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Hi All,
I had an unexpectedly productive day today. I had gone on over to my parents to deliver my dads birthday card and found them cleaning out the garage. Well I "dug" in and four hours later about 3/4 of it is cleaned out! Its nice to accomplish something but it wasn't what I had on my schedule! :)
Earlier today I had gone on over to the Paper Players and they had a cool challenge:

Dots! So here is what I came up with:

I chose to use my retiring Blushing Bride cardstock and Concord Crush DP with coordinating markers.  I ran the paper through my Big Shot Polka Dots folder and finished off the dots theme with the dotted Concord Crush DP. I played with the tone of the color with my Blender Pens. Seriously my favorite tool!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Spring Stamp Club!

Hi All,
Well, I am a bit tired after my first day back. Out today from the rehab, as I don't think I am quite ready to transfer patients while I am still on crutches for long distances! So, after a few appointments and prepping dinner in the crock pot, I decided to make my third card for my April stamp club. I have been visiting the Stamping Royalty Blog and really enjoying the challenges as well as the beautiful entries, so I thought I would try my hand at it this week. Their theme for the week is:

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #117

This Weeks Theme is

SPRING THINGS!!!

This worked perfectly as I wanted to spotlight the Beyond the Garden DP. Its very cheerful and definitely "Springy"! Here is what I came up with:

I added one of the great sayings from the Pursuit of Happiness and am pleased with the results. Hope my club likes it! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Friday Mash up #38 & sneak peeek!

Hi All,
Hope you all enjoyed your holiday! Its funny you clean and cook for hours than you have to do it again a few days later to clean up the Christmas "hurricane" that went through! However I do love all the get togethers! Once I cleared a path :) to my craft room I decided to check out the Friday Mash Up challenge of the week. Here is what they have for us:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project using "Watercoloring".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "Sketch & Watercoloring" .

I choose to "Mash it up" with watercoloring and that great sketch. Here is what I came up with:

I liked it so much that I am planning on doing this card for my January Stamp Club. Here is my recipe:

Stamps:           Flower Fest, Take it to Heart and Loving Thoughts

Cardstock:        Pear Pizzazz – half sheet

                        Naturals for the Top Note 5 x 3 ½”

                        Pretty in Pink 1” x 4 ¼”   

                        Pear Pizzazz .5” x 4 ¼”

                       

Ink:                  Basic Black and Staz on Black

Embellishments: Linen thread, water color wonders crayons in Pretty in Pink and Bravo Burgundy, Big Shot and Top Note Diez

Tools: Blender Pens

Techniques: Run the naturals card stock through the Big Shot with the Top Note,

stamp the rose image from the Flower Fest stamp set in Staz on and color it

LIGHTLY with Bravo Burgundy and Pretty in Pink crayons. Blend with the blender

pens going slightly outside the lines for a water color effect. Stamp the Banner from

the Take it to heart set with the sentiment inside, cut out and mount .

Karin

Hope your having a great week!

CCMC175 - Color Challenge

Hi All,
Well needed a little crafting time tonight. So went over to http://www.createwithconnieandmary.com/ and checked out their color challenge. Their challenge was to use a color combo of Cherry Cobbler, Basic Black and More Mustard using only Stampin Up! products (ummm are there really any other????). I thought perfect and grabbed my Flower Fest set as I was feeling the need for some flowers and set out to make a card with clean lines and a simple layout. I stamped the flower repeatedly and colored them in Cherry Cobbler and More Mustard, mounted that on Basic Black and mounted the final piece on Cherry Cobbler. I added a piece of black grosgrain ribbon with a sentiment from the Short and Sweet set in Basic Black on Cherry Cobbler and was done. Hope you like it!
Karin

July "Thank you" notes

Evening All,
Wanted to do a quick post before I hit the "hay" and no I am not going out the feed right at the moment (few hours maybe!!). Ok 'nuff pony humor. I just wanted to share my cute (or so I think) "Thank You" notes that I gave to my monthly stamp club members in July. The stamp club members are neighbors and friends who come once a month to my place and we do a few techniques, snack and "gab" for a bit! I always like to include a personal thank you with everyone's order. These notes are easy to make and are all cut to 3"x6" scored at 3" and folded. I did the Stained Glass technique (check my earlier post) and used the fabulous "Flower Fest" stamp set perfect for this technique! I also added a sentiment from my "go to" stamp set "Short and Sweet".
Have a good night!
Karin

Stained Glass!

Hey!
After a fun but humid day riding, hitting the gym and my cute 4 year old nephews b-day party I thought I would post one of my favorite cards of the Summer! I love love love the Flower Fest set and am thrilled that set carried over to the new catty! This set is awesome for the Stained Glass technique! So pretty especially with the new 2011 in-colors!! Recipe is as follows:

Stamps:           Flower Fest and Short and Sweet

Card stock:        Whisper White – half sheet

                          Wisteria Wonder 5 x 4

                         Vellum Card stock 4 ¼ x 3 ½

                       

Embellishments:  White Embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and White organza Ribbon.

Markers:           Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party and Island Indigo               

Techniques:     Emboss the Wisteria wonder sheet through the

Big Shot with the Polka Dot embossing Folder and adhere to the

white card front. Heat emboss the flower with white embossing

power and turn the vellum over and color in the flowers for a

“stained glass” look. Adhere with dimensionals after tying a knot

in the white ribbon. Stamp your greeting, punch out and adhere.