Merry Christmas! Hope you are lucky enough to enjoy time with family and friends today. Enjoy some holiday cards. Thank you for taking the time to stop by today. When you place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business. Follow me on Instagram @thomas_karen_309 and on Facebook at “CardsandCraftswithKaren”. Place a $50 Stampin’ Up! order, before shipping & tax, with me and receive a card pack… Read More »
Happy Thursday! Thought I would share a card made from the Gingerbread Man Bundle. Use the gingerbread card die to create sweet handmade cards shaped like gingerbread cookies—or cut at the score line for single-layer pieces to use on card fronts and tags. Decorate your gingerbread people with stamped and die-cut faces, accessories, and candies for personality-packed holiday cards and paper crafts. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set; it allows… Read More »
Hard to believe it’s December 1st! If you saw my post on Thanksgiving, one of the cards was a Z Fun Fold. Today thought I would share the measurements and three different designs all using the same format, just different width strips. Measurement for the card: Card base – 5½” x 7¼”, scored at 1½” and 3″ on the long side Strips, the width of your choice, but 7¼” long and… Read More »
Happy Sunday! Today my Sunday Stampers will be meeting and I’m sharing with you the cards they will be making. This month all the projects are Christmas themed and the first cards we’ve made for the holiday this year. Featured products: Modern Christmas Specialty 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (online exclusive) Ornamental Christmas Bundle (online exclusive) Large Gold Hoops (online exclusive) Black & White and Gold Twine (online exclusive)… Read More »
It’s been a rough week for my website. Over the Labor Day weekend, I had some issues and we needed to use a backup copy from mid-July (I’ll be backing up more often now) to restore the website. After that experience, I just needed a few days to regroup. Now, to some exciting news! New Products have been released!!! The new September – December 2025 Mini Catalog is live along… Read More »
Did you happen to purchase the Mercury Glass Designer Acetate, if so, I have a standard A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″) card and 3″ x 3″ card project for you today. The Mercury Glass Designer Acetate sheets feature a silver faux mercury glass finish on acetate sheets, they come 4 sheets, 2 each of 2 designs and are 12″ x 12″ in size. For the front of the card, I’ve used… Read More »
How’s your week going? My day job is keeping me rather busy, to help me relax, I set a bunch of designer series paper scraps on my desk and thought about what can I do with them, today’s card is the outcome of that. I’ve made quite a few cards that has left me with 1/2″ or 3/4″ wide strips, in looking at them I thought wouldn’t they make a… Read More »
Hard to believe it’s December 1st, just 24 days until Christmas, where has the time gone! I’ve been working on a few projects for gifts thi8s weekend and now I’m going to sit back, relax and enjoy my Sunday. Stampin’ Up!’s Year- End Closeout is almost here! Starting December 3rd and while supplies last, you can save big on a selection of retiring and surplus items including holiday catalog items,… Read More »
It’s hard to believe Christmas is one month away. This month I thought I would share a few card designs along with some gift idea’s and paper cracker that is filled with candy and holds a tea light candle. At the end of the post you’ll find a downloadable project sheet with measurements and instructions. First, I thought I would start with two cards featuring the Cup of Christmas Bundle… Read More »
Happy Sunday, today I’m sharing with you the projects my Sunday Stampers will be making featuring the Cup of Christmas Bundle, Limited Edition Christmastime is Here Suite and a special fun fold Teepee card. Sure hope everyone likes them! We will start off using the Cup of Christmas Bundle, along with the Night Before Christmas 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper to make a gift card holder along with a matching… Read More »
Happy Friday! Hope you’ve had a good week, I’m off every Friday for the balance of November so that I have time to do some personal crafting for the holidays and enjoy a three day weekend. For my first card today, I started with papers die cut using the Stitched Rectangle Dies layered once the stocking images are stamped and colored as desired. Next the words, from the Jolly Season… Read More »
Happy Friday, it’s almost the weekend, any special plans? I’ll be getting a manicure & pedicure, some of my favorite me time and attending an event for my cousin who is having a baby on Sunday. Today’s card is for the FabFri175 sketch challenge, check out the banner below. Click on image to check out their blog and play along. Personally, there are so many options with this design. Thought… Read More »
Here are three more cards made using the products from the Christmastime is Here Suite. The first card features the beautiful Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper. This paper includes 12 sheets, 4 each of 3 designs. Here’s the recipe for the card: Whisper White card stock base 5.5″ x 8.5″, scored at 4.25″ Designer Series Paper – 4″ x 5.25″ Image is die cut from the designer series… Read More »
Today I thought I would share two cards I’ve made using products from the Christmastime is Here Suite, both feature Gold Foil Sheets. The Christmastime is Here Suite is a nice variety of products that can be used for all types of projects. Here is what I’ve used to create the first card: Whisper White 4.25″ x 11″, scored at 5.5″ Stamped image using Memento Black Ink Colored with Stampin’… Read More »
Christmas is coming early this year! Hope you’re ready to make this holiday season magical, because the Christmastime Is Here Suite is . . . here! This exclusive, limited-time collection of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you need to share love, joy, and creativity this holiday season. Products from the Christmastime Is Here Suite is available while supplies last, place your order quickly so you don’t miss out on… Read More »
Today I’m sharing with you the cards my Sunday Stampers will be making this month. I’m featuring some of the stamp sets in the Holiday Catalog with products from the annual catalog as well. One of my most favorite types of cards are shakers and when I saw the Still Scenes Bundle, I just knew we needed to make a Snow Globe at one of the gatherings. We will also… Read More »
Happy Saturday and welcome to the weekend, it’s to be rainy here this weekend, so maybe I’ll do some Christmas crafting and make homemade vegetable soup – one of our favorites! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Vertical Sketch Challenge, PCC356. Check out the banner below and click on it to check out their blog. For my card, I decided to use the new Christmastime is Here Suite,… Read More »
Happy Christmas in October – hard to believe there is only 2 months until Christmas. Today I’m featuring four cards and a fun scrapbook. Today’s first card is a Snow Globe – I just love Snow Globes! This one features Copper Foil sheets and Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper. This card is a preview of the Christmastime is Here Suite, available November 1st. The stamp set, which is… Read More »
Happy Sunday! One of my Sunday Stampers, Susie, is having a Halloween Brunch and tag making event today so I thought I would share the tag I’ve made for the event. All attendees will be creating either a WOW tag or two simple tags, bring supplies for the group to make their tags and when we all leave we should have at least 10 tags for future use! I’ve opted… Read More »
Today I thought I would share with you the “Holiday 25 Gift Idea’s”. These are all products from either the Holiday or Annual Catalog and under $25 USD each. The card I made below, a CASE (Copy And Share Everything) from the Holiday Catalog. The card base and mat is Soft Sea Foam card stock, the mat was die cut with a Stitched Rectangle Die and adhered directly to the… Read More »
Happy Christmas in September. Today I am sharing with you 6 projects made with some of the products from the Wrapped in Plaid & Night Before Christmas Suites in the new 2019 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. Here are the two cards and pillow treat box using Night Before Christmas Suite and Kraft Pillow Box from the Annual Catalog. Did you notice Santa’s trim on his hat & suit are puffy… Read More »
Happy Sunday, one week from now I will be on my way to the Port of Miami to go on my very first cruise! I’m sailing with a group of “new old friends” from high school for an all girls trip! The trip caused us to move our Sunday Stamping to an earlier week and here are todays projects! First we have the Diamond Easel card featuring products from the… Read More »
Happy Wednesday! It’s a big day here at Stampin’ Up! – the 2019 Holiday Catalog goes live today! This is an awesome new catalog packed with a lot of great products, including 8 Products Suites and 25 Bundles. Below I’ve listed the suites and the catalog image showing projects made with products in the suites. What’s really nice is there is also a catalog number for each suite so you… Read More »
Merry Christmas in August to all! This month I went through my current stamp sets and picked out a handful to use and pull together some quick and easy holiday cards. The first two cards this month feature the Rooted In Nature Stamp set and coordinating Nature’s Root Dies. For the card on the left I used the leaves to create a poinsettia and on the right, the evergreen trees,… Read More »
Merry Christmas in July ! Today starts my monthly series of Christmas projects the 25th of each month leading up to Christmas 2019. This month I am featuring the Merry Christmas to All Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Merry Christmas Dies. With this 28 piece stamp set you can say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Season’s Greetings, Happy Christmas, Merry & Bright, and much more to family and friends, think of… Read More »
It’s hard to believe Christmas is just 3 days from now, if you are looking for a cute packaging idea this self closing box may be just for you. This version of the box is large enough for a gift card, small gift, quite a bit of small candy pieces or even some cash! All you need is a 6″ x 8″ piece of card stock and 2 – 3¾”… Read More »
December 18th – one week to Christmas! Today I thought I would share a quick and easy cards and can be made with products you most likely already have – Punches! To get started all you need is a piece of card stock 4″ x 5 1/4″, designer series paper and a punch – for my samples I used the Tailored Tag Punch. Using the designer series paper start by… Read More »
Happy Sunday, how’s your weekend going? I’ve been using this weekend as holiday prep, making sure I have all the ingredients for our annual Christmas morning monkey bread and Broccoli & Rice casserole I make for Christmas dinner, getting the gifts together for the Christmas Eve grab bag and most important – my Christmas manicure & pedicure – Red with Sparkles! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Challenge… Read More »
Today I have a Fun Fold card for you featuring both a Christmas and Birthday version. With this layout there are so many possible versions you can make, all you need is designer series paper and some card stock. Here are the layers for the card: Card base – 4¼” x 5½”, quarter of 8½” x 11″ card stock Mat – 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ piece of card stock… Read More »
It’s December 11th – 2 weeks before Christmas, are you ready? Today I’m featuring a card with tone on tone stamping, the image from the Half Full Stamp Set is stamped in Merry Merlot Ink on Merry Merlot card stock. When I stamp like this I stamp on the card stock before scoring to avoid any image mess ups at the fold, this is my preference you may like scoring… Read More »
Today I thought I would share a really cute card using the So Santa Stamp set from the 2018 Holiday Catalog – this was a stamp set I just had to have – I love the images and used the Santa with the surf board on my Onstage swap card, you can check that card out here. The stamp set is on the retiring list, get yours today! To get… Read More »
Today I thought I would share a couple more cards made with the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper, there is flocking you can feel on the some of the images, and the Signs of Santa Photopolymer Bundle. These cards are based on cards in the holiday catalog and easy to put together. It’s possible the framelits may no longer be available due to popularity and availability to get back… Read More »
Hi there, hope you are having a good weekend. Yesterday I went for a pedicure and almost fell asleep in the massage chair it was so relaxing, wrote out some holiday cards and purchased a few gifts. The gift for my nephew came and I can’t wait to see his face when he opens it – we video chat on Christmas morning to open presents – I’m sure this gift… Read More »
Just think in one month it will be Christmas, where does the time go? Seems like we were just opening the swimming pool for the summer and now it’s almost the end of the year. Today I’m sharing my last batch of projects as part of my “Months of Christmas” series. There is a simple circle ornament, two different sizes of treat holders and four different cards. Members of my… Read More »
Today my Sunday Stampers will be gathering to make a couple cards and some gift tags using some of my favorite products from the holiday catalog. Now that we are getting close to the end a catalog, there is always a risk that some products will sell out without enough time to reorder and restock before the sale period ends. Some products are at high risk of early depletion. If… Read More »
It’s hard to believe in two short months rom today, October 25th, it will be Christmas, how about some ideas for holiday projects? This month I’m sharing three card designs, including the two below – a Puzzle card which includes a puzzle for the recipient to put together and one that uses some of the scraps you know you have laying around. How about a scooting Santa along with a… Read More »
Good morning, today I’m sharing with you the projects my Sunday Stampers will be making this morning. First up are two cards, the one on the left features products from the Country Lane Suite, including the Country Lane Designer Series Paper, Country Home Photopolymer Stamp Set and Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. The card on the right features the new Buffalo Check Background Stamp and Pop of Petals… Read More »
Merry Christmas in September! I’ve decorated a candle and used some of my favorite new bundles from the 2018 Holiday Catalog to make this months projects. Bundles include: Merry Christmas to All Making Christmas Bright Takeout Treats Signs of Santa All members of my mailing list will be receiving the supply list and measurements to make all of todays projects. First up is the Merry & Bright card with matching… Read More »
Today my Sunday Stampers are meeting and we will be making our first projects using new holiday products. The projects we are making today feature two of my must haves from the catalog: Takeout Treat Bundle – great for a variety of holiday! Santa’s Workshop Suite – the cutest figures ever and the framelits match both the stamp set & specialty designer series paper (it has flocking!!!) First is the… Read More »
