Christmas Owl

Chrismas is a little less than three months away!  Got to get to gettin' at those holiday projects!  That's what I decided to do for Dare 2B Artzy this week:

I used the all new Dare 2B Artzy Holly Days Collection Paper Pack. I love the collection of patterns!  I stamped the owl from Dare 2B Artzy You're a Hoot Stamps in Dare 2B Artzy Chocolate Chip Ink.  Worked great coloring it in with the following Copic Markers:

YG17, G29, R37, E55, E57, E31, E33

And I used the owl/star die to cut it out with that teeny little border.  Here's a close-up:

So, before you leave, be sure to "like" the Dare 2B Artzy Facebook Page!  Also, JOIN our Dare 2B Artzy Birthday Challenge!  I dare you to be ARTZY!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Joy to the World

Tiddly Inks has a new challenge - ANYTHING Goes.  Hey, I can do that!  And since I love the coloring, I thought I'd try my hand at an all colored card.

The image is Wryn Goes Caroling.  After coloring the background, I fussy cut her out and glued her on.  The sentiment is also from the same set.  I colored her with Copic markers, but unfortunately, I put them away before writing them all down.  The stars are done with my Molotow Acrylic Paint Pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Dare 2B Artzy Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to Dare 2B Artzy's Christmas Blog Hop!!

With Christmas a few months away (3 months to be exact on Sunday!!), our Designers thought it would be fun to have a blog hop sharing some inspiration with our new Christmas stamps! 

Creating Christmas cards is so much fun and we have a bunch of fun Holiday stamps for you to choose from!!

You should have arrived here from Tonya's blog. If you haven't and would like to hop along with us, please go back to the Dare 2B Artzy Blog to start at the beginning!  Be sure to follow each blog and leave comments along the way for your chance at winning!  We will randomly choose a winner from one of the blogs, so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!!

The winner will receive a stamp set and ink pad!!

The blog hop will end Sunday evening at 7:00pm Central. 

We will then post a winner!!

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I used the Dare 2B Artzy Penguin Fun Set and a teeny piece of Dare 2B Artzy Winter Plaid Paper along with a $1 wood ornament from Michael's to create a Christmas tree ornament.

First, I painted the whole ornament with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Festive Berries.  I then used on of Tim's Stencils to add the smattering of Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence.  I cut a small piece of the D2BA paper and glued it on along with one of those adorable penguins, the chunk of ice and the sentiment.  I finished it off by adding some seam binding ribbon to the top and some white lace to the edge.

I wish I had my tree up, so I could get a picture of it on my tree.  Yes, indeed, I would have my tree up 12 months a year if my family would let me!  LoVe Christmas!

Thanks for stopping by!  Back to Dare 2B Artzy with you to see all the lovely Christmas goodness in their shop!

Check out all D2BA's products here!

Happy Hopping!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity - Winners

I want to THANK everyone for their beautiful sweet comments last week on my Unity creations.  Y'all are amazing!

The two winners are:

Tanya KSeptember 16, 2016 at 2:00 PM

I love your card. Beautiful colors.

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Angela BodeSeptember 13, 2016 at 1:53 PM

Funny inside!! Gorgeous outside! Love the layers on that fancy cake along with the pretty paper layers!

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Please email me at karey2005 @ sbcglobal . net (take out the spaces) with your mailing address, so I can send Unity the information and you can get your fabulous prize of 25 random stamps!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Wish

I decided to do a second entry to the Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes Challenge this month.  I LoVe these dolls and love to color them!  This time, I colored up Elf Ellie with Gifts.

The paper is from the Kaiser Craft Home for Christmas paper pad.  I colored her with the following Copic markers:

Skin:  E000, E00, E11, R21, BV20
Clothes and Gifts:  Y23, Y28, G40, G43, W0, W3, C1, C3
Hair:  E21, E23, E25
Ground:  C1, C3

Thank you very much for stopping by today.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Unity Growing in Unity - Day Five

Thanks for stopping by for my last day as the Growing in Unity Girl.  I couldn't let this weekend go without a Christmas Card.  I absolutely LOVE Christmas and could make cards year around!  I also absolutely love the snow peeps - like this one, Snow Peep Gabe, Make Snow Angels:

The paper is from Heartfelt Creations, Celebrate the Season.  Love the purples and teals.  With some added lace, enamel dots and a flower, I just love the little dude.

Thanks for stopping by this week.  I have loved reading your sweet comments!  After all comments are in, I'll draw two names to win grab bags of 25 stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Whoo Hoo!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Artzy Birthday Wishes

It's my birthday month!  Yay me!  I love birthdays.  I love them even more as I get older because it means that I am just that much closer to retirement.  Woo Hoo!!

It's my date to post over at Dare 2B Artzy!  Here's what I did:

I used Dare 2B Artzy, Artzy Doodles paper along with the fun-filled stamp and die set, Birthday Balloons with Dies!  I stamped the balloons and string with Dare 2B Artzy Premium Ink in Totally Black.  When I lined up the string, I got it as close as possible and then drew in the little bit of gap with a Copic Multi-liner pen.  Then, I stamped in the color for the balloons using Dare 2B Artzy Premium Ink in Bright Pumpkin and Sunset Yellow.  The very front balloon had white stars, but I wanted them to be yellow, so I colored them in with Copic Marker Y18.  Love how this premium ink doesn't smear on the edges with alcohol markers.

I fussy cut and popped up the flower from the Artzy Doodles Paper.

So, before you leave, be sure to "like" the Dare 2B Artzy Facebook Page!  Also, JOIN our Dare 2B Artzy Birthday Challenge!  I dare you to be ARTZY!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Unity Growing in Unity - Day Four

It really just ain't easy being queen of the freakin' universe.  Unity Stamp Company knows this and created this FuN stamp itty-bitty to say it!  Looooooove it.  The stamp set is called "Queen of the Universe":

I used some pretty Heartfelt Creations from the Sugar Hollow collection.  With some lace and twine, I like how it turned out....

Thanks for stopping by.  Please be sure to leave a comment.  At the end of the week, I'll draw two names to win grab bags of 25 stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Whoo Hoo!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Unity Growing in Unity - Day Three

Love being the Growing in Unity Girl.  Welcome to my day 3 stop!  Today, I reached waaaaay down in the Unity Stamp Pile and grabbed the KOTM from May 2010 called A Little Happy.  Here's what I did with it:

Aren't those skates SO fun and retro?!?!  I colored them up with the following Copics:

RV17, RV19, BG45, BG49, E31, E33, Y26, Y28, C1, C3, W2

Thanks for stopping by.  Please be sure to leave a comment.  At the end of the week, I'll draw two names to win grab bags of 25 stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Whoo Hoo!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Unity Growing in Unity - Day Two

Welcome to my second day as the Growing in Unity Girl!

Yesterday I used the KOTM of May 2014 called Hey Girl. I used it again today to celebrate birthdays!  My own birthday is just a few days away, so I just had to make a card!

And because I'm getting up their in years (it's just a number), I added the following sentiment to the inside.  The sentiment is from one of my favorite Unity Kits - called Have Some Sass.

So funny!  Love it!

Thanks for stopping by.  Please be sure to leave a comment.  At the end of the week, I'll draw two names to win grab bags of 25 stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Unity Growing in Unity - Day One

Say it with love.  When I think of Unity Stamp Company, this sentiment just about sums it up.  It's a great company and a great community of really nice people.  I haven't been posting much in the Show & Tell page lately, just because I'm SO far behind!  But I check it out regularly and LoVe seeing all the beauties.  Like this beauty from KOTM of May 2014 called Hey Girl.

I colored her up with the following Copics:

Skin:  E000, E00, E01
Hair:  E21, E23, E25
Clothes:  YG03, YG06, YG07 with a wee bit of RV55
Balloons: Y02, Y05, YG03, YG06, Rv52, RV55
Shadow:  C1, C3

I wanted to keep her simple, so I just added some sequins for sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please be sure to leave a comment.  At the end of the week, I'll draw two names to win grab bags of 25 stamps from Unity Stamp Company!

Whoo Hoo!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Thinking of You

There's a new sketch challenge up over at Tiddly Ink Challenges.  It's a great way to color up a Molly.  This time, I decided to use "Molly Shares."  (The sentiment is also from Tiddly Inks, but I can't remember which set....I had it printed out and thought it fit well!)

I just love her sweetness, and she is SO much fun to color.  I used the following Copic markers:

Skin:  E000, E00, E01, BV20
Dress/Shoes:  R81, R83, R85, E31, E33
Flowers/Planter:  C1, C3, YG03, YG06, YR12, YR15

The paper is from Heartfelt Creations Sunrise Lily Collection.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Celebrate the Season

Today, I'm posting a card to enter into the Paper Nest Dolls Challenge.  The image I used is the Paper Nest Dolls Santa Ellie with Gift.  I seriously adore her hair ringlets.  I hope I did these fabulous curls justice in coloring them!

The paper I used is from Heartfelt Creations Celebrate the Season.  I also used a couple Spellbinders dies to cut the snowflakes.  The Copic markers I used were:

Skin:  E000, E00, E01, R21
Hair:  E21, E23, E25
Clothes and Ribbon: BG53, BG57, V12, V15, Y26, C5

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Trend Report - Red, Blue, Gold and Flax

I'm doing the trend report this month for Cut@Home!  It's all about the color combination - red, blue, flax and gold.  Pretty.  Here are the two cards I created...

This first one uses a variety of scraps from Heartfelt Creations.  The stamp is from Unity Stamp Company called Santa Baby.  For all the furry parts of the suit, I added some distress Stickles in Picket Fence.

The next one uses Graphic 45 St Nicholas paper!  Love this new line!

To see all the fun details, be sure to check out my Cut@Home blog post!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Dare 2B Artzy Birthday Challenge

There's a NEW and FUN challenge over at Dare 2B Artzy today!  Whoop!  It's all about birthdays....and since this is MY birthday month, it's perfect.  Here's what I did:

I used the Dare 2B Artzy Bright Birthday stamps and the ALL NEW Dare 2B Artzy Modern Bliss Papers.  I also used Dare 2B Artzy Premium Inks found in the Tropical Cube Pack.  I added some Wink of Stella in yellow to the flames.  For the big flames, I stamped in yellow and then dotted the stamp with the orange.  For the little flames I added a little Copic alcohol marker in orange.

Here's what I did to the inside using the same supplies!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you decide to join our challenge.  I Dare YOU!  :)

Craftily yours,

Karen