Surf, Sun and Stickles Blog Hop

Welcome to the Surf, Sun, & Stickles Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

We're in the midst of a heat wave and what better way to cool off then indoors crafting with some Stickles?! This month's hop is all about using Stickles on those fun, summer-themed projects we all love to create. 

When I think of summer (and it's not so hot outside that all I wanna do is craft and stickle), I think of barbecues and swim parties.  I've always wanted a set of wineglass tags, so my friends and I will know which glass is ours.  For my project, I thought - why not make them!?  A Cameo cut, some ribbon, washi tape and some Stickles later...

Stickles used:  Lavender, Firefly, Glam Pink and Yellow!
 And here's a close-up of the Firefly (love, love that color!!)...

 
 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 July 24th at All that Stickles.

Wunder's Creations

Winner's Choice of a Cricut or Cameo cover

Fresh Brewed Designs

$15 Gift Certificate

SKdigis

$6 Voucher

Bugaboo Stamps

10 Digis of Winner's Choice

QKR Stampede

5 Digis of Winner's Choice

Your next stop is the super creative and talented Cathy's blog.

Here's the complete lineup:

All that Stickles
Tonya
Ashley

Chas
Julie
Karen <<-- You are here!
Cathy <<-- Go here next!
Ann

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

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Christmas Card Challenges - Snowflakes

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to use a snowflake (or two).  It's so blasted hot here in Northern California that even making a snowflake CARD cooled me down!  Woo hoo!

 

I used some red snowflake/star paper from a paper pad I've had forever.  I cut the two snowflakes with my Cameo.  The larger one was done with kraft paper, but it was too brown, so I oozed some White Opal Liquid Pearls on it.  I embossed the sentiment.  I really like how it turned out!

Are you making your Christmas cards yet?  Only a few more months!  Better get on it, and when you do, be sure to link up to Christmas Card Challenges!!

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fellow Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Pocket Tag Card

 

Timeless Twine has a fun challenge going on!  Tags and twine!  Love love!  The challenge calls for us to use our fabulous Timeless Twine and bright summery colors along with a tag.  I decided to make a tag shaped card with a tag pocket and a tag that can be used by the recipient as a bookmark!  Tags, tags, tags!  And Timeless Twine, of course!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

FWF Classy Lady

My friend, Corrie, put together the Cocoa Creators challenge this week.  She challenged us to use washi.  It's a good thing to remind me to do.  I have oodles of washi and always forget to use it!

I used a sentiment from Unity to make the card, so I'm entering into Friends with Flair.  I found a card similar to this on Pinterest, and I love the washi with the matching ink splatters!  I knew I just had to make one, and I love how this turned out!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Ship Shape

There She Goes stamp challenge this week is to use metal.  I had received some nautical brads from a dear friend as a gift, and I decided to break out my Shiver Me Timbers stampset to create this card.  I love that anchor brad - perfect with this ship!  This stamp-set is one of my faves. 

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CIO - Moose-A-Licious

Another great challenge is up today at the Clear It Out challenge blog.  Our challenge is to use the theme "International (or from your country)" and to use some of that washi tape you've got laying around!

For this challenge, I used an adorable moose digital stamp from QKR Stampede (you can find it here).  I didn't have a really good sentiment to go with it, so I printed this one out on cardstock.  It cracks me up!  What the heck is a moose-a-licious day anyway?!  I used some red polka-dotted washi tape, and red/white/blue colors (from the U.S.A.!).

Linking this card up to Scrap Warriors Advanced Training - Red/White/Blue Challenge!  (Thanks, Michele!!)

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

One Fine Chick

3 Girl Jam Challenge asked us to make a shaped card with ribbon.  I used their fun crinkly ribbon on this card.  There She Goes Stamps challenged us to use an animal in our creation.  I pulled out Blossom by Blossom and colored up this adorable little gal with her little chickie friends.

Met both challenges.  (I was going to say "killed two birds with one stone" - but somehow that just seems wrong!  LOL)

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CCC - Embossing

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to use an embossing technique.  A few weeks ago, I did a button butterfly card using the negative space filled with pink buttons.  I decided to use that technique again to create the tree below.  And, of course, I embossed!  The star at the top is UmWow Studios chipboard decorated up with Liquid Pearls, Stickles and a bling.

