Freshly Made Christmas

Hi All,
I was able to carve out a little time for myself today and made some Christmas cards for my Great Aunt's upcoming 103rd birthday. I was rather proud as I was able to make about half of what she needs today, no small feet with a 6 week old! Anyhow I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and thy had this great sketch:

This is what I created:

 

 

 

 

I used a base of Cherry Cobbler, some Early Espresso and Artichoke along with some Deck the Halls DP I had saved, which worked perfectly for the look I wanted. I punched out the ornament with a sentiment from Short and Sweet and I was done. Hope she likes it!

Karin  

 



SAS Get Well Card

Evening All,
Well after (another) eventful day at work I decided that I deserved a little unwinding time in my craft room. I knew that I needed a Get Well card for my Stamp a Stack so I got to work. Here is what I came up with, after a little consulting with my six year old step daughter!!

 

I used the very last of my Close to Cocoa that I had squirreled away, with a layer of Pool Party, some Comfort Café DP, a little bit of Pool Party ribbon and a brad made the panel "work" for me. I used my awesome "Thoughts and Prayers" set and versa marked the flowers on the Pool Party and then punched out the sentiment. Love how it came out! Course it was "helpful" to have a consultant!!

Have a great night!

Karin

Stamp a Stack Summer Splash

Hi All,
Had a chance to make another card that I am going to offer at my upcoming Summer Stamp a Stack. I was drawn again to the very fun Summer Splash stamp set and bright colors:

I used the colors from the Everyday Enchantment: Pool Party and Calypso Coral for my layers, ribbon and ink. Added a greeting from Well Scripted with a cheery, bright Calypso Coral brad and I was done! Love it! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin



SAS Get Well

Hi All,
I wanted to share the second card that we will be doing at my next Stamp a Stack. It is a Get Well card that uses the beautiful set "Thoughts and Prayers". I combined it with the retired DP "Presto Paper" and sponged that with Baja Breeze. Check it out:

I used the Lattice Folder on the cardfront as I loved the look when the grid on the Presto Paper was revealed with the ink. A piece of Baja Breeze Seam Binding and I was done. Don't you love the "pop" of black with the light blue??!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

April thank you's!

Evening All,
I thought I would share a quick picture of the April thank you's that I made this evening! The Stampin Up Scoring Tool made it super quick and easy! I will be sharing with the Stampin Up retiring list tomorrow and chose to use one of the sets that is destined for retirement: "Just Believe". Here is the Thank You that I made with it:



 I used the diagonal scoring plate to get the look of faux tile Cool and easy! I scored every inch on one side, rotated the card and scored on the oppostire side, stamped sponged and was done! Great effect! Email with any questions! Hope you have a great night!
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

September Thank You's

Evening All, 

I wanted to share a quick post with you this evening. I made my September Thank you's for my wonderful stamp club. I am still enamored by the technique that Mary Fish did with the Blossom Punch and I wanted to use it on my Thank You's. 

I used my Everyday Enchantment DP (so sad that its retired), some Pool Party, Star Brads (also retired and some Vanilla Ribbon. Love the simple yet elegant look. Hope they do to! Have a great night!

Karin

Framelits Galore!!

Hi all,
I wanted to share a birthday card that I made for my father in law's 75th birthday! I was really excited to make it as I had the perfect new stamp set and TONS of framelits for the occasion!

I used the new set "Perfectly Preserved" and the coordinating Framelits; "Cannery Set". This set is so perfect as my father in law spends a fair amount of time canning vegetables every year. He never canned apples but I loved the look (he is more of a "green bean" guy). I also tried my hand on embossing with the "Sugar and Spice" embossing powder. It is such an amazing accent and not to over powering if your one who doesn't like too strong of a scent. To top it off I added the Itty Bitty Banner stamp set and the coordinating Bitty Banner Framelits. I just can't get enough of these coordinating framelits sets! They make crafting so easy! Finally I want to point out that the designer paper that I used (cutting it out with the Apothecary Art Framelists!) was one of the designs from the Howlstooth & Scaringbone DP. A great choice for Fall crafting!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Shadow Box

Hi All, 
I wanted to share my third card that I will be presenting at next week's stamp club. I had been seeing a number of "shadow boxes" on the web and wanted to try my hand at it. Check it out:

Here is a close up:

