creating with kristine: January 2017

Sunday, January 15, 2017

Cross Canada 'Catalog Recreations' Blog Hop

Hello my Creative Friends!

Welcome to our CTMH January Blog Hop featuring Catalog Recreations.  To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop! 

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, but if you want to follow us across Canada then please start at the beginning and join at Michelle Stewart's Blog.

If you came from Kirstin MacDonald's Blog, then you are in the right place! 

I've been working through my Sugar Rush paper pack and when I came upon the layout design on Page 31 of the newest Seasonal Expressions catalog, I knew I wanted to use up the remaining scraps and try out the new stamp set too!

Every year I try to get the kids to recreate a photo that I took when they were tiny...back in the day, my son let his sisters give him a smooch!

I call it a Matthew sandwich :)

This year he was having no part of it...he sat for some photos but not an exact match! This version is actually far more entertaining.

I have to admit I haven't really played with the ShinHan markers...I like them...they worked perfectly and the colour match is pretty good too.

Supplies Used:

Sugar Rush Paper Packet (X7215B)
Dreamin' Big-Scrapbooking stamp set (D1714)
Black Momento Ink (Z899)
Raspberry Ink (Z2812)
Sea Glass Ink (Z2813)
Blossom Ink (Z2810)
Whisper Ink (Z2172)
ShinHan Touch Twin markers (Flesh, Rose Pink, Rose Red, Mint Green Light, Turquoise Blue, Pastel Yellow, Pastel Green)
White Daisy cardstock
Sugar Rush Washi pack ( Z3311)
Sugar Rush Dots (Z3310)
Sugar Rush Complements (X7215C)

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Michelle Stewart's Blog!

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring projects featuring succulents and flowers.  So mark February 15th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

One Little Word

One Little Word®.....find.

That's my OLW for 2017...

One Little Word® is something I've always wanted to participate in fully but haven't until this year..it isn't too late for you to join in either privately or publicly (via Ali Edwards products)

My word for 2017 is 'find'...I chose that word as I feel I have a lot more self discovery to do this year and by participating in Ali's 12 month workshop, she can help motivate me to work on myself.

My goal is to share my journey here for any of you that are curious 😊

In her (Ali Edwards) words:

What is One Little Word®?

In 2006 I began a tradition of choosing one word for myself each January—a word to focus on, to live with, to investigate, to write about, to craft with, and to reflect upon as I go about my daily life. These words have each become a part of my life in one way or another—a process I document via simple creative monthly prompts from January to December.

You're invited to join me in choosing your own One Little Word®.

This project centers around a year-long workshop designed to inspire you and offers monthly creative prompts and encouragement as you let this word into your life.

We are excited to offer a growing selection of One Little Word® memory keeping products for you to customize your own documentation process.

Read FAQ's and more information about the project here

Sunday, January 1, 2017

Christmas Past

Happy New Year!

I'm afraid I've been rather absent this past month...I made the decision to focus on my family and friends and wanted to try to stay present there.

Staying off most things technical and being present in the moments was my big goal for December...also starting a December Daily album...inspired by Ali Edwards and a group of people around the world! So much inspiration out there if you only look ❤

I've got a great blast from the past Let's Scrap sketch for you today...

We have a couple months of revisiting some old sketch friends😉

I see my vertical 4x6 CTMH page protectors for this layout...super simple and done!

That's what's important right? Documenting life and the stories they tell...

This is from Christmas 2015

...first Christmas homeless 😉 we were waiting for our new home to finish being built and all living with my parents for 6 months!

It's difficult to get a good photo in page protectors...

So quite simply I slid photos into sleeves and trimmed a couple sheets of paper...added some stickers that coordinated and done!

If you haven't already discovered CTMH's Flip Flaps for adding interest and of course MORE photos! Then here they are! Message me if you want me to hook you up with some...they are AWESOME!