Happy Holidays

It's time for another challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges!  Have YOU started making your Christmas cards yet?  Better get started, the holidays will speed up on us very quickly!! This week, our optional challenge is ANYTHING Goes!  Whoop, whoop!  You can do that, right?

Using Snowy Days from There She Goes Stamps and Nikki Sivils Gingerbread land paper, I created this...

And hey, it fits the theme!  ha ha

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

Be Inspired - Unity Challenge

Unity's Be Inspired challenge this month has a wonderful card sketch and a pretty color pallette perfect for Fall with orange, purple, green, black and straw colors.  I decided to combine the color and sketch challenges with my Unity Scarecrow Thankful for You Itty-Bitty that I recently purchased.

The papers I used were part of a door gift I received when I took a crafty class.  The hearts are chip from UmWow Studios inked up with some Liquid Pearls.  The burlap and purple ribbons are both from 3 Girl Jam!

Karen

Stickled Pink

It's challenge time at the All That Stickles blog!  Think Pink!  How fun is that?!  Don't have pink Stickles?  That's ok, just have a mostly pink project and some Stickles - it's all good :)

For my card, I used the beautiful Amalia Daisy Fairy from There She Goes stamps.  I cased one of the TSG Trendsetters on Pinterest - but then pinked it up!

The paper is from Nikki Sivils Gingerbread Land collection (yes, Christmas paper!  but it had pink dots!)  I used Stickles in Glam Pink (on the flowers on her head), Cotton Candy (hearts) and Stardust (wings).  Here's a close-up.

So, Stickle Pink!  You could win one of these wonderful prizes!Scraptastical Kreations - $15 GC
Fresh Brewed Designs - 5 digis
SKdigis - 2 single digis (no bundles)


Craftily yours,


Karen

TSG Sketch Challenge

It's Release Week at There She Goes Stamps!  Whoop, whoop!  If you haven't done their blog hops yet, you should!  They are fabulous!

Part of their release week celebration (and birthday celebration) is a sketch challenge.  Extra points are given for birthday themed cards!  Using Smarty Pants stampset and a bunch of scrap paper and Timeless Twine, this is what I came up with.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Holiday Sketch

It's another challenge day over at Christmas Card Challenges!  This week's optional challenge is to create a Christmas card based on a sketch!  I love sketches!  And I love my Holiday Cheer set from There She Goes stamps!  Combine the two and this is what you get:

That little girl is SO stinkin' cute!  Check out the close-up!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Then link up and share your creations with us!

Craftily yours,


Karen

My Poor PoP

It's time for a NEW challenge at Clear It Out Challenge blog.  Fun, fun!  This time, we ask you to use your punches to create a masculine card.  I don't know about you, but masculine cards are hard for me.  I love challenges that are masculine because I certainly do need some dude cards every now and then!!

My poor POP is going to be heading into surgery in a few days to have his knee replaced.  When I saw this PUP digital stamp at QKR Stampede, I knew it was perfect!  Using a slice of Echo Park Walk in the Park, my corner scallop punch, and some journal tags I've had in my stash forever, this is what I came up with!

Join us!  Link up your punchy masculine cards for an opportunity to win some fabulous digis from our wonderful sponsors!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Stickles Blog Hop - Furry Friends

Welcome to the Furry Friends Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

Cute, cuddly, soft, and sweet, having a pet is quite the treat! And even if it's not your pet, paying homage to our furry friends is cool!  This month we are honoring our furry friends with a dash of Stickles! Isn't she just the cutest?

 If you have just come across the hop and are looking to start at the beginning, please visit All that Stickles. If you've come from Ann's blog, you're in the right place.



I'm part of an online crafty-girl group where we do swaps like recipes, cards and ATCs.  Our current swap is ATCs, and here's a sneak peak of my cards.  I used There She Goes Stamps Pandamonium collection and Bronze and Yellow Stickles

We have blog candy for those who are a follower of All that Stickles and leave a comment on every stop of the hop! Winners will be announced Wednesday September 18th at All that Stickles.

Fresh Brewed Designs

$15 Gift Certificate

Unity Stamp Co.

2 Itty Bitty Stamps

Bugaboo Stamps

10 Digis of Winner's Choice

Digital Delights by Louby Loo
$5 Voucher

Your next stop is the uber talented Laura's blog!  Off you go!

Here's the complete lineup:

All that Stickles

Ashley

Tonya
Myra - Featured Fan

Karen S. 

Sonia

Ann

Karen N.

Laura

Angeline

Chas

Cathy

Cathie

Thanks for hopping! :) Don't forget to check out our Fall Harvest Linky Party!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Carols

This week's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to do a card with a music theme.  Easy!  Love Christmas Carols!  This card was created with a digi stamp.  These kids are just really singing out loud!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

It's all about the birthday!

Two of my FAVORITE companies (There She Goes Stamps and 3 Girl Jam) are celebrating birthdays this month - HEY, so am I!!

I created this card using 3 Girl Jam beautiful crinkly ribbon and There She Goes "Handwritten" stamps!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Sparkly Fall Thanks

It's time for a new challenge at the All That Stickles blog!  It's a Fall/Harvest theme!  Whoop, whoop!  I guess this must mean summer is FINALLY coming to an end.  I'm not a huge fan of the heat, and I love Fall weather!

I used a Unity Stamp of the Week for my card - called Thanks, Thanks & Thanks.  I love the patchwork pumpkins!  I embellished my card with 3 Girl Jam Harvest ribbon and stickled hearts!   I also covered the hearts in glossy accents. 

Stickles used:  Baby Blue and Stardust.

So, Stickle up for Fall!  You could win one of these wonderful September prizes!
Scraptastical Kreations - $15 GC
Fresh Brewed Designs - 5 digis
SKdigis - 2 single digis (no bundles)


Craftily yours,

Karen

Friends with Flair - Nicholas Snow Peep

Happy Friends with Flair Friday, Unity peeps!

And it's a special FRIDAY because, after work today, my vacation starts!  whoop whoop!  Next week, I'm going to Minneapolis to the Mall of America for Scrapfest!  Whoop whoop!!!!!

For this week's card, I inked up Snow Peep Nicholas!  He's so freakin' cute, don't ya think?

Craftily yours,

Karen

Snowman Holiday Time

It's another challenge day over at Christmas Card Challenges, and this week, our optional challenge is to create with a snowman.

This cute lil snowman is from Stampin' Up, and I just adore him and the sentiment that goes with him!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Then link up and share your creations with us!

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

Silhouette Challenges CH#5 "Welding Letters"

It's time 

for another Challenge here at

A blog dedicated to the Silhouette Cutting Machines.
You MUST use a Silhouette somehow in your project.

Ch# 5 Welding Letters

Begins: Sunday, September 1
Ends: Monday, September 30

Sponsors this month are:

My Scrap Chick
Prize: $10.00 GC


My Crafting Channel
Prize: $15.00 Amazon GC


Little Scraps of Heaven Designs
$15.00 GC

For my project this month, I did a page in my art journal / scrapbook.  I decided to make a scrapbook for my son who is in the U.S. Army (currently stationed in Korea).  It keeps my mind busy on days that I'm missing him, and I hope he will enjoy it later in life.  

This page shows pictures of my family and me on the day that he swore into the military.  We are so proud of him.  I welded "We <3 U" - a new technique for me.

 

Now, go weld and join us!

Craftily yours,

Karen

3 Girl Jam - Guest Design Celebration

I am SUPER excited to be part of the 3 Girl Jam Birthday Celebration!  They are celebrating two years in business; fun!

Here's the card I made:

In this card, you will find 3 Girl Jam purple ribbon from the Spooky Bundle, Teresa Collins Fabrication line paper, the adorable girl is Blossom by Blossom stamps from There She Goes, and the sentiment is from Tiddly Inks.  It certainly fit the theme for the 3GJ celebration:)  Here's wishing 3 Girl Jam a very happy birthday celebration and oodles of success in the future!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Special Thank You

It's time for a new challenge up at the Clear It Out challenge blog!  Our challenge is to create something that says Thank You that thing you've been saving because it's too special to use!

Yeesh, I've been saving it because it's too special to use, so it HAS to be a super special creationk, right?!  I used a fabulous image from our sponsor - Bugaboo Digital Stamps - called Make It Snappy - Thanks a Bunch.  I love these images because they incorporate darling images and great sentiments!  For my special things, I used some Basic Grey Kioshi paper and a butterfly embellishment that I got in one of the older UmWow Studios kits.  I love this paper line (wish it was still being sold!!) and love my little butterfly.  I think I did them justice!

What do you have that is so special you've been saving it?  Show us!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Happy Birthday TSG!

One of my favorite stamp companies, There She Goes Stamps, is celebrating their birthday this month!  Hey, so am I!!  For this week's challenge, they asked us to create a birthday project with banners.  Go check out their challenge - here!

Using some Teresa Collins Fabrications paper and There She Goes Smarty Pants, this is what I created....

Craftily yours,

Karen

Using Something New

It's challenge day over at Christmas Card Challenges, and this week, our optional challenge is to use something new!  (Really, the true challenge is to get going on your Christmas cards and to share the inspiration with us!!)

I recently picked up some Glubers.  (I make my DT cards in advance, so I've used them quite a few times by the time this posts...)  What are Glubers?  Well, they are really uber big glue dots!  I used one to create this ribbon flower.  I love the way ribbon flowers look, and this one with red seam binding ribbon sorta glimmers!  Oo-la-la!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)