FWF - Another Itty-Bitty-A-Day

There was SO much fun and inspiration on the Unity Show & Tell page this week!  Angela sponsored another Itty-Bitty-A-Day contest, and here were my entries for each day!

Monday was Bernie with a big gluber/ribbon flower!

Tuesday was You Are Cute made with flowers and ribbon and liquid pearls and a button!

Wednesday was Each Moment is Success with green and purple!

Thursday was Penguin Coolness with another gluber/ribbon flower!

And YAY, it's finally Friday!  For Friday, it's all Santa Baby!

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend!  :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

TSG Color Challenge - LOVE!

There She Goes stamps this week has a color challenge - pink, turquoise and grey!  I decided to use a combination of Mixed Media Backgrounds and Handwritten to create a card.

I'm also submitting this card to a new challenge (new to me!) - Tuesday Throwdown - who asks us to create something using pastel colors!

I added some glossy accents to each of the hearts.  Here's a close-up....sorry about the lighting on the close-up, I was wanting to get the "shine" of those cool hearts :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Summer Hula

Today is the second week of inspiration at the Clear It Out challenge blog. It's our Summer Vacation challenge - and you have to use stickers or rub-ons. 

For my card this week, I used an image from our new sponsor - Lacy Sunshine!  Such CUTE dig stamps!  Go check 'em out!

Last week, my card was about not having to wake up in the morning on summer vacation.  This week, it's about waking up in some beautiful tropical place!  I love this lil gal....and I absolutely adore that sweet frog playing his ukelele!  Ha ha, he's even got his tongue out cuz he's concentrating SO hard!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Evergreen

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to use the theme - Evergreen (as in trees).

I created this clean and simple card with a lovely evergreen tree.  I'd love to take credit for the tree, but it's from an old UmWow Studios KOTM.  Love it.  Add some paper from my stash, some 3 Girl Jam Goblin Green crinkle ribbon and some bling.....and here's what ya get!

One of my fellow Christmas Card Challenge design team members, Heather, always does a design for the inside of her cards.  I love what she does, so I decided to try it on for size...

My sentiment is a little crooked, and you can see a little bit of my feet in the picture....but it'll get there....haha

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

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Triangles

Scrap Warriors Advanced Training Drill #13 is to use some trendy triangles.  I used a new set of stamps from There She Goes to create this cutie:

I adore those little stick figure kids - so stinkin' cute!  And I cut the ends off some UmWow Studios Chip banners to create extra triangle accents.  Love how it all came together!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Friends with Flair - First Love

Happy Happy Friday!

Quick and simple this week....I used my Unity Phyllis Harris First Love and EP Everyday Eclectic paper to make this card.  I accented it with some green liquid pearls.  I love how it turned out!

Hope you have a lovely weekend!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Silhouette Challenges CH#4 "Shaped Card"

Happy day to you!  Happy day for Silhouette Challenges too!  It's time 

for another Challenge over at

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

Ch# 4 Shaped Card

Begins: Thursday, August 1

Ends: Saturday, August 31

Sponsors this month are:

My Scrap Chick
Prize: $10.00 GC


My Crafting Channel
Prize: $15.00 Amazon GC



Little Scraps of Heaven Designs
$15..00 GC

I was so excited about this month's project.  My DH and I are avid boaters, so I just knew I had to make a boat-shaped card!  I used a boat that I purchased at the Cameo Store and then rotated in 180 degrees, and lined the two mirror image boats up.  Then, click "Weld" and I had a boat shaped card!  I love being on this DT; I'm learning so much!  I hope that I've inspired someone to take their favorite shape and make a card!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Summer Vacation - No Mornings!

A new challenge is posted today up at the Clear It Out challenge blog!  Our challenge is to use the theme "Summer Vacation" and to use some of those stickers or rub-ons!

This is a tough challenge!  I'm not usually a big fan of stickers or rub-ons.....but I sure do have a million of 'em!  For this challenge, I used an image from our fabulous sponsor - Bugaboo's Crabby Cathy Morning.  This image shows you best what I love about summer vacations; i.e. I can avoid looking like this getting ready for work!  ha ha  She's fabulous!  I dolled her up with happy, summery Echo Park papers.  And yes, I incorporated a few stickers (the little flowers around the sentiment).  I also added some UmWow Studio's chipboard that I fancied up with three colors of liquid pearls.

I seriously love Cathy's fuzzy yellow slippers!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Believe

There She Goes Stamps provided this photo for their color inspiration challenge.  I got their "Holiday Cheer" stamp over the weekend, and I new I had to use this red, blue-ish with a little bit of gold to make a holiday card!

Paper Girls Challenge said to glitter, glitter, glitter!

Done and done!

I used Cranberry Stickles on the lights, Stardust Stickles on the hat-bob and the top layer of snow, and Icicle Stickles on the second layer of snow.  I also used a blue-ish glitter brad.  It's very shiny :)

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Sketch Challenge

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is a sketch challenge.  I love, love sketches! And I love, love penguins!  I decided to combine the two to make this fun and flirty card!  You'll note that I rotated the sketch 90 degrees counter-clockwise....  That's part of why I love sketches so much.  So many different interpretations of the same sketch!

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

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Things with Wings

Continuing to ink up some of my new There She Goes stamps.  This time, I created a card for Really Reasonable Ribbon's Challenge - Things with Wings!  I used some lace ribbon and Websters Pages paper I had in my stash.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Amazing YOU!

Last weekend, There She Goes stamps had a new release party, and GUESS WHAT?!?!  I won the entire release!  Exciting stuff!  I adore these stamps - so fun and whimsical!  I got them in the mail yesterday and couldn't wait to INK.THEM.UP!

3 Girl Jam Challenge asked us to create a project with Kraft paper and Ribbon.  I love their crinkly ribbon goodness and love entering their challenges!  Using some Basic Grey Kioshi, some 3GJ ribbon, and my new stamp, here's what I came up with....blog followers, meet Amalia Daisy Fairy!

Could she be any cuter?  That gorgeous crinkle ribbon's colors are just perfect.  Green-tinged edges, somewhat golden and pink!  I added some Stickles and Glossy Accents to Amalia's wings to sparkle her up a bit and some Liquid Pearls in Hydrangea to give her flowers some dimension.  Here's a close-up!

Fun!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

All That Stickles - Anything Goes

Happy Saturday!

It's an exciting day at the All That Stickles blog.  We have new design team members and today is the day when July winners are announced!  Be sure to check out all the fun!  I'm very excited that I was asked to come back for a second term on the design team, and who doesn't love sparkly Stickle goodness!

We are also mixing up our challenges.  Instead of having color challenges, we are doing challenges by theme.  The first of these challenges is Anything Goes.  I always think, "Hey, I can do that!!"  And so can you.  So break out your Stickles and do ANYTHING for a chance to win some great prizes from our wonderful sponsors!  For August, they are:

Lovebug Creations - $15 GC

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25 GC

Bugaboo - 7 digis

SK Digis - 2 SINGLE digis of their choice

Great prizes!  And here's a little inspiration to get you started.

I used Xmas Red, Firefly and Stardust Stickles.  Love the sparkly goodness.  And love the Flamingo Liquid Pearls on the cupcake.  It looks like yummy frosting!  Have a Stickle-y Saturday!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Unity {Be Inspired} Challenge

Unity's {Be Inspired} challenge is meant to INSPIRE not REQUIRE!  Love this!  

I decided to be inspired by their sketch, which showed a box in the middle and a striped background.  I used some irridescent heart tape to make a few stripes in the background and a fabulous Phyllis Harris Unity stamp (Rock On Kid) to create.  Add some glossy accents (on the guitar) and some bling - here's what you get!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Friends with Flair - An Itty-Bitty a Day

This was a fun week at the Unity Show and Tell Facebook page.  There was a challenge to do an Itty-Bitty a Day.  I decided to break out a couple packs of 6x6 Webster's pages paper I'd been saving and create all of my cards using that paper!

Here's Monday...

And Tuesday...

And Wednesday...

and Thursday...

And it's finally Friday...........

Fun!  All with the same paper packs and all so different!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Wishing You Happiness

Last night, I made my favorite card ever.  Seriously.  I am not always in love with what I create - but I always create what I love.  In this case, I couldn't be happier.  Starting with a challenge to paper piece from There She Goes Stamps, I pulled out the little dandelion girl from the Blossom by Blossom creation.  I had seen a card on Facebook where one side was distressed in yellow and one side was distressed in blue.  I loved the look as it looks like bright sunshine.....so I tried it.

The girl's front is distressed in TH Mustard Yellow and then just a smidge of Tea Dye just at the edge.  Her back is in TH Salty Ocean with just a little Chipped Sapphire at the edge.  I absolutely love the effect.  AND what's a beautiful image like this without a little Stickle Stardust sparkle....

 
My SIL's birthday is next week.  She's crafty too, so I'm certain she'll love it.

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Clear It Out - Should I Eat It?

Today is the THIRD week of inspiration at the Clear It Out challenge blog.  Our fabulous leader, Laura, is on vacation though this week, so we have a couple SPECIAL surprises.  First, usually our challenges only last two weeks.  For this one, you can have THREE weeks!  Seriously, more time is good!

Next surprise is EVEN better.  Laura is going to give a $10 gift certificate from one of our fabulous sponsors to someone who comments on a Clear It Out Design Team member's blog!  How cool is that?!?!  And if you win from commenting on my blog, I also win a gift certificate!  So, comment to win!

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 my card this week, I used red-white and blue (for the U.S.A.!) and this adorable boy digi from Digi Darla called Boy Wonder.  I tried to find a good sentiment for this card, but the only thing that went through my head was that he was adorable.....and I wondered if he is contemplating eating the bumblebee!  ha ha  And then the song starts....  "I'm pickin up the baby bumblebee....and won't my momma be so proud of me..."  Better to leave off the sentiment :)

Be sure to comment on all my team-mates blogs to increase your chances of winning!  You can find the blog links at the Clear It Out Challenge blog!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Christmas Hedgehog with Stripes

As I was blog-surfing, I saw someone's card made with a Christmas hedgehog stamp, and it was SO stinkin' cute.  I just had to pull out my own version and create. Love Christmas creating so much!  What's your favorite season to create for?

I love challenges, so I found a few to submit to.  First, the Paper Girls Challenge blog is to use watercolors.  This hedgehog was painted with my new watercolor paintbrush and Tim Holtz distress inks.

Next, Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday is having a Christmas in July challenge this week.

And last but never least, I'm submitting this card to Friday Mashup.  One of their challenges is to create for Christmas, another is to use stripes.  I mashed it up and did Christmas with stripes!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

Christmas Card Challenges - Backgrounds

Today's challenge over at Christmas Card Challenges is to use background stamps.  All of my background stamps are a bit funky in nature, so my friend, Corrie, suggested I use my snowflakes to create a background.  Do that, add some banners and some bling - and a wee bit of twine....and yes!

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

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)

All That Stickles - Waterfall Linky Party Inspiration

Happy Saturday, blog-ville!

A creation of mine is up on the All That Stickles blog today!  The current linky party asks you to create something using Waterfall Stickles!  This is one (of the very few) colors I didn't have, so I had to buy it for this creation - SO glad I did!  This color of Stickles is GORGEOUS!  The image is from the Mother's Day Unity Stamp of the Week.  Cute cute!  The paper is from one of our fantastic sponsors, Robin's Nest!  Add a little 3 Girl Jam Ribbon - and voila!

Break out your Waterfall Stickles (or get some!) and join us!

Craftily yours,

Karen (karey2005)