Giveaway over at Livas Crafts

Good Morning!! I came across Livas Crafts  blog and she is having what I consider a huge givaway (in her post she said it was small, but once you see what she is giving away you will agree with me). Head over to her blog to see how you could win this:

Well I better get busy I have a card to make for a challenge and would like to get it posted tomorrow!!

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping Challenge:Clean & Simple

Good Morning!! I thought this year I would start entering more challenges as a way to not only challenge myself but to help promote K Andrew Design Art Stamps. I came across Ashley's blog The Glamorous Side Of Scrapping and saw that she had a challenge making a Clean & Simple Valentines Day themed card. I thought perfect I just received my new Valentines Day stamps sets in the mail from K Andrew Design. Now came the tricky part "Clean and Simple". I have just started getting into making cards with more patterned paper so now I needed to revert back into my old ways of card making!! Here is my card for this challenge:

What I Used:
K Andrew Designs Art Stamps: It's Valentines and I Heart You
Memento Ink:Rhubarb Stalk and Tuxedo Black
Friskars Border bunch

Wow I think this is the shortest list of items that I have ever used!! It is a tiny card as well measuring at 2 3/4 x 3 1/4, weird size I know but I cut out the stamped heart and the border then made the card to fit those!!

I have 3 more valentines day themed cards that I have made with these stamps sets and I made them all in a couple hours. I will be sure to post them through out the week!!

Have A Great Day!

God Bless

Kristan

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge:Fantasy Land

Good Morning! Today is another Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew. The theme is Fantasy Land, up to your own interpretation. Again this week I decided to go with the literal and made a card with a mermaid on it. I have seen lots of pocket cards and so I searched on Youtube and found a few but decided to use the same technique as I did with my bookmark, you can see that post HERE. I used a 6x6 piece of paper and did the same fold.

 I added the corner piece to a 4x4 card that I had embossed the front using Divine Swirls Cuttlebug folder. the mermaid is cut from Once Upon A Princess Cartridge at 3". I used Stickles-Crystal on the top of the mermaid and the swirls. The face is from the PeachyKeen-Everyday Character Face Assortment using Memento ink:Tuxedo black. I then ink the hair using Color Box Chalk ink:Yellow Citrus. For the insert I took a piece of paper and inserted it into the pocket and then cut it so that it tucked away into it. I then took my Spellbinders Nestabilities:Label Eight and cut the smallest one out and cut it in half and added it to the back of the insert for a tab. Last but certainly not least I added my sentiment which can be found on the stamp set "Pirate Tales & Fish Scales" and "Food For Thought" By K Andrew Design using the Memento ink:Tuxedo Black.

Pirate Talse & Fish Scales Buy HERE

Food For Thought Buy HERE

Now it is your turn,design a card, layout ,3d item ect. and link it up to Getting Cricky With K Andrew and don't forget to check out what the other design team members have created.

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

Matching Card to my Little Treat Box

Good Morning!! So this year has brought on alot of change for me. In a few months I will officially be "single" again, I cut my hair short 2 weeks ago after growing it out for the last 1 1/2 years and now today I am getting highlight! I am nervous as I have chosen 3 colours to put in my hair and the last time I dyed my hair my daughter was just a baby!! I guess all the change was needed for me to start this new life of mine. Ok so onto my card. Monday I showed you the treat box that I made today I will show you the card that I made to match.

What I Used:
K Andrew Design Art Stamps : Food For Thought
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Eight
Brad
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black

Food For Thought Buy HERE

This was a very simple card to make. I just cut out the two shapes using my cuttlebug and the die then laid them on top of each other and added the brad. I then layered the two smaller nestables and stamped the sentiment. Easy peasy!!

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

Little Treat Box

Good Morning!! Well the weather here in Canada is crazy, yesterday was freezing -13 C when I woke up and this morning it is +2 C going up to +7 C. If it weren't for the rain I would be taking the kids outside to get some much needed fresh air. Ok so I have been seeing alot of different shaped treat bags using just a plain old rectangular box and adding a different shape to the front and the back so I thought I would give it a try.

What I Used:
K Andrew Designs Art Stamps: Food For Thought "You Are...", "Love", "the Best!"
                                                 Winter Wishes "cute"
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Eight
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Floral Fancy
Green Ink: Dollarstore
Memento Ink:tuxedo Black
Flower punch
Brads
Green Gem: Dollarstore

Food For Thought order HERE

Winter Wishes Order HERE

Ok so I used my two favourite colours for this project GREEN & PINK!! This would be a really cute party favour or wedding favour done in the wedding colours and it is super easy to put together!! Now in the magazine where I got the inspiration for this project they had made a set of cards and had them in it as a gift.

Please don't forget that there is still a Simply Sunday challenge going on right now over at Getting Cricky with K Andrew, you have until Saturday January 28th to link up your "Let It Snow" use embossing project.

Also you can still pre-order the new stamps sets from K Andrew Designs click on the link to see them.

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

Getting Cricky "U R So Sweet" Blog Hop

Welcome to the "U R SO SWEET" Getting Cricky Blog Hop!!

We're so happy you could join us for this month's Getting Cricky Design Team Blog Hop!!  We have an EXTRA SPECIAL hop for you this month -- All week long, the Design Team has been featuring many of Kristal's stamp sets in anticipation of the hop...  If you've missed out on any of the week, be sure to check out our previous posts for MORE THAN 100 CREATIVE IDEAS and PROJECTS using Kristal's stamps as well as giveaways, promotions, tips, and tutorials!!  You can find the list of Design Team Members who did the Pre-Hop projects HERE .

If you've hopped along from Debbie's Blog DD's Crafts then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard, or reading this via email, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start at the beginning with Kristal's blog (you'll want to catch up on all the FUN!!)...

Each of Kristal's stamp sets benefit charity. At least $1 per stamp set goes to benefit the charity noted on the stamp set package. Kristal is donating to the following charities: Cancer Angels, Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children, Intrepid & Fallen Heroes, E. Glaser Pediatric AIDS  Foundation, Doorways Shelter for Women & Children (Domestic Violence), Wayside House for Women, Camp Good Days & Special Times, Adopt a Classroom, and Autism Research Institute. Kristal will donate $1 for every stamp set sold, retail or wholesale to the charity noted; and over time believes this will add up to some wonderful miracles for these special people. So you can feel good that each time you purchase a K Andrew Designs art stamp set, someone around the country is receiving some good help!

K Andrew's stamps are all made and assembled in the USA, which is very important to Kristal. This ensures all product materials are safe and that jobs are being provided and maintained in America.  You can learn even more about Kristal's stamps (and pick some up for yourself) by visiting her online store: K Andrew Designs:







Kristal's stamp sets are perfect for cards, layouts, and so much more...

For my project, I'm featuring the Food For Thought, Owly Hoo And Coffee & Tea Time Stamp Sets:

I cut the cupcake box out of the Sweet Tooth Box Project Cartridge at 8 1/2". I used the cherry from the Paisley Cartridge cut at 1.8". I added stickles "cotton candy" to the cherry to glam it up a bit. I glued ribbon onto the bottom of the box before I put it together. For the tag I used the Spellbinders Nestabilities die: Labels Eight and punched a hole in it and looped the crochette yard throught the top of the cupake box. I stamped the sentiment using the Food For Thought set (sweet) and the Owly Hoo (alisious). Now when I thought about making this box I wasn't sure what I wanted to put in it. While driving in the car it came to me, a mini album of my daughter!! So I cut 10 circles from the Paisley Cartridge at 4.5". I laid 5 of them down and used ribbon to attach them as straight as I could. I then placed the other 5 circles on top of the ones on the table to cover up the ribbon. I used the Sizzix Die: Circles 2 and cut my daughters pictures as well as the backgrounds for the cupcake stamp which I used Coffee & Tea Time for. I coloured in the cupcakes using Marvy Brush Markers and stamped the word Sweet under them using the Food for Thought set.

I had alot of fun making this Cupcake box and it would make a great gift for anyone.

Right now Kristal has a special on her stamps if you buy BOTH of the new Valentine's Day sest "It's Valentines" and "I Heart You" then you get the free Mini "Key to My heart" set or if you spent $25 or more in the store then you get a free mini as well.

Also if you use the code "kristanfreeship" when checking out you will get free shipping!!!

Your Next Stop is Erica from
My Cricut Craft Room

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Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Project Day 5

Good Morning!! This is the last project for this week before tomorrows blog hop over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew "U R So Sweet".  It starts at 9p.m EST Friday January 20th. If you missed the other 3 days you can find them HERE, HERE and HERE. Todays card is already in the mail on it's way to a very special person, hopefully it doesn't get lost.

What I Used:
K Andrew Desing Art Stamps: Food For Thought
Just Because Cards Cart.:Owl cut at 11.5"
Cuttlebug Die for the "Hello" sentiment
Black Ink: Dollarstore
Brown ribbon
White Gel Pen

Food For Thought Buy HERE

I loved making this card and using the different sentiments for the background. I know this person loves Owls (this should be a hint as to hoo is getting this card).

