Hybrid

More iNSD Fun!

| cristina

I’m late posting this, but yesterday some gorgeous new kits were released, and I really have to share! But let me start with something for today:

#1 Mom Card

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!

Now, on to the goodies! Jenn Barrette has some fantastic new kits, all for sale 30% off in her shop.

I am SO in love with this kit!! I managed to do these 2 cards just hours before my mom arrived, but I can’t wait to scrap with this kit too!

I Love You Deer card

And look at these gorgeous collabs with Kristin Cronin-Barrow! One for books:

And the other for movies:

They will certainly come in handy to scrap about two of my passions! They also come as a bundle to save some $$$.

Changing gears, I have something else to show you, a quite extraordinary kit by Sahlin Studio and Ju Kneipp:

Boy, do I have some catching up to do!! All these kits are just sooo yummy!

May Memory Lane

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Each month, Krista of Sahlin Studio selects one of her products to be featured in Memory Lane: if you use that product and post a page in her gallery at the LilyPad, you get a chance to win a gift card for her store! For May, these are the Memory Lane products:

They’re both gorgeous and I had never used them before, so Friday night, while I was waiting for my mom’s plane to land, I made a quick card. I think the colors of this kit are perfect for Mother’s Day:

Mother's Day Card 2011

Have a great week!

Surviving Easter

| cristina

It has been a tiring weekend! First getting the house and food ready for our Easter guest, and then eating all the delicious food DH made. I’m almost glad to be back to work today! (almost) 😉 DH got an Easter card for Project 52 Cards, Week 17:

Week 17

You can see the Week 17 card here.

Easter’s On Its Way!

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I know, I know… I’d said that I wanted to stay away from hybrid this week so that I could focus on getting caught up with my P365 and getting the house ready for my mom’s visit… But when I saw the new Easter kit by Jenn Barrette, how could I possibly resist?? 🙂

It is adorable!! The colors are perfect for Easter, the patterns so soft and delicious, and the bunny and chick are too cute for words! I love this kit! I made a quick but oh-so-cute project with this kit, an Easter centerpiece:

Easter Vase 1

Easter Vase 1

Easter Vase 1

It will turn in handy, too, because we’re having a friend over for Easter, and this will look so nice on the dinner table! 🙂 I also made a pretty card, but I will post that here tomorrow. 😉

Monday

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Less than one week to Easter, less than two weeks to my mom’s visit… and I have so many things I’d like to get done before then!! First of all get the guest room tidied up (=move all my craft supplies out of the way…), then catch up on some of my P365… Luckily, I have at least 4 or 5 weeks’ worth of P52 Cards done already, so if I can force myself not to do any hybrid for the next few days, I should have quite some time on my hands to get the other stuff done. 🙂 I gave DH one of the monkey cards yesterday. 😉

P52 Cards - Week 16

You can see the Week 16 card here.

I am waiting to hear about three important things today, 2 work related and 1 scrap related. I hope to hear some good news soon! Hearing bad news on a Monday is a sure killer. 🙂 Have a great week!

Choose To Be Happy

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Jenn Barrette has a fabulous new collab out today with Lauren Reid (and it’s 20% off!):

All the word art pieces in this kit are so cool! I am loving all the pages with this kit in the galleries! I used it for an inspirational ATC, and, boy, did I need it on Wednesday evening when I made it: I’d had a pretty rough day at work and really needed to think positive.

ATC Choose to Be Happy

As you can see, it’s already sitting in my artist printer’s tray along with this ATC, and when I’ve filled in the remaining 10 spots I’ll get it hung on the wall. 🙂

Monkey Business

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I finished these cards on Monday and only just realized I haven’t blogged them yet. I am SO happy with how they turned out! But it’s no surprise, since I used this gorgeous collab by Jennifer Labre and Kate Hadfield:

Those monkey are adorable! (And I’m not even particularly fond of monkeys! 😉 But these are just irresistible! 😉 )

I Love Hanging Out With You card

Credits:
Monkeying Around by Jenn Labre and Kate Hadfield
New Growth alpha by Kate Hadfield
Font: Firefly castle

This card is so much more fun in person: I didn’t adhere the monkeys’ bodies to the card, so they swing around when you move the card. Too cute!

You Drive Me Bananas card

Credits:
Monkeying Around by Jenn Labre and Kate Hadfield
Background paper from Growing Something Good by Jenn Barrette
Font: Firefly castle

I told you I was in love with that wood paper. 😉

Easter Banner

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I can finally share the project I did for the April ScrapMatters newsletter: an Easter banner!

Easter Banner

Credits:
Shaped Cards: Spring, Egg Templates and Accordion Flowers by Krisi’s Kreations, The Carrot Patch by Chelle’s Creations

I had so much fun cutting out all the pieces with my Silhouette, and the banner looks great now! 🙂 It’s not against the wall as in the picture above, it’s hanging freely over DH’s armchair! Here are some of the details:

Easter Banner

Easter Banner

Easter Banner

I will have a hard time taking this down once Easter is over! 🙂