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Morning All,
I wanted to share a card that I made for the Pals Paper Arts challenge:

I loved the clean and simple layout and thought it would be perfect to use for a stamp a stack I have coming up. Here is what I came up with:

I used the Petals a Plenty EF with a nice layer of (retired) Holly Berry DP with the pine cones from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set. Rich but simple! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Christmas Madness!

Hi All,
Even with Summer still upon us I am still updating my Christmas cards for my upcoming stamp a stacks. Click here for my list upcoming stamp a stack events. Here is one of the cards we will be making:

I just love the patterns on this card! I  carefully cut out the Christmas banner in the center after layering three stripes of Holly Berry DP (retired) on some cardstock and then ran it through my Big Shot on the Top Note Die for this cool effect!! Very easy but has a lot of "Wow" in my humble opinion. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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

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!!!!

Freshly Made Sketches #14

Evening All,
Had a fun night out Christmas shopping AND took in a movie! Hence I am to awake to pack it in for the night!! So went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and checked out this weeks sketch:

                                      

And here is what I came up with:

 Here is my recipe:
Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Deck the Halls (retired)
Ink: Early Espresso and Crumb Cake
Embellishments: Cherry Cobbler Quilted Ribbon
Stamp Set: Christmas Lodge & Pines and Poinsettias

I totally love how this came out! Hope you do to! Have a great night!
Karin

CCMC176 Challenge

Hi All,
Well sitting here on the couch coughing away and trying to motivate to catch up on some paperwork but instead of traditional "paperwork" I decided to do my own paper crafting. I went on over to create with Connie and Mary's blog and checked out their sketch challenge.

I really liked the block design. Here is what I came up with:

I actually had cut a few of the small scallop images from the Holly Berry DP, but never used them for the intended project. So I cut out a few more, layered them on the back of a small scallop punch of a different piece of the same DP and then added the image from the Pines and Poinsettias stamp set on a 1 1/4" circle punch. For the rectangular layers I used more of the Holly Berry, but layered them on Early Espresso (just loved the "pop" it gave) and added twine over the bottom piece after I ran it through the Petals a Plenty embossing folder. It actually came together very quickly and I really enjoyed the challenge!
Karin

Freshly Made Sketches #11

Hi All,
Well, I have been stealing some time here and there to complete some card challenges. I really love the R&R that stamping gives me! Lately that has really been needed! Anyway onto the challenge. I went on over to the Freshly Made Sketches site and checked out this weeks sketch.

I liked the layout and here is what I came up with:

I used my Oval Die for my Big Shot with the Holly Berry DP and the coordinating Pines and Poinsettias stamp set. I liked having the softer look that the oval die cut and then embossing folder offered. Instead of using an actual horizontal layer I decided to stamp across and really liked the result. I finally topped it off with the Christmas banner and popped it up with a dimensional. Hope you like the result, I really enjoyed the challenge!
Karin

Pines and Poinsettias

Hi All,
Been greatly enjoying this new Christmas set and the Holly Berry Bouquet DP! SO so pretty!! Look closely and check out the dazzling details on the poinsettia and roses! Love the sparkle without getting glitter everywhere! Did you also catch the quilted ribbon?? Its very elegant and nicely coordinates with the Cherry Cobbler in the designer paper and the ink I used on the stamp. Hope your all enjoying the wonderful weekend!
Karin