Playing with Vellum

 Today, I'm posting some cards I made using vellum and fun products from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

The idea to integrate some vellum into my cards came from this week's Crazy4Challenges challenge!

Craftily yours, Karen

Witchy Fun - Trick or Treat

 Had some fun with the new Happy Harvest collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs. Here's one I made:

The witch is super cute. I added a piece of the Slimline Spider Web background and the spider that is included in that set. That sentiment is from the Autumn Words collection and is stamped on a Fitted Circle Die.

Thanks for checking out my card today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Wine Tasting Fun

 My guy and I were running errands last Saturday, and he said "hey, let's take a break for lunch..."  That break turned into a 3-hour wine tasting adventure all over the county we live in California. I decided to "scrap" it for my Sidekick-sized "me and him" planner. I used the Crazy4Challenges sketch for the first page.

The right side follows the sketch (mostly). On the right side is a picture of the view from the Matchbook Winery. So beautiful.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Hope you join us in the Crazy4Challenges Sketch Challenge this week!

Craftily yours,  Karen

Fall Fun

 Playing with the new Happy Harvest Collection today from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Very fun! The cards are made with kinda "non-traditional" Fall colors, even close to Spring. Love them. The dies are linked up below, and the rest of the details are on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Flower Fun

 I absolutely love the FUN florals from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Here are a couple cards I made with them:

I'm submitting the "Lots of Love" one as inspiration for this week's Crazy4Challenges about our favorite song.  Mine is currently "Like I'm Gonna Lose You" by Meghan Trainer. (Hence, the lots of love!)

Craftily yours,  Karen

Fun Kings Game

 The challenge this week at Crazy4Challenges is all about monochrome. My Sidekick-sized journal page using dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs fits the bill in all purple (except the pictures!). This was a Mom's Day date I had with my guy where I met his sister, mom, dad and friend and we got to see a really fun Sacramento Kings game.

The supplies I used are linked up below.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Craftily yours, Karen

One Kit - So Many Possibilities

 I'm having such fun with the Classic Christmas Special Kit from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  It comes with several dies and a really fun Christmas sentiment set.  Here's what I created today:

That last card is inspiration for today's Crazy4Challenges Sketch Challenge. How fun. All of the details for these cards are on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog today.  The dies kit and other supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below.

Thank you for stopping by!

Craftily yours, Karen

Flowers

 It's all about the flowers over at Crazy4Challenges this week, so I decided to do a scrapbooking/planner page with flowers on it, commemorating a fun time I had with my guy celebrating his sister's birthday.  

I really love doing these mini-Sidekick-sized pages.  The paper is from my stash, and the dies and stamps from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below. Thanks for stopping by - and please join our challenge!

Craftily yours, Karen

Masculine Birthday Cards

My guy's son's birthday was a couple weeks ago, and I realized I don't make nearly enough cards for the men in my life. I decided to create a few to have on hand:

I followed the same basic sketch and used products mostly from Elizabeth Craft Designs (that are linked up below).  I love how fun and simple they are!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

Something Blue

 It's my birthday month - woo hoo!  And I'm pleased as punch to be this month's Crazy4Challenges host. To start off my birthday month, I've challenged everyone to make a card with dark blue (like my birthstone, sapphire). This is my inspiration card:

Love the florals from Elizabeth Craft Designs in dark blue (colored with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink; the green is Peeled Paint Distress Ink). So pretty!  The products from Elizabeth Craft Designs are linked up below.

Craftily yours,  Karen

Sunflowers

 Today's post are "Sidekick" scrapbook pages made with dies from Elizabeth Craft Designs. I am creating a small scrapbook documenting fun times with me and my guy.

We love our walks through the Sunflower fields with his dog, Sadie. So quiet and peaceful.  I'm using these pages as inspiration for this week's "Harvest" challenge at Crazy4Challenges! The dies used for today's pages are linked up below....and thanks for stopping by today.

Craftily yours, Karen

Christmas Cards - Getting Started

 Posting today for Elizabeth Craft Designs. I'm finally getting started on this year's Christmas cards, and today's post features three of them all using the same sketch (inspired by this week's Crazy4Challenges Sketch Challenge).

Go check out the ECD blotg for more details, and thank you for stopping by today!

Craftily yours, Karen

PBR!

 I "scrapbooked" another page for the My Guy-N-Me Sidekick sized planner. We have so many fun adventures, and I love being able to journal them!

PBR stands for Professional Bull Rodeo. What a hoot that is! Those bulls are crazy, and the bull-riders are even crazier! I thought that the Cow die from Elizabeth Craft Designs was the perfect addition.

This is the back of my page. The gold in my page is where I randomly added gold heat embossing to kraft cardstock. The top of the tag below is a stamp from the Background Stamps 2 collection.

That fun pocket page holds so much.  All of these photos and tags were stuck in those pockets. Love that "Epic tag"!  

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Craftily yours,  Karen

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