Homemade Thanksgiving

Evening All,
I wanted to share a card I made to send out this week for Thanksgiving, which I can not believe is already upon us! I have been having a lot of fun with the Photopolymer Stamp set Homemade Holiday! Its super easy to use and the possibilities are endless! Here is my latest creation:

 

I kept the house simple and added the color with the leaves and pumpkin. I used some left over Spice Cake DP that I had saved. I added some Early Espresso Taffeta ribbon and I was done. Course, when my little one wakes up I was thinking I may emboss his handprint on some of my relatives cards and make a turkey out of his fingers! I think my sister will get a kick out of it!! Have a great night!

Karin   

Friday Mash Up on Sunday

Hi All,
I haven't had to much time lately for my crafting so I took a little time this morning before the game to make a Thanksgiving card. I was a little stumped as to where I should start so I went on over to The Friday Mash Up and they had an awesome challenge:

 





 

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using "the Sketch."
2. Create a "Spooky" project.
3. Or Mash it Up and create a "Spooky project using the above sketch. "

 

I chose to just use the sketch. Here is what I came up with:

 

I used a base of Baja Breeze, a layer of Soft Suede and Spice DP (I so miss it!). A little canvas ribbon, Bakers Twine, button and a circle punch with my sentiment and I was done. It was an easy, quick card! Love when sketches help me do that!

Have a great day!

Karin



Crazy night!

Evening All,
What a crazy day and even crazier night! It must be a full moon! Between work and home I am sure something is a miss! Anyway I definitely couldn't settle down tonight until I spent a few minutes in my craft room trying to finish some "Thank You's" that I needed. Of course I was fresh out of inspiration until I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches as they had another great sketch:

I modified the design slightly to suit my needs and here is what I came up with:

 

I used some of my retired favorites that I had actually already cut for another project that never came to be but worked perfectly for this one! Love when that happens! A little Spice Cake DP, Early Espresso ribbon a button and I was done! I am happy with how my little "diversion" turned out! Have a great night!

Karin 

Freshly Made Thanksgiving

Evening All,
I wanted to share the Thanksgiving card that I made for my sister. I used the sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches :

Here is what I came up with:

 

 

I used River Rock as my base, Spice cake DP and the Labels Framelits for the shape around my sentiment. I stamped off the leaves from Fall Foliage. A little Pool Party Seam binding and I was done. Hope she likes it!

Karin 



Pals Paper Arts Challenge

Hi All,
I made it through my first day of the school year and dragged myself home. I decided that I needed a little stamping time and decided to focus on my grandmothers Thanksgiving card so I went on over to Pals Paper Arts for some inspiration and they had it! Check out the sketch:

I loved the look and here is what I came up with:

I used a base of More Mustard, some of the beautiful Spice Cake DP and the Full of Blessings stamp set that I heat embossed in Early Espresso and colored with my blender pens. A few pearls and I was done. Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Pals Paper Arts Challenge

Evening all,
Had a minute to make a card for an upcoming Holiday Stamp a Stack so I went on over to Pals Paper Arts and this was their sketch:






I decided to use it for my Thanksgiving card. Here is what I came up with:

 

I used a base of More Mustard, some Spice Cake DP and heat embossed the leaves from French Foliage in gold. Love gold on any of the browns! I fussy cut the leaves and popped one on adimensional and I was done. Love how it turned out!



Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Freshly Made ...Scraps!

Hi All,
I have had a very busy few days getting ready for a little "break". Funny how a vacation can be work getting ready for! Anyway I had needed to get a move on making my grandmother's Thanksgiving cards. Even though she is about to turn 100 (yup I have a grandmother who is almost 100 and a great aunt almost 101!! I am very fortunate!) she is very particular and is sharp as a tack! So I was given my instructions, "five cards" "in some nice Fall colors, like greens, yellows, etc". So I had my assignment for colors now I needed a sketch. I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they did not disappoint!

This is what I came up with:

I was really excited as I was able to use all the gorgeous little scraps I had kept from my retired Spice Cake DP. Love all the rich colors! I got to mix the old with the new and used my new Perfectly Preserved stamp set and the coordinating Cannery Framelits from the Holiday Mini. I added some texture to the More Mustard with the Wood Grain embossing folder. I was so happy with the look I sat right down and finished all the cards! Hope she likes them 'cause I sure do!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Pumpkin's galore!

Hi All,
Thought I would try my hand at Create with Connie and Mary's sketch this week:

And as I am still working on my Aunt's cards I knew it would have a Fall theme:

As you see my need for pumpkins has continued!! As I have mentioned before I love using all of my scraps and especially love the Spice Cake DP! I ran my Very Vanilla cardbase through the Big Shot in the Vintage Wall Paper embossing folder and then "distressed" it with some Early Espresso ink. I think used my Bitty Banners Framelits to cut out the "Thankful" banner! I just love the Framelits!! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Freshly Made Pumpkin!

Hi All,
I am motivated to finish my Great Aunt's Thanksgiving cards and think I have hit on the "one"!! I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had another fantastic sketch:

And I instantly came up with this clean design (or at least that's what I thought!!)

I knew that I would be using up the scraps of my beloved (and retired) "Spice Cake" DP, as well as some Early Espresso Satin ribbon. I am on a bit of a "pumpkin" kick I guess as that's what I initially saw as the "Any Shape" portion. I also know that its a large enough element for her to see, which is always nice as, sometimes, embellishments are to small for someone who is almost blind. Hope she likes them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Paper Players Challenge

Hi All,
I decided to take a little break from Halloween cards and work on my Great Aunt's Thanksgiving cards. I was inspired by the great sketch at the Paper Players Blog:

Loved the "clean" sketch. Here is what I came up with:

I used a base of Very Vanilla, a layer of Chocolate Chip that I ran through the Lattice Folder on the Big Shot and some left over (and very coveted) retired Spice Cake DP. I made the pumpkin using my large oval and Build a Bird punch. I added a little depth by sponging Cajun Craze ink on the sides of the pumpkin. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Note Cards 1 & 2

Hi All,
I wanted to share some of the note cards that I created for my Note Card Tin Class. I just love making up 3x3 mini cards, as they are super easy and can pack a big "WOW" on a gift. Without further ado here are my first two (rhyming an added bonus!):

Hopefully you can tell that I embossed the Triple Treat Flower in Pewter. Very cool effect if I say so myself! Email or call for more details!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Fm #41

Hi All,
Slow morning over here! Fun, late night with my stamp club!! Its always a lot of fun, but the discussions last night were somewhat concerned. You see the neighborhood is full of us "animal people" meaning we are "softies" for anything with four legs. So the uproar is that a poor black and white kitty has been around the street all week, going from house to house being fed and hiding in garage's for shelter. He/she is very skittish but stayed on my deck eating some cat food I left for it as we all sat in the kitchen and crafted. I ended up talking my significant other into borrowing a have a heart trap so we can catch it to bring to a local vet to be scanned. I really hope it has a chip!! Fingers crossed!

Well onto the card of the day. I went on over to The Friday Mash Up. Here is this weeks challenge:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a "Thank You" themed Project.
2. Or Make a project "Using Designer/Patterned Paper".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Thank You project with Designer/Patterned Paper".

I chose to "Mash it up". Here is what I came up with:

I hope you can see the gold embossing!! I used soft suede for my base and embossed the Sunflower stamp as background (totally love!!) and then made my band from a layer of pool party and Spice Cake DP (sadly retired). I then used my Kindness Matter stamp set and gold embossed the butterflies, cutting out each one, gold embossed the "Thanks" and layered on pool party seam binding. That is the "it" color for me!!
Have a great day and GO PATS!!!
Karin

ps edited to add a second picture of the card. I think it may be a better shot:

Freshly Made Sketches #13

Evening All,
Well here I am "burning" the midnight oil again. So I took a few minutes for myself and went on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blog and here is this weeks challenge:

And here is what I came up with:

I hope you can see the Irredescent Ice embossing power in the pic, its really beautiful up close! At least I think so!! LOL!! Anyway here is the recipe:

Paper: Very Vanilla, Early Espresso, Spice and Cake DP

Ink: Early Espresso and Chocolate Chip Craft Ink

Punches: Ornament and small oval (retired)

Stamps: Short and Sweet and Northern Hearts (retired)

Embellishments: Very Vanilla Velvet ribbon, Heat Tool and Irredescesnt Ice embossing powder.

I really love that you can use craft ink with embossing powder to get the exact color you want! Thanks for such a great sketch!

Karin





The Paper Players Challenge #74

Hi All,
Well been burning the "midnight oil"  (for me anyway) writing reports for work so I took a break and clicked on over to the Paper Players page to see this weeks challenge sketch.  Here is the sketch they challenged us to use:

Here is what I came up with:

I am still enamored with the colors from the Friday Mash Up's challenge so I had to use the same color scheme. The "recipe" is as follows:

Paper: Pool Party, Early Espresso Whisper White and Spice Cake DP (ummm is there any other??)
Ink: Pool Party
Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree and the Tiny Tags set.
Punches: Jewelry Tag and Ornament
Embellishments: White Bakers Twine, Big Shot for the Petals a Plenty embossing folder, Heat Tool and White embossing Powder.

Thanks Karin

P.S. Remember that today is the last day for the online Extravaganza!!

Friday Mashup #34

Hi all,
Had a chance to make a card for another awesome challenge at the Friday Mash Up. I think the reason that I love these challenges so much, as its helping me get a bunch of Christmas cards accomplished! Anyway the Mash up for this week is as follows:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge :

1. Make a project featuring "A Christmas Theme".
2. Or Make a project using the colors "Aqua, Chocolate and White".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Christmas themed project using the colors Aqua, Chocolate and White".

The photo inspiration was:

Love these colors! The blue really reminded me of Pool Party so I used the Spice Cake DP that focused on Pool Party and Espresso, I embossed the snowflakes from Northern Hearts (a beautiful retired hostess set) in white, layered that on a piece of Pool Party, rounded all the corners to soften the look, I dry embossed a piece of Early Espresso with the folder Petals a Plenty and finally used the White taffeta ribbon and folded it under on both sides. I finally topped it off with the Rhinestones in the center of each snowflake. I really have to say I love this color combo and this card! Enjoy your crafting!
Karin

PPA121 Pearls!

Hi All,
Hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving celebration! I definitely did but did make a point to remember family members who have recently passed. Unfortunately I have a friend who has lost a number of people close to her recently so I wanted to send her a sympathy/thinking of you card. I was thinking of a very clean, minimal layout and liked the challenge at Pals Paper Art Blog. The challenge was to use Pearls on a clean and simple card. So I made my card base Naturals White, with a layer of Spice Cake DP (my fav!), ran some Early Espresso ribbon across, put a small square of Naturals White on again, ticket punched the corners on both papers, added my sentiment and used the flower stamp from Thoughts and Prayers (great set to have on hand). I then added the pearls to the flowers and three on either piece of ribbon. I really liked the look from adding the pearls. Thanks for checking in!
Karin

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #10

Hi All,
Needed a few thank you cards for some wonderful people I met at a workshop last week and was trying to think of a layout...So I went on over to the Freshly Made Sketches blogspot to see this weeks challenge.

I really liked the clean layout. I always find it challenging to stick to a clean design even though they appeal to me. I am one of "those" people who has to add this or that. So I used the layout, turned it horizontally and added a sentiment in the center. I used my crimper on the Soft Suede paper to give it texture and used a piece of Spice Cake DP for the center panel. Hope you like what I came up with!! It was a lot of fun to play along!
Karin

Sunflower

Hi All,
One heck of a weekend! Between breaking my camera, a snowstorm and damage from the storm I am beat! I wanted to upload a slightly different version of this card but that is on the now broken camera! The only difference is that I added a strip of the designer paper Spice Cake on top of the Early Expresso. So hope everyone faired the weekend well!
Karin :)

Watercolor pencils

Hi All,
Another card we did at my October club. We used the awesome Sunflower stamp, colored it in with the watercolor pencils and blended quickly with the blender pens. The depth the blender pens give to the color is great, but the key is to blend very quickly. Of course it is layered on my current favorite designer paper Spice Cake with the Early Espresso Bakers Twine wound around it for a finishing touch. Enjoy the day!
Karin

New wall art

Hi All,
This is a shot of my kitchen wall that I have 4 frames that I change out for each season. Course, as I look I see one is tilted! Oh well! Anyway I went very Fall with my use of the Sunflower background stamp and the French Foliage set in the alternating frames. I really loved the look of using the gold embossing powder both on the Spice Cake paper and on the coordinating Early Expresso paper. I added the cute pumpkins after being "reminded" of them from my friend Linda's blog. Check it out here: http://oopadoodle.blogspot.com/
Here are two close up shots of the individual frames.

Have a great night!!
Karin