Beautiful Little Girl

A digital layout for my little girl's album from pictures taken last summer!

Sketch Time with Sweet Stamps

It's time for another Sweet Stamps Challenge!! This week's challenge is a sketch.  I love sketches!

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create. You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!   There's plenty of great stamps and other things to choose from!  Don't miss your chance at winning. 

Sketch:

Here's my creation for this week:

 I used a new floral stamp that was released last Tuesday called "Millie's Teapot Bouquet".  I just love this new image!!  I also used some teal pearls which I also got from Sweet Stamps.

Make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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It's a Girl!

Have you seen the new "Baby Buggy - Heaven Sent" from Designed 2 Delight? 

What a fun new set!  Perfect for those baby cards!

I used some Creative Inspirations Paint "TuTu Pink" to add shimmer to the buggy and then used glossy accents on top to add some texture.  I actually think the glossy accents make the shimmer stand out even more!

What a fun thing to do!

Remember our challenge this week at CI Paints is "Babies", join in!  We love to see your inspired by babies cards!

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Babies

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Babies

Here's my creation:

I just love creating baby cards!! For this card I combined two images from The Stamping Boutique called "Circus Lion" and "Circus Elephant".  I got the idea from one of my fellow DT members, I thought her card was so adorable.  I used some CI Paints to add shimmer to the cages.

Join in, we'd love to see what you create, plus you have a chance at winning some paints of your own!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Wedding Card

So, as some of you know, the whole family recently had a wedding that we all stood up in!!  It was so much fun and the kids did so good!  I have photos at the end of the post!

Here is the card I created for the lovely bride and groom:

This was created in record timing!  And I really like how it turned out!  I had a card made, but my aunt needed a wedding card as well, so I gave her the one I already had done.  So of course I waited until a few hours before gift opening to create this one!  But I think it turned out really nice.

Two Wedding Pics:

 Picture of the family!

My two little peanuts walking down the aisle hand in hand!  I was so proud of them!!

Have a wonderful weekend! 

Kendra



Birthday Layout

Here's a quick digital layout for my little girl's album from her birthday!

Have a great day!!

Kendra

Sweet Stamps Botanicals Blog Hop

Today Sweet Stamps is hosting a blog hop to showcase new stamps from our very own Jacqueline Hill; some fabulous floral images!  I love floral images, so I was having fun playing with all the new stamps!!

 Visit each team member's blog and collect a letter. Once you get all the letters, unscramble them to reveal a word. Then return to the Challenge blog and leave a comment with the answer.

We will be awarding a first place prize of your choice of 6 stamps from the new release and a second place prize of your choice of 4 stamps from the new release. We will also be awarding random prizes of rubber stamps chosen from the readers who comment on each member's blog so be sure to leave some love.

Blog Hop winners will be announced on Monday, June 27th before our next challenge. Start your hop with Jacqueline's blog and continue through the team.

Here is the list of blogs:

Jacqueline Hill

Bonnie Brown

Jacki Randolph

Dawn Bennett

Tamara Morton

Dawn Lotharius

Jeannie DeGruccio

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand (you are here)

Sandy Hulsart

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I have two cards, I would like to share with you today showcasing some of the new stamps!!

This first one I used a new duo set called "Elizabeth's Wildflower". (#3034)

 I used Shades Dye Ink "Pansy Purple" to stamp the sentiment "With Love" which is also from the new release.  (#3041) I also used one of the new Cherry Lynn Dies that I am in love with!  The set is made up of 3 Mini Exotic Butterflies.

  I close-up of the flower.  I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Amethyst" to add shimmer to the flower and butterfly.

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Lastly, I have a quick and simple notecard I made.  I used a new duo set called "Daisy Duo". (#3026)  You get both a big daisy and a small one.

 I used the embossing folder "Spots" behind the daisy's which I got from Sweet Stamps.

I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Tickled Pink" to add shimmer to the flowers.

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Here's a look at all the new stamps!!!

What some great floral images, don't you think?!?!?! 
I sure think so!

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Have you figured out my letter yet?!?!  If not...it's A!

And don't forget to return to the Challenge blog and leave your answer as a comment. Good luck and happy hopping!

Kendra



CI Paints Inspired By: Bright Colors

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Bright Colors

Here's my creation:

I used some Creative Inspirations Paint to add shimmer to bows on the presents!  This is a new image  from The Stamping Boutique, called "Stacked Presents", that I think is so much fun.  This turned out to be such a fun and bright card!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Orange + Pink

Over at Designed 2 Delight we have a fun challenge going on!  Orange + Pink!!  What a fun color combo!  Join in for your chance to win some wonderful D2D images for yourself!!

I decided to make a thank-you card for this challenge using "Bloom" and the thank you sentiment from "Simple Stem and Thank You Set".

