Heart on Fire

This sweet lil dragon from Elizabeth Craft Designs sets my heart on fire!

I used cut-up stamping as a method in response to a challenge from Crazy4Challenges.  Fun!  My supplies list is below.  The background stamp is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and is called the Stripes Background stamp. Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Which Witch

Eeek!  Some scary fun stuff happening at Elizabeth Craft Designs!  There is a mini-release full of Halloween / Fall Fun!  Check it out!  Below is what I created using the NEW Scarecrow die.  It also includes a fun sentiment from last year's release:

Thanks for stopping by!  My supplies list is below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

August Sketch Challenge

It's time for a sketch challenge at Crazy4Challenges!  Here's the sketch:

And here's what I created using some products from Elizabeth Craft Designs:

I love sketch challenges, perfect for inspiration for me.  Hope you join us.  The product list is below.  Thank you for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

In my thoughts

Here's my card posted over at Dare 2B Artzy today:

I just love their new paper collection, called Autumn Oasis. Pretty shades of blue, green and coral. The stamp-set used for this card is called Friends. 

All About Summer

Today's post over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog is ALL about Summer!  I decided to scrapbook some pictures from a summer vacation to Disneyland using the Planner Essentials line.  Here are the pages:

The "sun" is made with a Dare 2B Artzy Stencil and some Tim Holtz distress inks in Mustard Seed, Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold.  The stars and "together" are stamped in Tea Dye.  And the rest is brown ink.  The washi tape was a gift from one of my bosses.  And here is the insert: 

 I just squiggled some lines on with a multi-liner pen.  The right side is my ticket to Disneyland!  And here's what it looks like in my beautiful book:

My supplies are below.  Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Thinking of you

It's an "Anything Goes" kind of challenge over at Dare 2B Artzy!

And here's what I created with the ALL-NEW Flower Mandala set that will VERY SOON be available at the Dare 2B Artzy Store!  The paper is also NEW from the Autumn Oasis Collection and is available now.  So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you join our challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

A Little Note

I'm posting on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog today with this card using some of their newly released items:

The stamp set is called Paisley Peacock, and that gorgeous paper is from the Autumn Oasis Collection!

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Craftily yours,

Karen

Tweet Greetings

Today is a Designer's Group Post at Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I'm so honored to be part of this amazing team.  For today's post, we are featuring Christmas.  I created two cards for the event.  These use some amazing new products created by Joset for Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Using the Winter Bird and Village Edges, along with the new sentiment stamps - Joyful Wishes:

And using the Sleigh Die:

Indeed, what fun!  Below is a list of all of my products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Be sure to check out the blog post for more fun!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Masculine Birthday

It's time for another FuN challenge at Crazy4Challenges.  This week, we are inspired to create masculine birthday cards in honor of my son's 25th birthday today!  Here's the card I made for him:

Isn't that Raccoon die from Elizabeth Craft Designs cute?!?!  My supplies list is below.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

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Ski-Sons Greetings

Dare 2B Artzy has a FUN new release that is being shared today by me and my design teammates on the Artzy Community Page.  Be sure to stop by there, join the community and comment on the cards.  One lucky winner will get a $15 gift certificate! And, even better news, through August 1st, everyone can save 10% using code Sunny10.  Everyone is a winner :D

Here's my addition:

This stamp is from the new Ski Bear set and is expected to start shipping in late-August.  The beautiful paper is also NEW and is called Snow Much Fun.  Stop by the Dare 2B Artzy store to see all the new goodies soon.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Retirement Cards

I'm excited to be sharing a fun retirement card using the Take Time Stamps from Dare 2B Artzy!

I'm looking forward to actually being retired some day.  In the meantime, I can create fun cards for my friends who are lucky enough to be retiring!  More details on this fun card can be found on the Dare 2B Artzy Blog :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Sweet Raccoon

I've got a fun holiday card up over at Elizabeth Craft Designs today - using the new Snowflake and Raccoon Dies.  Here's what I created.

So so cute!  The products I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below!

Craftily yours,

Karen

July Sketch Challenge

Super fun sketch challenge today at Crazy4Challenges!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my interpretation of it using the new Snowflakes dies and some glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Super easy and fun card!  Hope you plan to join us in the challenge!  My supplies list is below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Glittery Characters

Eeeek!  New release characters from Elizabeth Craft Designs - ANNNNND I'm up on their blog today with these fun fellers.