 Please make sure you stop by the other Design Team Members to see what they have created using their chosen stamp set. You can find the list of blogs HERE.

Kristal has a total of 5 new stamp releases that are up for pre-order, It's Valentines, I Heart You, All in the Family, All About Animals and Key To My Heart which is a mini. Key To My Heart you can get for free when you purchase the TWO Valentines Day sets or spent $25 or more in the store. To see pictures of the sets click HERE. But that's not all use the code "kristanfreeship" when checking out and you will get free shipping on your purchase!!

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Day 4

Good Morning!! I hope you are enjoying this week of projects so far. If you missed any of the other posts please go HERE and HERE. The other Design Team members and myself are all creating projects using just one of K Andrew Design Art Stamps of our choice. Today I did another card using the Food For Thought stamp set from K Andrew Designs.

What I Used:
K Andrew Design Art Stamps : Food For Thought
Give A Hoot Cart.: Squirrels cut at 2.2"
Memento Ink: Tuxedo black
Stickles: Xmas red
Heart was left over from the cupcake card I made on Monday
Ek Success Corner Rounder ( I also saved the pieces that were cut when rounding the corners, they are the little light pink pieces in the corners)

Food For Thought Buy HERE

This is a very simple card but when I was searching for an image for this sentiment I came across this and knew it was perfect. I had asked for help from my DT sisters and they all gave me really great suggestions the only problem was I didn't have any of the cartridges that they had suggested. My daughter loves feeding the squirrels in the back yard every morning with the daycare kids so I may just turn this card into a layout for her scrapbook!!

Kristal has a total of 5 new stamp releases that are up for pre-order, It's Valentines, I Heart You, All in the Family, All About Animals and Key To My Heart which is a mini. Key To My Heart you can get for free when you purchase the TWO Valentines Day sets or spent $25 or more in the store. To see pictures of the sets click HERE. But that's not all use the code "kristanfreeship" when checking out and you will get free shipping on your purchase!!


Hope to see you back tomorrow for Day 5 of the Pre-Hop. Please don't forget to stop my the other DT Members blogs to see what they have created. You can find the list of blogs HERE. Mark Friday January 20th at p.m EST on your calendars because that is when we are having the Getting Cricky Blog Hop "U R So Sweet".

I am also entering this into the Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #48 Squirrels

Have A Great Day

God Bless

Kristan

Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Project Day 3

Good Morning!! Today is Day 3 of the Pre-hop projects over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew. The hop will start on Friday January 20th at 9p.m EST "U R So Sweet". If you missed yesterdays post you can find it HERE. Today I decided to to turn an ordinary brown paper bag into a work of art.

What I used:
K Andrew Design Art Stamps: Food For Thought
Brown Lunch Bag
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
Ribbon
Spellbinders Nestabilities Die: Labels Eight
Pink Ink: dollar store
We Are Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper:Scallop

Food For Thought Buy HERE

When I first saw the sentiment I wanted to use it in a different way then what first comes to mind. I could have made a card shaped like a sandwich but I wanted it to be different and then I thought what do you put your sandwich into for lunch? A paper bag!! I thought this would be really cute to send to school with your kids (mine isn't in school yet) or with your spouse to work ( don't have one of those YET) wow this sounds really sad:(  Anyways I will be able to keep this for when my daughter does go to school which is in 1 1/2 years. I wanted to give you other ways to use this sentiment and make you think outside the box.

Kristal has a total of 5 new stamp releases that are up for pre-order, It's Valentines, I Heart You, All in the Family, All About Animals and Key To My Heart which is a mini.  Key To My Heart you can get for free when you purchase the TWO Valentines Day sets or spent $25 or more in the store. To see pictures of the sets click HERE. But that's not all use the code "kristanfreeship" and you will get free shipping on your purchase!!
Please stop by all the other Design Teams blogs and see what they have made for today and also don't forget to stop by tomorrow to see what else I have come up with using this One Stamp Set!! If you can't see the inlink you can find a list of the other Design teams doing the week of pre-hop projects HERE.

Have A Great Day

God Bless

Kristan

Getting Cricky Pre-Hop Project Day 2

Good Morning!! If you didn't see my post from yesterday (tiss tiss, Just kidding), you are probably wondering what the title means. Well the Design Team over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew have each chosen a stamp set of Kristal's to show case for the week leading up to the Blog Hop on January 20th. I decided to go with one of Kristal's very first stamp sets that she released, Food For Thought. $1 from each set sold goes towards a charity called Storefront Shelter for Homeless Children. Kristal really researches the charities that she donates to and makes sure that the money is going to were it is suppose to go.

