Happy Labor Day

Morning All,
Happy Labor Day! I wanted to share a card that I finally finished this morning but started almost a week ago!! I had gone over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had this great sketch:

Here is what I came up with:

 

I used a base of Naturals White, with some left over pieces of Howlstooth and Scaringbone retired DP. I stamped the tree from Lovely as a Tree in craft ink and heat embossed it. I used some vanilla ribbon for the bow and pearls for the top right column. At least I have started some of my Fall crafting!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Happy Halloween!....Again!

Hi All,
I have been on a crafting spree, which is good as I am, as usual, behind! I started focusing on my Grandmothers gifts as her 102nd birthday is also this coming September! I needed a sketch and went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had a great sketch:

and here is what I came up with:

 

 

I used my Lacy Brocade EF, the retired Wicked Cool set, and some of my left over Howstooth & Scaringbone DP. I love the impact of the Silver Encore Ink with the bats! Hope she likes it!





Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Another Halloween Challenge!

Hi All,
I wanted to share another card that I made for my Great Aunt. I was motivated by the sketch over at the Colour and Sketch Blog:

 

I loved the sketch and knew it would work with the designer paper that I wanted to use. Check out my design:

 



You will have to excuse the slightly offset circle, my step daughter was having some fun helping! Makes it priceless! Anyhow I used the Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP that I had, ran the tangerine tango through my Lacy Brocade EF with some black satin ribbon down the center. The sentiment was from the now retired "Wicked Cool" stamp set. Hope she likes this set!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Happy Halloween??!!

Hi All,
With no baby yet and only half day shifts at work I carved out a little time (between some other projects and the couch!!) to work on my Great Aunt's Halloween cards, You see her 103ed birthday is in September and I always set her with up with Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cards. So! I was able to finish her Thanksgiving cards the other day and wanted to move onto her Halloween cards. So I went on over to Pals Paper Arts and they had another great sketch:



And here is what I came up with:

 

I used a base of Very Vanilla, heat embossed the bats from the retired Wicked Cool stamp set and some of my favorite pieces of the now retired Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP. Not sure if you can see but I used the awesome Silver Encore ink with the spider web behind the sentiment. Love the sparkle from that ink! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

A little birthday fun!

Evening All,
I wanted to share some cards I made for my friends' mothers' birthday celebration. She needed some extra and figured I could help and after these past few days filled with surgery and the stomach bug I was ready for a little distraction! I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday blog and they had a great sketch:

 

They had a great twist "Something that makes you happy". Well when doesn't a birthday card make you happy?? So here is my take:

 

I love the now retired "Sunflower" stamp (they are a happy flower) and I paired it with the sentiment from the newly retired Simple Sketched hostess set. I used a base of Naturals white, some More Mustard that I ran through my Lattice EF and some pieces of Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP that I hung onto. I cut out the image using my Labels Framelits and I was done!

Hope she likes them!

 

Karin

 



Just Sharing

Hi All,
Am home today a bit under the weather and as I have little to no motivation to get up I thought I would post some of the scrapbooking pages I have been working on. I know I haven't been as consistent with some of my posts and part of the reason is that I am trying to put together a scrapbook for my better half as part of his Christmas present. This past weekend we all went to the corn maze in Ipswich and I was extremely motivated to complete these particular pages even though I haven't touched the Disney trip! Without further adieu:

 I used the Howlstooth & Scaringbone DP, the Perfectly Preserved stamp set and Cannery Framelits and the Oval Framelits set. I punched out some pumpkins with the circle and bird punch and I was done. Love the Fall colors! Hope he likes it!!
Karin

A little Halloween fun

Hi All,
I got a request from my sister to make some holiday cards. So I surfed around a little bit and decided just a simple layout with a fun theme would fit the bill for her Halloween cards. Here is what I came up with:

 

I took the picture by my window to see if the shine from the Silver Encore Ink pad would show up. I used that ink on the spiders and the word "Spooky" from the Spooky Bingo Bits stamp set. I added the spider web with the new chalk marker on the basic black paper, A little left over DP, ribbon and I was done. Cute don't you think?

Have a great day!

Karin

Halloween Stamp a Stack

Hi All,
I wanted to share the card that I will be offering at my Holiday Stamp a Stack. I used a combination of old and new products. Check it out:

I used a base of Smokey Slate (the awesome new grey!) with some Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP, then I used the new Silver pad with the cobwebs from the Wicked Cool stamp set. Love how it looks on the Grey! I punched out the sentiment from the same set and edged it in silver added a little ribbon and I was done! Have a great day!
Karin

Freshly Made Halloween

Hi All,
Had an unexpected day off so trying to get things done around here, you know cleaning, organizing and of course crafting! Well I am having a Holiday Mini Class at the end of the month where I will be presenting two cards and I really wanted a Halloween card for one of the cards but I needed a layout. I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches  and they did not disappoint:

 

Loved the layout but decided to rotate it. Here is what I came up with:





I used the new Halloween Happiness Stamp and some Rhinestones for eyes and, of course, I had to use the owl punch to make the ghosts! Love them! Have a great day!
Karin

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 





Old and New

Hi All,
Got home after another long commute and decided that I needed a "crafting" break before I set off to see the horse. So I set off to design my Great Aunt's Halloween cards. I decided to use some of my Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP, combine it with the Frightening Feline stamp with the new Black Glitter! Love it!

