HB2U Card

Hey All!

I hope your week is starting off great! 

Today I'm sharing a Birthday card with all of you. I went WAY out of my comfort zone on this one and I LOVE it!! 

I splattered some cardstock with some Heidi Swapp color shine and some Illusions ink spray by Ranger all over and let it dry. Then I ran the cardstock through my Fiskars paper crimper and adhered it to the base of the card. I first tried to do the top layer with dimensional dots, but that did not look right, so I changed it and removed the pop dots. I stamped the "HB2U" on a small tag that I cut with my Cameo and then added the border tag behind it. I wanted that to pop off the page, so I went with the yellow in order to get that "pop" I was looking for. I'm in love with this card. I LOVE all the splatters of paint and I think it's a super cute and simple card. Am I biased? lol 

The products I used for this card are: 

Heidi Swapp - Sweet Cherry Color Shine

Ranger Illusion Ink Spray - Fresh Lime & London Blue 

Paper Tray Ink - White Cardstock 

Designer Paper (it was scraps and I don't remember the brand) 

Jaded Blossom Stamps 

Thanks so much for stopping by today to take a peek at my card. I hope you all have a scrap happy day!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

Merry Christmas Box

Hey Everyone!! 

Well, I'm running a bit behind on sharing all my Christmas goodies with all of you. I crammed for a craft show two weeks before Christmas, which was a vendor show; Tupperware, Tastefully Simple, etc. So, needless to say that show was a total bust. 

Then, Christmas Day night my youngest son and I came down with the flu. We were in the ER that Friday, sigh. That flu/virus/bronchitis/head cold had us down for almost two weeks! It was horrible! So, that is why I haven't been able to share any of my Christmas creations with all of you. So, I'm slowly getting them posted now. 

Here is a Merry Christmas Box that I whipped up. These boxes from Bella Creations fits the Bath and Body Works mini candles perfectly. This is a great little co-worker gift or a small, fun gift to use for family and friends. 

For this I used the following products 

Timeless Twine - Cherry Red 

Bella Creations - Kraft Pinstripe Boxes

Scraptastical Kreations SVG - Tag 

Jaded Blossom Stamps 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you all have a scrap happy day!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

Oh Christmas Tree

Howdy, All!! 

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a fabulous New Year!! Our New Year is starting off with my son and I being a bit under the weather. Boo!! But, I wanted to quickly share a card with all of you today. 

 I'm sharing a Christmas card... Yes, Christmas, I know it's over, but I wasn't able to share this card for a while because it was used for a DT submission and having the flu, I just wasn't able to do much at all. But, I wanted to be able to share it with all of you anyway. 

I love how the look that the twine gives the entire card. I think it's super cute, simple but elegant. 

For this card, I cut the tree out of a 4 in x 5.25 inch piece of cardstock. I then cut a TON of pieces of the Olive Green twine from Timeless Twine (perfect for Christmas anything!). I ran my ATG adhesive around the edges of the tree and adhered each piece of twine vertically. I also cut the star with my Cameo and added that to the top. Then I found some super cute glittered circle flat backs that fit perfectly as ornaments and added my sentiment. 

For this card I used the following products

Paper Tray Ink Cardstock 

Timeless Twine - Olive Green 

Jaded Blossom Stamps 

Recollections glitter dots 

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you all have a scrap happy day!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

Christmas Candy Dispenser

Happy Thursday, Everyone!! 

I hope you all are recovering from a fantastic Christmas! I'm sure everyone is out taking advantage of all the great sales today!

Today I'm sharing with all of you a super cute way for you to share some mints or candy with everyone during the holiday season. You can even use this for other holiday's or everyday uses through out the year. And, the twine adds the perfect touch to it! 

For this I used the Olive Green Twine and Cherry Red twine. Both of these are perfect for the Christmas season. 

The box I created using a file from the Silhouette store. I love this box and it goes great with ALL the Timeless Twine, and you can use it for ANY occasion you need to.

I hope you all have a twine-tastic day and thank you for stopping by to take a peek at my project today!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

MEFY Challenge

Hey, Hey, Hey... It's Monday!!

Well, this will be our very last MEFY challenge! I want to say that I've had such a fun time being on the MEFY DT, and I'm going to miss our Monday's! I have made some awesome friendships with the amazing DT girls, though, so it still comes out in the end with amazing benefits.

Now, for this week's challenge - it is to use 3 snowflakes on your card

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Scraptastical Kreations

Winner will receive 7 images of their choice.

Here is my card for this week.

Ingredients

Paper - MME

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Timeless Twine

Jaded Blossom stamps 

Be sure to  head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

12 Days of {handmade} Christmas Day 8

Welcome to day 8!! 

Today I am sharing with all of you my handmade Christmas cards! This year it was my goal to make all of my Christmas cards. Well, I'm half way there. They're not all finished, but I have a handful done. Yay!!

Here are a couple of them. 

Ingredients 

Paper - DCWV (older Christmas stack)

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Stamps - Jaded Blossom

Timeless Twine 

Thank you for taking a peek at my day 8 today! I hope to have inspired you in some way!

Happy Scrappin' 

Kristy 

MEFY Christmas Challenge!

Hey, Hey, Hey... It's Monday! That means it's time for another Made Especially For You challenge!!

This weeks' challenge is to create a card using a Christmas Die Cut. This should give you all a boost on those Christmas cards that need to be sent out very soon!!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Whimsical Designs

Here is my card for this week.

