Eek, my first VIDEO! And some lay-outs!

Hey there!  Today is the first day of a vacation time for me, and I'm trying out for a new design team.  The new team wanted to see some of my scrapbook lay-outs and an example of a video.  I've never done a video before.....so don't judge.  Hahah  Actually, I am pretty proud of it for a first video!  Check it out and subscribe to my channel while you are at it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB7UwT-l_20

A card I made using this technique can be found HERE....

And now for some of my scrapbook lay-outs...  This is from my wedding album.  I met my husband on match.com, and the text to the right is the story about how we met, and our final conversation on that internet site.

This is a lay-out of when my youngest (whose initials are BG) graduated from high school.  You think - just maybe - he's happy!?!

This lay-out is a pic of the 2nd youngest when he bought his Corvette.  The LO has lasted longer than the car.

And finally, some camping photos with some dear friends.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Wish me luck!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Snowman

Can you believe it's August already?!  Time just crazy flies by, doesn't it?  Have you started your holiday cards yet?  You should!  Start by joining us at Christmas Card Challenges with our (optional) challenge to use two kinds of embellishments.  Here's what I did with a Tiddly Inks stamp, some EP This & That paper, 3 Girl JAM ribbon, and a button!

Hope you'll link up with us :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Back to School

3 Girl JAM has a NEW challenge!  This month, 3 Girl JAM is asking YOU to create something for Back-To-School or something with a Writing Instrument.  I don't normally craft for back-to-school (my kids are grown), so I included an option for old folks like me :)  As always, you have to include ribbon (or another project from 3 Girl JAM!

I decided to actually make a back-to-school card.  Not sure what I'm going to do with it.....but I seriously needed to use an adorable stamp set (School Doodles) from There She Goes.

This super-bright colorful card uses the Lemon-Lime ribbon from the 3 Girl JAM LG Bundle.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Believe in the Absurd

This month, over at Linnie Blooms, the design team was challenged to make a project that includes our favorite quote.  Uhh.  I don't have a favorite quote; I've never even given it a thought.  LOL  Sooooo, I pulled out some stamp quotes from Ranger, and I liked this one!

I used a stamp I had from the (now closed) There She Goes line and some BG Serenade paper.  I colored the little fairy with TH Distress Markers and stamped part of the image on Linnie Blooms Canvas Shapes (square) that I had painted through a stencil with Tim Holtz Tattered Rose distress paint.  The ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.  The whole card is distressed with my Distrezz-it-All.  I really love that thing!

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Berry Sweet

Hi There, and Happy Thursday!  We are celebrating food this month over at 3 Girl JAM.  Hey, I like food!

For this card, I used papers from my scrap-pile, some yummy 3 Girl JAM jute ribbon, a Unity Stamp Company stamp, and lots of glossy accents (on the berries) to make this berry sweet card!

Did you know that you can purchase 3 Girl JAM goodies for a cool 10% off using code KN10?!  Or win some if you join our challenge!  There's only a couple days left to enter!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Feather Love

Today, I've got a card feathered on the Linnie Blooms blog.  Did I say feathered?!?!  Why, yes I did!  I love feathers!  And wow, am I ever in LOVE with the fabulous Linnie Blooms feathers.  Check 'em out...

SO easy to make this card!  I first inked up the canvas feathers with some TH Distress Ink in Squeezed Lemonade.  Then, I used an UmWow Studio mask to add the circles with TH Distress ink in Broken China.  Finally, I added the veins with a TH watercolor marker and edges with distress ink in Vintage Photo.  I added some 3 Girl JAM distressed lace, some Webster's Pages paper, and a flower from my stash.  The paper is all inked and distressed on the edges.  I was trying to figure out what sentiment to use, when I found that card that I got in a surprise package.  I love how the feathers highlight the words....

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Angel

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  This week's challenge is Anything Goes.  Join us!   Here's what I did this week!

My card uses some Keepin' Cozy paper from Echo Park and a stamp from Unity Stamp Company (Snow Angel).  The twine is from Timeless Twine.  I watercolored her with Tim Holtz distress markers.  I love, love the way that she turned out.  Doesn't she look so happy?!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Reach for the Stars

Happy FRIDAY, Friends with Flair!  It's been a while since I've been able to get a post up on Friday.  Life has been so busy.  My oldest broke his big toe (ouch), youngest was home for 3 weeks from his deployment, and 2nd youngest had his wisdom teeth removed.  I've been nurse-maid, travel and event planner, and chef.  I don't do it all the time anymore because my kids are older, but it was sure fun to be totally needed (for a while) again.

Today's card is being entered into this month's Unity {Be Inspired} challenge using the color palette and uses a Unity Stamp Company set from Phyllis Harris {Reach for the Stars} colored with TH Watercolor Distress Markers and Inks.  Some stickles and liquid pearls highlight those stars.

I used paper from my stash, UmWow Studio Confetti Stars, 3 Girl JAM crinkle ribbon and Timeless Twine.

I love that "bow"....so shiny and colorful.  Here's a close-up.

Hope you are all having a blessed Summer!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Happy Bird

We are celebrating sorbet twine at Timeless Twine this month.  Love these colors!   Did you know they are on sale?!  That's right, you can get your own spool for a heck of a deal!!!  These are such fun colors.  My card uses the fabulous Razzleberry Sorbet (pink and aqua blue twisted).  What is a Razzleberry anyway?!

I love this sentiment.  Every day, we should all make every effort to be happy, don't you think?  My card uses Unity Stamp Company, Bird with a French Fry and a variety of paper from my scrap drawer.  I got inspiration for this card from a card made by a Unity artista, Shilo!  The sequins are from Bella Creations June embellishment kit.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Patriotic Wall Hanging

This month, over at Linnie Blooms, the design team was challenged to make a project that is somehow patriotic.  I wanted to try my hand at using a Linnie Blooms 5x5 canvas blank to create a mini wall-hanging.

My son is proudly serving in the U.S. Army, so I knew exactly what stamp I wanted to use from Unity Stamp Co.  Here's a close-up of the fabulous sentiment I chose.

I love that.  After I stamped the sentiment, I used Mr. Hueys (Overdue) and Adirondack Color Wash (Denim) through a couple Tim Holtz layering stencils to create a background.  (I covered the sentiment with a strip of paper to make sure I didn't spray over it.)  I stamped a heart from Unity (Heart Finds Home) after coloring it with Tim Holtz Distress Markers and spritzing it with water to create the heart below.  Finally, I added some fabric tape, UmWow Studio star confetti and oodles of Stickles.  With some ribbon as a hanger, here's what the final project looks like.

The final touch was to add some faux stitching and an underline under the sentiment.  (Thanks to my DT sister, Donna K, for that fabulous idea!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Tight Jeans

So what happens when I eat too much lunch?  Yes, that's right - tight jeans!  This month, at 3 Girl JAM, we are celebrating food!  I used Unity Stamp Company (Tight Jeans) and Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper to create this fun card!

That gorgeous ribbon is from the 3 Girl JAM tie dye bundle and the lace is from the 3 Girl JAM distressed lace bundle.  You can pick these up for an very sweet 10% discount using code KN10.

And if you haven't joined our 3 Girl JAM challenge this month (food or food related w/ ribbon), be sure to check it out for a chance to win some yummy 3 Girl JAM goodness!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Special Anniversary

I'm super excited to be up on the Linnie Blooms Design Team blog sharing with you a card I made for some of my mom's friends.  My mom said, "I'd like to give them something special for their 50th Wedding Anniversary..."  I hope they liked it!

I used a piece of the Linnie Bloom Chevron burlap to create some extra texture and used by Distrezz-It-All to fray up the edges.  The leaves on that flower are a Nestability die that I used some brass Tim Holtz stain to color up.

50 years is a LONG time to be married.  Congrats to my mom's friends on a fabulous event!

