Working on it!

Hi All,
"Working on it" seems to be the theme of my day! Finally got around to finishing my Great Aunts Thanksgiving cards using some new products from the Holiday Mini and old stuff from the old Holiday Mini AND cleaned my craft room/office!! Gotta love Stampin Up you can always count on great products for the holidays! Anyway I needed a design so I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had another awesome sketch:

Here's what I came up with:

 

I used the expressions thinlits for the awesome greeting on the front, the howlstooth and scaringbone DP as a background and heat embossed the wreath from the Full of Blessings stamp set and colored with my blender pens. I hope she likes the card!

Have a great day!

Karin 





Surfin through Summer!

Hi All,
I finally had a minute to share my last card of my Summer Stamp a Stack this morning! I have been on a roll using the Summer Splash stamp set and thought I would round out the trio using that set:

I used a base of Not Quite Navy, a background of some Blueberry Crisp DP and Crumb cake and stamped the surf boards in a matching Not Quite Navy ink. I ran the bottom of the Whisper White paper through the Wood Grain EF and sponged it with Crumb Cake ink for a "beach" look. So fun! Have a great day!

Karin

Summer time!

Hi All,
I wanted to post a picture of a card I was able to finish today using one of my "new to me" sets By the Shore. Love this set and was thrilled to see that it carried over!!

In addition to the By the Shore set I used Petite Pairs as the sale price was to good to pass up!! I ran the new "in color" Coastal Cabana through the Wood Grain EF for the look of water and then used my Simply Scored for ripples in the sand, then sponged the sand with Crumb Cake ink, heat embossed all the cool shells and starfish and cut them out, popping a few out for depth with dimensionals. Added some left over twine and the sentiment with the Vintage Trinket with the 7/16 scallop punch. Love the rustic look. I may modify this and hang them around my office for Summer decor! Love making some of my own decorations!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Baseball Birthday!

Morning All,
I wanted to share a quick card I made for my significant others upcoming b-day! We are huge sports fans and right now the Red Sox are going strong so I decided to do a baseball themed card. After looking at some ideas on the web I combined a few things and here is what I came up with:

Sorry for the shadow! Used the circle and square punches to make the ball and bases. I ran some crumb cake through the wood grain folder to make the bat, used the bitty banner framelits and set and was done!
Hope he likes it! Have a great day!
Karin

CAS'eing Continued

Hi All,
I continue to struggle without an up to date computer. Once I chose a new one I promise I will be better about posting! On to today! I wanted to share another card that I am going to make at my upcoming "Perfectly Preserved" class. I shameless copied this card from Jane Dexter, a stampin Up demonstrator. I couldn't find her blog instead I found the card on the demonstrator only area that we can post samples. Its a great "perk" in addition to everything else SU does for us. The design is her's but I changed up the colors up the jars. Without further adieu here is the card:
                                         
Sorry the image is not perfect. Am having SO many pc issues! Ugh!! Anyway I used Whisper White as the base and sponged with Marina Mist and sprayed with Vanilla Shimmer and ran the "post" through my wood grain EF. The moon was made with a 1 3/8 circle mask. Love the effect! Have a great day!
Karin

Merry Friday!!

Morning All,.
Well I did it!! I finished my great aunts Christmas cards!!! Yeah!! Late last night I was motivated to finish her last pair and decided to check out Freshly Made Sketches and was not disappointed!!

I decided to use some more of my retired DP, Frostwood Lodge and here is what I came up with:

I mixed some of my retired with some of my "new" toys and used the Wood Grain EF on the Whisper White Base and added the stocking from "Open Sleigh". Love the rustic feel!! Have a great Friday!

Karin

Freshly Made Thanksgiving

Hi All,
As I sit here coughing up a lung (hate getting Bronchitis in the Summer!) I thought I would share a card I made for the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches:
                                  

I used more of my wreaths that I colored on my plane trip and added the row of leaves and pumpkins at the bottom. Couldn't resist adding the Wood Grain Embossing folder to my Crumb Cake base. I just love Fall crafting!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Alaskan Mojo!!

Hi All!
I am super excited to be back to my craft room and share my inspiration! You see for the past week I was on an Alaskan Cruise!! I had saved and posted a few cards that I had made prior to the cruise so I hope you enjoyed them all! I had brought a few things to color and cut while I was on the plane and at the hotel, which was fortunate as I was traveling for an almost complete day on either end! Yuck! Before I share my card of the day let me show you one of the wonderful "views" that I had!

That's a shot of the Tracy Arm Fjord. A Fjord is carved out by a glacier. See those pieces of ice floating? 90% of those are under water and I just can't say enough that this picture just doesn't do it justice! So breath taking!
So onto today! I had brought along the wreath from the new stamp set "Full of Blessings"and some markers and my blender pens. Now I needed to use these gorgeous wreaths!! I had gone on over to Mojo Monday and here was their great sketch of the week:

And here is what I came up with:

I rotated the design so that I could get the feel I wanted. I love all the new products from the mini on this card!! The "Full of Blessings" stamp set is so nice when embossed! I used the Early Espresso powder (love that color!) and colored with my Blender pens. I used the Wood Grain folder layering it with a piece of Early Espresso paper and Victorian ribbon. I also used the Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP. So versatile!! This card was so much fun to make! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Christmas Stamp a Stack

Hi All,
I wanted to share another Christmas card that I am presenting at my next Christmas Stamp a Stack! Stamp a stacks are great as you come, all the paper is precut and ready and you make fifteen cards, five each of three styles! Without further adieu:

I did may favorite thing (at least lately!)!! I mix some retired and well loved Frost Wood Lodge DP, Dasher (also retired but still awesome) with the new Wood Grain textured embossing folder. Very cool "woodsy" feel!! Have a great day!
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

Merry Monday...on Tuesday...again!

Hi All,
I wanted to share a card I made for Always Playing with Paper's "Merry Monday" where you are challenged to make a Christmas card based on their sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I was motivated to used my new Holiday Frame Embossing Folder from the new mini. I thought it would be kind of interesting to use it on paper vellum. I would recommend that you don't use any tab when your using the new folders as they can go slightly through your cardstock. I also used the new Wood Grain folder on the base layer of Cherry Cobbler. Let me know if you have any questions!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin