Christmas in July - Elizabeth Craft Designs Style

I usually send out >100 cards at Christmas-time, but I may not make it this year.  Going to try!  This is one I made with products from Elizabeth Craft Designs!  It's Christmas in July!

This card includes stamped images from the Snowman and Gifts Clear Stamps that were die cut with the coordinating dies.  The "hole" in the card was cut with the NEW Frame It/Stitched Ovals dies.  These are so cool, the die leaves the stitching behind :)  That gorgeous snowflake is from the Ornate Snowflakes dies and is covered with Crystal Clear Silk Microfine Glitter from the Bloom collection. The beautiful paper is from the Christmas Holidays 6x6 set.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Links to the supplies I used are below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Monday's Stink!

It's my day over at Dare 2B Artzy, and today, I'm using one of their new stamp sets - called Feeling Stinky:

Such a cutie patootie skunk!  There is a coordinating set of dies for this set, so it makes it really easy to cut out!  The beautiful paper is also new, called Fall Ha

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Shape Dies

I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with a card that has a mixture of fun shaped dies!  Here's what I made:

For this card featuring the Row Houses Stamps, I also used the Dashing Rectangles, Fitted Circles, the Fitted Fishtails, the Stitched Squares, and the Stitched Fishtail Banners.  AND there are so many more fun ones at Elizabeth Craft Designs!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas in July, Paper Nest Doll Style

It's my day to provide inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls Challenges!  My card features Winter Gift Emma:

Just love her.  I thought she went perfectly with the Christmas Holidays 6x6 Paper Collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs, and I embellished the card with some lace and some flowers covered with silk microfine glitter.  She is colored with the following Copic markers:

Hair:  E50, E31, E33
Skin:  E000, E00, E11
Clothes:  BG11, BG13, BG15, R81, R83, C1
Gift:  Y23, Y26, C1, C3

Thanks for stopping by today!  And be sure to join the challenge for your chance at winning a fantastic prize!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Thinking of You

Posting a simple and sweet card today using products from Elizabeth Craft Designs today!  Here's what I created:

The stamp is from the Laundry Party Clear Stamps.  The flower paper is from the Butterfly Dreams 12x12 Collection, and the wood paper is from the Wood Effect 12x12 Collection.  I added some glitter lines and lace.  That's it!  :)  Thanks a bunch for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Summer Alphabet Challenge

It's Designer Challenge Day at Elizabeth Craft Designs!  That means there's a ton of fun and crafty inspiration on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  This month, we are celebrating the alphabet.  Fantastic!  And there's a prize.  All you have to do is answer a question on their blog!   Be sure to check it out at their blog for your chance to win!

Here's my alphabet creation:

I love the amazing Elizabeth Craft Designs Blackboard Alphabet.  They are a great size for cardmaking or scrapbooking.  I also used the NEW Party Lanterns dies.  I used adhesive to adhere Cool Diamond Silk Microfine glitter to the white tops of the lanterns.  The opening in the middle was cut with the Adventurous Edges.

That beautiful paper is from the Fly & Scrap 6x6 paper.  My full supplies list is below.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Be YOU

Posting a card today using products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I used the FuN Stitched Hexagon dies along with the Fashions 2 Clear Stamps and Coordinating Dies to create this:

LoVe those hexagons and I wanna own that dress (and be skinny enough to wear it!)  The pattern paper is from the Butterfly Dreams 12x12 Paper Collection.  For the background paper, I used the Elizabeth Craft Designs embossing folder called Lots of Dots.  The dress is colored with Copic markers:  R81, R83, R85, B93, B95, YG03, YG06.

Thanks for stopping by today.  My supplies list is below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Miss You Bear

Love the fun, sweet Teddy Bear Hugs set from Dare 2B Artzy!  I've created this card using the set and posted it up over on their blog today.  Here's what I made:

All of the fun details for this card are on the Dare 2B Artzy blog.  My supplies list is below.

Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Messy Hair, Don't Care

It's time for a FuN new challenge over at the Paper Nest Dolls Challenge.  Anything goes - as usual.  Join us!  Today, my inspiration card uses the CuTe Messy Hair Ellie digital image.

The paper I used is from an 8x8 stack of DaisyD.  (I picked it up at a craft garage sale...)  I embellished it with some twine and a doily that I colored up a bit with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide ink.  The girl is colored with:

Clothes:  B12, B14, Y02, Y06, YG00, YG03, YG06
Hair:  E50, E53, E55
Skin:  E000, E00, E11, BV00

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you join us int he challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Crazy 4 Eclipse Cards

Today is my last post as guest designer for the Crazy 4 Challenges blog!  This weeek's challenge is to do an eclipse card.  This is my first!

The beautiful paper is from Elizabeth Craft Designs - Butterfly Dreams 12x12 collection.  I used their Blackboard Alphabet dies  and the Small Butterfly die.  Pretty.  The eclipse part was easy.  I cut the letters from the background and then cut them again in a teal color and layered the cut outs.  I then used some pop-tape to pop the letters.

Thanks for stopping today!  Hope you join the Eclipse Challenge!

Craftily yours,

Birthday Balloons

It's my day over at Dare 2B Artzy, and I'm sharing a fun and easy masculine card:

Isn't it fun!?  So easy too.  My full supplies list is below.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

You're So Sharp

I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with a sweet and simple card using the Cacti Clear Stamps!

Fun!  I colored up the cacti with Copic markers G82, G85, Y23, Y26, YR12, YR14, R81, and R83.  The "ground" is colored with W0, W3, and W5.

For all the details on this easy card, be sure to pop on over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Crazy 4 Ombre

I am excited to again be guest designing for the Crazy 4 Challenges blog again!  This week's challenge is about ombre.  For my card below, the circles background, leaves and butterfly all have some ombre!

That butterfly is from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Bugs & Butterflies clear stamps and is cut with the coordinating dies.  I colored it with E31, R81, R83, R85, and B34.  The sentiment is from the Plant, Grow and Blooms sentiments set and is cut with a Dashing Rectangle die.  The blue piece is cut with the Circle Background die.  Before cutting it, I colored it with Distress Oxide inks in Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean and Broken China.  The branch is called Berry Branch and is colored with Distress Oxide ink in Peeled Paint.  I added some Key Lime Jewel Nuvo drops to the branch.

Thanks for stopping today!  Hope you join the Ombre Challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Emma's Sweet Friend

It's my day to provide inspiration for the Paper Nest Dolls Challenges!  My card features one of the adorable June releases: Emma's Sweet Friend .

Ain't she pretty!  The image is die cut with a Fitted Oval die from Elizabeth Craft Designs and is colored with the following Copics:

Hair:  E50, E53, E55
Skin:  E000, E00, E11, BV00
Clothes:  YG11, YG13, B12, B14
Ice Cream:  YR12, YR14, YR16, E41, E42, E43
Dog:  W0, W3, W5
Table:  C1, C3

The paper is from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Color of Puppies, Boy.

Thanks for stopping by today!  And be sure to join the challenge for your chance at winning a fantastic prize!

Craftily yours,

Karen

More Hexagons

Earlier this week, there was a Hexagons Designer Challenge at Elizabeth Craft Design.  I liked the random hexagons of my card so much, that I did it again!

In this case, I "dyed" a piece of 110lb White Soft-Finish Cardstock with Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks and then cut it using a few of the Stitched Hexagons dies.  I placed them randomly and added a sentiment from the Beach Sentiments.  Then, I added an adorable flamingo from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Flamingo die along with a few sequins.  He's colored with Copics R81, R83, R85, E42 and YR14.  Easy, fun and sweet.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Hexagon FuN

It's Designer Challenge Day at Elizabeth Craft Designs!  That means there's a ton of fun and crafty inspiration on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  This month, we are celebrating hexagons.  Fantastic!  And there's a prize.  All you have to do is answer a question on their blog!   Be sure to check it out at their blog for your chance to win!

Here's my hexagon creation:

I loved this combination of hexagons with the flowers from Elizabeth Craft Designs Susan's Garden collection.  To create this card, I washi-taped several of the Stitched Hexagon dies to a piece of patterned paper from the Butterfly Dreams 12x12 collection.  Then, I took the fun cuts and placed them randomly on a piece of 110lb White Soft-Finish Cardstock that I cut with a Dashing Rectangle die.  I then "gardened" up

• Shasta Daisy with a Copic Y15 and some yellow pollen center along with a couple Copic YG17, G43, G46 leaves
• Forget-Me-Nots colored with Copics B93, B95 with white acrylic marker and Copic Y15 centers and a E33, E31 branch.
• Baby's Breath with a G43 stem and a smidge of Y11 in the centers of the flowers.

I finished the card off with a few half pearls and a sentiment from the General Sentiments Clear Stamps that I colored in with a Y15.
V20, V22, V25, R81, R83, R85, YG11, YG13, Y26, B93, B95, B97

Be sure to see all the other hexagon goodness on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Crazy 4 Sketch Challenges

I am excited to be on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog again today!  This week's challenge is a sketch challenge.  Here's what I created:

That pretty birdie is from the Elizabeth Craft Designs Feathered Friends Clear Stamps and is cut with the coordinating die.  I colored him with B93, B95, B97, BG01, BG02, BG05, V20, V22, V25, RV52, RV55, YG11, YG13, YG17, and YR14.  The diamonds and sideways Dashing Square die cuts.  That pretty paper is part of the Butterfly Dreams collection.  I finished off the card with a glitter line sticker and some lace.

Thanks for stopping today!  Hope you join the Sketch Challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Let It Go

Happy Thursday!  It's my day over at Dare 2B Artzy. I created a card for a friend who's hit a bit of a rough patch using the Totally Tracy Let It Go stamps and the Wacky Boxes Stencil.

To see all the fun details, be sure to stop by the Dare 2B Artzy Blog!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

A Way with Words - Happy Birthday

I've recently gotten into making Elizabeth Craft Design Susan's Garden flowers.  So relaxing to bend and form the die cuts into pretty flowers.  Here's one I made using the Garden Notes - Forsythia, Shasta Daisy and Frosty Fern.

To make the Forsythia, I colored 110lb Soft-Finish Cardstock with a Y06 Copic, and the center of the flower is dabbed with a G40.  The branch is E33.  The Shasta Daisy centers are colored with a Y15 Copic and I added some yellow pollin.  The leaves on the daisy are colored with YG17, G82, and G85.  The fern is colored with a G43 and G47, and the very tips are dabbed with a white acrylic paint marker.

The background is made with Distress Oxide inks in Peacock Feathers, Fossilized Amber and Peeled Paint.  The sentiment is also from Elizabeth Craft Designs from the "A Way with Words" collection.  I die cut the circle frame around the sentiment with a couple Dashing Circles Dies and cut the card front out with a Dashing Rectangle.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Crazy 4 Masculine Cards

Today is my second post guest-designing for Crazy 4 Challenges!  This week's challenge is all about masculine cards!

I made this CAS card using the following products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:  Camping Out Clear Stamps, Summer Sentiments Clear Stamps and Wood Effects 12x12 Paper.  I added some fun twine to the card.

Thanks for stopping today!  Hope you join the Masculine Cards Challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen