Mojo Monday on a Tuesday

Hi All,
Got home from work today and decided that I would post a card I made based on the sketch over at Mojo Monday :

 

As I am quickly running out of time (believe it or not!) to make my relatives Christmas cards I thought I should get a move on and add to the meager collection I have been able to make.



Here is what I came up with:

I am awaiting some of my new toys from the Holiday Mini and thought I would use some old favorites before playing with the new! I used the Festival of Prints DP with layers of Cherry Cobbler that had been run through the Tulips EF and some Lucky Limeade ribbon I had. The stocking is from the now retired Open Sleigh and the greeting is from Petite Pairs. Now I can check another one off my list! Have a great day!\

Karin

Blooming with Kindness

Evening All,
Thought I would share another care I made for my club last month. I recently took advantage of the single stamp sales that Stampin Up has been offering and purchased the flower from Blooming with Kindness set and absolutely love it!! Check it out:

Awesome flower for embossing. I chose to play with using tone on tone and heat embossed the flower in black on Wisteria Wonder cardstock, then outlined some of the petals with the Wisteria Wonder marker and "popped" some of the petals with the gel pen. I love adding that "punch" of black to the subtles. Its eye catching and elegant. The perfect sentiment from the Pursuit of Happiness, pearls, Bakers Twine and a background of Tea for Two and I was done! Hope you like it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Things you have to do....

Hi Everyone,
I have a bunch of cards that I need to send out for a few different occasions, but the most important one is a sympathy card for a wonderful co-worker. I think these are the most important ones you send, as it really shows you care and that your thinking about them. I find these the most difficult to come up with so I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had another great sketch:

Now I needed a color palette. I had gone on over to the Paper Players and they had just the thing:

                     

I thought this mix was perfect for the tone I wanted. Here is what I came up with:

I had rotated it onto its side so I could set up the sentiment the way I wanted. I used the Loving Thoughts set and colored each word separately so I could set the words above each other versus next two each other. I had also used the Thoughts and Prayers set for the floral piece behind the sentiment.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
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



FM #42

Morning All,
Quick post as I am moving slow on all the chores! I think the first real snowfall of the season is to blame!! Anyway I went on over to The Friday Mashup and this was their challenge:

 

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using "Paper Piercing".  
2. Or Make a project using the colors "Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red & Early Espresso".  
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project with the "Color Combo & Paper Piercing". 

Now I had the colors I needed but (gasp) I actually don't have any paper piercing tools so I thought and I thought and then I realized that the Top Note Die pierces the paper all around the shape (makes it easy to cut when you want to "nest" the shapes). So I grabbed my paper and here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used:
Paper: Blushing Bride cardstock and DP and Early Espresso cardstock
Ink: Early Espresso and Riding Hood Red
Embellishment: Big Shot, Tulip Embossing Folder and Top Note Die
Punches: Large and small heart
Stamp Set: Take it to Heart and Short and Sweet

Have a great day!
Karin
PS GO PATS!!

Try Stamping on Tuesday #49

Evening All,
Well I have a late gym class tonight so thought I would take advantage of the great sketch at Try Stamping on Tuesday.

Here is what I came up with:

I took two different pictures as one showed off the gold embossed heart nicely while I thought the other showed off the embossed sentiment. I decided to play a little with different ribbon and liked the textures they added. Here is what I used:
Paper: Pretty  in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Sending Love DP (sadly retired)
Ink Versa Mark
Stamp set: Short and Sweet and Take it to Heart
Embellishments: Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon and Victorian Crochet ribbon, Heat tool and Gold embossing powder, Big Shot and Tulip embossing folder and chocolate chip brads.

Hope your week is going well!!
Karin