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fellow Christmas Card Challenges design team members for more holly, jolly inspiration!

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

ATS - True Blue Boogers

I love funny cards!  The sentiment on this adorable Bugaboo Digital stamp cracks me up.  Birthdays are like boogers for a LOT of reasons, eh?

The color for the linky party over at All That Stickles is True Blue.  The word "Birthdays" is highlighted with True Blue Stickles.  I also used some Glam Pink on the melted ice cream cone.  The paper used on this card is from another sponsor, Robins Nest!

Be sure to link up to our linky parties for a chance to win some great prizes!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CIO - Sweet Treats

Today is the mid-challenge inspiration over at the Clear It Out challenge.  Our challenge is to use the theme "Make Someone's Day" and to use something glittery or sparkly from your stash.

For this challenge, I used a digital stamp from The Stamping Chef and made a sweet treats card.  It's been HOT HOT HOT here in Northern California, and I made a card that I'll add an ice cream gift certificate with.  Now, whose day shall I make?

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Silhouette Challenges CH#3 "Faux Stitching"

It's the first of the month again and time 

for another Challenge over at

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

Ch# 3 Faux Stitching

Begins: Monday, July 1

Ends: Wednesday, July 31

Sponsors this month are:

My Scrap Chick

Prize: $10.00 GC

Tabitha Designs 

Digi Pack (Winner's Choice)

The challenge this month at Silhouette Challenges is to create a project with faux stitching.  I was SO relieved that it wasn't real stitching!  LOL!  I have three kids with birthdays this month (twin stepsons and one biological son).  They will be 19....and want money.  I downloaded everything on this card from the Silhouette Store except the Timeless Twine and UmWow Studios chipboard covered with Liquid Pearls and Stickles (and a bling, of course!).  The patterned paper is from Piggy Tales. The holder perfectly holds a $10 bill.  Wonder if the boys would be happy with $10?  Probably not....

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CCC - Stockings

Have I ever told you that I love my Cameo?  Well, I do!  *smiles*

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to use a stocking theme.  Last year, I really wanted BAD the stocking die from Stampin' Up.  I ended up not getting it because Christmas was coming, and that time of year can be so expensive.  When I saw the stocking theme, I thought, "Oh man, I still want that stocking die!"  BUT BUT BUT, I have a cameo now.  Head to the Silhouette store, and problem solved!

The card design and the stocking are both from the Silhouette store. I really love it, and it was so simple to make!

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fellow Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

FWF Buttons, Buttons

Happy Friday, Friends with Flair!

This week over at Crop Chocolate, Amber challenged us to use up some of our buttons and make a project with buttons in a shape.  I saw a card similar to this on Pinterest and loved it, so I thought I'd give it a try........

I call it my buttonfly!  I cut the mat using my Cameo and then just popped it up on a pink mat with buttons underneath the image.  The sentiment is, of course, Unity!  I really love how this turned out!

Have a LOVELY weekend!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CIO - Make Someone's Day

The challenge at Clear It Out challenge is to use the theme "Make Someone's Day" and to use something glittery or sparkly from your stash.

I decided to make a card for Operation Write Home and use a super cute and funny image from Bugaboo Stamps.  When a soldier sends this card to a friend, it's certain to make their day!  And of course, I had to use some bling for my sparkles!  You can purchase the digi here and/or enter our challenge to see if you can win a gift certificate!  There are oodles of adorable and funny digital stamps at Bugaboo Stamps!

Birthdays are like boogers - for many reasons!  ha ha

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Spark DT: Happier Than a Bird With a French Fry

It's a new Anything Goes Challenge over at Spark Your Creativity Now!  I'm very excited to present my design team project!  When I got this stamp set from Unity Stamp Company, I was so excited about it!  I love, love, love the giggles sentiment with the very serene bird image!

The paper is from Carta Bella So Noted.  The chevron's are chip from UmWow Studios that I blinged up with some liquid pearls and then tied it off with some fun 3 Girl Jam sparkly ribbon!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CCC - Paper Piecing

Merrrrrry Christmas!  (about 6 months early!)  ha ha  No time like the present (pun intended) to get started on Christmas Cards!

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to paper piece.  Here's what I did:

The hats and scarves on those little snowmen are paper pieced.  It was quite a little chore to cut them all out - especially those little guys.  I designed the whole card around that button - isn't it gorgeous!?

Be sure to check out the blogs of my fellow Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

ATS Birthday Fishes

Today is the mid-linky inspiration over at All That Stickles!  For my design team post this week, I used this adorable Birthday Fishes stamp from Bugaboo digital stamps.  I just love the look on this character's face.  The bubbles are colored with yellow copic and filled in the Firefly Stickles!  Love that color!!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

My Favorites

The Crop Chocolate challenge this week from my friend, Michele, is about favorites.  She asked us to create a project inspired by something favorite.  She also asked us to use our favorite stamp.

Well, my favorite thing in the whole wide world are my kids.  Most of you know that my son is in the U.S. Army and has recently been deployed to S. Korea.  I'm getting ready to send along his first care package this weekend and created this card to go into his package.  I used the sketch over at There She Goes Challenge - and my current favorite stamp-set from them (Shiver Me Timbers).

The paper is from Carta Bella "Well-Traveled" collection.  That map paper is PERFECT for this stamp-set, wouldn't you say?!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

CIO Mid-Challenge Paper Piecing

So excited to announce that I'm on the Clear It Out challenge design team!  Woo hoo!  My first project with them was doing paper piecing with a digital stamp and using up some of my scrap papers.  I have done paper piecing with regular stamps, but I've never done it with digital stamps.  Quite a challenge.

I decided to use the below flower digital stamp from Digi Darla.  The image can be purchased, "HERE." I had made some recipe cards for a recipe swap and had all these little pieces of colored paper left, so that is my scrap paper element.  What I did was to print the image onto plain white paper and then tape a piece of colored paper over the image (very securely!) and run it through the printer again.  Then I just cut the flowers and put it on the card.  Easy sneezy!

The hearts on the side are inked up with TH distress inks through punchinella.  A dear friend sent me this stuff - and I LOVE IT!  Add a button and a touch of Timeless Twine and Voila!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Christmas House

I love Christmas - all year!  I'm super happy today to be presenting my very first design team project for Christmas Card Challenges!  Each year, I send out a LOT of Christmas cards.  Being on this design team will help me to make sure I'm not making them all at the very last minute!

Today's challenge is to create a card inspired by the photo to the right there.  What a beautiful home!  I decided to try to be somewhat literal about it and create a white house card using my Cameo.  It's not quite as beautiful as the picture, but it is decorated up and has a red door!  I love that it has a working door! 

Be sure to check out my Christmas Card Challenges Design Team-mates for more crafty Christmas inspiration!

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Older, Wiser and Better

Birthdays mean that you are older, wiser, and better - or maybe just older!  I love this sentiment from Unity's Itty Bitty (aptly named Older, Wiser and Better Owl). 

It's Friday!  That means it's time for Unity Friends with Flair!  Woo hoo!  It's a perfect time to ink up this special owl and place him and his brightly tattoo'd wing on some happy polkadots!  I'm also entering this card into 3 Girl Jam Challenge blog who asked us to create a birthday project with ribbon.  That beautiful crinkly ribbon is from 3 Girl Jam!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

May Arts Nautical Challenge

If you are looking for the Star Spangled Stickles blog hop - go "here".

I was so super excited to see the May Arts challenge!  Nautical!  Nice!  Ooooh, pick me!  She did!

I wanted to create a mini-album showing some of my favorite pictures of our family adventures on our boat.  The idea grew into a "mini" that is boat shaped....and well, it's not so mini!  Here is a collage:

I cut boat shapes out of UmWow Studio (UWS) chipboard.  On each boat, is a folder that contains pictures on both the front side and the back side.  I made flags from the gorgeous May Arts red/white solid stripes, and each of the folders open with a brad and a little bit of the burlap cord separated by strand.  I used every inch of the beautiful May Arts metallic chain cord to line the top of the hull part of the boat.  I totally LOVE that metallic ribbon!  I then used a solid piece of UWS Chipboard and cut a slice in a block of wood for the backing.  The wood's edge is surrounded by the very pretty May Arts white woven chevron stripes ribbon.  To finish off my project, I added a washi tape border and cut an anchor from my cameo and used TH Distress Stain in brushed pewter and stardust Stickles on it, tying it off with more of the burlap cord.  My husband asked me if I could bling up the anchor on our boat!!  ha ha!  I tied a knot from the burlap cord to adorn the base.  The paper used in this project is from Authentique Blissful and Genuine collections.

