Happy Wednesday, hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope these projects have inspired you to try paper crafting. When you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business. Follow me on Instagram @thomas_karen_309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts… Read More: Happy Valentine’s Day! »
Today I have a quick and easy card for you featuring the Most Adored 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper, a level 1 Sale-a-Bration selection. Use the marbled and plaid designs to create baby shower or wedding invitations. Or create your own any occasion card with a little help from the many different heart designs. Whether you… Read More: Thoughtful Expressions Dies »
With the Thoughtful Moments Hybrid Embossing Folder you can cut out all kinds of caring phrases and decorative elements. Each sentiment can be used on cards, gift tags, and other paper crafts. Whether you want to wish someone well, send some love, or show your support, the sentiments in this hybrid embossing folder will help you connect with… Read More: Thoughtful Moments Folder »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for the weekend? Today’s card combines the Brewed for You Stamp Set and Brewed Dies with the Trusty Toolbox 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper, Sale-a-Bration Level 1 selection, for a fun birthday card. Card specifics: Trusty Toolbox Designer Series Paper designer series paper 4¼” x 5½” for card front 2¼” x 5¼” 2¼”… Read More: Brewed for You Birthday! »
Today’s card features the Doggone Friendly Stamp Set. This is the multi-mutt stamp collection for any dog lover! Use this stamp set to decorate the background of pup-tastic cards and envelopes. Or save these furry friends for some doggone cute gift tags and wrapping paper! Stamp all the dogs in one ink for a card background, or color… Read More: Doggone Friendly Stamp Set »
Happy Monday, hope you all had a good weekend. Today I’m featuring the Inspirational Sketches Stamp Set. This stamp set was one the first I wanted to purchase when seeing the new mini catalog. These dreamy, hand-sketched mushrooms, flowers, and birds are a great way to add character and detail to cards, scrapbook pages, gift tags, and more.… Read More: Inspirational Sketches »
Welcome to Fun Fold Friday, where I share a fun fold card with you! First, did you see they have added some products to the Sale-a-Bration selections? Now is a good time to get the new Core Color Stampin Write Markers, Delightfully Eclectic 12″ x 12″ Designer Paper (48 sheets), some kits and stamp sets! Now, how about… Read More: Fun Fold Friday! »
Happy 60th Birthday to my Baby Brother Michael! We both had milestone birthdays this year and I’m sharing his birthday card with you today! Seems like it was just yesterday we were little kids swimming in my parents pool with him not wanting to get his face wet and now we are both in our 60’s! Time sure… Read More: Happy Birthday Baby Brother! »
Atleast it’s not snow! So, this morning I woke up to it raining. Automatically I thought of how the Playing in the Rain Stamp Set along with the Sunny Days 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper would make the perfect card! The designer paper is a level 1 Sale-a-bration seleciton and the stamp set with coordinating die from… Read More: Sunny Days SAB DSP »
Happy Fun Fold Friday! Today I have 3 cards for you, each with the same fold, decorated the same way, but each slightly different! Card Basics: Card stock base – 4¼” x 5½” Designer Series Paper – 11¾” x 5 ¼” Score long side at 1¾” – 4¾” – 7¾” Here is a close up of the front… Read More: Fun Fold Friday – 3 Ways »
Happy Monday, hope you had a good weekend, I sure did! Had a good time with friends on Saturday celebrating my birthday and Sunday with my Sunday Stampers! Today’s card is for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge 619. Card features: Most Adored 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Series Paper Thoughtful Expressions Dies Layering Leaves Stamp Set Blackberry Bliss… Read More: Most Adored DSP for FMS619 »
Today is the first gathering of my Sunday Stampers in 2024. Here are the cards we will be making this morning. Below is a project sheet you can download to create these cards at home. Featured Products this month: Garden Meadow Dies – Online Exclusive Meandering Meadow Designer Series Paper – Online Exclusive Bee My Valentine Bundle and… Read More: Jan24 Sunday Stamper Cards »
Happy Birthday to me and my birthday buddies! Today not only is a “milestone” birthday for me, but a birthday for my friends Cindy & Erin – my birthday buddies! I’m sure there are others out there who’s birthday is today! I’ve created this card for everyone with a birthday today! Finally, a card specifically for Cindy, the… Read More: Happy Birthday! »
Happy Fun Fold Friday! Normally I create horizontal Z fold cards, but today it’s a vertical version of the card. I’m also using the Most Adored 12″ x 12″ Specialty Designer Paper (Sale-a-Bration level 1 choice) that I’ve added Starry Sky ink to with a blending brush. Card Measurements: Card base – 6¾” x 8½”, score at 2… Read More: Fun Fold Friday »
Today I’m featuring the Watercolor Melon Stamp Set – one of the Sale-a-Bration level 1 choice. These lovely watercolor images offer versatility for year-round card making, scrapbooking, and more. Try stamping your watermelon in two shades of green for a more realistic look: Start with a darker green ink, then rotate the image 180 degrees and add the… Read More: Watercolor Melon Stamp Set »
