Stamping With Kristen

Medical School Graduation Card

My brother in law just graduated from Medical School.  My husband is a doctor too and had the honor of being a part of the graduation and was able to hood his brother.  (my husband is on the left)

I wanted to make David a special card for his party.  I chose to make a white coat card.  I tried it on a piece of typing paper first to figure out the folds.  I started with a 5 1/2 X 11 piece and scored it at 2 1/8.  I then flipped it and scored it at 2 3/8 on the other side. 

For the Stethoscope I free cut it and then punched out circles for the bell.  I printed his name on the computer and the added buttons with glue dots. 

 

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Product List

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $8.50	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $4.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121045] $7.00	Flower Frenzy Bigz L Die [133728] $37.95
Builder Owl Punch [118074] $18.00	1/2" Circle Punch [119869] $6.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00

 

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant

 

First Day of School!

The kids are back to school.  I always have mixed emotions, and am eager for them to come home and tell me about their day.  This year I have an 8th, 7th and 3rd grader!

I always like to send in a treat for the first day.  I was a teacher, and know it can be a fun, but long day:)  I made Banana Chip jumbo muffins for them. 

I used Chalk Talk Stamp Set and Framelits.  It is so nice having a framelit that cuts the image out perfectly!  If you are getting the stamp set, you should just get the bundle, cause you will want the framelits to match.  You also save 15% that way!

I stamped the images in our school colors- Garden Green and Crushed Curry.  I made enough for the secretaries and principals too.  Every one can use a little treat on the first day!

 

Chalk Talk is $18.95 for the clear set.  shop now

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant

Arcade Party

Charles chose an Arcade party for his 8th birthday.  I already posted on his invitation, so here are the rest of the things I made.

I used My digital studio to make water bottle covers, and personalized pieces for the gift bags. 

 

I had the following page printed.

This is how the cake pop "joysticks" turned out.

Here are the gift bags.

Abigail made candy with a mold we bought on Amazon.

We had the Wii and Xbox set up in the basement on the big screen, and we had a classic Nintento 64 on the main level where boys played Mario Kart.  We also had some games outside with waterballoons. 

To add to their goody bags, Michael made a boy and arrows for each boy. Charles got one at family camp last year and has loved it.

Instead of a cake Charles wanted to have a Chocolate Fountain which is always a hit.  Here are the 2 birthday boys, Michael and Charles.

My Digital Studio made it so simple to personalize things for the party.  Let me know if you would like me to tell you more about it, or check out www.mydigitalstudio.net

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant

 

Hilton Waikoloa

Our hotel here is amazing, the Hilton Waikola.

Here is the view from our balcony.

We were surprised when we got here to have the option to walk, take a tram or ride a boat to our room!  The resort is set up in like a horse shoe around the ocean.

They have a dolphin experience at our hotel where kids can be with the dolphins.

 

They have a big lagoon area where you can snorkle and see eels, turtles, and fish.  You can also paddle boat, paddle board and swim in it.

All ready to go out.

We went to Roys for supper, a favorite place we have gone to in Kauai.

They so a great job displaying the food.

I got the filet, and Michael had a local fish. 

Today was a great low key day at the hotel.

Kona day one

Our first full day here we drove to Kona to see where the Ironman Championship takes place.  It is a 30 minute drive and this is what you see pretty much the whole way.  Old lava.  It seems like this is what it would be like on the moon.

This sign shows where the swim starts.  It is not at all what I had in mind.  There were many triathletes there training, and not really a area for the "lazy wives" who did not care to swim.  I sat on the ledge, and enjoyed listening to them share stories of their latest races and read.  It was really quite fun!

Here Michael is ready to go.  He swam 1.2 miles 1/2 the Ironman distance.  They said at the turn around point to look for dolphins as they like to be in that area in the mornings.
This shows how the shore is there.  I am anxious to watch the next Ironman as I will be able to better visualize it.  I can see people lined up along the ledge watching it.

After the swim we had breakfast at an adorable cafe overlooking where he just swam called Lava Java.  There was live music for breakfast!  A guy sang while playing his ukelele.  He played current songs and was very good.

Here is a picture of the 2 of us at the same place.
Ready to surf! The lava rocks are tough on your feet so they wear water shoes when surfing here.  He saw turtles while out there.

Isn't this a cool looking tree?  It is like a fan.

I love the trees here.
We are going back to Kona tomorrow.  We plan to stand up paddle board, and then Michael is going to bike part of the Kona course. 

Kristen

First Helicopter Ride

Michael and I are in Hawaii on the Big Island for a medical conference.  Today we went on my first helicopter ride.  It was AMAZING!  I am so glad we did it!

On our way to the volcano we saw many waterfalls.

 

This is looking over the top. 

Here shows a little remains from a Bed and Breakfast.

This is miles of lava that has destroyed so many homes.

Here is a patch of road that was spared.

For the last 3 months you are able to see lava going into the water.

If you look closely you can see a little red.  Apparently the smell here is terrible.  They have warnings for people to not get close if they have asthma or respiratory problems.

Here is a fresh section of lava. It turns the silver/gray in 3-4 seconds so you can see how recent this is.

We had a fantastic time, and would tell anyone the helicopter is a must if you are coming to the Big Island.

 

Valentine Party

My daughter and I decided to have a Valentine Party for the girls in her class this year.  We made these decorations using Hearts Collection Framelits.



Abigail made these chocolates and then she put them in a cello bag for each girl to take home.



We made 2 cards.  I love how the Glass Stampin Glitter really dresses up the card.  The girls punched out several little hearts, taped it on the Rose Red card stock, and then ran it through the big shot.  I used some retired ribbon to finish it off.  Kid projects are a great place to use ribbon I no longer use for my business:)

The second card is a 3X3 card using retired set Sweet Centers.  We sell the treat cups on page 161.  They come in a pack pf 12 for just $2.95.

Here they are hard at work!

Of course we had treats!

Happy Valentines Day!

Kristen Bryant

Memory Jar

        Happy New Year!

We have had a great last day of Christmas vacation.  I made Caramel Rolls for breakfast, and then we had fondue, popovers, and creme brulee for lunch.  During lunch we talked about highlights from this past year, and what we would like to work on this year.  I then introduced this Memory Jar that I made last night.  I got the idea from pinterest, and thought it would be great for us!  We will write on strips of paper fun memories throughout 2013 and then on next New Years, we will read all the great things that we did and that happened the precious year.  Charles said, "I already have one to put in right now, fondue with the family on New Years Day!"  It will be fun to watch the jar fill up.

 

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant

Angry Bird Party

Today my youngest is 7!  Time sure flies!

Michael and I made this cake for Charles' family birthday party.  For this cake I used 2 cake mixes and filled a mini loaf pan (on the top) and the rest in a 9X13 pan.  One mix is not tall enough.  We made fondant for the top layer and to make the letters.  (they spelled Happy Birthday Charles around the edge of the cake.)

 

We made our own goody bag and cups.

I used a 1 3/8" circle and 1/2" circles to make the eyes on the cups and on the goody bags.  For the beak on the cups, I used the 1" square punch.  My punches sure come in handy!

 

Charles had fun picking out the big balloons at the party store.

I spray painted Easter Eggs so they could go on a "golden egg" hunt like in the Angry Birds game.  They had candy in them of course:)

Everyone had a blast launching water balloons at the "pigs"- Isaac and Abigail.

We had a friend party too, so this is the slightly smaller cake I made for it. I did not use Fondant this time, just frosting.

We sure had a fun time!  Now I am off party duty until February!

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant

Angry Bird Banner

I made this banner for Charles' party using the Perfect Pennants Die.

 

 

The Die is $32.95  Create trendy pennants and banners with our Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die! The innovative designs in these longer Bigz dies give you new and interesting creative options. Ideal for cutting thicker materials and multiple layers.

 

Here is a closer picture of the banner.

 It was fun to get a little creative as I looked for punches that would help make the birds. 

I started with our 2 1/2" Circle Punch and then used 1 3/8" Circle Punch, 1/2" punch and then just a standard whole punch for the black on the eye.  I cut little strips for the other black pieces.  The top feathers were made using the Boho Blossoms Punch that I trimmed a little.  For the beak I cut a 5/8" square and then cut diagnally. 

Charles was quite pleased with the finished project!  It is so nice to have all of my Stampin Up supplies when getting ready for parties!

Stop back tomorrow for more Angry Birds projects.

Happy Stamping!

Kristen Bryant