For my first project this week I decided to make a card:

What I Used:
K Andrew Design Art Stamps : Food For Thought
From My Kitchen Cart.: Cupcake cut at 22"
Birthday Cakes Cart. : Hearts cuts at .7"
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Eight
Ribbon
Hole Punch
Stickles: Xmas Red
Score Board
Brown Ink
Pink Ink

Food For Thought Buy HERE

 I scored the nestabilities in half and placed them on either side of my card stock and glued them down. I then took another piece of card stock (alittle bit bigger) and glued it to the back to cover up the back side of the card. I punched holes in the flaps and tied them with ribbon. I scored the wrapper of the cupcake and inked it. I added the stickles to the hearts to give them some glam!

Please don't forget to stop by each of the other Design Team members to see what they have made with there chosen sets.

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

P.S Don't forget to come back tomorrow, if you haven't seen it yet I have a Follow by Email at the top of my page so you will get all the posts sent right to your email!!

Getting Cricky Simply Sunday Challenge: Let It Snow

Good Morning!! It's another Simply Sunday over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew it's called "Let It Snow" and we were asked to use embossing. This is totally up to your interpretation. This challenge I took literally and made my card for next Christmas to go in my stash. I am not part of the challenge this week but still wanted to make a card. (Correction: I am now part of the Simply Sunday Challenge line up as someone wasn't able to do it at the last minute)

What I Used:
K Andrew Designs Art Stamps : Amazing You "You Are", "Awesome"
                                                     Winter Wishes "Snow" and the snowflakes
Spellbinders Nestabilities: Labels Eight
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Snowflake
Memento Ink: Tuxedo Black
White Ink from Dollar Store
Blue Ink Dollar Store
Silver Snowflakes From Dollar Store
Thin Plastic from a package I was going to through away

Amazing You Buy HERE 

Winter Wishes Buy HERE

This is the second shaker card that I have ever made and I had SNOW much fun making it. Please head over to Getting Cricky to see the rest of the design teams projects and find out how you can enter a project in the challenge. Please make sure you show them some love my leaving them a comment they have all worked so hard and are such amazing and talented ladies!!

This coming week each Design Team Member has chosen one stamp set of Kristal's to show case. I will be back tomorrow to show you my first project using.......... You'll just have to come back tomorrow to find out which set I chose!! The rest of the Team has their project up today

Have A Great Day!!

God Bless

Kristan

K Andrew New Stamps Ready for Pre-Order

Good Afternoon!! She has done it again! Kristal Andrew from Getting Cricky With K Andrew has just released yet another two sets of stamps. She is expecting to receive them by February 10th if not sooner.

In The Family Pre-Order HERE



All About Animals Pre-Order HERE

Don't forget she also has the new Valentines Day sets available for Pre-Order as well. Just Click HERE and it will take you right to the Pre-Order page with all the new sets. For every set sold Kristal donates at least $1 to different charities!! Love the mix and match sentiments there are endless possibilities!!

I will be back on Sunday for the new Simply Sunday challenge that will be happening over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew

Have A Great Day!

God Bless

Kristan

Cupcake Birthday Card

Good morning!! I have decided to make a stock pile of cards for various occasions. Today's card is a birthday card and I am not sure I want to give it away!!

What I Used:
K Andrew Design Art Stamps : Coffee & Tea For You & Me "Birthday"
                                                    Winter Wishes "Happy"
                                                    Coffee & Tea Time Images: cupcakes
1"x12" piece of paper to make rosette
Martha Stewart Score Board
Hot Glue Gun
Momento Ink: Tuxedo Black
EK Success Corner Rounder
Marvy Brush Markers

Coffee & Tea for You & Me Buy HERE

Winter Wishes Buy HERE

Coffee & Tea Time Buy HERE

I love using these images to make my own background. I do have some ideas for the coffee beans but have to wait until my brown ink comes in the mail!!  I am hopefully going to be coming up with some masculine cards (which are always the hardest) but if you have any ideas for me using any of these sets or some of Kristal's other sets I would appreciate hearing your thoughts.

Don't forget that there is still time to enter the Simply Sunday Challenge over at Getting Cricky With K Andrew (you have until Saturday to link up) 
Kristal also has her new Valentines Day sets available for Pre-order and she is giving away the 3 sets on her blog, click HERE to take you to that post.

Have A Great Day

God Bless

Kristan