Have a great weekend!!

Kendra

Have you heard?!?!

Starting July 1st Creative Inspirations Paint is carrying both Jeweled Inspirations and Metallic Inspirations!!

I am so excited!!

Metallic Inspirations

fabulous thin metallic hot fix dots of color!

Jeweled Inspirations

beautiful hot fix jewels to add that extra little sparkle to your projects!

I am so excited, since I have been so addicted to these!!  Can't wait to play with mine!!

 

Keep an eye out for them!!

 

Kendra

2 Digital Layouts

Good morning!  I have 2 digital layouts for you today, both of which are for my little guy's album.

 These pics were taken June of 2009.

One last layout:

Taken in March of '09 when he began to start pulling himself up onto everything!

Have a great day!!

Kendra

Embossing with Sweet Stamps

It's time for another Sweet Stamps Challenge!!

This week's challenge is Embossing.  Either heat or dry. 

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create. You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!   There's plenty of great stamps and other things to choose from!  Don't miss your chance at winning. 

Here's my creation, in which I decided to do both heat and dry embossing:

 I used the stamp set "Fancy Flowers Set #2" for this card, another fun stamp set from Sweet Stamps!  You can do some many different things with this set.  The "Smile" sentiment is also from Sweet Stamps.

I stamped each flower a few times with black pigment ink and then embossed them with black embossing powder.  I then cut them out and layered them.

I used Creative Inspirations Paint to add shimmer to pieces of them as well.  I just love the added shimmer.  I used Rose Quartz, Green Olive, Buttercup and Sky Blue.

I used two embossing folders from Sweet Stamps for some dry embossing, Spots and Daisy & Swirl.  I lightly used an ink pad on top of the Daisy & Swirl embossed paper to add color.

I finished the card off by using Dark Purple and Silver Rhinestones.

Make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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Challenges:

Kaboodle Doodles: Floral Showcase
Happileigh Scrappin: Embossing

Thank You Daffodil

Looking to win some digital images from The Stamping Boutique?  Tracey has been releasing some cool digi's!!

TSB is currently sponsoring the challenge over at Stamp With Fun.  Join in for your chance to win 5 digital images of your choice.  The challenge is "Pearls and Flowers"!  A great challenge in my opinion!

Tracey recently released this digital image called "Daffodil".  I love flowers, so this was a MUST HAVE for me!! 

I really like how this card turned out:

I printed the image 3 times so that I can make the daffodil look as though it was real.

Have a great week!!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Stamp with Fun: Pearls and Flowers

CI Paints Inspired By: Fun Folded Cards

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Fun Folded Cards

Here's my creation, which I actually created a few weeks back:

Join in, we'd love to see what you create, plus you have a chance at winning some paints of your own!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Reflect Layout

I used a Heritage Maker template to create this layout for the little guy's album:

Reflecting on our littlest blessing!  What a joy they are to have in life!

Have a great day!

Kendra

Wedding or Anniversary with SweetStamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge #18:

Wedding or Anniversary

Here's my creation:

 I decided to create an Anniversary card for this challenge.  I used "Vertical Roses" that I just got from Sweet Stamps!  What a fun image!  I also really like the vertical sentiments from Sweet Stamps.  I used "Vertical Anniversary".

Other products I used from SweetStamps.com include:

Shades Dye Ink "Dutchess Rose"

Hearts Embossing Folder

Rose Pearls

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create.  You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!!  Also make sure to check out all the other lovely creations from the other DT members!!

Have a wonderful day! Aside from card making I have been crazy busy planting flowers!! :)

Kendra

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CI Paints Inspired By: Dad

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Dad or A Special Male

Here's my creation:

 I used some fun SweetStamps.com stamps for this card along with some Creative Inspirations Paint!!

Join in, we'd love to see what you create, plus you have a chance at winning some paints of your own!!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Creative Inspirations: Father's Day or Card for Dad (61)
Come and Get It Challenges: Happy Father's Day
Here Come the Boys: Father's Day/Hubby/Partner
Dream Valley Challenges: Stamp Something
Craft Your Days Away: Father's Day/Special Male
CES Challenge Blog: Clean and Simple

Smile Layout

"The best part of my day is seeing you smile"

I just love seeing a smile on his face!!  One morning in November we were playing together in Ava's bedroom and he wanted me to take his picture, so I did.  Well that turned into many photos as he kept wanting me to take pictures of him, I ain't going to complain, since sometimes it is so hard to get him to take a picture!

Have a nice day!

CI Paints Inspired By Friends

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Friends

Here's my creation:

I used some Creative Inspirations Paint to add shimmer to the flowers!  This image is from The Stamping Boutique, called "Picket Fence" which happens to be one of my favorite images from them!

Have a great day!

Kendra