Thanks so much

Hello Friends!

I have another Shadow Box Card to share with you today.

This was so easy and fun to make using the new 

Shadow Box Die

from The Stamps of Life.

This was a thank you card I made for someone who had us over for dinner a few weeks ago.

I used Houses4us and the matching dies.

I colored the image with Prisma pencils.

I used the Grass Die and Happy4banners set.

This cool card folds flat and fits in an A2 envelope for mailing.

There are more samples in the Gallery so be sure and stop by to check out the inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Missing Drop

If my scheduled posts are woking while I am away this should be Saturday! If it's Saturday I am sitting on the beach looking out at the Pacific Ocean on the Central Coast of California! I made this card earlier this week because I was in the mood to play with my Scene it sets. Perfect card for my day at the beach!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Under the Sea (Scene it)
-sentiment from By the seashore (Scene it)
Paper:-chf simply smooth white
-Prism paper
Ink:
-Adirondack pool & pitch black dye ink by Ranger
-copic markers
Other:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

I hope your Saturday is off to a good start! I am returning late tonight as my daughter has to work tomorrow. Thanks for stopping by!

-Kristine

High Mountains

I have been having a great time making friends with my Scene it sets. It's had been a while since I played with them and now I can't put them away! Today's card is one that I am especially happy with. I wanted to use my SEP Eagle so I started there and just kept going. When the scene was complete I decided to use it for this weeks CPS sketch.

Here's the card:

PROJECT SUPLIES:
Stamps:

-Mountains (Scene it)

-Flying Bald Eagle (SEP)

Paper:

-Basic Grey patterned paper

-Prism PaperCHF Simply Smooth white

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black

-copic markers

Other:

-The paper studio brads

I hope you enjoyed today's card and will stop by again soon!

-Kristine

Heading to the Coast

The kids are back to school this morning after a week at home. So nice to see them getting a chance to relax a little! Tyler is counting down the days till graduation now.

We are looking forward to spending this weekend at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. They are having a Open House for the incoming Freshmen. We're going to camp at Pismo and visit the campus. It should be a fun weekend. We all love camping on the beach. Thinking about the upcoming weekend got me thinking about my Scene it stamps which haven't seen much love lately so I pulled them out and made this card "just for fun"!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-By the seashore (Scene it)
Paper:
-CHF Simply Smooth white
-Prism paper
Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black
-copic markers
Other:
-ribbon from Hobby Lobby
-nestabilities by Spellbinder

Hope your Monday is off to a terrific start and that you have a great week!

-Kristine

Hope & Peace

I am so excited to finally be stamping after a couple of weeks with no ink on my hands! Hubby pulled out of the driveway at 5:15 AM and I got my coffee and was settled into my chair at 5:20! I can't share what I've been working on this morning because it's for some new releases...but I can't wait to show you later!

So...I'll share a card I made yesterday. It pairs my favorite lighthouse from the Beacon of Hope Scene it set with the newest Mona Lisa Moments set, Sympathy Expressions.


PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-sympathy Expressions (MLM)
-Beacon of Hope (Scene it)
-Scroll Scrapblock

Paper:
-Prism Paper
-Simply Smooth white

Ink:
-Clearsnap Blue Lagoon fluid chalk
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink
-copic markers

Other:
-Ofray Ribbon
-dew drops
-Nestabilities by Spellbinders

I hope your weekend is off to a terrific start! Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Scene it Fun!

Life is speeding up as I get closer and closer to the big marching band tournament that I am running on the 21st! Finally finished the program last night and got it uploaded to the printer. No time to stamp but I still have a couple of things to share with you!

This shaker card is one I made for this weeks tutorial on the CHF Creative blog. You can learn more about it here!And...today is "Scene It" release day for CHF and they have a great new set called "In The Forest". You can see my post about it here. But I have a sample for you on my blog today too!


I hope you enjoyed these samples. I'll try to get back here again this week but until the band tournament is over...no guarantees!

