I'm in LOVE!

Happy Sunday!!!! I hope you enjoyed your weekend! This weekend has been a busy one, but a good one. Sat I spent the day crafting with my usuals, which is always a great time. Sat night we had some friends over to watch the Bruins game.  So sad they lost, and today, My son Ryan won his championship hockey game, with a total of 6 goals scored by him..wahooo, and then I crafted a little and worked on my garden.  A great weekend :)

Did I mention that I am in love??? In love with Rick St. Dennis images.  Up until this past week, I had never really heard of him, but now that I have, it's on! I completely LOVE all of his images. I recently got a few of his digi images from I Brake For Stamps, and when I saw these, I had to have the,  The digi I used for this card is Leah.  I knew when I saw her that I need to give her some pink streaks, and that is what I did.  I had so much fun coloring her, and wait to see what else I colored later this week....hehehe...  As always, if you would like to purchase from I Brake For Stamps, feel free to use my DT discount: SAVE10KRISTEN and save 10% on your total purchase. Well, that is all for today. I hope you enjoy your week and happy creating!

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge: Patriotic

Happy Tuesday!!! I hope you had a fabulous weekend.  My weekend was jam packed with events. I had 12 tweens sleep over my house on Friday night, for my daughters Birthday, and then on Sat, I had my sons birthday Party at an Ice rink with 22 kids.  Like I said CRAZY weekend, but a good one.
   This weeks challenge is one of my favorites.....it's patriotic and I just love working with these colors!  I used on of Sherry Baldys images and turned her into an American Birthday Party.  What will you make for this weeks challenge?
Last weeks Father's Day challenge, we had some awesome entries, but as you know, there can only be 3 TOP 3, and they are:

                                                    Tracey

                                                          Susan

                                                             Margie

Fabulous cards ladies Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 banner on the right of my blog!

Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing "Patriotic" Creations!

Peggy

Weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have 2 weeks on Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 in 2 weeks, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC155.....Have a great day and happy creating

Be Happy!

Happy Thursday!  I hope you have had a good week this far. I feel as though the week has flown by, hard to believe it's already Thursday. 
   Today I wanted to share with you a my newest journal page, and I have to say, it is my favorite yet. It is my favorite because it was done over time. Everyday I added something new.  That is what I love about journaling, you start out with a blank and really never know what it's going to look like in the end. This was a blank watercolor paper, that I covered with a piece of word DP.  From there I covered it with Gesso, and then added Dylusions sprays.  If you have never used Dylusions sprays and Gesso together, I have a word of advice, ALLOW drying time.  From there, I added cut out some circles, form a piece of gesso DP that I had previously done, and I glued them down to create the flowers. I did the same thing with the leafs.  I created the flowers with acrylic paint, and quick flicks.  The rest was done with black marker.  The background was created using Gesso, and Dylusions spays like I said, in addition, I a mix of rubber stamps, and some plastic templates, and when it was all said and done this is what I had. It went from a blank canvas to a colorful picture, with no rhyme or reason!!!
   Well, folks, that is it for me tonight. I must get some sleep for this upcoming weekend of kids Birthday Parties.  Wish me luck!  Happy Creating!

Garden fairy

Happy Sunday! So sad to see the weekend come to an end. It was really a nice weekend. Saturday we celebrated my Abbey (12) & Ryan (soon to be 10) birthday with the family, and it is always nice to spend tome with both my immediate family and extended. The kids had a ball, and the weather ended up being lovely. Today, Ryan had a hockey game this morning and we hung around the house the rest of the day doing chores and such, but all in all, it was a relaxing day. With summer in full effect, I thought I would share one of my cards using the Blossom Fairy Avie images by Chelsea Le Design, that I got from I Brake For Stamps. As you may have noticed, I am a big fan of these adorable images, and I chose to make this card, because she makes me think of a "garden fairy", and for the first time in years, I have planted a pretty good size garden, both flowers and veggies, and for the very first time, I have planted potatoes, which I am super excited about. I swear the grow bigger and bigger by the day, anyways, Blossom Fairy Avie just has a summer glow about her and I just loved her with this DP....

    Well my friend, I hope you had as good of weekend as I did, and hopefully you got a chance to get crafty.  I will be back this week to share some journal pages I have been working on. Can you say INKY!!! yikes, what till you see. Again, Happy Sunday and have a great start to the week.

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations: Fathers Day

Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a great weekend. Over the weekend, Mary , Peggy and a few other friends and I went to the Heirloom rubber stamp show in Springfield Mass. We had a blast and I bought a few new toys to add to my collection (yikes)...
    It is hard to believe that we are already in June, and as I look ahead, I am afraid that the summer is going to be over before I know it.  My kids get out of school on the 20th, and then we only have two months to enjoy the summer and they are back to school in the end of August....It sure is going to fly by...With that being said, Fathers Day is approaching, so we are challenging you this week with a Fathers Day challenge.  I have had this stamp forever, and it is perfect for a Fathers Day card for my dad, as I have always been "daddy's little girl".  I have to admit, embellishments for a Male card are always really hard for me, so I decided to leave it without any, even know that I feel like it is "missing something".  Oh well, my dad will like it and won't even think about embellishments...hehehehe!
   Last week, you all stunned me with your gorgeous "celebrate cards for the challenge.  After much consideration, the TOP 3 are:
                                                           Jan R

 

Gro

 

Kreautessa

Fabulous cards ladies Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 banner on the right of my blog!

Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing "Fathers Day" Creations!

                                                            Kim

                                                            Michelle

                                                       Peggy

                                                      Jovita

Weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have 2 weeks on Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 in 2 weeks, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC154.....Have a great day and happy creating

A little piece of Summer!

Happy Thursday!  Happy it is, after two almost two weeks of rain and cold, it is sunny and 90....it really has been a long time coming, as we have had a VERY long cold and snowy winter!  Today I am sharing a little summer cheer with you, with this Little Birdie card I created. I used the birdhouse image by I Brake For Stamps, and some new DP I just purchased.  I have to say, I was a little intimated by the bird, as I wasn't sure how could I color it, but I think it turned out ok.  I completely love the flowers on this image. I can promise that this won't be the last time you see this image, as I can imagine it in every color, with all kinds of DP. 
   As always, if you love this image and want to purchase it, please feel free to use my DT discount code: SAVE10KRISTEN and get 10% off your entire purchase.  Well, I am off to soak up some Vitamin D. Enjoy your day! Happy creating!

Teacher Cards

Happy Monday and for all you U.S. people, Happy Memorial Day!  On this day, I would first like to say THANK YOU to all our military, who fight for us, I would also like to wish my daughter Abbey, a Happy 12th Birthday!  It is hard to believe she is twelve already.  Where does the time go? I can remember when she wanted toys for her birthday, this year she wanted jewelery, cash and Bath and Body works stuff...hummm...Today we spent the day in Boston enjoying the city. We went to Cheers for lunch, fanuel Hall shopping, we walk down Newbury Street and had cupcakes and then took the subway back to where we parked.  It was a really nice day and I think Abbey had a great Birthday!
    So, today I want to share a card that I made, inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest. I can't remember the last time a made a card that didn't involve stamping!  I used a sizzix apple punch, and an EK sucess boarder punch. Simple card and I made a few sets for my kids teachers for an end of the year gift!  I don't like to mass produce cards, but I am sure glad I picked an easy one to do.  Well, am going to enjoy what is left of this gorgeous day. Happy Creating!