Cards and Scrapping

• Dinner and a Sunset

  • Dinner and a Sunset, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    I took this photo a couple weeks ago on a Friday night after a painful day at work. Honestly I was just ready to go home. I knew the only thing that would wash away the pain would be a great dinner on Mena’s patio and a delicious [...]

• Hers & His

  • Hers & His, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    There’s never enough time in the day is there? So here I am, finally getting around to posting a layout I started like 2 weeks ago.
    I took this photo the first week Jabari moved in. I thought it would be a good representation of our lives finally coming together: [...]

• Wood Flourishes from Kaiser Scrapbook

  • Wood Flourishes from Kaiser Scrapbook, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    Kaiser Craft is slowly but surely becoming one of my favorite brands. My latest love? These cute wooden flourishes. I discovered them at Scrappin’ Good Time on our last shopping trip. They were $4.99 but I absolutely loved them. Had I not been on a budget, I [...]

• A Birthday Card for a Boy

  • A Birthday Card for a Boy, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    At work, we’ve adopted 9 children from Kenya via Compassion International, a Christian charity that helps kids around the world. Recently, I just sorted through my card collection and pulled out a few select ones to donate to my office to send to our kids.
    I realized [...]

• Scrapp’n Booty Time! (And no, not the one I’m sitting on)

  • Scrapp’n Booty! (And no, not the one I’m sitting on), originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    OHHHH MYYYYYYY! So yesterday, I went out on a scrapbook shopping excursion with the gals. It’s the third one I’ve been on so far and as always, I had a blast. We went out to several different shops all the way out [...]

• Mother

  • Mother, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    This is the Mother’s day card I made for my mom this year. Luckily I remembered to take a picture of it before I gave it to her
    Can you believe I haven’t purchased a rubber stamp set since last Christmas? Believe it! I’ve grown so in love with acrylic [...]

• Using the Scor-Pal to Make Envelopes

  • Using the Scor-Pal to Make Envelopes, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    I LOVE MY SCOR-PAL! Probably even more now that I discovered how to make envelopes. There are a couple tutorials on their website here. And I found an A2 envelope tutorial using the Scor-pal here on YouTube. I’ve always wanted to be able to make my [...]

• Color Inspiration Challenge #52 Happy Birthday

  • Color Inspiration Challenge #52 Happy Birthday, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    It’s been several weeks since I participated in one of these so here it is! At first I wasn’t sure how to work with this color palette. In fact, this is the 2nd card I made after the first one turned out boring. I definitely like [...]

• Like a Cat

  • Like a Cat, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    So I made this layout using some of the photos I took of Izzie a few months ago. While I love the layout it’s missing…something I’m not quite sure yet. Oh and by the way, I have enough of these Thickers Shoebox letters to last me a lifetime so [...]

• Waste Not, Want Not

  • Waste Not, Want Not, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    At first I was a little annoyed that All Night Media (a division of PLAID) made their dimensional pop-up dots this way where they left behind so much unused foam.
    But then I realized you can actually make use of some of the unused foam as shown here. Basically [...]