Making Flowers

I've been working on my flower-making skills using products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.   There are many great You-Tube videos in the Susan's Garden area on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Channel.

In this case, I couldn't find a specific video, so I googled the image for Love in the Mist and did my best to copy it.  Here's what I created:

and here is the image I was copying:

The original is prettier, but I still like how my card came out!  And it's super relaxing and fun to make the flowers.  My complete supplies list is below.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Hoppy Easter

I've got a card over at Dare 2B Artzy today.  I can't believe how quickly Easter has come.  Seems like it was just Christmas, right?  Well, anyway, here's some fun Easter inspiration using the Dare 2B Artzy Raggity Rabbit set!

Isn't he just adorable?!?  The paper is from the Artzy Doodles collection.  I love that versatile set of papers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

You've Been Framed

It's Designer Challenge Day at Elizabeth Craft Designs!  Such a fun inspirational post on the blog, and there's a $20 gift card available to win over at the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  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!

This month's challenge to the designers is Frame It!  Put a frame on something.  I decided to put a frame on a frame to create a mini dry-erase board.  I purchased a frame at Ikea for $2.50 and glammed it up:

I created a Happy Frame following instructions from Els's Technique video - found here - using the Thinking About....Polinesia 12x12 paper.  Love the polkadots!  I created the flowers on the edge embellishment using the Color My Flowers clear stamps and coordinating dies.  I colored them with Copic markers:

YG11, YG13, G12, G14, BG02, BG05, B12, B14, Y13, Y15, R81, R83, Y26

The opening in the frame is 5"x7", so for the inside, I stamped the n I stamped the Circles Background stamp, and then moved the paper in my Tim Holtz stamp platform and stamped it again at the bottom.  It's a random enough pattern that it wasn't hard to continue it.  I then colored the circles with Copic markers:

YG00, B00, BG000, R00, Y00

Here's what it looks like with a note on it.  I plan to use it as my status board at work on my door.

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

Craftily yours,

Karen

Spit Happens

I've got a card over at Dare 2B Artzy today - Spit Happens.  Ha!  Love the sentiment. 

The Dare 2B Artzy alpacas make me smile.  This alpaca is from the Alpaca Cake stamps and the sentiment is from Spit Happens. The paper is from the Artzy Doodles collection.  I love that versatile set of papers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Surprise! Happy Birthday, Els Blog Hop!

Today is Els van de Burgt's birthday!  The design team for Elizabeth Craft Designs is celebrating with a surprise birthday blog hop!  Happy Birthday, Els!  Whoop Whoop!

We hope you will join us in making Els's birthday special by dropping by the Elizabeth Craft Designs Family Facebook Group and wishing her a happy birthday.  The hope started at the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog, so if you just happened upon us, you might want to head back there so you don't miss any of the fun.

Here's what I made:

To make this card, I cut two circles with the Fitted Circles dies from the Butterfly Dreams 6x6 paper.  I then stamped three of the flowers from the Color My Flowers Clear Stamps and cut them with the coordinating dies.  I colored them with Copic Markers:  B93, B95, B97, V22, V25, RV52, RV55, R35.  I used 100 lb soft Finish Cardstock for the card base and cut a background from it using the Dashing Rectangles. I cut the Happy Birthday Die three times from grey cardstock and glued them together to add dimension to the sentiment.

To further celebrate Els's birthday, from now until March 19, 2018, you will receive 10 sheets of stickers when you place an order over $25.  Cool deal!

Well, now it is time to continue along the birthday hop.  Your next stop is the talented and amazing Samantha!

• Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog 
• Tanja Kabel
• Frances Byrne
• Karen Nofziger   <-- You are here
• Samantha Klaebe <-- Go here next
• Christine Pooler
• Selma Stevenson
• EK Gorman
• Laura Gilhuly
• Luciana Telesca
• Ekaterina Oleynik
• Sandy Diller
• Marilyn Scheller
• Sara Torzullo
• Katelyn Grosart
• Emilia van den Heuvel
• Elena Anderson
• Kelly Booth

Craftily yours,

Karen

Happy Birthday Mom

I've got a card and tutorial up over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today.  It's a birthday card for my mom that I made using the cute Gift Wrapped clear stamps and coordinating dies as well as the Butterfly Dreams paper.  Here's what I made:

And using the General Pop-ups Dies, I created a fun inside too:

For all the details, be sure to check out the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  And thank you so much for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Fairy Princess Emma

I'm over on the Paper Nest Dolls blog today providing some inspiration for you to enter this month's challenge! I decided to make a generic card that could be used for congrats or birthday using the sweet Fairy Princess Emma digital stamp.

She just makes me smile!  I colored her with Copic markers:

Skin:  E000, E01, E11
Hair:  E21, E23, E25
Clothes:  BG02, BG05, V20, V22, V25, RV63, RV66

The paper I used is from Elizabeth Craft Designs, called Butterfly Dreams.  The flowers are the Susan's Garden Primrose, colored with Pan Pastels and shaped with Sus

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

Craftily yours,

Karen

Sweet Puppy

Any other dog lovers out there?  I am and ADORE the new Puppies clear stamps and coordinating dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Here's what I made:

The paper is from the Simply Love 12 x 12 collection - it's not just for Valentine's!  That sweet pup and her dog house are colored with Copics:  E41, E42, E43, R32, R35, R37, W2, E31, E33.  The doghouse (and sentiment from the General Sentiments set) were framed with a Dashing Rectangle die cut.  I added a couple flags and some half pearls.  Simple and sweet.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Emma with PJs and a New Challenge

I love coloring the adorable images for Paper Nest Dolls Challenges!  I'm providing inspiration for this month's challenge using the Emma with PJs digital stamp.  I make holiday cards all year!  I don't like to feel rushed with it, so this month, my inspiration card is a holiday one!

Here are the Copic colors I used:

Skin:  E000, E00, E01, BV00
Hair:  E21, E23, E25
Clothes:  B41, B45, R56, R59
Bear:  E41, E42

The paper is from the Elizabeth Craft Designs, called White Christmas, in the 6x6 size.  I also used the Dashing Rectangles dies from ECD to cut the image.

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

Craftily yours,

Karen

Wander There

Happy March y'all!  I finally got a chance to play with the new Cacti stamps and dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Super dee-duper love them!  Here's what I made!

That beautiful paper is from the Wood Effect 12x12 collection.  Love the colorful wood!  I colored up two cacti in Copic markers:  G82, G85, E41, E42, E43, BG02, BG05,  The square frame was done by cutting grey card stock with two successive Dashing Squares dies.  The perfect sentiment is from the Summer Sentiments clear stamps, and I finished off the card with three flowers from the Bunch of Flowers 1 set with some half pearl centers.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen