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

Happy Barkday!

Elizabeth Craft Designs has a NEW release - and it's AMAZING.  Today I used the adorable Dog and Dog House dies and the Furrever Friends Sentiment Stamps to create this:

Isn't that FuN?!  The background is done with Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks.  The dog is cut out of Soft Finish Cardstock and is colored with Distress Inks.  That fabulous paper is part of the Elizabeth Craft Designs Wood Effect Paper.  I created this card in inspiration of the Crazy4Challenges challenge to use wood grain.

Thanks for stopping by.  The link to my supplies from Elizabeth Craft Designs is below.

Craftily yours,

Karen

Such Sweet Flowers

I'm posting a card over at Elizabeth Craft Designs today.  Here's what I made:

All of the information about how I created this card can be found on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.  Thanks a bunch for stopping by today!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Erik's Birthday Pages

I'm absolutely loving on the new planner system at Elizabeth Craft Designs.  I have one "planner" for special moment scrapbook pages and another to remember birthdays.  At Crazy4Challenges, it's a sketch challenge this week that I used for inspiration for a birthday page for my oldest son (as if I could forget the day he was born!).  Here's the sketch:

And the right side is the page inspired by the sketch:

Fun!  The paper is from Heartfelt Creations (All Geared Up), and I am listing all of the Elizabeth Craft Designs products below.

I hope you decide to join us in the challenge!

Craftily yours,

Karen

Happy Momma's Day

Happy Mother's Day!  I have the best mom!  She's also an amazing grandma and friend!  Today, my design team sisters and I are creating presents for Mother's Day!

I made my mom a mini-album.  The two pics on the front of the album are the reason my mom is a mom - my brother and me.  The bottom row of pictures are several of my fave family pics that are a bit more recent :)

The products I used are listed below.  Thanks for stopping by.

Craftily yours,

Karen

It's the Simple Things

Fun happening over at Dare 2B Artzy today.  I'm posting!  (haha)  Here's what I made using the Take Time Stamp Set and the beautiful Summertime Petals Collection Paper:

Pretty!  I made this card for a co-worker who is retiring in a month or so.  I'm SO jealous!! <3

Craftily yours,

Karen

Scraps Fun

There's a new challenge at Crazy4Challenges.  This time, we are challenged to use our scraps in cardmaking.  I used scraps instead for these scrapbook/planner pages using products from the Elizabeth Craft Designs planner line.  Here's what I made:

The paper is scraps I had left from a old Graphic 45 line.    Here's a fun close-up of the tags.

And here's another close-up of my girlfriends and me.

Thanks for stopping by.  I do hope you join in the fun of the challenge and use up some of those scraps.  The products I used from Elizabeth Craft Designs are below.

Craftily yours,

Karen