Christmas Poinsettias

 I was SO happy to finally get the new Florals 12 from Elizabeth Craft Designs. It makes the most gorgeous poinsettias! Here are my first two cards made with it.

Oh, I just love them. I colored them using Peeled Paint and Candied Apple Distress Inks. I used some gold prills for the centers, and the sentiment is from the Classic Christmas Sentiments.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Places I've Been - Oregon

 I'm having such fun reliving some recent journeys for the "Places I've Been" journal. Today's post is about a trip I made to Lincoln City, Oregon about four years ago. My parents were vacationing there, and I decided to go spend a couple days with them. I had the good fortune of getting to see a total eclipse! Here are my planner pages:

More details on how I created these pages can be found on the Elizabeth Craft Design blog. I'm also submitting the "front" page as inspiration for the sunrays post at Crazy4Challenges this week.

Thank you for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

Mini-Slimline Challenge

 This week's challenge over at Crazy4Challenges is to create a mini-slimline card (3" x 6").  Here's what I did for my inspiration card:

The flower dies are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and are linked up below.  The paper is from a stack I bought at a local craft store.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Thank You Cards

 My mom asked me to make a couple thank you cards. She asked if she could get one with a sheep and one with a pig. Elizabeth Craft Designs to the rescue. 

All of the details are posted on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today! Stop on over there...and thanks for stopping by here!

Craftily yours, Karen

Stitching Challenge

Today's post is all about sewing over at Crazy4Challenges. I didn't hit the challenge directly on. Rather, I used both stitched dies and stitched ribbons for my sewing.  Here's what I created:

The paper is some that I recently purchased at a craft class. I love the inky-looking background. The flowers were colored with Distress Oxides in Scattered Straw with a smidge of Wild Honey. The leaves are Distress Oxide in Mowed Lawn and then I dabbed them onto a Versamark pad and use some Peeled Paint Embossing Glaze to add some texture.

The dies are from Elizabeth Craft Designs and are linked up below. Thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Cabo!

 For my post today at Elizabeth Craft Designs, I created some planner pages from a recent trip to Cabo in Mexico. I wanted to put some memories of this amazing trip both into my "Mike 'n' Me" journal and in my "Places I've Been" journal.  The first is Sidekick sized:

The right (or back-side) of the page is inspired by a Crazy4Challenges sketch this week. This is the "regular" sized page for my "Places I've Been" Journal:

More details can be found on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. Thank you SO much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Bee

 Today, over at Crazy4Challenges, we were challenged to create a card with a bee on it. I used some Dare 2B Artzy Paper that has a cute little bee on it. I also used some pretty Floral dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The products from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below. Thank you for checking out my card today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Fun with Farm Dies

 I'm still having so much fun with the Life is Better on the Farm Collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I made these cards using some old inky backgrounds I found:

I used the Farmer one for this last week's challenge on Crazy4Challenges to do something with a picnic or BBQ. 

Thanks for stopping by today. My supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below, and full details on these cards are on their blog today!

Craftily yours,  Karen

Love you fairy much

 I'm posting over at Elizabeth Craft Designs today with this adorable card using their Fairy 1 die:

Isn't she sweet? All the details of how I created this card are on the ECD Blog. I'm also using this card for inspiration into this week's Crazy4Challenge - all about fairies!

Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

Sadie's Page

 I'm posting a Sidekick Essentials journal page over at Elizabeth Craft Designs today.

Awwww, she is one of the sweetest dogs. I used the right side of the page as inspiration for this week's Crazy4Challenge sketch challenge:

I hope you join the challenge! Supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are all linked up below. Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Panda Bear with Googly Eyes

 I LoVe googly eyes! Today's card for Elizabeth Craft Designs uses their adorable panda, the gorgeous Rainbow of Happiness Papers and the Bear Hugs Sentiments to create this fun card:

All the details are on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today. Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

Happy Place

 I created a card today for the Crazy4Challenges post to do a card for the great outdoors. One of my favorite things about the great outdoors is flowers!

I used the beautiful new paper from Elizabeth Craft Designs - Rainbow of Happiness. I also used a new stamp set called Gratitude. The flower was stamped on the patterned paper, and I added little dots of Copic marker to give it some dimension. The sentiment is from Pieces of Life 3 - quotes. Love that the collections from Elizabeth Craft Designs can all go together so well.

Join us in the challenge, won't ya?  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily your, Karen

Pocket Cards

I'm posting a few cards today on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog using the Sealed Pocket die from the Art Journal Line. I love the cards that can be made with this fun pocket (on top of the amazing journal!).

 

This week's post was also inspired by Crazy4Challenges - where the challenge this week is to do a card with a pocket! 

Craftily yours, Karen

The Simple Life

 I had some fun with the "Life is Better on the Farm" collection designed by Joset for Elizabeth Craft Designs! Love this sweet sheep!

Just such cuteness for an "any day" kind of card just to say hello to a good friend! Thanks for stopping by today! My supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below. The paper is from a stack I purchased on sale from Michael's.

Craftily yours, Karen

Dragonfly Tag

Today, I'm posting this fun tag over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog. I am going to use it to attach to a bottle of wine that I'll give a co-worker who is getting ready to retire. What a fun way to jazz up a simple gift, don't ya think?

I was inspired to create this tag due to this week's FUN challenge at Crazy4Challenges.  Join us! Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Sympathy

 I made this sympathy card for a co-worker who lost her dad. I used the beautiful Floral die and new paper collection (Rainbow of Happiness) from Elizabeth Craft Designs and was inspired by the current sketch challenge at Crazy4Challenges.

The flowers are colored with Distress Ink in Crackling Campfire.  (Just a smidge!)  Thank you for stopping by today. The products from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below.

Craftily yours,  Karen

Howdy!

 I'm loving the Life is Better on the Farm collection at Elizabeth Craft Designs. So many cute options. Today's post is showing a card I submitted for the ECD Design Team Group Post:

It's a very simple card, but I love how it turned out.  It makes me just feel happy!

Craftily yours,  Karen

Florida - Places I've Traveled

For Elizabeth Craft Designs, I am sharing more pages for my "Places I've Been" journal on their blog today.

I was challenged at Crazy4Challenges to use a postage stamp, and I used a few on these layouts.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Holy Cow

 Holy Cow! The "Life is Better on the Farm" collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs is SO cute! Here's what I created using the new Cow Dies.

How fun! I love that you can create two very different looking cards using the same sketch and same die. One has a very feminine light feel, and the other has more of a masculine feel....love them both! I'm using the card on the left for the Crazy4Challenge inspiration post to use lime, turquoise and navy for colors. Join us!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,  Karen

Yellow and Grey Inspiration

 It's time for a NEW Challenge over at Crazy4Challenges. This time, we are being inspired by this picture:

I took the greys and yellow as inspiration and created this card using the adorable new Donkey from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

How FuN!  Please join us in the challenge! 

Craftily yours, Karen

In Sympathy

 I'm posting this sympathy card over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs Blog today.

I made it for my boss who recently lost her father.  Love the florals. Perfect for a card like this.

Craftily yours, Karen

Welcome Little One

 Today's group post over on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog is all about the new farm collection, Life is Better on the Farm!  Here's my contribution that I made for a co-worker who just had a baby!

So so cute. Be sure to pop over to the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog for more fun farm inspiration, and thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Just Chicken In

 Posting a card today over at the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today with the new "Life is Better on the Farm" collection. In particular, I used the Chicken & Rooster die set along with the new sentiment set to create this:

How fun is that?  I'm sending this card to my brother and am including it as inspiration for the Sibling Day post at Crazy4Challenges!

Thanks for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

My Pink Tractor

 I am loving the NEW collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs - called "Life is Better on the Farm."  So fun.  Today, I used the new Tractor die to create this fun creation! These dies are not quite yet on the ECD website, but many local retailers already have them!

Eek, my tractor is PINK!  Love it.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen