Fall Layout

Digital layout for my son's album. Pictures from fall of '09.

Gate Fold with Sweet Stamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Gate-Fold Card

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 wonderful things to choose from!

Here's the card I created:

The inside:

I've really enjoyed making gate-fold cards lately, they are so fun!  I've also got some friends hooked on them now!! :)

SweetStamps.com Products Used:
Snowflake Large 1
Tiny Snowflake Background
I Love Snow
Merry Christmas Script
Core'dinations Color Core Cardstock Indigos
Cheery Lynn Snowflake Die
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish Die
Ice White Pearl Pen
Ice Blue Rhinestones

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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CI Paints Inspired By: Anything But A Card

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations Paint is:

Inspired By: Anything But A Card

This week, I decided to take the oppurtunity to make a mini hand sanitizer holder to give someone for the holidays.  What fun it was to make, I'll be making more of these!





I used some great stamps and dies from Heartfelt Creations to create this little package! Along with some CI Paints to add shimmer to the poinsettia.

Have a great day!


Kendra

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Challenges:
2 Sisters: Holiday
Sweet Stampin': Punches and Dies
Totally Gorjuss: Sprakle
The Sweet Stop: Sketch
Clearly iStamp: Flowers
Fussy and Fancy: Make a Gift
Simply Create Too: All About Christmas
Totally Paper Crafts: Christmas
The Paper Shelter: Christmas Sparkle (Red, Green, Gold)
Shopping Our Stash: Christmas or Winter Related
My Craft Spot: Handmade Flower Power

You're a Hoot!

My parents and sister came to visit use not too long ago and my sister usually always has something goofy to bring along.  Well, this last night she had a fun winter hat along with some big old goofy glasses that had the lens taken out.  Well Ava LOVED the glasses, we couldn't get them off for the life of us!

Of course I had to get a picture and scrap it! :)

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Fall

Here's a quick layout I created for the kids albums.  The sure love being outside.  On this particular day we were at the shop and they love running up and down the hill we have next to it.  I loved watching them and then went over to show them how to roll down it.  They just loved that!  Such fun times!

 

Well, today is BLACK Friday!  Get any deals?  I don't plan on going out unless I decide to after my husband comes home from hunting tonight.  I just have planned to play with the kids today and possibly start decorating for Christmas!!

 

Have a great day!

 

 

Kendra

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Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Well this morning here will be started off by doing the Turkey Trot!!  I've been wanting to do this for a few years now and a friend has decided to do it with me this year.  I am so excited!   Can't wait for the thanksgiving feast!! :)

Anyway, just had a quick card I wanted to share:

Giving this card to my mom.  The inside reads "Thank You for blessing my life in such a wonderful way!"

Isn't the pumpkin cute??!!  It was made using a circle punch!  So fun!

Hope everyone has a wonderful day with their families and friends!!

Kendra

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Challenges:

Catch the Bug: Thanksgiving/Thanks
The Stamping Boutique: Thanksgiving
The Prickley Pear: Sketch

Adorable Penguin

Here's a fun Christmas card I created for my mom to give one of her co-workers.  They all love penguins, so I'm always on the outlook for penguins. 

I just love this adorable digital image from The Stamping Boutique.

It's called Peek-A-Boo Penguin!  I added a ton of rhinestones to the ornament along with CI Paint Fairy Dust!  So it's a beautiful shimmery ornament!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
The Stamping Boutique: Monthly Challenge
Mark's Finest Papers: Black, White, Plus One Other

Tags with Sweet Stamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Tags

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 wonderful things to choose from!

Here's the tag I created:

SweetStamps.com Products Used:
Stitched Button Snowman
Christmas Joy Designer Paper
Silver Rhinestones

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Bows and Berries: Tags
My Partner in Crafting Crime: Christmas Tags

Waterglobe Penguin

This adorable card was created using some Great Impressions Rubber Stamps.  The snow globe and cute penguin were part of one of their Stamp of the Month Programs from last year.

I added some Creative Inspirations Paint to give the globe a litte shimmer!!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Forever Friends: Christmas is Coming
Paper Creations Ink: Christmas

Light Switch Cover Fun

Recently, I was inspired by a tutorial online to alter a light switch covers!  I obviously instantly thought of my Create Inspirations Paint!  How fun it would be to create a shimmery light switch cover with some bling for my little girl's bedroom!

The plain, boring light switch cover:

I used Mod Podge to cover the light switch cover and then added tissue paper over it and added a little more Mod Podge.

I then used CI Paint "Tickled Pink" to cover the cover.

 I painted it with two coats.

I then used a sponge to sponge "Tutu Pink" on the cover.

 Lastly, I added some bling!  I used some of the jeweled clear inspirations from CI!  In sizes SS30 and SS20, along with some smaller ones from my stash.

