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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Give Thanks Fall Wood Block

I like to make decor items in my classes. We made this one in my "Fall Fest" class.

I bought a wood block from Hobby Lobby and stained it. Then added the spiral flowers, stamped leaves from the Fall Fest stamp set and some gold leaves cut out using the Fun Fall Framelits. I added some linen thread behind the flowers too. A 4-1/4"x6-1/4" photo mat was directly adhered to the wood block and the clip holds the photo, recipe card, Bible Verse, etc.

Here you have it....

A close up of the flowers....

Don't you want to attend my classes now?!

Happy Stamping,

~Krista

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Canvas Mounted Scrapbook Page, Kinda Eclectic

You know those projects you make that you just fall in love with? Well this is one of them for me. The bright colors, the bits of sparkle and my cute family all mounted on to an 8"x10" canvas.

Love it!

I used the Sweet Taffy DSP with Daffodil Delight cardstock for the base. I stamped the starburst image on the Daffodil Delight cardstock with Versamark and then embossed it with clear embossing powder. I made a Melon Mambo spiral flower. Stamped more of the Kinda Eclectic images and cut them out. On the flower I attached strands of ribbon, sequins and bakers twine. Pearls on the butterfly too. I added the tiny punched flowers with pearls and there you have it.

Mounting the page onto the canvas:

BEFORE you add ANY embellishments, use mod podge all over the canvas in a thin layer. Softly press the base of the page onto the canvas. Curl and press the edges on too. Turn the canvas over and flatten and press with your hands to smooth out the page base cardstock.

After it's all dried, then go back and add the embellishments.

Happy Stamping!

Krista

Friday, August 15, 2014

Legacy Scrapbook Page

A few months ago I made THIS page honoring my Grandma and Grandpa. Now I get to honor my other set of grandparents. And yes, they are all still alive and both marriages are going strong at over 65 years each!! WOW....amazing, right?!

I love this photo of my Grandma and Grandpa....they are so cute!! I used Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant, Basic Black and Very Vanilla. Of course GOLD, too! I used the Doily Stamp....yes...I know it's retired, but this grandma makes doilies and I am so blessed to have them all over my house! She is so talented!! I will be putting this in a frame to hang in my house....although, I'm sure, like the other page I made, my mom will be trying to "borrow" it for her house. ;)

Hop on over and join us at Stampin' Celebration!!

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Seasonally Scattered Scrapbook Page

I wanted to use this particular picture for my scrapbook page, so I matched the colors to it. I used Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Very Vanilla and accents with Gold Foil paper. This page measures 8"x8".

I cut out 3 of each sized hearts from the Hearts Framelits. I folded them in half, and then adhered them together. Then I fanned them out to create a 3D look. The stamp set is called Seasonally Scattered.

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Project Life x SU! Hanging Memories

Creating projects for the Convention Display Boards we were asked to make "out of the box" projects using the Project Life by Stampin' Up! kits. This is the Everyday Adventure Kit and Accessory Pack.

The only things I used that weren't PLxSU was the Pumpkin Chevron Ribbon, the Skinny Mini Alpha set and some markers for journaling.

I love how this turned out. I used the 4"x4" cards and some of the accessories from the kit. Cute, huh!?

I just adhered the Pumpkin Ribbon to the back of each card. Super fun! A hanging Memory Keeper!

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Give Thanks With Seasonally Scattered

3D PROJECT TIME!!

I found a gem at Michaels....Burlap covered FLAT canvases. Oh my, so cute! I wanted to use it for a Convention Display Board Sample. This is what I came up with...a "GIVE THANKS MEMORY KEEPER"

I asked my 3 boys to each write something they are thankful for. (I wrote the one for Travis, since he's just 3, but he did tell me what to write).

So cute, huh?! I hot glued the clothespins down and then used them to clip on the little thankful notes. Each thankful note has a little bit of the "thanks" stamp image. The backing is a Window Collection Framelit.

I can have the boys write a new note each year and just clip it onto the clothespin.

I used the Autumn Accents Die for the leaves and then embossed them with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. Added some Vintage buttons topped with some linen thread.

The "give" is cut from a stamp set in MDS cut out with my Silhouette Cameo. I stamped the "thanks" image onto Naturals Ivory cardstock and then stamped it again onto Hello Honey. I hand cut aka "fussy cut" the letters out of the Hello Honey and put it onto the other stamped image to draw more attention to the word. I sponged the edges with Soft Suede to add a soft look.

These are the boys that wrote these adorable thankful notes:

Make sure you follow all of the Display Stampers on our Pinterest Board. Click HERE for the board.

HAPPY STAMPING,

KRISTA

Friday, July 25, 2014

Amazing Birthday Scrapbook Page

It's time to show off my scrapbook page for the Amazing Birthday stamp set. I really love the colors! I drew them all out from the Sweet Taffy DSP that came in my goodie box. When I was looking through photos these popped out thanks to the slip and slide and all of those bright colors.

Here is a close up of the stamped image. Can you see the stamped banners? I also used the bottom piece of the title stamp for the polka dot banner. I threw on some buttons, paper clip and a little punched out star. There you have it....a cool, bright, fun page.