Ingredients

Paper - Studio G 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Stamp - Jaded Blossin 

Trendy Twine

Be sure to  head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

A Homespun Christmas Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the "A Homespun Christmas Blog Hop". Thank you so much for hopping with us. We hope this provides lots of inspiration on gifts to make for the holiday season! 

For this hop, we have two sponsors. 

Scraptastical Kreations 

$20 Gift Certificate 

To be eligible you must visit the Facebook page HERE - like and leave a comment. 

Hot Berry Designs 

$20 Gift Certificate 

To be eligible to win you must visit Facebook page HERE - like and comment

You should have come from Christine's blog. If you happened to just luck up on this blog post, best sure to head back to Christine's blog to start at the beginning. You certainly do not want to miss any fabulous gift ideas!

For today's gift, I made up this cute mini paint can filled with Reindeer poop. I thought these would be super cute and fun to give to the kiddos this Christmas. 

I purchased the mini paint can from the $1 bin at Target. Gotta LOVE Target!! 

Ingredients:

Stamp - Jaded Blossom 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations - ric rac border

Paper - Colorbok (Joann's $1 bin) 

Timeless Twine 

Misc ribbon I had in my stash 

Thank you for taking a peek at my project today, and I hope I've inspired you to create a fun gift to give this holiday season!!

Now it's tiem for you to head on over to Nancy's blog and see what awesome handmade gift she has to share with all of you! 

Happy Hoppin', 

Kristy 

Handmade Christmas Tags

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday to you all!! 

I made it a goal to post one project (or two or three) on my blog everyday this week. I'm making good on that goal, and I sure hope to be able to keep it up. Sometimes life just takes a hold and the blog lacks some serious TLC! But, I'm doing great this week! I'm SO proud of myself!! : ) 

Today I am sharing  these really cute gift tags with all of you. They were so simple to make and will add that perfect handmade touch to all my gift giving this year. 

Ingredients: 

Paper: Echo Park - Merry Christmas

SVG: Scraptastical Kreations - Sophisticated Scallops & Label It, Tag It, Frame It

Stamps: Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic 

Twine: Trendy Twine 

Thanks for taking at today's project. As always, I hope I've inspired in you in some crafty way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Reindeer Poop, Anyone?

I have another project to share with all of you today! 

I've been in my happy place just playing with paper. I {LOVE} playing with paper!! Especially during difficult times, as it takes me away from the everyday worries of all that is going on and is my true therapy.

Anyhoo.... I seen a fellow scrappin' sister post a "Give Thanks" sour cream container in the Jaded Blossom Facebook Group, and it inspired me to create one of my own. So, here is this super cute and super easy sour cream container filled with Whoppers for the "Reindeer Poop".

For the paper - I used the reindeer head from the Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic set and stamped it all over my cardstock and colored in just the noses of the reindeer. 

For the container - cut a piece of cardstock 4.25 x 5.5. Once you get your piece cut, in the middle of your piece use your circle punch to punch to peek hole. The, you'll want to put adhesive along the two short edges and along the one long edge. Be sure to only add adhesive to the 3 sides and not all 4 sides. Fold over the two small ends and adhere just the edge of one side to the other. You want it to over lap just enough to adhere together. Adhere the bottom together - leave the top open to put in your goodies. Once you have put in your goodies, seal the top. To crinkle the bottom, most people use a paper crimper. Well, I do not own one, so I had to improvise. I grabbed my scoring board and lined up the bottom of the container, where it just starts to pop out, and scored three lines to give the impression of the crinkle. 

For the tag -  I stamped the saying on plain Kraft cardstock and cut it out (no specific size), rounded the corners, and then cut the same out of red cardstock, just a bit bigger with rounded corners, and then adhered them together. I punched the hole with a regular hole punch and then put through my Divine Twine and wrapped it around the top of the container.

Easy Peasy and SO cute! 

Here is the stamp set I used on this one - Jaded Blossom stamp set - Reindeer Magic 

Thank you all for taking a peek at my project today. As always, I hope I have inspired in your some crafty way! 

Happy Scrappin'

Kristy 

Reindeer Food

I was SO excited to get my Jaded Blossom stamps today! I have SO many ideas for this stamp set, and I cannot wait to share them with all of you! 

So, with that said -- my first project I want to share with all of you is this super fun and super cute ornament. My boys are both too old for the "Reindeer Food" tradition, but they LOVED going out and sprinkling it on the lawn for Rudolph and his crew to find. I thought it would be really cute to make this tradition into an ornament for them to hang on the tree this Christmas instead. 

Here is my ornament 

Here is a closer up photo as well

(I apologize for the glare - no matter what I did... it was there. I didn't even use a flash, lol) 

I just mixed the oatmeal and glitter together and used a funnel to put it inside the ornament. I purchased the ornament from Jo-Ann's and it's a plastic ornament, not glass. I measured the stamp to make sure the exact size to but my SVG tag, and then I stamped the poem on the tag. Once I did that, I  then  wrapped the tag around a pencil and slid the pencil inside the ornament and shook the tag off. I used some long tweezers to get the tag positioned and unfolded. Note: Add your tag to the inside of the ornament before you add the reindeer food - makes it much easier that way. 

Ingredients:

Paper - Echo Park Merry Christmas 

Stamps - Jaded Blossom - Reindeer Magic

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations - Label It, Tag It, Frame It

Divine Twine - Holiday

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my ornament today. I hope I have inspired you to create a fun ornament for your tree this Christmas. 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy