Enjoy a Labor Day sale at A Cherry on Top!

 Hey there friends, thought I would pop on in and share that A Cherry on Top is having a great Labor Day sale if you're in the mood to do a little shopping!

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I'm sorry I haven't been keeping up with my blog lately but I am posting fairly frequently over on Instagram HERE.

Here are two of my latest fall inspired cards.

I hope you get a chance to do someting crafty this weekend!

~Kristina

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It's Cyber Monday deals!

 Just poppin' in to share a few deals for Cyber Monday.

A Cherry on Top

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Scrapbook.com

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Scrappy Tails Crafts

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Altenew

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Happy shopping!

~Kristina

Some crafty Black Friday sales

Here are a few of the Black Friday/Pre Black Friday sales I have seen.  

A Cherry on Top

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Trinity Stamps

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Scrappy Tails Crafts

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Happy shopping!

~Kristina

Simple Stories Acorn Lane - Take three!

I know everyone is probably in holiday card making mode but I'm still feeling the fall vibes!  I really do love the Autumn Lane collections from Simple Stories so much.  Gotta keep using it!  So, I've got two cards to share with you today. 

How fun is this??  I created the background panel using all five of the Acorn Lane washi tape.  I started in the center on a white panel and then just kept adding strips of the different tapes until the card was full.

The mushroom panel and sentiment strip comes from the Journal Bits & Pieces pack.  The leaves and sprig comes from the Floral Bits & Pieces pack.  I did add foam to the back of the sentiment strip before adding it to the card.  

I did splatter the entire card front with watered down copper acrylic paint.  I also add a couple dots on the mushroom with Nuvo Honey Gold glitter drops.

Ok, let's look at my second project.

This box is a fabulous die created by Davina from Popsiclesticks in her Etsy shop.  It's called the Grace Peek-a-Boo box and I love it.  You can find it HERE.  She also has other dies and cute stamps in her shop too.  Check her out!

I used papers from the 6" x 8" paper pad.  I used items from the Floral Bits & Pieces and Bits & Pieces ephemera packs.  I splattered the box  and the inner panel with watered down gold acrylic paint. I ink blended the edges of the floral paper with brown ink.  I added Nuvo Honey Gold glitter drops in several different areas.  And I love it!  This folds down flat and fits in a standard A2 sized envelope.

I hope you've enjoyed all the goodies I've made with the Acorn Lane collection from Simple Stories.  Guess I'll have to pick a favorite winter/holiday collection next!

Toodles!

~Kristina

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YouTube live with You Made That!

Just wanted to let you know I was just on a YouTube live with my friend Tina from You Made That!  She's celebrating her one year YouTube anniversary and I was thrilled to be a guest.  Go give it a watch along with her 3 other guests from today.  You can find my video HERE.

Have an awesome day!

~Kristina

Simple Stories Acorn Lane part two

Popping back in to share my next creation using the Acorn Lane collection from Simple Stories.  

Not only did I use the Bits & Pieces again, this time I busted out the Acorn Love stencil!!  I used Rich Cocoa Nuvo glimmer paste.  I don't think you can get this paste anymore but I just love the deep brown color of it.

I started with the glimmer paste on white cardstock which I cut out with the largest die from Trinity Stamp's Stitched Layers Stack mini slimline dies.  When I finally decided on what patterned papers I wanted to pull in, I ink blending a muted blue ink all over it.  I also added some splatters with the same color.  I pulled out the lovely gingham pattern in the 6x8 paper pad.  I lucked out and found the matching tag in the ephemera pack! 

To dress up the tag, I dragged the edges through my Versamark ink pad.  Next I sprinkled on some gold embossing powder and melted it with my heat tool. I added some strips of colored cardstock on top of the acorn layer and put foam tape behind the big birdhouse element. All done!

Thanks for visiting!

~Kristina

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Simple Stories Acorn Lane

I may have discovered my most favorite Simple Stories collection of all time...Acorn Lane.  I love pretty much everything about this collection.  The colors, the elements, the cute birds and foxes, those fun acorns.  You name it, I love it.

I started to play around with all the different goodies I have purchase lately and came up with this quick card.  Did I mention quick?

I die cut one of the 6x8 papers from the paper pad with the Dainty Scallop Edge mini slimline dies from Trinity Stamps.  I added another layer using the brown floral paper from the same Acorn Lane 6x8 paper pad.  I did go around the edges of the brown paper with a navy ink before gluing the bird panel on top.  These panels were both glued to a 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" card base.  

For a little bit extra, I went over the veins of the leaves and the tops of the acorns with Mercury Glass Stickles.  I put some foam tape behind the sentiment piece which came from the Bits & Pieces ephemera pack.  Stuck it on the card panel and this card was finished!  I think it looks super cute too.

Stay tuned because I hope to share more cards using the Acorn Lane collection.

Toodles!

~Kristina

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