Love U Card

Happy Saturday, Everyone! 

I hope you all are enjoying your weekend so far. 

I am SO happy to be back to "normal" and am able to craft again! That flu was NO joke!! Anyway, today I'm sharing a sweet Valentine's Day card or an everyday love card with all of you. I seen this idea on Pinterest and thought that it was SUPER cute, so I decided to scrap-lift the idea and use this for my swaps cards this month. 

I created the top card layer using my Silhouette Cameo and my Make the Cut program. I also cut the hearts and the letter U with my Cameo as well. I inked the edges of the hearts and the "U" to give them a bit of a pop. I stamped "love" on the banner and  added a pop dot underneath to give it some dimension. I added some bling to the letter U and adhered it to the banner. 

For this card I used the following products 

Heidi Swapp designer paper (2009 - it's an OLDIE)

Recollections bling 

Pink by Design Stamps 

Silhouette Cameo 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you've enjoyed my card and are getting ready to start creating some of your own Valentine's cards. It will be here before we know it! 

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 

Vinyl... Vinyl... and MORE Vinyl

Happy Monday!!

Wow... the weekend just flies by entirely too fast!! And, can you believe that Thanksgiving is THIS week already?!? Wow... this year has really flown by!!

Well... today I'm sharing with you all some of my vinyl projects I have been working on over the last week or so. I finally decided to take the plunge and indulge in vinyl. I was always so intimidated by vinyl, but finally I dove in feet first. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!! 

So, here are a few of the projects I've done. I just started off slow with a few ornaments. Now, I hope to move on up and do some frames and other fun vinyl projects! 

As you can see, I was having a blast with vinyl! I'm SO addicted now!! Well, that's all for today. Thank you all for stopping by and taking a peek at my vinyl projects. I hope I've inspired you to play with some vinyl too!! 

Hugs, 

Kristy 

Lucky Me Twinetastic Tuesday!!

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!! I hope your week is off to a great start! I'm here today sharing this fun St. Patty's day card with all of you.

I really cannot believe how quickly this month has gone by, and furthermore, how quickly this year is already going! The only good thing about how quickly it is flying is that spring is approaching. I'm SO ready for some warmer temps here!! Although, it's snowing at the moment. Boo.... 

Here's my card

For this I used the Olive Green Timeless Twine, a white gel pen for doodling and the SVG's are from Scraptastical Kreations. I wrapped the twine around the scalloped square base (the white), and then applied the top base or the shamrock on top. It gives it a great touch and lots of dimension as well. Add a bit of doodling to give it that extra kick and you're good to go. 

Supplies Used:
Paper - Paper Studio Black & White Cardstock. Coredinations - green cardstock 

Timeless Twine - Olive Green

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations - Sophisticated Scallops

Silhouette Cameo

Thanks for taking a peek today and I hope you all have a fabulous week! 

Happy Scrappin',

Kristy 

Nerdy Kind of Swag

It's Hump Day. YAY!!! I'm so happy to be half way through the week. It's been a rough start to this week, and I'm hoping for a better ending than it was a beginning. But, on the bright side - I did manage to get two days of scrappy time in. It was a much needed therapy session, that's for sure!! 

Today I wanted to share this fun layout with all of you. This is my son last year for spirit week and it was "nerd day". I have to say... he was the cutest darn nerd I'd ever seen (ok, I know, I know, I'm a bit biased). I'm sure you're all wondering why I have pink on a boy's layout, right? Well, he wore a pink shirt and green suspenders. I don't get to use pink on a boy's layout often, but when I can get away with it and it works, I LOVE it!!! Plus... he likes pink! 

I will also be entering this layout into the "About a Boy Scrapbook Challenge". I'm SO excited to finally see a challenge blog for ALL about boys!! With having two boys, it's sometimes hard to fit boys into the flowery and girly sketches and/or colors, so this is perfect for me!

I used these two files from my store, Scraptastical Kreations. 

A Geeky Kind of Love

Element Me This

Other Supplies Used

Cardstock: Kraft (Michael's), Pink & Green (Coordinations), Black (Paper Studio)

Timeless Twine - Kraft & Black and Bubble Gum Pink 

Alphabet Stickers - Dollar Store find 

American Crafts fine tip black marker 

white gel pen 

Silhouette Cameo 

Thank you for taking a peek at my layout today and I hope I've inspired you in some way. 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy : ) 

Cameo Creations Challenge!!!

Happy Thursday!!

It's time for a Cameo Creations Challenge!! This week's challenge is to create a Valentine's Tag.

The only requirement is to follow this week's theme/challenge, along with your Cameo (or any Silhouette machine), of course!!

Let's take a peek at the goodies you can win when you enter your project over on the Cameo Creations Blog. 

$10 Gift Card

Now, let's take a peek at my project

Ingredients:

Paper - Kraft, Black Cardstock, MME Patterned Paper

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Timeless Twine - Strawberry Cupcake

Paper Studio Embossing Folders

White Gel Pen 

Silhouette Cameo 

Thank you for taking a peek at my tag today and for taking a peek at the Cameo Creations challenge this week. We hope that you'll join us over on the blog and share your "Anything Goes Christmas" project with us this week! As always, I hope I have inspired you in some creative way today! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Love Card

Hey Everyone!!

It's time for me to share this week's Timeless Twine DT posting with all of you. This week I'm sharing this super cute and super simple "Love" card. 

For this card I cut out a heart using my Cameo and adhered the twine to the top of the heart and trimmed the edges and added some diamond glaze to give it a glossy detail. I then cut out a couple more hearts and turned them into paper buttons. I added the most awesome touch with some Strawberry Cupcake Timeless Twine. This is def a MUST HAVE twine for everyone!! 

Strawberry Cupcake

Thanks for taking a peek at my project today. I hope you all have a fabulous day!

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Cameo Creations Challenge!!

Happy Thursday!!

It's time for a Cameo Creations Challenge!! This week's challenge is to use pink and brown, along with your Cameo (or any Silhouette machine), of course!! I LOVE this color combo! It was so much fun to finally play, as I've been down with scaiatica the last two weeks. I forced myself to sit in the chair and scrap, and it felt great!! Anywhoo...

Let's take a peek at the goodies you can win when you enter your project over on the Cameo Creations Blog. 

$10 Gift Card

Now, let's take a peek at my "Pink and Brown" project

Ingredients:

Paper - Paper Studio Patterned Paper

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Timeless Twine - Kraft Brown

Misc Ribbon

Silhouette Cameo 

Thank you for taking a peek at my layout today and for taking a peek at the Cameo Creations challenge this week. We hope that you'll join us over on the blog and share your "Anything Goes Christmas" project with us this week! As always, I hope I have inspired you in some creative way today! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

Reason For the Season Blog Hop

Welcome to the "Reason For the Season" blog hop. We're happy to have you all here with us today to celebrate the reason for the season. Each blogger will have their own interpretation of their reason for the season, and I hope that you find loads of creative inspiration along the way. 

We have an amazing line up of crafty ladies, as well as a generous amount of  awesome sponsors to help make this blog hop an amazing one!!

**To be eligible to win any of the giveaways in the hop today, you will need to comment on each blog in the hop and become a follower of all blogs in the hop as well. It is not a requirement, but I do kindly ask you to show our sponsors lots of love on their blogs and/or Facebook fan pages thanking them for their generosity in sponsoring this hop. I will have a link below to each sponsor's store, as well as their blog and Facebook fan page if applicable.**

I want to thank ALL of our sponsors so very much for their generosity. I appreciate each and every sponsor we have today and thank them a million times over!

Here are our AMAZING sponsors!!  It's a long list! 

Peachy Keen 

PK has sponsored a face stamp package ($25 value) 

PK Store - Click HERE

PK Blog - Click HERE

PK Fan Page - Click HERE

Timeless Twine

Timeless Twine has spnosored a 100 yd party pack

Timeless Twine Store: Click HERE

Timeless Twine Blog: Click HERE

Timeless Twine Fan Page: Click HERE

Unity Stamp Co. 

Unity has sponsored 10 Itty Bitty stamps
I'm doing 2 winners (5 stamps each)

Unity Store: Click HERE

Unity Blog: Click HERE

Unity Fan Page: Click HERE

Pazzles

Pazzles has sponsored a tool kit (1 winner)

Pazzles Website: Click HERE

Pazzles Fan Page: Click HERE

Xyron

Xyron has sponsored 2 mega runners - 2 winners

Xyron Store: Click HERE

Xyron Fanpage: Click HERE

Make the Cut 

Make the Cut has sponsored one a copy of their program (1 winner)

MTC Website: Click HERE 

MTC Fan Page: Click HERE 

Pink by Design 

Pink by Design has sponsored a stamp set to 1 winner 

PBD Store - Click HERE

PBD Blog - Click HERE

PBD Fan Page - Click HERE

3 Girl Jam 

3 Girl Jam has sponsored a $15 GC to their store. 

3GJ Store - Click HERE

3GJ Blog - Click HERE

3GJ Fan Page - Click HERE

The Beary Scrap

The Beary Scrap has sponsored a prize package. 

TBS Store: Click HERE

TBS Fan Page: Click HERE

TBS Blog: Click HERE

Jen Shorey

Jen sponsored this stamp set (1 winner)

Jen's Blog: Click HERE

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs 

LSHD sponsored a $20 GC to her store (1 winner)

LSHD Website: Click HERE

LSHD Fan Page: Click HERE

Bugaboo Digital Stamps

Bugaboo has sponsored 10 images to one winner

Bugaboo Store: Click HERE

Gel-a-tins

Gel-a-tins prize to be determined by Gel-a-tins

Store: Click HERE

Fan Page: Click HERE

The Scrapbooking Queen

TSQ Blog - Click HERE

My Creative Time

MCT has sponsored a super cute stamp set (1 winner)

MCT Store: Click HERE

MCT Fan Page: Click HERE

MCT Blog: Click HERE

Scrapadoodles Scrapbooking 

Scrapadoodles sponsored this super cute stack (1 winner)

Scrapadoodles Fan Page: Click HERE

Kristi W. Designs 

Kristi W Designs has spnosored a $25 GC to her store (1 winner)
KWD Store: Click HERE
KWD Fan Page: Click HERE

Your Next Stamp

YNS sponsored a stamp set (1 winner)

YNS Store: Click HERE

YNS Blog: Click HERE

YNS Fan Page: Click HERE

Charms 24/7

24/7 Charms donated this awesome set above (1 winner) 

24/7 FB Group - Click HERE

Lucy  - Close to my Heart Consultant

Lucy has sponsored some fun Glitter Gels (1 winner)

Lucy's CTMH website: Click HERE 

Lucy's Blog: Click HERE 

Lucy's Fan Page: Click HERE

Scraptastical Kreations 

SK $20 GC to the store (1 Winner) 

SK Website: Click HERE

SK Fan Page: Click HERE

I would like to thank you for taking the time to scroll through the LONG list of awesome sponsors we have! 

NOW... let's get on to the hop!!!

Here is the complete line up 

Kristy - You are HERE

Nancy

CallyAnn

Jamie M

Lucy 

Gill

Tonya

Jeannine

Jen

Cathie

Katie

Suzanne

Lynne

Ashley

Today I'm sharing this layout with all of you titled "Our Two Blessings", which after the tragic events that took place yesterday, that makes my blessings even more of a blessing than before. Please pray for all those families affected by the horrific events yesterday. He truly is the reason for the season, and we need to pray that the Lord with comfort those families that are now going to have to go through the holiday without their loved ones.

So, here's my layout

Ingredients 

Paper - Coredinations & Misc (very old) patterned paper 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations (Reason For the Season) 

Silhouette Cameo 

Now it's time for you to head on over to Nancy's Blog. 

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today, and we all hope that you were filled with loads of Christmas joy, as well as loads of inspiration!

Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop

Welcome to the Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of Christmas tree projects to help you get ready for the Christmas season!

 If you're looking to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Ashley's blog. If you've come from Tara's blog, you're in the right place!

For today's hop, I made this 2 page Christmas layout, with the tree being the main focus aside from the photos. I was trying to do some different styles and follow some sketches, but I'm not too sure how much I really like any. Any hoo... here it is. 

We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

SK Digis

$6 worth of digital stamps

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday December 18th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Beverly's blog. Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Tonya - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Beverly - http://creationsofmykind.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Dawn- http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com 
Anneliese - http://queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!