Retirement Sale!

Hi All,


I am getting re-organized and am listing some of my retired "goodies" for sale. This ranges from stamp sets, die cuts, embossing folders, and ink pads. I have listed some sets that have pictures but do not have pictures for every item. Email me if you would like a picture of a particular item. I am not currently looking for any items for trade. Shipping can be combined and I use the flat rate boxes. Thanks and have a great day!


Karin




Stamp Name Wood or Clear Sale Price  

$5 Stamps:

Christmas Greeting Wood

Fresh Vintage Clear

Ornate Blossom Wood NUM

$8 Stamps:

Delight in Life Wood

Kindness Matters Clear 

$10 Stamps:

Cottage Window Clear

Loving Thoughts Clear

Not So Seriously Clear

Northern Hearts Clear

Vintage Vogue Clear 

$15 Stamps:

For All You Do Wood

Packed for Everything Bundle Wood

Wonderful Favorites Wood

Misc Supplies

3/4 full spool of Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Stripped Ribbon $5

1 & 3/4 full boxes of Deck the Hall Fabric $3 for both

Sizzix Large Heart Shaped Die $15

Bigz Large Scallop Square $15

Hearts Pressed Embossing Plate $10

Bigz Holiday Stocking Die   $15


Fall Harvest Regular Sized Wheel $5

Soft Holly Regular Sized Wheel $5

Stampin Pastels Hardly used old colors $8

Small Tag Punch $10

Textured Impressions Designer Frames $5

Paper Piercing Pack Essentials $8

 

Freshly Made Sketches

Hi All,
I had planned on sharing another card today but unexpectedly needed a sympathy card for a co-worker. As usual these are the toughest for me to plan out so I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches for some inspiration and was not disappointed. This is the sketch of the week:

And here is what I came up with:

I used Crumb Cake, Not Quite Navy and Naturals White for my cardstock, Not Quite Navy and Crumb Cake for my ink and Just Believe and Thoughts and Prayers for my stamp sets. I hope you can see the "ghosting" technique that I did with the main image. You stamp with your darker color first, then use your Stamp-a-ma-jig and align it slightly to the left to give it a shadow with a lighter color. Finally I used the Color Spritzer Tool to add some Crumb Cake "dots" to the image. Feel free to email with any questions. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Karin

Merry Monday...on a Friday

Hi all,
I didn't have a chance to post this card this morning as, what a surprise, I was running late to work thanks to ponies causing havoc to my schedule! Anyway I had gone on over to Always Playing with Paper for their
Merry Monday challenge and they are taking a well deserved vacation this July. However, they challenged us to use a past sketch to enter the contest:

So I had gone through their very cool sketch list (click here) and really liked this sketch:

I really liked the clean and simple layout. Here is what I came up with:

I wanted to have a few options to chose from at my next stamp club by the class sign up list and thought this fit in very well. I just love Dasher and always reach for him when setting up for at least one of my stamp a stack cards!! Well hope its a hit! Would love your comments! Thanks for stopping by!!

Karin

Happy 4th of July!!

Happy 4th all!!
Can not believe that it is July already!! The Summer is zooming by! Eek! Anyway I had a few moments between activities and I wanted to share my July "Thank you's' with you. I am in love with the Reason to Smile stamp set available only this month so I chose to you that as my focus, as well as the cool new (well to me) cutting technique I have been playing with.

I hope you can see the DP I lined the bottom of the inside of the card peeking out at you! I used some old favorite colors as well, Concord Crush and Pear Pizazz. Hope the crew likes them! Enjoy your fourth!
Karin

Another Reason to Smile

Hi All,
I wanted to share the third card that I will be presenting to my stamp club this July. I had been inspired by a cutting technique I had seen over at my friend Linda's Blog. There you can see who she was inspired by. I thought cutting the edge was a perfect technique to showcase the "Reason to Smile" stamp set, as well as the Floral District DP. Without further delay here it is:

Here is a closer peek:

After stamping the edge of the whisper white card stock in Staz on, I colored the flowers to varying degrees with blender pens and Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight ink. Then I cut along the edge so that when it closes you can see part of the inside edge of the card. I place a 2 x 5 1/2" piece of coordinating DP so that you get the "splash" of the pattern to show through. For a final touch I took another piece of the DP and ran it through the Beautiful Wings folder and placed the butterflies on the front. Hope they like it! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

July is a GREAT reason to Smile!!

Morning All,
Starting a little slowly today after a busy weekend! Can not believe that it is already July! Crazy! Well Stampin Up is also celebrating and has a fantastic promotion! If you spend $50 this month you will be able to order the "Reason to Smile" stamp set for $5!!



Aren't these stamps great!!?? I absolutely LOVE daisy's and have already posted a card using this set. Click here to check out my triple stamping technique using this awesome set!! Perfect set for the perfect Summer card!! Feel free to call or email with any questions or if you would like help with your order!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Dinosaur Gift Basket

Hi All,
I wanted to share the dinosaur themed gift basket that I am donating to the Its My Heart "Keep the Beat" walk today before I run out the door.

Please come by if you have a chance!!
Thanks Karin