Retro

 Over at Crazy4Challenges this week, we're challenging you to be retro. I pulled out an old Unity Stamps Cassette Tape Tunes to create this:

The paper is from Heartfelt Creations. Love this pretty paper. Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you join in the challenge to create something retro!

Craftily yours, Karen

Humorous Card

Today is a new challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges.  We are posting humorous cards!  Here's my take:

The bird and sentiment are from Unity Stamp Company.  The paper is from Heartfelt Creations, Birds and Blooms.  The supplies I could find online are below.  The circle and background die are both from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you join us in the challenge this week!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Oh Deer - Happy Holidays

Christmas Card Challenges has a new (and optional) challenge this week.  This week's challenge is a photo challenge.  The photo is a tree with lights and ornaments.

I got inspiration from the lights and the color palette for my card!

Ok, it's a stretch, but I *needed* to use this adorable image from Unity Stamp Company!  The paper is Kaisercraft Home for Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Hope you join us in the challenge!  No time like the present to get a start on those FuN Christmas Cards!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity Blog Hop

Welcome to my stop on the Growing in Unity Blog Hop.  If you came from Laura Mooney's blog, you are heading in the right direction.  If you just happened upon my blog today, I'd recommend starting at the Unity blog and comment along the way for your best chance to win a prize!

I used two kits to create a birthday card today.  They are Blow Your Mind and Beautiful Elements.  Here's my card:

I love that huge flower!  The background is done with TH distress inks in Salty Ocean, Broken China and Worn Lipstick.  I then stamped the "mesh" with Dare 2B Artzy Chocolate Chip ink.  The flower is colored with Copic markers, Y00, Y13, Y15, Y18, Y19 and Y28.  I finished the card off with a Happy Birthday Sentiment from Elizabeth Craft Designs, some lace and Nuvo drops.

Your next stop on the hop is Aimee Phillips's blog.  Be sure to leave some bloggy love along the way for your best chance to win!  And thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Mittens

It's time for a new at Christmas Card Challenges.  Challenges are always optional....so all you have to do to join us is to create some fun holiday inspiration.  Here's the current challenge:

Mittens, huh?  LOL, I have hundreds of stamps and could find precisely one with mittens.  This one is a snow peep from Unity Stamp Company:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity, Day 5 - Matching Socks

Happy Friday, Friends.  Thanks to everyone who has stopped by this week.  It's been a fun week, but I couldn't let it end without doing a card using my all-time favorite Unity stamp set - Matching Socks!

Ok, maybe it's one of my favorites - I have so many....but I just love the sentiment on this card.  I'm almost always wearing socks that don't match.  Life is really just too short for that.  The other supplies I used on this card:

Copic Markers:  G40, YG03, YG06, R20, R22, B93, B95, C1
Dare 2B Artzy Paper, Modern Bliss
Candi Dots
Elizabeth Craft Designs, Stitched Rectangles

Thanks again for stopping by this week.  Be sure to leave comments for YOUR chance to win a fun random stamp prize from Unity!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity, Day 4 - Main Squeeze

Day 4 of Growing in Unity!  Thanks for stopping by!  Remember to leave comments on each day of my posts this week for YOUR chance to win a fabulous prize.  Be sure to check out Kathryn's blog as well!

Phyllis Harris....yes, beautiful, sweet and talented and the person whose beautiful art turned me onto Unity Stamp Company several years ago.  I couldn't go through the week without doing one card using a PH image...in this case, I used Unity Stamp Company, You Are My Main Squeeze!

Awwww, that lil wee one is so sweet.  For this card, I used the following supplies:
Copic Markers:  B12, B14, R81, R83, Y00, Y02, E50, E41, E43, Y000, Y01, R20, W2
Elizabeth Craft Designs, Stitched Rectangles
Heartfelt Creations, Birds and Blooms Paper
Timeless Twine
3 Girl JAM Lace
Prima Chalk Inkers

Again, thanks for stopping by....and thanks for your sweet comments!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity, Day 3 - Heart & Soul

Happy Humpday, Unity Friends!  Today, I created a Valentine's Day card using Alfie - Heart & Soul Mouse.  Alfie was a stamp-of-the-week.  So many great stamps in my collection came from that program! Here's what I created:

Omigosh, he is so freakin' cute!  To make this card, I used the following:
Copic Markers:  C1, C3, W0, W2, G40, G43, R20, R22
Dare 2B Artzy, Artsy Doodles Paper
Elizabeth Craft Designs, Stitched Rectangles
Tattered Lace, Doily Flourish
Gina Marie, Stitched Banners
Timeless Twine
Memory Box, Small Ringlets
Roses and Pearls from my stash

Thanks ever so much for your sweet comments.  Be sure to leave a comment each day to have a better chance of winning the random stamps prize!  Be sure also to stop by Kathryn's blog each day this week.  She's also Growing in Unity and has some prizes for commenters!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity, Day 2 - Life is Better with Friends

Welcome to Day 2 of my Growing in Unity Week.  Be sure to leave comments each day for a chance to win a fabulous prize package of 25 random stamps from Unity Stamp Company!  Whoop!  Kathryn is also Growing in Unity this week.  She's got some GrEaT stuff lined up for you too.

Today, I created a card that is a bit outside my normal wheelhouse using Unity Stamp Company, Spanky!  (I love the name of this stamp-of-the-week set!!)

Eeek, I love that lil bird!  The background of this card is Ken Oliver Color Burst on TH watercolor cardstock.  The birdie is colored with Y06, Y08 and YR16 Copics.  I added some pink Nuvo drops for the heart and some yellow ones to the background.  In both cases, the Nuvo picked up some of the background ink (which is why they are all or partly green.  I thought that was a cool effect.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for your sweet comments.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity, Day 1 - Decorate My Life

Welcome to my week of Growing in Unity!  As you may know, there are two people Growing in Unity each week this year, so be sure to check Kathryn's blog too!  Each of us will be giving away TWO prize packages from Unity Stamp Company from those who comment on our blogs.  How generous and sweet of Unity!

Today, I used Unity Stamp Company, Decorate My Life to create this:

I super love this owl!  I created this card with the following supplies:
Copic Markers:  R35, R37, R39, R81, R83, R85, C1, E41, E42, E43
Carta Bella, Devoted Paper
3 Girl JAM Lace
Elizabeth Craft Designs, Fitted Rectangles
Flowers and pearls from my stash

The snow "spots" on the color is done with a Molotow Acrylic Paint Pen.

I've created so many long-term friendships in the Unity crafting community.  You all decorate my life!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Color Challenge

Happy NEW Year!  May 2017 bring us all blessings, happiness and health!  Yes, Christmas just ended, but next Christmas is a mere 11.5 months away!  For those of us who join in the Christmas Card Challenges, there's never a last-minute rush to make cards!  The current (optional) challenge is a color challenge:

These colors screamed vintage at me, so I colored up this adorable little snowman from Unity Stamp Company with my Copic markers (C1, C3, W0, W2 with a YR14 nose):

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Growing in Unity Blog Hop

TODAY is a fun day.  It's the "Growing in Unity Blog Hop" day!  You have reached my stop on the hop.  For my card today, I used the Unity Blow Your mind Set.  I fell in love with this set watching the videos that Jolande did.  Love the HuGe flower!

The background is Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Mustard Yellow, Mowed Lawn and Broken China with the edges done in Black Soot.  I stamped the mesh stamp and the sentiment stamp (from a grab bag) with Walnut Stain and used Encore Gold ink for the splats.  I colored the flower with Copic markers R83, R85 and R89.

Here's the inside:

Here's the hop order - after the Unity blog:

Rebecca Wong	Scrappingwithluv.blogspot.com.
Karen Nofziger	http://karey2005.blogspot.com <-- you are here
Amy Martin Jones	thetigershaven.blogspot.com
Teri Burson	http://wavingmywand.blogspot.com
Helen Bisesi	www.htbcreations.com
Tammy Murphy	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa-FqNi5F6NYdBxDXOmx-YQ
Tenia Nelson	Jazzypaper.blogspot.com
Larissa Pittman	http://www.muffinsandlace.com/

So hop away now to Amy's blog!  And thanks 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

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

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

Thankful for 3 Girl JAM Fans Hop

Welcome to my stop on the "Thankful for 3 Girl JAM Fans Blog Hop!"  The 3 Girl JAM design team has joined up with a few of our friends and fans to put together an awesome hop full of inspiration and fun!

3 Girl JAM has put together an awesome prize package of crafty goodness!  To win it, all you have to do is leave a comment on each stop of the hop.  Easy peezy!  3 Girl JAM also has a great sale happening NOW - 40% off ribbons and trims when you use code:  THANKS at checkout!  Wowzers!!

I made a sweet card today using Denim 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon from the Saturday Morning Bundle.

The paper is from Prima "All About Me" and the stamp is from Unity Stamp Company.

I am also giving away two packages of of your choice of 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon from a commenter on my blog - but be sure to leave comments all along the way!  Stop back on Nov 23 to see if you won!!

The full hop order is below:
Julie K. -- http://3girljam.blogspot.com
Rhonda -- http://scraphappenswithrhonda.blogspot.com
Dawn-- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com
Kim -- http://katydidcards.com
Chriss -- http://www.chrissandlou.blogspot.com
Marji -- http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com
Veronica -- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com
Karen -- http://karey2005.blogspot.com
Susan -- http://scrapathousandwords.blogspot.com
Jessica -- http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com
Connie -- http://www.conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Donna K -- http://createdbydonnak.blogspot.com
Angela -- http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com
Daphne --http://www.craftyscrapsofstuff.blogspot.com
Julie O -- http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com

So, your next stop is at Susan's blog. Thanks so much for hopping with us today!

Craftily yours,
Karen  

So Thankful for YOU

I'm up over at Timeless Twine/Bella Creationz today.

So thankful for so many things. Thankful for my family, my friends, my job....and so thankful to YOU for stopping by today to see my SO thankful for YOU card:

The twine is Autumn Splendor Timeless Twine, and those fabulous sequins are from Bella Creationz Orange Sequins collection.  NOW, here's something for YOU to be thankful for:

Now, that's one heck of a deal, my friends!

Have you seen all the pretty stuff over at the Bella Creationz/Timeless Twine etsy store.  More stuff is added all the time, so be sure to check it out!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen