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

Merry Saturday!

Hi All,
I am still finishing some final touches for my day at Its My Heart Keep the Beat walk tomorrow at Endicott Park!! In addition to my vintage stamp a stack that people can sign up for I thought I would start to offer my Christmas in July stamp a stack! Summer is a great time to get a heads start on your Christmas cards! Once Fall rolls around there is always to much to do! So I want have a few examples of what we will make on hand. A while ago I had stumbled across a great site that challenges you to make a Christmas card a week. Its called Always Playing with Paper and they have a "Merry Monday" every week! How fun right!!?? Here is the sketch for this week:

Here is what I came up with:

I "mixed" up using some of the old and the new. I used the new "Happy Hour" set for the sentiment and the now retired set "Pines and Poinsettias  Thanks for stopping by! Hope to see you all tomorrow morning!

Karin

Stamp a Stack "mojo"

Hi All,
My crafting spree continues! Course as I need it all on Sunday its really a necessity! Anyway I wanted to offer a sign up for a vintage themed stamp a stack and had given out one of the cards to a friend!! Oops! So I needed another option and layout. As usual I was stumped so I went on over to Mojo Monday Blogspot and they had a great challenge:
                                
I chose the "square" option but kept mine at the traditional 4 1/4 x 11" layout as I don't have enough of the square envelopes on hand for the stamp a stack. Here is my interpretation:

I used Very Vanilla as the base with pieces of the Everyday Enchantment DP (SO sad its retired!!) as well as the organza ribbon that was available during Sale-a-bration. Of course, had to use my favorite all time set "Short and Sweet"!! I will never part with that set!! Here is a picture of all three cards I will be offering for my stamp a stack. 

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Card Bouquet

Hi All,
I must be on a roll!! Two posts in a day, two days straight!! Anyway I wanted to share the card bouquet that I will have at the "Its My Heart" event Sunday.

People can enter to win it by signing up for a free in home workshop or class at the event. I will draw a name at the end of the day. I will also be donating $10 per workshop/class to the the Its My Heart New England Chapter! Hope you can make it!!!
Karin :)

Freshly Made Dinosaurs!

Morning All,
As promised I am sharing the box of cards that I am including in my raffle basket for this Sunday's "Keep the Beat" benefit for the "Its My Heart" New England Chapter. I was crafting like crazy last night, but was a little "stuck" for the last layout. So this morning I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had an inspiring sketch:

Great layout!! Here is what I came up with for my last two cards:

I used the last of my Mellow Moss (sadly retired) as the base and layered pieces of Concord Crush DP (also retired). I am really in love with the Bitty Banner Framelits! So easy to use and love the look! Here are the rest of the cards that will be in the box:

I really had a lot of fun making the cards and hope they are a hit. Now off to work on my sign up sheet prize! Have a great day!

Karin

ROAR!!

Evening All,
I thought I would share one of the items that I am placing in my raffle basket this Sunday. I am
donating the adorable "Dinoroar" stamp set:

I am adding a box of crayons so that the lucky kiddo who wins this can color this coloring book I made using this stamp set. Here is the cover:

And here are all the pages separated:

I heat embossed the images in Wild Wasabi. Off to finish the box of cards I am adding to the basket!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Come and Keep the Beat!!

Hi All,
I wanted to share a fun and important activity that I will be participating in this coming Sunday July 1st! I will be a sponsor at the Local "Its My Heart" 2nd Annual "Keep the Beat" for CDH Awareness. CDH stands for Congenital Heart Defects and affects one in one hundred babies! Click here for their on line flyer. This is a 1 or 2 mile non competitive walk around the beautiful Endicott Park in Danvers. Its going to be a beautiful day so please come join in, as there will be wonderful kids activities and raffles (I will post a picture of my raffle item later) and the weather is supposed to be great!!! Be grateful for the healthy kids in your life and give a little time to those that are not. 
Thanks so much!
Karin :)