Here are some close-ups!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Lookin' Up

If you are here looking for the All That Stickles Star-Spangled Blog Hop - Click HERE!

Kraftin' Kimmies had a release party last night and challenged us to submit a project with one of their stamps - not only for a prize but also for an opportunity to guest design for them!  I purchased their World of Wonder stamp set and am excited that I finally got it inked up!  They said to add some sparkle, so I framed the image with some Stickles!

Who could go wrong with such an ADORABLE stamp?!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

All That Stickles Star Spangled Blog Hop

Welcome to the Star Spangled Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

"Oh say can you see... by the gleam of Stickles. Oh so proudly we post, our patriotic projects" (if you sing it to the tune of Star Spangled Banner, we promise it makes sense ;)

In non-musical form: Today the All that Stickles design team has created a variety of patriotic-themed projects using our favorite sparkly embellishment - Stickles!

I am SO stoked about this particular theme!  My youngest son joined the U.S. Army in January.  What could be more patriotic than a project about a soldier!?!  It's been hard being an Army Strong Momma, so I've been working on a journal chronicling his service.  It helps me to miss him a little less.  This entry is about his joining up. He ended up having to go to medical processing three times as he had to lose some weight. He ended up losing 20 lbs in about 1.5 months - so determined to join. 

 

Stickles used:  Christmas Red, True Blue, Midnight Blue and Frosted Lace.

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 June 19th at All that Stickles.

SK Digis

$6 Voucher

LoveBug Creations

$15 Gift Certificate

Scrapping Memories

10 Files of Winner's Choice

Bugaboo Stamps

10 Digis of Winner's Choice

Scrapping Fun with Tonya
3 Pack of Stickles

Your next stop is the beautiful and talented Julie's blog!!

Here's the complete lineup:

All that Stickles
Ashley

Tonya
Cathy
Ann
Cynthia
Karen <--You're here
Julie  <--Go here next

Chas

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

Stickled Dad

Over at the All That Stickles blog, my design team post is up.  The current linky party challenges you to make a project with Distress Stickles - ANY Distress Stickles.  Fun! 

Father's Day is tomorrow!  For my Distress Stickles project I downloaded this super cute Father's Day card from the Silhouette Store.  The sentiment is from a Unity Stamp of the Week.  I used Tumbled Glass Distress Stickles on the ribbon and to highlight a couple lines on the paper! 

This card is going to the best father in the whole wide world - my dad!  This is my dad a few days ago after some damn fool ran a stop sign and hit him.  His bike was in two pieces, and my dad is probably going to have to have knee replacement surgery now.  Thank God the guy had slowed down or it could have been much worse.   

He looks so sad holding his broken bike.  Aws.  I'm super thankful to have such a wonderful dad....so, daddy - this one's for you!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Happy Friday

It's Friday!  Woo hoo!  Love Unity Friends with Flair!  When this "Queen of the Universe" went on sale at Unity, I knew I had to have it!  It makes me giggle every time I look at it.  The card is made from my scrap pile.  The arrow banner is UmWow Studios chipboard that I blinged up with some liquid pearls. 

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Inching Along

This week's challenge over at There She Goes stamps is to use this picture as inspiration for a project.

 

I love the bright pink and the yellow together, especially with a little pop of green.  I also like the pattern of the yellow wall.  I used one of my favorite TSG stamp sets (Smarty Pants) to create this card.  The background "wall" is inked with TH Distress in Mustard Yellow through some Punchinella that my dear friend, Amber, sent me....and then had to explain what to do with it!   She sent me several patterns; I can see having oodles of fun with this stuff!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)