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Reds

The (optional) challenge at Christmas Card Challenges this week is a color challenge full of beautiful reds, greys and beige.  Very Christmas-y :)  Here's what I did with some Echo Park This & That Christmas paper.

The stamp is from There She Goes, and there's a little Timeless Twine.  I embossed using a spellbinders embossing folder.  Love, love, love this little pug!

Hope you'll link up with us :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Owl Be Darned!

This month, we are celebrating Timeless Twine in the Sorbet colors.  These are such fun colors.  My card uses the fabulous Watermelon Sorbet (pink and lime twisted).

The owls are from Unity Stamp Company (from a recent grab-bag).  The washi came in an embellishment kit, and the paper is from Webster's pages.  I love these owls!  They make me totally just smile.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Tags, Tags - ok, only one tag!

It's time for a new (always optional) challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  Join us....and beat the rush!  This weeks challenge is all about tags!  Make a tag or use a tag in your card.  Easy Peezy!

For this week's card, I used Bo Bunny Powder Mountain paper and an image of an old Santa that I had in my stash.  The window is cut from a Spellbinders die.....and I made a big tag to put it on.  The ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM, and the twine is from Timeless Twine.  I also found the flower brad in my stash...

I love making Christmas Cards - love Christmas!  Don't you?!

Hope you'll link up with us :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

How's It Rollin'?

Happy Friday, Friends with Flair!  Summer just seems to be rollin' by!  Hard to believe it's July already!!  For all you fellow USA FWF, Happy Independence Day!

I'm entering this card into Unity's Be Inspired Challenge....using the color theme!

The paper is DIY Boutique Simple Stories.  The stamp is, of course, Unity - May 2010 KOTM.  I added some UmWow Studio circle confetti (covered with Liquid Pearls) and some Timeless Twine in Razzleberry Sorbet!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Counts as a Fruit

Cupcakes count as fruit, right?  No?  :)

This month at 3 Girl JAM, we are celebrating our food!  Using Unity Stamp Company, Counts as a Fruit" and some paper from Nikki Sivils, here's what I did:

That gorgeous ribbon is from the 3 Girl JAM Spooky bundle and the lace is from the 3 Girl JAM distressed lace bundle.  You can pick these up for an uber-good 10% discount using code KN10.  Wow!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Just Skatin' By

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas Card Challenges!  This week's challenge is Anything Goes.  Join us!   My card uses some Keepin' Cozy paper from Echo Park and a stamp from Unity Stamp Company (Just Skating By).

Craftily yours,

Karen

3 Girl JAM July Challenge

There's a NEW challenge up at 3 Girl JAM Challenges today!  This month, it's all about FOOD - one of my favorite topics!  Be sure to create your food projects (with ribbon) and join us!

I used a stamp from Unity Stamp Company (Favorite Pop) and some Pink Paislee Hello Sunshine.  I love lime popsicles so I went with a bright green, and the 3 Girl JAM ribbon candy crinkle ribbon was perfect, I think.

Don't forget you can use code KN10 to get a 10% off.  Cool deal!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Birdie Thanks and Miss You Stars

For today's post at the Linnie Bloom Design Team Blog, I made a simple card using the bird and leaf shapes from the Linnie Blooms canvas shapes.  I sprayed the bird with Glimmer Mist in spicy mustard and daubered the leaf/wing with Tim Holtz distress paint in spun sugar mixed with Glimmer Mist in party pink to make it a little brighter.

SO easy.  The paper is from MME Indie Chic Saffron.  I distressed the edges with a little Tim Holtz distress ink in walnut and then ran the edges through my Distrezz-It-All.  The lace is from 3 Girl JAM.

The second card today is using the Linnie Bloom canvas stars from the shapes set.  I painted them and spritzed them with inks to create this card for my son (who is in the Army)...

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Before you go, be sure to check out:

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Craftily yours,

Karen

Photo Inspiration - Ornaments

Today's (always optional) challenge at Christmas Card Challenges is a photo inspiration of ornaments.  I decided to use my new memory box ornament dies to create this.

The paper is from the Bo Bunny Powder Mountain collection, and the twine is from Timeless Twine.  Are you making Christmas Cards yet?  You should be.....Christmas will be here before you know it!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Splat, splat

Weekly Challenge 14-22

Birthdays

For this week's Cuttin' and Stampin' Challenge, we're celebrating birthdays!

I'm sharing a mixed media birthday post made with these wonderful Jillibean products available at the Cuttin' and Stampin' Scrappy Supply Store!

To create the background, I pulled out all my Tim Holtz distress paints and Dylusions sprays in gold, blue, yellow and pink to match the pretty paper and just started splatting.  Splat, splat, splat.  I had splats everywhere!  Fun!  After it all dried, I wanted to add a beige tone, so I added some distress ink in Antique Linen.  And of course, I needed something sparkly - i.e. sequins.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Summer Fun with Swimsuits

I'm up on the 3 Girl JAM blog today with a summer fun card made with the Tie Dye crinkle ribbon in pink! Here it is! 

The images are from Lawn Fawn Swimsuit Season, and the paper is Lawn Fun Hello Sunshine.  Every year, in the Winter, I tell myself I'm going to get into shape so I look cute in a bright pink bathing suit....then I eat my cookies.  Bathing suit, cookie, bathing suit, cookie.  Hmmm.... LOL

Hope you are having a great summer.  And if you haven't already, be sure to join our challenge - Summer Fun w/ Ribbon.  

Before you go, be sure to stop by the 3 Girl JAM store and stock up.....use code KN10 for a cool 10% off.  Sah-weet summer deal, almost better than a cookie!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Red, White and Aqua

Timeless Twine has a challenge up....  Please join us!  To see all the details, go HERE.  There's some fabulous prizes up for grabs, including some fabby Timeless Twine and the June Mini-Embellishment kit that we are highlighting this week!

Here's the June Mini-Embellishment kit!

All kinds of goodness is in this kit - papers, doilies, ribbon, twine, stamps, tickets, sequins, buttons - can you say YUMMY?!

Here's what I did with the kit!

and this:

So much fun!  Be sure to stop by the Timeless Twine blog all week for more red, white and aqua crafty inspiration!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Holiday Joy

Yes, I know it's only the beginning of June!  I just love making Christmas cards though.....and love being part of the DT for Christmas Card Challenges because it gives me a great excuse to make Christmas cards all year long!  Our optional challenge this week is to use three patterned papers.

Using Unity Stamp Company Holiday Joy Christmas tree, patterned papers from Carta Bella So This is Christmas, some UmWow Studio heart confetti and Stickles - here's what I did this week:

Join us for the challenge, won't you?

Craftily yours,

Karen

Sympathy

I'm up on the Linnie Blooms blog today sharing a sympathy card for a sweet co-worker who recently lost her mom.

I used on of the Linnie Blooms canvas shapes and inked it up with Tim Holtz Broken China and Sapphire distress inks.  I was going to try to make a flower out of it.....but I decided instead to cut it out to add a "frame" around the image (which is from Unity Stamp Company {may hope sustain you}).  I love the extra texture that the canvas brings to my cards.  The image is colored with Tim Holtz distress watercolors, and the patterned paper is from Carta Bella So Noted.

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Submitting it to the Blitsy "Blue" Challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Set Sail to your Dreams

I'm up at the Timeless Twine blog today sharing a fun card made with Timeless Twine Firecracker, Unity's SOTW {Dreams Set Sail} and some paper from DIY Boutique, Simple Stories.  As many of you know, my husband and I are boaters.  We have a 30 foot bayliner that berths on the Sacramento River.  While there's not much water in that river this year, there's still enough for many lazy, floating days.....and summer is so much fun because of it.

Don't ya just love that little twine-y flag made with the fabulous Timeless Twine in Firecracker??  I know I do!

What summer fun plans do you have?

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Chillin'

It's freaking hot outside here in Northern California.  You ready for Christmas?!  LOL

We have a new (always optional) color challenge at Christmas Card Challenges with pretty shades of blue.  For this week's card, I used the Just Chillin' stamp from Unity Stamp Company (colored with Copics and Stickles) and some Basic Grey Nordic Challenge paper.  The embellishments are from Spellbinders and Timeless Twine (snowflake) and 3 Girl JAM (lace).  The paper is distressed with my new Zutter distress tool.  (So fun!)

Hope you'll link up with us :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Anchors and Boats

So excited to be up at the Cuttin' and Stampin' blog today with a mixed media creation using Lawn Fawn Float My Boat stampset and Authenique Anchored paper.  Eek, could this stamp set from Lawn Fawn BE any cuter?!  Seriously!  And this paper is SO perfect for the masculine cards!  I used it to make a Father's Day cards for my husband and my father.

On this first one for my dad, I used a Tim Holtz stars layering stencil and some Gesso mixed with Adirondack Denim color-wash to create the stars.  I decided it looked like a rustic blue, so then I tore the paper to create the layers and used my Diztress-It-All to distress up the edges.  The Timeless Twine in Natural seemed like the perfect finish.

And I had a BUNCH of the gesso mixture left, so I used an UmWow Studio stencil to add some hearts to my husband's distressed-up card.  In this one, some 3 Girl JAM burlap ribbon finished it up.

Both images are colored with Tim Holtz distress watercolor markers.

Craftily yours,

Karen 

Summer? Christmas?

I've got two cards to share with you on the Timeless Twine blog today using red, white and aqua using Timeless Twine Firecracker.

The first one is summer-y was inspired by a pin on the There She Goes Pinterest page.  I got these flip-flop stamps from them before they shut down mostly because I loved a card created by one of their DT that looks something like this card:

And why am I flippin' out?  Well, it's almost Christmas!   Oh.....not really......but no time like the present to get started on holiday cards, right?!  This card uses a Unity snowpeep stamp and some paper from Echo Park - Keepin Cozy:

Don't you just love the colors?!  I know I do.  Looooooookie here how perrrrrrty!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Summer Butterflies

I am super excited to meet my Linnie Blooms Design Team Challenge this month with the Linnie Blooms Butterfly Mask.  Our team was asked to highlight the Linnie Blooms Stencils or Masks and show some summer fun.

Summer fun to me is getting some time to relax by the pool or at the boat.....and watch the butterflies go by.  I used some watercolor card stock and inked around the butterfly mask with Tim Holtz distress ink in Salty Ocean and Dusty Concord.

I used the Linnie Blooms Canvas Shape (Butterfly) and spritzed it first with Dragonfly Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist.  Then I sprayed it Dylusions White Linen through the Circle Confetti UmWow Studio stencil and used some MME enamel dots and some bling antenna!  Here's a close-up!

I added a little glimmer mist spritz to the white twine......and I used my NEW Zutter Distrezz-It-All tool to really distress out the edges!

The patterned paper is from Prima Marketing (All About Me), and the color cardstock is AC.  The sentiment is from Unity Stamp Company Itty Bitty Feather Flight.

Wishing you lots of butterfly dreams this summer!

Submitting this card to the Mixed Media Monthly Challenge - Sprays and Mists.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Stenciled Christmas Love

It's the beginning June already!  Eek, my how time flies.  6 months and 25 days, Christmas will be there!  Better get on making all those Christmas Cards, and Christmas Card Challenges is here to help!  Our optional challenge this week is to use a stencil.  This one was particularly hard for me, so I went with a mixed media approach using distress paints and distress ink (hearts through a stencil).

The snowflake is cut with a Nestability, and the paper is from Basic Grey.  That gorgeous lace and ribbon is from 3 Girl JAM.  You can get it at their store for 10% off with discount code KN10!

Join us for the challenge, won't you?

Craftily yours,

Karen