Cards and Scrapping

• Hello Friend!

  • Here’s one of my first cards in compliance with my 2010 Resolutions post. I’ve had this Bo Bunny paper in my stash for a while and since I love the swiss dots pattern, I wanted to try and use it in a card. Some of these items aren’t available but below are the supplies I [...]

• How to Make a String and Button Envelope

  • When I was in college, I worked as a student assistant in the Humanities department. The mail system at school utilized these large, yellow manilla envelopes, some with these ties that you looped around these plastic circles to close and secure the envelopes.
    Since then, I’ve seen envelopes using a similar method at stores like Paper [...]

• Felt Gift Tags

  • Felt Gift Tags, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    So I’ve become a huge fan of The Purl Bee blog and Purl Soho.
    The other day, they posted this project on felt gift tags which I thought was such a great idea. I absolutely love handmade stuff, right down to the gift packaging. I bought 4 pieces of [...]

• Oh, The Weather Outside Is Frightful

  • Day 2, originally uploaded by krisalis903.
    It snowed today. It was so crazy this morning. I heard Jabari just about to leave out the front door when he called to me. “Kristine, it’s snowing!” At first I thought he was just saying that to get me out of bed (he’s jealous that I start work later [...]

• Manifesto

  • Journal Your Christmas 2009 Manifesto, originally uploaded by krisalis903.
    I’m awake pretty late working on this page. Surprisingly it wasn’t due to lack of creativity, it was due to a certain someone who had a cookie contest at work and needed help baking. I started working on this page around 10 and finished a little past [...]

• Treasures

  • Treasures, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    I bought these 3 papers from Aaron Brothers today at 50% off. I initially went in there to purchase some picture hanging wire, but as I was browsing the aisles, I saw they had their paper racks severely discounted so I picked up a few sheets of 25 x 25″ paper.
    The [...]

• December Daily Update

  • December Daily Update, originally uploaded by krisalis903.
    Ok so far I have 9 layouts planned out. As far as topics, I have roughly 13 (but I need 25).
    I’m considering joining Shimelle’s Journal Your Christmas. It’s only $32 and membership never expires. You can’t top that. And in fact it actually complements the December Daily album [...]

• Easy Card-Making Tips for the Holidays

  • I’ve been making my cards every year for the past few years and along the way, I’ve picked up a few tips from other fellow card makers that can make the process a lot easier and less stressful for beginners.
    Assembly Line
    If you’re making more than 10 cards (and aren’t bursting with creativity and spare time), [...]

• 2009 Christmas Card Series: ‘Tis the Season

  • This year I’m going to do something I haven’t done before. I’m actually going to demonstrate how I make my Christmas cards before sending them out Each year, I do 3 sets of 10 cards for a total of 30 cards. Each card is specifically designed to make it easy to create “assembly [...]

• Getting My Feet Wet

  • Getting My Feet Wet, originally uploaded by krisalis903.

    The first scrapbooking I do in several months and I workin a size (8×8") that’s new to me. It’s a slight difference, but not too much.
    I’ve been working on my December Daily album. This is pretty much what my pages look like: some Christmas paper, a few photos, [...]