So, we did not get any snow this weekend, but boy is it cold, single digit wind chill! How about some cheerful cards using the Enduring Beauty Bundle. The bundle includes the Enduring Beauty Stamp Set, the Enduring Beauty Dies, and the Enduring Beauty Decorative Masks. You have so many options with the bundle. My first card uses… Read More: Enduring Beauty Bundle »
Happy Saturday! It’s getting cold and windy here, how’s the weather where you are? Today I thought I would share a card made for the Freshly Made Sketches challenge 618. When I first saw this sketch on Facebook, the leaf die from the Artistic Dies just popped into my head and I just had to make a card!… Read More: FMS618 Freshly Made Sketches »
Happy Friday! Any special plans for the weekend? Today I’m sharing two cards I’ve made using the Trusty Tools Bundle (stamp set and dies) along with the Trusty Toolbox 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. This paper is one of the $50 USD Sale-a-Bration selections. Some of the dies from the bundle cut out images from the 2… Read More: Trusty Tools Bundle & SAB DSP »
Today is a “card in a card” with the Bee Mine Valentine Bundle & Bee Mine 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. I like to think of this as a “card in a card” fun fold. For the front, I’ve added a Scalloped Contoured Die Cut, using designer series paper added to card stock for a more stable… Read More: Bee Mine Suite – part 2 »
So how much snow did you get this weekend? We received about 2 inches, but it’s melting already! This week I thought I would start off with a couple cards using the Bee Mine Suite of products. While the stamp set is geared towards Valentine’s Day, I think it’s perfect for a birthday card or just letting someone… Read More: Bee Mine Suite Collection »
Today we are actually getting some snow, it’s the perfect day for my homemade beef vegetable soup! I’m sharing two cards with you that incorporate three of my new favorite items, two from the Mini Catalog and one Sale-a-Bration item. Layered Florals 3D embossing folder Mini Alphabet Dies (one die with all the letters) Flight & Airy 12″… Read More: Some of my new favorites! »
Happy Thursday! It’s an exciting day, both the new January – April 2024 Mini Catalog has gone live along with the start of Sale-a-Bration! Sale-a-Bration Brochure: Sale-a-Bration Jan-Feb24 Catalog Download catalog: Stampin’ Up! Jan-Apr24 Mini Catalog Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, should you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I… Read More: New Mini & Sale-a-Bration »
Hope 2024 is off to a good start for you. We had a wonderful dinner yesterday of slow cooked pork roast, sauerkraut and mashed potatoes! Today I have a card featuring the Zany Zoo Bundle and coordinating Zoo Crew 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper. Here’s a view of the card front, with a decorative die cut scalloped… Read More: Zany Zoo Bundle »
Happy 2024! Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, hope these projects have inspired you to try paper crafting. When you decide to place an order for Stampin’ Up! products, I would appreciate your business. Follow me on Instagram @thomas_karen_309 and on Facebook at “Cards and Crafts with Karen”. Shopping code through January 3, 2024… Read More: Happy New Year! »
Today I thought I would share another card made using the same fun fold as the Simply Sparkling Fun Fold posted on December 28th. This card features the Cheerful Daisies Bundle and coordinating Fresh as a Daisy Designer Series Paper. Measurements for the card: Card base 4¼” x 11″, scored on both ends at 1 3/8″ and 2¾”… Read More: Cheerful Daisies Bundle »
Today I thought I’d share a couple more cards made with the Simply Sparkling Bundle, one of the On-Line Exclusive products on the Stampin’ Up! website. Online Exclusives include bundles, designer series paper, embossing folders and card kits just to name a few items. First card is a fun fold with images stamped, colored with Stampin’ Blend Markers… Read More: Simply Sparkling Bundle »
Looking for a monthly craft kit, subscribe to Paper Pumpkin for a monthly, all-inclusive crafting kit that’s a fun surprise! Each Paper Pumpkin kit includes: Photopolymer stamp set Classic Stampin’ Spot Step by step instructions to complete exclusive paper craft projects, including cards, tags, and gift packaging. Here is a sneak peek of the January – March 2024… Read More: Jan24-Mar24 Paper Pumpkin »
Merry Christmas! I’ll be spending time this morning on a zoom call opening presents with my brother and his family in New Jersey (we started this before it was “cool” to do it). Then, off to my cousins for family Christmas time! Today I thought I would share five of my favorite cards this holiday season. Click on… Read More: Merry Christmas 2023! »
Happy Saturday, hard to believe Christmas is two days away! Today I have a sneak peek of two different designer series papers from the January-February 2024 Sale-a-Bration brochure, First is the Flight & Airy 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (item# 162977) for a Double Z-Fold Card. Card stock measurements: Main card base 4¼” x 11″, scored at… Read More: Sneak Peek #4 – SAB DSP »
Looking for an idea for a last-minute gift or even a gift to have “just in case”, then today’s post is for you. We all know you have some cards ready to go, well now you have a folder to make perfect to use for four cards. Measurements for the folder: Designer Series Paper – 9″ long x… Read More: Quick Easy Last Minute Gift! »