More Thank You's!

Evening All,
Seem to be on a trend with evening posts! Anyhow I was able to complete a few more cards last night thanks to another great sketch challenge and I wanted to share that with you! I had gone on over to The Paper Players and this was the sketch that caught my eye:

 

And here is what I came up with:

 

 

I used a base of Whisper White, a panel of Rich Razzelberry and a few more pieces of my retired Cottage Wall DP. I punched out a flower, ran it through my Polka Dot EF and stamped the "Thank You" from my ever handy Short and Sweet set. Popped it up on dimensionls and I was done! I love all the white space with the pops of color on the panel and banners. Well off to try and decompress! What a day! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Back to the land of the living!!

Evening All,
Well after one of the sickest weeks I can remember on record I am actually starting to be able to do more then move from the couch to the bed and back! Yeah me! Wow this has been one nasty bout! Anyhow I had tons of time to surf this week, as that was the most strenuous activity I could tolerate, and I saw this great sketch at The Paper Players. Check it out:

 

And here is what I came up with:

 

 

I am in need of some Thank You cards and decided that my pieces of Sweet Sorbet DP would be perfect! I had a base of Pool Party and ran the Whisper White through the stripes embossing folder (sadly soon to retire) and used some candy dots for some interest. I borrowed this sweet carriage stamp from a friend and heat embossed it in Pool Party. Fun sketch! 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

Cheers!

Hi All,
I am very excited, I had a chance to play with a new stamp set from the new catalog. I had been eyeing the "Happy Hour" set once the catalog was released and knew it was for me! I was just at a little bit of a loss as to the layout for my card. So I went on over to The Paper Players Blog and they did not disappoint. This is their sketch for the week:

 

And here is what I came up with:

I really wanted some bold colors and I had wanted to tie in some of the Flirtatious Designer Fabric into the card as I had given some to each of my stamp club members. I wanted to show them how to use it in a non-traditional way. To top it off I then ran a strip of the Floral District DP down the center with a Rich Razzleberry button under the circle. I loved all the straight lines so of course I had to run the back panel of Melon Mambo through the Big Shot with the Stripes Embossing Folder. I hope they love the card!!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

paper Players 96

Hi All,
I had an unexpectedly productive day today. I had gone on over to my parents to deliver my dads birthday card and found them cleaning out the garage. Well I "dug" in and four hours later about 3/4 of it is cleaned out! Its nice to accomplish something but it wasn't what I had on my schedule! :)
Earlier today I had gone on over to the Paper Players and they had a cool challenge:

Dots! So here is what I came up with:

I chose to use my retiring Blushing Bride cardstock and Concord Crush DP with coordinating markers.  I ran the paper through my Big Shot Polka Dots folder and finished off the dots theme with the dotted Concord Crush DP. I played with the tone of the color with my Blender Pens. Seriously my favorite tool!

Thanks for stopping by!

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

Things you have to do....

Hi Everyone,
I have a bunch of cards that I need to send out for a few different occasions, but the most important one is a sympathy card for a wonderful co-worker. I think these are the most important ones you send, as it really shows you care and that your thinking about them. I find these the most difficult to come up with so I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and they had another great sketch:

Now I needed a color palette. I had gone on over to the Paper Players and they had just the thing:

                     

I thought this mix was perfect for the tone I wanted. Here is what I came up with:

I had rotated it onto its side so I could set up the sentiment the way I wanted. I used the Loving Thoughts set and colored each word separately so I could set the words above each other versus next two each other. I had also used the Thoughts and Prayers set for the floral piece behind the sentiment.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Karin

Another quick post!

Morning,
 Quick post of a card I made that met two challenges guidelines. Even though I am lucky enough to have a room that I can leave my craft supplies out I don't have as much time as I would like to stamp. Probably the same issue for many avid stampers! Anyway I went on over to Try Stamping on Tuesday and this was there sketch:

Then I went on over to The Paper Players and their challenge was:

                        

They wanted a project with a Spring time theme. Here is what I came up with after mashing up the two challenges:

Sorry about the quality of the picture. I am not having as much luck with my camera phone. I used a lot of my favorite retired products that I had squirrel away. Anyway must run to work email for further details.
thanks!
Karin

Paper Players #81

Evening All,
Quick post as my Pats get ready to WIN I mean play the Superbowl!! :) Anyway I went on over to the Paper Players blog and this was there challenge:

I thought "perfect!!" I wanted to use the Triple Treat Flower for one of my next club cards so here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used:

Stamps:           Triple Treat Flower

Cardstock:        Very Vanilla – half sheet

                        Everyday Enchantment DP 5 x 4” 

                        Scrap Very Vanilla

Ink:                 Pool Party and Lucky Limeade

Embellishments: Neutrals 5 /16 brad, Big Shot and Top Note Die and Lucky Limeade Organza Ribbon

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Punches:  2 ½” circle and 5 Petal Flower



Thanks for stopping by!!!

Karin

GO PATS!!!

:)

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



The Paper Players #75

Evening All,
Well wrapping up a busy weekend and took a few minutes to complete another challenge. I went on over to the Paper Players Blog and their challenge was to create something "Christmas" or Holiday with non-holiday stamps or colors. So I went and pulled out my favorite non-traditional Christmas colors Pool Party and Early Espresso! Love! Anyway, in my thoughts I was checking out my friend Linda's blog and was reminded of a cool trick with the Silver Glimmer paper and loved the combination of using it with the Bird Punch to make a wreath. I wanted to make it my own and thought I could try my hand at making a Christmas door card for the challenge. So here is what I came up with:

My recipe is as follows:
Paper: Pool Party, Early Espresso, Spice Cake DP and Silver Glimmer paper
Ink: Pool Party (on the Silver Glimmer Paper hope you can see in the picture!!)
Punches: Bird Punch, Modern label, Large and Small tags and Corner Rounder
Embellishments: Antique Brad and Early Espresso Satin Ribbon.
Hope you like my attempt!
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!!