Thinking of You

Evening All,
I had a very eventful day having some minor day surgery but actually felt good enough to make a clean and simple "Thinking of You" card to round out my stamp a stack evening. I have been really trying to make the cards for those fun nights a little more streamlined and think I was successful with this trio. Check out my latest:

 I grabbed some of my now retired Bashful Blue as the base, a layer of Crumb Cake, Naturals White and a piece of my ever favorite Everyday Elegance DP that I stocked up on when it was on the clearance rack (seriously love that about Stampin UP!!!). The sentiment was from the Curly Cute and a few punched butterflies and I was done. Hope the girls love it!
Have a great night!
Karin

Freshly Made Sketches #19

Morning All,
Can't believe how fast weekends fly by! I am working really hard to carve out time at least 4-5 days a week to make a card, complete a challenge, etc. So far I am right on track! For today's card I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and Jen Mitchell had a great sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used:

Paper: Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory, Calypso Coral and Everyday Elegance DP

Ink: Pool Party and Crumb cake (for distressing)

Punch: Curly Label

Stamp Sets: Loving Thoughts (so so beautiful!)

Embellishments: Pool Party Seam Binding, Everyday Elegance Brads and Sticky Back Pearls, Big Shot and Top Note Die (you run it through as you would normally do then take that shape and turn it horizontally and run it through again. That gives you this awesome shape!!).

I chose not to distress the base layer of Naturals Ivory as I liked the contrast with the DP and the sentiment. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Karin

Try Stamping on Tuesday #50

Evening All,
Had a few extra minutes today thanks to the great weather making my barn chores easy, so of course I chose to do a challenge card! I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and Jenn had a great sketch (as usual!):

Here is my take on the sketch:

I am starting to like the balance of Soft Suede with brighter colors. I also think it lends itself to use for vintage products. This is what I used:
Stamps: Short and Sweet
Paper: Soft Suede, Naturals Ivory, Pool Party, and Everyday Elegance
Ink: Soft Suede
Embellishments: Everyday Elegance Brads, Big Shot, Tulip Embossing Folder, Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die and Pool Party Seam Binding

Hope your having a great week!
Karin



MOJO 224 & CCMC185



Hi all,
Made these cards Friday night. I got into a new challenge (to me) Mojo Monday and they had a great sketch:

Now that I had my sketch I needed a color palette so I went on over to Create with Connie and Mary and they challenged use to use the following colors:

 I wanted to experiment with using mostly designer paper with minimal to no stamping so here was the first card I came up with:

I really love the Everday Elegance DP in the salebration catalog!! I really enjoy the  shabby chic/vintage style as you can tell from the card above. The only stamp I used was the filigree image from the Pines and Poinsettias set. I also went heavy on the sponging and tearing. As I was looking at this card I really was thinking about how it would look "cleaner". The clean and simple style is quite nice, but not the easiest style for me. I took another "crack" at it and here is what I came up with:

Same color palette but I replaced the Crumb Cake base with Whisper white and the stamp with the "Thanks" from Kindness Matters.

I like how both cards came out and think I will enter the Shabby chic version for the Connie and Mary challenge and the clean and simple(r) for Mojo Monday. I would love to know what you think!!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Karin

GO PATS!!!!

Stamp Club

Evening All,
Quick post before my monthly stamp club comes over! Here is a picture of the third card we are making tonight!

So love this technique! Here is what I used:

Stamps: Simply Soft
Cardstock: Pool Party - Half sheet
                 Very Vanilla – 3 x 2 ½”
                 Everyday Elegance DP – 4 x 5 ¼”
Ink (markers): Pool Party, Baja Breeze, Island Indigo, River Rock, Pear Pizzazz, Lucky Limeade and Sahara Sand markers. StaZ On ink for the image.
Embellishments: Gel pen, Big Shot, Designer Frames embossing folder, and Oval Die cut and Lucky Limeade Organza Ribbon.
Techniques: Layer the flowers with the blue markers with the lightest first and not covering the layers with next, darker marker.Do the same with the green shades on the leaves and stem. Highlight around the edge with Sahara Sand and use the gel pen to add a little “dot” to the base of the flower.

Have a great night!
Karin
PS GO PATS!!! :)

CCMC182

Morning all,

I was on such a great role until yesterday! Ugh came home from work with a sore throat which turned into a lovely fever! I can not stand being sick! So anyway didn't get a chance to post this card I made for Create with Connie and Mary's challenge of the week. Here was their sketch:

I used the sketch as a basis for another of my Valentines. Here is what I came up with:

Hope you can see the gold embossing! My camera is still DOA and I have been using my iphone (its a totally amazing tool but I haven't even begun to tap into its abilities!). Here is my recipe:
Stamps: Vintage Vogue
Paper: Everyday Elegance (new saleabration paper!!), Lucky Limeade and Pool Party
Embellishments: Gold Embossing powder, Versa Mark, lucky limeade organza ribbon and sticky back pearls
Punches: Small Scallop punch
Thanks so much for checking out my card! Here's to a healthier 2012!!
Karin