Wednesday, May 20, 2009

I only post twice a week

apparently! ;p I guess with spring here and school getting ready to finish up for the year, I've just had a lot on my plate. BUT the good thing is- I have lots of stuff to share with you today.



First- would you like to win $500? Reminisce is debuting their Freedom Collection and you can win by entering your best layouts using a majority of the new Freedom Collection! You have til June 15th to get yours in!


Next I have a challenge post- no not some blog challenge, but one that my sister, Kelly, sent me.
I had borrowed her Close To My Heart stamp set- Cottage Floral- and she had these scraps left of the papers that match the stamps. So she challenged me to make as many cards as I could with them. She also sent me these terrific envelopes- so I used those to make the card, and a simple stamped notecard to go inside.

I also made two regular cards, but it was fun to use a collection I'd never played with, and I loved stamping and cutting out the flowers! I used my Colorbox stamp inks- and popdotted up all the cutout flowers. I also used one of her CTMH butterfly stamps as well.


Next I am sharing one of the layouts I did for the bobunny blog. For this layout, I used the cool tool, the FLEX ruler- I made a wave and cut it out, matching it again for the top and bottom and cutting out a second set for a layered look. I also used lots of Pet Shoppe papers and stickers. This is our kitty Sugar, she's my sweetheart.

Next is a layout for the Alissa line- ( so close to my oldest's name- think I can convince Jan Lanoy that she needs an Alizabeth line? or maybe an Annalise line? hmmm- Kris sounds like it should be full of teals, lime greens and oranges! LOL!)

This layout has my youngest with her sweet sweet cousin! I used tons of Alissa stuff on here, including stickers, borders from Alpha combo and journal cutouts as well.

And lastly, I have an enormous sweeth tooth! Do you?
I would love to feed your sweet tooth with some awesome blog candy!!
I am celebrating- 15,000 hits on my blog!!! woohooo!! I never thought that I would even come this close to having so many of you visit me. I am still a few months from my one year blogiversary, and I am amazed to see the line of faces of those of you who have taken the time to become followers of this blog- I {heart} you all!!
Thank you for coming, every day, once a week, even once in a while, to drop in and see what I've been up to! My special thanks go to everyone who has left me comments and compliments on my work.
So to win this candy- what do you need to do?
just leave me a comment somewhere on my blog before June 1! please USA residents only- international ship is too pricey for me ( if you are international and would like to leave me a comment, just let me know so I don't enter you)
thank you all so much- couldn't have come this far without you!!
here is a pic of the candy- there is a mega pack of Flair Sports paper, some colorbok papers, Reminisce rubons and stickers, some MM stickers and tearouts , Bobunny flowers and colorbok small embellies, along with a chipboard album and Oh Baby idea book.


Have a most wonderful wonderful day!
kris

22 comments:

Kelly said...

Kris, LOVE LOVE LOVE the challenge cards! You certainly outdid yourself and what a great idea to change the envies to cards with an insert! Great job- now can I have my set back????? ROTFLMAO!

AUsome mom said...

Girl! How much more could I LOVE all of these cards, envies and LO's?? All of them are just too fantabulous!!! Thanks for sharing AND thanks for the chance at some incredible candy!! :)

madcapfrenzy said...

Congrats on your 15,000 hits! I LOVEEEE your Meow layout. Looks so much like one of my kitties too. :) I love your cards and scrapbook pages. Adorable!

Unknown said...

I {heart} all the cards you created with CTMH things - lovely!!! My favorite of the layouts is the Meow one, although they're both gorgeous! Good job Kris - keep up the inspiration :)

Nicole said...

WOAH! 15 GRAND! CONGRATS!!

Super cute cards and layout!

Thanks for the opportunity to win some deliciousness! :)

DIY Daily Darling! said...

I love it when you are on the hops because I take the chance to look at your blog. I was just browsing your blog again today to see all your cute cards and ideas again and saw that you had listed a little give away. Can I just say I wish I had even an ounce of your creativity you do such cute things. And I also want to thank you for your generousity at giving others a chance to win some fun things.

~amy~ said...

LOVE all of your cards/lo's...you are chock full of colors & details!

Thanks also for the chance at your super blog candy :)

connie said...

Love the cards and your blog.

Jennifer said...

Congrats on all the hits! I am so loving those cards.

Unknown said...

Gorgeous creations Kristen! You did amazing things with that one set of stamps!

whoistracy said...

Oh what wonderful cards!! I love your sense of style and color. I love all of the cut-out flowers on these. Congrats on 15k hits, too. That's amazing!!

Julia Sandvoss said...

Kris..now don't enter me. I just wanted to post how beautiful all those cards are and how lucky I am to have such a talented gal on the BB team! Love all the recent cards you've posted! Makes me rethink about CTMH! :-)

Nicole said...

What a great RAK. I love your blog and read it everytime you post something new. You give me great inspiration.
Have a great day.
Nicole M.

Juliana Michaels 17turtles said...

Love your work! I arrived here via Shanna's blog! Thank you for all the wonderful inspiration!

Jan said...

Congrats on 15,000 hits! I love your blog and visit it often - so much inspiration here. Thanks for a chance to win some fantastic candy!

Millie said...

Beautiful cards and fun to feed my sweet tooth!! Hope your Memorial Day weekend is sunny and fun!

Mel said...

I love your blog...the cards were great, love those colors. Thanks for the chance to win and the 15000 hits!

~dawne said...

What wonderful projects Kristen. I really like your cat layout...I might even lift it:)

Susan Westberg said...

I follow your blog and love everything you make - so creative! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies. It's my birthday tomorrow so it would be an awesome present if I won. :) Good luck to all!

Carla Harrah said...

You are so talented. Great work!

Christina said...

Again, I'm just blown away at your card making gift!! Thanks for the chance to win some blog candy, as if looking at your work wasn't enough of a treat!! :O)

Anonymous said...

I am always amazed with the cards you make for Card Patterns!...so talented! Congrats on 15,000 hits:)