Justin's Card

Evening All,
I wanted to share a card I made for my stepson Justin. Now he has asked me to make six of these:

But wont tell me why...Hmmm I guess I will just have to ponder that for a while! Anyway I used a base of Pool Party, some Winter Frost DP and heat embossed the tree from Christmas Lodge onto the DP in pewter. A little silver ribbon and old favorite sentiment set (Short and Sweet) and I was done!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

A little Christmas in August

Hi All,
After yet another long day at work thought I would unwind and post a card I made for my Holiday Stamp a Stack. I wanted a clean and simple card for my final option so I used the Big Shot and Northern Flurry folder. Check it out:

I hope you can see the shine from the silver encore ink that Stampin Up now has! I am addicted! The cottage is from Christmas Lodge and my sentiment is from Short and Sweet. A few rhinestones and I was done. Have a great day!
Karin

Pals Paper Arts

Hi All,
I wanted to share another Christmas card I was able to make this morning before running off to the gym. I had gone on over to Pals Paper Arts and was inspired by their sketch (as usual):

 

Here is what I came up with:

 

This sketch was perfect for my strips of my Holly Berry DP. A quick punch out with the square punch to make my pennant's and a sentiment from Christmas Lodge and I was done! Fun! Have a great day!

Karin 



Use your scraps

Hi All,
Well once again I was able to gather enough energy after work to make another Christmas card for my Great Aunt. This heat and poor air conditioning at work is a killer!! Anyway, I have a pile of scraps I have had put aside that I keep meaning to put together so I made sure I used them and I am very happy that I did! Check it out:

I had this cool oval I punched out of some Holly Berry paper that I thought I would use for "something" and I felt like it worked perfectly for this! I used a base of Cherry Cobbler, a layer of Early Espresso that I heat embossed the tree from the Christmas Lodge on and then added the oval. A little burlap ribbon and a pearl and I was done! Check another one off the list! Have a great night and stay cool!
Karin

Another Freshly Made Christmas!

Evening All,
I had a chance to pop on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had another inspiring sketch:

 

I am continuing to work on my Great Aunt's Christmas cards and thought this was perfect. Here is what I came up with:

 

 

I used a base of Cherry Cobbler and Lucky Limeade. I decided that I needed a little "bling" and added a rhinestone over the "i". Fun! Great challenge site when you need motivation!! Have a great night!

Karin 



M.I.A.!!

Hi All,
Bet you thought I was totally missing!! Well kind of was!! I took my nephew to Disney for a few days and wasn't able to access the blog posts that I had made and then, when I came home I turned on my pc and the hard drive is fried! Ick so its at "Geek Squad" so that they can hopefully retrieve my data. Ugh now using my 10 year old pc so not as up to date anymore. Well on to tonight's post! I wanted to share a Christmas tag that I made for my stamp club:

I used the Apothecary Accents Framelits, Lovely as a Tree and Christmas Lodge as my stamp sets. To make the tag I just folded my Naturals White cardstock and placed it slightly under the top portion of the framelit so that it opens like a card. A little piece of the Gumball Green ribbon and I was good to go! Now off to try and work on my computer stuff! Ick!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Merry Monday

Hi All,
I am fortunate to have today off and am wishing all my Jewish friends a Happy New Year!! So I am trying to be productive and after a trip to the gym I went back to crafting some more Christmas cards for my great aunt! I was very inspired by the sketch at Merry Monday:

 

I took a little liberty and rotated the sketch and am pleased with the results!

I combined some "old" with the "new"! I used some of the retired Frostwood Lodge DP and layered it with Early Espresso and Whisper White. I also used my Christmas Lodge stamp set with the new Early Espresso embossing powder!! I added some Dazzling Details in clear and some retired quilted Cherry Cobbler retired ribbon. Of course I added my sentiment from the Short and Sweet retired set. Love the result!!

Have a great day!

Karin 

The Paper Players #76 & Inkspirations Challenge #99

Morning All,
Quick post before I go attack those leaves again! Finally chilly here in the North East but its been great to do yard clean up! On to the challenges! I went on over to one of my favorite challenges. The Paper Players and they challenged us to use the following colors:

Now that I had my colors I needed a sketch, so I clicked on over to this great site I stumbled upon recently, Inkspiration Challenges, and their sketch was:



I really liked the sketch! So I mashed up the challenges and here is what I came up with:

I really love gold embossing on Cherry Cobbler! So sharp! Here is my recipe:
Paper: Very Vanilla and Cherry Cobbler
Stamp sets: En Francais, Tiny Tags and Christmas Lodge
Embellishments: Heat Tool, Gold embossing powder, versa mark and very vanilla Victorian Crochet Ribbon
Hope you are getting your Christmas shopping done!
Karin



PPA123 & Less is More Challenge

Hi All,
Well another Saturday and another challenge (or two!). I went on over to Pals Paper Arts Blog and they challenged us to "Put on the Ritz" with our card. After checking out that challenge I went on over to the Less is More Blog. Their challenge was to complete a single layer card with the theme of "Let it Snow". So I "mashed" them together and this is what I came up with:

The card is one layer of Not Quite Navy. I hope you can see (my photography skills leave a lot to be desired) that I ran it through the Big Shot Snowflake embossing folder, then I sprayed it with Vanilla Shimmer and stamped the trees from Christmas Lodge and the sentiment from Short and Sweet with Frost White paint and finally I placed some sticky back rhinestones on the points on the snowflakes. I wish I could capture the "shine" this card has!! I love the effect of all the glitz!!
Have a great night!
Karin

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

OCCC Christmas Tree Challenge

Morning All,
Before I set off on my crazy day I wanted to post this challenge card for the challenge at Our Creative Corner. There challenge was to design a card with a Christmas or pine tree. I love the look of "the" Christmas tree before you cut it down to bring home. So I recreated that. I stamped the pine tree from Christmas Lodge after coloring the stamp in Always Artichoke and Early Espresso, than I got out my Versamarker and adhered white embossing power for snow (I am loving that look!!). Layered on a piece of Frostwood Lodge DP which is on a white base. I adhered the Mini Jingle Bells with Linen Thread. I have found the trick with them is to unravel the thread so it is slightly thinner to go through the tiny holes. Hope you enjoy!
Thanks Karin

Freshly Made Sketch #12 & The Paper Players Challenge #73

Hi All,
Got home a little early from work and was procrastinating about going to the gym so thought I would take up a card challenge (or in this case 2!!). I went on over to the Paper Players Blog and was interested in this weeks color challenge. They challenged you to use Silver, Whisper White and Night of Navy and I really loved the samples. These colors are great together! Well the next step was a sketch so I hopped onto the Freshly Made Sketches Blog and checked out this weeks sketch:

I really liked the layout. So I used Whisper White as my base and added a layer of Night of Navy. For the center band I used Silver Glimmer paper, edged it with Whisper White and did a simple layer of the White Organza ribbon. For the circle I started with a circle of Glimmer paper with a layer of Night of Navy that had been stamped with the tree from Christmas Lodge in the Silver Frost paint. Hard to tell in the picture with the lighting, but it is very pretty! Finally my sentiment was stamped in Whisper White craft ink. I am really happy with the results! These challenges are great for the creativity!
Have a great Thanksgiving!
Karin

Friday Mash Up #30 "Recycle, Renew, Reuse

Wow 2 posts today! Shocking considering the day! Anyway I actually came home sick as a dog with the worst head cold ever (didn't know I could sneeze so much!). So sitting on the couch, sneezing like crazy and surfing some blogs I checked out the Friday Mash up! The theme from last Friday was about using or reusing items you have on hand or you can copy their sketch OR "mash" them both together. I chose to "mash" them as I had all these pieces and knew I could complete the sketch in 5 minutes! I have the house from Christmas Lodge already cut out for another project that didn't come together like I thought, ribbon I had pulled off another "old" project that wasn't working for me and left over pieces of my favorite retired designer paper "Deck the Halls". To top it off I had some Close to Cocoa paper I couldn't bear to part with and pre-cut Top Note Die. All I did was add the sentiment on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla! So here is my very first on-line contest entry in an attempt to turn this day around!
Hope everyone is well! :)
Karin

Mini Madness Entry

Hi All,
Here is an entry that I sent into the September Stampin Success contest. The contest title was "Mini Madness" and the goal was to highlight products from the current holiday mini. I LOVED this contest and knew that I had to use the Christmas Lodge set combined with the Frostwood Lodge paper. I had this image in my head of looking through two trees at a beautiful cottage that is covered in snow and ice. Got the desired effect with the Dazzling Details and the Birch patterned designer paper! I hope your enjoying this mini as much as I am!
Karin