I hope you can see the glitter sparkle! I added the rhinestones for the eyes and corner effect, ribbon across the DP and a sentiment from the Spooky Bingo Bits set and I was done. Hope she likes it have a great day!

Karin 

New Halloween Toys

Hi All,
I finally got a chance to craft a bunch of Halloween cards for myself yesterday and wanted to share my design as well as some of the new items that I used from the Holiday Mini! I am a BIG fan of Halloween and loved the single stamp "Halloween Happiness" from the mini! I also really liked the idea of using the black and orange glitter. I have to let you in on a secret, I have never used the Heat and Stick powder even though I have had some for awhile and thought now would be a good time to use it!

 

I love the retired howlstooth and scaringbone paper and decided it was perfect to use for my personal Halloween cards. Lord knows I save every scrap of my DP to use for all my projects! I tried to get you all a closer look so you can see the glitter. I thought it was pretty cute!

 

 

I cant believe all the projects I have left to do! My "to do" list always seems to get longer and not shorter! Though I have to admit that I love to add to my crafting list! Have a great day!

Karin 



October Thank you's!

Hi All,
Crazy, busy few days between work, weddings and funerals! Ugh Hopefully it will calm down a little! Anyway I wanted to quickly share the Thank You's I made for October!

I used the "Frightening Feline" stamp and of course my favorite "Howlstooth and Scaringbone" DP!! A few rhinestones and I was done! Hope they like them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin 

Two for one!

Hi All,
I finally got a chance to make a card I needed for a friend of mine who recently lost a relative. As usual I was stumped with where to start so I went on over to Freshly Made Sketches and they had another awesome sketch:

Now that I had my sketch I needed my colors so I went on over to the Pals Paper Arts and they had a great palette. 

                                                       

Here is what I came up with:

I used the Naturals White as my base, used the Mustard hounds tooth DP from the Howling

and Scaringbone DP (love the versatility!) on a later of Early Espresso. I decided to use the flower and jar from the Perfectly Preserved stamp set and colored each flower with More Mustard and edged it slightly with Cajun Craze. A few pearls on the flowers and I was done. The sentiment came from the Thoughts and Prayers set. Great one to have on hand. Hope you have a great day!

Karin 

Freshly Made Inspiration

Evening All,
Me here with yet another late night post! Haven't had as much time as I would like to spend in my craft room lately so I was happy to take advantage of a little time tonight after a trip to the gym. I had gone on over to Freshly Made Sketches and saw that they were celebrating one year of challenges! Yeah them!! Plus thank you to the wonderful design team for keeping me inspired! This was their post:

I decided to use their 13th sketch which looks like:  

                                     

The three squares reminded me a bit of my friend Linda's card that she did with one of my all time favorite Fall sets "French Foliage"! Check it out, so beautiful!! So anyway I couldn't stop thinking about her main elements so I combined the sketch with her basic theme and here is what I came up with:

I used the French Foliage as well for my main images and the sentiment is from Full of Blessings (so perfect for the card!) and of course I added my Howlstooth and Scaringbone DP with a handful of Pearls thrown in for good measure! Course you will have to excuse my rather large shadow! I didn't realize until now that I was that close!! Anyway I love the effect of the warm Fall colors! Have a great night!

Karin

Yes I AM here!!

Hi All,
Finally feeling a little bit better! Boy its bad when you don't even have the energy to ink up a few stamps!! Well I decided to play along with Freshly Made Sketches this week as they had ANOTHER great sketch!!

I decided to do a Halloween themed card for a little fun. I hope to present this at a new stamp club of co-workers and really want them to fall in love with my favorite hobby! Here is what I came up with:

I used three different stamp sets. Of course I used my current favorite "Perfectly Preserved". I had seen a few Halloween variation with the jar and knew I wanted to try it out. I added the spider web and sentiment from the Wicked Cool set and Spider from the Spooky Bingo Bits, Added the new stripped ribbon over an embossed panel with a splash of color from a piece of DP and voila I am done! Totally fun! thanks for stopping by!

Karin

PPA 141

Hi All,
I wanted to share a card I made today for the Pals Paper Arts Sketch challenge. Here is their great sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I used another of the wonderful wreaths that I colored on the plane ride to be my center panel. I just love using the Howlstooth and Scaringbone paper for my Thanksgiving cards! I decided that I wanted to pair the H & S DP with some scraps I had saved from the Frostwood Lodge DP. The tree print works perfectly! The base of my card is Very Vanilla with a piece of Chocolate Chip layered on top that was run through the Big Shot with my Lattice Folder. Love all the warmth this card has! Thanks for stopping by!

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

Just Add Success!

Hi All,
I am very excited to share my card of the day with you today!! I had been struggling with a design for my Great Aunts's Halloween cards but was finally motivated by the great sketch over at Just Add Ink

I was also excited as I was finally getting a chance to use some of my new "goodies" from the New Holiday Mini! Lets see if you can spot them:

I used the new "Howlstooth & Scaringbone DP! So so cool! I love the patterns as they are not over whelming for accenting a card and can also be used for some of my Thanksgiving crafts! In addition, I added the "Frightening Feline" stamp and the new 1/2" stripped Satin Ribbon! I heat embossed the "Feline" and cut him out and added some "bling" for his eyes . I also dry embossed the Basic Grey panel with my Vintage Wall Paper folder. Finally, I added the sentiment from the "new to me" Wicked Cool" set. Halloween cards and crafts always make me smile! Hope she loves it!

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin