Talkin' Turkey

There's a new linky party at the All That Stickles blog!  Our theme is "Let's Talk Turkey."

For my project, I decided to make a Thanksgiving card.

The paper was a 99 cent deal at Unity Stamp Company.  The stamp is from there as well.  The background to the turkey is done with TH distress paints.  The bird wings are done in Distress Antique Linen Stickles.  The center of the flowers and the corner embellishments are Stickles in Taffeta Pink. 

Link up with us.  You could win one of these amazing prizes!
The Paper Parade - $25 GC
Get Inky! Stamps -  $25 GC


Craftily yours,


Karen

Silhouette Challenges CH#7 "Anything Holiday

It's time 

for another Challenge here at

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

Ch# 7 Anything Holiday
Begins: Friday, November 1
Ends: Saturday, November 30

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

For my project this month, I went holiday tag crazy!  I cut a bunch of tags and ornaments, trees, penguins, doilies, and hearts AND a lot of fun!  Cutting "FUN"??  Yes, it is possible! 

Craftily yours,

Karen

Dots and Stripes

There She Goes Stamps has a new challenge this week to use polkadots and stripes in your creations. Using their Snowy Days stamp set and some Authentique Winter Collection paper (along with some Timeless Twine and UmWow Studios hexagon chip), this is what I came up with!

The dots are painted on with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Picket Fence using one of his new stencils.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Makin' 'Smore

It's TUESDAY, so that means it's time for a NEW challenge at Clear It Out Challenges!  This week's theme is 'Smore and our challenge is to use something brown and white as your stash item!

We have three generous sponsors this week - Lacy Sunshine, Bugaboo Digital Stamps and Whimsy StampArt!  And here's my take on making 'smore cards (i.e. one from each sponsor!!)

And here's a close-up using the adorable Lacy Sunshine Santa!  This card used papers from LilyBee Designs Harvest market, some UmWow Studios chip (heart confetti) and Timeless Twine in Black/Kraft.

Card two features a super adorable Bobblehead Snowman from Bugaboo Digital Stamps.  The paper is from Authentique Seasons: Winter collection and also includes UmWow Studios chip (layered stars) and Timeless Twine.  I am submitting this card to the UmWow Studios / Authentique challenge!

 

The final card uses an adorable image from Whimsy StampArt.  The paper is from my scraps and the ribbons are from Webster's Pages and 3 Girl Jam.

 
Whew!  That's definitely 'smore cards!  How about you?  Can you make something 'smore?

Craftily yours,

Karen

Santa's List

It's time for another challenge at Christmas Card Challenges, and this week, our optional challenge is to create something with dimension!  It's only about 1.5 months til Christmas now.  Hope you are a card-creating fool!  :)

Using a holiday set I picked up from Unity Stamp company and some Basic Grey Nordic Holiday paper, I created this fun and dimensional card.  Santa and his list are both popped up...

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

Word!

Word!  Yeah, just word!  Hahaha, I love the sentiment I used in this card for the There She Goes (TSG) leaf challenge and 3 Girl Jam Anything Goes Challenge.  It's from the TSG Smarty Pants set.

I colored this cutey nerdy girl with Tim Holtz distress markers.  The ribbon is fun and fabulous 3 Girl Jam Crinkly!  Timeless Twine and UmWow Studios star confetti chip rounds out the recipe.  Word!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas with Bows

It's time for another challenge at Christmas Card Challenges, and this week, our optional challenge is to create with bows.  Ribbon, paper, or twine bows!  Any bow will do.  The main idea of this challenge is that we want you to craft with us!!

Here's my clean and easy-sneezy bow card.  I love its simplicity and its Christmas-ness!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Then link up and share your creations with us!

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

There She Goes - Sketch Challenge

There She Goes Stamps has a sketch challenge during their release week.  I've been away all week, so I'm sliding in during the last couple days to submit a card.  I used some paper from the Carta Bella Winter Fun paper pack and Wrapped in Joy and Snowy Days stampsets from There She Goes.  The burlap ribbon is from 3 Girl Jam.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Stickled Storage Labels

It's time for a new linky party at the All That Stickles blog!  Our theme is anything goes, but you have to use Distress Stickles.

For my project, I decided to make crafty labels for my card-storage containers.  I love having my own crafty room, and part of what I love is being surrounded by fun crafty organization.  I have been keeping my completed cards in three containers.  One is for Operation Write Home; in it are standard sized cards with no glitter and thinner embellishments.  The next container holds all my Christmas cards.  (Some of these also go to Operation Write Home, but I make a LOT of Christmas cards....)  The final container are the cards for home-use.  The post-it notes weren't cutting it anymore!

My labels are made from scrap paper.  I've used Antique Linen Distress Stickles on the center of the flower.  The labels are made with Stickles in Cotton Candy, Holly and True Blue.  If you want to see how I've made these titles, check out this  week's "Tips and Techniques" on the All That Stickles blog.

Link up with us.  You could win one of these wonderful prizes!

Scraptastical Kreations - $15 GC
Fresh Brewed Designs - 5 digis
SKdigis - 2 single digis (no bundles)


Craftily yours,


Karen

Green Witch

It's time for mid-challenge inspiration at Clear It Out Challenge blog! For this challenge, our theme is Halloween, and our stash item is something orange.

My card this time uses Echo Park Chillingsworth Manor collection papers and a Digi Darla "Witches Corner" digital stamp.

Join us for the challenge! 

Craftily yours,

Karen

Merry and Bright

If you are looking for the All That Stickles blog hop - go HERE!

Unity Stamp Company has posted a new Be Inspired Challenge!  I decided to challenge myself with both their color palette and the sketch.  Using a flower from Unity's Each Moment is Success (from the Stamp of the Week club) and a sentiment from Unity's Twinkling Joy, here's what I came up with...

The flowers are embellished with TH Distress Glitter in Festive Berries.  (Love that stuff!)  The paper is from Basic Grey Nordic Holiday.  The burlap ribbon is from 3 Girl Jam.  I created the background for the flowers using TH Distress Paint.  Here's a close-up of those flowers!

And here's the sketch and color palette....

Are you inspired?

Craftily yours,

Karen

Button blog hop

Welcome to the Button Bonanza Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

Buttons are fabulous embellishments to all types of craft projects, and what better than to spruce them up with some Stickles?!

 If you have just come across the hop and are looking to start at the beginning, please visit All that Stickles! If you've come from Laura's blog, you're in the right place. 

For my project, I decided to make a gift bag to wrap my husband's birthday present.  I purchased a package of simple brown paper bags at the grocery store and use them to create my own gift bags.  So easy, yet so special!  I cut the shirt and sentiment using my Cameo and embellished it with.....wait for it....yep, buttons and Stickles!

Stickles used:  Mercury Glass and Gold

We have blog candy for those who are a follower of All that Stickles and leave a comment on every stop of the hop! Winners will be announced Wednesday October 23rd at All that Stickles.

Fresh Brewed Designs

$15 Gift Certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$15 Gift Certificate

Get Inky! Stamps

$25 Gift Certificate

SKdigis

2 Digital Stamps of Winner's Choice

Your next stop is Ann's blog.

Here's the complete lineup:

All that Stickles

Tonya

Cathie

Angeline

Sonia

Karen S. 

Laura

Karen N.

Ann

Cathy

Chas

Featured Fan - Deanne

Featured Fan - Marji

Thanks for hopping! :) Don't forget to check out our Halloween Linky Party!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Seasons Greetings - Flowers

It's challenge day over at Christmas Card Challenges, and this week, our optional challenge is to create something using flowers!  I LOVE flowers, don't you?

I created my card using Basic Grey Nordic Holiday, 3 Girl Jam burlap and crinkle ribbon and a flower stamp from Unity Stamp Company.  I used my new Tim Holtz distress glitter on the flowers.  Love this stuff!!  Hardly any glitter mess!!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

Sunflowers

Angela from Unity Stamp Company was posting cards with Phyllis Harris images all morning, so I got inspired to pull out some Phyllis Harris stamps.  They really are such beautiful images.  This one is called Face the Sunshine.  I'm going to add it to the Little Scrap Pieces Fun Friday linky party!

I'd stamped the sentiment, but I couldn't quite find the right place for it on the outside, so I just had to decorate the inside too! :)  The girl is colored with TH distress markers.  Love these things SO much!

The paper is Bo Bunny Ambrosia Roses.

Then, I broke out my Unity Wild Poppy, Chicken Wire and Now and Always sets - along with TH distress paints and inks to create this tag.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Fall Greetings

Tuesday Throwdown has a pumpkin challenge this week!  Yay, a reason to ink up my favorite Unity Stamps "Scarecrow Thankful for You."  The greeting is from a different Unity set (Owl Bring Fall Greetings).  The papers are from the scrap pile (yay!), and the image is colored with TH distress markers.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Another Sweet Christmas

I really love making Christmas cards.  This week's There She Goes (TSG) stamps challenge is to create a Christmas card.  A perfect fit.

I used Nikki Sivils Gingerbread collection and TSG's Wrapped in Joy to make this card.  I love the soft and sweet non-traditional colors!

I really love the UmWow Studios chip covered in Liquid Pearls, Stickles and Glossy Accents too!

Craftily yours,

Karen

A Ghostly Witch

It's challenge day at Clear It Out Challenge blog! For this challenge, our theme is Halloween, and our stash item is something orange.

For my challenge, I used some fun papers from Echo Park's Chillingsworth Manor collection.  Haha, I just love that name.  This ghostly witch can be found at Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet (in Reece's Scrap).  Can you tell I forgot to use my stash item and added it on after I finished?  LOL, that's what I did, but I love the extra little bit of bling I used.

Join us for the challenge! 

Craftily yours,

Karen

Christmas Pink, Brown and White

Christmas Card Challenges has a color challenge this week.  Our optional challenge is to create a Christmas card with pink, brown and white!  

I used some paper and die cuts from Nikki Sevils to create this cutie:

I believe in gingerbread cookies!  Yum!  And of course, I believe in Santa.  Only two months and 12 days left until Christmas!  Whoot!  Create with us and link up!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the other extremely talented Christmas Card Challenges design team members:

Alanna

Anne C

Anne J

Heather

Jenn

Jovita

Margo

Monica

Sabrina

Then link up and share your creations with us!

Craftily yours,


Karen (karey2005)

Snow Cute Digi

3 Girl Jam is playing with digital stamps for their current challenge!  I have quite a few digital images and went through and found this cute snowman I'd gotten from Tiddly Inks.  Of course, I had to use some 3GJ crinkly ribbon and some of their burlap ribbon!

The background is created with Tim Holtz distress paints and inks.  I love playing with these!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Stickled Witch

It's challenge time at the All That Stickles blog!  Our theme is Halloween!  I don't normally make halloween cards, so I don't have a lot of halloween stuff, but this stamp from Unity is one I just HAD to have because of the sentiment!

The chip is from UmWow Studios and is decorated with Black Diamond Stickles and glossy accents.  The rose has Stardust Stickles.  Here's a close-up:

Sparkly and fun!  Link up your Stickled Halloween projects!  You could win one of these wonderful prizes!
Scraptastical Kreations - $15 GC
Fresh Brewed Designs - 5 digis
SKdigis - 2 single digis (no bundles)


Craftily yours,


Karen