The finished light switch, just love at that BLING!

 Now replaced in her bedroom!

It was so fun and easy to make!  Perfect for her bedroom!  She always says "Petty" meaning pretty!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
2 Sisters: Let it Sparkle
Totally Gorjuss: Swirly, Whirly
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Anything BUT a Card
Quirky Crafts Challenges: Clean and Simple

CI Paints Inspired By: Thanks

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Thanks

I used CI Paint Fairy Dust to add shimmer to the leave on the tag, although I had a hard time capturing it in my picture. 

The inside reads "so thankful for you and all that you do".  I'm going to give this card to my mother-in-law.
What are you thankful for?  Or even just a thank you card would be great.  Join in, we'd love to see what you create!

Have a great day!


Kendra

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Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Thanksgiving/Thank You
Woodware USA: Sketch
There's Magic In The Air: Shape (Half Circle) and Color (Brown, Orange, Blue)
Paper Pretties: Giving Thanks
Kaboodle Doodles: Thanksgiving
Hooked On Crafts: Something Punched
Celebrate the Occasion: Thanksgiving Must Use A Punch
Creative Card Crew: Thankful
Freshly Brewed: Thankful
Inky Impressions: Give Thanks
Aud Sentiments: Thanksgiving
Catch the Bug: Thanksgiving/Thanks

Anything Goes with D2D

This week's challenge at Designed 2 Delight is Anything Goes!  So I took the time to make a Christmas card for my mom to give away this Christmas.  The ladies she works with, along with herself, love penguins!  So each year I created cards and projects for them with penguins on!

So the "Skating Penguin" was a fun digital image from D2D to use for this card!

I have some other cute penguin projects I am currently work on!  So check back!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Warm Winter Wishes

Good morning!  As I mentioned last month, I was lucky enough to be chosen to design for Inspired By Stamping!  Joanna, the owner, is so sweet!  And her stamps are amazing!  I love them!  As a welcome she sent me the "Winter Wonderland" set!  I love snowflakes, so this has been such a fun set to work with. 

So here is my first card I've created using her stamps!

I also really like this new snowflake embossing folder I picked up when I was at the show in Milwaukee.  It's from Sizzix. 

I used Creative Inspirations Paint "Blue Ice" to add shimmer to the work winter.

"Winter Wonderland"

Make sure to check out her blog, as her creations are always so perfect!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Paper Pretties: Non-Traditional X-Mas Colors
The Paper Shelter: Snowflakes
Oldie But A Goodie: Let It Snow
Craft Your Passion: Let It Snow
Whoopsi Daisy: The Colours of Winter
Woodware USA: Sketch
Crimbo Crackers: Must Be Winter & Make It Sparkle
Moving Along With The Times: Let It Snow
Paper Crafting Journey: Embossing

1st Time Bowling

Took the kids bowling for the 1st time a few weeks ago and they had so much fun!

I created these digital layouts to go in their albums. 

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Post-It Note Holders

Awhile back when I was looking around blogland I found a fun tutorial to create post-it note holders!  I thought what a fun idea for a little gift for people.  So I decided this holiday season I was going to make some. 
(Sorry I can't find the tutorial off hand, but will be making more and share the measurements then)

I acutally created two to share today using an adorable snowman stamp from Creative Vision!  I love snowman so when I seen the "Let It Snow" set I just had to have it! ;)  There is also a really fun tree in the set that I love!!

Here are my post-it note holders:

Inside:

 I used the Let It Snow sentiment from the set in the inside of this holder.  I also used the tiny snowflakes from the set to add some snowflakes to the top post-it to just tie the whole project together.

My second holder:

 On this one I used the sentiment on the front.

Side view when closed:

Inside:

Again I used the tiny snowflakes on the first post-it.

Just something fun I also did with the small snowflakes that I wanted to share:

I used some patterned snowflake paper, but thought it would be fun to use the tiny snowflakes to add more to the paper.  The piece on the left has the added stamped snowflakes, where the one on the right is an original piece of the paper.  Kind fun, plus just makes another use for those stamps. 

Hope you liked my project today, as I loved making them!


Have a great day!

Kendra

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Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Cute

Charisma Cardz: Cutesy Projetcs

Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Anything But a Card

The Paper Shelter: Snowflakes

Non-Traditional X-Mas Colors

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

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 wonderful things to choose from!

Here's the card I created:

 I have to admit, this is the first time I really created a Christmas card with orange and blue colors as the main colors!  Kind of fun!

I started off by stamping "Lace Tree" with Shades Dye Ink "Forest" on a green patterned paper from the "Desert Blooms" 6x6 First Edition Premium Paper Pad.  The star was from the die set "Christmas Tree Multi Frame Set".  I then painted the star with "Peach" Creative Inspirations Paint to give it some shimmer.  I love the font of the sentiment "Merry Christmas Script" in which I used on the front.  The other patterned paper I used on this card is from the "Christmas Joy" 6x6 First Edition Premium Paper Pad.  The front was finished off by adding some "Orange" rhinestones! And in the inside I used the "May The Peace" sentiment.

Make sure to check out all the other DT blogs and leave some love!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
The Cheerful Stamp Pad: Trees
Make It Monday: Anything Goes
Stamps R Us: Bling It On

CI Paints Inspired By: Banners

This week's challenge at Creative Inspiration Paints is:

Inspired By: Banners

Here's an adorable baby card:

I created this card at a fun Stampin' Up class I recently went to.  But waited till I got home, so that I could add some of my CI Paints to it!  I just LOVE how it turned out!!

Have a great day!


Kendra

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Challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Cute
I Did It Creations: Everyone Loves Teddy!
Kenny K Krafty Girlz: Emboss Away 
Penny Black and More: All Creatures Great and Small
Stamptacular Sunday: Must Use Stamp - Punch It

Baby Boy

A friend of mine recently had a baby boy, he is so adorable!  Always seems to make me want to have another one!

So I needed to create a card to go with the gift.  I just LOVE this adorable new image from Faith at Designed 2 Delight, called Mouse on the Moon!  What a great baby image.  So I decided to put it in use:

It's my turn to host this week's challenge on the D2D Blog, in which I've chosen "BABY", join in for a chance to win!

The hubby is gone once again this weekend, so it's just the kids and I!! We've rented movies and got some popcorn!  Maybe do a little Christmas shopping and cleaning!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
One Stitch At A Time: Use A Digi
4 Crafty Chicks: Baby
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Cute
Cardfairy's Digi Day's Challenge: Digi + Texture
Frosted Designs: Embossing

Autumn

Just some pictures from this fall and our carved pumpkins!

Have a great weekend!

Kendra

Beach Time

It is so sad to think that the nice weather is once again done for awhile!!  Can't wait for some beach time again next summer!  The plus side is that I am off for a few months!!  So that means lots of time with the kids and lots of time to craft!!

A fun digital layout created for my kids albums.  They LOVED getting buried in the sand!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Sweet Stamps Red, Green & Gold

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Red, Green and Gold

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 wonderful things to choose from!

I created a surprise card using this fun tutorial I recently found.

For the main front sentiment I used "May the Peace", such a perfect sentiment for those holiday cards as well as a fun font.  The paper I used is from the 6x6 Authentique stack "Wonder".  I just love this stack!

When the card is popped up it shows the "Merry Christmas Script" sentiment.

 A close-up of the front sentiment "May the Peace".

 For the front green strip of paper I used Core'dinations and first embossed it and then sanded it.

 The sanded areas stood out a little too much for me.

So I sponged Creative Inspirations Paint "Green Olive" to tone it down a litte and to add some shimmer!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
The Paper Shelter: Christmas Fun
Crimbo Crackers: Must Be Christmas, Anything Goes
I Did It Creations: Christmas/Winter
Bows and Berries: Anything Goes
Heart Song Inspirations: Anything Goes
Make My Monday: Christmas; Vintage/Traditional

Princess Layout

I don't have the pictures printed out yet for this layout yet, but have the layout created!  (Wow...so impressed with myself, normally I don't do a layout without having the pictures!)

But I am super happy with how it turned out dispite not having the cute pictures.

My recent trip to Archivers I picked up these new papers that I fell in love with!  And created a "Princess" layout for Ava.

I cut "princess" from my Cricut using the Lyrical Letters cart.

I added "Amethyst" to the letters to add some shimmer!  I just love my Creative Inspirations Paint!  I mean what princess layout is complete without shimmer?!

And....BLING!

Molly at CI Paint has also started carrying hot fix jewels recently!  Another addiction of mine!  So I loaded this layout up with a ton of bling!

I used jeweled inspirations clear SS20.

Although I have been creating a lot of digital layouts recently in an attempt to get caught up on my kids albums, I still love making traditional ones!  I love cutting up paper and get my hands messy with the paints and ink!

Have a great day!

Kendra

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CI Paints: Anything Goes

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations Paints is:

Inspired By: Anything Goes

That's right, you have a chance to share anything you would like with us!  Join in, we'd love to see what you create!

Have a great day!


Kendra

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Challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks: Die Cuts
Dream Valley Challenges: Anything Goes
Catch The Bug: November Anything Goes

Pumpkin Patch

Here's a layout I created from out trip to the pumpkin patch this year!  The kids had so much fun picking out their pumpkins!!

I've been on a roll creating layouts lately, hopefully this will be the year I get caught up for a change!! Keep dreaming right?!?!  Maybe if I would stop taking so many pictures that would help!  But that won't happen!

Have a nice weekend!

Kendra