finished the little Framed Snowman project and I'm so excited to share it with you!!!

1. Die Cut snowman, snowflakes, and snowbanks. 

2.  Lay out pieces on your base, and glue snowflakes lightly.

3.  Machine Stitch snowflakes to add interest and texture.  Embellish with pearls.

4.  Glue all pieces onto base and add ribbon scarf.  

5.  Add stick arms.

6.  Cut the back side of the tree bases off with Tim Holtz scissors and adhere to the base.

7.  Embellish with desired stickers, punches, lace, buttons and bells.

Supplies Used:

October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 Pad and Stickers

Papertrey Ink Shape Up Series Snowman Die

Papertrey Ink Peace Be Still, Holly Berry and Winter Penguin Dies

Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock and Felt

Sewing Machine

Recollections Pearls

Lace from my stash

McGill Pine Bough Punch

Melissa Frances Trees

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a fabulous day!!

Kristii

Prickley Pear December Sketch Challenge

Hi there dear, sweet friends!!  I hope you are enjoying the holiday season.  I'm feeling much better today!  I was able to sleep until 3:00 am which is a definite improvement from the day before!  Needless to say, my week didn't turn out as expected and I am so far behind, but I am not going to stress about it.  What is, is. And what's done, is done.  The reality is that "The best Christmas gift of all is the presence of a happy family all wrapped up with one another."  We will get by without all the rest, it's having our family together that counts!!


Well, it's time for the Prickley Pear December Sketch Challenge and I have to tell you I just love the card I have to share with you today!!  I used the Snowman Postage Stamp along with October Afternoon Holiday Style papers and I just love the combination!!!

I stamped the snowman several times on different papers and fussy cut him out.  

I glued all the pieces together and added him to my fun little Christmas scene.

I also fussy cut some ornaments from the OA papers and I am so happy with the way it turned out!  October Afternoon always has the best patterns and colors!!


Here's the sketch the card is based on:

I do hope you'll join in the fun this month!!  It's a fabulous sketch for sure!!!


Supplies Used:
Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Snowman Postage
October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 Pad and Stickers
Prima Lace
Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock


Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!!!
See you soon with more Christmas goodies,
Kristii

Prickley Pear Mondays - Ellie x 2

Hi there sweet friends!!!  I hope all is well wherever you are!!  I've been nursing a very sore wisdom tooth for the past couple of days and so I am a bit behind! I have a dentist appointment this morning, so hopefully I will have some relief from the pain soon and I can get back to crafting like normal.  I'vee been working on a little framed wall art project for day 11 and I look forward to sharing it with you as soon as I can!

In the meantime, I have a Prickley Pear Monday project for you featuring Ellie the little snowgirl  and the Gift of the Season senitment.

I used the new October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 Papers and Stickers for this project.  I just love the patterns and colors in the collection and you can be sure I will be making many more Christmas goodies with them in the days to come!!

I stamped Ellie 4 times, twice on ledger paper and once on the red polka dot and the blue snowflake.  I fussy cut all the pieces out and then assembled them.  I made their cheeks rosy with an R0000 Pink Beryl Copic Marker.  Aren't they the custest?

Supplies Used:
Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Ellie and Gift of the Season
October Afternoon Holiday Style 8x8 Paper Pad and Stickers
Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by!!!  I'm off to the dentist....wish me luck!
Kristii

Card Patterns #137 and Birthday Wishes

Good Morning dear friends!  It's time for another Card Patterns sketch reveal!!!  Don't you just love Saturday mornings?  I always look forward to this post because I know many of you get right on the sketch!  I can't believe how fast some of you are!!

Here's the sketch:

Our sponsor for this week is:

In my card today, I used  (Scooter Chloe) and she has become very dear to my heart!  It's funny, but when I color Sparkle's sweet creations, I kind of develop a relationship with them.  Call me crazy I know, but it's the truth!

Isn't she just the cutest??  I used October Afternoon's Sidewalks 8x8 papers to complement her and I think they brought out her sweetness for sure!

Supplies used:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps: (Scooter Chloe)

October Afternoon Sidewalks 8x8 Paper Pad

Stampin Up! Real Red Ink and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps Pumpkin Clear Stamps Set 2 (leaves)

Papertrey Ink: Rustic Cream Cardstock, Simply Chartreuse Cardstock, Birthday Bash Sentiments Stamps, Pure Poppy and Vintage Cream Buttons, Fine Linen Twill, Button Twine, and Doily Details Dies

Prima Marketing Cream Lace

Copic Markers:

Thanks for stopping by!!!  I can't wait to see what you create!!!
Kristii

Card Patterns #123

Happy Saturday!! I hope your day is absolutely fabulous and full of creativity!!!  I have put my thinking cap on and I am working on my next Gallery Idol submission!!!  I am a little nervous and I sincerely hope I can step up to the next level! I'm totally giving it all I've got and we'll see what happens!

In the meantime I have a fun little card based on this week's Card Patterns Sketch!  I hope you all join in the fun!  It's a wonderful sketch:

and here's my take on the sketch:

I pulled out some vintage hymnal pages and my Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Creative Scraps images and had some serious fun!!

Aren't these little girls too sweet?  I have been saving them for just the perfect card and this sketch totally inspired me!!!

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  Papertrey Ink Rustic Cream
Patterned Paper:  October Afternoon 5 and Dime
Vintage Images:  Crafty Secrets Creative Scraps-Altered Fairies
Lace and Floral: Prima
Button and Button Twine: Papertrey Ink
Dyed Seam Binding:  MemrieMare
Peekaboo Frame:  Glitz Design
Pearl: Martha Stewart
Dies:  Papertrey Ink Double-Ended Banners
Ink: Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink
Vintage Hymnal Pages

Thanks for stopping by!! I can't wait to see what you create!!!
Kristii