Today I thought I would share a few Clean and Simple Holiday cards made with the Merry Christmas to All Bundle from the 2018 Holiday Catalog. Here is what the bundle looks like. Merry Christmas to All Photopolymer Stamp set – Say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Christmas, and much more to your loved ones. With this set, you can say it all! There are 28 photopolymer stamps. Merry Christmas… Read More »
With the introduction of the 2018 Holiday Catalog, I thought you might enjoy viewing the Stampin’ Up! video’s out to showcase some of the new products. Grab a cup of your favorite beverage and give them a watch: Tags & Tidings Bundle: Tin Tile Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder: Beautiful Blizzard Bundle: Winter Woods Bundle: Sincerely Santa Project Kit: Hope you enjoyed the show. Thank you for taking the time… Read More »
Today’s the day the 2018 Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog goes live! When I first looked through the new 2018 Holiday Catalog, I fell in love with the Santa’s Workshop Suite. There are quite a few products in this suite and today I’m featuring the Santa’s Workshop Specialty Designer Series Paper and a greeting from the Signs of Santa stamp set, which is part of the Signs of Santa Bundle, ’tis the… Read More »
Happy August 25th – 4 months to Christmas! Today I am featuring all holiday projects – a home décor item, cards and a paper purse for packaging your gift of handmade cards. This month features the Under the Mistletoe Designer Paper from the Annual Catalog (any paper will work, there are some great looking ones in the new holiday catalog), August 2018 Blended Seasons Bundle Special, Labels to Love Stamp… Read More »
Color Your Season limited time offer – August 1 – 31, 2018 Get in the mood to create something full of colors and seasons! Introducing the all-new, limited-time Color Your Season products: Blended Seasons Stamp Set, an exclusive 10-piece wood- or clear-mount stamp set with images for every season ! Stitched Season Framelits Dies, a coordinating stitched die that includes stitching on both the positive and negative images! Watercolor Pencils… Read More »
Happy July 25th and 5 months to Christmas! This year I’m doing something new, starting this month and each of the next four months on the 25th I will be posting holiday projects – a home décor piece, a packaging option and some cards. This month I’m featuring the “Under the Mistletoe” Designer Series Paper, Cookie Cutter Christmas Stamp set with matching punch and Labels of Love Stamp Set. First… Read More »
Happy Friday and the beginning of Hallmark Gold Crown Christmas Week! I’m a big fan of Christmas and all the movies on the Hallmark Channel. Today starts Christmas in July movies – guess what I will be doing this weekend, in between pool time of course! Hopefully watching the movies should provide inspiration for some additional Christmas ideas. Today I’m featuring my first Christmas card of the season made with… Read More »
Wishing you a holiday season that is Merry & Bright, remember Believe! Hope you are enjoying the day with family and friends. Thank you for stopping by today, have a great Christmas!
Happy Saturday, are you ready for the big day or still planning on running errands today and Christmas Eve? I’m hoping that I’m done as a do a final check on everything today. I’m the Broccoli Rice Casserole maker for Christmas and we always have Monkey Bread Christmas morning, better to know now if I’m missing an ingredient, then when I start cooking. Today’s card is for the Paper Craft… Read More »
Today I thought I would share with you the “Pillow Pizza Box” gifts I made for my travel buddies. When you travel for a Stampin’ Up! event us demonstrators like to make what we call “pillow gifts” for those we are traveling with – something to surprise them with on their pillow at night. For this trip, while not a Stampin’ Up! trip and each of us having our own… Read More »
Today I thought I would share a fun card with you using a non-traditional color for a Christmas card – Berry Burst. When I looked at this piece of paper from the Merry Little Christmas Designer Series paper I thought of the tree in the Santa’s Sleigh Thinlits and how cute that would looked layer on it. I did not want to use a shade a green and Berry Burst… Read More »
Welcome to the 12th Sunday of Christmas. It’s never to late to make a holiday card, just look through your stamp sets and I’m sure you will see possibilities. Today I thought I would feature stamp sets you may have and how they can be used for holiday cards. The two cards below uses the Medallions from the Eastern Medallions Thinlits (part of the Eastern Beauty Bundle you might have… Read More »
Happy Monday, hard to believe three weeks from today is Christmas, how close are you to being ready? I still have ways to go! Today’s card is for the Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch challenge. The banner below is the design for the card. While the image has flowers, my first thought was snowflakes, then decided to use one of the stamp sets on the retiring list – Beachy Little… Read More »
Welcome to the 11th Sunday of Christmas, hard to believe we are just a few weeks away from the big day! This week I’m featuring the iconic stamp set Lovely as a Tree. These timeless tree images will fill any landscape and keep you in tune with nature. They’re great for water coloring, embossing and stamping in any color! Noel Eclipse card featuring Red Glimmer Paper: Merry Little Christmas Designer… Read More »
Welcome to the 10th Sunday of Christmas, hard to believe this is the last Sunday in November and Christmas is less than one month away. Today I’m featuring the Carols of Christmas Bundle – the Carols of Christmas Stamp Set and Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies – when you purchase the bundle you save 10%. Deck the halls of your loved ones with these two bold, carol-inspired greetings and create… Read More »
Welcome to the 9th Sunday of Christmas 2017. This week I’m featuring Gift Packaging. Stampin’ Up! carries a nice variety of products perfect for your gift packaging needs. First are the Mini Pizza boxes, just the right size for holding a cookie or 3″ x 3″ (7.6 x 7.6 cm) note cards. Boxes come in packages of 8, folded box size: 3-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ x 1″ and they are food… Read More »
Welcome to the 8th Sunday of Christmas 2017 featuring the Hearts Come Home Bundle, which comes in either wood or clear mount stamps. Features the Hearts Come Home stamp set and Hometown Greeting Edgelits. Let Santa’s sleigh fly over beautiful houses and landscapes! Create a festive village in record time with Edgelits dies and the Big Shot. Combine die cuts to create the look you want. Edgelits Dies help you… Read More »
Welcome to the 7th Sunday of Christmas 2017 featuring Craft Projects. For all my projects I’ve used Holiday paper, but these items are good anytime of the year. First are note pads with pens – the one on the left has a pen you can open and add designer series paper, other uses your basic pen. All you need to do is alter sizes to fit the note pad and… Read More »
Welcome to the 6th Sunday of Christmas 2017 – this week I am featuring the Star of Light Photopolymer Stamp set and matching Starlight Thinlits. Add elegance to your Christmas projects with the graceful designs and sentiments in this set. Combine images and thoughts to create classic cards and gift tags that have your personal touch. This is a Two-Step Stampin’ set. Combine individual stamps to create the final image… Read More »
Welcome to the 5th Sunday of Christmas, this week I’m featuring the Half Full Stamp set from the 2017 Holiday Catalog. Tired of presenting wine bottles in bland bags? Thanks to Million Sales Achiever Linda Bauwin you can now create fun tags and wrappings with this jolly set. This set is not just for Christmas, while some of the greeting are for the holidays others can be used any time… Read More »
Welcome to the 3rd of 12 Sundays of Christmas 2017. Each Sunday between now and Christmas I will be featuring holiday projects using a different stamp sets or packaging options. This week I am featuring the Painted Harvest Stamp Set – it’s not just for the Fall/Harvest. Send someone the beauty of this sunflower-themed set. Flowers and leafs are two step stamping, you can use the same color or mix/match… Read More »
Welcome to the 2nd of 12 Sundays of Christmas 2017. Each Sunday between now and Christmas I will be featuring holiday projects using a different stamp sets or packaging options. This week I am featuring Cookie Cutter Christmas and it’s matching punch the Cookie Cutter Builder Punch. Creating these delightful characters will brighten even your coldest winter days. You’ll find yourself with a whole new set of friends each time… Read More »
This past Sunday my Sunday Stampers met for our monthly stamping session, the first since the new 2017 Holiday catalog started. We made two cards using new stamp sets and one by request, a baby card – which came in handy as I needed one for a neighbor having a baby this fall. The first card we made is an Eclipse card – just like the one the other day… Read More »
Yesterday, September 1st the 2017 Stampin’ Up Holiday went live. Today I am featuring one of my favorite stamp sets from the catalog, Painted Harvest. With the Painted Harvest Photopolymer Bundle you can send someone the beauty of autumn with this sunflower-themed set! * Quantity: 13 photopolymer stamps * Suggested clear blocks (sold separately): a, b, d Leaf Punch * Punched image: 1-1/2″ x 1-1/2″ (3.8 x 3.8 cm) *… Read More »
Today marks the special Pre-Release of the Carols of Christmas Bundle, the top rated bundle from all the holiday research. While the new 2017 Holiday catalog starts September 1, this bundle is available for purchase today. The bundle includes the Carols of Christmas Stamp set (13 red rubber stamps in either clear or wood mount) and matching Card Front Builder Thinlits Dies. While you can purchase the items separately, why… Read More »
Here is my first “Christmas in July” card and the timing is perfect, the week of Hallmark Christmas in July movies comes to an end Sunday night as I watch the movies and make my card. We just love Christmas, my husband and I start decorating mid November and enjoy having the house decorated by Thanksgiving. For my first Christmas card I decided on Real Red and Emerald Envy, with… Read More »
