February Thank You's

Hi All,
Well I was able to get a few things done yesterday during the storm and one was my February Thank You's for my monthly stamp club members. Without further adieu here is what I came up with:

 

I used a base Melon Mambo and then added the rectangle frame from the Designer Frames for that cool effect. I added a strip of the Floral District DP that I ran through my scallop border punch, the Itty Bitty Banners stamp that I used with the coordinating framelits and finally a cute button and I was done. Very simple and quick, hope they like it!

Karin

Late Night Stamping ...yet again!

Evening All,
I finally had a chance to finish a card I started the other night for the challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches. They had a great sketch as you can see here:

It was funny as my first thought was "Wow, I can do so much with this sketch!" Then I sat down and for the life of me I couldn't make it "work", then I started something else and came back later and suddenly had a great thought for another card for my "Perfectly Preserved" class! Here is what I (finally) came up with:

I took a slight liberty on the center shape but I am very very happy with how it turned out! I used the Festival of Prints DP from the Holiday mini and combined two of my favorite sets: Perfectly Preserved and Happy Hour!! Not that you can tell from the picture but I covered the jar with the new Peppermint Embossing Powder! Love that smell!! Love how things come together! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Pumpkin's galore!

Hi All,
Thought I would try my hand at Create with Connie and Mary's sketch this week:

And as I am still working on my Aunt's cards I knew it would have a Fall theme:

As you see my need for pumpkins has continued!! As I have mentioned before I love using all of my scraps and especially love the Spice Cake DP! I ran my Very Vanilla cardbase through the Big Shot in the Vintage Wall Paper embossing folder and then "distressed" it with some Early Espresso ink. I think used my Bitty Banners Framelits to cut out the "Thankful" banner! I just love the Framelits!! Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Stamping 411

Morning All,
I hate to admit it but I have been avoiding my trip to the gym to do my exercises all morning! So I thought I would do try to turn the morning around by completing a very cool sketch challenge I found over at Stamping 411:

I need to start prepping early for my August club as I will leave on vaca soon after and thought this challenge card was perfect for my group:

I just love the cheerfulness of the Floral District DP and thought the Happy Hour set was called for once again! The Daffodil Delight stitched ribbon adds some nice texture as my center layer. I used my Bitty Banners Framelits and the coordinating "Itty Bitty Banners" stamp set new this year! Banners are so "in" right now for crafting and this set is perfect! The framelits make it so easy to add a quick banner to the project! I also decided to add some Crystal Effects to the drink glass and umbrella. Here is a close up:

It give it a nice 3D look as well as some added "shine". Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

CCMC 184 & Paper Players #78

Evening All,

Had a chance after a very LONG day to blog a little. Good ending to the kitty story. Took her to the vet this morning and low and behold she was microchipped!! To top it off she had been missing 6 weeks and made it over thirty miles to me! Crazy!! Thankfully she is home safe now, here's to hoping she stays that way!!

Onto the challenges for the day. I went on over to Create with Connie and Mary and they had a great sketch for the week:

Now I needed my colors so checked out the Paper Players Blog. They challenge was to use the following colors:

                                                      

Here is what I came up with:

Here's my recipe:

Paper: Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride and Whisper White

Ink: Calypso Coral, Pear Pizzazz and Blushing Bride:

Stamp Set: Take it to Heart and Short and Sweet

Embellishments: Everyday Enchantment Brads, Calypso Coral organza ribbon, Large Heart and Small Heart punches, Eyelet Border and Scallop edge punch, Big Shot and Tulips Embossing Folder.

Hope you had a great Monday!

Karin