Using the Simply Scored made this a snap! I am in love with these cards! Here is what I used:

Stamps:           Just Believe

Cardstock:        Naturals White – 4 ¼ x 5 ½

                            Wisteria Wonder – 4 ¼ x 5 ½

                            First Edition – 1 x 5 ½”

Ink:                  Elegant Eggplant

                       

Embellishments: Simply Scored, 2 ½ circle punch, Modern Label punch, 3/18 naturals brads, Silver Foil Smooch Spray and sticky back pearls

Techniques: Score both ends of the cardstock at 4 ½ and 5”,

Stamp the Just  Believe in Elegant Eggplant and then spray with Silver Foil Smooch spray. Punch the circle out of the Wisteria Wonder in the center of the score lines. Adhere the two piece

of cardstock together with sticky Strip. Stamp off the leaves on the the DP and adhere to the front of the card placing the brad in the center. 

Don't forget that next weekend is "tax free" in good ole' taxachusetts! remember you can shop online anytime from my website to take advantage of all the good deals going on right now!

Have a great day!!

Karin

Freshly Made Halloween!

Hi All,
I am still on my Halloween card making stint and wanted to share my latest creation. I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had a great sketch as usual:

I am also still fascinated by the "Soot" technique so I combined everything and here is what I came up with:

I decided that I liked the images rotated. I used my House of Haunts once again and some retired black and white DP that I have some scraps of. I love when some of the scraps I end up hoarding work for a project! To recreate this technique you need glossy cardstock. It really packs a "Wow" in person! Have a great day!

Karin

A new Camera!!

Hi All,
Been fighting the camera issue again but finally, after a little research, I went out and bought a new camera!!! I was itchy to try it out tonight so I went on over to Freshly Made Blogspot and they had another awesome sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I LOVE my new camera! It is Wifi capable so I could email the picture to myself. Very cool for the "non" techy like myself! Anyhow, I needed a vintage themed card for an upcoming stamp a stack and loved my Everyday Enchantment paper so I pulled it out, combined it with Simply Soft (also retired) and ran my Pool Party paper through the Vintage wall paper folder. Very easy, but I thought it was very pretty :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Father's Day

Evening All,
I had to try and make a card for my father for Father's Day with this silly brace. Thankfully its not to painful at all. So I went on over to A la card monkey blogspot and they had a great sketch and challenge:

I liked the clean layout. Here is what I came up with:

I used Lovely as a Tree and Well Scripted (sadly retired) and heat embossed them in pewter. Love the look! Then I layered it on my favorite DP, First Edition. Using the mat pack I easily lined up my brads and voila I was done! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Try Stamping...at ALL!!

Morning All,
Sorry for the absence, life and continued camera issues keep getting in the way. I have to say I would never have guessed how much of a full time job rehabing a knee would turn into! I have literally just started riding my horse again and can not believe how hard an "easy" ride is! Yikes! Anyway I had a few minutes to stamp and wanted to create something for a June stamp a stack. So I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had a great sketch:

I really liked the clean layout. Here is what I came up with:

I apologize that its not the sharpest image ever, but this is much better then the first ten! I actually just downloaded a "fix" to my camera phone but the issues continue. *sigh* I just need to spend time researching  new cameras....time is the operative word! Anyway I had wanted to do a Vintage Theme for my stamp a stack so I had to use the Fresh Vintage set and paper from Sale-a-bration. It was to perfect! I added the wonderful organza ribbon, brad and a few pearls and was very happy with the outcome. I will let the ladies determine what they want to stamp on the inside. Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Mothers Day!!

Karin

Staying on Track...or trying to!

Hi All,
Well I have been very productive today! I have done a bunch of paperwork and then I spent a little time stamping and was able to complete two challenges with one card!! I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they, as usual, had a great sketch:

Then I had checked out the Paper Players this morning and I loved the challenge! It was to complete their "Tic Tac Toe" grid:

                                            

I have seen this periodically come up on challenges but am always overwhelmed with the possibilities. Today I thought I should give it a try. Here is what I came up with:

I chose to go "diagonally" and used the Designer Paper "Beyond the Garden", added a flower from "Flower Fancy" and finally my choice was to add brads and buttons from the Brights collections. I think I will be having my stamp club make this card in May as it highlights many of the items soon to retire.

Thanks so stopping by!

Karin