See.....this one made the SU! Convention Display Board. It was so much fun seeing people take pics of it, too. I'm a proud mama!!

Make sure and follow all of us on Pinterest as we share our creations for the Stampin' Up! Convention 2014.

Click HERE for the link right to our Pinterest Board.

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Sunday, June 15, 2014

I Have A Silly Kid!

It's been a while since I've done anything with MDS for a challenge. When I saw the sketch for this weeks challenge at Stampin' Celebration....I knew it was perfect!

My littlest dude LOVES to make faces. He always jumps in front of the camera when I'm trying to take pictures of my cards and such. Here is one of those photo shoots.

I used the Designer Paper Kit for MDS called Summer Possibilities. I added a few embellishments and punches with MDS and there you go....

Now it's your turn! Here is the sketch. I hope you will join us at Stampin' Celebration

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Vivid Vases For Mom

I chose to use some bright colors this week. It's so bright and sunny out here in Southern California and I was inspired!

I made this card for my mom and my mother-in-law for Mother's Day! Here is a picture of my sister, my mom and me....

My mom is so pretty and she's such an amazing person inside and out!!! I love you mom...aka....Sizz! LOL

Hop on over to Hand Stamped Sentiments and play along!!

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Oma and Opa Scrapbook Page

Be inspired this month at Stampin' Celebration! Here are some beautiful pictures to help you!!

I immediately thought these photos would make a gorgeous scrapbook page. I'm really loving everything GOLD right now. I found this awesome picture of my Grandparents taken just a month ago. Aren't they cute?! I am truly blessed to have them!! I can't wait to frame this!! Soon I will be making one for my other set of grandparents....YES I still have them in my life, too!! I am one truly blessed granddaughter!!

Here are some close ups of those lovely flowers...see the sanding on the "core-dinations" cardstock?!

Ingredients...

Colors: Baked Brown Sugar, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Off The Grid, Fabulous Florets

Accessories: Gold foil paper, core-dinations cardstock, gold sequins, gold embossing powder, pearls, Victoria crochet trim.

Don't recognize the leaves as a die cut? Well....it's actually a stamp image on MDS from the Betsy's Blossom stamp set. I used my Silhouette Cameo to enlarge the image and cut it out. Cool, huh?!?

Happy Stamping,

Krista

Saturday, March 15, 2014

Celebrate Travis in Green

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the possibilities of this sketch at Stampin' Celebration this week!!

You MUST join us!! Check it out...

I really wanted to do a card, but I've been scrolling through my traditional scrapbook and realized it doesn't have a page honoring Travis's 3rd Birthday. So I went digital.

Here it is....

We had a golf themed Birthday party for him. He is definitely a sporty kid. Here are some other pics from the special day...

Happy Stamping....or should I say Digitizing?!

~Krista

Monday, September 23, 2013

It's My Special Day....I Mean Month!

Do you have a Birthday Buddy? Well, I do, same day just one year apart...yes, I'm older! And every year we try to do something fun. This year we did our favorite thing....go to Disneyland.....in style! We had matching T-shirts made and got our Birthday Buttons. Of course being one year older than my friend Nichole, she got "One Year Younger" on her button....mine said "One Year Cuter". Hahahahaha! We were both happy that way!

First stop California Adventure, after getting our free Grand Slam at Denny's.

Next, the big roller coaster called California Screamin'.

We were being silly and the guy behind us....what a cheese!

The day before we celebrated with my parents and my fam! DANG.....I forgot to get a pic with my mom and dad, AGAIN!! Every year we say it and then get distracted. Sorry mom and dad, but thanks for everything that day!! XOXOXO

I got to have a date night with the hubby last week at Benihana, a fun Japanese restaurant. Guess what???? Our Chef's name was "Benny"!! I asked if his last name was "HANA" and he just smiled at me. Who knows??? LOL

Now on to the good, juicy stuff....the moment you've been waiting for....this week's challenge at

Hand Stamped Sentiments!! It's a sketch, an awesome one at that!

Here is what I came up with....

Happy Stamping Folks....now on to continue my Birthday Month! LOL

Krista

Friday, November 16, 2012

Thankful Fall Layout

Although our fall season came late here in Southern California, making projects like the one I made this week really helps me get in the mood for Thanksgiving and the cooler weather. That is DEFINITELY what I'm thankful for....cooler weather. It was SO hot this year for so long, it's nice to be in the 60's during the day!! Still mostly sunny, but it's a lot nicer!

Enough about the weather, let's be thankful!!

Page one has a cute little safety pin with 2 tiny tags hanging from it. I can't wait to fill this page up with photos from this years Thanksgiving!! I also embossed all the solid color leaves using a variety of patterns.

I stamped the background of both pages with the leaves from the Gently Falling Stamp Set. I went back and added photos on this page to enter it into a weekly challenge. Makes it look even cuter!!

Thank you to Erica Cerwin for inspiring me to pair the button with some of our lovely tulle (Pictured below). She's so good with the details. Check out her blog Pink Buckaroo Designs!!

Here are those 2 cute little tags. Love!! Can you see the embossing on the leaves, too?!

Oh yes, I will be entering this at the Friday Mashup Challenge. Check out their fabulous projects by clicking here.

Happy Stamping,

Krista