Demonstrator Contest Entry

Evening All,
I wanted to share a card that I had entered into a contest that is in the Stampin Up! demonstrator magazine "Stampin Success". Every month Stampin Up chooses a card for a "demo it" category and I entered the following card:

As you can tell I used A LOT of new product! :) I used the stamp set Betsy's Blossom for the top and bottom of the party hat. I used Floral District for the paper and the new Bitty Banner Framelits for the sentiment. I punched out two (one in Whisper White and one in Rich Razzleberry) and snipped the edges of the White off to let the Razzleberry peek through. Finally I used the new ribbon in Daffodil Delight on two of the edges. Anyway, I really thought it was pretty cute but who knows what the judges will think!!
Fingers crossed!
Have a great night and fantastic Memorial Day!
Karin

5 More Days!!

Morning All!!
Before I run off for round "2" of helping my parents clean out their house I thought I would remind you all that you have only FIVE more days before the current catalog is no more! So make sure you check out the retiring stamp list and the retiring accessory list and snatch up your favorites before they are gone!
Have a great day!\
Karin

Guest Designer!!

Hi All!
I wanted to pass on some news that I am SO proud of!! I had gone on over to A La Monkey Blogspot to check out this weeks cool sketch and I realized they had chosen me to be a guest designer for an upcoming challenge!! Here is what I found:

"Thank you girls for playing along with us this week. We had a great bunch of fabulous cards and we loved all of them!

Look for an email to join us next week as Guest Designers!! Happy Dance!"

Make sure you go on over and check out their designs and check back to see my next design for one of their awesome sketches!!

Happy Saturday!

Karin

More Monkeying Around!

Evening All,
With this horrible rain I had some time tonight to complete another card for my June Stamp Club. I had gone on over to A La Monkey Blogspot and they had another great sketch:

How cute is that??!! And of course I would recognize the elephant from the Disney Jungle Cruise!! After checking out all of the inspiration cards here is what I came up with:

I have been having a lot of fun with the new Betsy's Bloom stamp set! I love the versatility! I was "hoping" that this looked like fireworks!!?? I used the new "in-color" for 2012-2014 "Midnight Muse" for the panels, layered it on a piece of Melon Mambo and Heat Embossed the Bloom in White and Melon Mambo. Did you notice the banner? I really LOVE the new Bitty Banner Framelits! Especially since I can fit many of my favorite sentiments in it from the Loving Thoughts set. I am SUPER excited that it carried over to the new catalog!! Anyway 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

Dad's Birthday!

Hi All,
I needed to make my father a birthday card this weekend. His birthday is Monday but he has a busy week coming up so I wanted to make sure I got this to him this weekend. I had gone on over to Stamping 411 and they had a fabulous sketch:

And here is what I came up with:

I used the Medallion and Teeny Tiny Wishes for stamp sets. You may also notice I have a "sneak peek" hidden on the card in the form of a new Bitty Banner Framelit. Super fun! Its so funny I have a pile of stamped images that never ended up on the final card but I couldn't bear to throw them out. The Medallion (stamped in Marina Mist) was in that pile and I thought it suited the card perfectly. Hope he likes it! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

Sneak Peek!!

Hi All,
I received my sneak peek products this week and I spent a few minutes tonight playing with them. I wanted to use my few minutes "wisely" so I figured I would plan for June's stamp club. As I sat down I was wondering about my layout, but my "stampers block" was quickly put aside as I had gone on over to Pals Paper Arts and they had a fantastic sketch:

Here is what I came up with:

The bird and flowers are part of a soon to be released set called "Betsy's Blooms" and the DP is "Floral District", which I am a huge fan of already! I combined the new DP with a set from the Occasion's Mini catty that is being carried over, Loving Thoughts! Such a beautiful set. I stamped off the bird twice after coloring with Baja Breeze and Rich Razzleberry markers. Can't wait to share more from the upcoming catty!
Thanks for stopping by!
Karin