Happy Monday, The day is finally here, the new Stampin’ Up 2014-2015 Annual Catalog goes live at 12PM MDT !! This past month I have enjoyed looking at the catalog and creating a wish list of items I can’t wait to get my hands on, my order will make your head spin! Thought I would start by showing two… Read More: New In-Colors for 2014-2016 »
Today is a special day, my favorite nephew Jake is 16! Watch out all you drivers in New Jersey! In honor of his birthday, I made a special card and matching envelope for him. What I’m not showing you is the first envelope (made the wrong size) that I filled with lip balm and breath mints for all the… Read More: Happy 16th Birthday Jake! »
Once a month my Sunday Stampers meet and yesterday was the day. Also a pleasure to get together with the ladies. I had a request from Jan, our hostess for the day, for a special baby card and when I saw some samples of a “Building Block Card” I knew this had to be base of my card! I… Read More: Build-a-Block Baby Card »
This week, my brother and sister-in-law celebrated their anniversary, thought I would share the card I made for them. The card base and background mat are Whisper White, for a nice clean look. The background is embossed with the Adorning Accents embossing folder (retiring) and highlighted with Watercolor Wonder Washi Tape. Entire background is popped up with dimensionals. I… Read More: Anniversary Card – Mike & Diane »
Happy Saturday, today I thought I would share a card make with products from the new catalog, available June 2nd. It’s a simple card using the new Blended Bloom Stamp, Rich Razzleberry and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers. Some fussy cutting and the greeting from Itty Bitty Banners. One tip when “fussy” cutting out a stamped image, run a black… Read More: Sneak Peak! »
Here is a card using the “Tag a Bag” Accessory kit in a different manner, sometime you just need to think outside the box. Gumball green cardstock for card base, equal size pieces of Crushed Curry cardstock and Epic Day Designer Series Paper create the back drop for a tag, label and Bakers Twine from the Tag a Bag Accessory… Read More: Tag a Bag into a Card! »
It’s been a busy weekend and now I am relaxing watching a concert performance of Jason Aldean at the Stagecoach Festival. He’s one of my favorite country singers. Last summer I had the pleasure of meeting him and getting a photo with him, one of the highlights of my summer. One of the other highlights of the Summer of… Read More: Remembering summer of 2013 and Maya’s card design! »
Thought I would share an Easter card with you before all the fun begins today. My husband has not smoked for over three years and we are now finally getting all new carpet in the house (need to get rid of the evidence of a few burn marks, luckily never any fires). So its a pretty big day… Read More: Watercolor Notecards »
Today was my monthly Sunday Stampers club meeting. We made cards using the Chevron Border punch, which I showcased last Sunday as a “preview” of the cards for club. We also used Washi Tape and Gold Embossing on some Whisper White cards. For the Whisper White cards, the first used the Label Love bundle (stamp set with matching punch) to… Read More: Vellum – Washi and Sunday Stampers »
Today while watching a NCIS Los Angeles marathon on television, I worked on the cards for my Sunday Stamping Club – thought I would share a sneak peek of one of the cards we will making. After watching different video’s on You Tube on how to create a lattice effect with the Chevron Border punch, thought I would… Read More: Chevron & Butterflies »
Happy Friday, it’s has been a busy week at work, and I’m sure glad it’s Friday! Looking forward to Saturday morning and sleeping in just a little. I will be working on crafting cards using the Chevron border punch for an upcoming stamp class, just might post a sneak peak sometime on Sunday, stay tuned! Thought I would… Read More: Birthday Present Card – Quick and Simple »
Happy Monday, today is the last day of Sale-A-Bration, which is free merchandise for every $50 before tax/shipping. Todays card uses the “You’re Lovely” stamp set which coordinates with the Deco Label Framelit Collection. The stamp was stamped in three different colors, Island Indigo, Tangerine Tango and Daffodil Delight – die cut, punched (1 3/4″ circle) and… Read More: Sad day, End of Sale-A-Bration »
This past week I was out of town for a business meeting. The flight home was during sunset. The view out of the plane window was beautiful – the lights of NYC (amazing how straight some of the streets are by the look of the car lights) and the sunset! As I looked at the beautiful colors of the sunset – all… Read More: Sunset Colors = Card »
This past Friday night “Island Hunters” was on while I was doing some chores in preparation for a business trip this week. I was inspired by the birds that I kept seeing. All I could do was think of this card, so I stopped and put it together. It’s very easy card for a beach loving friend! Card base is… Read More: Island Hunters inspired card! »
Today was the monthly meeting of my Sunday Stamp Club. Thanks to all the ladies that came today (Jamie, Erin, Theresa, Wendy and Hostess Susie), you are the reason I became a demonstrator and enjoy sharing what I learn with you, actually we learn from each other. Now I get to share what we do with the world! One… Read More: Sunday Stamp Club »
Earlier this year my god-daughter turned 16, today I wanted to share the card with matching envelope that I made for her special day! Card base is Basic Black cardstock, with mat of Whisper White cardstock layered with a piece of Pistachio Pudding cardstock embossed with the Decorative Dots folder from the Sale-A-Bration catalog (free merchandise for every $50 in product purchased, catalog expires 3/31/14).… Read More: Kenzi’s 16th Birthday! »
It’s Thursday night and Penguin Hockey has started back up after the break for the Olympics. Love to watch my black & gold and am really looking forward to Saturday nights game in Chicago which is being played outdoors, while I am in the comfort of my warm living room. Thought I would share a quick and simple card… Read More: Watercolor & Hockey makes me Happy! »
Hi there and welcome to Cards and Crafting with Karen. Looking forward to the weekend, spending time with my husband and doing some crafting. Wanted to share with you a card I did recently for a workshop, Card-in-a-Box. The cool thing about the card is it folds flat and fits in a normal A2 envelope. The card base… Read More: Welcome! »