Aren't they amazing?  The owl is one of the new characters, and the parrot is from the last release.  I used lots of glitter to make them extra fun.  The supplies list is below and instructions can be found on the ECD blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Crazy Christmas in July

It's time for a new challenge at Crazy4Challenges!  This week, we are celebrating Christmas in July.  I love getting an early start on Christmas cards.

Here's what I made as inspiration for the challenge:

Isn't that moose the bomb-diggity?!  My supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below.  The paper was in my stash, and I'm not sure where it came from.  Hope you join us in the challenge!  Thank you for stopping by.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Dare 2B Different

I've got a card posted over at Dare 2B Artzy today.  Love the sentiments in the This is Me Stamps from Dare 2B Artzy.  Such fun and big sentiments! 

Here's what I created:

So fun mixed with the Artzy Owl from the Hoot Hoot Stamps and the beautiful Summertime Petals paper! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

This Bird Rocks

It's a new challenge today at Crazy4Challenges!  Today is US National Fried Chicken Day!  Who even knew there was such a thing!?!  In honor of this glorious day, we are challenging everyone to create a card with a bird on it.  Here's what I did using some amazing products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Isn't that parrot too cute?!  The supplies I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below.  Thanks for stopping by.  Hope you join us in the challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Tribute to Joanne

Welcome to my stop on the blog hop in tribute to Joanne Grzelak. While I never had the privilege to know Joanne, I am blessed to serve on a design team where she was a foundation member, and I've enjoyed roaming through her blog for wonderful inspiration for this post.

Here's what I created:

I chose to create something for the challenge with the ocean in it, and I was inspired by a card on her blog - here. I loved the lay-out of her card and I loved all of the dots she had in her sand.

The products I used for this card are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and are listed below. Be sure to head onto Liz Williams blog to continue the hop.

CCEE Stampers 

Frances Byrne

Lois Bak

Karen Ostergard  <-- you are here

Liz Williams  <-- go here next

Vicki Garrett

Rebecca Ednie

Kelly Santi

Karen Aicken

Vicky Gould

Maryann Einam

Anne Harmon

Nicky Foden

Lynn McAuley

Kathleen Adams

Crazy 4 Challenges 

Thank you for stopping by today.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Brightest Colors

Posting today at Dare 2B Artzy with this fun, bright creation.

The Dare 2B Artzy products used to create this bright creation are:
1.  This is me stamps
2.  Starburst Stencil
3.  Tangled Jumpstart stamps

More details can be found on the Dare 2B Artzy blog.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Trip to UC Merced

The new planner line from Elizabeth Craft Designs has gotten me back into scrapbooking.  I love the line as it coordinates so beautifully.  Today, I'm up on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog with these two fun pages from a recent trip to UC Merced.

The products that I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs is below. The color palette is inspired by a Crazy4Challenges post. Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Elephant Congratulations :)

Elephant congratulations are huge.....really really big.  So today, I created a congrats card using one of the new releases from Elizabeth Craft Designs - the Elephant!

The card was inspired by a sketch at Crazy4Challenges!  Hope you join in the fun at the challenge!  Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

No Otter Friend

I'm excited to be posting today at Dare 2B Artzy.  I created this fun card:

I used the Otterly Awesome Stamps and the Seas the Day Paper Collection to create this card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Tri-Cat FuN

I am LOVING the new release from Joset at Elizabeth Craft Designs!  Super cute.  Today, I'm up on their blog showing off a few cards using the Cat die set. Love putting these dies together, it's like paper dolls from when I was a kid.

All the details can be found on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  My supplies list is below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Happy Hippo

We have another challenge at Crazy4Challenges this week.  We are being inspired to have sand in our card.  I created this:

Fun, fun!  This card was made from mostly Elizabeth Craft Designs products.  The pattern paper is from Dare 2B Artzy.  The supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are in the links below.  Please join us in the sand challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

June Weddings

There's a new design team group post at Elizabeth Craft Designs today.  We are celebrating weddings.  I created a card that I'll be giving to my niece later this month for her wedding:

Love the Susan's Garden Shasta Daisy.  So easy to put together and quite pretty!  All of the supplies I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below.  Thank you for stopping by.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Shaped Cards Challenge

There's a new challenge at Dare 2B Artzy today.  We are making shaped cards!

Here's what I made using the You're a Hoot Stamps and the Hoot Owl Die. 

It's more the size of a gift box tag....but still pretty cute!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you decide to join our challenge.

Craftily yours,

Karen