Thanks for stopping by!

Love is a Bridge

The new Scene it set, Gates and Bridges, was released to day by Cornish Heritage Farms. Here is a quick and simple card I made using one of the bridges in the set.

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Graphic Tapestry Background
-Gates and Bridges (Scene it)
-Sentiment Thomas Kinkade

Paper:
-Prism Paper
-CHF Simply Smooth white
Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-L'Amore red palette ink
-copic markers
Other:
-Makin Memories brads

You can check out the set and more samples in the CHF gallery. Thanks for stopping by!

Scene it: Gates & Bridges

I took the weekend off from my blog. Way to busy with the Marching Band stuff! I'll probably be a little MIA on the weekends until after Thanksgiving as the kids have competitions and/or football games nearly every weekend until then! I love hanging with the band even though my stamping time is severely cut into!

There is a new Scene it set being released tomorrow by Cornish Heritage Farms and I wanted to give you a quick sneak peek. It's called "Gates & Bridges" and it is a great addition to many of the past Scene it sets. I just keep collecting them all because it's so fun to combine them together!

This one shows one of the bridges in the set. I'll be back tomorrow with some more fun cards I made with this set. See you then!

PROJECT SUPPLIES:
Stamps:
-Gates and Bridges (Scene it)
-sentiment from The Homestead (Scene it)

Paper:
-Prism Paper cardstock
-Cosmo Cricket patterned paper
-CHF Simply smooth vanilla and white

Ink:
-Adirondack pitch black and rust dye ink by Ranger
-copic markers

Other:
-Nestabilites by Spellbinder
-makin memories brads
-offray ribbon
-martha stewart punch

It's Sale Time...

If you don't get the newsletter from Cornish Heritage Farms you probably don't yet know about the fabulous sale going on in the store this weekend. Liz has some extra stamps that she wants to clear out so she is offering 20 of them at 40% off. Check them out here!

One of the sets for sale this weekend is the Tropics Scene it set! This is a card I made using this set.

Project Supplies:
Stamps:
-The Tropics (Scene it)

Paper:
-Baby Blue Light, Blush Red Medium, and simply smooth white by Prism.
-Patterned paper is DCWV

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black
-Adirondack sailboat blue, aqua, & hazlenut by Ranger
-Copic Markers

Other:
-Sewing machine
-paper piercer
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder

Made it home from South Carolina safely and am spending my Saturday catching up on house hold chores but I will be stamping up a storm tomorrow and Monday!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Scene it Release day....really, I mean it!

Last week I gave you a sneak peek at the newest scene it set and then I realized that I had snuck it a week early....duh! So I deleted the post. Today is the real release of Medeival Travels Scene it set.




Another great addition to the Scene it family and of course it works great with all the other sets!





Here is a card I made with the set:





















Stamps:
-Medieval Travels (Scene it)
-Grasses (Scene it)

Paper:
-Basic Grey patterned paper
-Island Mist Dark by Prism
-CHF Simply Smooth white

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo black dye ink by Tsukineko
-Adirondack strean dye ink by by Ranger
-copic markers

Other:
-tag punch by EK Success
-Cricut die cut
-makin memories silver brads



I made a few more samples that you can find in the gallery. I hope they inspire you to get this set and create! Thanks for stopping by!

Make it Winter

It has been close to 100 degrees all week where I live and I am ready for some cooler weather! I wish I had the ability to just "make it winter" and cool it down! I felt a little cooler while working on these snowy samples for you.

Today the newest Scene it release is coming out over at Cornish Heritage Farms and it's call Make it Winter.

The thought behind it was that it can be used along with some of the other Scene it sets to....yep-you guessed it....Make it Winter!

My first sample uses this new set along with The Ranch:

Don't you just feel cooler looking at it???

Here's another sample using Mountains and Make it Winter.

Sooo many possibilities. I am having a blast seeing how many ways I can combine this new set with the ones I all ready have.

If all the scene cards have inspired you to try to make a scene...don't forget that this weeks challenge over a CHF for the Summer Stamp Star Challenge is to make a scene. You have till Monday to enter your Scene card in the contest.

You could win $50 in free CHF stamps if you win this weeks contest. The gallery is filling up with lots of great cards. I can't wait to see yours!

Scene it Sneak Peek...

Yeppers! It's nearly time for another Scene it release.

A brand new set is being released on Tuesday. I am not going to tell you anything about it yet....but here's a peek at a card I made with it....

I can't wait to show you more so check back soon!

Color Challenge Harbor

I made today's card for the color challenge over at SCS. It's been way too long since I've gotten to participate in one of the challenges because I've been so busy! The colors worked perfectly for this new image. It's the July Stamp of the MOnth over at CHF and will be available tomorrow!

Stamps:
-Harbor Scene (July SOTM)
-Scripture Essential Expressions (MLM)

Paper:
-CHF Simply Smooth White
-Sunflower light, Twilight Dark, Kraft by Prism Paper

Ink:
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-Adirondack Denim dye ink by Ranger
-copic markers

Other:
-Nestabilities dies

Thanks for stopping by!

To celebrate the start of the CHF Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge we thought it would fun to have a little blog hop to help inspire you for the challenges!

Challenge 4 is to Make a Scene: Take elements from one set or many and build a scene in any style from realistic to cute. (Gallery opens at 9 a.m. Monday July 20, 2009 and closes at 9 a.m. on Monday July 26, 2009)

Never made a scene?  Not sure where to start?  I made up a few samples to help get your creative mojo flowing...



This first one was made using Kim Hughes Bear Hugs set.  Many of Kim's sets would work great for this challenge.

I just love the fun whimsical look of this scene.


I finally cut out my newest GM set, The Beach for this next card.  This set is perfect for creating a scene or use any of the great GM vehicles to build a scene around.

My very favorite way to make a scene is with any of the Scene it sets.  Most of these sets come with a huge variety of images so that you can create many different scenes. 

If you don't have any of the Scene it sets yet or you are new to scene stamping I would recommend the Beacon of Hope set to begin with.  It comes with three different light house images, sailboats, birds, and several great sentiments.  You will get tons of use out of this set and it makes it pretty easy to create a scene.

Here is a card that I made using this set.  

Still need some inspiration to get started making a scene?  Go check out the CHF gallery.  Just put in the key word scene and search...there are tons of great samples!  Have fun playing.  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

Now go check out the other blogs for some samples for the other challenges:
Joanne
Lisa 
Mona Lisa
Julia
Sherrie
Becky
Jennifer

New Scene and some Summer fun!!!

Happy Thursday! As I promised yesterday I have a brand new scene it release to share with you today. It's called the Tropics. If you've been a fan of CHF for a while you may notice some old retired images coming back in this wonderful set!

I've made a few samples out of this set all ready. Here's a couple of my favorites for you:

All stamps used to create this scene are from "The Tropics" Scene it set

Paper:

-vanilla and blush red medium by Prism

-CHF Simply smooth white

-Basic Grey patterned paper

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko

-Adirondack pool, aqua, hazelnut dye ink by Ranger

-copic markers

-gold spica pen

Other:

-Prisma flower

-Webster pages ribbon

-dew drops

-sponge daubers

Scene created totally with stamps from "The Tropics" Scene it set

Paper:

-The paper studio patterned paper

-Herbal garden light and suede brown dark by Prism

Ink:

-Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa dye ink by Tsukineko

-Copic Markers

-Adirondack hazlenut, mushroom, pool and aqua dye ink by Ranger

Other:

-sponge daubers

-nestabilities by spellbinder

-lace by Regia from http://www.ellenhutson.com/

-makin memories brad

Now for the summer fun...

Cornish Heritage Farms is having a Summer Stamp Star Design Challenge! Julia has all the info posted here!

I hope you'll join in for the fun!

A drop in the Ocean

Just a quick post for today...trying to make up for being such a lamo blogger last week...

Here is a card that I made a while back that I never shared with you.

 

For this card I die cut the vellum-but my intent wasn't to hide my coloring like I wanted to do on yesterdays card...but to highlight the sentiment.  I just love that saying!

Stamps:

-By the Seashore (Scene It Line)

Paper:
-Baby Blue Dark and simply smooth white by Prism
-Vellum

Ink:
-Clearsnap Blue Lagoon fluid Chalk
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Tsukineko
-Copic Markers

Other:
-Makin' Memories Gold Brads
-dauber
-cuttlebug embossing folder
-Nestabilities die

My week in Atlanta is half over!  Even though I am scheduling this post on Sunday before I leave...I can assure you that I can not wait to get back home on Friday!!  Hope your week is going well!

Nothing Ventured...Nothing Gained..

I don't think I have shared this card with you yet, though, it was on the CHF creative blog last week.  I am having so much fun practicing scenes.  This card uses several different stamps from CHF. 

The Eagle is from the Saturday Evening Post line.  The mountains/trees are from the Mountains Set in the Scene it line, and the sentiment is from the newest Mona Lisa Moments set, Encouragement Expressions.
The clouds and water were all sponged in using Adirondack dye ink by Ranger.

It's the first time I've inked up the Eagle...but it won't be the last!

I am still in Atlanta...aren't you proud of me for getting my posts set up a head of time this week?  Check back tomorrow...

The Homestead

I am taking off in the morning for a few days of camping fun! Garret is playing in an honor band at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo on Sunday and the university is having their open house on Saturday which Tyler wants to go to so we thought we'd go camp at Pismo Beach and kill all the birds with one stone!

I wanted to share this card with you before I leave since a new Scene it set, The Homestead, is being released today. I think one of the things that I love most about the Scene it sets is how they all work so well together. For this card I combined The Homestead with Mountains.

Stamps:
-The Homestead (Scene it)
-Mountains (Scene it)
-birds are from Beacon of HOpe (Scene it)


Paper:
-Prism Paper cardstock


Ink:
-Adirondack Juniper, Aqua, Meadow, Pebbles, & hazelnut dye ink by Ranger
-Memento Tuxedo Black dye ink by Ranger
-Copic Markers


Other:
-Ribbon from www.ellenhutson.com
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-black brads
-sponge daubers

I am going to set up my post for tomorrow but then I won't be back till next week! Have a great rest of the week!

Heartfelt Color Challenge

I took the day off work because the kids have a bunch of appointments that I have to run them around to today so I had some time to do the color challenge on SCS this morning.

I used the newest set from the Scene it line that is being released tomorrow. It's called The Homestead.CHF Stamps:
-Pretty Pattern Backgrounder
-The Homestead (Scene it )

Paper:
-Twilight Medium, Sunflower Light, Iced Pink, Suede Brown Dark, and simply smooth white by Prism

Ink:
-Adirondack Hazelnut, aqua, meadow, lettuce, and black dye ink by Ranger
-copic markers

Other:
-Nestabilities by Spellbinder
-EK Success punch
-ofray gingham ribbon
-crochet flower from http://paperblooms.etsy.com

Technique: masking

I used to be so intimidated by masking and scene making but it is fast becoming one of my favorite ways to stamp! If you haven't tried it yet-starting with one of the scene it sets is a great way to start because each of the sets comes with everything you need to create a complete scene. I hope you'll give it a try!

Nearly a week away...

Sorry I've been absent this past week. I got home from North Carolina late on Wednesday last week and had a pile of home stuff (shopping, laudry, etc) to do as well as three days worth of my real work that I had to catch up on!

I haven't stamped in two weeks!!! But I do have another card that I made with the Under the Sea set from the last Scene it release to share with you.

I used the colors from the Basic Grey patterned paper as my inspiration and love the way it turned out. I am hoping to stamp later today...we'll see how it goes!